Who here believes in the power of prayer ? Have you witnessed any miracles ? ....... Please share .......?

Question

I have made several prayer requests (check my profile) for my close friend April, who has been in the hospital for more than 4 months. She was in a coma for over a month, after her cowardly ex b/f gave her a severe concussion.

Doctors weren't sure she would ever come out of coma and they claimed she had 65% permanent brain damage, with very little chance of any significant recovery.

I found this very difficult to accept, as April certainly didn't deserve to suffer so much at such a young age (23). I prayed that God would help April fully regain her health, and I had faith that she would be healed.

For those who have offered their prayers & kind words to my previous requests, you have my sincere thanks ...... April came out of her coma about a month ago, and she is showing steady improvement as time passes. She is now able to recognize close friends & communicate with them : )

All Praise be to God !

April is still dealing with serious mental & emotional issues as her mind is flooded with terrifying memories of her attack, along with horrible thoughts of being abused by her father throughout her childhood years. She is also still in severe pain, has vision problems from head trauma, and can't remember how to use her right arm ....... So please continue to keep her in your prayers to give her the strength she needs to overcome her medical problems.

Thanks again & may God Bless each of you

Answer 1

This was close enough ton a miracle for me.

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Answer 2

I will certainly pray for her. I too was in a coma for some time and I came out of it and am a born again Christian because of what happened to me during the coma. God and Jesus are real as you and I. God Bless both of you.

Answer 3

I do not remember your first prayer request, but, from now on she will be in my prayers. I know how hard it is after a coma, though it was from a very different reason, no where near the same, I will pray for her.

Answer 4

Thats cool.

I had a softball injury that had been hurting for 2 months with not the faintest signs of it getting better. If anything it was getting worse. I went to a church I normally dont go to and got prayer for it when they asked up front if anybody needed prayer for any INJURIES (wow they said that specifically!) and when I woke up the next morning my wrist was PERFECTLY FINE! I couldnt even tell there was something ever wrong with it!!!! God is awesome!

Answer 5

Once, this kid in my school was, literally dying. His church had a huge prayer meeting, and a lot of kids from school went to pray for him. I was at a huge Christian youth conference, and I had this overwhelming feeling to pray for him, and I did not knowing why, until I came home to find that, literally, at the same time of the prayer service, he started getting better. The doctors all said it was a miracle!! It was amazing!!!

Answer 6

Recovering alcoholic with 22 years of continuous sobriety. Yes I believe in the power of prayer, and I am a walking talking miracle.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Answer 7

thanks Lord for healing this youthful lady. now and again, we do not receive miracles because we do not pray at the same time and ask clone of both of you probably did. human beings are afraid to do what you probably did because they are afraid that God gained't answer their prayer. we could continually have self assurance what we ask will be granted to us. we could continually continually comprehend that God would not answer each and every prayer as we want it replied, yet He does answer it. proceed praying with human beings for God's healing and God's advantages. Have a blessed day!

Answer 8

Some humor....
When I was a boy we lived a block from the church. All boys of the church had to learn to be altar boys. There was mass said every morning during the week at 6am. I was on call if the scheduled altar boy did not show.
On a heavily over cast day I was wakened by my dad to go to church to fill in. Mass was being held up until I got there.
So I got dressed and started for the church. Mumbling about my discuss with this whole set up and basically dragging my feet to get there.
I mentioned it was overcast. No rain. No wind. Just the dawning day with heavy,low clouds. While I rounded the house mumbling there was a sudden, blinding flash of light and instant thunder. I must of come 3 feet off the ground. And I swear that my feet didn't touch the ground more then twice when I ran the rest of the way to church.
A while back... I was given a Cadilac from my inlaws. It was very under maintained. So the first saturday I got up to preform a major tun up on it. Installed new plugs and wires. New oil and filter. Set the carburator. Finally setting the timeing. Doing this with the engine,running, purring like a kitten.
Now these old Cadilacs had a front bumper that was highly polished chrome and stuck out at least a foot. The time was high noon. Every time I leaned to see the timeing marks, no matter which way I turned, I would lean over the bumper and instantly be blinded by the reflected sun. Totally discusted I blurted out a string of cuss lines and included God in it somewhere. At that precise moment at the end of my rant. There was a loud bang from the engine and it died. I started it back up and there was a loud knock. While at a slow idle with new clean oil the engine broke a piston rod.
This is all true life experiences.
Now for an answered prayer.
I ended up divorced with children.
I moved into a house that was filled,in the attic, with a huge wasp nest. I moved into it in the winter so this problem did not show until late spring. When I went out to check for mail or go to work ( I worked 2nd shift) I would be buzzed or hit by wasps.
I would get home at 2am. And would usually set out on the front porch and relax and listen to the night sounds. At that time I had no extra money to have cable TV and open air TV was either off or running the National Anthem when I dot home. So setting on the front porch was about the only option to relax before trying to go to bed. One night... I was setting there and noticed a wasp on the porch pillar. He was less then an arm length from me. He was in his dormant stage that they go into at night. He must have been too late to make it all the way to it's nest.
I could of easily killed it.
Instead I thought ...talking to God. "Lord here is one of your creations. Why would they build their nest in my attic? When they have all of the wild world to do so elsewhere. I have children that will be here on weekends. They will want to play outside. I can't let them play if there is a chance of them being stung.
So I will have to hire an exterminator to rid my house of them just as a prevention of having mt children harmed.
I will make a promiss to you... If you move this nest somewhere else so they can live in peace and my children stay safe. I will not kill any of your creations as long as they are outside of my house.
For now on."
I got up left the sleeping wasp alone and went to bed.
I got up the next afternoon went out to go to work. There was not even one wasp seen. Nowhere. For days after I would look for them. Nothing.
And to this day if it,any creature, is outside the confines of my house? It lives. I will even get on to others for stepping on an ant or other bug for no reason. And then tell them my story.
Coutless times when I find myself worrying about something. It dawns on me that I can let Jesus handle it for me. And quit worrying about it. When I do this? The problem usually gets resolved without my input.
There were times when I was in real pickles. Others that knew me and the situation. Would ask me how I can stay so cool. That they would be a total wreck if it was happening to them. I would just say " I turned it over to Jesus to handle."
He may not,out and out,do it all. But He will expose the right avenues for me to follow to resolve the problem myself without me actively looking for them.
The answer to being able to do this is having total Faith and Trust in Jesus to help you. And not question it.