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Extreme Faith: Blessing Our Enemies
Blessing Our Enemies Another means of power and healing comes from blessing our enemies. Indeed it seems challenging at first, maybe even impossible, but as you begin doing so, you will find the way to hope and healing. In Luke 6:27 of the Bible, Jesus said the...
Waiting on God by Dr. David I. Levy with MaryAnn Nguyen-Kwok
“God seems cruel,” said Angela over dinner. While agitating, poking and moving her food around the plate she clamored, “I don’t like that story. I just don’t like waiting.” Angela, a female physician seated next to her husband and across from me, began shifting in...
Releasing Anger With God: Journey To Healing
Can God Offend? If God hasn’t offended you yet, He will. This principle is seen throughout The Bible (See Biblical Lessons on Offense blog post). Our response to offense is important to any relationship including our relationship with God. What we are willing to...
Prayer to Release Offense, Resentment and Anger Toward God
Prayer To Release Offense Toward God Here is a prayer you can offer to God as you work to release an offense. I believe it is best said out loud, either alone or with others who will stand with you. It is based on Biblical truth, spoken to a God who cares and is...
Biblical Lessons On Offense
The greatest heroes in The Bible faced long periods of wrestling with God with significant offense to overcome. Noah, Joseph, David, Moses all had God requiring them to wait long periods of time, often with ridicule, before God vindicated them. As we examine the...
How Do You Pray In The Office?
How Do You Pray in the Office? In an office setting where I will not do surgery but feel that they will benefit from prayer, this is an example of what I would say: Me: Many people find prayer helpful. I would be happy to say a prayer for your condition. Is that...
On Praying For Patients
A patient must feel free to say “no” without feeling that a refusal will jeopardize their care or our doctor-patient relationship. My “spiritual history” consists of two questions: 1. Were you raised with a faith or religion? 2. Are you practicing a faith now? Praying...
Doctors and Prayer: Kindness or Coercion?
Doctors and Prayer: Kindness or Coercion? Excerpt from “Should Doctors Be Involved With a Patient’s ‘Spiritual Care?’,” Medscape. October 21, 2011–Science and religion have always had a complicated relationship, so it’s not surprising that, as interest in holistic...
Patients Desire Prayer in the Hospital
Patients Desire Prayer in the Hospital Specifically regarding prayer, 75% to 82% of Americans claim to pray regularly and/or believe in the healing power of prayer (2,3) and without specifically asking them, it is easy to overlook something that is important to them....
From the Joint Commission Website: Spiritual Assessment
Revised January 01, 2004 From the Joint Commission Website: Spiritual Assessment Q: Does the Joint Commission specify what needs to be included in a spiritual assessment? A: Spiritual assessment should, at a minimum, determine the patient’s denomination, beliefs,...