I Guess This is My Life Now

When I am feeling uncomfortable, I find it difficult to remember how it felt to be
comfortable. Perhaps some examples from my own life will sound familiar to you.
By day three of a head cold, I can no longer remember what it feels like to breathe
through my nose. At this point, I am tempted to think, “I’m sure it was nice
breathing through my nose, but I guess this is my life now.” When I am eating
tortilla chips or popcorn, something gets stuck among my teeth and gums and no
matter…

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“If we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another…” (1 John 1:7).

We sometimes say that being a Christian has not only the “vertical” dimension of fellowship with God, but also the “horizontal” dimension of fellowship with God’s people. Both of those dimensions are highlighted in Ephesians 2. Once spiritually dead in their sins, the Ephesians had now been made alive in Christ, reconciled to God (verses 1-7). That’s the vertical dimension. But that wasn’t all. These Gentiles, once “far off”…

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Handling Temptation

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God
is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability,
but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape,
that you may be able to endure it. (1 Corinthians 10:13)
Every day we spend on this earth we are faced with situations that require us to
make choices. Somewhere in that process temptation comes in and influences our
decisions. It could be a simple as eating something healthy versus something not
so healthy or cutting corners at work. Maybe looking at…