Body of Christ,
Deanna and I, as well as our girls are overwhelmed and blessed at your prayer support!!! Thanks so much for this. Thank you Bart for fighting along side us!
We have reason to Praise our Lord tonight! After undergoing 2 more procedures today...one to replace his breathing tube, and one to drain fluid from his abdomen, BJ's oxygen saturation (the primary indicator of how all combined elements are working to get oxygen into his blood) levels have climbed into the 90's!!! His Doctors told us we would not see this until his lungs were clearing. While there is no evidence yet of clear lungs, we believe the Father has blessed him through the support of all your prayers...a sweet incense rising to heaven. Thank you Lord Jesus! Thank you believers! Your unity has to be blessing our Father in heaven.
We know there will be many more obstacles to come, but we are encouraged tonight, and claiming victory, in Jesus Name!!!!
You have blessed us deeply.
BJ's dad
posted by Pray for BJ @ 7:33 PM
69 comments
69 Comments:
That is great news to hear
Still Praying
Jonathan
Praise Jesus! Love to you all from the camp. We think of you everyday and our hearts are in prayer for you every minute. We love and miss you all. If there's
anything we can do for you please don't hesitate to ask.
Praise the Lord!! God is good!
That's great news! Praying always,
James Ma
Hey BJ,
I know that they read these to you so your ugly and your mother dresses you funny, i can barely sit through a class period without prying for you or thinking about how your doing. we all really miss you and Patty,Laura and Heather all wore Pray for Bj shirts that were just great because everyone would ask who you were and what it was about i ask people all the time for updates because i dont have regular computer access, i think im starting to get annoying so get better as soon as possible we all love ya and are prayin for ya later
Erica
Praise the Lord!
BJ--
Monrovia just isn't the same without you. We miss you here at the camp and we're anxiously awaiting your arrival home. Even though Jan keeps telling us to go and sit in the truck,(camp joke)) we are on our knees praying for you. We love you lots. Brent and Deanna .... our hearts are with you. We pray that the Lord will continue to give you an incredible peace that comes from Him.
Love,
The Christys
Brian, Gay, Nicole and Taylor
Hi, I'm from Singapore (a tiny island country in South East Asia). I am on MercyMe's mailing list and got an Urgent Prayer reqeust from Bart.
A good friend of mine (who live in the States) just returned from a Peru Mission trip recently ... I wonder if BJ was 1 of those who was there together with my friend as well. Hence when I read Bart's note, I felt I had to pray along for BJ.
I will pray for BJ miraculous healing! By the stripes of Jesus, who took on all our infirmities, BJ will be healed!
BJ, fight a good fight! Don't let up!
Love from afar, Singapore.
Brent, Deanna, & girls,
It is great to hear the news. Hasn't it been amazing the response of everyone around the nation & world? My girls are really learning the power of prayer through this experience. BJ has been a huge inspiration to all of us, young and old. He has a maturity beyond his years. You both should be very proud of him. We will keep praying for a full recovery, no more setbacks or complications. God is working a miracle for us. We are very thankful. Please let me know if you need anything.
Nancy
Thank you Jeff Cross and Danny DiSalvo for providing a way for so many of us to SEE the prayers we felt were out there for BJ.
All of you Higgins are in our hearts and in our prayers constantly.
Thanks for the encouraging news tonight!
Praying for a miracle of complete recovery. Louisville,Ky
Just heard about BJ here in Paris, TX. on our FBC e-mail prayer group. He is in my prayers as are you in his family. Cindy
Just wanted you to know that our church in Sullivan IN has been praying for you & your family through everything. How wonderful it is to hear how God is hearing those prayers!
May our Lord be praised! For through a situation that seems so bleak, He has drawn His body together! My youth group in San Antonio, TX, interceded on B.J.'s behalf tonight. Rest assured that we are praying without ceasing for him, his family, and his friends.
Katie Vaughn
The Pearsons, Phil & Martha are among the many who are praying for you,BJ. We love you & your whole family, even though we haven't really gotten to know you and your sisters very well. We've heard enough to know how much you all love & serve our Lord Jesus Christ from your Grandmother Higgins.
We praise the Lord for the good report today. God is so good & faithful. We believe with many others that you will be able again to work for the enlargement of His Kingdom.
love & prayers,
The Pearsons, Marion IN
Praise the Lord!!! BJ your an amazing young man with a heart of gold. Know that I am praying for you continually.
We all Love you!!
Candace
my husband jim and i have been blessed by mercyme and their posting of pray for jim since being diagnosed w/ leukemia and being here at MD Anderson. it is amazing how powerful God's people are when we band together in prayer. we too are praying for you BJ, and you the parents and family. God is in the healing business and giving up hope is NOT an option. you are in our prayers. in Christ's endless love,
jim and melanie martin (louisiana)
Debbie and I are praying for BJ and the family every day and our church Joy Baptist has BJ on our weekly prayer list. We are excited to hear such great news.
In God's love, Eric and Debbie Huffine
BJ,
I know that when you recover, you will be blessed by the fact that so many of God's people are praying for you! You have an extended family here at IWU, and we are praying for you! I set an alarm in Outlook so that I would regularly pray for you throughout the day.
Rest now and gain your strength. God is going to do great things through you!
To Him Who is able to keep you from falling, We Praise His Holy Name!
LA (Marion, Indiana)
I've known BJ for a few years now and have actually only met him in person once. We started talking online by way of a mutual friend. We may not know each other too well, but I know for a fact that God is glorified in BJ's life and will continue to be, however He chooses to work. I prayed for him before and through Peru and I'm praying for him still.
Amanda of Evansville
hey you don't know me but i am really good friends with tara case, she went to peru with BJ, i just wanted to say you are in my prayers and thoughts! i will continue to pray and believe that god will work wonders in this situation. i pray for him everyday and even though you or BJ don't know me.
He still moves stones,
Julie Burden
Dear Family in Christ,
I have heard news from Bart about Bj. I am in continuous prayer for Bj and your family. I have a good friend going through a sickness as serious as this. I just encourage you to continually seek God through this. It must be so incredibly hard to go through this, espeacially went to serve God in Peru. Bless you Bj for your service to God. I understand what it is like to get sick after going to a foreign place. I got sick after I got back from Africa, God healed me and I believe God will heal your body. Jeremiah 29:11 says "For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper and to grow you, plans to give you a future and a hope." This was and is God's will for your life right now! I again will continue to pray for you!
Hannah
Dallas, Tx
We want you to know that we are praying for you as well. Our church in Nowata, OK is praying daily for BJ and family. This is Suzanne's home church. She is praying daily as well and looks forward to more good news. God is for us, who can be against?
Rex Roberts
Suzanne's Dad
Higgins-
This is aweomse news. I have been praying for your family everyday.
God bless,
Alison
That's such amazing news!! Everyone in Carmel is praying like crazy!! I'm praying all the time. I think of you guys all the time, and I know things are going to be ok. Brent's an amazing guy and I can't wait till he's up and moving so I can come see him and the rest of you, seeing as its been almost a year! Praying, Sara
You are in my thoughts and prayers BJ. I will continue to lift you and your family up in prayer. Our God is a mighty God!
Thymn in Milwaukee
Many of us here in Oklahoma praying for BJ. God has touched our lives through him.
Praying for you.
Hey!
I have been blessed to have gone to Peru these past two summers with BJ. He is an incredible man of God and I know God is at work in him right now. I have been praying for BJ, you (his family), and for guidance on behalf of the doctors and nurses since I found out he was sick.
"How amazing are the deeds of the Lord! All who delight in him should ponder them. Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails." -- Ps. 111:2-3
We may not understand God's ways, but that does not make His ways any less perfect. Continue to trust in Him as you have been. I see amazing faith and love for the Lord in this family. BJ is truly blessed.
So glad to hear that BJ is doing a little better! Praying for all of you!
Ashley Dawn
BJ, Brent, Deanna, Lauren, and Whitney! Hey guys! I love and miss yall! I have been praying for yall constantly, everyday. I know that whatever the outcome--for BJ it is a win-win situation. Either he gets to continue doing God's will, or he gets to home to be with God! I just pray that God's will be done! I will be checking this website daily! I am praying for him, my family, my BCM, and he is on my grandparents prayer list that goes to prayer warrior friends of theirs all over the world! I love yall like family, and miss yall tremendously! Love Always --n-- CHRIST Karen Fielder
I for one believe in faith and miracles. Your family and especially BJ are in my thoughts and prayers.Take care and GOD bless.Never give up and always believe. I DO!!!!!!!!!!
Higgins...
You are in my thoughts and prayers constantly throughout each day. I am praying for God's will and for His name to be exalted... which by coming to this site more than proves that in deed He is being exalted!!! Brayden prays each night before he goes to bed and he also is praying each day for BJ. We love you all so dearly
Kelly Manning
Praise God! BJ, I am still in prayer for you constantly. I am ready to see you completely healed! I miss you buddy and I can't wait for you to be well so that I can talk to you again. You have tons of prayer warriors on your side. This is a battle that will be won. Don't ever give up. No reserves. No retreats. No regrets. I love you bro!
Love In Christ,
Heather
Just to let you know, First Baptist Church of Lynn Haven is praying for you. Now that I'm in Pensacola, Hillcrest Baptist Church is also praying for you... Half my family and most of my friends are praying for all the Higgins....
I love all of y'all... y'all were like family during the summer... I'm praying for y'all! Get well soon BJ!!
My friend emily told me all about B.j. So far I've been praying for him and I promise I will put in a little prayer note on my website, and be sure of that.
OperaGhost
BJ,
Hey buddy. My church here in Muncie as well as the Ball State campus are praying for you. I just wanted to let you know what an inspriation you are to me, my friends, and even complete strangers. There are amazing things going on here and around the world. God is working miracles in and through you. God bless you BJ, we love you!!
Jessica Inman
I have been praying for BJ and I am very glad to hear your good news. I am a Pediatric ICU nurse in Florida so I truly understand the severity of your sons illness. Praise God for the true miracle He is working!!!! Prayer does work!!!!
Dear Higgins Family,
I just heard about your site tonight. My husband and I live with troubled teens at a Christian behavior treatment facility in Valparaiso, IN. We are all praying hard for your recovery. My four children will see this site tomorrow and learn, again, how awesome God's power is through prayer. May He carry you through this tough time safely.
-Because of Jesus, The Baldwin Family
Hello and blessings to the Higgins family!
This is the first night I've been aware of your son's condition. As I read I get a lump in my throat--I'm so sorry for what you're going through except that God will use it for His glory!
We have a little friend Emily who was on the Ecmo machine one December, with various infections including pneumonia and mono following a kidney transplant--had some close calls, but she came through astonishingly well, gradually. I don't mean to assure artificial hope but sometimes it's encouraging to hear of similar situations with good outcome. Within a few days of her coming off of the machine they had her going through physical therapy at home--on a bicycle somehow! Again, not to give you false hope, but it is amazing what God can do.
They were attending a different church, and we had been relaying the prayer requests through our church--it was amazing how every time they met someone from our church by many "coincidences," those various church friends they met knew Emily via prayer. They had been keeping her in prayer all that month, keeping up on posts. I'm sure it was a great encouragement and testimony to their family.
I'm glad that you have people the world over who are moved to prayer for your son. Maybe someday you'll find that so many people you meet will already know your son BJ this way, too. We will definitely be praying for you and for his quick thorough recovery! And that God is glorified through it all.
In Christ, the Abbotts
hi...i'm from the philippines and i really do not know bj but since we are one in the body of Christ, i felt the need to pray for a brother. God is a God who heals all our diseases. God loves you BJ. Keep up the faith.
-christine estabillo-
christinefaye@yahoo.com
God has an anointing on BJ's life. The greater the anointing - the greater the attack. But God is bigger, stronger and His is faithful. I pray that God will speak to BJ and when he awakes, you will know that he has been with God.
Katie in Germany
Higgins family,
Wanted to let you know we are continually praying for all of you and praising God for BJ's progress.
Cindy Imhoff and family
Hi everyone!! We miss you so much and are so thankful yesterday went so well. I just heard last night of about 6,000 more people praying! it is so amazing. The kiddos are always asking and praying. They prayed last night that Uncle Brent and Aunt Deanna would not cry and God would tell them BJ was going to be fine! We are making T-shirts today and I wrote "tatoos" on their arms yesterday. You are always in our thoughts and prayers. BJ, we can't wait to hug you and Joshua wants to play star wars again with you! I will be thinking of you all day
Love Lynae
you seem like such an amazing man of christ, Brent.. i have heard so much about you from all my friends.. keep on fightin the good fight.. may God bless you and your family and bring them comfort!!
--Alyssa
That is great news! We'll keep the prayers coming from our end of the state. God Bless you all!
A Southern Indiana Hoosier!
I am encouraged to hear that the procedures yesterday went well. You all are constantly in my thoughts and prayers.
Yesterday I called Katya again in Russia to encourage her in the wake of her father's death a week and a half ago. We talked for a while and then I interrupted the conversation to warn her that my time was running out on my calling card. She immediately said, "Tell me how BJ is doing." I gave a brief update. She then urged me, "Be sure to give my love to Brent and Deanna and the girls and let them know that I am praying for them and BJ here in Vladimir, Russia." You remember her beautiful prayer in Russian for all the Higgins family when she visited your house on July 4th. Well, that prayer is continuing as she lifts you all to the Lord and asks others in her home group and in the Christian Evangelical Wesleyan Church of Vladimir to pray as well.
I will see you all tonight when Lisa and I come down to pick up Ethel.
Until then, my love and prayers are with you,
Becky
Praise The Lord!
Please Father, continue your good work, and with your mighty hand heal B.J.!!!
I lift B.J. and his family up to you in prayer Lord, may you surround them with your powerful love! Amen!
Love in Christ,
Mischel
B.J. and family, You are all in my prayers. Scott is a good friend from Panama City and passed on this site. May God lift you up through this battle. I pray for healing and simple encouragement for each day. Katherine
Praise God for the good news! We are continuing to pray for you. My 1st grade class made cards for BJ yesterday, so hopefully, you'll be getting them soon. :)
Love you all,
Jessica Youmans (and Todd & Andrew)
My prayers will be with each of you as you walk through this valley. God does not make mistakes and I know that He will be glorified through this.
Without the valleys the mountain top would not feel like such a blessing!!
BJ - I will be praying an extra special prayer not only for your healing but for your encouragement!!
I understand how you must feel... I almost died when I was 15 yrs old; I spent 3 weeks in the hospital and I was told that I should have died 3 days before I went in.
The Lord carried me through and I am just as healthy now as I was before I got sick!! Our God is an Almighty God and He will carry you through this rough time!!
My Love and Prayers will be with you Always,
-Tiffany Brooks
(ILuvGCC@hotmail.com)
To BJ and the rest of the Higgins family,
This cry out for prayer from Bart's e-mail has touched my heart. I want you all to know that our family's prayers are with you and it sounds as if the Lord is responding!!! Praise God!!! BJ, you are truly a blessing with your service to the Lord!!
In his service,
The McHugh's
So amazing. I am overjoyed at this news! Keep the faith, guys! I am just absolutely astonished at this unification that is occurring as a result of this...wow. I've never seen anything like this.
Love-
Bonnie (Wes' sister) :)
We are praising our God with you. Our prayers for BJ and all of you are offered to our Lord for you often.
Sounds like God is keeping his promises. He said that if two or more gather together in His name that He will be with them. He also said that if we ask we shall receive. I believe that BJ is receiving. I just got the note from Bart today through my email. I feel honored to pray for such a beautiful child of God!
God bless you all!
Your sister in Christ,
Christy Hill
We are praying for BJ this morning in Colorado as we just got an email.
BJ,
We heard about you from a scrapbooker on twopeasinabucket.com. My son, Sammy, is a frequent visitor to St. Vincent Children's Hospital, and he knows many of your doctors. My Sammy is two years old, and just like you, he's a servant of the Lord.
Almost one year ago, Sammy was in the St. V's PICU, and no one thought that he would survive. He surprised EVERYONE, and you will too.
All of the PICU doctors are very good doctors, and they care very deeply about each one of their patients. It may be scary for you right now, but you are in good hands.
May the Lord strengthen you and hold you in the shelter of His wing. May your family feel the peace and comfort of knowing the the Lord is in COMPLETE control.
We will keep you in our prayers for a complete and miraculous recovery.
Morning Jesus,
I have some friends
That need Your help,
Their son and brother's real sick.
I'm sure that you've heard
Many prayers for him
We're counting on you for the fix.
BJ has yielded
His life up for you,
In return, he's asked for naught,
With a broken spirit,
And a contrite heart
Your will with great zeal he has sought.
This side of heaven
We struggle to see
Why such trials befall one like him.
We're reminded of Job
At the end of the day,
How Your blessings overflowed to the brim.
As soveriegn God
You choose his fate,
Romans tells us it's all for good.
We ask in our flesh
And selfishness,
Please spare him for us if You would.
There are so many things
That BJ can do,
To spread the good news of Your Name.
Deliver him now
From this awful disease,
You know he'll bring You all the fame.
Just one more thing,
I ask of you, Lord.
Mom, Dad and the girls need you, too.
They've spent so much strength
In a draining place,
Help them to draw what they need right from You.
Help them to feel
Your presence so near,
And help us to know what to say,
To calm their fears,
Their worries soothe,
All this in Your Sweet Name I pray.
Amen
praying for your son in Midland MI
liz
read about you on our scrapbooker forum, of all things!
Familia de BJ estamos orando mucho por la salud de BJ creemos que Dios es un Dios de maravillas y el nunca hace algo a medias, el siempre lo hace completo y perfecto. seguimos orando y estamos muy cerca de ustedes. Dios les Bendiga:
Tito Sevilla. Pastor en el Peru
I just got Bart's message this morning to pray. You have new prayer warriors daily!
Hello all,
This is a nice way to keep updated on BJ......obviously God is working!
Ron and I are planning to stop Sat. after we see Mary.
Talk to you then.
your cousin,
Vee Ann
You are in my prayers!! God is good, and he will never let us fall.
We are praying for you in Sulphur Springs, Texas.....
I am so glad to hear BJ is improving. I will pray faithfully for a speedy and total recovery. May God continue to bless each and everyone of you.
Love & prayers,
Goldie
We prayed for BJ at our prayer meeting Tuesday night at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Liberty, MO and continue to pray continually for God's glory to be revealed through the healing of BJ. We heard about BJ through the Leaf family.
Remember that you are in HIS grip!
Brad Daniel (Michael and Sarah's youth pastor)
BJ:
So many are lifting up prayers on your behalf not just in Mooresville but on prayer teams all around the world. One thing we know is God never runs short on miracles! Rest now for you have a lot to do with your life for the Lord.
In Christ.
Still praying and spreading the request to others. PTL for the continuing good news. Phil & Martha
Praying for you from Commiskey, IN
The Posey Family
Praise the Lord! We are sooooo glad to hear today's report on BJ.
We love and miss you all very much.
We will continue to pray. If we can help you in any way (other than praying) please let us know. Hope to see you soon.
Love in Christ!
Mark & Brenda Curtis
Post a Comment
<< Home