Bible
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Slightly Obsessed #141: You Are Stronger Than the Thing that Controls You
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. -2 Corinthians 10:3-4 A stronghold is the thing you give in to in the darkness. Not long after God’s people…
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Slightly Obsessed #140: Your Life Matters
By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. – Hebrews 11:7 Do you ever feel invisible? Does it seem like your struggles…
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Slightly Obsessed #139: Why Regret Can Be a Good Thing
The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, ‘Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.’ And he went out and wept bitterly. – Luke 22:61-62 He was hot, and he was cold, but the fisherman named Peter was never…
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Slightly Obsessed #138: Do You Long for a Refuge?
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge. – Psalm 18:2 The school bus groaned to a stop, flung open its doors, and belched out two children. The boy bounded up the driveway to freedom like a foal let out to pasture.…
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Slightly Obsessed #137: This Old House
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. – Hebrews 3:4 The last few years we’ve been tearing into our aging log home to give it some new life. Raising five children took its toll on the place, and it’s been looking tired. But there’s one thing…
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Slightly Obsessed #136: What Is an Atheist?
Remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. – Ephesians 2:12 ATHEOS, Atheist: godless; destitute of God; given up by God and excluded from communion with God* What is an…
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Slightly Obsessed #134: New Year’s Day, All Year Long
Behold, I am making all things new. – Revelation 21:5 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. – 2 Corinthians 5:17 The snow fell all day, blanketing the yard and surrounding hills in a soft white whisper. Christmas still adorns…
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Slightly Obsessed #133: What Will Your Tomorrow Bring?
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. – Luke 2:13 The night lay heavily over the fields, formless and void, just like every other night. The man finished his patrol and returned to the small fire where the others gathered to warm up. He pulled up…
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Slightly Obsessed #131: Save Our Souls
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil. – Hebrews 6:19 The fishing vessel lunged toward the sky upon a heaving wave and careened down its black back as the herculean storm roiled the ocean beneath them. Rain pounded…
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Slightly Obsessed #130: The One Word that Bothers Me This Thanksgiving
Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. – Ezekiel 16:49 My feet throbbed as I eased into bed after a long day. Like millions of other Americans, I’m gearing up for the…
