Author: Scott

Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. 2 Kings 3:27 I don’t have to look very far to witness poor parenting. Daily in clinic, I observe families in times of stress and sickness with screaming, crying kids, and the…
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For thus says the LORD, ‘You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your livestock, and your animals.’ This is a light thing in the sight of the LORD. 2 Kings 3:17-18 A couple years ago, I was weightlifting with a buddy,…
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And Elisha said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I have regard for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would neither look at you nor see you.”  2 Kings 3:14 You know those suites you see at professional football and basketball games where celebrities sit? I’ve always…
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And Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” 2 Kings 3:13 Recently, I was witness to a conversation about ICE and the deportation of Somalis from Minnesota (where I live). I’m not very political,…
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Then one of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.” And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the LORD is with him.”  2 Kings 3:11-12 In my own opioid addiction, I became quite liberal with my prescribing practices. It was the medical…
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He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD.…
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Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the LORD, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.” So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke. 2 Kings 2:21-22 The…
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But when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men. And for three days they sought him but did not find him. And they came back to him while he was staying at Jericho, and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”…
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Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water, saying, “Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over. 2 Kings 2:14 When my life fell…
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Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.” 2 Kings 2:9 When I first meet with patients in addiction medicine, I’ll ask them to tell me their story. Then I ask…
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