Robert Beach of Queen City, Texas

From Scripture…
“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God. And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, [and] glory in thy praise. And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified.”

I asked the prayer circle to pray for my Dad, Robert Beach of Queen City Texas,.. I asked because I didn’t know how or what to pray for him, for a stranger I can pray but this close to home I didn’t know how to ask God without feeling selfish, but I knew that the prayer circle was faithful. “When Jesus heard [that], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.”

How easy it is to listen to the voice of the father of lies and deny God the glory that is his due! Let me explain! Shortly after changing doctors, my Dad’s new physician who treats him for chronic pain due to years of abuse and hard work, complicated by degenerative joint disease in its advancing stage; the doctor began a thorough study of my Dads medical records and history. He noticed that my Dad’s White blood cell counts started becoming elevated in 2002 and were at present around 100% higher than normal. After a few examinations and further testing he told my parents that my Dad has advanced Leukemia. He was scheduled to meet with a Hematologist this week in order to pinpoint the exact type of Leukemia he has and get a better idea of his prognosis.

I couldn’t, and in fact I didn’t pray for my Dad until more than a week after I had asked you to pray for him. Sounds bad, I know but I know my Dad,… He would not have elected for any kind of treatment to prolong his life. The chronic pain he suffers from is such that he has not been able to sleep lying down in a bed for more than six years or to sleep more than a few (2 or 3) hours at anytime. He could only sleep sitting up in his recliner and from being in that position so much of the time for so many years his body has come to be shaped like that chair, he couldn’t straighten up anymore and walk erect, he walked only with a bad stoop bent over like a hunchback! Yet somehow I didn’t feel right accepting his impending demise and I didn’t feel right asking God only to make it (his end) as painless as possible,… selfishly I wanted him to live longer….. ’my bad! When I finally prayed for my Dad my prayer was a simple one. All I said was “Father, let Thy will be done”!

Our God is Great and greatly to be praised! Monday this week Dad had his appointment with the specialist who came back and told him that there IS NO LEUEKIA! His White blood cell count is text book normal and “she” has no explanation for why it had ever been elevated seeing as how he has no signs of infection whatsoever!

How easy it is to rob God of his praise and glory by saying to ourself, “Well, the first doctor must have been mistaken!” THAT IS NOTHING BUT A LIE WHISPERED BY THE FATHER OF LIES!

Here is the rest of the story! On Tuesday I talked with my Mom who told me that Dad was asleep right now. Then she said, “can you believe it,… two weeks ago Dad came and laid down in my bed and actually slept there all night! He’s been sleeping next to me every night since! It’s the first time that Dad has slept next to me in over six years!”

THAT my friend IS the Hand of God, Jehova Jihra, the Great Healer! Prayer Circle, thank you for your prayers! When I didn’t know how to pray YOU prayed for healing! Please join me in raising an offering of Praise and Thanksgiving to our Lord and let the devil know that he has lost yet another victory!

Your friend,
James Beach