Tag: Celebrate Recovery
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13 and 31
13No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it…. …31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all…
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Consider Your Public Life
9Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.–1 Corinthians 8 Paul was discussing if Christians could eat food sacrificed to idols if they did so with a clear conscience. Paul reminded them that though their conscience may be clear, they just might be making it…
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Stop Remaining the Baby
1Brothers and sisters, I [Paul] could not address you [the Corinthian church] as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. –1 Corinthians 3 Paul was giving a…
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Your Story for God’s Glory
39Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him [Jesus] because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” 40So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41And because of his words many more became believers. 42They said to the woman, “We…
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How Do You Handle Your Sin?
20The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality…
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David Gave Amends
7The king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the Lord between David and Jonathan son of Saul.–2 Samuel 21 There was a long famine and David went to God for answers. God shared that the previous king, Saul, had killed Gibeonites. Back in Joshua 9, the Gibeonites tricked Israel…
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Deceived
8The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves.–Proverbs 14 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? (Jeremiah 17:9) Some people understand life and live in reality, while others are stuck in denial and refuse to accept reality. These kind…
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Lack of Discipline
21For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths. 22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast. 23For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.–Proverbs 5 For the wages of sin is death, but the…
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Take Your Sin Seriously
10My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.–Proverbs 1 …but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. (James 1:14-15) I remember my…
