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7ord, I need a miracle8 1enny 6inn.
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1. -iracles?Case studies. I. &itle.
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Contents
Aore$ord.........................................................................2
Part One: The Miracles Needed
1 BCou@ve +ot &hirty DaysB.....................................11
5 *athie@s )nvironmental Attac!s..........................1<
3 Aorever 1lindE....................................................51
: 6and in 6and.....................................................5<
< -arsha %eeded a -iracle....................................31
; Charlie 6ad Another Plan...................................3<
2 %o /elie in (ight................................................39
3 Is &here 6ope or &imothyE.................................:1
9 BI@ve +ot to &al! to +od@@......................................:<
14 &oo Arightened to (pea!...................................<1
Part Two: The Bible's Teaching bout Miracles
11 &he (tart o Cour -iracle..................................;1
15 It@s +od@s Will....................................................21
13 Cour Wall o Protection.....................................29
1: A 6arvest o 6ealing.........................................3<
1< Claim Cour Inheritance.....................................91
1; Aare$ell to Aear..............................................149
12 Aorever 6ealed................................................11<
Part Three: The Miracles !od Pro"ided
13 I@m (oaring %o$..............................................153
19 B6ere, /ead &his@@............................................131
54 BCou@re +oing &o Alorida8B...............................13<
51 A %e$ -arsha.................................................139
55 BCharlie8 7oo! at -e8B.....................................1:3
53 It 6appened in a Alash....................................1:2
5: &imothy@s &ransormation...............................1:9
5< &he )nd o the /oad.......................................1<3
5; Celebration o a -iracle..................................1;1
Ater$ord 6ealingF An Act o Aaith................................1;2
FOREWORD
I do not understand $hy some people are healed
and others are not. &hat is a mystery that $ill
remain until the 7ord returns. 1enny 6inn is a man
$ith an e"traordinary git at encouraging other
people@s aith, and he also has a very uni#ue
anointing o the 6oly (pirit. 6e $ould be the irst to
tell you that he can heal no one, but it is through
the po$er o the 6oly (pirit that people are healed.
&he viability o the medical iles I have revie$ed
on each o the stories included in this boo! are
e"tremely impressive. David 7ane, in particular, $ith
the diagnosis o adenocarcinoma o the rectum
$hich $as proven by rectal biopsy, $as ound to be
ree o all cancer $hen he $ent in or an emergency
appendectomy. &his inormation is documented by
-r. 7ane@s colorectal surgeon. I have tal!ed at length
$ith -r. 7ane regarding his testimony and revie$ing
the medical reports concerning him and am
over$helmed in ho$ the 7ord too! a man $ith less
than thirty days to live and perormed a great
miracle.
I have also personally tal!ed $ith -arsha
1rantley $ho $as suering rom lupus, /aynaud@s,
(Gogren@s and an!ylosing spondylitis. -rs. 1rantley
related to me the many years o pain and suering
that she e"perienced due to her lupus and other
ailments. (ince she received her dramatic healing on
0ctober 13, 1991, through the $ord o !no$ledge at
the 1enny 6inn crusade, her medical doctor
documented that her physical e"am $as normal
e"cept or some increased pigmentation $hich $as a
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result o one o the medicines she had ta!en. &his is
#uite a dramatic healing since lupus is medically an
incurable disease. Ater tal!ing at length $ith both
-r. and -rs. 1rantley and discussing the many
signs and symptoms o her diseases, it is truly a
miracle to see this lady standing totally transormed
by the po$er o +od.
&he other miracles that you $ill read in this boo!
are careully documented by the patient@s physicians
and each testimony documents a dramatic change in
the patient@s condition. &his dramatic change in
their conditions can only be e"plained as a
miraculous touch rom +od.
&his boo! $ill certainly inspire one@s aith to
believe +od or their miracle. With +od, all things
are possible to him $ho believes. In the testimonies
that ollo$ I believe that your aith $ill soar as the
6oly (pirit encourages you to believe in miracles.
D0%A7D C071)/&, -.D.
D)C)-1)/, 1995
Part One
Part 0neF &he -iracles %eeded
Chapter 1
1 BCou@ve +ot &hirty
DaysB
BCou have t$o choices,B the doctor told Dave
7ane. BI $e do the surgery no$, you $ill survive
about three months. Without it, you@ve got thirty
days to live.B
&hose $ords came as a total shoc!. At nearly si"
eet tall, $ith dar! blac! hair and a blac! beard,
Dave $as the picture o health. 6e $as orty9one
years old, but elt li!e t$enty. BI loved lie more than
anything,B he said.
It $as the summer o 1994. Dave 7ane and his
$ie, /ebecca, had spent more than a decade
developing a successul Arabian horse arm near
Coo!eville, &ennessee. &heir arm is home to
B-uscats,B a $ell9!no$n champion stallion, and over
t$enty purebred Arabian horses.
&hen one day Dave@s body began telling him that
something $as not right. BI elt an unusual s$elling
in my stomach. &here $as a lot o pain. And I $as
passing blood.B
"It Doesn't Look Good"
0n Ariday, ,une 1<, 1994, he made an
appointment to see his doctor. &he e"amination did
not last long. Immediately, the physician said, B-r.
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7ane, I need to call the hospital and schedule more
e"tensive tests. I@d li!e to do it right no$.B
Dave 7ane $ill never orget that day. BWhen $e
got to the hospital my physician introduced me to a
surgeon, and they prepared me or a complete
e"amination o my colon.B
B-r. 7ane,B one o the doctors told him, Bit doesn@t
loo! good.B
&he physicians ound a tumor so large they could
not get past it to e"amine the rest o the lo$er colon.
&hey rushed the biopsy through the lab. &he results
conirmed their greatest ear. 0n his surgical
pathology report the inal diagnosis readF B7arge
mass =biopsy>H Adenocarcinoma o Colon.B &hat@s the
technical name or a malignant tumor.
(ays Dave, B&hey e"pressed their concern about
the considerable siIe o the cancerous gro$th and
the length o time it had been there.B
&he tumor the doctors ound $as a little larger
than a baseball. What they hadn't ound concerned
them even more. &hey had to be honest $ith Dave
and e"plain that there could be additional tumors
past the bloc!age, in areas they could not see.
It $as Ariday and one o the physicians had
planned to be out o the city that $ee!end. 1ut he
$as ready to rearrange his schedule because o the
urgency o the situation. BWe need to remove the
tumor as soon as possible,B the doctor told Dave.
More Bad News
Ater discussing the matter $ith the physicians,
Dave decided he should ma!e an appointment $ith
another doctor to get a second opinion.
&hat@s $hat he did, but the prognosis $as the
same. 6e even $ent to a third clinic and received the
same dreadul ne$s.
!o"'#e $ot %hirt& Da&s 1'
(ays Dave, BI $as told that i I did nothing about
the cancer it $ould invade other vital organs o my
body.B &he doctors $ere especially concerned about
it spreading to his liver and causing cell
reproduction to stop.
&he more Dave tal!ed $ith physicians, the more
distressed he became. 6e learned that because o
the e"tensive surgery he $as acing, and the tumor@s
possible involvement $ith his spine, he could be
paralyIed rom the $aist do$n. 6e $as also told that
he $ould li!ely lose all bo$el and bladder unctions.
&he prognosis $as poor, and he $as completely
over$helmed by $hat he aced.
B0ne day I visited my doctor $ith $hat I
considered a minor problem, and I $as told the
a$ul truth that I had cancer and $as going to die,B
he said.
&he $ords o the doctor !ept ringing in his ears.
BCou@ve got thirty days to live. Cou@ve got thirty days
to live.B
"No Surgery for Me"
At home, Dave told his $ie, /ebecca, B6oney, the
doctors say I@m going to die $ith or $ithout the
surgery. I have decided not to have it.B
Instead, he made plans to spend the last days o
his lie $ith his amily. 6e began the tas! o getting
his personal aairs in order.
&he doctor became concerned at Dave@s
reluctance to discuss the situation. (o he $rote his
patient a letter.
BDear -r. 7aneF I have tried to call you on several
occasions, but you have been out o to$n or
unavailable. I understand rom tal!ing to your son
that you have not had anything done about the
cancer in your rectum and I $ould urge you most
strongly to have this problem dealt $ith as soon as
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possible. Cancer o the rectum is a serious,
potentially atal disease i let untreated, and you
can e"pect it to spread to other parts o the body i it
is not removed. I it is let unattended and spreads,
then it is unli!ely that you $ill recover,B the doctor
$rote.
&o Dave 7ane, there $as only one hope or
survival. It $as something he $as certain the
physicians and surgeons $ould never understand.
)arly in his lie, Dave had become a Christian.
6e $as active in his church. Aor the past year Dave
had been serving +od aithully in a prison ministry.
As a result o their meetings in local Gails and area
penitentiaries, he had seen scores o inmates
transormed by the po$er o +od.
&he church in $hich Dave $as raised, ho$ever,
believed that +od@s po$er to heal $as limited to %e$
&estament times. 1ut the more he read the Word,
the more convinced he became that the 7ord is the
same Byesterday, today, and orever.B
%o$, there $as no$here else to turn. &he doctors
had pronounced a death sentence.
B7ord,B he prayed, BI need a miracle.B
Chapter 2
5 *athie@s
)nvironmental
Attac!s
0n -ay 19, 1934, -ount (t. 6elens erupted in the
state o Washington. It spe$ed enormous volumes o ash,
dar!ened the s!ies, and polluted the environment or
hundreds o miles.
*athie -c+ahuey remembers it $ell. At the age o
thirty9three, she lived $ith her husband and children in
-il$au!ee, 0regon, a suburb o Portland.
*athie doesn@t blame her problems on the volcano,
but she mar!s that date as the time she began to !no$
that something $as drastically $rong. BAll o a sudden
$hen I $ould eat, I $ould get very ill,B she said.
A Life-Threatening Reation
%othing li!e this had happened beore. B0h, $e
all have things that ma!e us itch and scratch as
children, but my health had been basically good all
o my lie,B recalls *athie.
&he reactions became $orse. (he $as rushed to
the hospital by ambulance our dierent times. B-y
amily thought I $as having a heart attac!,B *athie
recalls.
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1y the time she reached the emergency room, the
symptoms $ere subsiding, and the doctors ound it
impossible to diagnose or document her condition.
Ainally, the ourth time she had one o her unusual
attac!s, the reaction $as severe enough that the
physicians $ere able to diagnose her problem
through testing her blood and monitoring her heart.
*athie $as told she had Banaphylactic shoc!,B a
rare, severe, rightening, and lie9threatening allergic
reaction.
In most people this reaction occurs most
commonly ater an insect sting or in response to a
particular drug li!e penicillin. In *athie@s case, the
doctors had no idea o the underlying cause.
&he -c+ahuey@s amily physician, a general
practitioner $ho had seen her since childhood, did
not !no$ $hich $ay to turn. B6e $as a $onderul
doctor, and I $ill never orget the day he $ept $ith
me because o my condition,B says *athie.
(he $as reerred to an outstanding allergist, but
because so many antidotes caused a severe reaction
he $as e"tremely cautious. 6e $as earul she $ould
die rom the tests. It seemed that almost everything
the doctor tried made her condition $orse because
=as he $ould later learn> o the dyes and the
chemicals. BI $as told I am a universal reactorH I am
allergic to almost every stimulus,B she says.
!ears of "rustration
Aor the ne"t several years *athie, her amily, and
her doctors $or!ed diligently to ind an ans$er. It
$as a matter o trial and error as they searched or
the cause o her &ype I hypersensitive reaction. Was
it tree pollenE 6ouse dustE CeastE (peciic oodsE
&hey tried gradually increasing the doses o various
allergens to promote the ormation o antibodies to
bloc! certain reactions.
%othing $or!ed. Ater countless tests, the
*athie's En#iron+ental ,ttac-s 1.
medical community $as still puIIled about the
cause o her symptoms. 0ne allergist said, B*athie,
you are the one9in9a9hundred that $e cannot help.B
0n some days, ollo$ing an attac!, she $ould
have huge lumps in her throat. (ays *athie, B-y
throat $ould slam shut, and I $ould have that
terrible reaction that causes the muscles around
your heart to spasm. I also e"perienced severe
o"ygen loss to my brain. I $ould simply blac! out.B
*athie became conused and discouraged about
her condition. BI it $as caused by something I $as
eating, $hy couldn@t they tell meEB she $ondered. BI
simply didn@t understand.B
7ater she learned that part o $hat she $as
reacting to $as not necessarily the ood, but $hat
$as on the ood. 1ut that $as only a part o her
problem.
In documenting her condition, one o her doctors
$rote, B&his patient has suered rom e"treme
environmental illness, or chemical hypersensitivity
syndrome or several years. (he had anaphylactic
reactions ater e"posure to certain substances and
has re#uired emergency hospitaliIation on
numerous occasions.B
&he report continuedF B(he has had ood allergies
and sensitivities so e"treme that her diet $as
reduced to potatoes =all other ood caused a
reaction>. (he could not tolerate soaps, detergents,
perume smells, synthetic clothing, vinyl, city tap
$ater, diesel smo!e, and numerous other allergens.
&here $ere residues o viruses in her system rom
previous illnesses that her $ea!ened immune
system could not eradicate $hich led to lare9ups in
various organs.B
Li#ing in a $ontro%%ed &n#iron'ent
With no solution to her problem, in 193< *athie
-c+ahuey had $hat can only be described as a total
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metabolic brea!do$n. BWhen most o my vital organs
?liver, !idneys, spleen, and adrenal glands?began
to shut do$n,B she said, Bthe doctors believed I $as
dying.B
6er condition became so severe that her s!in
peeled o in sheets rom head to toe. BI $as li!e a
sna!e shedding its s!in,B she says. BPeople $ould
see me and turn their heads. AID( $as becoming a
household $ord during this time and people $ere
obviously thin!ing the $orst.B
&he trauma *athie $as e"periencing $as e#ually
diicult or her husband, *enneth, $ho $as pained
to see her in this condition. BAt irst he didn@t
understand and $anted to run rom the reality o it,B
she says. B1ut as my problems gre$ more critical, he
became a to$er o strength.B
As time progressed, *athie became reclusive. (he
learned that i she controlled her environment, the
reactions $ould not be as re#uent. BI literally had to
loc! mysel in and stay a$ay rom the things that I
elt $ould bother me.B
Any $or! she did $as conined to the home. BI
had to learn that I could not live li!e the rest o the
$orld,B she said.
BPeople don@t understand $hat it is li!e to be in a
location $here there are cleaning chemicals, ood
and other odors,B says *athie. BIt@s li!e the entire
environment attac!s you. )verything you smell, or
touch, or eat, ma!es you sic!. It $ould be easier to
die than to live.B
"(i%% I &#er Be )ea%ed*"
&here $as one public place she did go?her
church. (ince the day she gave her heart to Christ at
the age o eight, the 7ord had been at the center o
her lie.
&he people in the congregation $ere deeply
*athie's En#iron+ental ,ttac-s 1/
concerned about her problem and did everything
possible to create a healthy environment. B&hey $ere
a $onderul group o people $ho provided
tremendous emotional and spiritual support,B she
says.
6er riends $atched *athie@s condition go bac!
and orth li!e a pendulum. B&hey sa$ me become
gauntly thin and then all o a sudden s$ell up
because o an attac! o gout.B
&hree dierent times *athie lost her hair. BIt $as
as i my body $as going through chemotherapy,B she
e"plains. When her hair did gro$ bac!, it $as totally
gray.
As a Christian, *athie believed that it $as not
+od@s $ill or her to die, but she admitted, BIt $ould
have been easier or me to die than to live. It@s
diicult $hen you have been battling an illness or
so many years.B
*athie -c+ahuey is a $oman o aith, but it $as
diicult or her to continue to say, B1y ,esus@ stripes
I am healedB and have other people loo! at her and
say, B&here must be something $rong. It@s ta!ing too
long.B
*athie $ondered, BWill the 7ord ever ans$er my
prayerE Will I ever be healedEB
Chapter '
3 Aorever 1lindE
Aor over t$o years, 7ynn Whitmore suered $ith
migraine headaches. B&he pain $as almost
unbearable,B she recalls. BAnd they $ere becoming
more re#uent and severe.B
7ynn had lived in east &ennessee or only three
years and didn@t !no$ $here to turn. (he had a
college degree in music and planned a career as a
concert perormer.
In 1939 7ynn $as admitted to the )ast
&ennessee 1aptist 6ospital in *no"ville or e"tensive
tests.
While she $as lying in her hospital bed $ith
another o her terrible headaches, she suddenly
called out to the nurse on duty. BPlease get a doctor,B
she cried. BI Gust $ent blind in my right eye.B
&he doctor came immediately, and he chec!ed
the platelets and the dis!s in the eye. &he dis!s in
the right eye $ere s$ollen and puy, indicating
e"cessive pressure on the optic nerve. 6e also !ne$
that serious damage $as ta!ing place.
"I )ad No +ision at A%%"
7ynn $as diagnosed as having $hat is !no$n as
pse"dot"+or cere0ri, a condition $hich causes the
brain to eel there is a tumor or other obGect in the
body that does not belong there. &he body combats
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the condition by creating spinal luid pressure. In
7ynn@s case, the orce $as three times $hat it should
have been.
&he pressure $as on the optic nerve that goes to
the eye. As the doctors e"plained it, the body $as
trying to get rid o something it elt $as there. In the
process, it $as creating a ar greater problem.
B&hey rushed me into surgery and put a lumbar
shunt in the lo$er spinal cord to relieve the pressure
and to !eep me rom losing my sight in the other
eye,B says 7ynn.
(he had hoped that her sight $ould return ater
the operation, but she still could not see anything
$ith her right eye. B)ven $ith a bright light shining
in my eye I had no vision at all,B says 7ynn.
&he shunt, she soon learned, $as unsuccessul.
&he doctors e"plained to her it $as not the eye
itsel that had been damaged. &he damage $as in
the optic tract connected to the brain. Actually there
are t$o separate optic tracts, one or the let eye and
one or the right.
In 7ynn@s case, the pressure on one o the tracts
$as so great that it $as destroyed and she lost her
vision. &hen came the saddest ne$s o all. BI $as told
by the doctor that the damage $as irreversible,B said
7ynn, sha!ing her head.
&he tract $ill not regenerate.
A Laundry List of Media% ,ro-%e's
Ater the surgery, she continued to have intense
headaches. 7ynn told the physician, BI don@t !no$ i I
can handle the torment my body is going through.B
BWe don@t have many options,B he told her. BCou
may have to learn to live $ith the pain.B
7ynn slo$ly began to lose the vision in her other
eye. BI elt so helpless,B she recalls.
Fore#er 1lind2 2'
6er physician $rote in her medical reportF
BCesterday she had the onset o acial t$itching. (he
has undergone a lumboperitoneal shunt. (he suers
rom persistent headaches. (he also has visual loss
secondary to pseudotumor cerebri $hich involves
the right eye only. (he subse#uently lost vision in
the let eye this $ee!end. (he has light perception in
the let eye, but could not see orms. (he has
numerous medication allergies.B
&hen came a laundry list o medical problemsF
B(ystemic lupus erythematosus, cortical blindness,
pseudotumor cerebriJstatus post lumboperitoneal
shunt, right occipital neuralgia, oral moniliasis,
hypo!alemia, urinary tract inection.B
0n -arch 53, 1994, 7ynn@s report rom the
neurology clinic noted, B0ur patient@s headaches
have gotten $orse. 6er let eye seems to be ading in
and out more than beore. (he has diIIiness,
particularly $hen she stands up. (he has no light
perception o the right eye.B
-any nights 7ynn $ould cry hersel to sleep.
B7ord, please don@t let me become totally blind,B she
prayed. BPlease help me8B
Chapter (
: 6and in 6and
Dic! and ,udy +add $ere on their second
honeymoon. Ater years o ta!ing their children on
vacation to -yrtle 1each, (outh Carolina, they
decided to sell their small business in )l!ins, West
.irginia, and move there permanently.
0ne night, $al!ing hand in hand along the
beach, Dic! s#ueeIed his $ie@s hand and said, BCou
!no$, lie doesn@t get much better than this.B
&hen in ,une 1991, something happened to
shatter the dream. Dic! noticed that he $as passing
blood. Immediately he $ent to a local doctor or an
e"amination. BI $as told there $ere suspicious
gro$ths in my bladder,B says +add. B&he doctor
$anted me to see a urologist or a second opinion.B
&he indings $ere conirmed.
In ,uly 1991, biopsies sho$ed numerous
malignant gro$ths. (ome o them had already
penetrated the muscles and $all o the bladder.
Again, the physician recommended that +add get
other opinions beore discussing his options. Dic!
says, BI $as told that my bladder must come out as
$ell as the prostate. I hoped to avoid having an
ostomy bag.B
Dic! and ,udy, -ethodist and 1aptist by amily
bac!ground, summoned all the aith they could
muster. ,udy loo!ed at the doctor and said, B6e $ill
be healed. -aybe not by your hands, but he $ill be
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healed.B
The ,rognosis
&he couple drove bac! to West .irginia to visit
$ith a urologist the amily !ne$ #uite $ell. 6e
agreed $ith the doctors@ indings. At the advice o
several doctors, Dic! $ent to the Du!e 'niversity
-edical Center in Durham, %orth Carolina.
&he doctors concluded that Dic!@s bladder,
prostate, and appendi" must be removed. BI all goes
$ell,B they told him, B$e can reconstruct a ne$
bladder rom a portion o your intestines.B &his
$ould mean that he could avoid having an ostomy
bag.
In (eptember 1991, +add returned to Du!e or
surgery. 0n the evening o the operation, an
intravenous eeding tube $as inserted into his $rist.
B(omeho$ the I. damaged a nerve and inused into
my arm,B he says. B-y entire let hand and arm $ere
s$ollen. &hey loo!ed as though they $ere going to
e"plode.B
0rthopedic surgeons $or!ed on Dic!@s arm $hile
he $as in the operating room. Aor nine hours
surgeons perormed the removals and did
reconstructive surgery. B&hey too! t$o eet o my
intestines and constructed a ne$ bladder,B +add
says. B&hen they installed a catheter.B
&he surgery $as ruled a success. When the
pathology reports came bac!, the doctors told Dic!,
BCou@re home ree. &here is no more cancer.B
0n the day Dic! got the good ne$s, his body
suddenly told him something entirely dierent. B-y
temperature spi!ed to 14<, and I began to
e"perience e"treme pain,B says Dic!. B&he doctors
rushed me to "9ray thin!ing I might have
pneumonia.B
&he test did not reveal the cause o the ever or
3and in 3and 2.
the pain. B&he high temperature continued, and I elt
as i all the energy had been drained rom my body,B
says +add.
Ainally, the medical team diagnosed the problem
as Candida, a yeast inection that developed rom
the surgery. It had aected his entire blood stream.
B&he physicians inormed me that the inection $as
lie9threatening since it could shut do$n a vital
organ at any time,B +add says. B&hey gave me a
po$erul medication that produced many side
eects. I had severe chills, my body $as sha!ing,
and my ever continued.B
&o Dic!, the ne$ problems $ere much $orse
than the surgery. BI elt I $as $asting a$ay in a
hospital bed and $as begging the doctors to allo$
me to go home.B
Ainally, the physicians gave their approval or
+add to return to -yrtle 1each. &hey arranged or
home health care and a doctor to monitor his
serious condition. Dic! continued to ta!e
intravenous medication, but the suering $ould not
subside.
(hy the ,ain*
)ven beore he let the hospital or home, Dic!
began to eel severe pain in his bac!. &he numerous
scans, ho$ever, revealed nothing.
In 0ctober 1991, +add returned to Du!e or
removal o the catheter and to learn ho$ to control
his reconstructed bladder. 1ut the doctors could
ind no cause or his continued bac! pain.
Adding to his gro$ing list o problems, Dic!@s let
hand had gro$n steadily $orse. BI could not control
it,B +add says. B-y ingers $ere numb, and my hand
trembled uncontrollably. &he ingers $ould not
straighten out.B
1y this time Dic! had lost ity pounds. &he high
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temperatures continued. (ays ,udy, BAor several
months he $as either in bed, on the couch, or in a
recliner.B
In Aebruary 1995, $hen Dic! returned to the
hospital or a scheduled chec!up, there $as no
improvement in his hand, and he continued to
e"perience e"cruciating bac! pain. BIt $as almost
impossible to use my hand. I $as told that most
li!ely it $as permanently impaired,B +add recalls.
During that visit, the medical specialists
conducted one inal test?a chest " ray. &hen, t$o
days later, Dic! received a phone call. B-r. +add, $e
need you to have an -/I as soon as possible.B
When he #uestioned the urgency, Dic! $as told
that he could be totally paralyIed at any moment.
&he specialists e"plained that his vertebrae $ere
compressed, but they did not !no$ the cause o this
problem. B1e e"tremely cautious, and have the test
immediately,B they said.
Ater the -/I, a second identical test $as ordered
the ne"t day. B-r. +add, $e $ant you to return to
Du!e as soon as possible or additional
e"aminations and to see a cancer specialist,B he $as
told.
+add returned to the medical center, and or t$o
ull days he had test ater test. &he diagnosisF a
malignant mass in the bac! that had crushed the
eighth and ninth thoracic vertebrae. 6e $as told,
BWe need to start si" $ee!s o radiation treatment
immediately. We $ill ollo$ that $ith chemotherapy.B
Dic! $as told he could stay at a local motel and
go to the hospital or his treatments. 6e told the
doctors, BI can@t do that. We have a teenage son at
home, and I need to be $ith him.B
&here $as another problem. &he +adds@
insurance had e"pired, and they already o$ed nearly
K<4,444 in medical bills.
3and in 3and 2/
Dic! and ,udy returned to -yrtle 1each. BI $as
determined that any treatment I got I $ould get close
to my home,B Dic! says. ,udy told the doctors, BCou
don@t understand ho$ much aith $e have. Dic! is
going to ma!e it.B
As she had done so many times, ,udy reached
out to hold Dic!@s hand. &his time it $as disigured,
but that didn@t matter. BIt@s going to be all right,B she
$hispered.
Chapter 4
< -arsha %eeded a
-iracle
-arsha 1rantley, rom 7a$ton, 0!lahoma, had
been sic! or as long as she could remember.
B(ince I $as eighteen months old I have
e"perienced severe pain in my legs, bac!, and Goints.
-y mother recalls that I $ould constantly cry
because the pain $as so intense,B she says. BI lac!ed
the energy to participate in activities $ith other
people. I simply learned to live $ith the chronic pain
and atigue.B
&he doctors $ere unable to diagnose -arsha@s
illness or thirty years.
Na'ing the Monster
In 1939 she $ent to the doctor $ith a s!in rash,
but tests revealed a ar greater problem?lupus, a
orm o arthritis. 7upus directly aects a person@s
Goints, causing s$elling, severe pain, and stiness.
In -arsha@s case, the disease aected the
circulation in her ingers. &hey $ould turn blue and
$ould eel cold.
&he lupus also touched other parts o her body.
6er eyes $ere e"tremely dry. (o $as her mouth. It
reduced her energy level, leaving her $ea! and tired
most o the time.
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BI didn@t even !no$ $hat lupus $as $hen they
told me I had it,B says -arsha.
-arsha@s condition deteriorated rapidly. BI Gust
couldn@t unction. I $as trying to inish my degree
but had to drop out o classes.B
A Trio of I%%nesses
As the medical testing continued, she $as
eventually diagnosed $ith /aynaud@s disease,
(Gogren@s syndrome, and an!ylosing spondylitis,
$hich are all related to connective tissue disorders.
/aynaud@s disease is a condition o the blood
vessels in $hich e"posure to cold causes the small
arteries that supply the ingers and toes to contract
suddenly. When this happens blood stops lo$ing to
the digits, causing them to become pale. &hat is $hy
-arsha@s hands, eet, and nose $ould turn blue,
cold, and numb. &hen as the circulation $as
restored, these areas $ould be #uite painul.
(he also had (Gogren@s syndrome, a malady that
causes the moisture9producing glands o the body to
atrophy, resulting in limited and sporadic
production o saliva and tear secretion.
An!ylosing spondylitis causes bones and
ligaments to use and become sti. It can lead to a
permanent curvature o the spine.
B-y hips and shoulders $ere slo$ly using solid8B
she says. BAnd lupus $as causing severe pain and
s$elling o the rest o my body. Additionally, it had
let me allergic to bright light, causing me to run
high temperatures.B
B%eak. B%eaker. B%eakest
-arsha reached the point $here she could barely
unction. (he had moved to 1ro!en Arro$,
0!lahoma, and her mother came to be $ith her.
Marsha Needed a Miracle ''
BI had to spend rom si"teen to eighteen hours a
day in bed,B she recalls. BI could not ta!e care o
mysel. -y hair $as once very long, but it had to be
cut $hen I could not even hold a hair dryer ater
$ashing it.B
When she could no longer hold a purse, she
began $earing a belt pac!.
BI $al!ed $ith a cane because my right !nee and
my right hip could hardly move. It $as not long until
I regressed so severely I had to use a $heelchair, i I
got out o the house at all,B she says. B-y doctor said
it $ould only be a matter o time beore my hips
used completely, and I $ould have to use a
$heelchair all o the time.B
&he doctor also elt that the lupus had involved
the connective tissue in the brain, aecting her
memory. BIt $as li!e I $as being tortured daily, not
!no$ing ho$ severe the pain $ould be or $hat part
o my body $ould not $or!.B
&he doctors had done all they could. 6er amily
and riends had done all they could. Despite their
love and compassion, -arsha elt helpless and
alone.
B&here $as only one place let to turn,B she says.
BI placed my uture in the hands o the 7ord.B
-arsha needed a miracle.
Chapter )
; Charlie 6ad Another
Plan
Charlie -c7ain believed that $hen he $on his
battle $ith cancer, he $ould never again have to ace
such an enemy. 1ut he didn@t !no$ $hat $as
$aiting Gust ahead.
In 193: the &ulsa, 0!lahoma, mortgage and loan
oicer $as diagnosed $ith 6odg!in@s disease, a
malignant disorder o the lymphoid tissue. 6e began
a t$o9year ordeal $ith the cancer that included
three surgeries and massive chemotherapy and
radiation treatments.
BWith the help o some marvelous physicians, the
7ord brought me through,B says Charlie.
6is 6odg!in@s disease $as diagnosed as :9A,
$hich rarely goes into remission. When it did, he
thought his health problems $ere over. Ater ive
years $ithout a recurrence o cancer, Charlie $as
enGoying the best health o his lie.
&hen, in the irst $ee! o December 1994, -c7ain
suddenly elt very ill. BI $as unable to eat and had
severe pain in my stomach,B he says. &he condition
appeared $ithout $arning. 6e hoped the pain $ould
subside, but it didn@t. 6e !ne$ something $as
$rong.
Two /nsuessfu% Surgeries
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0n Wednesday evening, December 15, 1994,
-c7ain $ent to the emergency room o (aint Arancis
6ospital in &ulsa and $as admitted $ith abdominal
distress.
&he diagnosis $as an intestinal bloc!age o the
small bo$el.
&hree days later -c7ain had surgery, but the
surgeons could ind no bloc!age so they closed him
up thin!ing everything $ould resolve itsel. It didn@t.
B%othing $ould pass through my system,B he says,
remembering it as i it $ere yesterday.
Aollo$ing an e"haustive battery o tests, they
inally ound the bloc!age in an e"tremely unusual
location. &he emergency surgery $hich ollo$ed $as
assumed to be successul. &he physicians discovered
substantial atereects o the massive amounts o
radiation rom his earlier bout $ith cancer. &hese
large doses had caused massive internal damage.
6is intestines $ere ull o adhesions. As one o his
doctors described it, B&he radiation treatments rom
his lymphoma had let his intestinal $alls scarred
and thic!ened, causing them to stic! to each other
and t$ist and turn.B
Charlie calls it being Bried.B
&hat surgery, too, had been a ailure. Charlie still
had a bloc!age. 6is ever climbed to 14:, then 14;.
6is lungs began illing $ith luid and his !idneys
began to shut do$n. 6is bo$els no longer
unctioned.
BChristmas )ve is not the ideal time to have
surgery,B says Charlie, Bbut that is $hen they
opened me up again.B
&he surgeons did not li!e $hat they sa$. (aid
one o them, B&he bo$el $as so thic! and inlamed
$e Gust couldn@t do the bypass, $hich $as pretty
rare. I $as very concerned he might not ma!e it.B
&hey !ne$ Charlie $as an e"tremely sic! patient.
Charlie 3ad ,nother Plan '.
6is team o medical e"perts included an
oncologist, a gastroenterologist, t$o nephrologists,
and surgeons.
(ays Charlie@s $ie, Cyndii, BAt that point $e
!ne$ he $as close to death.B
Airst, they used a balloon catheter to enlarge the
intestines to their normal siIe. &hen they inserted a
eeding tube and a $aste drainage tube. &he
physicians hoped Charlie $ould become strong
enough or another surgery. &hey !ne$ they could
not do it immediately, or he $ould not survive. (aid
an attending physician, BWe hoped to do the ne"t
surgery in a couple o months i humanly possible.B
"Get Me )o'e. and I'%% Be )ea%ed"
About orty9eight hours ater the Christmas )ve
surgery, the bloc!age remained unchanged. Charlie
says, BI stayed in the hospital or about t$o more
$ee!s $hile they tried to build my strength and
increase my $eight.B
&he doctors didn@t e"press much optimism. 0ne
o them told -c7ain, BDon@t get in a hurryH you $ill
be ighting this or a long, long time.B
&he surgeons told Charlie, BWe@ve operated t$ice
and the problem is still there. We can@t do anything
else, and ran!ly, even i you could get your body
bac! in shape $here $e could operate again, $e
don@t thin! you have enough intestines let that $e
can even bypass. We may have to remove your entire
intestinal tract.
Charlie had another plan. B%o,B he told the
doctors. BWe don@t need to do that. +et me home,
and I@ll be healed.B
(ince patients oten ma!e a #uic!er recovery in
their o$n environment, the medical team decided to
allo$ -c7ain to leave the hospital. It $as the middle
o ,anuary 1991 $hen Cyndii $elcomed him bac! to
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their home in south &ulsa.
Instead o $eighing his usual 553 pounds,
Charlie no$ $eighed only 124 pounds. BI $as
e"tremely $ea!,B he recalls. BI couldn@t raise my arm
above my shoulder. It $as almost impossible to
comb my hair.B
At home, Charlie $as hoo!ed to an I. or iteen
to eighteen hours a day. BI $as than!ul that during
the last operation they had hoo!ed up a eeding tube
to my intestine and placed a gastric tube in my
stomach. &he bloc!age $as bet$een the t$o.B
-c7ain doubts that the doctors paid much
attention $hen he said, B+et me home, and I@ll be
healed.B 1ut Charlie believed that $as about to
happen.
Chapter .
2 %o /elie in (ight
B&hey said the problem $as in my head, but I
!ne$ it $as in my arm,B says (arah *napp, a
licensed practical nurse rom ,ohnston City, a small
community in southern Illinois.
)very day, as part o her Gob, (arah lited heavy
people and pulled heavy e#uipment. &hen one day
she told her husband, Donald, that she $as
beginning to eel unusual pains in her shoulder and
arms. &he pains got progressively $orse.
BI remember the time I $as helping lit a patient
in bed $hen my hand started s$elling,B she says.
It too! nearly nine months or doctors to
determine $hat $as $rong. (he $as diagnosed $ith
thoracic outlet syndrome, a condition in $hich the
nerves going out o the arm soc!ets are pinched by
the bones and ribs. It causes severe pain and a Bpins
and needlesB eeling in the ingers. 0ne@s grip
becomes $ea!, and other hand movements are
aected.
(he $as told that the maGor cause o the disease
$as the repetitive nature o her $or!.
"Sure%y. There Must Be an Answer"
BWhen you are hurting as much as I $as, you $ill
do almost anything to get rid o the pain,B she says.
BI had a ootball9shaped s$elling on the bac! o my
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shoulder blade. 0ne side o my chest $as s$ollen
nearly hal again as big as my other side. I couldn@t
lie on my bac!, or on my right side.B
(arah $as not able to hold a or! to eat. (he $as
not able to sha!e hands.
At the ,e$ish 6ospital in 7ouisville, *entuc!y,
(arah had surgery or the problem. &he surgeons
removed her top rib, removed muscle rom her nec!,
and perormed a nerve release on her arm.
&he surgery did not relieve her condition.
B&he pain !ept getting $orse, and I continued to
lose strength in my arm. &he muscle in my right arm
$as deteriorating, and my hand began to curl up
and lose its useulness,B she says. B&he doctor told
me I $ould probably never get better.B
Ater (arah returned home rom the hospital, she
elt more pain and increased numbness in her arm.
BDay ater day I $ould sit and hold my arm and cry.B
(arah $ondered, BWill I have to spend the rest o
my lie in this conditionE (urely, there must be an
ans$er.B
Chapter 8
3 Is &here 6ope or
&imothyE
&imothy -ichael -ercer $as not supposed to
live.
6e $as born on ,uly 11, 1994, our $ee!s
premature at Alorida 6ospital. Doctors diagnosed his
condition as Bhypoplastic lungs $ith persistent
pulmonary vascular hypertension.B
&imothy@s medical chart listed several additional
problemsF bilateral pneumothora" =a condition in
$hich air lea!s into a space bet$een the lining o the
lungs and the chest $all>, bilateral hydronephrosis
=the !idney becomes distended $ith urine due to a
bloc!age or narro$ing o the tubes that carry urine
rom the !idneys to the bladder>, and distended
urinary bladder.
Getting 0ff to a Bad Start
6is grandmother, Ann -ercer, $ell remembers
the day he $as born. B6is s!in $as blue $hen he
$as born. &hey rushed him out o delivery
immediately ater his birth. Ater e"amining &imothy,
the doctor told his mother, Wanda, and me that
there $ere so many things $rong $ith him that he
$ouldn@t live through the night.B
7ittle &imothy@s lungs $ere not yet developed.
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When he $as born, they $ere so small that the L ray
$ould not pic! them up. 1ecause o an e"tremely
high mortality rate in inants $ith hypoplastic lungs,
not to mention all o his other complications, the
doctors had virtually no hope or his recovery.
A ,ossi-%e So%ution
When a doctor rom another hospital became
a$are o &imothy@s condition, he suggested that
&imothy be ta!en to Arnold Palmer 6ospital and
placed on a machine called )C-0 =)"tra Corporeal
-embrane 0"ygenation>. It is essentially a heart and
lung bypass machine, very similar to those used in
heart bypass surgery.
&he amily members decided to move him, but
his condition $as not stable enough or the transer.
Doctors placed &imothy on a respirator in an
attempt to e"pand his lungs. 6o$ever, the respirator
$as set too high or his little body and his lungs
suered urther damage.
Within a short time, ho$ever, the transer $as
made. When &imothy arrived at Arnold Palmer
6ospital, a baby had Gust been ta!en o the machine
that &imothy needed ma!ing it possible or him to be
evaluated.
&he amily listened as the doctor listed several
criteria the baby must meet to be placed on the
machine. &he physician told them, BWe $ill let you
!no$ in a couple o hours.B
&imothy met only one o the criteria, but the
doctors decided to try the machine any$ay.
At 14F44 p.m. Ann -ercer $as standing beside
her grandson@s bed. B(uddenly his heart stopped,
and he #uit breathing,B she recalls. BI $as hurried
out o the room.B
Immediately, they began CP/. &hey $ere able to
resuscitate him. &imothy $as stabiliIed and put on
Is %here 3ope 6or %i+oth&2 ('
the machine. &he doctor told the amily that blood
thinners $ere used on babies on )C-0, and i the
brain, !idneys, or lungs started to bleed, he $ould
have to suspend treatment. 6e also said that
&imothy could only be on the machine or t$enty9
one days ma"imum.
When &imothy $as on the )C-0 unit, there $ere
t$o large tubes that came out o his Gugular vein.
&he blood $as brought out o his body into an
artiicial !idney, up through an artiicial heart,
through an artiicial lung, bac! do$n to a $arming
process, and bac! into his body. It did the $or! o
his lungs.
)very day, it seemed a ne$ and more challenging
problem developed. 0n day ive &imothy e"perienced
a level one brain bleed. 6e survived that
complication. 6o$ever, the amily $as given no hope
or &imothy@s survival or $ell9being unless his lungs
gre$.
(hih (ay is )o'e*
&he day inally arrived $hen &imothy $as
released rom the hospital. 6e $as on o"ygen and a
heart monitor constantly. /ecalls Ann, B(omeone
had to be $ith him around the cloc! because $e
couldn@t let him cry. I he cried, he $ould burn
calories needed or his gro$th. 'nless he gained
$eight, his lungs $ouldn@t gro$.B
Ater only eleven days he $as rushed bac! to the
hospital $ith respiratory ailure. &his happened
again and again. (ays Ann, BWe had many midnight
rides to the hospital, $here he $as turning blue and
$as not breathing.B
It $as almost as i the baby had t$o homes. Ater
t$enty9t$o days, he $as discharged. (i" days later
he returned. &his $ent on until the middle o
0ctober. When he $as home he $as attended by a
nurse t$ice a day because o the severity o his
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condition.
At the end o 0ctober 1994, &imothy $as in the
hospital again. &his time the doctors $ere going to
return him to the respirator.
In %ovember 1994, ollo$ing release rom the
hospital, one o the doctors told his mother, B&a!e
&imothy home and enGoy him as long as you can. I
he goes into respiratory ailure again, I doubt that
his lungs are strong enough or him to pull through.B
At that moment they had no idea $hat $ould
happen to &imothy in the ne"t e$ days. It $ould
orever re$rite the medical history o his lie.
Chapter /
9 BI@ve +ot to &al! to
+od@@
BCou@ve got to be !idding,B said Doreen
-addeau".
In %ovember 1932, she $ent to the doctor
because o an eye inection. As part o her e"am he
did a routine electrocardiogram =)*+> and $hat it
revealed $as startling. BI don@t li!e $hat I see,B said
the doctor. BIt loo!s as though you have had a silent
heart attac!.B
Doreen, $ho lives in Willo$dale, a suburb o
&oronto, 0ntario, couldn@t believe the report. BIt $as
a shoc! or me because I had rarely had a sic! day
in my entire lie,B she says.
A "a'i%y Trait
6er irst thought $as that she had been
misdiagnosed. BI remembered that the machine had
stopped once. &hey had to reload it and paste the
pages bac! together,B she recalls. Doreen had once
been a medical lab technician and !ne$ that
mista!es could be made.
BActually, I too! the ne$s very lightly,B recalls
Doreen. BI even had a stress test, and it did not sho$
anything unusual.B
Ater the original )*+, her doctor gave her a
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prescription that he $anted her to continue to ta!e.
(he told him, BWhy should I spend my money or
medication $hen I@m not sic!EB
6er physician, ho$ever, believed she should have
additional tests. In December 1932, she had an
angiogram, a procedure that enables blood vessels to
be seen on ilm ater the vessels have been illed $ith
a substance that is opa#ue to L rays.
&he angiogram sho$ed that Doreen had coronary
artery disease.
BAgain, my reaction $as one o unbelie, but it
should not have been,B says Doreen. BI came rom a
amily $ith a history o heart disease on both sides.
&he average age o death $as ity9eight.B (he had
Gust celebrated her itieth birthday.
Coronary artery disease alicts the arteries that
supply blood =and thus o"ygen and ood> to the heart
muscle itsel. &he disease =atherosclerosis> causes
the arteries to become laden $ith atty deposits,
harden, and become partially obstructed. &his
reduces the amount o blood that reaches the heart
muscle and can lead to chest pain called angina
pectoris, or $orse, a heart attac! that !ills part o
the heart muscle.
A "rightening &12eriene
Doreen and her doctors believed she could live
$ith the disease. &he physicians prescribed light
medication and told Doreen to avoid e"cessive
physical activity. &he ne"t month she too! a trip to
Israel $ithout incident.
In 0ctober 1933, she traveled $ith a group to
%e$ Cor! City. B0n that trip my body began to tell
me I had a serious problem,B she remembers. BI $as
$ith people $ho $ere eighty years old, and I couldn@t
!eep up $ith them.B
Doreen $as rightened that she $as not going to
I'#e $ot to %al- to $od'' (.
ma!e it bac! to &oronto. 0n the $ay home rom the
airport she $ent to a medical clinic or an e"am.
Within a month she $as rushed rom her Gob to
the emergency room o the hospital $ith unstable
angina. Doreen spent the ne"t ity9t$o days in a
coronary care unit and in intensive care. &he ne"t
year she $as under constant medical supervision. BI
$as told I $ould never be able to $or! again,B she
says.
"Lord3 )e%23"
&he $aiting list or bypass surgery $as so long
the doctors decided to do an angioplasty on t$o o
her arteries. Angioplasty is a techni#ue or treating
the narro$ing or bloc!age o an artery by
introducing a balloon into the constricted area to
$iden it. Within three months her doctors had to
perorm the same procedure on other bloc!ed
arteries.
6er condition became serious enough that in
0ctober 1939, Doreen had a single bypass operation,
because the other arteries $ere too small to be
bypassed. &he doctors $ent into her leg to ind a
small artery to bypass the others, but could not ind
a suitable one.
Coronary artery bypass grat surgery is an
operation in $hich a section o vein is removed and
se$n onto the aorta, the large artery leaving the
heart. &he other end o the vein is then attached to a
branch o the coronary artery. In eect, this
procedure detours the blood around the damaged or
bloc!ed areas o the coronary arteries to increase the
blood lo$ to the heart.
B&he surgery $as the scariest thing I had ever
e"perienced,B says Doreen. BI $o!e up to a machine
pumping my heart, and I $as hardly able to spea! or
thin!. I tried to pray but could not seem to say more
than one $ord at a time. I said, @7ord8 6elp8@B
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A Deteriorating Situation
&he ne"t year Doreen $as rushed to the hospital
$ith severe breathing diiculties. BI $as al$ays short
o breath and ound it getting more and more
diicult to shop or Gust one small bag o groceries,B
she said.
When the cardiograms sho$ed a lac! o o"ygen
in the bypassed areas her doctors ordered a
&hallium (tress &est. In this procedure, radioactive
metallic elements reveal areas o heart muscle that
have poor blood supply or that have been damaged.
6er condition seemed to stabiliIe, but in -ay
1995, Doreen had to call 911 and $as again rushed
by ambulance to the hospital. &ests sho$ed that her
heart condition had deteriorated.
&he doctor@s report statesF B-rs. -addeau" has
serious coronary artery disease. 'nortunately she
has not done particularly $ell $ith bypass surgery
and $ith angioplasty. Certainly her problem at this
moment could not be solved by angioplasty, and she
$ould re#uire bypass.B
6e also $rote, B(he had a very bad stress test
suggesting a limited e"ercise tolerance and o course
this is happening in her day to day lie.B
(he had only one narro$ artery being supplied
by small collateral arteries eeding the heart.
Another cardiac surgery seemed to be the only hope,
but the doctor let that decision to her.
Doreen dreaded the thought o another
operation, but she didn@t !no$ $hat else to do. BI
$as turned do$n by t$o e"cellent surgeons,B she
says, Bbecause they didn@t $ant to ta!e the ris!.B (he
inally sa$ a surgeon $ho believed the surgery could
be accomplished, but he told her, BWe cannot
guarantee ho$ long it $ill stay eective.B
In ,uly 1995, she $as again ta!en to the
emergency room because o a lac! o o"ygen. BI lost
I'#e $ot to %al- to $od'' (/
my ability to spea!,B says Doreen.
6er cardiogram sho$ed trouble. (he $as put on
morphine and nitro drip and sent to the coronary
care unit. B&he doctor begged me to consent to the
operation right a$ay, but I said, @%o.@B
"!ou )a#e to Gi#e Me Three (eeks"
Doreen, $ho had been a Christian since 19;1,
began to e"ercise her aith. BI !ne$ that +od $as
going to heal me,B she said.
Ater several days in the heart $ard she !ne$ the
physicians $ould not let her out o the hospital until
she consented to the operation. BI !ne$ it $as a lie
and death situation,B she recalls.
6er sister, Pat, came to the coronary care unit
and told her, BDoreen, it@s too late. Cou have no
other choice.B
(he told Pat, BI the operation is not going to last
more than three months to a year, $hy do itEB &hen
she added, BI@d rather Gust go to be $ith the 7ord.B
At one point there $as a Bred alertB $hen medical
personnel came rom all parts o the hospital. B&hey
began to hoo! me up to special e#uipment, and I
became rightened.B
Doreen remembers loo!ing up and as!ing, BAm I
going no$, 7ordEB (he prayed, B+od, either ta!e me
or heal me.B (he $as prepared to die i that $as
$hat the 7ord $anted. B1ut someho$ +od gave me
the courage to ight bac!,B she says.
(he told the doctor, BI didn@t say I@m not going to
have the operation, but you have to give me three
$ee!s.B
&he physician loo!ed puIIled. BWhat do you $ant
three $ee!s orEB he as!ed.
B1ecause I@ve got to tal! to +od,B she told him. BI
can@t die beore I tal! to +od.B
45 Lord, I Need a Miracle
6e said, B&al! to +od here.B
(he responded, BI can@t. I@ve got to get out.B
Doreen -addeau" couldn@t possibly tell him $hat
she $as about to do.
Chapter 15
14 &oo Arightened to
(pea!
BIt@s all right,B the teacher said. B,ust ta!e your
time.B
&he little boy standing in ront o the class $as
having a horrible time reading a story to his
classmates.
B&he h9h9house $as p9p9painted $hite,B he read
rom his schoolboo!.
6e suered rom a stuttering problem that $ould
lare up $hen there $as the slightest amount o
tension or pressure. And standing beore his
classmates $as humiliating.
Ater school, the children $ould moc! and taunt
him until he $anted to run and hide.
&hat boy $as me.
A ,ainfu% &12eriene
I $as born and raised in the historic
-editerranean city o ,aa, Israel. -y parents $ere
o +ree! and Armenian ancestry, and I $as taught
by mon!s and nuns in Catholic schools.
At the age o ive or si" it $as apparent to me,
and to those around me, that I had a serious
problem. When I $as calm, or $ith a riend I !ne$
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42 Lord, I Need a Miracle
very $ell, I could spea! or a period o several
minutes $ithout stammering. &hen, $hen ear or
tension came, the condition $ould be triggered
again.
&he stuttering $as especially pronounced $hen I
$as in the presence o an authority igure or in a
public place. 'sually, I $ould stutter over one or t$o
$ords. 1ut there $ere times $hen it seemed to ta!e
me orever to say a complete sentence.
As a young boy, $hen people $ould come to see
my ather, I $ould hide under a table or under the
bed so people $ould not ma!e un o me. I couldn@t
bear the thought o having them laugh at me
because o my impediment.
In school, as the years $ent by, I rarely ever
volunteered to ans$er a #uestion. When I $as
re#uired to ma!e an oral presentation, it $as a
painul e"perience. It $as especially diicult during
e"am times.
I remember ho$ the teachers $ould threaten the
students $ith punishment i they laughed at me
$hen I spo!e. I got through it, and so did my
classmates. 1ut ater class one or t$o o them $ould
pass by and moc! me, pretending to stutter.
&he children didn@t !no$ ho$ deeply they $ere
hurting me. I@m sure they did not mean any harm. At
times I elt so angry I $ished I could retaliate.
-y teachers, especially the nuns, $ere
supportive and understanding. 0ne day some o the
sisters placed their ingers on my ears, thin!ing that
i I didn@t hear any e"ternal noise I might be able to
spea! $ithout stuttering. I it helped at all, it didn@t
last long.
&he most devastating aspect o stuttering $as
$hat it did to my sel9image. &o me, it $as as
crippling as a physical problem. I could almost eel
my personality being destroyed.
%oo Fri7htened to 8pea- 4'
"!es. Sir3"
As a child, or even as a teenager, there $as never
a time $hen I could sit do$n and have a
conversation $ith my ather. People $ho have been
raised in a -iddle )astern amily $ill understand
$hat I am saying. 6e $as the ultimate authority
igure in my lie.
Aather $ould say BDo this8B or BDon@t do that8B
I $ould only say, BCes, sir8B or B%o, sir8B
When I needed to approach my ather about
something, I became roIen $ith ear. 6e $ould
usually say something li!e, B(pea! it out, son.B
6e $as not the type o person $ho $ould as!,
BWhat happened in school todayEB or B&ell me $hat
you have been doing.B
(ha'3 It )it Me
In 19;3, one year ater Israel@s (i" Day War, our
amily emigrated to &oronto, Canada. As a teenager
at +eorges .anier (econdary (chool, my stuttering
continued.
&hen in Aebruary 1925 my lie $as transormed
by an encounter $ith Christ at a morning prayer
meeting conducted by students at the school. 7ater
that day I opened the pages o a big blac! 1ible that
had not been used in our home or years. Ater
reading the +ospels nonstop or several hours I
ound mysel saying out loud, B,esus, come into my
heart. Please, 7ord ,esus, come into my heart.B
I than! +od 6e did.
7ater that $ee! I $ent $ith my ne$ound
Christian riends to their church. It $asn@t a typical
church. &he people $ho attended $ere an e"uberant
throng o Christians $ho met every &hursday in (t.
Paul@s Cathedral, an Anglican church in do$nto$n
&oronto.
4( Lord, I Need a Miracle
As a teenager, I ound clever $ays to disguise the
act that I stuttered. (ometimes I tried to use mind
over matter. I had discovered that i I didn@t d$ell on
my problem I could spea! #uite a $hile $ithout
stuttering. 1ut $hen the stammering hit me, it $as
out o my control.
I did everything possible to avoid conversing $ith
people $ho might cause this nervous reaction.
Public spea!ing, o course, $as out o the #uestion.
As a ne$ Christian I became totally involved in
the services. I even Goined the large singing group on
the platorm. When you sing, you don@t stutter.
0ne night, the pastor@s $ie, as!ed me to ta!e
part in the service. B1enny,B she said, BI@d li!e you to
read the t$enty9irst chapter o /evelation.B
(he had no idea that I had a severe stuttering
problem.
&here $ere more than t$o thousand people in the
service that night. I $anted to say B%o,B but didn@t
$ant to disappoint her. -y eyes closed and I
thought, B0h, dear +od, I am going to get up there
and ma!e a ool out o mysel.B
&hat evening I $al!ed to the microphone and
began to read aloud. Ater about t$o or three lines,
BWham8B It hit me. &ears began to ill my eyes, and I
$as paralyIed $ith panic. )verything seemed to all
apart.
Aortunately or me this $as a very sensitive
$oman and she recogniIed my plight. (he #uic!ly
began leading the audience in singing rather than let
me stand there any longer. I $al!ed bac! to my seat
totally humiliated.
&hey didn@t as! me to read (cripture again.
During those days I attended a 1ible study that
met every (aturday morning. &here $ere about
t$enty o us $ho attended. As part o the teaching,
the group leader $ould start on one side o the room
%oo Fri7htened to 8pea- 44
and as! each student to read a verse or t$o o
(cripture. &hen he $ould comment on it, and move
to the ne"t person in the circle.
,ust about the time it $as my turn to read, I
$ould #uietly get up and go to the restroom. Wee!
ater $ee!, or nearly a year I used the same routine.
I $ould $ait outside the door o the classroom until I
!ne$ my turn had passed. &hen I@d return to the
group.
Ainally, the teacher too! me aside and tal!ed
$ith me. I could tell he $as a little upset. 6e said,
B7oo! 1enny, this is a class. Cou@re al$ays going to
the bathroom at the same time.B 6e said, B%obody
cares about your stuttering.B
6e !ne$ $hat I $as doing. &hey all !ne$.
"But Lord. I $an't Ta%k3"
,ust beore Christmas 1923, I traveled to
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to attend a meeting o
evangelist *athryn *uhlman. When I returned home
that night, in my bedroom, I had a personal
encounter $ith the 6oly (pirit unli!e anything I had
ever e"perienced. I you have read $ood Mornin7,
3ol& 8pirit, you understand the depth o $hat
happened.
(omeone recently as!ed, B1enny, did you notice
any dierence in your stuttering problem ater the
(pirit came into your lieEB
In April 192: ater our glorious months o my
continuing encounter $ith the (pirit, the 7ord spo!e
to me in an audible voice. 6e said, BPreach the
gospel.B
-y response, o course, $as, B1ut 7ord, I can@t
tal!.B
In the months that ollo$ed, the 7ord continued
to spea! to me through the Word, through visions,
and through the 6oly (pirit. Ainally in %ovember
4) Lord, I Need a Miracle
192:, I could no longer avoid the subGect. I said to
the 7ord, BI $ill preach the gospel on one conditionF
that Cou $ill be $ith me in every service.B And then I
reminded 6im, B7ord, Cou !no$ that I can@t tal!.B I
$orried constantly about my speech problem and
the act that I $as going to be an embarrassment.
&hen one aternoon, the irst $ee! o December, I
$as visiting the home o some riends.
It $as the irst time I elt led to tell anyone the
ull story about my encounters $ith the 6oly (pirit.
(ince these people $ere my riends, and I $as totally
rela"ed, there $as little trace o my stuttering. )ven
beore I had inished, one o them said, B1enny,
tonight you must come to our church and share
this.B &hey had a ello$ship o about a hundred
people $ho met in a local church.
&hat night I $as introduced to the group, and or
the irst time in my lie I stood behind a pulpit to
preach.
&he instant I opened my mouth, I elt something
touch my tongue and loosen it. I began to proclaim
+od@s Word $ith absolute luency.
&$o o my riends $ho !ne$ o my stuttering
problems $ere at the service. Ater church they both
said to me, BWe couldn@t believe ho$ $ell you tal!ed.
Cou didn@t even stutter once.B
I !ne$ $hat they meant.
7ater that night in my room I thought, B&he
stuttering must have let because the presence o the
7ord $as on me tonight. (urely it $ill come bac!.B
1ut it didn@t. Arom that moment the stuttering $as
gone. All o it.
"I'' Going to Die"
-y parents, especially my ather, had no idea
that I $as healed because there $as virtually no
communication bet$een us in the home. &hey had
%oo Fri7htened to 8pea- 4.
practically diso$ned me $hen I gave my heart to the
7ord almost three years earlier.
)ven my brothers and sisters $ere orbidden to
tal! to me. -y mother $as the only person I had
limited conversation $ith, but I rarely stuttered in
her presence any$ay.
Arom the moment I irst began to preach I started
to receive invitations to minister. Wee! ater $ee! I
$as spea!ing at churches and special meetings. I
my parents had !no$n $hat $as happening, I@m
sure they $ould have thro$n me out on the street.
(everal months later, in April 192<, my mother
and ather someho$ sa$ an advertisement in the
%oronto 8tar that I $as preaching in a Pentecostal
church on the $est side o to$n.
I $as sitting on the platorm that (unday night
$hen suddenly I loo!ed up during the song service. I
could hardly believe my eyes. &here $ere my mother
and ather being ushered to a seat. I thought, B&his
is it. I@m going to die.B
&hat night I preached under the po$er o +od@s
anointing, but I couldn@t bring mysel to loo! in the
direction o my mom and dad. ,ust beore the end o
the service they stood up and $al!ed out the bac!
door.
I drove around the city until t$o in the morning,
hoping my parents $ould be in bed $hen I got home.
As I #uietly unloc!ed and opened the ront door, I
$as startled to see my mother and ather seated on
the couch in ront o me.
I $as stric!en $ith ear and loo!ed or a place to
sit do$n. -y ather $as the irst to spea!. B(on,B he
said, Bho$ can $e become li!e youEB
-y mother began to cry. And or the ne"t t$o
hours I shared the plan o salvation $ith them and
$as able to lead my parents to Christ.
-y daddy said, B1enny, do you !no$ $hat
48 Lord, I Need a Miracle
convinced meEB 6e told me that $hen I began
preaching, he turned to my mother and said, B&hat@s
not your son. Cour son can@t tal!8 6is +od must be
real.B 6e didn@t !no$ that I had been totally healed
o stuttering.
The Sars (ere Gone
(everal months ater my parents $ere saved, the
7ord began dealing $ith me in a special $ay. 6e
said, B1enny, I $ant you to orgive your ather or
everything he has done to you.B
As a child I $as so destroyed by my stuttering
that it $as almost impossible to ace the $orld?or
mysel. I could still remember my ather saying, B0
all my children, you are the one $ho $ill never ma!e
it.B 6is $ords only added to my problem.
&hat night, the 7ord spo!e to me about
Borgetting it all.B It $as painul because suddenly all
the memories lashed bac!, and I said, B7ord, I
can@t.B
&he anger that suraced inside me $as ar greater
than I imagined. B7ord, I love him,B I cried, Bbut I am
still so hurt by all the things he did and said.B
&he 7ord told me, BCou ma!e the decision, and I@ll
do the rest.B
I said, BI don@t eel orgiveness in my heart, but I@ll
trust Cou to release me rom all my past anger and
hurt.B
&hat night I made a decision to orgive my ather.
&he moment I did, I elt as though a hand reached
into my being and pulled things out o me that I
cannot describe or e"plain.
Arom that moment I elt a total release. I $as at
peace $ith my ather, and the scars that had
crippled me $ere totally erased.
-y healing $as complete.
Part %9o
Part &$oF &he 1ible@s &eaching
About -iracles
Chapter 11
11 &he (tart o Cour
-iracle
Arom the moment I $as healed o stuttering, +od
gave me an un#uenchable appetite or the Word. I
had a hunger to !no$ everything possible about the
7ord@s miracle po$er.
Day ater day, night ater night, I devoured
(cripture. &he more I read, the more I realiIed that
+od did not intend or 6is children to live $ith
inirmities. 6e $anted them restored, made $hole.
&he day came that I prayed, B7ord, Gust as Cou
healed me, I give Cou my lie so that others may
!no$ Cour salvation, Cour (pirit, Cour anointing,
and Cour miracle9$or!ing po$er.B
Did I have #uestionsE Ces. &here $as much I
needed the 7ord to reveal through 6is Word.
6o$ did disease irst enter the $orldE
What is the relationship bet$een sin and
sic!nessE
Is it +od@s $ill or us to be healedE
What happened on the cross or healingE
What is the role o the blood o Christ in
healingE
Why did Christ@s body need to be bro!enE
Can a person lose his miracleE
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)2 Lord, I Need a Miracle
Is orgiveness re#uired or healingE
What is the relationship bet$een our soul and
our healthE
Does the 7ord have any conditions or a
miracleE
What is the connection bet$een healing and
$orshipE
What is the role o aithE
What does the Word say about !eeping our
healingE
&he story o creation leaves no doubt that +od
ormed a beautiul $orld that $as ree o sic!ness
and disease?even death. %hen $od sa9 e#er&thin7
that 3e had +ade, and indeed it 9as #er& 7ood
=+en. 1F31>.
6o$ did sin enter the $orldE (cripture ma!es it
clear that $hen +od created Adam he $as not a sic!
man, but $as ull o health and lie. 1ut because
Adam sinned every man and $oman is a parta!er in
that original sin. Adam@s actions brought both
sic!ness and death to the human amily. %here6ore,
:"st as thro"7h one +an sin entered the 9orld, and
death thro"7h sin, and th"s death spread to all +en,
0eca"se all sinned =/om. <F15>.
(in brought sic!ness and death. And since that
moment o Adam@s transgression there has been a
penalty associated $ith man@s ailure to obey +od.
Israel, or e"ample, suered sic!ness because o
their sins. +od said through the prophet -icah,
%here6ore I 9ill also +a-e &o" sic- 0& stri-in7 &o",
0& +a-in7 &o" desolate 0eca"se o6 &o"r sins =-ic.
;F13>.
More Than a Ranso'
+od@s plan to redeem man $as to send 6is (on to
be born as a man and to die on the cross or our
%he 8tart o6 !o"r Miracle )'
salvation. 1ut $hat happened at Calvary $as even
+ore; As $e $ill discover, Christ not only brought
redemption but provided or our healing.
Cou may as!, B(ince sic!ness came to the earth
through Adam, doesn@t that mean that every person
must e"perience illnessEB
%ot at all. (ic!ness may be all around us, but it
is not +od@s $ill or 6is people to live in sic!ness.
&he Cross made provision or both our salvation and
our healing. ,esus shed 6is blood or our sin, but
6is body $as bro!en or our sic!nesses.
&he prophecies o the 0ld &estament oretold
$hat Christ $ould endure or our healing.
Who has 0elie#ed o"r report2 ,nd to 9ho+ has
the ar+ o6 the Lord 0een re#ealed2
For 3e shall 7ro9 "p 0e6ore 3i+ as a tender
plant, ,nd as a root o"t o6 dr& 7ro"nd; 3e has no
6or+ or co+eliness< ,nd 9hen 9e see 3i+, %here is
no 0ea"t& that 9e sho"ld desire 3i+;
Isa; 4'=1>2
,esus, the Barm o the 7ord,B $as to come out o a
spiritually dead Israel?as a Broot out o dry ground.B
1eore the crucii"ion the 7ord $as $hipped and
beaten. As $as prophesied in Isaiah <4F;, 6is beard
$as torn rom 6is ace. 6is orm $as so disigured
and 6is ace so distorted the people could not
recogniIe 6im. Psalm 159F3 goes on to say, %he
plo9ers plo9ed on +& 0ac-< %he& +ade their 6"rro9s
lon7; (o $e can see rom this description ho$ badly
our 7ord $as beaten. &hat is $hy -ary -agdalene
did not !no$ 6im in the +arden. &he last time she
sa$ 6im 6e had been beaten so badly she could not
believe it $as the same person.
&he prophet $roteF
3e is despised and re:ected 0& +en, , +an o6
sorro9s and ac?"ainted 9ith 7rie6; ,nd 9e hid, as it
9ere, o"r 6aces 6ro+ 3i+< 3e 9as despised, and 9e
)( Lord, I Need a Miracle
did not estee+ 3i+;
8"rel& 3e has 0orne o"r 7rie6s ,nd carried o"r
sorro9s< !et 9e estee+ed 3i+ stric-en, 8+itten 0&
$od, and a66licted;
Isa; 4'='>(
&hen $e learn $hy this must ta!e place.
1"t 3e 9as 9o"nded 6or o"r trans7ressions, 3e
9as 0r"ised 6or o"r ini?"ities< %he chastise+ent 6or
o"r peace 9as "pon 3i+, ,nd 0& 3is stripes 9e are
healed;
Isa; 4'=4
-any people ail to comprehend $hat really
happened at Calvary. When $e tal! about salvation,
$e cannot ignore that +od also provided or our
healing.
&he great ransom that $as both prophesied and
ulilled $as or more than spiritual salvation.
(cripture tells us in ,ob 33F5: KJVF
%hen 3e is 7racio"s "nto hi+, and saith, 'Deli#er
hi+ 6ro+ 7oin7 do9n to the pit< I ha#e 6o"nd a
ranso+'
(o, +od sent 6is (on to be a ransom and to
deliver us rom the pit o sin. 1ut there@s more8 7oo!
at ,ob 33F5< KJV $here $e are also promised healing
through the same ransomF
3is 6lesh shall 0e 6resher than a child's= 3e shall
ret"rn to the da&s o6 his &o"th;
I believe +od@s plan includes salvation as $ell as
provision or our healing.
Be%ie#ing and Beha#ing
&he %e$ &estament is illed $ith accounts o
miracles that accompanied the ministry o Christ
and 6is ollo$ers. When healing came, ho$ever, it
$as almost al$ays tied to both salvation and living a
%he 8tart o6 !o"r Miracle )4
righteous lie.
When ,esus healed the man at the pool o
1ethesda $ho had an inirmity or thirty9eight years,
,6ter9ard @es"s 6o"nd hi+ in the te+ple, and said to
hi+, '8ee, &o" ha#e 0een +ade 9ell; 8in no +ore, lest
a 9orse thin7 co+e "pon &o"' =,ohn <F1:>.
Cou may say, BPlease 7ord, I desperately need a
miracle8B 1ut are you prepared to live according to
6is WordE When Christ heals you, 6e as!s that you
$al! uprightly.
(hould $e e"pect to remain healed i $e continue
in our sinE
I recall the story o a $oman in 7os Angeles $ho
$as healed o deaness. +od opened her ears in a
healing service conducted by Aimee (emple
-cPherson during the earlier part o this century.
(everal $ee!s later the deaness returned and
the $oman came bac! to one o the evangelist@s
meetings. &hrough a riend she as!ed, BWhy is it
that I only heard or a e$ $ee!sEB
Aimee as!ed the person $ho $as $ith her, BWell,
$hat did she do ater she $as healedEB
B0h, she $ent bac! to $or!,B the riend
ans$ered.
BWhere does she $or!EB the evangelist $anted to
!no$.
B(he is a barmaid in a local tavern,B $as the
reply.
(aid Aimee, BDo you thin! +od opened her ears
to go bac! and listen to ilth againEB
We should never orget that ater Christ met the
$oman caught in adultery, 6e told her, $o and sin
no +ore =,ohn 3F11>.
(ho Is to B%a'e*
)) Lord, I Need a Miracle
When $e say that sic!ness came into the $orld
because o Adam@s all, $e should also realiIe that
not all illness is the result o sin.
I have met many people $ho became sic!
because o their oolishness?and blatant disregard
or the basic la$s o health. &hey $ere ill, not
because they had sinned, but because they did not
treat their bodies properly. &his is true o Christians
and sinners ali!e.
Cour physician, or e"ample, may tell you to
avoid atty oods because your arteries are being
clogged. I you ail to heed the $arning, don@t blame
(atan or causing a heart attac!. 1y the same
measure, a person $ho !no$s that smo!ing causes
lung cancer should not be smo!ing three pac!s a
day.
It has al$ays seemed rather presumptuous to me
that people e"pect +od to heal them $hen their o$n
disobedience $as the cause o their problem.
,rere4uisites to )ea%ing
I am al$ays thrilled to read aith9building
(criptures that tal! about our healing.
1ut many people ail to recogniIe that there are
prere?"isites to healing. In other $ords, the 7ord $ill
do 6is part $hen $e do ours.
6o$ can $e become ready to receive a miracleE
6ere@s $hat the Word says.
1less the LORD, O +& so"l< ,nd all that is
9ithin +e, 0less 3is hol& na+eA
1less the LORD, O +& so"l, ,nd 6or7et not all
3is 0ene6its=
Who 6or7i#es all &o"r ini?"ities, Who heals all
&o"r diseases;;;;
Ps; 15'=1>'
&he LORD promises us even more. 6e is the +odF
%he 8tart o6 !o"r Miracle ).
Who redee+s &o"r li6e 6ro+ destr"ction, Who
cro9ns &o" 9ith lo#in7 -indness and tender
+ercies,
Who satis6ies &o"r +o"th 9ith 7ood thin7s, 8o
that &o"r &o"th is rene9ed li-e the ea7le's;
%he LORD eBec"tes ri7hteo"sness ,nd :"stice 6or
all 9ho are oppressed;
Ps; 15'=(>)
When does your miracle startE When you begin
to 0less the Lord rom the depths o your soul?
rom all that is $ithin you.
It is understandable that $hen $e are in the
midst o a personal crisis, $e can only thin! about
crying out or help. (ome people call on the 7ord as
i they $ere dialing B911B in an emergency. &hey
approach the 7ord by ocusing on their problem. B0h
7ord,B they say, BI !no$ I am not $orthy, but I
desperately need you no$.B
Instead, $e need to spend time praising and
$orshiping +od or $ho 6e is. We should be saying,
B&han! Cou 7ord or shedding Cour blood on the
cross. &han! Cou 7ord or redeeming my lie rom
destruction. I praise Cou or Cour healing po$er.B
Ater blessing 6im, (cripture tells us to 6or7et
not all 3is 0ene6its =v. 5>.
7oo!, there are seven beneits $e are to
remember8 We serve a +od $hoF
1. Aorgives our ini#uities =v. 3>
5. 6eals our diseases =v. 3>
3. /edeems our lie rom destruction =v. :>
:. Cro$ns our lie $ith loving !indness and
tender mercies =v. :>
<. (atisies our mouth $ith good things =v. <>
;. /ene$s our youth li!e the eagle@s =v. <>
2. Deends us =v. ;>
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As the Word ma!es so obvious, the beneits not
only deal $ith our salvation, but $ith our health.
And $e are told to remember all o them.
When people orget $hat +od has done, they
limit 6is blessing. &he children o Israel learned that
lesson.
!es, a7ain and a7ain the& te+pted $od, ,nd
li+ited the 3ol& One o6 Israel; %he& did not
re+e+0er 3is po9er= %he da& 9hen 3e redee+ed
the+ 6ro+ the ene+&;
Ps; .8=(1>(2
Don@t let another moment pass $ithout pausing
to bless the 7ord and to remember 6is beneits.
The 5eys to !our Mira%e
In addition to praising a merciul +od and
recogniIing $hat 6e has given us, there are some
speciic things $e can do that $ill prepare us or
+od@s healing touch.
First= %"rn a9a& 6ro+ those 9ho re:ect $od's po9er;
6o$ can $e e"pect to be healed i $e surround
ourselves $ith people o unbelieE I you read +od@s
Word, there should be no #uestion o the action you
must ta!e. (cripture tells us that in the last days
there $ould be people ha#in7 a 6or+ o6 7odliness 0"t
den&in7 its po9er; ,nd 6ro+ s"ch people t"rn a9a&A
=5 &im. 3F<>.
When you live in an atmosphere o unbelie it
does not ta!e much to devastate you. &he 1ible says
Wisdo+ is 0etter than 9eapons o6 9ar< 1"t one
sinner destro&s +"ch 7ood =)ccl. 9F13>. 6o$ many
sinners does it ta!e to cause destructionE One; &urn
a$ay rom such people.
When you realiIe the po$er o both the spo!en
and the $ritten $ord, you@ll avoid those $ho $ould
destroy your aith. Where should you turnE 8o then
%he 8tart o6 !o"r Miracle )/
6aith co+es 0& hearin7, and hearin7 0& the 9ord o6
$od =/om. 14F12>.
8econd= When &o" see- 6or a +iracle, as- in 6aith;
We need to remove the BiB rom our prayer. &he
Word saysF
1"t let hi+ as- in 6aith, 9ith no do"0tin7, 6or he
9ho do"0ts is li-e a 9a#e o6 the sea dri#en and
tossed 0& the 9ind; For let not that +an s"ppose
that he 9ill recei#e an&thin7 6ro+ the Lord;
@a+es 1=)>.
I you $aiver, don@t e"pect to receive much rom
the 7ord. Instead, as! in aith !no$ing it is 6is
perect $ill to heal you.
%hird= %"rn &o"r 6aith loose;
-any times $hen I@m ministering I can actually
see people@s aith. I can see it in their eyes?they are
about to ta!e some action to release their aith.
0ne night at a crusade I $as in the middle o the
message $hen suddenly my attention $as dra$n to
a young man seated in the ront ro$. 6e had a brace
on his leg and a crutch leaning on his chair. 1ut I
could see a man $hose aith $as so alive that his
countenance seemed to be bubbling.
I stopped my message and said, B(ir, I $ant you
to stand up in the name o the 7ord ,esus.B
%ot only did he stand, he tore o the brace and
began to run around the ront o the auditorium. &he
moment he heard the $ords Bstand up,B he turned
his aith loose.
&hat@s e"actly ho$ it happened in %e$ &estament
times. 0nce $hen the apostle Paul $as preaching in
7ystra, there $as a man present $ho $as a cripple
6ro+ his +other's 9o+0, 9ho had ne#er 9al-ed =Acts
1:F3>.
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(cripture records thatF
%his +an heard Pa"l spea-in7; Pa"l, o0ser#in7
hi+ intentl& and seein7 that he had 6aith to 0e
healed, said 9ith a lo"d #oice, '8tand "p strai7ht on
&o"r 6eetA' ,nd he leaped and 9al-ed;
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Do you recall the story o the ten lepers $ho met
,esus as 6e $as traveling through their small
villageE (tanding at a distance, they li6ted "p their
#oices and said, '@es"s, Master, ha#e +erc& on "sA'
=7u!e 12F13>.
When the 7ord ,esus sa$ them, 6e said, '$o,
sho9 &o"rsel#es to the priests;' ,nd so it 9as that as
the& 9ent, the& 9ere cleansed =v. 1:>.
When $ere they cleansedE As they 9ent; &hey
turned their aith loose.
I I $ere to as! you to tell me your greatest need,
$hat $ould it beE Whatever the problem, it is vital
that you come to the 7ord $ith praise, $ith
than!sgiving, and $ith aith that is alive.
It@s the start o your miracle.
Chapter 12
15 It@s +od@s Will
As a minister o the gospel $ho ta!es +od at 6is
Word, I have spo!en $ords o aith and healing
hundreds o times. Arom ($eden to (ingapore, rom
1ogota to 1altimore, I have seen people in pain and
despair receive miracles rom the 7ord. Instantly,
they $ere healed as they believed.
I believe it is not only +od@s $ill or you to be
healed, but it is 6is $ill that you live in health until
6e calls you home =see ,ob <F5;>.
I you are loo!ing or a boo! to help you
rationaliIe and Gustiy your inirmities, this volume is
not or you. I am not one $ho prays, BI it be your
$ill, 7ord, grant healing to this person.B
It is 6is $ill8 Cou $ill never hear me pray such
aith9destroying $ords as BI it be Cour $ill, 7ord,
heal them.B +od intends or you to rise and be
healed. &oday. &omorro$. Al$ays8
What the 7ord desires or you has not changed
rom the time 6e held the greatest Bmiracle serviceB
recorded in the 0ld Covenant. When +od called 6is
people, Israel, out o )gypt, they $ere sic! and
alicted $ith inirmities. &hey $ere slaves $ho $ere
undernourished and had been cruelly treated. 1ut
$hen +od visited 6is people, something marvelous
happened.
6e brought them out o bondage and instantly,
there 9as not one 6ee0le person a+on7 their tri0es
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=Ps. 14<F32 KJV>. I believe this verse clearly states
that +od@s people $ere healed by one touch o 6is
mighty hand at that moment.
+od has not changed. -illions today are leaving
their bondage and sin to ind ne$ lie $ith Christ.
+od $ants 6is children not only to come out o
dar!ness, but also to come out o sic-ness;
When +od delivered the children o Israel rom
)gypt, they $ere a healed people. And something
more. &he irst covenant +od made $ith them $as a
covenant o healing. Ater the total healing o the
multitude, the irst message they heard rom +od as
they crossed the /ed (ea $asF "I a+ the LORD 9ho
heals &o" =)". 1<F5;>.
"Look at the Tree"
&he lesson +od demonstrated to the children o
Israel concerning healing is proound. &he Israelites
had gone three days $ithout inding $ater. And
C 9hen the& ca+e to Marah, the& co"ld not
drin- the 9aters o6 Marah, 6or the& 9ere 0itter;
%here6ore the na+e o6 it 9as called Marah Dor 0itterE;
,nd the people co+plained a7ainst Moses, sa&in7,
FWhat shall 9e drin-2'G8o he cried o"t to the Lord,
and the Lord sho9ed hi+ a tree< and 9hen he cast it
into the 9aters, the 9aters 9ere +ade s9eet; %here
3e +ade a stat"te and an ordinance 6or the+; ,nd
there 3e tested the+, and said, 'I6 &o" dili7entl&
heed the #oice o6 the Lord &o"r $od and do 9hat is
ri7ht in 3is si7ht, 7i#e ear to 3is co++and+ents
and -eep all 3is stat"tes, I 9ill p"t none o6 the
diseases on &o" 9hich I ha#e 0ro"7ht on the
E7&ptians; For I a+ the Lord 9ho heals &o"'
EB; 14=2'>2)
&hey came out o )gypt healed8 1ut they began
murmuring and complaining about their
circumstances. +od gave them a $arning and said
that murmuring $ould produce sic!ness. What 6e
It's $od's Will .'
meant $as Bi you $ill not murmur, I $ill not permit
sic!ness to come on you,B $hich means the& 9ere
alread& healed;
&he symbols ound in this story carry an e"citing
message. When -oses cried out to the 7ord, +od
sho$ed him a tree. I believe it $as because the tree
represents the cross. +od commanded him to cast
the tree into the $aters and immediately the $ater
became s$eet, no longer bitter. In (cripture, $ater
sometimes represents people. B($eetnessB spea!s o
healing and health.
It $as as i +od $as saying, B&a!e the cross
=tree>, cast it upon the people =$aters>, and they $ill
be healed =made s$eet>.B &oday, $ithout the cross,
there can be no healing. 1eore +od Almighty healed
the $aters, 6e sho$ed them the tree. 1eore $e can
receive our healing, $e must loo! at the cross.
Did sic!ness ever return to the IsraelitesE Ces.
1ut it $as not +od $ho sent it. (ic!ness $as caused
by their sin. In %umbers 51, the 1ible says that
$hen they turned their bac!s on righteousness, they
$ere bitten by serpents.
&he story o the Cross contains great symbolism.
I believe +od sent 6is (on to Calvary or both the
healing o your soul and the healing o your body. As
the cro$n o thorns $as placed on 6is head, 6e bled
or the healing o your mind and or your thought
lie. As 6e $as $hipped, 6is bac! $as torn or your
diseases.
I 6e bore, or carried a$ay, our sic!ness, $hy
should $e attempt to carry $hat has already been
placed on 6imE It is gone. 6e has ta!en it a$ay.
0ten, in (cripture, $hen salvation came to a
man or $oman it $as accompanied by healing.
Do you remember the 7ord ,esus saying to
%icodemus, ,nd as Moses li6ted "p the serpent in
the 9ilderness, e#en so +"st the 8on o6 Man 0e li6ted
"p =,ohn 3F1:>E 6e $as reerring to an important
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story in the 0ld &estament that establishes this
principleF When sin enters, 9ith it co+es sic-ness;
And something moreF When sin departs, it ta-es
sic-ness 9ith it;
"Look at the $ross"
,nd the people spo-e a7ainst $od and a7ainst
Moses= FWh& ha#e &o" 0ro"7ht "s "p o"t o6 E7&pt to
die in the 9ilderness2 For there is no 6ood and no
9ater, and o"r so"l loathes this 9orthless 0read;G
8o the Lord sent 6ier& serpents a+on7 the people,
and the& 0it the people< and +an& o6 the people o6
Israel died; %here6ore the people ca+e to Moses,
and said, FWe ha#e sinned, 6or 9e ha#e spo-en
a7ainst the Lord and a7ainst &o"< pra& to the Lord
that 3e ta-e a9a& the serpents 6ro+ "s;G 8o Moses
pra&ed 6or the people; %hen the Lord said to Moses,
FMa-e a 6ier& serpent, and set it on a pole< and it
shall 0e that e#er&one 9ho is 0itten, 9hen he loo-s
at it, shall li#e;G
N"+; 21=4>8
When you and I disobey the 7ord, $e can e"pect
the serpents to bite =)ccl. 14F3>. What +od $as
saying, centuries beore Calvary, $as that even i
you are bitten by the serpent, all you need to do is
loo! again to the cross.
Airst, in )"odus 1<F53, +od sho$ed him a tree.
&he second time in %umbers 51F3 the 7ord told
-oses to ma!e a iery serpent and set it upon a pole.
%hen the LORD said to Moses, 'Ma-e a 6ier& serpent,
and set it on a pole< and it shall 0e that e#er&one 9ho
is 0itten, 9hen he loo-s at it, shall li#e;' )ach time,
healing came by loo!ing at the cross. Do you $ant to
be healedE Do you $ant to !no$ +od@s divine po$er
that can give you lie and healthE &urn to Calvary.
&he longer I study +od@s Word, the more
convinced I am that a Christian should not be sic!.
I it is the $ill o +od or me to be sic! then ,esus
It's $od's Will .4
too! my sic!nesses in vain.
Is it the 7ord@s $ill or me to live in sinE 0 course
not. Aor me to say, BIt is +od@s $ill or me to be sic!,B
$ould be li!e saying, BIt is +od@s $ill or me to live in
sin.B 1ut that@s not 6is plan. I believe 6is perect $ill
or me is health and healing or the rest o my days
Gust as I am conident 6e $ants me to $al!
righteously. %o$, do I al$ays $al! righteouslyE %o, I
ma!e mista!es, repent and 6e orgives me. Do I
enGoy complete and perect healthE %o, I get sic!, go
to the 7ord as!ing or 6is healing touch and 6e
heals me.
"orgi#en and )ea%ed
When +od orgives 6e also includes the provision
or healing. &he psalmist $roteF 1less the Lord, O
+& so"l, ,nd 6or7et not all 3is 0ene6its= Who 6or7i#es
all &o"r ini?"ities, Who heals all &o"r diseases =Ps.
143F593>. With one touch, +od orgives and heals.
When ,esus loo!ed at the man $ho $as crippled,
6e said,
FWhich is easier, to sa& to the paral&tic, !o"r
sins are 6or7i#en &o", or to sa&, ,rise, ta-e "p &o"r
0ed and 9al-2 1"t that &o" +a& -no9 that the 8on
o6 Man has po9er on earth to 6or7i#e sinsG< 3e said
to the paral&tic, FI sa& to &o", arise, ta-e "p &o"r
0ed, and 7o &o"r 9a& to &o"r ho"se;G ,nd
i++ediatel& he arose, too- "p the 0ed, and 9ent o"t
in the presence o6 the+ all, so that all 9ere a+aHed
and 7lori6ied $od, sa&in7, FWe ne#er sa9 an&thin7
li-e thisAG
Mar- 2=/>12
Again, $hen the 7ord orgives sin, 6e al$ays
includes healing. &hat is $hy ,ames said,
Is an&one a+on7 &o" sic-2 Let hi+ call 6or the
elders o6 the ch"rch, and let the+ pra& o#er hi+,
anointin7 hi+ 9ith oil in the na+e o6 the Lord; ,nd
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the pra&er o6 6aith 9ill sa#e the sic-, and the Lord
9ill raise hi+ "p; ,nd i6 he has co++itted sins, he
9ill 0e 6or7i#en;
@a+es 4=1(>14
It is simultaneous. ,ust one touch, one breath,
rom the 7ord is all you need. $od sa#es and 3e
heals; $od 6or7i#es and 3e heals;
We need to personaliIe the $ords o the psalmist
and repeat them again and againF B6e orgives all my
ini#uitiesH 6e heals all my diseases.B
6e promised that the inha0itant 9ill not sa&, 'I
a+ sic-'< the people 9ho d9ell in it 9ill 0e 6or7i#en
their ini?"it& =Isa. 33F5:>. And 6e does not intend or
the problem to return. +od has also promised that
6e $ill actually remove sic!ness rom our presence.
8o &o" shall ser#e the Lord &o"r $od, and 3e 9ill
0less &o"r 0read and &o"r 9ater; ,nd I 9ill ta-e
sic-ness a9a& 6ro+ the +idst o6 &o" =)". 53F5<>.
M& son, 7i#e attention to +& 9ords;;;; For the&
are li6e to those 9ho 6ind the+, ,nd health to all
their 6lesh;
Pro#; (=25,22
(cripture clearly teaches that your body belongs
to +od, and it $as designed to gloriy 6im. For &o"
9ere 0o"7ht at a price< there6ore 7lori6& $od in &o"r
0od& and in &o"r spirit, 9hich are $od's =1 Cor.
;F54>. 6e $ants to ma!e you $hole in every $ay.
7et me as! againF Is it the $ill o +od that you
$al! in healthE &hat@s $hat the man $ith leprosy
$anted to !no$.
,nd there ca+e a leper to hi+, 0eseechin7 hi+,
and -neelin7 do9n to hi+, and sa&in7 "nto hi+, FI6
tho" 9ilt, tho" canst +a-e +e clean;G ,nd @es"s,
+o#ed 9ith co+passion, p"t 6orth his hand, and
to"ched hi+, and saith "nto hi+, FI 9ill< 0e tho"
clean;G
Mar- 1=(5>(1 *@I
It's $od's Will ..
And 6e is still saying, I 9ill;
Chapter 1'
13 Cour Wall o
Protection
Wouldn@t it be $onderul i $e could build a
barricade that $ould shield us rom sic!ness and
diseaseE What you are about to discover is that a
$all o protection has already been constructed. &he
provision has already been made.
As a young man in &oronto, I !ne$ I had been
converted and called to the ministry. 1ut I had no
!no$ledge o $hat I am teaching you no$. Actually,
I did not believe it. I thought that to be sic! $as to
be saintly, that i you lie in a bed o aliction, +od
$ill use you or 6is glory.
I soon discovered, ho$ever, that our bodies $ere
created to e"alt and honor +od Almighty. For &o"
9ere 0o"7ht at a price< there6ore 7lori6& $od in &o"r
0od& and in &o"r spirit, 9hich are $od's =1 Cor.
;F54>. &his discovery leads me to believe that i the
7ord ,esus $as bruised and bro!en or my healing,
then $hy should I carry that burdenE
The ,ower of Be%ie#ing
I irmly believe the 7ord $ants us to live in total
health. It is time to believe, proclaim, and start living
$here you can say, B(ic!ness is not mine and I $ill
not tolerate it under any circumstances8B When that
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message begins to stir $ithin your soul, sic!ness $ill
have to lee.
"our Si'2%e Laws
+od does not $ant you to be sic!. In act, in
)"odus 1< 6e ma!es a covenant $ith you and tells
you that i you !eep that covenant you@ll be healed.
6e $ill build a $all o protection around you.
&o be speciic, the 7ord has established our
simple la$s?Gust our. I you obey them, you $ill
live in health. And $hen sic!ness comes, you@ll
command it to leave your body.
+od@s our la$s o healing are ound in one
po$erul verse o (cripture. 6e says,
I6 &o" dili7entl& heed the #oice o6 the Lord &o"r
$od and do 9hat is ri7ht in 3is si7ht, 7i#e ear to 3is
co++and+ents and -eep all 3is stat"tes, I 9ill p"t
none o6 the diseases on &o" 9hich I ha#e 0ro"7ht on
the E7&ptians; For I a+ the Lord 9ho heals &o";
EB; 14=2)
Aor the irst time in (cripture, +od here
introduces 6imsel as our healer, and 6e presents
us $ith the our conditions $e must meet to be
healed.
Condition %umber 0neF 3eed; Cou must
Bhear!enB to the voice o the 7ord. In 6ebre$, the
$ord means both to Bhear and declare.B Cou must
hear it, spea! it, and coness it. &he importance o
this irst step cannot be overloo!ed.
Condition %umber &$oF Do; &he 7ord demands
that you do $hat is right in 6is sight. &he $ord do in
6ebre$ means Bto ma!e, to become, and to have
charge o.B (o, dear riends, the 7ord demands action
on our part. And healing begins to happen as $e
obey the Word.
Condition %umber &hreeF $i#e ear; &he meaning
in the original language is Bponder.B +od re#uires
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commitment on your part to meditate upon 6is
commandments.
Condition %umber AourF *eep; &he 6ebre$ says
Bto guard, protect, and preserveB 6is Word. &his is a
prere#uisite to healing.
What does +od promise as a result o meeting
these conditionsE 6e says that 6e $ill heal you. I
you hear the Word, coness it, commit ully to 6is
la$s, protect the Word, and ma!e it your o$n, +od
says you $ill live in complete health.
+od has oered a covenant o healing, but 6e
gives you this $arningF Whoe#er 0rea-s thro"7h a
9all 9ill 0e 0itten 0& a serpent =)ccl. 14F3>. What is
+od sayingE A $all spea!s o protection. &he 1ible
says i protection is bro!en, a demon $ill bite. What
is your protectionE &he Word o the living +od8
Do you $ant +od@s healingE 7et the Word
saturate your being. 7et it dominate your heart, your
mind, and your emotions. 7ove it, coness it, and
obey it. I the Word becomes your $hole lie, it $ill
totally surround you?on the let and the right, on
the ront and the bac!. &he Word $ill be your
protection and no serpent can bite you. 1ut i that
hedge is bro!en, (atan and his demons $ill stri!e.
And sic!ness is one result o that attac!.
(cripture declares that 9hoe#er has no r"le o#er
his o9n spirit is li-e a cit& 0ro-en do9n, 9itho"t
9alls =Prov. 5<F53>. I you don@t rule your lie $ith
the Word, there are no $alls o protection
surrounding you.
"Lord. (hy A' I Sik*"
A man recently as!ed, B1enny, $hat happens i I
ail and sic!ness enters my bodyEB
-y ans$er did not change. B(tand on the Word,B
I told him. B(tand on the Word.B
Cears ago, one o America@s greatest healing
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evangelists, William 1ranham, a man $ho had
prayed or the deliverance o thousands, became
sic!. 7ying there $ith a high ever, he cried out,
B7ord, $hy am I sic!E I have a meeting tonight and
here I am lying on a bed o aliction. 7ord, Cou are
using me to bring healing to others. 6o$
embarrassing that I should $al! on the platorm a
sic! man. 6eal me, 7ord8B
&he 7ord $ould not ans$er.
B6eal me, 7ord8B he said again.
(till no ans$er.
(uddenly, the 6oly (pirit spo!e and said, B&he
Word is health to all your lesh. &he Word is health
to all your lesh.B
1ranham began to recite Proverbs :F55, but no$
he personaliIed the $ordsF B&he Word is health to all
+& lesh8 &he Word is health to all +& lesh8B
&hen he said, B7ord, i the Word is health to all
my lesh, I $ill stand on Cour Word that says
'concernin7 the 9or- o6 M& hands, &o" co++and Me' B
=Isa. :<F11>. &he 7ord did not say to Bas!,B 6e said
Bcommand -e.B And that is $hat 1ranham did. +od
promised it and the evangelist commanded 6im to
do it. 6e said, B-y +od, I command in the name o
,esus that the Word $ill $or! or me8B And as he
began commanding the Word to $or!, he arose rom
that bed and claimed his healing.
6e said he still elt sic!, but he reused to pay
attention to the symptoms. 6al an hour later the
ever had gone, strength had poured into his being,
and he $al!ed to the platorm that night a healthy
man.
There's )ea%ing in (orshi2
&he prophet ,eremiah as!edF Is there no 0al+ in
$ilead, Is there no ph&sician there2 Wh& then is there
no reco#er& For the health o6 the da"7hter o6 +&
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people2 =,er. 3F55>.
&his (cripture contains a marvelous truth that
holds a !ey to your healing. ,eremiah as!s, Is there
no 0al+ in $ilead2 &he $ord 0al+ in 6ebre$ spea!s
o healing. And the $ord $ilead spea!s o $orship.
6e is as!ing, BIs there no healing in $orshipEB 0
course there is. And you need to act upon the
!no$ledge that your $orship brings healing.
I you coness the Word and nothing seems to
happen, begin to $orship the 7ord +od o heaven.
Worship 6im or 6is promises. Worship and say,
B,esus, Cou bore my sic!ness. I $ill not bear it.
&han! Cou because Cour Word says, @1y Cour stripes
I am healed.@B As you begin $orshiping the 7ord, you
$ill $atch healing come into your being.
What happened at Calvary can even protect you
rom pain.
In 0ld &estament times, i a person $as sic! he
received a pain !iller?myrrh. , 0"ndle o6 +&rrh is
+& 0elo#ed to +e, %hat lies all ni7ht 0et9een +&
0reasts =(ong 1F13>.
When Christ $as on the cross, 6e $as oered
myrrh. %hen the& 7a#e 3i+ 9ine +in7led 9ith +&rrh
to drin-, 0"t 3e did not ta-e it =-ar! 1<F53>. It $as
customary to give such a drin! to a person being
cruciied so that he $ould not eel the pain.
Why did the 7ord ,esus reuse itE Christ reGected
the myrrh because 6e did not $ant to die $ithout
pain. 6e $ould die receiving all our anguish and
torment. Christ is your Bpain !iller,B the one on
$hom you call or assistance in your time o need.
6e $ill lie beside you in your dar!est hour to stop
the hurt and bring you healing.
&he 7ord is your shelter and your shield. 6e is
your $all o protection.
Chapter 1(
1: A 6arvest o 6ealing
+od@s la$ regarding so$ing and reaping is clear.
Cou $ill never celebrate the harvest unless you have
careully planted the seed and cared or the crop.
&his also applies to healing.
I you so$ seeds o doubt and unbelie, your crop
$ill be a ailure. &hat is $hy your mentality must
change. +od $ants you to plant $ith aith, hope,
and love.
In the %e$ &estament $e read that $od anointed
@es"s o6 NaHareth 9ith the 3ol& 8pirit and 9ith
po9er, 9ho 9ent a0o"t doin7 7ood and healin7 all
9ho 9ere oppressed 0& the de#il, 6or $od 9as 9ith
3i+ =Acts 14F33>. Again, the devil in this verse
brings sic!ness, not +od.
Instead o so$ing seeds o doubt, loo! up to the
Aather and say, B+od in heaven, Cou promised that
healing is mine i I obey Cou. %o$ 7ord, Cou !no$
that I am not perect, but the Word says that
through Christ I am righteous.B
Cou see, the la$ could never be totally obeyed
under the 0ld Covenant. It $as impossible. ,esus
too! your disobedience and ulilled the la$. Aor that
reason, you and I can obey the la$s o +od. &hat is
$hy you can pray $ith assurance, BAather, Cour
Word says that ,esus too! my pain, my sic!ness, my
sorro$s, and my sin. Cour Word says that I am the
righteousness o +od, despite my shortcomings, and
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8) Lord, I Need a Miracle
that sic!ness does not belong in my body.B
"My Body (on't 0-ey"
/ecently a member o my congregation told me
her story. (he said, BWhen I $as a child, I $as
treated badly by my parents and or years have been
very sic!.B (he $ent on to relate ho$ she had been
in and out o hospitals more times than she could
remember, and that her physical problems
continued to that very day.
6er reason or $anting to tal! to me $as that she
$anted to tell me she had listened very careully to
my messages on healing. And everything I preach,
she believes.
(he said, BPastor 6inn, I@ve done everything
you@ve said. In some cases I began doing it even
beore you told me. I@ve been trying to practice +od@s
Word or years. I have aith that +od $ants me
healed. And I have trusted +od to heal me as 6is
Word promises. 6o$ever, my miracle has not been
maniested in a physical orm. -y body $on@t obey.B
&hen she loo!ed at me $ith sorro$ in her eyes
and as!ed, BWhy am I still sic!EB
I said to the $oman, B7et@s imagine there is a line
dra$n across the loor. 0n one side o the line there
are people $ith the $rong concept regarding +od@s
Word and the $rong understanding o ho$ +od
heals.B
&hen I said, B%o$ let@s suppose a person crosses
that line.B Pointing to the imaginary line, I
continued, B6ealing doesn@t necessarily happen here.
&here is all this space to $al! on beore you get it.B
(he as!ed, BWhat is that spaceEB
I responded, BWhen you so$ a seed you can@t
e"pect to reap the harvest tomorro$. Cou@ve got to
give the seed time to ta!e root, to bear the ruit, and
then you@ll reap the harvest. I believe you have
, 3ar#est o6 3ealin7 8.
crossed over the line. Cou have entered the area
$here +od can begin to do 6is $or!.B
(he said, BPastor, you !no$ that I should be dead
by no$. -y doctors are amaIed that I am still alive.B
I told her, BCou are alive because your aith is
alive. Cou are trusting 6im $ith every part o your
being. /emember that '6aith is the s"0stance o6
thin7s hoped 6or, the e#idence o6 thin7s not seen;' %o$
give your body a chance to ollo$ and allo$ the
healing to be maniest. Don@t give up8 Cour miracle is
getting closer every day.B
$rossing the Line
When $ill you receive your healingE &odayE
&omorro$E &he most important act to !no$ is that
you received the provision or your healing t$o
thousand years ago. It happened on the cross.
When you believe in your heart, soul, and mind
that the atonement or your healing has already
ta!en place, you have Bcrossed the line.B Cou have
entered the ertile ground $here the seed can gro$
in good soil $here +od can produce a harvest.
+od $ants you to eliminate the negative, aith9
shattering thoughts (atan $ould have you believe?
doubts he attempts to plant in your mind. 6e $ants
you to say, BI $ill not accept or tolerate sic!ness and
disease8B
What !ind o seed should you so$E ,esus said,
%he seed is the 9ord o6 $od =7u!e 3F11>.
%ever orget the $ords ound in ProverbsF
M& son, 7i#e attention to +& 9ords< Incline &o"r
ear to +& sa&in7s; Do not let the+ depart 6ro+ &o"r
e&es< *eep the+ in the +idst o6 &o"r heart< For the&
are li6e to those 9ho 6ind the+, ,nd health to all
their 6lesh;
Pro#; (=25>22
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6o$ does health comeE Cour healing comes
through the Word. 1ut it@s not al$ays automatic.
(cripture tells us sometimes $e have to ind it. And
ho$ does that happenE &hree $ays. Airst, by being
attentive. (econd, by having a steadast loo!. And
third, by !eeping the Word in your heart.
Cou $ill ind, or Bcatch,B the Word by having your
ears open, your eyes open, and your heart open to it.
(cripture does not say you $ill ind healing $ith a
little $hisper, or $ith a glance, or $ith a little eeling
rom your heart. It ta!es bold, decisive action8
Paul $rote to the church at /ome, Faith co+es
0& hearin7, and hearin7 0& the 9ord o6 $od =/om.
14F12>. 0ne person said it this $ayF Aaith comes by
Bhearing and hearing.B In other $ords, $e need to
!eep on hearing $hat +od is saying and not rest on
$hat $e read or heard yesterday. Cou $ill never
absorb the Word into your lie by hearing it once.
Cou need to hear, and hear, and hear again.
Cou also need to have a steadast loo!. *eep
loo!ing, and loo!ing, and loo!ing. &hen your heart
must love it, and love it, and love it. &his is ho$ you
$ill ind?and so$?your healing.
+od $ants you to sho$ diligence so that &o" do
not 0eco+e sl"77ish, 0"t i+itate those 9ho thro"7h
6aith and patience inherit the pro+ises =6eb. ;F15>.
When the Word is so$n, it@s time or Baith and
patience.B When you plant the seed you have
discovered, don@t al$ays e"pect it to bring orth lie
in t$enty9our hours. 6ave both ass"rance and
end"rance; %here6ore do not cast a9a& &o"r
con6idence, 9hich has 7reat re9ard =6eb. 14F3<>.
")e's Right on Ti'e"
Plant your seed and !eep $atering it. Cou $ill
never enGoy the abundance o your healing i you
allo$ your ield to become parched and dry.
, 3ar#est o6 3ealin7 8/
Continue to $ater your aith $ith the Word and
never, never give up.
Ces, +od $ants you healed. 1ut remember, it
too! a long time or you to become as you are. And it
may ta!e time or you to become a totally changed
person. &he 7ord cleanses your heart in an instant
at salvation, but being trans6or+ed 0& the rene9in7
o6 &o"r +ind can be a longer Gourney. In the same
$ay, your healing may ta!e place over a period o
time.
6ave you crossed the lineE Are you in a position
or +od to perorm a miracle in your lieE Don@t give
up on +od.
(ome people li!e to pic! a avorite verse rom
(cripture and say, BI I@ll Gust use that, +od $ill heal
me.B &hey may #uote again and again,
3e 9as 9o"nded 6or o"r trans7ressions, 3e 9as
0r"ised 6or o"r ini?"ities< %he chastise+ent 6or o"r
peace 9as "pon 3i+, ,nd 0& 3is stripes 9e are
healed;
Isa; 4'=4
It is a po$erul verse, but don@t try to base +od@s
healing po$er on Gust one (cripture. +od says the
Word must sat"rate you. 0nly then $ill health co+e
to &o"r 6lesh; &he Word o +od rom +enesis to
/evelation needs to permeate your lie. /emember,
you@ve got to hear it and !eep hearing it. (ee it and
!eep seeing it. 7ove it and !eep loving it. &he Word
has the po$er to bring the healing or $hich you
have prayed so long.
&he Word $or!s $onders. Paul said,
When &o" recei#ed the 9ord o6 $od 9hich &o"
heard 6ro+ "s, &o" 9elco+ed it not as the 9ord o6
+en, 0"t as it is in tr"th, the 9ord o6 $od, 9hich
also e66ecti#el& 9or-s in &o" 9ho 0elie#e;
1 %hess; 2=1'
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(here Is !our "aith*
(ome people, ho$ever, have aith in the $rong
things. &hey have great diiculty believing that +od
$ill ans$er their prayers. &hey aren@t sure the Word
$or!s, and it sho$s in their behavior.
/emember, $hat you so$, you $ill reap. I you
plant seeds o unbelie, your harvest $ill be sad
indeed. 1ut i your ield has been careully so$n
$ith the Word, and $ith aith, your barns $ill be
illed to overlo$ing. And i you are in need o +od@s
touch, you $ill reap a harvest o healing.
Chapter 14
1< Claim Cour
Inheritance
/eceiving a miracle is not something you earn by
good $or!s. %or is it a git to sho$ love and
appreciation. 6ealing belongs to you. It@s your
inheritance DEB;; 1<F5;>.
Cour road to health and recovery is clearly
mar!ed. (cripture says that the Word must irst be
BbuiltB in you. And $hen that happens, you are
ready to receive $hat is rightully yours.
,nd no9, 0rethren, I co++end &o" to $od and
to the 9ord o6 3is 7race, 9hich is a0le to 0"ild &o"
"p and 7i#e &o" an inheritance a+on7 all those 9ho
are sancti6ied;
,cts 25='2
In an age o ast oods, instant photography, and
computer chips, people $ant everything no9; And
they e"pect the 7ord to respond in the same $ay.
1ut +od@s !ingdom does not unction $ith a
micro$ave mentality. &he Word irst builds, then it
gives.
1uilding ta!es time, and +od@s Word is $hat puts
the pieces together. &he $ord 0"ild as used here is
the +ree! $ord or Bconstruction.B It begins $ith a
solid oundation at conversion and gro$s bric! by
bric!, layer upon layer, until the structure becomes
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a masterpiece.
%one o us li!e to $ait. 1ut i a armer ma!es a
meal rom his seed, there $ill be nothing let to
sustain him in the days ahead. 6e doesn@t eat his
seed. It is by planting the seed o truth that you $ill
be set ree.
Cou may be saying, BI@m still sic!. I@m still
miserable and deeated.B Perhaps you $onder, B7ord,
$here is my healthE -y legs are hurting, my head is
aching, my body is in constant pain.B Cou may even
conclude that the only thing $orth reGoicing about is
that you have been born again. Physically, you are in
dire need.
Don@t panic. Cou are on the right trac!. 1y being
built up in the Word, you are planting seeds that $ill
bring healing rom your head to your toes.
As you $al! the road hearing, seeing, and loving
the Word, the process o building continues. (teady
progress is being made day ater day. (ince you are
so close to $hat is happening, you may not be able
to measure your gro$th. Cour spirit has been
changed. Cour soul is being changed. In /omans
15F195, the (criptures tell us,
I 0eseech &o" there6ore, 0rethren, 0& the +ercies
o6 $od, that &o" present &o"r 0odies a li#in7
sacri6ice, hol&, accepta0le to $od, 9hich is &o"r
reasona0le ser#ice; ,nd do not 0e con6or+ed to this
9orld, 0"t 0e trans6or+ed 0& the rene9in7 o6 &o"r
+ind, that &o" +a& pro#e 9hat is that 7ood and
accepta0le and per6ect 9ill o6 $od;
(o, in the ne$ birth your spirit $as saved, your soul
is being saved, and the body $ill be saved. In the
same $ay, your spirit $as healed at the cross, and
your soul =emotions, intellect, and $ill> is healed as
the Word develops in you. And one day you $ill see
the transormation ta!ing place in your body.
(uddenly you@ll say, BIt@s happening. I eel better
and dierent than I elt three $ee!s ago8B &he
Clai+ !o"r Inheritance /'
transormation o the inner man ta!es place in an
instant, but out$ard signs may ta!e longer. &he
Word begins to present you $ith your inheritance
deep on the inside. 1eore long your emotions are
healed, and your mind begins to thin! as the Aather
thin!s. It is a la$ o +od and o nature that $hat
happens on the inside $ill eventually aect the
outside. &he e"terior $ill be touched by the overlo$
rom the interior.
A 6uestion of "aith
+ive the Word time to pour its lie into you and
lood your body. Wal! lie@s road saying, B&he Word is
being built $ithin me. &hrough aith and patience I
inherit the promises.B 6is Word $ill give you
strength and endurance, even $hen your spiritual
legs are aching and you eel li!e giving up.
Allo$ the seed time to ta!e root, to bring orth
lie, and to bear ruit. As you Gourney, +od is loo!ing
or t$o important elementsF aith and conession.
Is aith essential to healingE Absolutely. Cour
aith must gro$ and increase daily i you $ant to
receive your inheritance.
&he 7ord oten healed $hen men and $omen
approached 6im in aith. At other times, being
moved by compassion, the 7ord ,esus healed
$ithout speciically being as!ed. And there $ere
other times in the ministry o our 7ord ,esus $hen it
$asn@t +od@s timing to heal.
I $as recently as!ed, BWhy didn@t ,esus heal
everyone $ho came near 6imE 6e only healed
certain ones and let many sic!.B
&hat is a good #uestion. I the 7ord $al!ed
through the +ate 1eautiul many times, $hy did 6e
not heal the man $ho had been sitting there $ho
Peter and ,ohn healedE And $hat about the others
at the gate $ho $ere crippled or blind and begging
almsE Why $as only one o them healedE
/( Lord, I Need a Miracle
I you remember Acts 3F5, the 1ible tal!s o this
man sitting at the gate as!ing or alms. .erse ; tells
o the man@s healing and, as a result, ive thousand
men $ere born again =Acts :F:>. I believe the glorious
result o this miracle is the reason the man $as
healed at this time rather than earlier. +od is the
+od o perect timing, and this is a great e"ample o
6is perect $ill at $or! but also remember that +od
declared through Isaiah that 6is $ays are not man@s
$ays =Isa. <<F3>. &here $ill al$ays be something $e,
as humans, $on@t !no$ or understand. &here $ill
al$ays be secret things that belong to +od =Deut.
59F59>.
In services o my o$n ministry, repeatedly the
6oly (pirit has let me !no$ that an individual has
Gust been healed. 6o$ did it happenE I did not go to
him and pray the prayer o aith. &he 6oly (pirit,
!no$ing he $as ready, touched him.
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Pastor 1enn& 3inn, c"red o6 his st"tterin7, no9 shares a +essa7e
o6 $od's lo#e aro"nd the 9orld;
/) Lord, I Need a Miracle
,6ter t9o "ns"ccess6"l intestinal s"r7eries, in 1//1 Charlie
McClain 9as told 0& his doctors that 9e can't do an&thin7 else;
Clai+ !o"r Inheritance /.
Marsha 1rantle& o6 1ro-en
,rro9, O-laho+a s"66ered 9ith
l"p"s 6ro+ in6anc&;
In 1//5, Da#e Lane o6
Coo-e#ille, %ennessee 9as told
&o"'#e 7ot thirt& da&s to li#e;
In 1//2 Da#e and Re0ecca Lane share their testi+on& o6 #ictor&
o#er cancer at a Miracle Cr"sade;
/8 Lord, I Need a Miracle
In @"l& o6 1//1, Dic- $add o6 M&rtle 1each, 8o"th Carolina 9as
dia7nosed 9ith cancer;
Dic- and @"d& $add 9ith their 7randson, @"stin, 9ho 9as
0aptiHed on Easter 8"nda&;
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8arah *napp o6 @ohnston Cit&,
Illinois 9as disa0led 9ith se#ere
+"scle and ner#e da+a7e;
%i+oth& Mercer o6 Orlando, Florida 9as 0orn 9ith h&poplastic l"n7s
and a -idne& disorder;
, happ& and health& %i+oth& a6ter his +iracle;
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*athie Mc$ah"e&, sho9n 9ith her 6a+il&, 9as constantl&
0edridden 6or &ears 0& li6e>threatenin7 aller7ic reactions;
*athie and hair dresser
re:oicin7 to7ether o#er her
healin7 and the ret"rn o6 her
hair;
*athie and *en health& a7ain;
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,6ter 0ein7 dia7nosed 9ith heart disease in 1/88, Doreen
Maddea"B too- a trip to Israel;
In 1//2, 9aitin7 6or the train ho+e, Doreen is 0ea+in7 a6ter her
healin7 in a Lansin7, Michi7an cr"sade;
Doreen tellin7 others o6 $od's 7race in her nati#e Canada;
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Pastor 1enn& 3inn sharin7 his +essa7e o6 healin7 9ith
tho"sands;
,t a healin7 ser#ice, a silent re+inder o6 $od's
+iracle>9or-in7 po9er;
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&he element o aith as a !ey to healing is beyond
e"planation. )ven though there $ill al$ays be
#uestions about healing and aith, $e can be certain
that aith is a !ey in +od@s healing process. What $e
do !no$ is that it is necessary. /epeatedly, beore
Christ e"tended healing, 6e observed the person@s
aith?3e sa9 it; In the %e$ &estament, aith is oten
seen rather than heard.
At Capernaum, the& 0ro"7ht to 3i+ a paral&tic
l&in7 on a 0ed; ,nd @es"s, seein7 their 6aith, said to
the paral&tic, '8on, 0e o6 7ood cheer< &o"r sins are
6or7i#en &o"' =-att. 9F5>. 6e sa$ the aith o those
men carrying the paralytic, and 6e $as moved $ith
compassion. -oments later, the man $as totally
healed but only ater the man@s sins $ere orgiven.
Aurthermore, $e have e"amples in (cripture
$here $e ind individuals approaching ,esus
determined to be healed. &he $oman $ith the issue
o blood $as aced $ith the opposition o the cro$ds
around ,esus. Cet she $as so set on being healed,
she released her aith, ought her $ay into ,esus@
presence, touched 6is garment, and received her
healing. In the early days o my ministry, +od
opened my eyes to this actF People can receive
miracles because they are determined to receive
their inheritance.
"Lady. Sit Down3"
(everal years ago in Phoeni", AriIona, $hile I $as
preaching, I noticed a commotion in the audience o
several thousand people. I loo!ed closely to see a
$oman in a $heelchair trying to stand up. (uddenly,
she $as holding on to the chair and began moving
her legs rom side to side.
I continued to preach, but it seemed that people
every$here $ere turning their attention to the lady?
and I $as no e"ception. I had not yet come to believe
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$hat I am teaching you no$, and I thought, B&hat
lady is going to all and inGure hersel.B
Immediately, I spo!e to her rom the platorm and
said, B7ady, sit do$n because +od is not healing
you.B
As I continued my message, I glanced do$n and
sa$ that once again she $as trying to move her legs
bac! and orth. It seemed she $ould not stop. I
repeated BPlease ta!e your seat.B
At the end o the service, $hile doIens o people
came or$ard or salvation, I sa$ her again?out o
her $heelchair, moving her legs, and no$ the
$heelchair began to move rom its position. As I $as
concerned that she might all and hurt hersel, I
decided to get her bac! in that chair even i I had to
orce her to be seated.
1y this time I $as a little upset at all the
distraction she had caused throughout my message.
I $al!ed over to her and said, B7ady, I told you
during the entire service to stay in your $heelchair.
Cou could all and really hurt yoursel.B
(uddenly, $ith great e"citement, she began to
tal! to meH every $ord $as in (panish. BDo you
spea! )nglishEB I as!ed. 1ut she continued to
respond in her o$n language. (he hadn@t understood
a $ord I had said that night. (he probably thought I
had been telling her that +od $as going to perorm a
miracle.
I called or an interpreter and said, B&ell her to sit
do$n because +od hasn@t healed her. When she is
healed, she can get up.B
(he got my message, and I got her response.
&hrough the interpreter she said, BCou tell that
preacher that I am going to get healed tonight
$hether he li!es it or not8B
I $as stunned. I sa$ aith as I had never seen it.
Immediately I too! her by the hand and said, BIn
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,esus@ name8B &he moment I spo!e 6is name the
$oman began to shout in (panish8 I didn@t
understand a $ord she said, but I elt +od@s
presence as she spo!e. Instantly, she Gumped out o
that $heelchair and too! o. All I could do $as to
stand there loo!ing at her in amaIement. Across the
entire auditorium people began to praise the 7ord
$ith a mighty voice.
It $as a great lesson or me. &he poor lady $as
trying to get a message to me, and I $as too dense to
see it8 What $as she doingE 8he 9as eBercisin7 her
6aith; I sa$ it and could not recogniIe it. 1ut ,esus
sa$ it.
I am certain that the (panish lady had been
convinced through the Word that +od $ould heal
her. I believe she had been built up through aith
and patience, and this $as her moment to reap the
results. (he e"ercised her aith and $as $aiting or
me to e"ercise mine.
When you reach that place o readiness, you $ill
hear the $ords o ,esus saying, ,s &o" ha#e
0elie#ed, so let it 0e done 6or &o" =-att. 3F13>.
(ords of ,ower
Aaith plays a vital role in healing, and so does
conession.
Cou as!, BWhy must I airm the promises o
+odE Why is it so importantEB Conession $ithout
the 6oly (pirit is merely empty $ords. In +enesis
1F5 it declares %he earth 9as 9itho"t 6or+, and #oid<
and dar-ness 9as on the 6ace o6 the deep; ,nd the
8pirit o6 $od 9as ho#erin7 o#er the 6ace o6 the
9aters; .erse 3 goes on to say %hen $od said, 'Let
there 0e li7ht'< and there 9as li7ht; Imagine, +od
6imsel didn@t spea! until the 6oly (pirit moved.
(pea!ing the Word o +od $ithout the movement o
the 6oly (pirit is useless. Psalm 91F195 spea!s again
o the importance o conession.
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3e 9ho d9ells in the secret place o6 the Most
3i7h 8hall a0ide "nder the shado9 o6 the ,l+i7ht&;
I 9ill sa& o6 the Lord, F3e is +& re6"7e and +&
6ortress< M& $od, in 3i+ I 9ill tr"st;G
6ere $e see that $e must rest in +od@s presence to
airm 6is promises.
I have discovered that conession gives the
lordship to your human spirit over your body and
your mind. (cripture $arns us, ho$ever, that &o"
are snared 0& the 9ords o6 &o"r o9n +o"th =Prov.
;F5>. Cou are ta!en captive and dominated by your
$ords, and so is your spirit.
It is important that the right $ords ta!e authority
in your lie. Cou are to spea! +od@s Word in total
accord $ith the Aather. &o coness 6is promises is
simply to agree aloud $ith 6im.
Cou say, BI@ve tried that, but I haven@t seen the
results.B
We need to grasp our conession tightly and not
let go. 8eein7 then that 9e ha#e a 7reat 3i7h Priest
9ho has passed thro"7h the hea#ens, @es"s the 8on
o6 $od, let "s hold 6ast o"r con6ession =6eb. :F1:>.
&he Word tells us to hold 6ast the con6ession o6 o"r
hope 9itho"t 9a#erin7, 6or 3e 9ho pro+ised is
6aith6"l =6eb. 14F53>.
In /omans 14F14 $e read, With the +o"th
con6ession is +ade to sal#ation; And that is $here
many people stop. &hey believe it is only meant or
the time you proess that ,esus is 7ord.
We are instructed to ac-no9led7e o"r 6aith,
con6ess it, and hold it 6ast; )ven the psalmist
tal!ed about it. Whoe#er o66ers praise 7lori6ies Me<
,nd to hi+ 9ho orders his cond"ct ari7ht I 9ill sho9
the sal#ation o6 $od =Ps. <4F53>. Cour conversation
must be in line $ith the Word. And $hen it is, you
$ill see 6is salvation.
6o$ever your $ords alone, apart rom the moving
Clai+ !o"r Inheritance 15.
o the 6oly (pirit in your heart, $ill not in
themselves produce your inheritance.
Conession gives +od@s authority to your spirit
and you $ill !no$ +od@s healing po$er.
Why should you !eep conessingE 1ecause +od is
aithul to 6is promises. When you see the promise
ar ahead, that is the time to coness it, believe it,
$al! it, see it, and love it. 7et the Word ill you and
build you. And one day soon you $ill receive your
inheritance.
Chapter 1)
1; Aare$ell to Aear
+od does not promise that the road to your
miracle $ill be smooth. &he path is illed $ith
roadbloc!s and detours o every description.
Without #uestion you $ill ace one o hell@s most
destructive orces. It came against the disciples and
the ollo$ers o ,esus. And it $ill come against you.
What $ill become your greatest challengeE FearJ
(atan@s greatest tool.
&he moment you begin living and acting on aith
and on the Word, you $ill be a target or attac!. Aear
$ill come as surely as the sun $ill rise. Cou can
count on it. &he #uestion is not $hether it $ill come,
but ho$ you $ill deal $ith it.
&he devil has no intention o leaving you alone,
especially $hen you $al! by aith. 6e $ill try to
stri!e at you $ith every ounce o his evil energy. &he
more you do or +od the more (atan $ill attac! you.
"It's So'ething !ou See"
6e $ill come against you Gust as he harassed
Abraham.
+od made Abraham a promise that he $ould be
orever avored. 6e said,
I 9ill +a-e &o" a 7reat nation< I 9ill 0less &o"
,nd +a-e &o"r na+e 7reat< ,nd &o" shall 0e a
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0lessin7; I 9ill 0less those 9ho 0less &o", ,nd I 9ill
c"rse hi+ 9ho c"rses &o"< ,nd in &o" all the
6a+ilies o6 the earth shall 0e 0lessed;
$en; 12=2>'
Abraham, the Bather o aith,B came ace to ace
$ith the destructive orce $e are tal!ing about?ear.
6e collapsed $ith right, and +od had to correct
him.
&he 7ord said, Do not 0e a6raid, ,0ra+; I a+ &o"r
shield, &o"r eBceedin7l& 7reat re9ard =+en. 1<F1>.
Aear can th$art +od@s protection. &he 7ord $as
saying BI you ear, I $ill not be your shield.B
What $as he earingE +od promised Abraham
that he $ould have children and be the ather o
many nations. %o$ he $as $orried that he $ould
have no children. Lord GOD, 9hat 9ill !o" 7i#e +e,
seein7 I 7o childless2 ;;; !o" ha#e 7i#en +e no
o66sprin7 =vv. 593>.
Aear, li!e aith, is something you see. It@s a
picture. Abraham sa$ himsel childless and became
rightened. &hat is $hy +od corrected him.
Abraham $as in his tent, gripped $ith an"iety
and ear. +od told him to get up and go outside. It
$as night and the 7ord told him, M@Loo- no9 to9ard
hea#en, and co"nt the stars i6 &o" are a0le to n"+0er
the+;' ,nd 3e said to hi+, '8o shall &o"r descendants
0e'G =+en. 1<F<>.
+od $anted Abraham to start counting stars
because 6aith is a pict"re; &hen the 7ord changed the
picture or Abraham rom stars to children. 6e $as
saying, B(top seeing yoursel $ith nothing, and see
yoursel $ith a multitude. (ee your ospring. (ee
your uture8B
When Abraham $asn@t counting stars, he $as
counting grains o sand. +od told him, I 9ill +"ltipl&
&o"r descendants as the stars o6 the hea#en and as
the sand 9hich is on the seashore< and &o"r
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descendants shall possess the 7ate o6 their ene+ies
=+en. 55F12>.
"0ne. Two. Three"
+od too! a$ay Abraham@s Bear pictureB and
commanded him to see a Baith picture.B 6e must
have counted or a long, long time. Aor ourteen long
years $hat do you thin! Abraham didE 6e counted
the stars and the sand. WhyE 1ecause ear !ept
coming against him, clouding his vision. Proverbs
59F13 =*,.> cautions us that $here there is no
vision the people perish. Aear does not run and hide,
nor does the devil ta!e a vacation.
Can you see Abraham as ear came upon him,
counting, B0ne, t$o, three, our, iveBE 6e probably
$al!ed $ith a buc!et ull o sand. And at night he
counted as he scanned the heavens.
Without #uestion, ear is the most destructive
tool o (atan. (cripture tells us that hell $ill be
cro$ded because o it. 1"t the 6ear6"l, and
"n0elie#in7,;;; shall ha#e their part in the la-e 9hich
0"rneth 9ith 6ire and 0ri+stone= 9hich is the second
death =/ev. 51F3 KJV).
With ear being such a po$erul orce, it becomes
easy to understand $hy more people do not receive
their healing. A list o people@s apprehensions $ould
ill volumes.
/ecently, at a service in our church, a man $as
miraculously healed. &here $as no #uestion
concerning $hat the 7ord did or him. 1ut I $as
sha!en $hen he came to me a e$ days later and
said, BI@m araid I am going to get sic! again.B
BDon@t say that,B I cautioned him. B)rase the
$ords @I@m araid@ rom your mind and rom your
lips.B I told him to Bstop seeing yoursel sic! and see
yoursel healed8B
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"5ee2 on $ounting"
I believe it is much more diicult to count stars
and sand or ourteen years than to believe +od or
the healing o your body. People must have called
Abraham BcraIy.B 1ut $hen his son $as born, +od
said, B&hat@s one8 *eep on counting.B
&oday, Abraham must loo! do$n rom heaven
and say, B7oo! at that multitude. It is still gro$ing.
(tars are still being added.B
(top considering the barriers that surround you.
(tart believing the Word. (tart seeing and counting
the stars.
G%owing on the Sea
Ater the 7ord ,esus miraculously ed ive
thousand on the shore o the (ea o +alilee, late in
the aternoon, 6e as!ed 6is disciples to leave so 6e
could have some time alone. I++ediatel& @es"s
+ade 3is disciples 7et into the 0oat and 7o 0e6ore
3i+ to the other side, 9hile 3e sent the +"ltit"des
a9a& =-att. 1:F55>. &hen, 3e 9ent "p on a
+o"ntain 0& 3i+sel6 to pra&; ,nd 9hen e#enin7 had
co+e, 3e 9as alone there =v. 53>.
6e prayed or ten to t$elve hours, until the
Bourth $atch,B $hich $as early in the morning $hen
it $as still dar!. We all !no$ $hat happened ne"t.
&he disciples@ boat $as in the middle o the sea,
being tossed about by a great storm. ,esus came to
them, $al!ing on the $ater.
Perhaps the greatest miracle $as not that Christ
$al!ed on the sea, but that the disciples could see
6im in the dar!, and in the storm. 6o$ do you thin!
they sa$ 6imE I believe that, ater praying or ten
hours on the mountain, the 7ord $as actually
shining. &here $as a beam o light coming to$ard
the boat. ,esus $as glo$ing $ith the glory o +od8
Fare9ell to Fear 11'
,nd 9hen the disciples sa9 3i+ 9al-in7 on the
sea, the& 9ere tro"0led, sa&in7, FIt is a 7hostAG ,nd
the& cried o"t 6or 6ear;
#; 2)
&he 7ord called to them, saying, 1e o6 7ood
cheerA It is I< do not 0e a6raid =v. 52>. 1ut Peter
$asn@t sure it $as ,esus. 6e said,
FLord, i6 it is !o", co++and +e to co+e to !o"
on the 9ater;G 8o 3e said, FCo+e;G ,nd 9hen Peter
had co+e do9n o"t o6 the 0oat, he 9al-ed on the
9ater to 7o to @es"s;
##; 28>2/
I don@t believe Peter tested the $ater. 6e stepped
out o that boat and started $al!ing. What he $as
$al!ing on $as not the $ater. I believe he $as
$al!ing on the Word that said, Co+eA
1ut as Peter $as $al!ing to$ard the bright glo$
o Christ, suddenly he elt a $ind pass by him. 6e
panic!ed $ith ear. &he 1ible says, When he sa9
that the 9ind 9as 0oistero"s, he 9as a6raid< and
0e7innin7 to sin- he cried o"t, sa&in7, 'Lord, sa#e
+eA' =v. 34>.
It $as dar! and he probably could not see the
$ater too $ell. 6o$ could he BseeB the $indE 6e sa$
it in his mind. It $as a 6ear pict"re; 6e had been
$al!ing in aith, but he elt the $ind and visualiIed
disaster. What happenedE Peter began to sin!.
6e cried,
FLord, sa#e +e;G ,nd i++ediatel& @es"s
stretched o"t 3is hand and ca"7ht hi+, and said to
hi+, FO &o" o6 little 6aith, 9h& did &o" do"0t2G
##; '5>'1
Peter $as so sha!en that he did not ans$er. &hey
stepped into the boat, the $ind ceased, and they
crossed saely to the other side.
&he 7ord taught Peter a po$erul lesson.
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Anything is possible $hen aith is e"ercised. 1ut
$hen Co+eA $as replaced by the $ind and the
storm, he began to sin!.
Instead o having an an"iety attac!, start
counting your stars, conessing 6is promises, and
$al!ing to$ard the 7ord ,esus.
(ay BAare$ell8B to ear.
Chapter 1.
12 Aorever 6ealed
I have re#uently been as!ed, BPastor 6inn, ho$
can I !eep my healingEB 0thers have $anted to
!no$, BWhy do some people lose their healingEB
&hese are both important #uestions because I irmly
believe the 7ord $ants you to be healed completely,
and permanently.
What you have been reading should ma!e it clear
that the Word o +od is the !ey that unloc!s the
door to your healing. (ome may $onder, BDo I have
to be a 1ible scholar to be a candidate or +od@s
touchEB %ot at all. )ven a ne$ Christian can receive
the 7ord@s healing po$er, and there are millions o
testimonies that prove it.
+od is sovereign. 6e can grant healing $hen,
$here, and to $hom 6e chooses. 1ut the moment a
person is healed, he should begin to immerse
himsel in the Word $ithout delay. &he continuance
o his healing depends on it. &he psalmist $rote, I
9ill ne#er 6or7et !o"r precepts, For 0& the+ !o" ha#e
7i#en +e li6e =Ps. 119F93>.
+od@s Word #uic!ens you and !eeps you alive.
&hat@s $hy it is vital or you to be constantly illed
$ith the lie o the Aather, and not $ith the
destructive orces o (atan. 3is di#ine po9er has
7i#en to "s all thin7s that pertain to li6e and 7odliness,
thro"7h the -no9led7e o6 3i+ 9ho called "s 0& 7lor&
and #irt"e =5 Peter 1F3>.
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11) Lord, I Need a Miracle
6o$ do you get that !no$ledge o 6imE &hrough
6is Word.
When +od@s !no$ledge permeates you, 6is divine
po$er and lie leave no room or sic!nesses. &he
Word remains alive as you read it, hear it, and
associate $ith those $ho love it. &hat is $hy it is
important to stay in the atmosphere o the Word.
&here is a great dierence bet$een eating a
hamburger and ries at a ast9ood restaurant and
enGoying a healthy meal $ith your amily around the
dining room table. &he environment ma!es the
dierence, not to mention the great improvement in
nutrition.
It is vital that you ind a church that gives you
the meat o +od@s Word. 1oth your spiritual and
your physical health are at sta!e.
!ours to 5ee2
&he 7ord not only $ants you to receive your
healing, 6e $ants it to continue. 6ere are seven
speciic $ays you can !eep your healing.
1. %r"st in $od; C"rsed is the +an 9ho tr"sts in
+an ,nd +a-es 6lesh his stren7th, Whose
heart departs 6ro+ the Lord =,er. 12F<>. &hose
are harsh and negative $ords, but they are
true. &hen $e readF 1lessed is the +an 9ho
tr"sts in the Lord, ,nd 9hose hope is the Lord
=v. 2>.
&hose $ords are ollo$ed by the promise o
healing. For he shall 0e li-e a tree planted 0&
the 9aters, Which spreads o"t its roots 0& the
ri#er, ,nd 9ill not 6ear 9hen heat co+es< 1"t
her lea6 9ill 0e 7reen, ,nd 9ill not 0e anBio"s
in the &ear o6 dro"7ht, Nor 9ill cease 6ro+
&ieldin7 6r"it =v. 3>. +od says that i you $ill
trust 6im, you $ill stay healed.
5. *eep 3is Word; &he advice ound in Proverbs
Fore#er 3ealed 11.
is $orth committing to memory. M& son, 7i#e
attention to +& 9ords< Incline &o"r ear to +&
sa&in7s; Do not let the+ depart 6ro+ &o"r e&es<
*eep the+ in the +idst o6 &o"r heart< For the&
are li6e to those 9ho 6ind the+, ,nd health to
all their 6lesh =Prov. :F54955>.
3. Con6ess &o"r 6a"lts one to another; 6ealing
re#uires more than an anointing $ith oil. &he
$ords o ,ames ma!e it clearF
Is an&one a+on7 &o" sic-2 Let hi+ call 6or the
elders o6 the ch"rch, and let the+ pra& o#er hi+,
anointin7 hi+ 9ith oil in the na+e o6 the Lord; ,nd
the pra&er o6 6aith 9ill sa#e the sic-, and the Lord
9ill raise hi+ "p; ,nd i6 he has co++itted sins, he
9ill 0e 6or7i#en; Con6ess &o"r trespasses to one
another, and pra& 6or one another, that &o" +a& 0e
healed; %he e66ecti#e, 6er#ent pra&er o6 a ri7hteo"s
+an a#ails +"ch;
@a+es 4=1(>1)
:. 8pea- $od's lan7"a7e; %here is one 9ho
spea-s li-e the piercin7s o6 a s9ord, 0"t the
ton7"e o6 the 9ise pro+otes health =Prov.
15F13>. I you e"pect to live in complete
health, you must learn to spea! $hat +od
spea!s. 3e 9ho 7"ards his +o"th preser#es
his li6e =Prov. 13F3>.
<. 8ta& in pra&er; 3e 9ho d9ells in the secret
place o6 the Most 3i7h 8hall a0ide "nder the
shado9 o6 the ,l+i7ht& =Ps. 91F1>. &he Bsecret
placeB is prayer.
I 9ill sa& o6 the Lord, F3e is +& re6"7e and +&
6ortress< M& $od, in 3i+ I 9ill tr"st;G 8"rel& 3e
shall deli#er &o" 6ro+ the snare o6 the 6o9ler ,nd
6ro+ the perilo"s pestilence; 3e shall co#er &o" 9ith
3is 6eathers, ,nd "nder 3is 9in7s &o" shall ta-e
re6"7e< 3is tr"th shall 0e &o"r shield and 0"c-ler;
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&he psalmist then presents a tremendous
promise. No e#il shall 0e6all &o", Nor shall an&
pla7"e co+e near &o"r d9ellin7< For 3e shall 7i#e 3is
an7els char7e o#er &o", %o -eep &o" in all &o"r 9a&s
=vv. 14911>.
Prayer !eeps you in health.
;. Resist the de#il; %here6ore s"0+it to $od;
Resist the de#il and he 9ill 6lee 6ro+ &o"; Dra9
near to $od and 3e 9ill dra9 near to &o"
=,ames :F293>. 6o$ do you push (atan a$ayE
1y submitting to the 7ord.
2. O0ser#e the la9s o6 nat"re; Why should the
7ord continue to grant healing i you violate
6is rules o good healthE
Do &o" not -no9 that &o" are the te+ple o6 $od
and that the 8pirit o6 $od d9ells in &o"2 I6 an&one
de6iles the te+ple o6 $od, $od 9ill destro& hi+; For
the te+ple o6 $od is hol&, 9hich te+ple &o" are;
1 Cor; '=1)>1.
1y !eeping these seven rules o healing, you can
!no$ continued health and lie.
(hat Are !ou &ating*
&he Word o the 7ord is precise concerning the
oods $e place in our bodies. In the la$ o -oses,
the 7ord gave ,e$s rules regarding eating, but many
people laugh at these ordinances as old9ashioned
and irrelevant.
At the ris! o being misunderstood, I $ant to
share my personal belies regarding oods $e should
and should not eat.
Cou may thin! I am Bold9ashioned,B or out o
touch $ith reality, but I do not eat ood $hich the
1ible orbids.
Cou might say, B1enny, you $ere born in Israel
$here they don@t eat certain things.B &hat is not the
Fore#er 3ealed 11/
reason. It@s not cultural. I am not telling you $hat is
right or you, but to me the Word is the Word. I it
tells me not to eat it, I don@t.
Isn@t it amaIing that nutritional e"perts and
medical doctors are no$ telling people to eat many o
the same oods that +od commanded -oses to
instruct the children o Israel to eatE What the
church $ould not believe or years the $orld is no$
embracing.
Discovery ater discovery tells us that certain
oods cause cancer. Cet or hundreds o years people
have ignored $hat +od said to -oses, and their
bodies have suered.
Why do I stic! to B1ible oodsBE &he argument
may be $ea! spiritually, but $hen you loo! around,
it is not. Cou may disagree, but I only share this out
o love and concern. I do not $ant you or your amily
to suer $ith sic!ness because o your eating
habits.
$od can heal &o" ri7ht no9, 0"t &o" 9ill not -eep
&o"r health i6 &o" ta-e into &o"r 0od& so+ethin7 o6
9hich I 0elie#e 3e disappro#es; Aor e"ample, I do not
eat rare meat. +od said that $e must not eat blood.
Cou say, BI it@s not in the %e$ &estament, I $on@t
listen.B
,ames said to the Council at ,erusalem,
I :"d7e that 9e sho"ld not tro"0le those 6ro+
a+on7 the $entiles 9ho are t"rnin7 to $od, 0"t that
9e 9rite to the+ to a0stain 6ro+ thin7s poll"ted 0&
idols, 6ro+ seB"al i++oralit&, 6ro+ thin7s stran7led,
and 6ro+ 0lood;
,cts 14=1/>25
+od spo!e much on the topic o ood. Did you
!no$ that i all the passages in (cripture regarding
ood $ere placed together, they $ould ma!e one o
the longest boo!s o the 1ibleE
(ome people attempt to ind one verse that $ould
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negate hundreds o (criptures regarding +od@s la$s
o health. 1ut I believe all 6is teaching is there or a
purpose.
Cou may disagree, but I believe I have an
obligation to the Aather to eat 6is healthy oods. And
I have decided to live by 6is rules.
Without being legalistic about it, I sincerely
believe ollo$ing +od@s dietary plan is the healthiest
$ay or me to eat. I also believe that $e need to be
careul o the chemicals $e allo$ to enter our bodies
through the processed and treated oods $e eat.
Dear riends, please don@t misunderstand me here. I
love each o you and only $ant you to ta!e seriously
$hat you eat and consider that +od@s Word does
spea! e"tensively about our eating healthy oods.
&a!e a loo! at the (criptures or yoursel. Consider
$hat you are eating and then ma!e your o$n
decisions.
%o$ a brie $ord about e"ercise. In addition to
good eating habits, I@m convinced a regular e"ercise
plan is another $ay $e can stay healthy. /egardless
o your age, or the shape you are in, there is some
!ind o e"ercise $hich is right or you.
I try to do some e"ercise every day, and I al$ays
eel better $hen I do. +od blessed us $ith brains
and it sure ma!es sense to me to use them. In
addition to ta!ing care o ourselves spiritually
through (cripture reading, $orship, and conession,
I !no$ +od $ants each o us to ta!e care o
ourselves physically through proper diet and
e"ercise.
&he 7ord $ants us to live a long, ruitul, and
healthy lie. 6ealing is a vital provision o +od@s
covenant $ith us. I encourage you to commit
yourselves today to a daily $al! $ith our 7ord ,esus.
7et@s enGoy the beneits o a healthy lie and coness
+od@s provision or healing $hen sic!ness invades
our $orld. Cou can claim +od@s provision or healing
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right this moment and trust in 6is promise to
restore you to health =,er. 34F12>.
Part %hree
Part &hreeF &he -iracles +od
Provided
Chapter 18
13 I@m (oaring %o$
&o me, the miracle9$or!ing po$er o the 7ord is
not a subGect or debate. I@ll leave that to the critics,
the doubters, the s!eptics, and those $ho have
never e"perienced +od@s healing touch.
I only !no$ that or years I had a severe problem
$ith stuttering, and suddenly I $as totally healed.
1ut $hat about 7ynn Whitmore in *no"villeE (he
had lost her sight in one eye and $as losing vision in
the other because o irreversible damage to the optic
trac!. Was it possible that +od could someho$ heal
herE
What $ould happen to Dic! +add in -yrtle
1each $ith a deormed hand and cancer in his
bac!E Was there hope or -arsha 1rantley in
0!lahoma $hose body $as being tortured by the
eects o lupusE And $hat $as the uture o Charlie
-c7ain in &ulsa $ho $as strapped to a tube9eeding
machine, and too $ea! or another surgery on his
bloc!ed intestineE
(arah *napp, the nurse in Illinois, $as still
suering $ith severe pain in her arm and shoulder.
7ittle &imothy -ercer in 0rlando, $ho $as born $ith
hypoplastic lungs, continued to ight or his lie.
Doreen -addeau" in &oronto $as acing yet
another heart surgery. And $hat $ould happen to
Dave 7ane, the horse9breeder in &ennessee, $ho $as
diagnosed $ith a baseball9siIe malignant tumor in
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his colonE
5athie's Into%era-%e Life
*athie -c+ahuey $as still in -il$au!ie, 0regon,
suering rom an e"treme case o anaphylactic
reactions and Benvironmental illness.B (he $as
hypersensitive to a countless list o odors, oods, and
chemicals that made lie almost intolerable. -ost o
her hair had allen out.
When *athie@s ordeal began she $eighed 5<4
pounds. )leven years later her illness had reduced
her to 114. BI had lost a $hole person,B she says.
When our television program began airing in
0regon in 1994, *athie started to $atch it. BIt
seemed that day ater day my aith became stronger
and stronger $hen I sa$ $hat the 7ord $as doing in
the lives o others,B said *athie. BI prayed, read the
Word, and believed +od or my miracle.B
When the announcement $as made that $e had
scheduled a crusade in Portland, *athie@s
e"pectations began to soar. BI believed $ith all my
heart that the 7ord $as going to heal me in one o
those meetings.B
0n ,uly 5<, 1991, the irst day o the crusade,
*athie had another serious attac!, but she $as not
about to let that stop her rom attending the opening
service. (he and her husband, *enneth, drove to the
auditorium.
*athie not only believed in healing, she believed
in the 6ealer. BAlthough I $as sic!, people $ould
come to our home to receive ministry,B she says.
B&hey $ould sit on the side o my bed and I $ould
share the Word $ith them. It !ept me rom being
depressed and sel9centered. I !ne$ I should not be
ocusing on my o$n problems.B
Trying to $onentrate
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At the Portland crusade the -c+ahueys $ere
sitting to$ard the ront o the pac!ed auditorium.
*athie speciically sat in the bac! ro$ o the section
so she $ould not be penned in by odors. B&he room
$as airly large and there $asn@t any$here to go to
get a$ay rom the smells,B she says. BI sat as #uietly
as I could. I closed my eyes so I could concentrate on
the (pirit o +od through the praise and $orship. I
did not $ant anything to distract me.B
*athie $as praying or a miracle, but she had a
diicult time being speciic. B&hrough the years I had
been diagnosed $ith so many illnesses, I didn@t !no$
$here to begin,B she says. Any one o the disorders
$ould have devastated the average person. Doctors
had told her that her problems $ere the result o
everything rom a blood disorder to mercury
poisoning. &hat night *athie told the 7ord,
B)verything I have and everything I am is yours.B
As the service continued I began to pray that the
7ord $ould honor the aith o those $ho needed a
miracle. At that moment, something supernatural
happened to *athie.
B(uddenly the po$er o +od hit me so strongly
that I could eel it in the lo$er part o my stomach,B
she says. BIt moved up into my chest and into my
mouthH my teeth and my tongue elt numb.B
People $ho $ere seated around her began to as!
$hat $as happening. BI couldn@t spea!,B says *athie.
BAll I could do $as cry.B
When $e began to as! or those to come or$ard
$ho had received a healing, the 7ord began to spea!
to *athie. BI heard a voice inside me say, @I you don@t
stand up and go or$ard, you@re going to lose $hat
I@ve begun,@B she recalls.
&o that point in the service, *athie ound it
diicult to stay in the building because she $as so
$ea! and emaciated. (he could only describe it by
saying, BI elt there $ere many orces coming against
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me. I $anted to run and escape rom all the smells.B
&he moment she started to stand, ho$ever,
something remar!able happened. BIt elt as though
someone reached under my armpits and gently lited
me up,B she recalls. BAnd $hen I stepped out into
the aisle I don@t even remember touching the loor?
even though I !no$ I did.B
*athie $al!ed or$ard to an area near the
platorm and told some o the counselors and a
medical doctor $hat she elt had happened. &hey
$anted to be sure the healing had truly ta!en place.
BAs a test, they sprayed perume on me, to see i
there $ould be some !ind o a reaction. Perhaps I
should say they po"red it on me, because that is
$hat they did,B *athie says. B%ormally, that $ould
have sent my system into shoc!, but nothing
happened.B
A e$ minutes later, *athie $al!ed up the stairs
o the platorm to testiy publicly o the healing that
had ta!en place. I elt led o the 7ord to tell her,
BWithin ninety days your hair $ill be bac!. Cou@ll be
gaining $eight.B
Another ""irst"
Ater the service, the -c+ahueys drove home
reGoicing at $hat had ta!en place. B&hat night I $ent
to bed and slept rom a little ater midnight until
3F34 A.M. When I $o!e up, nothing had happened?
$hich $as unusual,B she says. B%ormally, rom being
around odors, my colon $ould purge, I $ould vomit,
go into anaphylactic shoc! and perhaps end up in
the hospital.B
When *athie@s eyes opened that night, the 7ord
spo!e to her and said, BI@m going to begin your
testimony no$.B (he couldn@t go bac! to sleep. BI
believe 6e $o!e me up to sho$ me that there had
been no reaction to $hat I $as e"posed to that night.
I $as a ne$ person.B
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When *athie returned to the crusade the ne"t
day, she began to e"perience $hat $ould become a
series o BirstsB or her. BI $ent into a public
restroom by mysel or the irst time in years,B she
says. BI had to avoid such places because o my
reaction to hair spray or cleaning solutions. When I
$al!ed out the door I $as smiling?as thrilled as a
little child $ith a ne$ toy.B
Arom the moment o her healing, *athie@s body
has gro$n stronger $ee! by $ee!. B)ven though the
healing o my allergic reactions $as instant, my body
$as so emaciated that it has ta!en time to build up,B
she says. BA person does not go rom starvation to a
healthy $eight overnight.B
0nce again *athie can drive an automobile, $or!
in the yard, and do things many people ta!e or
granted. B)very day is a ne$ adventure or me,B she
says. BI $eep and $eep or Goy because no$ I can
attend church and I don@t have to e"it #uic!ly $hen
someone $al!s in $ith abric sotener on their
clothing?or $hen someone is $earing a leather
Gac!et.B
Ater so many years o running rom her
environment, *athie has had to retrain hersel not to
automatically react and retreat. B)ven ater being
healed, my irst response to the slightest hint o an
odor $as to leave the room as ast as possible,B she
says. BI had to orce mysel to sit do$n and
remember that the environment $as no longer going
to plague me. It is as though I have been resurrected
and the graveclothes have been ta!en o.B
"So'ething )as )a22ened3"
Although she received her healing in one o our
crusades, *athie understands ho$ +od perorms
miracles. BI am grateul or a ministry li!e Pastor
6inn@s, but I !no$ that he is not my source. ,esus is
my source,B she e"plains. BI realiIe that +od uses
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people, and that 6e $ill allo$ you to be in a certain
place at a certain time, $here there is a speciic
anointing.B
Ater her healing, *athie couldn@t $ait to go bac!
to her doctor. (he too! her husband $ith her.
B1eore the doctor even e"amined me, he said,
@(omething has happened to you. What is itE@B 6er
husband Gust beamed.
(ays *athie, BI $as sitting on the e"amining table
and I told him $hat happened. And $hen he
chec!ed me, I $as even more thrilled. 6e could ind
nothing $rong.B
)ven the $oman $ho had been her hairdresser
or seven years !ne$ something had happened. (he
had seen *athie@s hair all out and return nearly
$hite in color. BAter her miracle, her hair has
almost completely dar!ened over three9ourths o
her head.B And she added, BAs a licensed hairdresser
I have never seen anyone@s hair turn bac! to its
natural color $ithout it being dyed.B
6er doctor says, BIt@s not only a miracle that this
lady is still alive, but that she has recovered to the
degree she has. (ince ,uly 1991, there has been a
remar!able improvement. *athie is no longer
sensitive to smells, her diet is no longer completely
restricted, her ace has cleared up $ith respect to
the #uality o the comple"ion. It is my opinion that a
miraculous healing is ta!ing place.B
Ater ta!ing their irst out9o9to$n trip together in
more than eleven years, *athie says, B-y husband
has a ne$ $ie.B *athie and *enneth recently
celebrated their t$enty9ith $edding anniversary.
1ecause o the pollution o the environment, the
illness *athie suered has been called Ba sic!ness o
our time.B As she says, B&hey call us the @canaries@ o
society because o the endless testing they have
done to people li!e us. In the olden days they $ould
put a caged canary in a coal mine to determine i
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there $as any deadly gas.B
Ater her miracle, *athie said, B7ord, I@m no
longer a little canaryH I am an eagle. I@m soaring
no$.B
(he told the 7ord, BI Cou can do it or me, Cou
can do it or anyone.B
Chapter 1/
19 B6ere, /ead &his@@
&here $as no hope that 7ynn Whitmore, in *no"9
ville, &ennessee, $ould ever see out o her right eye.
According to her doctor, the blindness caused by
pressure on her optic trac! $as irreversible. And
no$ the sight in her let eye $as ading ast.
7osing her sight $as only one o 7ynn@s problems.
6er body $as illed $ith intense pain and torment.
BPlease help me, 7ord,B she prayed.
In December 1991 7ynn and her adopted mother
drove rom their home in eastern &ennessee to
-obile, Alabama, $here $e $ere conducting a
crusade.
BAll the $ay do$n there I elt something
$onderul $as going to happen,B she says. BI must
coness, ho$ever, that since I $as told that my
blindness $as permanent, I didn@t pray or the
miracle o sight. I !ne$ that Gust $ouldn@t happen.B
7ynn@s prayer $as that the 7ord $ould ta!e care
o the pain in her body.
During the service, 7ynn and her mother $ere in
the choir. BWe thought $e@d get a better seat i $e
volunteered to sing,B she said.
As usual in our crusades, during the irst part o
the service the lights in the auditorium $ere out,
e"cept or a spotlight on the platorm $here I $as
singing a duet $ith one o our soloists, (teve 1roc!.
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/ecalls 7ynn, BIt $as the irst crusade meeting I
had ever attended. What I $as seeing, even $ith my
limited vision, $as thrilling and e"citing.B
She Saw Ange%s
7ynn Whitmore says that she is not a person $ho
has visions or other unusual spiritual e"periences.
&hat night, ho$ever, standing in the choir, she says,
BI sa$ t$o angels $ith golden vials in their hands.
&hey $ere huge angels.B (he turned to her mother
and said, BI see angels pouring gold glitter rom vials
over the top o 1enny and (teve 1roc!.B
6er mother said, B0h, that is $onderul. Where is
it happeningEB
7ynn said, B/ight over there. &hey are in the air,
hovering over both o them.B
&hen 7ynn turned and e"claimed, B-om8 I can
see it $ith my blind eye8B
When she loo!ed bac! to the platorm the angels
she had seen $ere gone but her eye $as healed. &he
intense pain $as gone, too.
(he could hardly $ait to get bac! to &ennessee
or another eye e"am. B-y doctor almost rea!ed
out,B she recalls. B6e said, B&his isn@t supposed to
happen.@B
7ynn told him, BIt did. It really did8B
6is response $as, BI can tellB?as 7ynn continued
reading the letters on the eye chart. &he only thing
she could not do $as tell the dierence bet$een the
0@s and the +@s on the last line.
(he recalls $hat happened ne"t. B-y eye doctor
put up a ne$ chart because he thought perhaps I
$as playing a tric! and had memoriIed the letters.B
&hen the doctor pic!ed up a medical Gournal on
his des! and said, B6ere, read this.B
B6e placed something li!e a spatula over my good
3ere, Read %his'' 1''
eye, and I began to read,B she recalls. B(ome o the
technical $ords $ere beyond my comprehension,
but I $as reading every $ord on the page and
spelling those I couldn@t pronounce.B
&he report o the ophthalmologist on ,anuary 13,
1995, said, B/ight eye 54J34 N5, 7et eye 54J34 N5.B
What $ould have happened i the 7ord had not
healed 7ynn WhitmoreE B&he doctors told me I $ould
have gone totally blind,B she says.
7ynn believes in miracles.
Chapter 25
54 BCou@re +oing &o
Alorida8B
Dic! +add $as not sure $hat to do ne"t. 6is
reconstructive bladder surgery had been a success,
but no$, in Aebruary 1995, he $as at home in
-yrtle 1each $ith a hand that $as deormed rom
the complications. And no$ this. 6e $as diagnosed
$ith cancer in his bac!.
&he previous summer, ho$ever, something
unusual began to unold. A e$ days ater the initial
diagnosis o tumors on Dic!@s bladder, the phone
rang late at night. Dic!@s younger brother, ,ohn, $as
calling rom )l!ins, West .irginia. BWe $ant you to
!no$ that $e@re praying or you,B he told Dic!@s $ie,
,udy. &hen he as!ed, B6ave you ever heard o the
services conducted by 1enny 6illEB
BDo you mean 1enny 6innEB ,udy as!ed.
BCes, that@s his name. A riend o mine told me
about him.B
Dic! and ,udy had seen our television program
on a e$ occasions. ,ohn said, BI Dic! $ill go, I $ill
drive him to one o the services.B
&he ne"t morning, (herry, ,udy@s niece, arrived
at the +adds@ home along $ith her husband. &hey
had driven all night rom West .irginia Gust to pray
or Dic!. (herry handed Dic! a shopping bag illed
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$ith cassette tapes. BCou really need to listen to
these messages,B she said. B&hey are rom a minister
in Alorida named 1enny 6inn.B
&he couple stayed only about t$o hours and
drove bac! home.
&hat all, in %ovember 1991, *im )idell, a young
$oman Dic! and ,udy had never met, called rom
West .irginia to say she had heard about Dic!@s
condition rom amily members. *im said she $as
praying $ith Dic! or his healing. In -arch 1995,
*im called rom Dic!@s mother@s home and said,
BWe@re all coming to -yrtle 1each, and $e are going
to drive $ith you to Alorida to the 0rlando Christian
Center.B
1ecause o his deteriorating condition, +add
$asn@t too sure about ma!ing the Gourney, but the
$oman said, BCou don@t have a choice. Cou@re going
to Alorida8B
Dic! says, B(ince the name o this ministry had
been coming up so oten, ,udy and I decided to go.B
)leven people in t$o vans made the trip to 0rlando
on the $ee!end o -arch 51, 1995.
She Took )is )and
BWe attended the (unday morning service. I had
never e"perienced anything li!e it,B recalls +add. BIt
certainly $as dierent than any -ethodist or 1aptist
church I had attended.B
0n (unday night, Dic!, ,udy, and their riends
$ere seated on about the third ro$ o the
auditorium. B&hat $as the irst time I had ever raised
my hands to the 7ord in church. -y inhibitions
seemed to disappear,B Dic! says.
&he service $as almost over, and Dic! $as
beginning to thin! it $as not his night to receive a
miracle.
Ater I inished preaching that night, I said to the
!o"'re $oin7 %o FloridaA 1'.
congregation, BWe are going to pray or +od to heal
you tonight. I you need healing, I $ant you to place
your hand on that portion o your body that needs to
be healed.B
Dic! placed his hand on his bac!. ,udy reached
over and gently held his deormed hand. BAs Pastor
6inn $as praying, I elt a cloud come over me and
envelope my entire body rom the top o my head to
the bottom o my eet,B says +add.
Dic! $al!ed to the ront o the auditorium $here
a large group o people had gathered or prayer. Dic!
$as standing $ith his hands raised to heaven $hen
an usher as!ed him, BDid you receive a healingEB
+add ans$ered, BI@m not sure, but something
happened.B &hen he told the usher o ho$ a $hite
cloud had surrounded him li!e a pillo$ case.
BWhat $as your problemEB the man as!ed.
BWell, I had cancer in my bac!,B said Dic!.
&he usher too! +add straight to the platorm.
1eore I could pray or Dic!, +od@s po$erul
anointing touched him, and he ell prostrate beore
the 7ord. B%othing li!e that had ever happened to
me,B Dic! recalls.
Ater the service, the +adds and their riends
$ent to a restaurant to tal! about the meeting, not
ully comprehending $hat had happened. During the
conversation, ,udy turned to Dic! and said,B7et me
see your hand.B
Dic! $as so busy discussing the service he
thought, BDon@t bother meH I@m tal!ing.B
1ut ater t$o more re#uests rom his $ie, Dic!
placed his hand on the table. BWe both loo!ed at my
hand in total amaIement. &he ingers $ere no longer
curled, nor $ere they spread apart. -y hand $as
totally healed,B Dic! says.
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&he +adds reGoiced all the $ay bac! to -yrtle
1each. BI !no$ I@m completely healed,B Dic! said.
B&here is no need to go bac! to the doctor.B &hen he
added, BWhy do I need to put +od to the testEB Dic!
did not believe the 7ord $ould heal his hand and
leave a cancer to destroy him.
(everal months later, on 0ctober 2, 1995, +add
$as involved in an automobile accident. BI $as rear9
ended by a 7incoln,B he says. BAter an " ray, the
doctors thought I should have an -/I to chec! the
damaged vertebrae. (ince my automobile insurance
$ould pay or it, I agreed to the test.B
+add prayed, B7ord, don@t let anything sho$ up.
'se the tests to gloriy Cour name.B
&he day ater the tests, the doctor called +add
and said, BI have good ne$s or you. &he mass is
gone. It@s hard to e"plain since cancer doesn@t
behave li!e this.B
&he radiology report says, B&he sot tissue mass
previously noted associated $ith the &3 and &9
vertebral bodies is no longer apparent. Also, the
signal characteristics in these vertebral bodies has
changed and is not currently compatible $ith
malignancy.B
B&hat@s medical tal! to describe a miracle,B says
Dic!.
&he uture or the +adds has changed drastically.
Instead o $orrying about the uture, Dic! and ,udy
are sharing their story o +od@s restoring po$er every
day. Dic! has returned to $or!H he is building and
selling ne$ homes.
0nce again, Dic! and ,udy too! a $al! on the
sands o -yrtle 1each. (he put her hand in his and
said, BCou@re right. 7ie doesn@t get much better than
this.B
Chapter 21
51 A %e$ -arsha
In 1ro!en Arro$, 0!lahoma, -arsha 1rantley@s
ordeal $ith lupus, /aynaud@s, (Gogren@s syndrome,
and an!ylosing spondylitis, had let her in agoniIing
pain. -ost o the time she $al!ed $ith a cane and
$as oten orced to use a $heelchair.
-arsha had suered $ith pain since she $as
eighteen months old, but her problem $as not
oicially diagnosed until 1939. &he doctors oered
little hope and she prayed or +od to heal her. B&he
7ord let me !no$ that I $ould be healed,B she says.
BI Gust did not !no$ $hen or ho$.B
6er sister9in9la$ heard about an 0ctober 1991
crusade $e $ould be conducting in &ulsa. (he told
-arsha, BI believe you are going to be healed in
those meetings.B
(ays -arsha, BI had never heard o 1enny 6inn. I
didn@t !no$ anything about a -iracle Crusade. I Gust
than!ed her or her prayers.B
-arsha $as raised in a church that did not
preach healing. (he recalls that Ba month beore the
crusade, my pastor preached a message that all
healings $ere psychosomatic and that there $as no
documentation or any so9called miracles.B
-arsha didn@t accept that.
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(ince -arsha could no longer drive, her ather9
in9la$ oered to ta!e her to the crusade on Ariday,
0ctober 13. BWhen $e arrived at the auditorium, I
$as amaIed at the huge cro$ds $aiting to get
inside,B she recalls. B(ince my ather9in9la$ $as $ith
me, I decided not to ta!e my $heelchair. &hat $as a
mista!e.B
&he cro$ds $ere so large that -arsha had to
stand in line or about three hours $hile her ather9
in9la$ helped to hold her up and shade her rom the
hot sun. BI could eel my temperature rising,B she
says.
When the doors inally opened and they $ent
inside, -arsha $as in a great deal o pain and $as
crying. B1ut he $ould not let me sit do$n,B she says.
BWe $al!ed rom one section to another. 6e $as
determined to get me as close to the ront as
possible. Aortunately, $e $ere allo$ed to sit in a
special section that had been reserved or the dea.B
During the service that night, the 7ord impressed
upon me that several people $ere being healed o
speciic ailments. At one point I said, BA blood
disease is being healed.B
-arsha 1rantley claimed that or the lupus in
her shoulders.
When I said, BA circulatory disease is being
healed,B she claimed that or the /aynaud@s. And I
said, B&here is someone here $ith a shoulder pain. It
is leaving.B
BAt that moment,B says -arsha, Ball the agony in
my shoulder Gust vanished. &he only suering that
remained in my body $as in my right hip. &hen, a
couple o minutes later, Pastor 6inn said, B&here is a
person $ith a hip pain. &he pain is no$ leaving your
hip.@B
&hat must have been or -arsha, too. BI could
move my hip. -iraculously, the hurting $as gone. I
$as let $ith a eeling o total peace and $as inally
, Ne9 Marsha 1(1
ree o all my pain. It $as $onderul,B she says.
-arsha $al!ed by hersel over to an area $here
people $ere giving their testimonies. BA lady as!ed
me to bend over,B she remembers. BI touched my
toes. It $as the irst time I had been able to do that
since my high school days.B
7ater, $hen -arsha and her amily $atched a
video o that meeting, she heard me say, BA bone
disease is being healed,B but by that time she $as
already giving her testimony and praising the 7ord.
,ainting the )ouse
When -arsha arrived at her home late that night,
it $as a time o celebration. B-y amily had me
running around the house, demonstrating $hat the
7ord had done,B she says.
Almost daily -arsha ound that she could do
things she never thought possible. B&he last time I
painted my mother@s house $as in 1933, and I could
Gust barely hold the brush,B she says. BIt too! me
$hat seemed li!e orever to paint the inside $alls.
1ut ater my healing I painted her house again
and $as reGoicing and praising the 7ord because
there $as no pain at all.B
When she $as e"amined ater her healing, the
physician $rote, B0n 0ctober 13, -arsha $ent to a
camp meeting. (he had some orm o sensation o
change in her body during prayer. (ince that time
she has had sensations o $armth through her bodyH
her bac! does not hurt anymore. 6er energy is good.
(he eels $ell. 6er /aynaud@s is gone. (he noticed
no change $hen she discontinued her medication.
6er e"am is normal e"cept or some
hyperpigmentation let over rom the pla#uenil. I
have never seen her $ith $arm pin! ingers beore.B
Although -arsha 1rantley had a tremendous
physical miracle, she says, BI also received an even
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greater spiritual miracle. &here is a ne$ hunger in
my heart or +od@s Word. I e"perience the Goy o the
7ord in my spirit and !no$ $hat it means to have a
peace that passes understanding.B
(ays -arsha, BI@m a brand ne$ person. I !no$
rom e"perience that the 7ord does not $ant 6is
people to live in sic!ness. 6e $ants them to be
healed.B
I the 7ord can heal -arsha, 6e can heal you.
Chapter 22
55 BCharlie8 7oo! at -e8B
Charlie -c7ain $as too $ea! to ace another
surgery. &he &ulsa, 0!lahoma, mortgage and loan
oicer had survived cancer, but the massive
radiation treatments had literally used his
intestines together. %o$ there $as a maGor bloc!age
in the intestine.
&he emergency operation on Christmas )ve 1994,
his second in Gust t$o $ee!s, $as a ailure. Charlie
$as near death $hen they sent him home hoo!ed to
an I.. &he doctors hoped that someho$ he $ould
gain enough strength so they could operate again.
B&hey told me the only hope $as either to do a
bypass on my intestinal tract, or remove my
intestine altogether,B he recalls. Charlie didn@t $ant
any part o that. 6e told them, B+et me home, and
I@ll be healed.B
Is This Rea%%y !ou*
0n Ariday evening, Aebruary 1, 1991, -c7ain
$as stretched out on his couch $atching television.
6e $as connected to the I. and his $ie, Cyndii, $as
seated ne"t to him. BI $as so $ea! I could hardly
move,B he says. BI couldn@t even dress mysel.B
&he -c7ains $ere $atching the B-ighty Warrior
ConerenceB that $as being broadcast nationally
rom our church, the 0rlando Christian Center. BWe
began to $atch the special telecasts each night as
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my strength $ould allo$,B he says.
Charlie describes $hat happened. BI $atched as
Pastor 6inn prayed or people. &o be honest, I $as a
little s!eptical because o many o the things I had
seen on religious television programs. I $anted to
!no$ i $hat I $as seeing $as real.B
Charlie believed that the 7ord had the po$er to
heal, but as he $atched the program he said, B+od,
sho$ me that this is really Cou. 7et me !no$ this is
validH sho$ me there is integrity here.B
About that time, as I $as ministering during the
last e$ minutes o the program, I spun around to
the camera and said, B&his is the po$er o +od. Do
you $ant itEB
Charlie, $ho had already been under the
surgeon@s !nie t$ice, did not ta!e long to ans$er.
BCes, 7ord,B Charlie said, in his $ea! and helpless
condition. BI $ant it. I need a miracle8B
What happened ne"t $as so astounding that the
-c7ains couldn@t believe $hat they $ere seeing or
hearing. As -c7ain tells it, B1enny turned and
loo!ed directly into the camera and said, @Charlie8
7oo! at me8@ &hen he continued to pray or the rest
o the people $ho $ere in the service.B
When it happened, Charlie@s $ie $as absolutely
stunned. BI elt as though I $as almost !noc!ed o
the couch,B she says.
Charlie $as amaIed, but he $as too $ea! to
respond. BI really didn@t eel any unusual sensation,B
he recalls. B&here $as no t$enty9one gun salute, and
the stars didn@t all rom heaven. 1ut I !ne$ $hat
happened $as more than a coincidence. I too! it as a
message rom the 7ord that 6e $as beginning the
healing o my intestinal bloc!age.B
Grits and Soft-Boi%ed &ggs
&he ne"t day Charlie and Cyndii loo!ed at each
CharlieA Loo- at MeA 1(4
other and he said, BDid 1enny 6inn really say thatEB
Aortunately, they had videotaped the program, and
they played that section again. &here it $asF
BCharlie8 7oo! at me8B
Cyndii said, B6oney, I believe you are healed.B
(he $ent to the !itchen and coo!ed dinner.
Charlie ate some mashed potatoes?his irst solid
ood since December. B&hen on (unday morning I
ate some grits and some sot9boiled eggs,B he says.
What happened on -ondayE Charlie says, B&here
is only one evidence that your intestinal tract is
$or!ing and Cyndii heard me screaming in the
bathroom. @I@m healed8 I@m healed8@B
Charlie had the physical evidence to !no$ that
he $as really healed.
&hat $ee! some o -c7ain@s riends $ho had
prayed or him in the hospital sa$ him. &hey
couldn@t believe their eyes. BWe $ere at a -e"ican
restaurant and I $as eating aGitas,B he smiles. B&he
ne"t day $e had Chinese ood.B
&hen he $ent to the oice o the gastro9
enterologist $ho had treated him or several months
?the one $ho had told him $hat a lengthy ordeal he
aced.
BWell, ho$ are you doing todayEB he as!ed,
surprised to see Charlie $al!ing on his o$n.
Charlie told him, BIt loo!s li!e I@m healed.B
&he doctor said, B(ure you are. What have you
been doingEB
BWell, I had a couple o sot9boiled eggs,B -c7ain
responded.
&he doctor said, B&hat@s very good. &hat@s smart.B
&hen Charlie added, B&he aGitas $ere really good,
too. And I really enGoyed the Chinese ood.B
As the e"amination continued, the doctor became
more and more convinced that something had truly
1() Lord, I Need a Miracle
happened to Charlie. Aurther testing revealed that
the intestine $as clear. &he doctor said, BCou !no$,
it surely $asn@t anything $e did8B
&he %"lsa World documented -c7ain@s healing in
a maGor eature article. B&here are a lot o things in
medicine you Gust can@t e"plain,B one o his doctors
said.
Ten Thousand $har%ies
Charlie -c7ain believes the 7ord honors the aith
o those $ho loo! to 6im or healing. BAor #uite some
time ater my miracle I $ondered $hy the $ords I
heard $ere, @Charlie8 7oo! at me8@ rather than @7isten
to me8@B he says. BI realiIed, ho$ever, that it $as not
1enny 6inn $ho $as tal!ing to me, but the 7ord. 6e
$as telling me, @Don@t loo! at the circumstances and
ail to believe.@ ,esus $as saying, @Put your trust in
+od. 7oo! at me.@B
As Charlie says, B&here may be ten thousand
Charlies out there $ho $ere sic! and got healed that
night, but I eel +od spo!e to me by 6is testimony
and by the blood o the 7amb.B 6e adds, B&here $ere
those $ho thought it $as a coincidence, but there
$ere too many coincidences or it to be anything but
a miracle.B
(ays -c7ain, BWhen man couldn@t help me, +od
did.B
Chapter 2'
53 It 6appened in a
Alash
1ac! in Illinois, nurse (arah *napp $as still in
agony because surgery could not correct her
problem o thoracic outlet syndrome. Doctors said it
$as caused by years o liting patients and moving
heavy medical e#uipment. B&he nerves $ere still
pinched and the torment in my arm and shoulder
$as almost unbearable,B she says.
Aor #uite some time the *napps had $atched our
ministry on television. When they heard that $e had
scheduled a crusade in (partanburg, (outh
Carolina, they decided to attend. It $as -arch 1991.
)ven though the event $as a great distance rom
their home in southern Illinois, (arah told her
husband, Don, BI I can Gust get over there, I !no$ I
$ill be healed.B
&he Gourney $as one o anticipation and
e"citement. BWe had never attended one o Pastor
6inn@s crusades.B
&he auditorium $as much too small and
hundreds $ere turned a$ay. 1ut someho$ the
*napps $ere able to ind a seat.
(arah@s aith $as so strong that she did not have
to $ait or the moment in the service $hen I prayed
or the sic! and alicted. (arah recalls $hat
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1(8 Lord, I Need a Miracle
happened during the song service. B-y arm began to
vibrate li!e it had been charged $ith electricity.
&hen, in a lash, my shoulder and my arm seemed to
open up. &he pain vanished,B she says.
Bak to the Dotor
&he trip home seemed short. &he *napps $ere
praising the 7ord every mile o the $ay. B)ven
though the pain and suering had gone rom my
arm and shoulder, it too! a couple o $ee!s or the
muscle to return to my orearm,B she says. BAll o my
riends ound out $hat had happened and they $ere
thrilled or me.B
-ost important, she $ent bac! to her doctor in
-arion, Illinois, or an e"amination. 6is report says,
B(arah *napp is a patient $e have been ollo$ing
over the last several years. &he condition $as
thoracic outlet syndrome. (he has had a bilateral
irst rib resection and bilateral scalene anticus
decompressions.B
&he report continued, B(he had chronic pain in
her orearms and numbness in her orearms and
$ea!ness in both o her orearms until recently
$hen she attended a crusade at (partanburg, (outh
Carolina, and no$ is miraculously cured. (he has a
normal neurological e"amination and is
asymptomatic. (he has already assumed a Gob at a
nursing home in West Aran!ort. (he@ll be
discharged and seen bac! as needed.B
(arah than!s +od every day or her miracle.
Chapter 2(
5: &imothy@s
&ransormation
&imothy -ercer, the inant $ho $as born
prematurely $ith hypoplastic lungs and a severe
!idney problem, $as not responding to medical
treatment. 6e had been in and out o 0rlando,
Alorida, hospitals since he $as born.
6is mother, Wanda, did not !no$ $here to turn
or an ans$er. Ann, the baby@s grandmother, had
begun to attend services at our church, the 0rlando
Christian Center. (he $as introduced to a man in
our congregation $ho $as part o the hospital
visitation team. When he learned o her grandson@s
condition he gave her a card $ith his phone number
on it.
A e$ days later, to$ard the end o 0ctober 1994,
&imothy $as bac! in the hospital $ith respiratory
ailure. Ann dialed the number on the card and said,
B(ir, I need you to pray. &hey@re going to put &imothy
bac! on the respirator.B
&he man she called told her, B%o, they@re not. I@m
going to meet you at the hospital, and $e are going
to pray that +od $ill stabiliIe him so that he can
return home.B
Sou% Searhing
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145 Lord, I Need a Miracle
Ann -ercer $asn@t raised in a church that
believed in miracles. &his $as all #uite ne$ to their
amily. BI didn@t !no$ $hat to thin!,B she recalls.
At the hospital the man prayed and said, BCou
are going to see a deinite change in &imothy
tomorro$. And $hen you bring him home $e are
going to ta!e him to church and have Pastor 1enny
lay hands on him and pray that the 7ord $ill
perorm a total miracle.B
When &imothy $as born, his grandmother $as
doing some serious soul searching. BI $asn@t serving
+od at that time,B she says. B%one o my amily $as.
I $as raised in church, but $hen I moved a$ay rom
home I stopped attending the house o the 7ord and
orgot about +od.B &hat@s the $ay it had been or
t$enty years.
Waiting outside a hospital room $ith her
grandson@s lie in the balance, she remembered ho$
to call on +od. BI made an altar right there and
as!ed the 7ord to come into my heart. I also made
some solemn promises to 6im,B she says.
Ann told +od that i 6e $ould bring little &imothy
bac! to health and stabiliIe him, she $ould never
smo!e again, and $ould serve 6im or the rest o her
lie. (he says, BI thre$ my cigarettes in the trash can
Gust to prove I $as serious.B
%o$ &imothy $as again ighting or his lie.
&he ne"t morning the doctor phoned. 6e said he
didn@t !no$ $hat had happened, but &imothy $as
improving and perhaps could go home in a e$ days.
&he amily too! him home on %ovember 3, 1994.
B&he doctor said that i &imothy $ent into respiratory
ailure once more, he $ould die because his lungs
Gust $ere not gro$ing,B his grandmother says. B)ven
our riends $ere pessimistic ater $hat the baby had
been through. &hey said, @Prepare yourselH he
probably $on@t ma!e it.@B
%i+oth&'s %rans6or+ation 141
Ann prayed, B7ord, I have to put my trust in Cou
because $e have no$here else to turn. I need to
!no$ that Cou are real in my lie and in this baby@s
lie.B
&hat night she also had to ans$er some tough
#uestions. (he thought. BAm I going to serve +od,
even i the 7ord ta!es &imothy rom usE Could I still
believe in +od i 6e didn@t heal my grandsonEB
It seemed that a battle $as raging in the -ercer
household all day on (unday, %ovember 11, 1994.
Ann inally came to the place $here she made a total
commitment to the 7ord. (he said, BI you choose to
ta!e my grandson home, I $ill still serve Cou.B
&hat night they brought little &imothy to church.
&he grandmother !ne$ that i +od $as real she had
nothing to lose and everything to gain. &hey $ere
seated in the bac! o the auditorium. 6er riend
said, BI don@t !no$ ho$ it is going to happen, but
Pastor 1enny is going to lay hands on this baby
tonight.B
A Brightened "ae
In the middle o the service that evening, I elt led
to as! several people in the bac! o the auditorium
to come to the platorm or healing. Ann -ercer
brought little &imothy or$ard. At the age o our
months, he $eighed only eight pounds.
-y prayer or that baby $as, BAather +od, in
,esus@ name, let the anointing o +od lo$ through
this child. 1ring healing and deliverance right no$
in ,esus@ name. Perect healing.B
&hen I said, B7oo!, the child is responding8B
When I touched the little boy, his ace Gust
brightened up. B7ady, ta!e that child bac! to the
doctor. &here@s been a miracle.B
BWhen Pastor 6inn laid his hands on our baby,B
she states, Ba heat hit &imothy, and I could eel it
142 Lord, I Need a Miracle
spread through me. It didn@t go a$ay until the ne"t
day.B
0n -onday morning they too! him bac! to the
physician. It $as obvious that a miracle had begun.
&hey even started his immuniIation shots, $hich
previously he had been too sic! to ta!e.
Within one month &imothy@s $eight had doubled,
and he $as ta!en o o"ygen and the heart monitor.
&he doctors released him because they could not
ind anything $rong $ith him.
&hat $as tremendous progress or a child about
$hom one doctor said, B)ven i he lives, he is not
going to be li!e other babies because he lost so
much o"ygen.B
0n his irst birthday, his grandmother too! him
bac! to visit the doctor. B6e told me that &imothy
$as the sic!est baby he had ever put on an )"tra
Corporeal -embrane 0"ygenation =)C-0> unit $ho
had lived,B says Ann. B6is lungs began to develop
and he no longer needed to be on o"ygen. 6e is able
to participate in activities normal or his age. It@s
nothing short o a miracle.B &hey ran every test
possible and couldn@t ind anything $rong $ith him.
&hey $ere concerned about his speech development,
but he learned to say BPraise +od.B
&hrough &imothy@s healing, almost every member
o the -ercer amily has accepted Christ as personal
(avior and is serving 6im. (ays Ann, BI am so
than!ul to the 7ord or giving me bac! my
grandson, or pic!ing our amily out o the pit $e
$ere in, and planting our eet on the solid roc!.B
&he December 13, 1994, report rom the 0rlando
/egional -edical Center included three $ords that
caused the -ercer amily to stop again and praise
the 7ord. It said, B1aby doing $ell.B
Chapter 24
5< &he )nd o the /oad
What $as Doreen -addeau" to doE (ince being
diagnosed $ith coronary artery disease in 1932, she
had already undergone bypass surgery. %o$ this.
In ,uly 1995 she $as bac! in the heart $ard o a
&oronto hospital in a lie9and9death situation. (he
told the doctors, BI didn@t say I@m not going to have
the operation, but you have to give me three $ee!s.B
&hat@s $hen the doctor as!ed, BWhat do you $ant
three $ee!s orEB
(he replied, B1ecause I@ve got to tal! to +od. I
can@t die beore I tal! to +od.B
6e said, B&al! to +od here.B
Doreen told him, BI can@t. I@ve got to get out.B
As she describes it, BWhen you are surrounded
by so much doubt, you have to ma!e a decision. And
I believed $ith all my heart that +od $as going to
heal me.B
&he heart patient !ne$ e"actly $hat she $as
going to do.
0ne night Doreen $as seated in the hall$ay o
the hospital reading my boo! %he ,nointin7; (he
read the #uestion, B6o$ much can I trust you $ithEB
BWhat do you mean, @&rust me@EB she as!ed the
7ord.
&he 7ord spo!e to her and said, BAre you $illing
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14( Lord, I Need a Miracle
to leave this hospital in the condition you are in and
ta!e a step o aithEB 6e said, BCou ta!e the irst
step, and I@ll ta!e the second.B
At that moment she said, BI@ll do it.B
"That's Me3"
Doreen turned on a television set at the medical
center, and one o our programs $as on. (he heard
me say these $ordsF B&here is a lady in the hospital
$ho has been told she has to have an operation. (he
has learned there is no hope or her either $ay.B And
she heard me say these inal $ords. B6oney, you are
not going to dieH you are going to live.B
Doreen moved to the edge o her chair and said,
B&hat@s me8 &hat@s me8B
Aor many years she had ollo$ed our ministry
and $as a regular vie$er o our television program in
Canada. %o$ she elt that i someho$ she could get
to one o our crusades she $ould be healed.
BI !ne$ that 1enny 6inn $ould be conducting
meetings in &oronto in (eptember, but that $as too
long to $ait,B she says. B&he doctors $ere telling me I
$ouldn@t last that long.B
0ne o our crusades $as scheduled the last $ee!
o ,uly in 7ansing, -ichigan. BI made up my mind
that no matter $hat it too!, I $as going to be there,B
she said. B-y situation $as desperate. I had come to
the end o the road.B
It $as the irst time in her entire lie that Doreen
had to ta!e such a giant step o aith.
Ater much discussion, the doctors allo$ed her to
be transerred to her home and arranged or
constant nursing care and supervision. (he $as
given t$o containers o o"ygen?a small one or
traveling to and rom the hospital and a large one to
be placed ne"t to her bed. BIt loo!ed li!e a huge
bomb,B she says.
%he End o6 the Road 144
When a group o Christians came to pray or her,
Doreen told them her secret. BI@m going to 7ansing,B
she said.
&hey couldn@t believe her. BWhy don@t you $ait
and go to the meetings here in (eptemberEB they
as!ed. BAnd $ho $ill ta!e youE It sounds
impossible.B
BCou don@t understand,B she replied. BI don@t have
many days let. (omething must happen no$. I I
have to ta!e this bed and go alone, I@ll be in
7ansing8B
Doreen thought to hersel, BWhy are you saying
all o thisE 6o$ are you going to get thereEB &hen
suddenly a ,e$ish riend came or a visit. (he told
him o her over$helming desire.
BIs this really $hat you $antEB he as!ed. &hen
Doreen heard him on the telephone in another room
say, B6o$ do I get a sic! $oman to 7ansing,
-ichiganEB 6e called travel agencies, bus stations,
air ambulance companies, and the train station.
At that instant Doreen !ne$ she $as going.
A Seret 7ourney
Doreen@s irst problem $as the nurses. B6o$ am I
going to get rid o themEB she $ondered. Would they
consent or her to be aloneE (he told them, BI have
decided to go out o to$n or a couple o days. I need
a brea! rom being sic!.B
&he nurses phoned the doctor and said, BDoreen
is as!ing to get a$ay. (he is getting over$rought
$ith this problem and Gust $ants a brea! or a e$
days. What do you thin!EB
&he doctor told them, B(he can go provided she
ta!es a $heelchair.B
&he nurses arranged or the chair, but they had
no idea that $ithin a e$ hours Doreen $ould be on
a train bound or -ichigan.
14) Lord, I Need a Miracle
B-y riend had ordered three tic!ets,B she says.
B6e $asn@t going, but t$o other riends decided to
Goin me. &hey $ere the same ones $ho had earlier
cautioned me about the trip.B It $as a direct route
rom &oronto to 7ansing.
0n ,uly 53, 1995, Doreen and her riends $ent
to the station. With the help o an electric lit, she
boarded the train. &he o"ygen tan! $as placed Gust
behind her.
B&he moment the train started moving, I elt
something begin to happen,B she says. B(uddenly I
began to breathe $ithout the use o o"ygen. &he
7ord had already started 6is $or! on me.B
&heir hotel in 7ansing $as across the street rom
the train station and Gust one bloc! rom 1reslin
Center $here the services $ere scheduled.
"(hat's the ,ro-%e'*"
0n the irst night o the crusade, Doreen $as
seated in a special $heelchair section. (he arrived at
5F44 P.M. and $as there until the end o the service.
BI spent most o the time trying to encourage those
$ho $ere near me. Although my aith $as strong,
nothing seemed to be happening,B she says.
7ate that night, $hen Doreen returned to her
room, the phone $as ringing $ith emergency calls.
BWhat@s the problemEB Doreen as!ed her ,e$ish
riend on the other end o the line.
B&hey are blaming me because you let to$n,B he
said $ith great concern. 6er sister, and even her
doctors, had learned about the nature o her trip and
$ere upset. &hey did not believe in miracles.
When she returned a phone call to her daughter,
Doreen $as devastated. B(he couldn@t understand
ho$ I could do such a thing, and she hung up on
me,B Doreen says. BI thought my heart $ould brea!,
and I cried mysel to sleep.B
%he End o6 the Road 14.
0n Ariday morning Doreen returned to the
crusade or a special anointing service. B(eated in
my $heelchair in the balcony, my eyes $ere still
illed $ith tears,B she says. B-y spirit $as bro!en
because o my physical condition and because o my
amily.B
As the service progressed, one o the soloists
began to sing the amiliar $ords, B6is eye is on the
sparro$, and I !no$ 6e $atches me.B Doreen elt the
song $as Gust or her.
What happened ne"t $as something she could
hardly believe. As Doreen recalls, B1enny said,
@(omeone in the balcony $as Gust healed o a serious
heart condition $hile the music $as playing.@ &hen
he said, @I only $ant those people I call to come
or$ard.@B
Doreen Gumped out o her $heelchair and began
to run do$n the stairs $ith an usher. BAt the ront o
the platorm someone as!ed me to run bac! and
orth and they chec!ed my pulse. -y heart rate $as
normal8B
In the hospital, Doreen@s pulse Bhad dropped to
thirty9ive and had only come up to ity9si",B she
says. %o$ it $as normal.
BI don@t remember too much o $hat happened
that Ariday morning,B says Doreen. BI could eel the
po$er o +od all around me.B It $as li!e a scene
rom the boo! o Acts as she $as leaping and
praising +od. BI only !no$ that +od !ept 6is $ord,
and I $as healed.B
Doreen !ne$ that the 7ord had bro!en the curse
o heart disease that had been in her amily or
generations.
(aiting for Resu%ts
0n the train bac! to &oronto, Doreen $ent rom
seat to seat to share $hat +od had done or her. BI
148 Lord, I Need a Miracle
sent bac! the $heelchair as baggage,B she e"claims.
BWhen I arrived in &oronto I $al!ed rom the train
and even ran up the ramps at the station.B
When Doreen got home, she tried to reach her
doctors but learned that they $ould be on vacation
until t$o days beore her operation $as scheduled. BI
immediately called a cardiologist I had seen beore,
and he arranged a stress test on August :, 1995, at
-issisauga 6ospital,B she says. B6e $as inormed at
the hospital o my condition.B
&hat day@s results $ere #uite a contrast rom the
results o tests ta!en Gust a e$ $ee!s earlier. B&he
doctor as!ed to see me in the hall,B she recalls. B6e
said, @&he only thing I can say is that your problem
is in remission.@B
Doreen still li!es to loo! at the letter rom her
surgeon that says, BArrangements have been made
or your admission to the &oronto +eneral 6ospital
on &uesday, August 13, 1995, or surgery on
&hursday, August 54, 1995.B
&he surgery $as canceled.
0n (eptember 12, 1995, her cardiologist sent a
report to her physicianF BI sa$ Doreen in the oice
on (eptember 1;. (he continues to loo! absolutely
$onderul and is totally asymptomatic. (he is
$al!ing an hour a dayH she is ta!ing only an aspirin
a day. (he has had virtually no angina and
shortness o breath.B
&he report concluded, BIn summary, Doreen
presents a modern9day miracle. (everal months ago
she $as unable to e"ercise or much more than a
minute on a treadmill, but as you !no$, on August
:, 1995, she $ent or <F:5 =minutes> up to a heart
rate o 152, $ith no ischemic (& changes nor chest
pain. (he achieved a $or!load o 2 -)&(.B
&oday, Doreen -addeau" is living a normal,
healthy lie. BI am doing things again I thought I
$ould never do. I still pause or a second $hen I see
%he End o6 the Road 14/
a light o stairs because I remember ho$ it $as?not
because I have to.B
0ne o her doctors sa$ her testimony on a
telecast and said, BWhen I sa$ you running up those
stairs, I could hardly believe it. I remember $hen
you could barely ma!e it up the stairs to my oice.B
What about her ,e$ish riendsE B&hey are
astonished at my healing and don@t !no$ ho$ to
e"plain it,B said Doreen. BI@m a living miracle that our
+od reigns.B
Chapter 2)
5; Celebration o a
-iracle
BWhen you are told that you have thirty?and at
the outside ninety?days to live, you begin to put
things in perspective,B said Dave 7ane, rom
Coo!eville, &ennessee.
B(uddenly, my championship Arabian horses
didn@t mean very much,B he says. All he could thin!
about $as ho$ he $as going to spend the remaining
days $ith his $ie and amily. 6is mind could not
escape the thought o the dreaded baseball9siIe
cancer that $as !illing him.
As Dave $as $al!ing through the den o his
home the day ollo$ing his diagnosis, the program
on his big9screen television caught his eyes. BIt $as
1enny 6inn@s Miracle In#asion and I elt compelled to
stop $hat I $as doing and $atch,B says 7ane. BI had
only seen the program once beore. 1ut that day it
$as as i the presence o the 6oly (pirit penetrated
the set and began to minister to me.B
We announced that our crusade team rom
0rlando $ould be conducting special services
&hursday and Ariday o that same $ee! in /oc!$all,
&e"as, near Dallas, at Church on the /oc!. &hat $as
in ,une 1994. (ays Dave, BI elt +od saying @+o8@?
instructing me to drive to Dallas or those services.B
Immediately, Dave@s mind $as illed $ith doubt.
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1)2 Lord, I Need a Miracle
BIs it right that I should ta!e a trip that $ill ta!e
three days out o the thirty the doctors are giving
meEB he $ondered.
The Road to Rokwa%%
7i!e so many Christians, Dave $as raised in a
church that believed miracles $ere limited to the
time o Christ@s ministry on earth. 1ut the more he
read (cripture, the more convinced he became that
healing $as part o the atonement and is or us
today.
&he irst part o that $ee! the doctors continued
to call. &hey !ne$ the urgency o scheduling surgery
and could not understand $hy Dave $as avoiding
them.
B0n &hursday morning my $ie and I got in our
car and headed or /oc!$all,B says 7ane. BIt $as
about a t$elve9hour drive, and $e had about
thirteen hours to get there.B 1ut $hen they arrived
in the area they ound it impossible to ind a motel
$ith a vacancy. BWe had to stop to change clothes
several miles a$ay, and $e $ere about an hour late
getting to the auditorium.B
0n the $ay Dave and /ebecca prayed or three
things. 6e said, BI as!ed that the 7ord $ould =1>
provide us $ith a good seat near the ront, =5> delay
the preaching part o the service until $e arrived,
and =3> let me be prayed or by the evangelist, so that
I $ould be healed o the cancerous tumor in my
body.B
When the 7anes arrived there $ere many people
standing around the outside o the building $ho
could not get in. B1ut or some un!no$n reason,B
says Dave, Ba gentleman $al!ed up to us and invited
us to accompany him inside. 6e ushered us to t$o
seats near the ront o the auditorium that $ere still
unoccupied.B
When Dave $al!ed into the crusade, all he could
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thin! about $as his cancer. B1ut the moment I got
in +od@s presence and the anointing began to move
in that place, things changed,B he said. B,ust ten
minutes in that precious atmosphere $as $orth all
o the eort it too! or the long drive to &e"as.B
&hat night in Dallas, Dave committed his lie
totally and completely to the 7ord. BI came to realiIe
that even i I died, my death $ould be Gust a door$ay
into eternal lie $ith Christ.B
(uddenly Dave got his mind o o his problem
and onto Christ. BWhen I began to praise the 7ord, I
completely orgot about my cancer,B he says. BA
heavenly $armth seemed to $ash over me.B
When I called or those $ho elt +od $as healing
them to come or$ard, Dave stepped to the aisle. BI
had no physical evidence, but I !ne$ beyond doubt
that +od had done something a$esome inside o
me,B he said.
(uddenly Dave $as ushered to the platorm.
BPastor 6inn laid his hands on me and said o the
cancer, @I curse its roots and command it to die,@B
recalls Dave. BI !ne$ right then it $as leaving my
body.B
All o his prayers had been ans$ered.
"(as I )ea%ed*"
Dave and his $ie returned to &ennessee. )very
day he elt stronger and stronger, both physically
and spiritually. &hirty days passed, and he $as still
alive. Ater ninety days, Dave $as still claiming his
healing.
B&he doctors $ho initially diagnosed my cancer
simply couldn@t understand $hy I continued to
ignore their pleas to schedule surgery and begin
cancer treatment,B says 7ane. In 0ctober, about our
months ater the original diagnosis, Dave told his
$ie, BI@m going to a dierent doctor or a chec!9up?
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someone $ho doesn@t !no$ my problem.B
Ater the uncomortable proctoscopic e"am, the
doctor called Dave@s $ie into the room. BI@m sorry to
give you this report,B said the physician, Bbut -r.
7ane, you have a lesion the siIe o a #uarter. And it
is malignant.B
Dave and /ebecca loo!ed at each other. &hey
$ere both thin!ing the same thing?BPraise the
7ord8B &hen Dave began to smile.
BI@m sure that doctor must have thought I had
lost my mind,B he said. B1ut I $as e"cited that a
baseball had Gust been reduced to a #uarter. &hat
$as a miracle in itsel,B he says. BPlus, I believe $e
don@t serve a hal9$ay +od. What the 7ord starts 6e
inishes.B
%o$ there $as another doctor calling Dave. B-r.
7ane, $e need to do something about this beore it
gets any larger,B he said. 7ane placed the matter in
+od@s hands and !ept on smiling.
&he medical report rom the 0ctober visit said, BI
loo!ed at the lo$er +.I. tract in the oice and
biopsied a suspicious area or a possible tumor. &he
pathology report as described... revealed that this
$as a malignancy sho$ing $hat $as called in9
tramucosal carcinoma. &his is a recurrent cancer o
the upper portion o the rectum.B
&he letter continued, BI have had some diiculty
getting in touch $ith you and did $ant to revie$ this
$ith you and discuss possible options. I am ree to
discuss this and $ill be happy to see you at any
time. I $ould, ho$ever, li!e to stress to you that this
is a matter o utmost importance and that $ith the
inding o a rectal cancer speciic steps need to be
ta!en in order to correct the problem and not allo$
this to continue to an advanced stage.B
BI had as!ed +od to let me !no$ beyond any
doubt that I did not have cancer. I elt healthy and
strong, but I continued to as! +od or the assurance
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o my healing,B Dave says.
"!ou're "ree3"
In -arch 1995, Dave began eeling ill. B7ord,
$hat is happeningE Am I losing my healingEB 7ane
$ondered.
Dave returned to a doctor at the Par! .ie$
-edical Center in %ashville $ho !ne$ he had
cancer. 6e as!ed or a ne$ e"amination and learned
that he had an abscess on his appendi" that needed
immediate attention.
When they perormed surgery, they did a
complete e"am o Dave@s body, including the area
$here the cancer had been. &he most important
discovery $as $hat they didn't ind. BCour body has
no cancer in it,B the doctors told him.
Dave $as reGoicing that the surgery or his
appendi" proved beyond any doubt that +od had
completely and totally healed his cancer. Aurther
ultrasound e"ams sho$ed there $ere no tumors in
his colon.
As he loo!s bac! on his e"perience $ith cancer,
Dave says, BI realiIe that 1enny 6inn had nothing to
do $ith the healing e"cept that the 7ord has honored
1enny $ith 6is presence. It@s the 7ord $ho
perormed the miracle.B
1eore his healing, B+od $as something distant,B
says 7ane. B%o$ I have a personal relationship $ith
the 6ealer. I !no$ that the 1ible says that +od $ill
give you the desire o your heart. %o$ +od is the
desire o my heart.B
&he report rom the medical center in %ashville
on -arch 3, 1995, says,
1. )ight =3> regional mesenteric lymph nodes are
ree o metastic carcinoma.
5. Additional rectal marginF no evidence o
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malignancy.
3. /ectal side o anastomosisF negative or
malignancy.
:. Colonic site o anastomosisF negative or
malignancy.
0n April 55, 1995, the same doctor $ho t$o
years earlier conirmed that he had colon cancer,
$rote, B&here is no evidence o residual malignancy,
and he at this point should be considered ree o
malignant disease.B
Dave 7ane had no radiation, no chemotherapy,
no colostomy, and no medicine or his cancer. 6e
$as totally healed by the po$er o +od.
,F%ERWORD 3E,LIN$= ,N ,C% OF
F,I%3
(ince the beginning o my ministry, I have heard
the testimonies o thousands o people $ho have
received their miracle o healing. 1ecause o our
television ministry and large crusades, some people
have said, BI only I could have 1enny 6inn
personally pray or me, I !no$ I $ould be healed.B
1ut that is not the !ey to your miracle.
It is +od@s response to your 6aith that brings
healing. 7et me illustrate.
Candy 1russeau $as born prooundly dea in
both ears. As a child she spent many rustrating
years learning to spea! a e$ simple $ords and
phrases. &hroughout her adult lie she has
continued to cope $ith this handicap.
In mid91995, Candy $as summoned to Gury duty
by the 7os Angeles (uperior Court. 0n %ovember 3,
1995, in response to the summons, her physician,
the noted ear surgeon Dr. 6o$ard 6ouse, $rote a
letter to the Gudicial court recommending that Candy
be e"cused rom Gury service. 6e stated that Candy
Bhas been ollo$ed intermittently in this oice since
19<:, because o a severe hearing impairment.B Dr.
6ouse urther stated that, B'nortunately, there is
no medical or surgical therapy that $ill restore her
hearing.B
0n 0ctober 55, 1995, t$elve days prior to Dr.
6ouse@s letter, Candy and her amily?as an act o
aith in the inished $or! o ,esus Christ?Goined in
composing a simple testimonial or uture useH a
1;2
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testimonial o praise and than!sgiving or $hat they
elt certain $ould be her orthcoming healing by the
+od $ith $hom all things are possible, and $ho is
not limited to Bmedical or surgical therapy.B
&hey $roteF B-y story is not about being born a
prooundly dea personH though I $as born
prooundly dea. It is not about my ailed ear
enestration surgery by one o the $orld@s great
audiologists and ear surgeons. -y story is about the
$onderul, miraculous healing o my deaness
through the grace o +od on December 11, 1995, at
a 1enny 6inn -iracle Crusade (ervice at the 7ong
1each =Caliornia> -unicipal Arena.B
In her deaness, she claimed deliverance.
0n Ariday night, December 11, over ourteen
thousand people Gammed the auditorium. At about
<F:< p.m., more than an hour beore the service
began, $onderul healings $ere ta!ing place all over
the auditorium.
As -rs. ,oan +ieson $as passing along the
nearby aisle, 1ill 1russeau, Candy@s ather,
re#uested o -rs. +ieson that she Goin in a Bprayer o
aithB or Candy. At the conclusion o that prayer,
there $as an audible, spontaneous e"clamation o
praise rom those sitting nearby, as Candy removed
her hearing aid, turned to her ather, and said BI can
hear8B
7ater, in a letter to relatives and riends about
that Ariday evening, December 11, 1995, her mother
and ather $roteH B&he 6oly (pirit came upon our
dear Candy, and in a most proound and beautiul
manner she $as miraculously healed o her lielong
deaness.B
When she $as brought to the platorm that night,
Candy $as aglo$ $ith the presence o the 7ord. 6er
testimony $as no longer uture, it $as no9; )ven
beore I arrived or the service, Candy 1russeau $as
healed. 6er aith had made her $hole.
,6ter9ord 3ealin7= ,n ,ct o6 Faith
My ,rayer "or !ou
It is e"citing to hear the stories o those $ho have
been healed by +od@s po$er. 1ut $hat about youE
What is your needE Perhaps you are saying, B7ord, I
need a miracle8B
Would you allo$ me to pray or youE )ven no$,
reach out in aith as I call on +od or your healing.
Lord, I 0less !o"r na+e toda&; !o" are the $od
9ho 6or7i#es o"r ini?"ities, 9ho heals o"r diseases,
9ho redee+s o"r li6e 6ro+ destr"ction, and 9ho
cro9ns o"r li6e 9ith lo#in7 -indness and tender
+ercies; !o" are the one 9ho satis6ies o"r +o"th 9ith
7ood thin7s, 9ho rene9s o"r &o"th li-e the ea7le's,
and 9ho is o"r de6ender; No9, Lord, I pra& 6or a
0lan-et o6 a healin7 to co#er !o"r child; Ri7ht no9, I
stand on !o"r Word and declare instant and total
restoration; Do it 6or !o"r sa-e; In @es"s' Na+e and
6or !o"r $lor&; ,+en;
Claim +od@s miracle today. 6is Word $as $ritten
or youF 1& 3is stripes 9e are healed =Isa. <3F<>.
&he 7ord is $aiting to hear your praise, your
$orship, and your celebration. 6e is $aiting to hear
you say, B&han! Cou, 7ord, or my miracle.B
I +od has given you a miracle o healing as a
result o reading this boo!, I $ould love to reGoice
$ith you. Please send me your testimony along $ith
a report rom your physician that documents $hat
the 7ord has done. -y address isF
1enny 6inn
Lord, I Need a Miracle
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