God Is Able: Praise Jesus and Pray for Mike

We pray to the God who does immeasurably more than we ask or imagine. (Ephesians 3:20) Because God is able.

The last 2 weeks, I’ve shared our journey since my husband’s heart attack on November 18. Mike’s been in critical care now for a month. Yesterday, Mike had open-heart surgery to remove the temporary heart pump and place the permanent heart pump into his lower heart below the Left Ventricle.

The surgeon explained the risks during and after surgery and possible complications. The OR nurse called my phone every 2 hours for updates during the surgery. Finally, the heart surgeon consulted with me and my family.

Praise Jesus the surgery went well. We’re so grateful.

God Is Able

But we continue to pray to our God who is able. Here are a few ways to pray:

• They are watching his blood output from the drainage tubes coming from his chest. If it keeps increasing, he may have to go back to OR to find the source, clean, and fix. We knew this possiblilty for after surgery.
• For his kidneys, they put in a dialysis line on most of these surgeries, just in case, but so far his kidneys are doing well.
• For his continued recovery in the next 2-3 weeks to get stronger.

Again, we are so thankful for all of the 1000’s of prayers, messages of concern and care, and support coming from all of you and from around the world. To God be the glory.

We trust that our Heavenly Father is with Mike, watching over him, and we’re believing for his recovery and healing.

We know the Lord WILL use this for our good and HIS GLORY. He is worthy of our praise!

God Does Immeasurably More

“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 (ESV)

Still, look at the preceding verses, Paul offers a prayer for the Ephesians:

“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV, Emphasis mine)

A thousand Hallelujahs!

The Lord Deserves the Glory

And, God is able to do all things—anything and everything.

Also, God does immeasurably more. He does far more abundantly than all we ask or think or imagine—to a greater degree and plentiful. Because God provides all His glorious riches to us.

God’s power is at work within us. When Jesus Christ reigns in our hearts, and the Holy Spirit dwells in our spirit, God’s power is alive and well inside us! 

God deserves the glory. Notice how Paul says to let God be glorified in both the church and in Christ Jesus. Giving God His deserved glory begins with us, and carries on throughout all generations and forever. 

Blessed and Merry Christmas everyone. We worship the Lamb of God who came to take away the sins of the world. Yes, God is able. But God is also “with us.”

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