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He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. Genesis 7:23 Enslaved to my addiction, I knew I needed to go to treatment. But how could I just take a month off work? Someone would notice if I simply…
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And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him. Genesis 7:5 If I wear a Minnesota Vikings t-shirt, you don’t assume that I’m claiming to be a member of the team. I’m simply a fan. If, however, I wear a t-shirt that says ATHLETE, I’m claiming something about myself. Well, it just so happens…
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In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. Genesis 7:11-12 It’s always easy…
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Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.” Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him. Genesis 6:21-22 Occasionally, on TV or the radio, I’ll hear some Christian speaker preach a message that goes something like…
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I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives…
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And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make yourself an ark of gopher wood.” Genesis 6:13-14 As you likely know, in 2020, Tristan Publishing released – Freedom in the Fight…
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Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. . . Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. Genesis 6:9-11 Most people who know me, know that I’m quite vocal about my addiction and faith. If my name ever came up in conversation…
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But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. Genesis 6:8 We all have learned behaviors which stimulate our brains to release dopamine – the neurotransmitter that surges when we engage in some activity we enjoy: eating a donut, having sex, or smoking. It’s this dopamine surge that feels really good and drives us…
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So the LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” Genesis 6:7 After my last relapse, part of me understood that I could lose my career.…
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The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.  Genesis 6:5-6 I know that very few of my…
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