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NASB | Mark 2:17 And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard this, He said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but [only] those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners [who recognize their sin and humbly seek forgiveness]." |
Bible Question: I have a co-worker and a friend that suffers from depression. I know what she is going through because I was there my self before I found Jesus. I tell her when she's feeling down or having bad thoughts to pray and ask God to help her through it. I have even given her my phone number and told her to call me anytime she needs someone to talk to. I pray for her all the time. She told me one time that she can't pray to God because she's a bad person and she feels He wouldn't want to help her. I've told her many times that God loves all his children and He will never let her down. All she has to do is open her heart to him. I'm afraid for her because she has tried suicide. Is there anything else I can do to help her realize she's loved without scaring her away? |
Bible Answer: Vicalan, as an appendix to Joe's good thoughts concerning your friend and her problems, it would appear to me from your sketch of her emotional state, i.e., depression with a history of attempted suicide, that if she is not under medical supervision she might well ought to be. But you also are an angel of mercy and therapy to her by being so steadfast a friend. God bless you for that. Besides the verses Joe has suggested, I would add the 23rd Psalm. It is so powerful a healer of human sorrow. Never shall I forget how effectively, 13 years ago, this portion of God's word ministered to and help to heal the enormous grief and depression that my wife and I experienced in the wake of the death of our son. I pray for you in your ministry to your troubled friend, and for her, that God will remove her cloud and cause his light to shine in her heart and life. --Hank |
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Reformer Joe | ||
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Hank | ||
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D.D.1961 | ||
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bchocklin | ||
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