Month: March 2020

Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony. John 4:39 Any good salesman knows that personal testimony is a powerful tool. My uncle used this product and was cured from cancer. In practicing medicine though, I’m supposed to use only Evidence-Based Treatments. When you come to my clinic, you want…
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For here the saying holds true, “One sows and another reaps.” John 4:37 A good friend and I have a recovery meeting which we regularly invite others to join. In particularly, we often invite guys from our jail Bible study, who often promise they will come when they get out, but they rarely do. This…
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Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. John 4:35 Growing up in a Christian home, I knew that I was supposed to love my neighbors. I understood this love wasn’t simply an emotion, but rather that I was to do for others, showing them God’s…
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My food is to do the will of him who sent me . . . John 4:34 Because we’re taught (correctly) that we’re saved by grace, not by works (Ephesians 2:8), we often errantly believe that works are an optional part of our faith. In this mindset, we see spiritual growth and transformation as something…
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Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” John 4:16 In the misery of active addiction, I believed I needed God if I wanted my life to change. So, I tried to go to church. I tried to pray. I tried to grow closer to him. For every minute I spent in…
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Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. John 4:13-14 In the disastrous consequences of my addiction, I found my professional future in jeopardy. It took months to…
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The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) John 4:9 When I decided to go to medical school, I did so for predictable reasons. I liked biology and I wanted to help my…
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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life . . . John 3:36 When we first moved to Minnesota, I went through an ice fishing stage and quickly realized that I enjoyed fishing in seven or eight feet of water so I could see the…
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He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. John 3:31 In medicine, I’ve been slow to learn, but I am learning not to be too overconfident. Many times, a worried mom has asked me to test for an illness I just knew that her child didn’t have.…
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He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3:30 Three weeks ago, when this virus still seemed to be only a theoretical threat, I was skeptical of the necessity of radical measures to slow its spread. I suspected the risk was exaggerated and would soon blow over. When March Madness was cancelled, I was annoyed.…
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