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For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 21:13 Before I had a drug addiction, I had other self-destructive appetites that needed to change if I truly wanted to live by faith. The problem with those other problems though, is…
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It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35 As children, we loved receiving gifts. Whether it was Christmas day or a birthday, we knew it was our time to receive and we reveled in it. As we matured though, at some point we realized that the joy is in giving gifts. We…
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I am innocent of the blood of all, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. Acts 20:26-27 If a patient comes to me in clinic about a funny looking mole and it looks suspicious for a cancer, it’s easy for me to recommend a biopsy. What if I’m…
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But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus . . . Acts 20:24 Because we weren’t all home on Thanksgiving, we had our Thanksgiving meal yesterday with our immediate family and…
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And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there . . . Acts 20:22 When I had to leave my job in the ER due to my drug addiction, I had to go to inpatient treatment if I wanted my career back. With my…
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And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted. Acts 20:12 Like any job, working the ER had its challenges about which I regularly complained. When I lost that job due to my addiction, I was out of work for a few months, during which time I was desperate to return…
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And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. Acts 29:9 Once, on a camping trip as a kid, I picked up a hatchet and began chopping…
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Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together. Acts 19:32 I’ve always had an innate desire to fit in. Growing up, like most kids, I felt like everyone else was normal and I wasn’t. When I didn’t…
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But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him. Acts 19:30 I’m impulsive. I feel a thing and it’s just natural for me to immediately act on that feeling without thinking of the consequences. Unfortunately, my first feeling or thought, is often unproductive, unhelpful, or downright destructive. This…
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About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way. For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen. Acts 19:23-24 In my drug addiction, I made terrible choices that seemed like good ideas. Drugs literally damaged my brain’s ability to make good…
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