Dear Lord,
Thank You for our marriage. Thank You for giving us such a beautiful gift in our relationship. We are blessed to live life together, to share joys and sorrows with, to enjoy and to endure alongside. Thank You for giving us each other. We pray we would continue to bear each other’s burdens, encouraging each other to persevere. We pray we would be supportive of each other as we face difficult times. We pray we would find ways to comfort each other when those hard times persist. Help us to bear with one another in love, with compassion leading our hearts, in Jesus’ name AMEN!
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REAL MEMBER TESTIMONY: The $4,200 Medical Bill That Changed How We Think About Christian Community
The emergency room visit happened on a Tuesday night.
Their eight-year-old son had been complaining about stomach pain all day, but by dinner, he was doubled over in tears. They rushed him to the nearest ER, praying the entire way.
Four hours later—after tests, X-rays, and thankfully just a severe case of constipation that needed medical intervention—they walked out relieved but dreading what would come next.
The bill: $4,200.
Even with their insurance at the time, they were facing a $2,800 out-of-pocket burden. They remember staring at that statement thinking, “There has to be a better way for Christian families to handle healthcare.”
That search led them to discover Samaritan Ministries — and honestly, they wish we’d known about it sooner.
Samaritan recently launched REDEEM HealthShare Ministry, and here’s what we love about it:
- Real freedom of choice: No network restrictions—choose any doctor, specialist, or hospital based on what’s best for your family, not what some insurance company dictates
- Exclusive Add-on Options: Includes sharing for expenses like dental, vision, and preventative care (something we were paying extra for elsewhere)
- Digital simplicity: Medical expense sharing requests are handled through a streamlined online platform—no more paperwork nightmares
- Flexible programs: Different sharing options to fit your family’s specific needs and budget
But what really sold us was the foundation is the same as Samaritan’s: Christians genuinely caring for one another’s medical burdens, just like the early church did.
When healthcare costs are shared among believers who pray for each other by name, medical expenses transform from financial stress into opportunities for Christian community.
That $4,200 ER visit? As a member of REDEEM, it would have been shared by fellow members across the country—believers who would have actually prayed for our son’s healing.
That’s healthcare the way God intended it.