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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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I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. Romans 2:13 If I’m honest, I’d have to admit that while working in the Emergency Room,…
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And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: “The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. . . Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.” Revelations 2:12-16 Unbeknownst to me, a buddy recently recorded me doing a specific…
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Revelation 2:11 My family thinks I’m losing my hearing. I think it’s just fine though. They’re just gradually talking quieter and the ambient noise, drowning out their voices, is apparently becoming louder. My wife thinks I need to consider hearing…
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Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. Revelations 2:10 Growing up in church, we often celebrated stories of the martyrs – those who were killed for their faith. Even as a kid though, I wondered what I’d do if my life were threatened for my beliefs. In those stories,…
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Do not fear what you are about to suffer. . . The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death. Revelations 2:10-11 In the disastrous consequences of my addiction, I had two choices – give up or get sober. I could have resigned myself to a life of drugs. I’ve wrecked my…
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