More prayer answered then many realize
Early last week a 20 year old that I know said to his family “I have been having these episodes” his family asked a few more questions and figured out that he had been passing out or come close to loosing consciousness several times a day. A few hours after that he came into the room again and said, “It’s happening now.” he did not look good.
The next day the call to his doctor had been made and he was sent to see a neurologist. Several scans and test were preformed immediately. It is not normal for a 20 year old to pass out on a daily basis. By Thursday, the results were in. A golf ball sized tumor was found on his brain.
The family is a mix of believers and non-believers. The first reaction from all was shock. Thursday night many came to console him and his immediate family. There was a great deal of anger from some of his family, anger, which was rooted in fear for this boy’s life.
Surgery was scheduled for Tuesday October 18th on Monday night about 60 of his friends and family went to the house to be with him.
This morning I asked the first person that I knew would know how every thing went. He is a good friend of the fathers and had received updates during the day yesterday. He told me that it all went very well. Better then expected. They are sure they got the entire tumor and he seems to have full brain function. With any type of brain surgery there is a good chance you will come out with some kind of impairment. The tumor was located where the brain processes numbers and when asked to look at a clock and tell the numbers and the time he was able to do it without trouble.
I felt a little guilty because I had intended to send a prayer request out via our prayer chain and due to my own health problems, I keep forgetting to do it. I think that maybe I wasn’t supposed to send out the request. A few hours after the first report I heard the boy’s Aunt came into the store. She had a tale of God’s amazing love a grace that made tears come to my eyes. It was God putting Romans 8:28 to work right in front of her eyes.
28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose.
The Aunt is a believer and she had a different take on the gathering that took place Monday night then I had heard from my co-worker who was there. It wasn’t a party, it was a prayer service. My co-worker is not a believer missed the greater purpose of the gathering.
The Aunt told me that all last week she knew God was in control and she just didn’t react with tears the way most of the family did. She felt sure that God would take care of it. She was still worried but she was confident that he was going to be ok. She told me that all week long Psalm 91 had been coming up in random places. She was sure this was a message from God. Psalm 91 is about God protecting and caring for those who call on his name.
The pastor was invited to this “party” the house had about 60 people in it and about 10 of them were “true believers” people who live to serve Christ in there daily lives, not Christmas Christians. More people wanted to be there but they realized they all wouldn’t fit so they met at another location. The pastor and as many could fit, laid hands on the boy and everyone prayed for hours. The rest of the room place hands on the people in front of them, everyone seemed to feel the need to be connected to the boy.
During this time, the 10 believers were also praying for the boy and the others who have not accepted Christ into their hearts and lives. That this struggle would help them see God’s power and love for them.
After the prayer service, the boy seemed less afraid to face the next day.
One Tuesday the waiting was the hardest part. All the family could do was sit, wait, and pray. About an hour in to it, the Doctor called the mother into the OR. The father told his friend he was sure this was a bad sign. He said, “My mouth went dry and there was a lump in my throat. What the Dr wanted to say was that they had reached the tumor sooner then expected and all was going very well.
The boy was alert when the Aunt was there. She told me during the waiting she had reached the point of exhaustion and felt like she had no more. She said to God “this is in your hands I am in your hands strengthen me.” Some one told her she was glowing. The kind of glow that an expectant mother has. She new this was the grace and power of God giving her the strength to make it through the waiting.
The boy saw it too. He asked her about it. He said he could feel God through her when she hugged him. The boy also told his mother “I do not have cancer” He is sure because he has a newfound faith in a God he didn’t know before all of this. He had heard about him but he had never trusted his life to him. The test results will be in on Friday. I am sure that the boys’ faith will be rewarded. I am sure there is no cancer. How I know, I really can’t say. I just know it I feel it. I knew last Thursday that he didn’t have cancer. He had a trail to get through but he didn’t have cancer. How do I know, FAITH
The continued prayer for the boy and his family and all who went to that prayer service is that it sticks. What they have seen with their own eyes has a lasting effect.
I no longer feel guilty for not sending the pray request out. I think that maybe I wasn’t suppose to. I think God wanted the people involved to see the direct result of their prayer to him. He responded in a huge way and he responded in a way that could be seen and understood.
The next day the call to his doctor had been made and he was sent to see a neurologist. Several scans and test were preformed immediately. It is not normal for a 20 year old to pass out on a daily basis. By Thursday, the results were in. A golf ball sized tumor was found on his brain.
The family is a mix of believers and non-believers. The first reaction from all was shock. Thursday night many came to console him and his immediate family. There was a great deal of anger from some of his family, anger, which was rooted in fear for this boy’s life.
Surgery was scheduled for Tuesday October 18th on Monday night about 60 of his friends and family went to the house to be with him.
This morning I asked the first person that I knew would know how every thing went. He is a good friend of the fathers and had received updates during the day yesterday. He told me that it all went very well. Better then expected. They are sure they got the entire tumor and he seems to have full brain function. With any type of brain surgery there is a good chance you will come out with some kind of impairment. The tumor was located where the brain processes numbers and when asked to look at a clock and tell the numbers and the time he was able to do it without trouble.
I felt a little guilty because I had intended to send a prayer request out via our prayer chain and due to my own health problems, I keep forgetting to do it. I think that maybe I wasn’t supposed to send out the request. A few hours after the first report I heard the boy’s Aunt came into the store. She had a tale of God’s amazing love a grace that made tears come to my eyes. It was God putting Romans 8:28 to work right in front of her eyes.
28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose.
The Aunt is a believer and she had a different take on the gathering that took place Monday night then I had heard from my co-worker who was there. It wasn’t a party, it was a prayer service. My co-worker is not a believer missed the greater purpose of the gathering.
The Aunt told me that all last week she knew God was in control and she just didn’t react with tears the way most of the family did. She felt sure that God would take care of it. She was still worried but she was confident that he was going to be ok. She told me that all week long Psalm 91 had been coming up in random places. She was sure this was a message from God. Psalm 91 is about God protecting and caring for those who call on his name.
The pastor was invited to this “party” the house had about 60 people in it and about 10 of them were “true believers” people who live to serve Christ in there daily lives, not Christmas Christians. More people wanted to be there but they realized they all wouldn’t fit so they met at another location. The pastor and as many could fit, laid hands on the boy and everyone prayed for hours. The rest of the room place hands on the people in front of them, everyone seemed to feel the need to be connected to the boy.
During this time, the 10 believers were also praying for the boy and the others who have not accepted Christ into their hearts and lives. That this struggle would help them see God’s power and love for them.
After the prayer service, the boy seemed less afraid to face the next day.
One Tuesday the waiting was the hardest part. All the family could do was sit, wait, and pray. About an hour in to it, the Doctor called the mother into the OR. The father told his friend he was sure this was a bad sign. He said, “My mouth went dry and there was a lump in my throat. What the Dr wanted to say was that they had reached the tumor sooner then expected and all was going very well.
The boy was alert when the Aunt was there. She told me during the waiting she had reached the point of exhaustion and felt like she had no more. She said to God “this is in your hands I am in your hands strengthen me.” Some one told her she was glowing. The kind of glow that an expectant mother has. She new this was the grace and power of God giving her the strength to make it through the waiting.
The boy saw it too. He asked her about it. He said he could feel God through her when she hugged him. The boy also told his mother “I do not have cancer” He is sure because he has a newfound faith in a God he didn’t know before all of this. He had heard about him but he had never trusted his life to him. The test results will be in on Friday. I am sure that the boys’ faith will be rewarded. I am sure there is no cancer. How I know, I really can’t say. I just know it I feel it. I knew last Thursday that he didn’t have cancer. He had a trail to get through but he didn’t have cancer. How do I know, FAITH
The continued prayer for the boy and his family and all who went to that prayer service is that it sticks. What they have seen with their own eyes has a lasting effect.
I no longer feel guilty for not sending the pray request out. I think that maybe I wasn’t suppose to. I think God wanted the people involved to see the direct result of their prayer to him. He responded in a huge way and he responded in a way that could be seen and understood.
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