Month: March 2023

I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Revelation 3:1 In my addiction, I lived two existences. There was my life on the outside that everyone saw. I was a husband, father, and an Emergency Room physician. This was the facade that I wanted the world to know.…
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Only hold fast what you have until I come. Revelation 2:25 I once couldn’t accept that I must continue to work on my recovery for the rest of my life. In my first couple of attempts at recovery, I went to meetings – for a while. I did my daily reading, praying, and meditating –…
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But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden. Revelation 2:24 It’s my nature to be open to new experiences and frankly, I worry that…
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And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works. Revelation 2:23 A little bit of knowledge, without understanding the big picture, can be quite dangerous. When I was a kid, I saw those on TV who could…
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Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works . . . Revelations 2:22 As my addiction came to light in 2014, my world threatened to come apart. So, I turned to God, praying desperately for protection.…
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But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. Revelations 2:20 I often find myself pitying the alcoholic. My struggle is with opioids, and for me to obtain pills,…
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I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. Revelations 2:19 In medicine, we practice preventative care, which means we’re supposed to manage a patient’s blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose before they damage the brain, kidneys, and heart. When these things are abnormally…
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And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: “The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.” Revelation 2:18 During my medical school years, I went through a motorcycle phase, buying my first bike for $350 on a garage sale.…
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To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it. Revelation 2:17 As my addiction was was first developing, I lost control of my life in…
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But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality. Revelations 2:14 Growing up, my wife and I were both pastor’s…
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