Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer

 (Romans 12:12)

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In hospital with COVID. On lots of oxygen.

Will get plasma, cocktail of meds.

Maybe a ventilator. You have medical directive. Pray.

Message to my son on November 20^th, 2020.

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Due to prior lung disease/damage from autoimmune disease and a compromised immune system, the odds were not in my favor to avoid a ventilator or even total respiratory failure and death. The ER doctor said I was almost too late; I could not inhale. He asked if they had permission for chest compression and a ventilator if needed. I nodded permission. The message was sent to my son after I was taken to the COVID wing.

You have medical directive.

But truly, the medical directive was in God’s hands.

I knew, by faith, that if It was His Will for me to live and not be vented, then this would be the medical decision. I prayed and asked for prayers. The prayers of many were heard, from people I did not even know, and I beat the odds through His grace.

¹⁴ And this is the confidence which we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His Will He hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask we know that we have obtained the requests made of Him. (I John 5:14-15)

AMEN and AMEN.

 During the darkest of days, His Light is always there.

                     Seek the Lord and His strength,seek His presence continually! (I Chronicles 16:11)

These words still speak to us today.

There are those in our church family going through serious health struggles, confronting the unknown. All of us have struggles to deal with daily. God knows our concerns, our heartaches, our trials. He can remove them instantly. Yet, we are to seek Him. The sacrifice by Jesus opened a pathway for us to reach God. Prayer is the direct communication to seek His strength, His presence, His mercy, and His grace.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Philippians 4:6)

LET US PRAY TO HIM ON BEHALF OF EACH OTHER.

²⁰ Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, ²¹ to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21)

 (Sharon G. Tate blog 01/17/21) teacherforjesus.com  Meditations on God’s Word