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Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 When I first attempted to address my addiction years ago,…
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As in all the churches of the saints, the women should keep silent in the churches. 1 Corinthians 14:33-34 The regular reader will know that as I write every day, I’m simply working my way through the New Testament. Daily, I read until I hit the next verse I find to be important, and I…
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For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. 1 Corinthians 14:33 In the beginning of my drug use, I felt I was in control. I used because the pill did something for me and I used on my terms. That didn’t last long though, as I became dependent on the pill. Over…
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If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds? 1 Corinthians 14:23 I wrote a couple days ago about how our faith, thoughts, and actions must not be shaped by what the world thinks of us.…
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Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. 1 Corinthians 14:20 I spend about half of my time working in a chemical dependency treatment center, where methamphetamine addiction is far more prevalent than opioid addiction. I used opioids, but I’ve no personal experience with meth.…
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For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. 1 Corinthians 14:14-15 After my last…
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For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 14:2 I grew up in a conservative Christian home, but like most other kids, I just wanted to fit in with the crowd. What I felt made…
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Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 1 Corinthians 14:1 When I first began working out at my gym several years ago, there were people there doing things that I couldn’t imagine doing. I wanted to do what they could do, but from where I was at the time,…
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For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.1 Corinthians 13:12-13 I recently found myself looking at a…
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When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was four or five years old, my family attended an elderly woman’s birthday party from our church. There was a…
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