PRAYING FOR GOD TO DO A MIRACLE HEALING

I think prayer is powerful.  Jesus said it can move mountains, heal the sick, and transform a soul.  But if I look at most of my prayers, they don't usually reflect this power.  It's like using a ferrari to get groceries or a professional kitchen cooktop to heat water. It's not like you'd be using it wrong, it's just that you wouldn't be even close to tapping the potential within.  I even wonder if God gets bored with requests that don't require much spiritual umph.

On the massive umph needed side, I have a friend in our local youth ministry network who is in the midst of a miracle only kinda moment.  He is the youth pastor at East Valley Christian Fellowship and about a week ago he was enjoying his hobby of bee keeping with his father-in-law when he was stung on the head.  He's been stung countless times before, but this time something had changed in his body and he went into anaphylactic shock.  He was rushed to the hospital and I've been told "died" numerous times on the emergency room table.

His name is Mike Hendricks and this is him with his wife and baby who is now 8 weeks old.  He is currently in ICU, kept alive by machines, and has been in a coma ever since. We're praying for a full recovery, but for that, what we need is a God-sized miracle.

So, to this end, here's what I'm trying to do in my prayers for Mike and others.

CHOOSE BELIEF OVER DOUBT.  I'm choosing to believe God can and wants to heal.  Until God tells me otherwise, I'm going to ask God to do what I believe God can do for my friend and co-worker.

DON'T ASK GOD TO DO WHAT I CAN DO MYSELF.  I'm not asking God to go get meals for family members or provide clean clothes for Mike's daughter. I'm asking God to do what no one, not even the doctors know how to do, and that is heal.

WHEN MY EXPERIENCE HURTS MY FAITH, I LEAN ON THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS.  I could give you a hundred reasons why treating God like a genie in a bottle has not worked for me.  I'm not suggesting that this ever works, but hospitals all around the world are filled with the "unexplainable" healing.  Ask any doctor, and they'll tell you, "Unexplainable stuff happens".  Maybe I've experienced a miracle or two, but when my faith waivers, I lean on the reports of miracles of others, especially of those in the Scriptures.

PLEASE JOIN ME... AND FERVENTLY PRAY THAT GOD HEALS MIKE BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS WITH ME.