Category: Faith in the Struggle

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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One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. 2 Kings 4:8 A few years ago, I traveled to India, visiting churches and orphanages which were run by a ministry that…
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Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” 2 Kings 4:1 A couple years ago, my wife and I set…
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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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