Month: August 2021

We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. 2 Corinthians 5:10 It’s easy to be critical of those who, while in legal trouble, claim they believe in God. At a weekly jail…
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So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:6 If you’ve been reading my blog lately, you know that my kids have recently left home for college. College has…
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For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Corinthians 5:1 When we first got married, I understood – and I may have been misled – that my wife enjoyed tent camping. So,…
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For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 This summer, my son and I had the opportunity to hike up a trail adjacent to a glacier…
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So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 On a recent road trip with my son, a couple of things were revealed to me. The first was when we stopped to do a hike that we’d done a…
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So death is at work in us, but life in you. 2 Corinthians 4:12 If you’d have asked me 15 years ago if I wanted my kids to grow up, go to college, get married, and have families of their own someday, I’d have said, “Of course I want that!” That was a long time…
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For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 2 Corinthians 4:11 It isn’t uncommon for someone struggling with chemicals to reach out to me, asking for help. Not everyone needs treatment, but usually, that is…
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We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 This is the week that both…
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But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 2 Corinthians 4:7 As the miserable consequences of 15 years of drug use rained down, I had an identity crisis regarding my faith. How could a Christian act like this? I was supposed…
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For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6 In the disastrous consequences of my addiction, I had to report to the state medical licensing board, who bears…
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