Life With Jesus is Better
A variety of treatments would be required to rectify the autoimmune disorder that was causing my severe anemia. Appointments were made with a local oncologist and I began weekly treatments with more drugs. These medicines would weaken my immune system in an attempt to “reboot” my body. But in spite of the dangers and potential …
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.” Matthew 12:25 In Matthew 12 the pharisees accused Jesus of casting out demons in the name of Satan. Jesus used logic to show them how silly their ideas …
Psalm 34 I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry; The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and …
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 It has been amazing to see how God has used our story both while I was at the NIH and after. He …
This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. Ezekiel 37:5 Breathing treatments are the worst. Every night I would have two different treatments in order to open my lungs to life-giving oxygen. One was just regular albuterol, the other was a …
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 Getting my new cells was just the beginning of a one-hundred day process that …
Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the …
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all of their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all. Psalm 34:17-19 If you haven’t paid for the …
We were hopeful that the new medicine regimen would cause the infection in my spine to subside. We were hopeful that the new regimen for pain management would result in my increased functioning. It did not. Over the next 4 months my condition would continue to deteriorate. I would routinely be struck with waves of …
Jeremy Powell 