Prayers for Caleb

10/20/2010

Good Morning!

If you haven’t had a chance, you should watch the video of the parents of Caleb Brown pleading for our prayers for their son. A quick synopsis is that they were hiking when a landslide resulted in Caleb being struck with a boulder. The couple thought the child was dead – but it just so happens that an EMT was close by and determined the child was still living. So Dad takes off up the trail and makes it about half way … when another EMT is available to take the child further up the trail to another EMT who completes the journey. AND there was also a nurse available on site!!! All of these wonderful events were “coincidences” … right….

Dad’s word of testimony is that he and his wife had walked with God and KNOW the power of prayer … and so they ask that we pray. And pray we must.

You will remember that I asked several days ago for prayer for a man who attempted suicide. The family was concerned that the man would never agree to going into assisted living once he was stabilized. The fear was that he would become extremely combative … and so we asked for prayer. Well I received word that he has agreed to be moved to assisted living without a fuss.

Prayer changes things, folks. When things appear to be at the very worst and we go to God and spill our hearts out in prayer, He listens.

When Miss N was in the hospital in August – before we knew about the tumor – on Saturday afternoon she began to really suffer pain. I was petrified … and I was powerless. And I prayed that God would give her relief. Within a few minutes one of the gastro doctors came in and noticed that the tube running down her throat wasn’t inserted far enough – the result being the pain Norma was suffering. Just another coincidence, I guess.

James 5:13-18 (English Standard Version)
The Prayer of Faith
13Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[a] 17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
Footnotes:
a. James 5:16 Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power

Prayer – an opportunity to talk with God. And a joy for each new day.

Agape’


Mr. Jim

New Prayer Need:
Jim:
Mom has asked for prayer for her cousin Sue Stiltner. Sue has been on our list with a pancreatic tumor. She has been in chemo/radiation to shrink the tumor, which has occurred, but it is still affecting the surrounding arteries. On Monday, 10/25, they are doing surgery to remove the tumor as well as parts of her colon, pancreas, and stomach. The surgery is expected to last 6-7 hours.
Thanks for all you do!

anna

Also, add my golf buddy Tim McCullough to your daily list.

And don’t forget Caleb Brown – the two year old who was hit by a boulder in Fall Creek Falls last Saturday.