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And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. Acts 16:7 Despite Covid-19, we recently risked the airport and flew. Both at the gate and on the airplane, there were multiple routine announcements to which I didn’t really listen. Usually, I’ve…
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Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. Acts 16:3 An addict once told me that he felt God wanted him to share his faith with some of his addicted friends.…
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And there arose a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other. Acts 15:39 I was once approached by an individual asking for medical support for his addiction ministry. Knowing that not everyone approaches addiction the same way, and having some strong convictions myself, I inquired as to the nature of this particular ministry.…
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Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. Acts 15:2 Some of the most bitter disagreements I’ve ever had, have been with other Christians. These disputes are occasionally over trivial things, but at other times, I’ve argued over issues…
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But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Acts 15:1 While addicted to opiate pain pills, to keep everyone else from knowing something was wrong, I had to keep up the facade that nothing was wrong. So,…
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. . . Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. Acts 14:22 Though I wasn’t particularly good at it, I wrestled through college. Part of why I wasn’t very good was that I just didn’t work as hard as I should have. I was lazy in the off-season, and about halfway through…
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But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. Acts 14:20 As most of you know, it snowed 8 or 10 inches here yesterday. It was a wet, sloppy, unpleasant snow – did I mention it’s October? Still,…
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We bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God . . . Acts 14:15 Years ago, a couple of friends and I were debating a moral dilemma facing one of the guys. I appealed to my friend’s faith, suggesting that he do what was right in God’s…
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“The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. Acts 14:11-12 Apparently, physicians are, on occasion, capable of such pride and arrogance that others consider them to have a god complex. Of course I’m never guilty of such behavior.…
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