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2 Corinthians 11:14 …Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Why are the things that are bad for me so attractive?  Why do I desire immediate gratification when I know it will hurt later?  Though I know exercise, broccoli and prayer are good for me, what I want, is to sit on my couch,…
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2 Corinthians 10:5 …Take every thought captive to obey Christ. I must admit, I have destructive thoughts.  In the privacy of my own mind, I have impulsive, angry, lustful, prideful and hurtful thoughts. This requires no effort.  These impulses just naturally pop into my head.  Though I can learn to arrest such ideas, they are…
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2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. One of my wife’s love languages is acts of service, which basically means that she really appreciates it when I help around the house.  As it turns out, helping around…
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2 Corinthians 9:6 Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Years ago, I met a patient who was convinced that he had bent the laws of physics.  Overweight by a couple hundred pounds, he insisted that he did not eat anything.  He swore that he had gone…
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2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. When I was in treatment, I came to hate the place.  I needed it, but it felt like prison to me.  Those around me, having been to prison, assured me that I was a cupcake and…
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2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. While in treatment for chemical dependency, I was taught that one of the pillars of recovery is to have a strong support group of family and friends.  I know this to be true from my own experience of but I also know it to be…
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2 Corinthians 5:20,21 We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. My self-esteem, like most people’s, is a bit of a paradox.  I am, at once, self-loathing and…
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2 Corinthians 5:16,17 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh… If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. In my addiction, I came to dislike this passage.  As I was enslaved to my flesh nature, I did not…
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2 Corinthians 5:7 We walk by faith, not by sight. After we read this passage last night, I asked my family if there was a difference between belief and faith.  My son, who is training for his driver’s license, said that I could believe he was a good driver but I could not practice faith…
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2 Corinthians 4:16-18 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day… as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are…
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