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| When Miracles Become Common | Missions in the Field | President's Desk | ||
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by Ingrid Bullock, A hospital patient was doubled over in pain. Her daughters were sitting by her bedside with alternating looks of panic and despair. Ingrid writes, “I heard them talking anxiously while we were praying with the patient in the next bed. In all honesty, I thought they were unhappy about the thought of us coming to them next.” |
 Missionary Susie Taylor loves to share Jesus in a waiting area of the hospital. |
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| The mother’s face was grimaced with pain, and she lay there almost in a fetal position. We asked her for permission to pray with her and she and the family agreed. We shared some Scripture and I was led to pray. I spoke to God on this woman’s behalf and to this woman on God’s behalf. I prayed until I was empty. And then something incredible, something miraculous happened. I opened my eyes and there sat this woman, upright, with no indication of discomfort in her being at all! I remember saying to my co-laborers, “DID YOU SEE THAT!” | |||
When I was sharing the event with a friend, she asked me if I had recorded it in my journal. I said to her, “Girl, so many miraculous things happen here every day, I’ve gotten to the point of only recording the ones that stand out in my mind.” Yes, I actually said that! I think what has happened to me is that I’m surrounded by such devastation that I just expect God to do the miraculous. Nevertheless, I don’t want to get to a place of failing to be completely astounded when I am privileged to see a move of God firsthand. |
 "To God be the glory, great things He has done!" Jeneen Roscoe, peeking over the nurse's shoulder, and Ingrid, far right, and team members who minister at a hospital in Sierra Leone. |
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Truthfully, the first miracle is that Jesus spared my life long enough to allow me to accept Him as my Savior. The list from there is extensive, the least of which is the fact that I (of all people) actually sit face to face with the sick and dying, Muslims and Christians, to offer prayer, comfort, and assurance. I say all of this to encourage you to look closely at yourself, your life, and your loved ones. Strip away all the “normality” of your life to see the miraculous. Write it down. Take a step back and just look. When I come to the end of this day’s list I’ve written, “To God be the Glory, great things He has done!” |
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