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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Revelation 3:6 A couple of weeks ago, I couldn’t find my deodorant as I was getting ready one morning. I looked in all the likely places but it was simply gone. I knew I hadn’t taken it out of the…
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The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. Revelation 3:5 In medical school, while in the clinic or hospital, I wore a short white coat to signify…
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Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. Revelation 3:4 Yesterday afternoon, I sat in my hot tub, watching my dog explore out on the frozen lake. It may be April, but it’s still winter…
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Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. Revelation 3:3 Think of your greatest life struggle with self-control. Perhaps it’s with food. If it isn’t food, substitute…
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Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Revelation 3:2 A couple of days ago, a train derailed in a nearby small town – you likely saw it on the news – igniting several train cars of ethanol…
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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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