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If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. James 1:5 Recently, I found myself at our small-town grocery store searching for croutons. I’ve been in the store a hundred times, but I’ve never bought croutons before, so I had no…
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Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2-3 As I’ve mentioned previously, I truly enjoy going to the gym. I love competing with my buddies, but I also enjoy the process of personal growth. At the gym, I’m…
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Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Hebrews 13:7 I recently met someone who’d heard of me before we met. When I introduced myself, he asked If I was that one doctor who’d recovered from an addiction and…
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For he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” Hebrews 13:5-6 In the throes of my addiction, I knew I needed treatment. I didn’t want to go though. Treatment seemed like a…
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Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 My daughter teases my wife and I about loving our dog. We say that we don’t love him and honestly, neither of us feel a tremendous…
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Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Hebrews 13:4 In my addiction, I didn’t engage in an extramarital affair, but to my wife, it felt like I had an affair with the drugs. She felt that I had…
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Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them . . . Hebrews 13:3 I get my hair cut at one of those places in the mall, and every time I go, I drive right by a smoke shop. I’m not proud of this, but when I see customers going in and…
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Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.  Hebrews 13:2 Since we moved to Minnesota more than 20 years ago, we’ve been fortunate enough to live on the lake where we own a boat and spend our summers on the water. A few summers ago, we we’re parked…
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Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. Hebrews 12:28-29 I’ve never had much interest in getting a tattoo. I have nothing against them. I simply know that I’m much…
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See to it that . . . no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. Hebrews 12:15-16 Because eating healthy is a common struggle, I often use that struggle to illustrate the misery of addiction to those who’ve never been addicted. Just as many of us…
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