Dr. Dave's Spiritual Clinic

I was looking at the stars last night before bed and began to pray, as I usually do at that place and time.   It is a pleasant ritual I have of beholding the extraordinary beauty of the southern California night sky, before locking our back door and going into the bedroom, where we will read the Bible, pray and then retire for the day.   As I said my prayer last night, I asked God to break the chains that might bind me, especially those that might keep me from realizing His power and my own potential.   Without any fanfare I saw that Jesus does that. On previous nights, we had been reading the gospel of Luke and there we read of Christ’s early ministry and his early miracles.   Last night, as I considered the starry sky, it suddenly came to me that Christ is always lifting us up.   In his miracles, he healed the lame, fed the hungry, gave sight to the blind, revived the dead and freed people from debilitating mental or spiritual illnesses, ...