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Understanding Self-Destruction
“For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. But those who miss me injure themselves. All who hate me love death.” Proverbs 8:35-36 “There are seeds of self-destruction in all of...
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Impulsive Peter
Peter was the magnificent failure. But I’m grateful for his story. As we examine his life and his actions and decisions, we see a man who was so much like us. I relate and understand Peter more then...
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The Impulsive Christian
“Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence.” Genesis 49:4 “Walking on water is easy to someone with impulsive boldness, but walking on dry land as a disciple of Jesus Christ is something...
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Can You Say No?
11 “For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this...
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Scorched, But Loved
“Then Jesus said to Peter, “Go away from me, Satan! You are not helping me! You don’t care about the things of God, but only about the things people think are important.” Matt. 16:23, NCV Things in the...
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When Instability Attacks!
I feel good, too good— and it concerns me. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, I’ve been down this road before. I guess this is my big issue with Bipolar Disorder (BP); its unpredictability, the way...
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A Full Quiver, to Press the Enemy
In an old book of prayers, I discovered this list. As I read it, and pondered them, I felt like I had been given a giant pile of treasure. And I want to share the wealth with my friends. The idea of...
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Chasing Down Euphoria
“That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!” Calvin & Hobbes, comic strip One of the blessings of turning 52 is I come to a...
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Shedding Self-Importance
“I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man.” D.L. Moody Shortly after Lynn and I were accepted by KBCC to be their senior pastor we traveled to California to be with family for a few...
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Even The Oblivious Can Still Find His Mercy
I have learned over the last few years of having definite “blind-spots” that have shaped my mental illness. These are things that I can never grasp, and my attempts at grasping on to it are like...
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Sealed With a Kiss
“In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.” Ephesians 1:13 As a teen, I remember putting on my...
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Traveling Mercies
Things can get pretty grim just living life. But add a disability, and suddenly blam! It gets worse. A mental illness intensifies life, and the weird concoction of symptoms and hospitals, therapists...
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Tigger Goes to a Therapist
A Therapists Consultation: TIGGER (Winnie the Pooh’s Irrepressible Friend.) Diagnosis: Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD): Tigger’s continual bouncing, hyperactivity and irresponsible...
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The Plight of the Impulsive Christian
“Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence.” Genesis 49:4 “Walking on water is easy to someone with impulsive boldness, but walking on dry land as a disciple of Jesus Christ is something...
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Quarantined, for His Purposes
Quarantines are a real possibility, even in this day. A quarantine is imposed when disease is contagious enough that it would harm a society: Measles, Smallpox, and the recent Ebola Virus are just a...
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Instability and the Believer
I feel good, too good— and it concerns me. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, I’ve been down this road before. I guess this is my big issue with Bipolar Disorder (BP); its unpredictability, the way...
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April Fool’s Day: An Accident Report
This is a bricklayer’s accident report that was printed in the newsletter of the English equivalent of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Dear Sirs, I am writing in response to your request for...
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Has God Given Up on You?
13 “If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is.” 2 Timothy 2:13, NLT There can be times of a great despair; when sin or sickness is definitely in the spotlight....
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Shedding Self-Importance
“I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man.” D.L. Moody April, 2000 Shortly after Lynn and I were accepted by Kachemak Bay Christian Center to be their pastor, we traveled to...
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Scorched, But Deeply Loved
“Then Jesus said to Peter, “Go away from me, Satan! You are not helping me! You don’t care about the things of God, but only about the things people think are important.” Matt. 16:23, NCV Principles of...
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