Three Friday nights ago I was with our Bible Study. One of the group members got a text about the 13-year-old son of a friend. He had a strange rash and fever, and was rushed to Children's Hospital. Our group members sent texts out to folks to pray right then. I felt prompted to go be bedside with him. At 2:45am I was allowed to go back as the boy’s minister. I prayed over the boy and was prompted specifically to pray over his blood. So I did. His fever broke right then… the first time in days that it was normal. The family (aunts, uncles, friends, grandparents) and I prayed together. A peace fell on us all. An intimate circle of strangers for me. But a brotherhood in Christ for everyone around.
The hospital brought in an infectious disease person to evaluate the situation the next day. The news was that the boy had contracted a very rare Mena Caucus that has been known to kill in a matter of hours. Three days later the boy was at home receiving treatment. The next Sunday, I was at church services when a woman came up to me and gave me the biggest and warmest hug ever. It was the boy's mother! She said that she'd made a promise to God that if her son came home alive she would find a church, and now she was doing just that. God Be Praised!! He has risen and risen the dead in me.
-Dave Shay
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