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We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 I’ve come to the point where I can say that I’m thankful for my addiction. I’m not thankful for the destruction and pain I caused others, but I can look at my…
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For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 Because of the purposefully vague language which Alcoholics Anonymous uses – referring to God as a higher power – many…
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God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. Ephesians 2:4-5 Working in addiction medicine, I don’t spend a lot of time recruiting people for recovery. I don’t go out looking for those who aren’t…
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We all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. Ephesians 2:3 Paradoxically, all my self-inflicted misery in life has come simply from following my own desires. At the time I truly thought…
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And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world . . . Ephesians 2:1-2 I haven’t practiced obstetric medicine for years, but back in residency, I had the opportunity to deliver many babies. Epidural anesthesia wasn’t used much in the population I worked with…
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. . . And what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead . . . Ephesians 1:19-20 Recently home from college for a few days, my son got out his shop…
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. . . I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him . . . Ephesians 1:16-17 Back in the disastrous consequences of…
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For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you . . . Ephesians 1:15-16 My wife and I have slightly different memories of the moment we met, but this is my blog, so here’s…
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In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will . . . Ephesians 1:11-12 Whether in jest or not, we’ve all heard the phrase, The devil made me do it. Usually, the saying is understood as an…
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In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness…
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