Martha’s Baby Girl Is In Critical Condition!

     Some months ago, a woman in a Christian small group told me this story.   Her sister’s baby was in critical condition in another city from umbilical cord problems during delivery.  (Let’s call the sister “Martha.”)   The baby had already been given two blood transfusions and the family could only view her through a plastic bubble.

     The baby’s father was a soldier in combat in Iraq, and couldn’t come home.   Martha and the family were frantic.  So they called their small group long distance and asked for prayer, telling them, “Martha’s baby girl is in critical condition!”

     The small group not only prayed, but they even typed their prayer into computer and attached it to an email to the family at the hospital.   Martha later explained, “We framed our small group’s prayer, and hung it over the baby’s bubble.   The prayer brought tears to the eyes of everyone who read it, including some of the doctors and nurses.   It made everyone in the hospital more prayerful.”

     And then the healing happened.   Suddenly, the baby started breathing on her own and began to rapidly improve.   Best of all, the father was released unexpectedly from Iraq and walked into the waiting room to embrace Martha and the family.

     Later, Martha told her small group, “I want to tell you a million times how thankful I am for our small group.   You may not realize it, but God has turned our group into a wonderful blessing for all of us.”

     So this family discovered something that many busy Christians today tend to forget:  That a Christian small group has amazing Spiritual power when it’s composed of like-minded Christians who’re expressing Spiritual gifts – especially the gifts of healings.  All Christians should be in a small group, and all Christians should be expressing Spiritual gifts.