Desiree let the Word of God heal and strengthen her body. She continued to worship Him, but the one thing she refused to do was look in the mirror.
“Desiree,” a nurse said to her one day, “you’ve got to look at your face in the mirror and accept the fact that you’re a burn victim with scars.”
“No!” Desiree said.
“We’re believing God for a miracle!”
Mel pointed to a picture of Desiree on the wall. “This is how God made you, Dezi! Never forget that we’re standing on Proverbs 4:20-22, ‘[My words] are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh’” ("NKJV").
Faith for a Miracle
The day her mother was cleared to visit, she stepped into the room and found her daughter singing in the spirit. She looked at Desiree with wide eyes and said, “I have to have this!” In the moments that followed, Desiree led her mother to the Lord and into the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Then they both sang in the tongues of men and angels.
Doctors and nurses watched in awe as Desiree’s face miraculously grew back—with no evidence of scarring. Ten days after she’d been admitted to the hospital, fighting for her life, she was discharged. The doctor told her, “Desiree, it was your faith in God that did this.”
News of Desiree’s miracle swept the nation. She was interviewed on "The 700 Club," "Women’s Aglow" and "The Phil Donahue Show." Hundreds of people responded to her miracle testimony, with many sending her gifts of stuffed animals. When the stuffed animals kept coming, Desiree ended up taking them along when she visited area hospitals where she would pray for the sick. Mel, who was an anointed psalmist, would sometimes go along and minister to people in song. Together, the two saw many people miraculously healed.
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