Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Snagged! Theme of the Week: The Sensuality Snare Sunday, March 21, 2004
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Key Bible Verse: I can't make myself do right. I want to, but I can't (Romans 7:18). Bonus Reading:Rom. 7:14–25
The day the story appeared in Portland's Oregonian, I was having lunch with a friend. "What did you think of the fire at Adult Fantasy Video?" he asked. "I feel sorry for the guy who died," he added.
"Yeah, well, I feel sorry for his mother," I said. "Imagine having that be the last memory of your son."
"It could have been me," my buddy told me.
"What do you mean?" I asked, shocked.
"I've been in that place. I've been in that room," he said. "You could have been reading about me in the paper today and feeling sorry for my wife and kids."
"Are you ever going back?" I asked.
"I can't," he said. "It burned to the ground."
But the city slapped the owner's hand for a fire code violation, and his insurance company gave him a big enough settlement to rebuild.
A few weeks ago I asked my friend if he'd visited the new store. He had. When I asked why, he said he didn't know. "Every time I leave that place, I feel like the scum of the earth. I swear I'll never go in there again. But later I just can't resist the urge. I'm caught and I can't get loose."
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