by Al Weir, MD In my life there have been two ways of falling into Jesus. The first came as my wife and I surrendered to God’s call to international missions in Nigeria. At the time I was truly dedicated to giving my full life to Him.| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD None of us is good enough to approach the throne of God without the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. However, I do believe we are all created in the image of God with His goodness a part of that image.| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
A Test | Weekly Devotions by Al Weir, MD | "Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, ‘Abraham!’ ‘Here I am,’ he replied. Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you’” (Genesis 22:1-2, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “‘I am about to go the way of all the earth,’ he said. ‘So be strong, act like a man, and observe what the Lord your God requires…” (1 Kings 2:2-3, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
Linking Truth | Weekly Devotions by Al Weir, MD | “The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold” (Psalm 18:2, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
Captain Jack's Miracle Mack | Weekly Devotions by Al Weir, MD | “He called out to them, ‘Friends, haven’t you any fish?’ ‘No,’ they answered. He said, ‘Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.’ When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish” (John 21:5-6, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
SPN Numbers | Weekly Devotions by Al Weir, MD | “In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body…but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life…” (Romans 6:11-13, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
The Flood | Weekly Devotions by Al Weir, MD | “…though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials” (1 Peter 1:6, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
Prayer Endings | Weekly Devotions by Al Weir, MD | “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him” (Colossians 3:17, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead” (Philippians 3:10-11, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever” (1 Chronicles 16:34, NKJV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children” (Psalm 103:17, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15, ESV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” (Revelation 22:13, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself” (2 Corinthians 4:14, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth…” (Mark 12:14, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:24-25, ESV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 1:2, ESV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD What does it take to make a patient, or friend, or child, or spouse feel like you’ve spent adequate time with them?| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD Why should I struggle to be a witness for Christ when most people are happy for most of their lives without Him?| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior” (Habakkuk 3:17-18, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you…and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:2-3, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10, NKJV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on” (Mark 12:43b-44, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “The Lord said to me, ‘Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites…’” (Hosea 3:1, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions” (Mark 7:8, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith…” (1 Peter 5:8-9, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer a short time in various trials” (1 Peter 1:6, NET).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD "Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgement on themselves" (Romans 13:1-2, NIV)| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers…” (Luke 10:30b, BSB).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses…” (Acts 1:8, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Join with others in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do” (Philippians 3:17, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island” (Acts 27:14, NET).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents” (Mark 12:42, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “And he who was seated at the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new’” (Revelation 21:5a, ESV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over” (Matthew 18:15, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “…Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under…” (Matthew 2:16, NET Bible).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send. And who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I. Send me!’” (Isaiah 6:8, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “One day when large groups of people were walking along with him, Jesus turned and told them, ‘Anyone who comes to me but refuses to let go of father, mother, spouse, children, brothers, sisters—yes, even one’s own self! —can’t be my disciple…’” (Luke 14:25-26, MSG).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it” (John 14:13-14, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Then Moses said to God, ‘If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you,” and they ask me, “What is his name?” what shall I say to them?’ God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM…’” (Exodus 3:13-14, ESV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor heigh, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39, ESV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “…the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake...” (Exodus 7:11-12, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us” (2 Corinthians 4:7, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us” (2 Corinthians 4:7, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message” (Acts 10:44, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” (Revelation 22:13, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son…” (1 John 4:10, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name” (Ephesians 3:14-15, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me” (Psalm 120:1, ESV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “The Lord said to me, ‘Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress…’” (Hosea 3:1, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?” (Job 38:4a, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD When we struggle, a painful friction changes us, and the change provides new opportunities for His glory.| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
by Al Weir, MD “I am too ashamed and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens” (Ezra 9:6, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)