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Volume 3 · CenteredLesson 31About 23 minutes

“Just Pray About It”

Is seeing a doctor, or a counselor, a sign of weak faith?

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The center · Mark 2:17
17When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

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Someone shares that they are depressed, or anxious, or sick and scared, and the answer comes back: "Just pray about it." Sometimes it is said with love. Sometimes it means "don't bring this here." In some homes and churches it goes further: medicine shows weak faith, counseling is worldly, and healing will come if you believe enough.

Prayer matters, and this lesson will never make light of it. But did Jesus ever set prayer against a doctor, or treat getting help as a lack of faith? Let's look together. You don't need anyone's permission to pray and to make the appointment, inside a church or outside one.

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An add-on
Treating prayer as a replacement for doctors, medicine or counseling is an add-on; he spoke of physicians as the normal help for the sick, sent healed men back to be examined, and healed a boy whose father admitted his doubt.

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