Does God still answer in miraculous ways today? We’re talking about a definite, immediate, and clear answer to prayer. Read this amazing story.
By Edmond D. Macaraeg
I first became aware of Church of God publications in mid-1962. It was then being advertised in The Philippines Free Press, of which my father was a subscriber and occasional writer. Being a second year college student then in Zamboanga City, I did not have as much time to seriously read those publications, unlike the rest of my family residing then in Kabasalan, Zamboanga del Sur. But the things I heard from my father back home seemed to make good solid sense.
While in college, I was then very active in the leadership position of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. Having been born and raised as Evangelical Protestants, we were taught to be careful about publications that contradicted its teachings. Thus, I found an inner struggle trying to reconcile what I was beginning to learn as truth with what I had been previously taught. An even greater problem loomed in my mind with the possibility of making drastic changes in my life—including a change in my religious affiliation. The idea was becoming quite scary then. [click to continue…]
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The doctor told my parents that every time I experienced a convulsion my brain was being denied oxygen—a dangerous situation. So he prescribed Phenobarbital—a barbiturate drug—to prevent the convulsions. It was believed that this drug would lessen my convulsion attacks but there was also a possibility that the drug would have a lifelong negative effect on my brain. The main concern of my doctor at that time was to stop the attacks and to keep me alive.