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Offense: Take It or Leave It
Soul Detox Part 10 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (Colossians 3:13 NIV) Let’s face it—offenses happen. And...
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Forgiving Unconditionally
Soul Detox Part 11 So shall you say to Joseph: Forgive (take up and away all resentment and all claim to requital concerning), I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers and their sin, for they did...
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Self-Forgiveness
Soul Detox Part 12 But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great...
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Forgiving God?
Soul Detox Part 13 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11) To many Christians,...
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In the Sandbox
Soul Detox Part 22 Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience,...
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Thank God for Differences
Soul Detox Part 32 There are differences…but the same Lord. (1 Corinthians 12:5) Differences—what a broad topic! There are differences in facial features, hair color and texture, skin tones, body...
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The Only Good Christian is a Dead Christian
Spiritual Warfare Part 3 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (Galatians 5:24 NIV) Crucified with Christ To the enemy, the only good Christian is a...
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But It’s Only a Tiny Stretch of the Truth
Spiritual Warfare Part 18 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in...
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Fine China Breaks Easily–The Past Not So Much
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new...
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It Left a Scar
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Be kind and compassionate to one...
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Words of Life—Words of Death
Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. (Ephesians 5:18-19) Speak Life As some of you know, my family is getting hit pretty hard with health...
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Putting Myself in Timeout
There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1-2) “Will...
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Let’s Lament
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. (Lamentations 3:19-20) There comes a time in everyone’s life when we...
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I Don’t Want to Be a Cancer Survivor
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. (Psalm 43:5) March 28 marked the anniversary of my breast cancer...
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Expectations Debilitate
Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is gained in a righteous life. (Proverb 16:31) Excitement stirred within me when I first felt “stubbies” on my head. The thrill faded quickly when the color of those...
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Disappointments—Consider Them Pure Joy
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) Two weeks ago, we left the...
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