Month: August 2022

I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment . . . I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. Philemon 1:10-12 Step nine of Alcoholics Anonymous says that in recovery we must make amends to those whom we’ve harmed in our drug and alcohol use.…
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Though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. Philemon 1:8-10 This…
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And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful. Titus 3:14 Physicians are compensated under different models, with some paid hourly while others are on a set salary. Yet others are paid by production. With the production model, when a physician…
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As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. Titus 3:10-11 When my son was three or four, he was walking around the house one day when he dropped something…
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I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. Titus 3:8 I once felt that pursuing my own appetite was the path to the fun life. I understood that my way…
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. . . He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior . . . Titus 3:5-6 Step one of the twelve steps…
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For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us . . . Titus 3:3-5 Like most of us, it’s easy…
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For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people . . . to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness…
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Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. Titus 2:7 It’s not uncommon at our house to have little arguments over…
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They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. Titus 1:16 It’s often easy to see the flaws in others even while they remain blind to those same glaring flaws. Particularly with personality disorders such as narcissism, those around the one suffering from…
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