LIE: Faith means refusing medicine. TRUTH: Luke the physician traveled with Paul—God uses both natural and supernatural means. (Col 4:14)
guilty for using medicine
confused about faith
torn between extremes
LIE: Healing was only for apostolic age. TRUTH: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, forever. (Hebrews 13:8)
theological doubt
cessationism
limited expectation
LIE: Symptoms are demons, not medical. TRUTH: Luke 10:34 - Good Samaritan used medical care, Jesus approved. Luke 5:31 - Sick NEED doctors. Pray AND t...
confused
untreated
torn
LIE: Medicine replaces miraculous healing. TRUTH: God IS your healer - He works through AND beyond medicine. (Exodus 15:26)
gratitude-guilt
naturalism
limitation
LIE: Provision died with spouse. TRUTH: Psalm 68:5 - God defends widows. Widow's oil paid ALL debt in one day. Your Provider didn't die.
grief
terror
abandonment
LIE: I gave and lost, so blessing is conditional. TRUTH: Supply is according to HIS riches, not your record. Phil 4:19.
betrayed
broke
foolish
LIE: I'm a financial burden. TRUTH: You flourish and bear fruit in old age; you're blessed, not a curse. (Psalm 92:14)
burden
guilty
worthless
LIE: Every diagnosis is demon winning. TRUTH: ALL things work for GOOD—more than conqueror in all things, enemy's evil God means for good (Rom 8:28,...
medical trauma
decline
fear
LIE: Pay debt first, then give. TRUTH: Widow with crushing debt gave first, God multiplied, ALL debt paid (2 Kings 4:7).
debt_shame
creditor_pressure
financial_overwhelm
LIE: Medicine replaced divine healing. TRUTH: The Lord HEALS all diseases—through medicine, miracles, or BOTH. (Psalm 103:3)
either-or thinking
false dichotomy
intellectual pressure
LIE: Aging needs more medicine. TRUTH: I will restore health and heal your wounds—supernatural healing is covenant (Jer 30:17)
fear
resignation
dependency
LIE: Only pray for needs. TRUTH: God does EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY above all we ask. Eph 3:20
small_prayers
greed_fear
holy_poverty
LIE: Too old for intimacy. TRUTH: Song 8:7—Many waters can't quench love. Age is just water. Covenant CANNOT be drowned.
resignation
embarrassment
loss
LIE: Incurable disease to manage. TRUTH: By His stripes you WERE healed—finished work. (1 Pet 2:24)
hopelessness
chronic
medical
LIE: Death spares family. TRUTH: I shall NOT die but LIVE and declare God's works. (Psalm 118:17)
false_nobility
burden
guilt
LIE: Doctors = distrust God. TRUTH: Paul loved physician Luke who wrote Scripture. Wisdom + faith coexist. Col 4:14
guilt
confusion
torn
LIE: Must leave big estate. TRUTH: We brought nothing in, carry nothing out - worth isn't in assets. 1 Timothy 6:7
masculine_pressure
failure
identity_crisis
LIE: Can't provide sick. TRUTH: GOD supplies all need—provision from HIS riches, not my health (Phil 4:19)
inadequacy
masculine_shame
unworthiness
LIE: Decline is inevitable. TRUTH: Your youth is renewed like the eagle's—supernatural strength at every age. Psalm 103:5
fear of decline
health anxiety
limitation
LIE: Pills are more reliable than God. TRUTH: When you lie down, sleep is SWEET - covenant promise. Proverbs 3:24
desperate
faithless
exhausted