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The “I’m Sorry” Cycle

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works . . . Hebrews 6:1 Every time I used pills, I told myself it was the last time. With every pill, I felt genuine guilt and remorse, so, every time I…
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Basketball Practice

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. Hebrews 5:14 The last organized basketball I played was in sixth grade. I didn’t enjoy basketball practice, but still, I wanted to be good at playing. I remember hoping that I…
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Potty Training

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. Hebrews 5:12-13 When our kids were…
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Growing Pains

Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. Hebrews 5:8 Every morning, while praying for those friends and family whom I know to be struggling, I ask God to use that struggle to teach them faith and obedience. I pray that in their obedience, they’d find transformation and freedom from the…
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Still Deeply Flawed

For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. Hebrews 5:1-2 Occasionally, I run into a reader of my blog who…
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Asking for Help is Hard

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16 For the those struggling with an addiction, asking for help isn’t easy. We keep our secrets in the dark for a reason – they’re embarrassing. We feel…
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Follow the Successful

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:15 It’s often a tragic reality that those struggling with addiction do well in treatment, only to relapse as soon as they return…
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Transparency is Threatening

And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:13 When my wife and I were first married, I was led to believe she liked camping. It’s not that she was purposefully dishonest about it. I think she…
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It’s Not You, It’s Me

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 In the disastrous consequences of my drug addiction, I felt tremendous shame and embarrassment. There were…
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Rest for the Weary

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience. Hebrews 4:11 I came across a dung beetle while hiking last spring. I’d never seen one except on TV, so I stopped to watch it for a while. As it rolled its ball…
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