A few weeks ago, Joel S. McGraw of Huntsville, AL, had an accidental fall. He was hospitalized with several broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a damaged face and head. As my grandmother used to say, "he was all stove-up." He got pneumonia and had other complications.
Many prayers have been prayed for Joel. I have not reported it because I did not have authority from Janelle Barbee McGraw, his wife.
Janelle called me on Monday afternoon to inform me that Joel was taken off oxygen and was greatly improved. In fact, the doctor was transferring Joel to the rehabilitation center across the street from the hospital.
Janelle told me that her family had cut a 30-minute CD with Janelle's piano playing of church hymns, Scripture readings, and prayers. It was played continuously and it greatly lifted Joel's spirit and helped him to tap into his faith in God's Word for his healing.
Will you join me in praying for my treasured friend, Joel S. McGraw. He and Janelle, left their church in Flomaton, AL, to move to Huntsville in the 60s to plant Faith Chapel, a Pentecostal Holiness Church that became one of the larger churches in the Alabama Conference, now renamed Alpha Conference. Joel and I have been close friends since junior high days when we met at Youth Camp at River Springs Camp Grounds near Evergreen, AL. Joel invited me to his home to spend the night. I met his father, John McGraw, and his mother, Nita McGraw. They were outstanding parents and church people.
John McGraw was a progressive farmer and sought counsel from the Agriculture College at Auburn University. He used the modern techniques of farming. In addition, John McGraw had the gift of pastor, and was the pastor to the people of the Brownville Community. Many years later, I was assigned as the pastor of the Brownville Pentecostal Holiness Church by Leon O. Stewart, conference superintendent in 1963, the year I graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary. Melvine taught high school at the Evergreen High School. Greg was born during our pastorate in June of 1964 at the Evergreen Memorial Hospital.
It was while there, God called me to go into the Air Force as a chaplain.
Many prayers have been prayed for Joel. I have not reported it because I did not have authority from Janelle Barbee McGraw, his wife.
Janelle called me on Monday afternoon to inform me that Joel was taken off oxygen and was greatly improved. In fact, the doctor was transferring Joel to the rehabilitation center across the street from the hospital.
Janelle told me that her family had cut a 30-minute CD with Janelle's piano playing of church hymns, Scripture readings, and prayers. It was played continuously and it greatly lifted Joel's spirit and helped him to tap into his faith in God's Word for his healing.
Will you join me in praying for my treasured friend, Joel S. McGraw. He and Janelle, left their church in Flomaton, AL, to move to Huntsville in the 60s to plant Faith Chapel, a Pentecostal Holiness Church that became one of the larger churches in the Alabama Conference, now renamed Alpha Conference. Joel and I have been close friends since junior high days when we met at Youth Camp at River Springs Camp Grounds near Evergreen, AL. Joel invited me to his home to spend the night. I met his father, John McGraw, and his mother, Nita McGraw. They were outstanding parents and church people.
John McGraw was a progressive farmer and sought counsel from the Agriculture College at Auburn University. He used the modern techniques of farming. In addition, John McGraw had the gift of pastor, and was the pastor to the people of the Brownville Community. Many years later, I was assigned as the pastor of the Brownville Pentecostal Holiness Church by Leon O. Stewart, conference superintendent in 1963, the year I graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary. Melvine taught high school at the Evergreen High School. Greg was born during our pastorate in June of 1964 at the Evergreen Memorial Hospital.
It was while there, God called me to go into the Air Force as a chaplain.