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But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? Galatians 4:9 Eating right is one of those continual struggles for me. I know what’s…
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So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. Galatians 4:7 Ever since we had the birds and the bees talk, my children have been a little wary of my desire to talk about anything too serious. Whenever I want to discuss something important, they…
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In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. Galatians 4:3 Working in Urgent Care, I see many pediatric patients, witnessing a lot of behavior that should be specific to that population. Refusal to cooperate, tantrums, and noisy bodily functions are all normal activities for…
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Now before faith came, we were held captive . . . But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith . . . for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:23-28 I have an unfortunate habit of…
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Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? Galatians 3:4 Someone recently asked me how I look back on my own addiction. I had to respond that I’m certainly sorrowful for the pain I caused. I have relationships that will probably never be repaired and even the ones I have…
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Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Galatians 3:3 Whenever people tell me they’ve relapsed into drug use, I ask them to explain how it happened. In the story, they usually tell me how they did well after treatment, changing their lives, and going to…
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I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 In the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, steps…
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We know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. Galatians…
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And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. Galatians 2:13 I’ve been sober for seven years now and I’ve got to admit that occasionally, I think maybe I’ve recovered well enough that I could just have one drink. Alcohol wasn’t my primary…
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But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. Galatians 2:11 In the worst of my addiction, I inappropriately used the power of my license to get my pills. When that fact came to the attention of those with whom I worked, they had a tough choice to…
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