Mercy Witnessed in the Flesh

Just a quick note to tell you all about Dusty. Dusty is a young man God gave me the pleasure of meeting and teaching in April of 2009. There are some people you just click with and He was indeed one of those young men. He was encouraged to come by his cousin Jeremy who is now one of the UP Bible study teachers along with Charlotte, Dusty's grandmother, and her husband Bobby.

A couple of months later Dusty was in the fight of his life. It was a long, hard struggle and Dusty almost lost this battle a couple of times. Some had given up but this family believed in the power of Almighty God and His ability to save! There were hundreds, possibly thousands of people affected by this young man's illness. Many people seriously looked to God for hope and answers.

Dusty survived and is now in the long process of recovery from the damage done to his brain during this attack on his life. He is walking and talking now with no apparent residual of injury. His reasoning and judgement is still under repair and the outcome of that is not yet known, however, we prayed for a complete recovery and God is not finished!

When we (a small group of people Dusty requested) visited last night Dusty and gained a few inches of height and breadth! He is a growing boy! But he recognized us and began to give details of knowing us. This is incredible because it shows that he can recall the past. He even recalled situations that were going on at the time. One of the girls had always admired a poster he had in his room of the cross with John 3:16. He gave it to her last night. He remembered and wanted her to have it!

He played a racing video game and his hand/eye coordination was great! He wanted us to stay until he won and thank God he finally did because he was getting tired. He asked to speak with me alone when we were about to leave. It was precious because that is what he did before. Dusty would always just ask for a minute alone to share his heart. That was such an incredible gift to me. He is healing and I am so grateful. Please continue to pray for this young man.

I would have you know that prayer was behind this healing. Prayer to an Almighty God who considers it precious when His children come to Him for a moment alone to share their heart. Whether it be a need or request or something wonderful that has happened. The sweet privilege of Dusty's confidence is only a small taste of the joy and kinship God must feel when His children come to Him. I absolutely beg you to spend some time with God in prayer today! He is the Only source of help. He is the Only power, the Only wisdom, the Only living, present, sure being Who can do anything for any of us. Any one or anything else is just either a representative of Him OR an imitation of Him. You can know the real God. Please start your relationship with Him today in prayer.

If you don't know Him and don't know what to say use this example prayer:
Dear God,
I know my life is not what it should be. I know that I have not pleased You and that I do not know You and have no right to ask for anything except that You would forgive me. (Romans 3:23"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.") I do not want to make excuses for my behavior or actions, but I want to be cleansed from my past. I am asking You to come into my life and save me from everything I've done to myself and things that have been done to me. (Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.")
I have heard about Your Son Jesus Christ, that He died to save me and I want to believe that. I want to believe I can be saved and I am asking You to do that and remove any doubt from me about Your power to save me. (Acts 2:21 "And everyone who calls upon the Name of the Lord will be saved.") I am asking You to help me from now on not to repeat these same behaviors. I want You to show me how to live because I know I can't do it alone. (2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore is anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old has gone and the new has come!") I am asking You to be Lord(manager, controller, Savior) of my life. Even if I can't keep my promises I need You, because You can. (Philipians 1:6 "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.") In Jesus' Name, Amen.

If you have prayed this prayer please contact me at the email address on this blog or contact your pastor or a friend you know that follows God. (Romans 10:9 "For if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that He rose from the grave you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified and with you mouth that you confess and are saved." Matthew 10:32 "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.") We need to get a Bible for you and to help you find a church where the word if God is taught and people can pray for you and encourage you. You have just made the best decision of your life!

To God be the glory,
Jamie