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Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 1 Corinthians 13:8 I recently had the opportunity to visit the ocean once again where I was reminded of how small I feel when I step foot in it. Whenever I look…
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Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7 Most of us who invest in addiction ministry, do so with some wide-eyed optimism, hoping that everyone we meet will instantaneously, miraculously, and permanently find recovery. Nowhere is man’s persistent self-destructive nature on better display though, than in those…
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Love does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 1 Corinthians 13:6 In recovery from an addiction to prescription pain medications, I’ve always felt sorry for the alcoholic. There are liquor stores on every corner and the ease of access must be problematic for the problem drinker. I’ve always said that if there…
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Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. 1 Corinthians 13:5 I’ve heard people say that true love shouldn’t be difficult. The implication is that as a relationship gets to be a lot of work, that’s the sign that it isn’t true love, because, if you’re really in love,…
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Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Even in the worst of my addiction, I clung to the idea that I was still a good father to my children. I hated who I was and what I was doing, but I soothed…
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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.…
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If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. 1 Corinthians 12:26 In my addiction, I told myself that I wasn’t hurting anyone else. I used in secret and for a long time, managed to keep my drug use hidden from everyone. My wife and kids couldn’t be hurt…
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For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 1 Corinthians 12:14-15 As a physician, I have a job because our bodies…
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For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:12 I’ve honestly always had this fear that following Christ meant giving up all the fun stuff in life. I believe that God wants what’s…
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To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good . . . All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. 1 Corinthians 12:7, 11 As Christians, we have some inkling that we’re supposed to do good and be of service…
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