Month: September 2017

2 Corinthians 1:8,9 We were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself…  But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God. In Church, we love the story of the one who used to be a sinner but then came to Christ, was transformed and lived happily…
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2 Corinthians 1:3,4 Blessed be the… God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. When my drug addiction came to light, I wanted to hide.  Everyone knew…
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1 Corinthians 16:1,2 Now concerning the collection for the saints… On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside… In the process of writing this blog, I read a passage in the morning and then spend the day meditating on it so I have something to write about tomorrow. …
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1 Corinthians 15:51-55, We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye… this mortal body must put on immortality… “O death, where is your victory?  O death, where is your sting?” When in medical school, I thought I wanted to be a Family Practice physician.  As it turns out, I…
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1 Corinthians 15:42-44 What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable… It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. Growing up, I sang a children’s church song which used bullfrogs and butterflies as a metaphor for the…
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1 Corinthians 15:32,33 If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” Do not be deceived…  Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. Paul, in today’s passage, described two paths in life.  On the first, there is no God, and thus,…
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1 Corinthians 15:31 I die every day! I have lost a thousand pounds and found almost all of them.  I have many times, dieted for a few weeks, only to go right back to eating normally, erasing any progress I may have made.  In my drug addiction, I quit using hundreds of times, relapsing daily.…
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1 Corinthians 15:9,10 I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. I have memories with which I struggle.  I have caused others horrible…
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1 Corinthians 14:26 Let all things be done for building up. When in treatment, I was confronted by another addict who wanted to know if I was filled with the Holy Spirit.  I knew what his question meant.  He wanted to know if I could prove my faith by speaking in tongues.  When I told…
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1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. In my addiction, I thought and behaved as a child.  If I wanted a thing, I did not concern myself with consequences,…
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