Month: July 2020

This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. Acts 2:23 I recently had a bad day at work. It was one of those days when multiple things went wrong. Everyone, including me, just seemed off, unable to do our normal…
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The new app is finally ready for iPhone! You can find and download the free app in the App Store under Faith In the Struggle. With the application, you will be able to read or listen to the daily blog, journal, search past blogs, and connect with other readers. If desired, you will get notifications of…
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Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21 My wife recently turned to me and, out of the blue, reminded me how thankful she was that I was in recovery. She didn’t know it when she married me, but at the time, I was growing an addiction that would…
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I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Acts 2:17 Those who are physically dependent on opiate pain medications live in fear that they might run out. They know what withdrawal feels…
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For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. Acts 2:15 I can clearly remember when I began to realize that I had a problem with pills. Up to that point, I wasn’t addicted. I was simply a physician, taking medicine. As I developed a…
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But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.” Acts 2:13 For a long time, I was able to keep my drug use a secret. The fact that others couldn’t tell when I was using, encouraged my use. If no one can tell, then what harm is it? The longer I got away with…
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“May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it”; and “Let another take his office.” Acts 1:20 One of the worst lies I told myself in my addiction, was that I wasn’t hurting anyone else. In my mind, I abused drugs in a vacuum. If no one knows, and…
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Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled . . . concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry. Acts 1:16-17 At my lowest point, in the disastrous consequences of my addictive, destructive behavior, I got to the point…
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John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now. Acts 1:5 Like most of us, I grew up thinking that freedom meant doing whatever I wanted. Looking back, I know now that I had wonderful, loving parents, but at the time, I thought they were too…
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You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Acts 1:8 The 12th step of AA teaches that the addict in recovery must carry the message of recovery to others. Knowing…
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