Month: June 2021

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.…
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If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. 1 Corinthians 12:26 In my addiction, I told myself that I wasn’t hurting anyone else. I used in secret and for a long time, managed to keep my drug use hidden from everyone. My wife and kids couldn’t be hurt…
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For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 1 Corinthians 12:14-15 As a physician, I have a job because our bodies…
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For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:12 I’ve honestly always had this fear that following Christ meant giving up all the fun stuff in life. I believe that God wants what’s…
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To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good . . . All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. 1 Corinthians 12:7, 11 As Christians, we have some inkling that we’re supposed to do good and be of service…
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Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 I’d like to say that my drug addiction was my only major flaw and…
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To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 1 Corinthians 12:7  We Keep What We Have by Giving it Away (AA Big Book) I grew up in an evangelical tradition, meaning we placed a heavy emphasis on sharing our faith with others. Honestly, this idea has always made me more…
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Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:3 While struggling with my last relapse, I still occasionally went to recovery meetings. If asked, I’d lie and say…
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But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world. 1 Corinthians 11:32 My older sister lives in the Bahamas, where they have many ways of preparing conch, the sea snail that lives in those large, spiral seashells. I love conch, but years…
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But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged. 1 Corinthians 11:31 Every morning, as I left our old house to go to the gym, I hit the stoplight just in front of McDonalds. As I saw the cars going through the drive-through at 5:45AM, I always became a little judgmental. I’m on…
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