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SANCTIFICATION

In his book, "Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness?", John Piper writes, "Our only hope of progress in gradual sanctification (growing in likeness to Jesus) is that we already have a right standing with God by faith alone. By this justification we are accepted into God's favor and enjoy a reconciled position. This right standing establishes the very relationship in which we find the help and power to make progress in love."

—"Counted Righteous in Christ:", p. 49. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson

Acts 26:18 (HCSB) "to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'"

ADDICTION

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “It is said that if you wake up in the morning and the first thing you crave is a drink, you might be an alcoholic. If you wake up in the morning and the first thing you do is check your phone to read e-mail or scan through your social media before you even get out of bed, you might be an addict. Craving a hit of chemical feel-good, we repeat the behaviors that we know can produce that hit. In the case of alcohol or gambling, we are aware of it. In the case of our love of our devices and social media, we are less aware of the addictive qualities.”

--Leaders Eat Last, 53.

Proverbs 25:28 (CSB)

A person who does not control his temper

is like a city whose wall is broken down.