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2/3/04 Breathing in the Holy Spirit From:
Rob Payne <rob@everydayisprecious.com>
Last Friday (1/30) at 2 p.m. Marcy looked towards her vent tube as if I was to do something to help her. I asked if the tube was coming off – it pops off on its own sometimes. She rolled her eyes and looked away as if she wanted it off. I said, "You want me to take it off?" She blinked yes and I took it off for about 2 minutes and she breathed on her own. I could see her chest moving up and down. I didn't
time that first one – all I could do was say, "Thank you
Jesus" and praise God. She
later "told" me she felt like she had been breathing the
Holy Spirit for the previous two days and He prompted her to breathe
on her own Friday afternoon. At 3:10 Friday she breathed for Matthew (when he got home from school) for 2 minutes, 43 seconds. And
again at 4:00 p.m. for Darcy for 3 minutes, 25 seconds. At
5:30 p.m. Friday, the McHughs brought dinner and Marcy showed them
her breathing for 3 minutes, 40 seconds. Saturday and Sunday she did it again. A couple of times each day for 2 to 3 minutes each, the longest running 4 minutes, 4 seconds.
The
breathing came after a week of more movement. Last
update we showed you how she can move her right hand at the wrist. January
20, while doing her range of motion exercises, I felt her push back
a little with her left hand, not enough to be visible, but there
was movement where before there had been none. January
22 Darcy saw her first move her left arm at the elbow – again
very, very slight, but visible movement. January 25 she moved her left shoulder in a very visible way.
It's not as exciting to watch as the breathing movie, but you can click here to see the movie of her shoulder moving. Marcy
"told" me that for the past few days God had told her
to start picking up things. She
is still doing each of these movements and each is growing a tiny
bit each time she does them. Why
Now? Many
of our friends will say that the Pennsylvania
treatments are starting to kick in. We
believe these activities are a direct answer to intensified prayer. After
seeing Gainesville Georgia pastor Jentezen
Franklin on TV speak on the power of fasting, praying, and giving,
I started a fasting program January 18. The nutshell version of
his message is that in Matthew
6 Jesus says, "When you pray . . ." "When you
give . . ." "When you fast . . ." and that when you
combine these 3 commands, powerful things happen. January
19, we wrote to 5 ministries we love, including the Georgia pastor's,
asking each to join us in prayer and fasting. January 24 our friends from Grace Church came to pray with a minister from Mozambique January
25 Jentezen Franklin (mentioned above) picked our letter to read
in front of thousands of people at a healing service in his Gainesville,
Georgia church. Vicki, a member of the congregation, called us to
tell us about it and sent us a videotape of the service. Next to
the alter you can see dozens of laundry bags filled with letters
and emails received by church as a result of Pastor Franklin's TV
appearance. All were asking for prayer for healing. The people at
that service prayed for Marcy that night and Vicki prays for us
daily. January
28 elders from Clearview
Baptist honored our request by coming to the house and praying
for Marcy and anointing her with oil (James
5:14.) If
you follow the chronology of what's been going on with Marcy above,
you'll see the "coincidences." We
realize we have done nothing to earn any of our blessings, they
are all by the grace of God. But we also believe that if we ask
not, we have not and we have been asking a lot more often lately. Even
if you choose to give the glory to the medicine, those administering
the medicine give the glory to God. Please
continue to pray for us. We are convinced that is what is bringing
Marcy back. Even if the medicine is the "how," prayer
is "why." The
Book
Respite I mentioned
in our 1/23 column
that Michele and her angels stayed with Marcy for a couple of hours
while I went out to play Laser Chase with the kids. Michele has come every Thursday afternoon since 1/15, giving me a little time to get to know the kids better. This
has been and continues to be a huge blessing for me. It also gives
Marcy a break from me for a little while. She enjoys talking with
Michele. Old
News We mentioned in passing in our last email that the Golf Tournament in October was successful and raised money for the Pennsylvania treatments.
1/30/04 Teach someone how to fish - give lessons of interest to a family in need. 1/23/04 Godliness motivates gift of cleanliness - help someone get organized. 1/16/04 Pharmacist puts care in health care - go an extra mile for someone in need. 1/9/04 A kick in the right place - gather your team to show some Spirit.
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Specific
Prayer Request At the risk of sounding greedy, and we ask with thanksgiving for all we have already received, our specific prayer request right now is that Marcy sees even more strength - in her neck to support her head, in her hands and arms, and in her lungs to be able to talk again. We continue to thank God each and every day for your prayer and care. Rob
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