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John 3:6,7 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ Have you ever struggled to reconcile your behavior with your faith?  When enslaved to my addiction, I was in a constant…
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John 2:7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. Though I engaged in horrible behavior in my addiction, I did and still do have a very active conscience.  This conscience is quite sensitive to destructive behavior and makes me feel horribly guilty when I…
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John 1:1,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us… When I focus on me, I turn my eyes and ears away from God.  The more intense my focus is on self, the worse my sight and…
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Luke 24:47 Repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations… When I worked in the Emergency Room, I would, almost daily, meet addicts of which there were invariably two types.  The first addict still acted like an addict.  Either high or seeking a high, this addict was not…
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Luke 23:44,45 It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. At our local jail yesterday for bible study, I was greeted by a big smile and hug from Tom. …
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Luke 23:42,43 “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Calamity has a way of readjusting one’s perspective.  In times of success we have the debilitating luxury of being distracted by the temporal and unimportant.  When…
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Luke 23:34 Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Jesus had been beaten, mocked and hung naked on a cross. He was condemned to die with two common criminals, one of whom openly taunted him.  As his killers fought over his clothing, He somehow, asked the father to forgive them all. Though…
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Luke 22:61,62 Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly. As my life came crashing down and the consequences of my addiction piled up, so did my guilt and shame.  I had…
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Luke 22:44 Being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. As I finished my workout yesterday, I noticed that both of my shins were bleeding.  Though they looked dramatic, they were just painless abrasions, so I wiped them off and moved on. …
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Luke 22:40  Pray that you may not enter into temptation. I once told someone that I went to a Christian drug treatment program to which she sarcastically replied, Is that where they teach you all you need to do is pray?  The implication was that Christians deny the reality of addiction and ignorantly rely on the…
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