Author: Scott

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 In psychiatry, the borderline personality disorder is defined by multiple symptoms but perhaps the most obvious is a pervasive…
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Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:10-11 I slept in a pair of shorts last night. In a little bit though, I’ll leave for my Saturday morning…
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 I’ve had more than a few no-so-stellar parenting moments of which my kids occasionally remind me. Once, when they were maybe four and five years old, we were out playing in the snow…
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Ephesians 6:1-3 I know that good parenting doesn’t guarantee that our kids won’t make mistakes.…
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However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Ephesians 5:33 I’d been married for a few years when I read a book* detailing the different needs that men and women have in marriage. If you’d have asked me previously, I’d have said…
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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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