A woman we had pastored in years gone by came to a meeting where we were and told us about her 39-year-old daughter. They were about to operate on her when they discovered she had a tumor. Then they also found through hospital tests that she was a diabetic. They were trying to get the diabetic condition under control when she went into a coma. Three doctors said she would never regain consciousness; she would die.
This mother said, “Will you lay your hands on this handkerchief?” I did, and we prayed. Then that mother got on a bus and rode 300 miles back to the hospital where her daughter lay unconscious. She reached under the oxygen tent and laid the handkerchief on her daughter’s chest. The minute it touched her, she revived. She was healed, born-again, filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in tongues, all in one application.
The nurses got excited and called the doctor. The doctor said, “This is wonderful that she has regained consciousness. But she must remain quiet.” He gave her a shot to quieten her down – but it never did take effect. She kept on speaking in tongues and shouting, “I’m healed, I’m healed, I’m healed.”
The next day they began to run tests. Her blood was perfect. She no longer had diabetes. Then they couldn’t find the tumor. It had disappeared. After several days they dismissed her.
This woman told my wife and me sometime later that the doctor said, “We won’t charge you anything. We didn’t do anything. A higher power than us did it.”
Kenneth E. HaginÂ