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+title = "1 John 2:15–17"
+date = "2024-08-01"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1John2.15-17)
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+Maybe it's just where I am in my Christian walk, but these verses are very convicting.
+While I have long ago given up things that were obviously sinful, my thoughts are still often occupied with video games, delicious food, fantasy novels, and YouTube.
+There's nothing wrong with a little of those things _per se_, but when they start to crowd out my prayers, meditations on the Scripture, and edifying conversations with fellow believers, that is a big problem.
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+One hundred years from now, no one will care how many games I completed, or what fun books I read.
+Maybe my potential grandchildren will talk about what my favorite meals were, but the particulars don't matter.
+Even this website will be turned off eventually, but it is my hope that each page I write as I study the Bible will earn for me an eternal treasure that can never be taken away.
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+Make me Your good and faithful servant.