Month: February 2021

I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. Romans 12:3 AA Step 10 – We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.…
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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 I think a lot of us, as Christians, assume that because we believe in God, that he’s transformed…
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Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1 On my first birthday after we were married, my wife asked me what kind of cake I wanted. I told…
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Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! Romans 11:33 When my siblings and I were young, my parents, in an effort to teach us financial stewardship, opened a savings account in each of our names. Unspent allowance and birthday money…
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But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches. Romans 11:17-18 When in treatment for my chemical dependency, it was amazing to see how…
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Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Romans 11:22 In a group discussion recently, we addressed the use of certain medications by those addicts in our care. The room was divided on the issue. On one…
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I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry. Romans 10:19 I wear scrubs to work most days and a week or two ago, I must have gotten dressed in the dark, because I put my scrub shirt on inside-out. Some scrubs are…
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For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? Romans 10:13-14 Most of us are…
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If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9-10 Almost 22 years ago, my wife and I said “I do” to each other, beginning our lives together as husband and wife. Upon saying those two little…
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For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Romans 10:2-3 One of my jobs regularly takes me to see patients in a chemical dependency treatment…
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