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it is happening
surprised that his friend was still sick! So later that night Balaji
told his buddy that he needed to ask Jesus for his healing too.
It amazes me how beautifully simple the faith of these children
is. God said it, so it must be true. They memorize Scriptures, whole
psalms and chapters, as well as action songs and Bible stories.
Children learn by the example they see, and when given a
good example to follow, they will take it and run with it. This
is what happened in one GFA Bridge of Hope center in West
Bengal.
Sagen is an 8-year-old boy who lives in a poor village where
there is no electricity. Most of the people there labor in the fields
around their homes.
At the center where Sagen attends, the children frequently
see the staff praying about various matters. The staff also encourages
the children to pray for each other. They have formed prayer
groups and can be seen almost every day, whether in school or
out, praying for each other’s needs. Sagen is the leader of one
such group that has attained quite the reputation.
Sagen and several other children found out about a boy
named Santanu Malik, who had been sick for several years. He
lived in the next village over. The boy’s mother was so distressed
about his illness that she thought, If I can, I’ll go inside the earth
or I’ll go above the sky to flee from this situation.
Her son had a tumor in his brain that left him unable to walk.
Sometimes the right side of his body would twitch violently, and
he wasn’t able to eat much. Sagen and the boys visited Santanu
many times to pray for him, but nothing seemed to be happening.
Still they persisted. Then one day Santanu was suddenly healed!
He even went outside to play with his new friends.
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