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Sister Mary Bell DeHaven suffered injury to her neck and back. This affected her mind to the event she was taken to a state hospital. I had visited her twice with her husband.
It was heart-rending to look upon one who had been a very clear-minded person prior to the automobile accident. She was known and loved by many. To see her just sit and stare into space sent a chill through one's entire body.
We never gave up hope for her but continued to pray that God would restore her to health, home, family and church.
Oh, how God wants us to believe Him.
May I digress here long enough to reprimand our churches and ministers for lack of faith. Many pray as though they had no faith for God to answer. Very few are praying the prayer of faith either in the church or out of the church. This is a day of coldhearted religion when men have "a form of godliness but are denying the power thereof." God have mercy on us!
On Sunday after my last visit to the hospital, hearts were heavy with a burden for our sister's deliverance. We gathered around the altar at the closing of the evening service and immediately set to praying without any exhortation. For some time, the atmosphere was impregnated with a wonderful mixture of earnest praying in a spirit of oneness and faith which soon was miraculously transformed to shouts of praise and victory. We all knew that for which we prayed was forthcoming. Our wonderful God still lives and answers prayers of faith,
In three weeks (the normal time for processing such patients), she sat in the service beside her husband, a mentally and physically transformed person.
Since that healing, Sister DeHaven completed Practical Nurses Training with a very good record and excellent grades. She also completed a Local Preacher's Course of Study. Yes, our God still hears and answers prayer.
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