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S REPORT, ·DECEMBER 16, 1983
A few weeks ago you sent me a prayer cloth and I placed it, in
prayer, on my leg that was starting to hurt so much (I had bone
cancer). Almost at once the pain went away and I do thank God
because I feel it was healed at that moment. The bone scans show
no tumors there now. Now across my lower back and into my hips
the hurting is quite severe and I am not able to walk well at all.
So again I come humbly to you asking for your prayers and I'd like
a prayer cloth again.
L • S. (Kirksvi11e, MO)
Our minister has been telling us of many recent healings in God's
Church. So, I have another one to add to your list--not a sensa
tional one--but very important to me.
During the Feast a year ago, the middle finger on my right hand
began hurting for no apparent reason. All the weeks since then
it kept getting worse and I kept bumping it on everything and it
became extremely painful. Then my husband became alarmed saying
it was a bone felon. His father had had one years ago and nearly
lost his finger. It seemed like such a small ailment compared to
other people's problems that I hesitated to be anointed for it,
but in January I finally asked the minister if he would. He did
and already the pain is gone. New skin has formed and as soon as
my nail grows out, my finger will be as good as new. God surely
takes care of even small, annoying problems.
V.M. (Canton, OH)
I had a very bad habit of smoking. I had tried many times and in
many ways to stop but was never able to succeed. Last summer, I
talked to the minister about it but the more I tried to quit the
more I smoked. So I went to the doctor who put me on a gradual
decrease in nicotine by cutting back on the number I smoked each
day, but that didn't seem to be getting me anywhere either. I
found I could not even go to Sabbath services because of the
guilt and unworthiness I was feeling.
I then went to the booklet THE PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT HEALING and saw
that I was not looking to God but to man (the doctor) for the
healing I needed to quit smoking. And so, as of 5:15 a.m. one
morning, I smoked my last cigarette and this time I'm sure it's
the real thing, as I
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m in no way distressed about it physically
or emotionally, the way the doctor said I'd be. I thank God and
will always remember this lesson I've learned about faith in
God
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s promises.
ON THE WORLD SCENE
E.M. (Gardiner, ME)
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
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