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Tag Archives: value
IN TOUCH DAILY: FEBRUARY 24
Putting Aside Childish Ways Matthew 6:16-24 Teenagers are known to measure themselves against peers, but I’ve noticed that many adults today also struggle with comparison. Social media platforms make it especially difficult to outgrow this type of thinking. When comparing … Continue reading
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Tagged adults, affirmation, belonging, business, charles stanley, childish ways, chosen, co-heirs, comparing ourselves, comparison, detrimental thoughts, effective, embrace, failures, God, healthy relationships, heaven, heavenly father, in touch, Jesus, material things, materialism, opinion, peers, personal life, possessions, praise, security, social media, spiritual maturity, struggle, success, surrender, teenagers, value
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IN TOUCH DAILY: JANUARY 12
Sunday Reflection: The Blessing of God’s Word Sometimes it’s hard to remember how we survived before smartphones, tablets, and other technology. With so much information at our fingertips, we can instantly discover sports statistics, answers to trivia questions, and even … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, blessing, charles stanley, Christ, comfort, fulfillment, fullness, God, God's plan, God's Word, guidance, in touch, information, life, old testament, present, promise, prophets, revealed, smartphones, sunday reflection, tablets, technology, trust, value, wisdom
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 14
I have heard some people complain that if Jesus was God as well as man, then His sufferings and death lose all value in their eyes, ‘because it must have been so easy for Him’. Others may (very rightly) rebuke … Continue reading
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Tagged advantage, c s lewis, complain, death, drowning, easier, easy, God, help, ingratitude, Jesus, man, mere Christianity, misunderstanding, objection, perfect death, perfect submission, perfect suffering, possible, stronger, sufferings, unfair, ungraciousness, value
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DAILY HOPE: JULY 17
Life Is About Relationship, Not Acquisition “But as for me, my contentment is not in wealth but in seeing you and knowing all is well between us. And when I awake in heaven, I will be fully satisfied, for I … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, acquisition, choice, Christ, contentment, culture, daily hope, dissatisfied, eternal, financial freedom, focus, forever, God, greed, happy, heaven, Jesus, life, love God, love people, more, net worth, people, perspective, possessions, purpose, relationship, relationship with God, relationships, rick warren, satisfaction, satisified, security, self worth, temporary, things, true life, truth, valuables, value, wealth, Word, Word of God, World
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DAILY HOPE: JUNE 17
When You Make Idols, You End Up Like Them “Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them” (Psalm 115:8 GW). I mentioned in yesterday’s devotional that everyone trusts in something. We can even make good … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, christian, control, daily hope, devastating, disappointment, disillusioned, enslave, failure, families, fulfilled, God, good things, hedonist, idols, jeremiah, Jesus Christ, lies, life, marriages, materialist, ministries, pragmatist, rick warren, trust, trusting, value
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DAILY HOPE: MARCH 20
God Says You Are Valuable “You have been bought and paid for by Christ, so you belong to him — be free now from all these earthly prides and fears” (1 Corinthians 7:23 TLB). God says that you’re not only … Continue reading
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Tagged accepted, belong, bible, Christ, cross, daily hope, fears, free, God, Jesus, paid, prides, rick warren, self worth, valuable, value, worth
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DAILY HOPE: MARCH 18
Community Is God’s Answer to Defeat “In humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others” (Philippians 2:3-4 NIV). Each one of us needs other people to watch … Continue reading
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Tagged america, apostle paul, community, countercultural, daily hope, defeat, defend, depressed, discouraged, discouragement, God, God's children, help, humility, hurt, interests, life, live life well, look out for others, me, mine, overpowered, personal enemy, philippians, problems, protect, relationships, rick warren, ruin, satan, spiritual welfare, tough times, value, value others, victorious, win
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DAILY HOPE: MARCH 3
Restoring Relationships: Use Your Ears More Than Your Mouth “A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense” (Proverbs 19:11 NIV). The third biblical step toward restoring a relationship is to sympathize with the other … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, bible, bitter, burden, care, Christ, considerate, daily hope, david, defensive, disagreement, doubts, emotions, facts, fears, feelings, fellowship, focus, foolish, glory, God, hurt, insults, Jesus, logical, offense, opinion, patience, paul, pay attention, perspective, relationships, resentment, restoring relationships, rick warren, sacrifice, Scriptures, solutions, stupid, sympathy, true, value, wisdom, you matter
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DAILY HOPE: FEBRUARY 28
Relationships Are Worth Restoring “If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you . . . Agree … Continue reading
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Tagged agree, apostle paul, bible, broken fellowship, children of God, Christ, christians, church in corinth, community, conflict, daily hope, dispute, fellowship, following Christ, get along, God, God's blessing, God's family, hard work, hurt, Jesus, learning to love, life, love, love each other, mature, ministry, new testament, peace, peace lovers, peaceable, peacemakers, peacemaking, relationships, resolve conflict, restoring, restoring relationships, rick warren, rift, spirit, spiritual maturity, testimony, unbelievers, value, warring factions
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