Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

This is Dr. John Rich and his wife and helper, Jo.  They were a great team and close friends of ours for many years.  John was a plastic surgeon.  Jo is in heaven now, but John still works for Jesus in the Denver area.  He often said to me, "God is the healer.  We are his helpers." Day of Year: 132 Date:5.12.14 Favorite Verse: Mark 5. 26  and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse— Thought for the day:  Doctors who see themselves as "gods" take too much upon themselves.  Doctors who see themselves as helpers of the great "Healer" can be successful along with nurses and others as they minister to the sick.  When we become arrogant and think of ourselves too highly, we will be humbled by life.   Jesus healed a woman whom doctors could not help. He does this day after day. One of my good friends had open heart surgery and it was apparentl

Day of Year: 131 Date:5.11.14 Favorite Verse: Mark 5.4,15 4  because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. 15  They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the “legion”; and they became frightened. Thought for the day: What is freedom?  What is being shackled?  Was the man free when he did what he wanted regardless of the impact on other people?  No.  He was free when on the inside he could say "No" to that which was destructive to himself and others.  This is true freedom.   Janis Joplin sang the words to the song "Me and Bobby McGhee".  "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to do.  Freedom ain't worth nothin' but its free." Our culture today has no idea of the real meaning