Dr. Sharon R. Johnson

Mark 11:24 What things so ever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.

I received a phone call one stormy December night from one of my friends. She was calling to ask if I would go to the Cleveland Clinic to pray for one of her girlfriend’s daughter. I knew her girlfriend and her daughter. She had been admitted to Altman Hospital in Canton, Ohio two weeks prior. At that time, they thought that she was having a nervous break down and she was also having seizures. After being there for so long and seeing no results her family took her to the Cleveland Clinic.

That night there was a blizzard and the Ohio State Highway Patrol had issued a state of emergency for all vehicles to stay off the roads. I told my friend that I would come to the hospital to pray for Delesa. I called one of my sisters in the ministry and asked if she would go with me. Although my sister was concerned about the blizzard, she agreed to go with me. My husband was worried about my safety but knew I had to go. He cautioned me and asked me to call him when we arrived.

At the hospital, most of the family waited anxiously in the waiting room, including her mother. Brian, her husband, had not left her side since the ordeal began. Delesa was in intensive care and they still had not found out what was wrong with her. The beautiful young lady that I knew was hardly recognizable. The entire front half of her head was shaved and electrical wires were attached. Machines and monitors made unfamiliar sounds in the room. We told them that we had come to pray and asked if it would be alright. They welcomed us.

I leaned over and began talking into Delesa’s ear and, to my surprise, she sat straight up, eyes rolling around and made a screeching babbling noise. Although she was sedated, her spirit was alert. I connected with her spiritually and began to read the Word of God to her and then did what the Word instructed us to do. (James 5:14-15 )I instructed Brian that when we begin to pray, that he should pray for his wife as if he were praying for himself. I anointed everyone in the room with blessed olive oil and I began to pray the prayer of Faith in the name of Jesus. The Holy Spirit entered in with healing power and might. I felt the healing virtue flowing through my hands like an electrical current as I laid hands on Delesa. Right before our eyes we saw the power of God. I told Brian that regardless of what the doctors said, just believe that she is healed.

After several diagnoses and numerous doctors, an African-American Neurosurgeon by the name of Dr. Williams, of the Cleveland Clinic, accurately diagnosed Delesa’s problem. It was Encephalitis, an infection in the brain. Soon afterwards, she walked out of one of the greatest hospitals in the world by divine intervention, healed.