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Breakthrough : the miraculous true story of a mother's faith and her child's resurrection / by Joyce Smith with Ginger Kolbaba.

by Smith, Joyce (Author at FaithWords (Firm)) author., Kolbaba, Ginger, author.

New York : FaithWords, 2019.

vi, 249, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

First trade paperback edition.

Foreword / by John Smith -- A bad feeling -- On thin ice -- A race to the hospital -- A mother's prayer -- The most beautiful sound in the world -- A heartbeat-- but nothing else -- "I've heard enough!" -- We will only speak life -- Angels standing guard -- The longest night -- "I was wrong" -- A thumb-up day -- Protecting peace -- A bad, no-good, rotten, lousy day -- A surprise visit to the ER -- Exchanging fear for faith -- Letting vengeance go -- The limits of modern medicine -- Clutching a safe hand -- A stunning discovery -- Up and not quite running -- Get me out of her! -- Why him? -- "There's science and there's God. This is God." -- Epilogue -- Afterword by Pastor Jason Noble -- Appendix A: Clinging to scripture -- Appendix B: Dr. Sutterer's letter.

The impossible true story about the powerful impact of prayer that inspired the major motion picture starring Chrissy Metz, Topher Grace, Dennis Haysbert, and Josh Lucas.

Through the years and the struggles, when life seemed more about hurt and loss than hope and mercy, God was positioning the Smiths for something extraordinary--the death and resurrection of their son. When Joyce Smith's fourteen-year-old son John fell through an icy Missouri lake one winter morning, she and her family had seemingly lost everything. At the hospital, John lay lifeless for more than sixty minutes. But Joyce was not ready to give up on her son. She mustered all her faith and strength into one force and cried out to God in a loud voice to save him. Miraculously, her son's heart immediately started beating again. In the coming days, John would defy every expert, every case history, and every scientific prediction. Sixteen days after falling through the ice and being clinically dead for an hour, he walked out of the hospital under his own power, completely healed. Breakthrough is about a profound truth: prayer really does work. God uses it to remind us that He is always with us, and when we combine it with unshakable faith, nothing is impossible.

Previously published as The Impossible.

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