About 8 years ago my youngest son was overcome with carbon monoxide poisoning at work. His fellow workers put him on a trailer while they waited for an ambulance. They said that his heart was beating so hard that it was raising his chest by inches. No-one knew what was wrong or what to do, but there was one man who knew that all he could do was pray.
After 2 hours on oxygen he finally regained conciousness and told the Dr. what was wrong with him and they checked and the Dr. said that even after that long on oxygen he still had a lethal dose and should be dead.
Anyhow, when he needed prayer most, God put someone there for him.
Well your story certainly puts a real spin on the practise - got me in tears as I have 2 boys/men and I know how grateful I would be to the man who brought your son’s plight to the Father!
That’s one of those stories that you get to repeat to glorify God. I have my own about prayer and my eldest son.
My wife Julie was 7 months pregnant. The boy was squirming and wrigling in there all the time. She called me at work and told me that some 5 hours before she had fallen and that the baby had not moved since. I rushed home and got her off to hospital ASAP. When we got there they tried to find the foetal heartbeat but could not. I could see the doctor and nurse look at each other and there glance did not look good. They ran off to get a newer piece of equipment that was a little more sensitive. I had been reading about taking authority in prayer for my family so I prayed and pointed to my wife’s belly and told my boy to kick. Instantaneously and exactly at the point where I had my finger I saw a little foot kick out. Of course the doctors came back and found the heartbeat with both devices.
So even before baptism God recognises and will look after his own.
Mel