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Originally posted at: theresstillhope.org

One Sunday, the pastor announced that a special guest would be joining the congregation in mere minutes – Lucifer. He told the morning crowd, “The devil will be here in five minutes. If you want to leave, you better leave now.”

Five minutes later, the devil arrived, walked into the church auditorium, and faced a room full of empty pews. 

Except for one man.

The devil looked down from the platform and addressed the man, sitting on the front pew. “Aren’t you afraid of me? Do you know who I am?”

“Sure, you’re the devil,” the lone congregant replied.

The devil asked, “Then why are you still here? Aren’t you afraid of me?”

The man explained, “Why would I be afraid of you? I’ve been married to your sister for 35 years!”

So what’s the point of this story? No point. I just thought you could use a good laugh.

Recovery Step: The Bible says, “A merry heart is good medicine” (Proverbs 17:22).

Originally posted at: theresstillhope.org

You fall into one of three camps:

• Disqualified
• Unqualified
• Qualified

For those of us who have messed up, we are often tossed to the curb. We are considered by many to be disqualified from serving God. For others, we never had what it takes in the first place, meaning we are unqualified to serve. Only a special few – with great gifts and impeccable character – are considered qualified.

The Hebrew word for this is bologna.

Paul wrote, “Give yourselves completely to God – every part of you – for you are back from death and you want to be tools in the hands of God, to be used for his good purposes” (Romans 6:13). 

Translation – nothing you have ever done either qualifies or disqualifies you from serving God. And you are not unqualified if you are a child of the King.

Recovery Step: God created you and Jesus died for you. That’s all you need to know.