My Dad: Takes a Licking But Keeps On Ticking

Twenty years ago, Mike Murdock was ministering at a church near me. I attended with some friends.

Murdock stated, “Write down on a piece of paper three prayers that you want answered by the Lord and bring them up front to me.  I will lay hands on the paper and agree with you on your prayers. God will answer your prayers.”

I did as he said. One of the prayers concerned my parents and that they would experience long lives.

Has God anwered my prayers, especially for my dad?

Since that prayer, my dad has avoided death over and over again. First, it was a burst appendix which he thought was the flu; so he continued to work for two more weeks after it happened. A just-in-time ride in an ambulance to a hospital saved his life.

Then, he fainted in a bathroom and hit his head on the side of the bathtub. Another ride to the hospital.

On my wedding day (1996), he had a heart valve replaced. And of course, this was done at the last second to save his life.

A year later, pieces of the heart valve broke off, causing clots in all of the wrong places. It just so happened that Honey and I were visiting at the time. Honey prayed for him. A miraculous recovery from the death bed.

Since that time, he’s ridden by ambulance to the hospital many times until recently he almost died from gall stones and problems with his heart regulator.

Today, my mom is 85-years old and dad is almost 88-years old. Both are still living in their own home and cooking their own meals. Dad drives the car and still does all of the shopping and chores around the house. And both are still sharp as a tack.

Dad calls me twice (or more) each week, just to hear my voice and to give his views on whatever he thinks is important. I enjoy our visits.

There have been times over the years that I have given up on that prayer of agreement, prayed with Murdock. I really believed dad was done for, but God has faithfully honored the prayer.

Again, I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. (Matthew 18:19)