My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John…
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 Like any married couple, my wife and I have our occasional disagreements which, if we’re not careful, can lead to a fight. In any conflict, I believe I’m right and,…
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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. . . If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1 John 1:8-10 Early on in my drug use, I didn’t realize I had an addiction. I…
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God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of…
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That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. 1 John 1:3-4 The 12th step of…
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Take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:17-18 Years ago, my wife and I visited Hawaii, where we did one of those bike rides down the island’s…
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But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. 2 Peter 3:10 There are events in our lives that…
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The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 When I first met my inpatient addiction treatment counselor, she seemed like a kind, caring person. I had one goal at that…
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But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 2 Peter 3:8 In our jail Bible study, it’s always interesting to hear the inmates talk about how they’re thankful for jail because it’s given them a chance to…
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Scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. 2 Peter 3:3 When I was using, enslaved to my pills, I developed a kind of contempt for those who were living in recovery and for those who abstained from mind-altering chemicals. I was drowning in my addiction and so, I…
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