It's happened twice to me this week.
Talking to a friend named Jimmy the other day, he reminded me of his remarkable answer to prayer several years ago.
He lay dying in a hospital far from home with no hope of recovery. The doctors gave up, the family gathered and churches prayed. Finally, a group of elders from his home church arrived to pray, but were prevented from entering the ICU. Yet they persisted and gathered at Jimmy's side, prayed and anointed him with oil.
Though he'd languished in a coma for several days, he responded when they touched him with the oil. After that prayer he grew stronger and stronger, and within a few weeks was home and working again.
Then it happened to me again - confronted with another remarkable answer to prayer.
This one happened when the call to prayer went out on behalf of a young father named Derrick because fluid on his brain was building up, pushing him into a coma-like state. A previous shunt in the brain was failing and doctors prepared for radical surgery.
But as local prayer groups prayed, the doctor decided to take one more set of scans prior to surgery. This time the scans showed no fluid! It had all disappeared. No surgery required.
The doctor asked Derrick's mom for the names of those who were praying. He said, "I want them on my side."
I've seen it again and again. And yet it still amazes me when God answers prayer in such a powerful way that even medical professionals are stunned.
Prayer has the power (because God does) to turn the world upside down.
So we try hard to learn and grow in this art of speaking with the Almighty on behalf of mortals.
We do it each year in our local September Prayer Workshop here in Calhoun. Join us.
Get in on three days of intense training, networking, fellowship and practical application of the art of prayer.
Check it out on our website link. See you there!
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