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James 3:2 We all stumble in many ways. Everyone struggles with something.  We all do things we do not want to do and we fail to do the things we know we should.  Though we cause our own misery, we repeatedly return to our destructive behaviors and habits.  We all stumble and fail in many…
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1 Corinthians 2:17 We are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God. When in treatment, I tried to convince an atheist that he needed God.  I argued with and prayed for him.  I meant well, but if I am honest, I was primarily doing it…
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2 Corinthians 2:15,16 We are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. If you go to recovery meetings long enough, you will eventually encounter an intoxicated attendee. …
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2 Corinthians 1:8,9 We were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself…  But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God. In Church, we love the story of the one who used to be a sinner but then came to Christ, was transformed and lived happily…
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2 Corinthians 1:3,4 Blessed be the… God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. When my drug addiction came to light, I wanted to hide.  Everyone knew…
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1 Corinthians 16:1,2 Now concerning the collection for the saints… On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside… In the process of writing this blog, I read a passage in the morning and then spend the day meditating on it so I have something to write about tomorrow. …
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1 Corinthians 15:51-55, We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye… this mortal body must put on immortality… “O death, where is your victory?  O death, where is your sting?” When in medical school, I thought I wanted to be a Family Practice physician.  As it turns out, I…
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1 Corinthians 15:42-44 What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable… It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. Growing up, I sang a children’s church song which used bullfrogs and butterflies as a metaphor for the…
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1 Corinthians 15:32,33 If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” Do not be deceived…  Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. Paul, in today’s passage, described two paths in life.  On the first, there is no God, and thus,…
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1 Corinthians 15:31 I die every day! I have lost a thousand pounds and found almost all of them.  I have many times, dieted for a few weeks, only to go right back to eating normally, erasing any progress I may have made.  In my drug addiction, I quit using hundreds of times, relapsing daily.…
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