Page 168 - Unseen Hands by Nona Freeman

Unseen Hands
mal eyes.
After my husband brought a tremendous sermon on
the unlimited power of God, my turn came to preach. Doubts about my topic disappeared as the message flowed with the Spirit. I became convinced more than ever that our approach to serving the Lord is often backwards, and I presented this message to the people. We often wait imtil we receive healing or protection or the solution to a problem before we praise the Lord. Instead, we need to praise Him first—ior the sickness, for the danger, and for the problem—offering a sacrifice of praise in the midst of trials.
For many years, I did not realize that the word for carried vfith it such explicit instructions. Understanding that these precious people had gone through life-changing upheavals and could face many more situations fraught with danger and uncertainty, I realized that the Lord had put a special weapon into their hands to help them or anyone else who obeys the biblical admonition to give "thanks always for all things."
Yakob, a policeman, tried every avenue of medical resources, ancient and modern, without relief. Even prayer did not remove the agony from his stomach. Tekle called on the saints to join him in fasting and prayer for Yakob's healing. Shortly afterward Yakob passed a hairy creature the size of a large frog. He kept the parasite pickledin a bottle for a long time and witnessed constantly of the limitless power of Jesus.
Disgusted with his witnessing, his boss transferred him to Aleta-Wondo and loaded him with duties. This did not hinder him. He paid the transportation costs to bring his first converts to A wasa for baptism. He won Zerihune
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