The Answered Prayer

By Mrs. Sostina James

The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no trouble to it. Proverbs 10:22

I  am  Sostina  James  from Jodhpur and  was  a member  of  the  CNI  Church. I  retired  from  the  post  of  a  Nursing  tutor  and  was  looking  for  a  job after retirement  as  we  had a  huge bank  loan of  Rs 300,000.00 payable as interest. The  family was  under  intense pressure to repay  the  money against  our  retirement  benefit of  Rs 500,000.00  as  our  only  saving,  there  was  no  hope  and  we  reeled  into complex situation worsening  our finance  each  day.

My  son  was  seriously  taken  ill  when Pr Rawal Gill, A  pastor  from  the  Seventh- Day Adventist Church at Jodhpur  along  with  his  wife  Mrs  Sunila Gill knocked  at  our  door. As  they  were  invited  in we  had  a  season  of  prayer. Our  faith  in  the  Lord  grew  stronger as my  son  gradually  began  responding  to  medicine  and  he  was completely  healed in  a  couple  of  months. Our  meetings  continued  with  the  pastor  and  I  began  to attend  the  Church  Services  on Sabbath days.

One  Sabbath the  pastor  appealed  for  the  tithe  and  Offering  and  emphasized  the importance  of  our  faithful return of  tithe  to the  Lord. I knew  that  I  was ignorant  of  the blessings  which  the  Lord had  promised as  I began returning His  share faithfully I got  a job of  Rs  5000/-  which  was just  a  beginning. Our  family  consistently prayed  to the  Lord  to  help us come  our  of  the  debt  trap. We have spent hours  in  earnest  prayers  and  the Lord  heard  our supplication and   believe it that   the  Bank  announced waiving of  the Rs 300,000.00 interest on loan. It  was a  miracle in  our real life. This did  not  stop here after a  few  days, One  of  the  Nursing College in Jodhpur offered me  to  head  the  College  as  Principal with  a salary  of  Rs 20,000.00 along with fully furnished  accommodation.  I can never estimate what a prayer  can  do  to  humans. The Lord has certainly opened the Windows of heaven for me. I praise and glory His name.

A testimony by Mrs Sostina James, Jodhpur