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When I was holding a meeting in one church, a woman suddenly stood up in the audience and challenged me. I had been telling them that God would do anything for them if they would let Him.

She said, "Brother Norvel, you've been telling us for two or three days how much the Lord loves us and that God would do anything for us. What about our situation? My husband and I have a 17-year-old daughter who we love with all our hearts. About six months ago she just walked off from the house one day and never came back.

"Brother Norvel, I've prayed and prayed and prayed. Doesn't God know where she is?"

I said, "Absolutely."

"Will He show me where she is?"

I said, "Sure, He'll show you where she is."

"Well, as I've been sitting here listening to you, I'm beginning to see something I've never seen before. I feel like God requires something of me other than what I've been doing."

"Well," I said, "your faith can bring her in. You can speak her back into existence, back into your presence. I'll teach you how to do it if you want me to."

"I'll do anything you say," she answered. "Just tell me what to do, and I'll do it."

"OK. Jesus said in Mark 11:23, 'For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.'

"Now, according to James 4:2-3, you have not because you ask not; and when you ask and receive not, it's because you ask amiss.

"I can imagine how the devil has treated you—how he has thrown darts of doubt into your mind about your daughter. He's probably told you over and over that she's been kidnapped and killed. He's probably told you all kinds of things."

She said, "Yes, he has. Sometimes I think she will call; then I'll begin to doubt and start thinking she's dead."

"Well, you can speak her back into your presence if you'll believe that those things which you say will come to pass. You can do it because this scripture says you can—and it's the truth. God can't lie."

"I'll pray with you; then I want you to say this every day: 'Thank You, Jesus, for showing me where my daughter is. Thank You, Jesus, for having her contact me.'

"Don't ever say anything else. Just keep it up every day. Keep firing down that same line. Then God will move on her heart. He'll have her get in touch with you. Your faith in His Word will cause her to do this. Her soul can be rescued through your faith."

She said, "OK, I'll do it."

By Faith And Patience
A few months later, I was back there ministering, and that same lady stood up and said:

"You know what you told me, Brother Norvel, that if my faith didn't waver, the Lord would move on my daughter? Sometimes I would do that day after day after day. The devil tried to tell me it wouldn't work, that it was too simple, that my daughter was dead. But I wouldn't listen to him.

"Every time I got to the point where I was about to doubt, the Lord would remind me of what you told me. Those words would ring in my head and I would say, 'No! I'm not going to doubt! I'm not going to doubt!'

"Then one day the phone rang, and it was my daughter on the phone! Not only that, but she was under conviction and crying. We drove over, picked her up, and brought her here to church. She gave her life to the Lord and Jesus baptized her in the Holy Ghost. She's sitting right over there."

When she told me that story, I was really blessed; but God added a bonus—a supernatural bonus. The Spirit of the Lord came on that young girl. She got out of her seat and walked very slowly up to me. She put her arms around my neck and just held on.

The Spirit of God was all over her. For about ten minutes, we just stood there together, weeping.

You know, all the money in the world can't buy that experience from me. It was glorious—an experience I will never forget.

Remember this when you need something from the Lord for a loved one: your faith confessions can deliver them from whatever they're caught up in.

Don't ever give up, and stand on what the Word says. You can help bring your loved one back!

Source: How To Get Your Prayers Answered by Norvel Hayes.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers

Author Biography

Norvel Hayes
Web site: Norvel Hayes Ministries
 
Norvel Hayes is a successful businessman, internationally renowned Bible teacher, and founder of several Christian ministries in the United States and abroad.
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