Month: May 2017

John 4:34 My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. I seem to have an insatiable appetite.  Not only am I always hungry, I almost always desire most, that which is worst for me.  I do not crave broccoli.  I want donuts, pizza and steak (in large quantities). …
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John 4:14 Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. Years ago, when I regularly stepped on a scale for wrestling, I would use dehydration to make my weight. …
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John 3:19,20 The light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. Several years ago, the story broke of a celebrity whose…
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John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. When I meet with others struggling with addiction, the most common frustration is the refusal to be completely honest.  The addict always knows best and in his thinking, he…
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John 3:14,15 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. I had one of those days yesterday when my focus was just off.  It was not any one thing but rather just a convergence of several…
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John 3:6,7 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ Have you ever struggled to reconcile your behavior with your faith?  When enslaved to my addiction, I was in a constant…
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John 2:7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. Though I engaged in horrible behavior in my addiction, I did and still do have a very active conscience.  This conscience is quite sensitive to destructive behavior and makes me feel horribly guilty when I…
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John 1:1,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us… When I focus on me, I turn my eyes and ears away from God.  The more intense my focus is on self, the worse my sight and…
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Luke 24:47 Repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations… When I worked in the Emergency Room, I would, almost daily, meet addicts of which there were invariably two types.  The first addict still acted like an addict.  Either high or seeking a high, this addict was not…
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Luke 23:44,45 It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. At our local jail yesterday for bible study, I was greeted by a big smile and hug from Tom. …
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