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fingers started twitching.”

They immediately moved Jeff to the Intensive
Care Unit. Three days later, Jeff woke up with
no evidence of brain or organ damage. “Once I
woke up, my daughter Jillian was there,” Jeff
says.

“That’s when she told me what had
happened.” Dr. Crandall says, “When I came in
on Monday morning, Jeff was sitting up in bed,
and I said, ‘Where were you that day when I
Continued from p. 111 thinking, ‘What are you doing? Why are prayed for you in the emergency room?’ And
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efforts, there was no response. you here?’ I stood there next to the he said, ‘I was in total darkness and I was so
corpse and I opened my mouth and disappointed.’ I said, ‘Jeff, what were you
Once Dr. Crandall decided the team these words came out: ‘Father God, I disappointed about?’ He said, ‘I was alone for
had done everything medically pos- cry out for this man’s soul. If he does eternity.’”
sible, he noted the time of death. not know you as his Lord and Saviour,
Medically Jeff was dead, but he was Father, raise him from the dead now, in Jeff recalls, “He asked me at that time if I was
still experiencing consciousness. Jesus’ Name.’” willing to accept God into my life and into my
heart and I did. I just opened my arms and
“I was standing in the back of a funeral “I remember staring at bright lights and accepted God. It was a very emotional time
home, and at that time, I determined they were swirling around,” Jeff says. and I remember crying in his arms.” Today Jeff
that I had died,” Jeff Markin says. “This “Out of those bright lights came an is back at work and gets regular check-ups
funeral home was empty and I was image and he told me that he was there with Dr. Crandall. “He still has no heart
wondering where all my friends and to look over me and make sure that problems or residual complications from his
family were.” While a nurse prepared everything was going to be fine.” brush with death,” Dr. Crandall says.
Jeff’s body for the morgue, Dr.
Crandall updated the charts. Dr. Crandall continues, “The other Jeff ponders, “Why have I been so fortunate to
doctor walked into the room and I have God shine on me? It’s been tremendous!
“As soon as my notes were completed, pointed to him and said, ‘Shock this I’ve been physically reborn. I’ve been
I walked out through the door of the man one more time.’ He looked at me spiritually reborn, and I’m just very grateful for
emergency room and I heard this Voice and said, ‘Dr. Crandall, we can’t shock God’s indescribable grace and mercy for an
say, ‘Turn around and pray for this him. He’s dead. There’s no life in him. undeserving sinner like me!”
man.’ I wanted to ignore that Voice He's gone.’ I said, ‘For me, shock him
because I said to myself, How can I one more time.’ Out of respect for me, “The day that I prayed for Jeff was a day when
pray for that man? He’s dead - he’s the other doctor went over to that dead my faith was small. It wasn’t one of my ‘big
gone! There’s no life in him. So I kept body with the defibrillator paddles, put God days’,” Dr. Crandall says. “I was in such a
on walking. The Voice came back again his paddles on the patient and shocked rush at work and I didn’t have a lot of faith
and said, ‘Turn around and pray for him. backing that prayer. But the Lord asked me to
that man.’ I stopped and thought I do it, so I honoured the Lord and prayed.
needed to honour the Lord. So I turned Immediately an instant heartbeat came That’s all we should do: All you need is just a
around at the doorway, and I walked back. Instant, perfect, regular, which spark of faith like a mustard seed. When you
back to the side of the body. we’ve never seen before. Then cry out to God and the mighty Holy Spirit, He
suddenly the patient’s abdomen will take control. Miracles are real, and they’re
“A nurse was on the other side of the started moving, he started breathing still real today!”
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