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In this matter may the LORD pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this matter.” He said to him,…
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So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 2 Kings 5:14 With my life in chaos from the fallout of my opioid addiction – I’d jus…
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And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.” 2 Kings 5:10 If you’ve been reading this blog over the last couple of days, you’ll not be surprised to learn that my wife and I are in…
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But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.” 2 Kings 5:11 Yesterday, I mentioned the magic wand that I think some…
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And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy?” 2 Kings 5:7 I spend a few hours every week seeing patients in our addiction medicine department,…
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But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred men?” So he repeated, “Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’” So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of…
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One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were. And they poured out some for the men to eat. But while they…
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The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 2 Kings 4:35 I know that if I had a loved one with a terminal illness, I would pray for healing. I honestly believe those stories in the Bible where Jesus healed people and even raised them from the dead. I believe God has…
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And he said, “At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant.” But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her. 2 Kings…
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And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.” 2 Kings 4:14 I saw a clever Christmas commercial recently which told the story of a guy buying a secret Santa gift for a coworker for the office Christmas party. Not knowing…
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