Whatever You Ask in My Name That I Will Do

Praise Reports from God's Children
Fall 2001

While my daughter was here from out of state to help me recover from arthroscopic surgery, she received a call informing· her that her ten gear old son (Kirk) had passed out and fallen on his face at recess during school. The L. R. findings showed no facial damage, however, "they discovered a brain tumor with a cyst the size of a tangerine growing next to it on his brain. We immediately began to pray and take authority over the enemies attempt to destroy this young life ... "
"Thursday, Sep. 28th, I called CHM and put Kirk on the intercessors list for prayer for physical healing and for peace for the family. We also contacted churches, prayer groups and friends."

October 2: " ... Kirk's 4 hr. surgery to remove the tumor and cyst began ... the report came back to us that surgery was successful, but all of the tumor could not be removed since it was located on his brain stem. To totally remove it would probably cause loss of speech and swallowing. Of course this was not the result we had been praying for but soon realized that God wasn't finished get and we needed to stand in faith believing He still wanted to perform His miracle. The Dr. said Kirk would have to go through radiation and chemo to try to get rid of the remaining tumor."

October 5: " ... a neuro–oncologist was called in to evaluate and program Kirk's further treatment. The first tests to be completed were another MRI and CAT Scan; these results were absolutely astonishing. There was no sign of any remaining tumor, the scans were completely clear. There would be no need for chemo or radiation. When mg daughter received the news, she ran throughout the hospital, telling everyone that God had just miraculously healed her son. The Dr. who had performed the surgery reconfirmed his first prognosis that he had not been able to remove all of the tumor and that further treatment would be necessary."

October 7: Kirk left the hospital and on the 10th he returned to school. He is functioning as before.

"God is so awesome. His healing grace is still a mystery, why some are healed and others are not, but He is in control and we shall ever be thankful and grateful for this our miracle."

— Arlene in Jacksonville

"Two years ago my mother broke her back and could not walk. She went from doctor to doctor, [and] all told her she would never walk. But God can do what mere men cannot. Today she walks short distances with use of a walker. She gets in and out of a car with little trouble, she goes out to eat and goes to the movies.
The goodness of God overwhelms me. I am very thankful for all of the prayers and encouragement we received from your prayer team.

Thank you,
— Jan in Nashville

" ... the lymphoma is tumor free on CAT Scan and Gallium Scan. Praise God!" God bless the prayer warriors! ... only one more chemo to go!"

— Anna in New Jersey

" ...in the midst of allergy season no less — my physician took me off mg inhaler. Mg lung function tests were in the normal range mg past two visits!!

I wanted to thank all of you for your prayers and your faithfulness to your ministry. God uses all of you in powerful wags to not only heal physically and emotionally but also to build up the faith of the people you touch. Thank you again and God bless you all! Praise be to God!"

— In His love, Emily

"I wish to tell of a personal experience my wife and I had 20 years ago that proved to us, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that prayer, especially when combined with the power of love, can achieve anything you could ever hope for.

My wife had been experiencing several months of discomfort in the area of her abdomen. She described it as a dull pain. As time went on, she began to be easily winded; a walk of 50–75 yards would require that she stop and rest. She decided it was time to see a doctor. The day we visited the doctor is one that I will never Forget. After extensive tests he called us into his office and told us the bad news in these words: "I'm afraid your worst fears are about to be realized. Your wife must be hospitalized as quickly as I can make arrangements." When we asked what the problem was, he said that my wife had stopped producing blood.

To this day, that was the only diagnosis ever used in describing her ailment. However, we were too stunned to ask any further questions. ( I have since been told that from my description of the illness, it was most likely Leukemia)

Later, I went into a church to pray. As I was leaving the church I picked up a couple of pamphlets and a book on the power of prayer to heal sickness. I read something that changed my life forever. I read that prayer said with unshakable faith will heal any sickness. I read that it is our duty and privilege to pray for the sick to be healed.

The book that influenced me the most was one written by Francis MacNutt. It is titled 'The Prayer That Heals: Praying tor Healing in the Family.' Here are some of the lines I read that most encouraged me: 'What God would like to do tor and through you is so wonderful that you may find it hard to believe! God wants ordinary people like you to bless and heal each other in your families. When you start to pray with others, amazing things will happen to you and to your loved ones. I want to encourage you to believe a truth that Christians today are often too cynical to believe: Jesus will heal his people through your prayers.'

... I went home and the next day, Saturday, I called my wife and children together fur a family meeting in the living room. I shared with them some of Francis' book and told them that I was going to pray that mother be healed and that I had every expectation that she would be. l believe my exact words were that we were to 'pray without ceasing until mom was healed.' Now, as you can imagine, this is risky business. If their mom was not healed, their faith could be severely damaged. No one, especially a parent, wants to take on that responsibility. but I was confident that my wife would be healed ...

Four days after the dreadful prognosis by the doctor, I had my hand on my wife's abdomen and was praying quietly when something unusual happened. Throughout this illness my wife's pulse had been rapid and I often felt it pounding under my hand. It started out that way this time as well, but all of a sudden I noticed that her pulse was quiet. I could barely feel it. I looked over at her and noticed she had gone to sleep.

The next morning I did not mention the experience of the night before. I did not want to influence her in any way , but I was sure a healing had taken place. At about noontime my wife came over to me and said: 'Honey, I do not have that pain anymore.' It was then that I told her of the experience of the night before and that I was sure she had been healed. Of course, we kept the appointment with the doctor the next day anyway.

Well, the doctor examined her and ran all sorts of tests. He then called us into his office and holding up two sets of materials (papers and x–rays) said, 'I do not know what is going on here, but this person (holding up one set of materials) is not the same person as this one (holding up the other set of materials).' He could find nothing wrong with my wife! He said that it we wanted to admit my wife tor a more thorough examination, he would; but honestly he did not see any reason why he should. We declined the otter to admit her.

The doctor said that my wife was somewhat anemic, and had her take some iron pills tor three weeks. After three weeks we went back tor a follow–up examine and he said that everything was absolutely normal and there was no need tor any more visits. He was completely perplexed by the whole affair. I told him of the prayer experience and his reply was: 'I do not know anything about that, but I know that the person I saw was not the same person that doctor so–and–so saw!' That was that! There was never a re–occurrence of this illness.''

Praise God
— Edward