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Living the Lie

The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, “Unclean, unclean.” Leviticus 13:45 I’m sure there are those who’re completely honest about their drug use, but most of us who’ve been addicted have lied…
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Freedom

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 The devil came around the other day. This happens occasionally. On this particular day he came in the bottle of pain pills that a patient plopped down in front of me – These…
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Don’t Touch That

When the priest has examined him, he shall pronounce him unclean. Leviticus 13:3 I grew up in an alcohol-free home. My father is a retired pastor, and my parents didn’t drink, so I was discouraged from drinking. You may find that legalistic, but I think my parents did a good job of communicating Paul’s message…
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Leprosy, Numbness, and Addiction

And if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a case of leprous disease. Leviticus 13:3 At the jail recently, the guys were discussing how, in our addiction, we came to normalize terrible behavior. At first, when we…
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Making Daily Progress, Aiming at Perfection

For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. Leviticus 11:44 At the gym, I’m always working on getting better. There are always things I can improve upon. Even if I ever place first in a competition – which I’m in no danger of doing – I…
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The Little Sins that Don’t Matter

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. Leviticus 10:1-2 My…
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Quality Time

. . . The glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. Leviticus 9:23-24 We all have our own…
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Making Amends to Those We Love the Most

If he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression . . . he shall restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt.…
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I Swear I’ll Never Use Again

Or if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these . . .  Leviticus 5:4 I’ve been sober from…
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The Wicked Finger

If he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and realizes his guilt . . . Leviticus 5:3 When my son was maybe four years old, he suddenly started walking around the house one day…
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