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But in this way Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. Leviticus 16:3 Most of my worst life trials have been my fault. You’d think that in my self-inflicted misery that I’d have gone to God with humility,…
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Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst. Leviticus 15:31 Though my wife and I now have a far healthier relationship than we did 10 years ago, we still have our squabbles. When we do find…
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And he shall burn the garment, or the warp or the woof, the wool or the linen, or any article made of skin that is diseased, for it is a persistent leprous disease. It shall be burned in the fire. Leviticus 13:52 It’s the Fourth of July week, which has meant family, fellowship, fun, and…
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The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, “Unclean, unclean.” Leviticus 13:45 I’m sure there are those who’re completely honest about their drug use, but most of us who’ve been addicted have lied…
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For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 The devil came around the other day. This happens occasionally. On this particular day he came in the bottle of pain pills that a patient plopped down in front of me – These…
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When the priest has examined him, he shall pronounce him unclean. Leviticus 13:3 I grew up in an alcohol-free home. My father is a retired pastor, and my parents didn’t drink, so I was discouraged from drinking. You may find that legalistic, but I think my parents did a good job of communicating Paul’s message…
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And if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a case of leprous disease. Leviticus 13:3 At the jail recently, the guys were discussing how, in our addiction, we came to normalize terrible behavior. At first, when we…
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For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. Leviticus 11:44 At the gym, I’m always working on getting better. There are always things I can improve upon. Even if I ever place first in a competition – which I’m in no danger of doing – I…
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Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. . . You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean . . . Leviticus 10:8-10 When I was quite young, I loved potatoes…
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Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. Leviticus 10:1-2 My…
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