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Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them. Exodus 26:1 In addiction medicine, in alcoholics anonymous, and in chemical dependency treatment, there’s always an interesting relationship between the addicted and those who’re trying…
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And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly. Exodus 25:30 If you’ve ever put yourself through any athletic training – from high school sports to running a 5k – you know that training involves putting yourself through the uncomfortable. So it is with CrossFit training. No one likes…
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And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. There I will meet with you . . . Exodus 25:21-22 I’ve never stood before a judge, but I hear about the experience frequently from those in jail.…
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The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.” Exodus 25:1-2 As I’ve mentioned recently, since February, I’ve been in the middle of a month’s-long, worldwide CrossFit competition with four stages. At…
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Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. Exodus 26:18 Long before I went to treatment for my opioid addiction, I understood that I needed to go. I knew that my addiction was eventually going to destroy my life but still, I…
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Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.” Exodus 24:3 When we first get out of treatment, most of us who’ve been there, had every intention…
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If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him. Exodus 23:5 There’ve been many times in my life when I’ve known what’s right, good, and healthy for me, but I’ve simply not felt like doing…
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You shall not fall in with the many to do evil . . . Exodus 23:2 Well, it’s been a whirlwind of a week. My son graduates from college this week in Virginia, so we’ve traveled with extended family from Minnesota to Virginia for the event. It’s also been the week of semifinals in our…
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You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. Exodus 22:29 For nearly 10 years now, a buddy and I have been meeting at a local coffee shop at a set time each week for an accountability group. The reason we meet it to share…
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You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry . . . Exodus 22:22-23 I recently learned a new term – Thug Hugger. It’s a derogatory term, used to mock those who’re seen as too kind, loving, and…
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