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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: natural desires
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: APRIL 16
The more we get what we now call ‘ourselves’ out of the way and let Him take us over, the more truly ourselves we become. There is so much of Him that millions and millions of ‘little Christs’, all different, … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: APRIL 7
To shrink back from all that can be called Nature into negative spirituality is as if we ran away from horses instead of learning to ride. There is in our present pilgrim condition plenty of room (more room than most … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: MAY 25
You Have the Power to Say ‘No’ “So, dear brothers, you have no obligations whatever to your old sinful nature to do what it begs you to do” (Romans 8:12 TLB). I don’t know about you, but I admit there … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: AUGUST 25
Sacrifice and Friendship I have called you friends… —John 15:15 We will never know the joy of self-sacrifice until we surrender in every detail of our lives. Yet self-surrender is the most difficult thing for us to do. We make … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JUNE 28
Held by the Grip of God I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. —Philippians 3:12 Never choose to be a worker for God, but once God has … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JUNE 13
Getting There (3) …come, follow Me. —Luke 18:22 Where our individual desire dies and sanctified surrender lives. One of the greatest hindrances in coming to Jesus is the excuse of our own individual temperament. We make our temperament and our … Continue reading
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