Month: January 2022

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. Ephesians 5:31 I recently attended a distant wedding and on the way, I picked up my parents who rode with me. It was a beautiful ceremony, prompting me to contemplate wedding vows and…
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Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her . . . In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. Ephesians 5:25-28 In my drug addiction, I engaged in tremendously selfish behavior, pursuing only me and my appetite at a terrible cost to those…
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Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.  Ephesians 5:22-24 I…
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. . . Be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.…
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Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit . . .  Ephesians 5:18 I’ve got a wedding this weekend and I rarely dress up, so yesterday, I thought I’d check to see how my dress pants fit. I’ve put on a couple of pounds over the holidays…
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Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16 As a child, I was something of a couch potato. Left to my own devices, I would have just watched TV or played video games all day. As I…
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Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Ephesians 5:14 During medical school, I was in pretty good shape. I went to class, I studied, I ate well, and I worked out every day. Then in residency, life got busier. My eating habits worsened, and exercise fell by the…
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Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them . . . But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Ephesians 5:11-14 Somewhere along the line, I learned that I could get away with certain behaviors as long as no one…
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Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Ephesians 5:8-10 Over the weekend, we made one of our snow sculptures, the picture of which I’ll include here (full disclosure – the kids…
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Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Ephesians 5:6-7 Working with the incarcerated, it’s common to hear…
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