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For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:15 When I was maybe four or five years old, we were at my grandparent’s farm, when my brother and I climbed on top…
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If you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Romans 8:13 I’m clearly biased by my personal experience, but I see drug addiction as a nearly perfect example of our universal struggle with our own nature. We…
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Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. Romans 8:8-9 Will I ever get sober? Am I destined to…
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For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:6 I don’t enjoy horror movies, but still, I’ve seen enough zombie movies to understand the genre. In most zombie films, there’s usually some contagion that turns nice, normal people into mindless,…
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For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. Romans 8:5 We all long for the shortcut to success. Whether it’s weight loss or financial reward, we don’t want to…
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There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 Whenever I’ve relapsed into self-destructive behavior, I’ve simultaneously turned my back on God. In recovery then, I had to return to that relationship. In the destruction of my addiction however, the shame and guilt were overwhelming and though I knew…
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I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. Romans 7:25 At the gym the other day, we did a warmup called the half-moon. I found it to be an amusing name and so, I made some semi-crass joke about it. One of my…
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Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! Romans 7:24-25 On a college visit with my daughter recently, I got up early one morning to go hiking in the mountains. Out there, alone in the wind, looking down on the…
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Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Romans 7:24 When I’m really trying to eat healthy – like I am now – I use a calorie counting app on my phone, which can be an effective tool to keep me accountable. Often, I’ll eat a breakfast of one…
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I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Romans 7:22-23 Twenty years ago, I daily watched a particular cable news show in…
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