Category: Addictions

You have heard that it was said to those of old, “You shall not commit adultery.” But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck...

And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever. – John 14:16. Have you ever seen a mother comforting her baby who was hurt in some way? Have you ever been in a courtroom or watch on...

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long at the wine, those who go in search of mixed wine. Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it...

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. – Matthew 22:37-38. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out...

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. – Deuteronomy 30:19 NKJV. The West Coast port shutdown (2002) is continuing in the United States with...

They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. And He led them forth by the...

(Update 2021: This devotional is a little dated, but in 19 years the problem with gambling has only grown worse. There are still only two states without gambling: Utah and Hawaii. In Oklahoma Indian casinos are everywhere and I am sure that more are planned. In 2016, Americans lost, they...

Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I...

Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. – Mark 5:15. In Quetta, Pakistan Ghulam Raza likes to smoke scorpions when they are in season. He takes the...

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica. – 2 Timothy 4:10. In Lima, Peru at their famous gold museum (Museo de Oro) apparently all that glitters is not gold. Many of the ceremonial daggers, jewelry, ornaments, and other artifacts have been found...