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Israel yoked himself to Baal . . . Numbers 25: 3 Though I go to jail bible study every week with a plan to share something with the inmates, I usually end up learning from them. One of the guys recently provided this lesson as he talked about why we fall. He spoke of the…
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Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. Numbers 21:9 Visiting the city recently, I was running one of my favorite routes, when I inadvertently ran by a towering building, which reminded me of one of the…
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Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt. Numbers 14:4 I needed to go to chemical dependency treatment long before I actually went. I knew I needed it, but I was afraid. I did not want anyone to know about my diseased behavior and I did not want to disrupt my life. I…
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“Who will give us meat to eat? For it was better for us in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat . . . until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the Lord. Numbers 11:18-20 In reading today’s passage, I could…
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Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving . . . “Oh that we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt. . . But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.” Numbers 11:4-6 This time (late…
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If you will not listen to me . . . I will visit you with panic . . . I will set my face against you . . . Leviticus 26:14-17 Though I certainly experienced misery and angst in my addiction, I do not have to go that far back in time to remember the…
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You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Leviticus 19:18 In Alcoholics Anonymous, I learned that an addict or alcoholic can have sobriety without recovery. This means that I can avoid active addiction to a drug without ever addressing any of the defects that led to addiction in the first place. In this condition, I may…
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Please show me your glory. Exodus 33:18 You will not be surprised to learn that, as a child, I loved the local Chinese food buffet. When I say that I loved Chinese food though, I am not saying that I wanted to know more about the Chinese culture or who made my food. When I…
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I said to them, “Let any who have gold take it off.” So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf. Exodus 32:24 When confronted with my toxic behavior, I have a couple of methods I employ to avoid liability. I either deflect responsibility, blaming some force…
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