Book cover for Breakthrough: The Miraculous True Story of a Mother's Faith and Her Child's Resurrection by Joyce Smith and Ginger Kolbaba

Breakthrough

The Miraculous True Story of a Mother's Faith and Her Child's Resurrection

2017 Released
256 Pages
5-6 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
FaithWordsISBN 9781478976943

The Impossible reveals prayer's immediate and powerful impact through the true account of a family whose son died and was miraculously resurrected.

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.

The Impossible 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.

Joyce Smith

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Ginger Kolbaba

Ginger Kolbaba is an accomplished author who has written or contributed to more than twenty books. She is the former editor of the award-winning Today's Christian Woman, Marriage Partnership, and Kyria.com publications of Christianity Today. She's also appeared in national venues, such as CNN Headline News, Chicago Sun-Times, Family Life Radio, and Moody's Midday Connection. Visit her at GingerKolbaba.com.

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