AN AMAZING MIRACLE THAT STUNNED US

Remembering 50 Years of God's Faithfulness, Part 10

In the early days of our marriage, I was invited to speak on a Sunday night at Crossroads Cathedral in Rothesay, New Brunswick. Sue knew many of the people from before she had gone away to Bible school in Dallas and met me. But, having arrived only recently from Texas, they were all new to me. 

My message was entitled “Household Salvation” and I encouraged the people to stand on God’s promises for the salvation of their entire household.

At the end of my message, I invited people who desired prayer to come forward and I would lay hands on them and pray and agree with them for the salvation of their family.  About 15 people came forward, many of them women who came for prayer for their children to come to Christ.

There was much weeping as I went along and prayed for each one. The one exception was a woman who, instead of standing, sat while I prayed for her. She sat very stoic with no show of emotion as I prayed that all her family would come to Christ. I then moved on and prayed for others who had come forward.

When I had finished praying for everyone, I went back to this woman and prayed with her a second time. She still sat stoically without any show of emotion, and I assumed she had not received anything from the Lord. I then turned the service to the emcee who dismissed the congregation with a prayer.  

We returned to this church the following Sunday morning and this same woman, Freda Steeves, stood and asked to give a testimony. Her words stunned me and astounded everyone present. She said,

You all know that I have been bedridden with a cracked spine and in constant pain. The pain has been so severe that I have not been able to feed myself and Stan (her husband) has had to help me turn in the bed. Last Sunday evening I determined that I was coming to church; and I did but experienced excruciating pain throughout the service.

She then turned toward me and said, “But when you prayed for me the second time, all the pain left my body and I have not had any pain since.” She was obviously elated at this miracle that had left her pain-free for the first time in months.

We all praised God for this amazing miracle that could not be denied by sceptics. There were just too many family and friends  who were intimately aware of the dramatic change that had suddenly occurred in her body. The only explanation was a God-ordained miracle.

I was stunned by the miracle for I had not prayed for healing, not knowing she was ill and in pain. I had asked God to bless her family and save her children. It shows how that when we trust God and do what we know to do, He will go beyond all we ask or think as promised in Ephesians 3:20. 

It was also a great reminder that emotion and feeling cannot be the criterion for judging whether a person is receiving from God. And why God healed her the second time I prayed, and not the first time, only He knows. 

A PRAYER FOR HEALING: Almighty God, I ask you to unleash Your healing power on behalf of the one reading this who is suffering in body, mind or emotions. I ask you to heal them now in the name of Your Son and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

This story is an excerpt from the upcoming new book by Eddie and Sue Hyatt, entitled, Remembering 50 Years of God's Faithfulness. Yes, praying for the sick has been an important part of our life and ministry together. God is still healing today as in ages past. For a small but powerful book on healing by Eddie, check out 3 Keys to Answered Prayer, available from Amazon and the Hyatt's website at https://eddiehyatt.com.