Category: Faith in the Struggle

Acts 3:19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord… I am not a very tidy person.  In fact, I am a bit of a slob.  My wife on the other hand is not.  I tend to leave a…
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Acts 3:6 I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk! When I was in college, I waited tables to pay the bills.  I once served a family who left me with a gospel pamphlet as my…
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Acts 2:4,13 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit… But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.” For those of us who have lived out some public destruction or addiction, it is, I think, common for those around us to always wonder.  If we have a bad day there will always be…
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Acts 2:23 This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. Is God in control of everything, or do I have free will?  Does God pick me or do I pick him?  Does it have to be one or the other?…
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John 21:17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.” My…
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  John 21:3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. I have met many, who while incarcerated, swear they will never return to their old ways, only to fall back…
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John 20:25 Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe. Like anyone, I have had those moments in life when I have doubted God’s existence or plan.  I have, in doubt,…
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John 17:16 You are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I once heard a man say that God had told him where to go for a cup of coffee just that morning.  Thus, he had been blessed by an excellent cup of coffee.  I was pretty sure he was…
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John 17:3 This is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. My defect of desiring instant gratification pervades my entire personality, affecting more than just my appetite for drugs or food.  It takes effort for me to delay any pleasure until tomorrow, so when I…
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John15:18,19 If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you…  You are not of the world… therefore the world hates you. Honestly, I would rather write of my drug addiction.  My drug use is nearly three years past and is easier to talk about than the defects I struggle…
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