December 9, 2022

God In The ICU: Stories of Prayer with Dr. Dave Walker

God in the ICU by Dr. Dave Walker

Interview with Dr. Dave Walker - God In The ICU

In this video, Dr. Chuck interviews Dr. Dave, who talks about the impact prayer makes for the sick and suffering. 

Stories of Prayer with Dr. Dave Walker

Dr. Chuck: I’m Dr. Page, the best guy to see on the worst day of your life, and we’re here at Spoonful of Courage with Dr. Dave Walker. Now Dr. Dave Walker is across the pond, he’s in sub-saharan Africa, he lives in South Africa, and he’s a writer. His book is God In The ICU and it’s available on amazon.com. And, Dr. Dave, it’s so good to have you on the show today.
 
Dr. Dave Walker: Thank you, thanks. It’s lovely to be here.
 
Dr. Chuck: Yeah, I just want to ask you one simple question. So, as a Christian physician, an anesthesiologist, and critical care doctor, you have seen the impact that prayer can make in the life of a sick person or family. Let’s start out with just giving us some examples of some experiences that you’ve had of how prayer makes a difference.
 
Dr. Dave Walker: Well, it was just it was one of those things that happened to me when I had an encounter with Jesus, that I realized that God wants to, he wants us to cooperate with him in the art working of his plans, and so we need to communicate with him. And when I started praying, particularly when I started praying for my patients, I just saw God come through in amazing ways, and of course that is extended into into other areas. Where I have just seen God come through in prayer, and just the one thing that I have discovered, and that is that there’s a difference in praying for somebody and praying with somebody, and there’s there’s a huge impact in praying with people. It somehow opens the door for God to come through into their lives, and so that’s a huge thing that I’ve learned about about prayer. But God is so faithful to us. We don’t always see what he’s doing, but very often we do. But I think sometimes he wants to keep us humble by not showing us exactly what he’s doing with our prayers, but he always listens to our prayers.
 
Dr. Chuck: You know, like what you said about it begins with communication, and then that flows into cooperation with God, what God is doing. How does that work out in your daily life, as you’re a physician dealing with patients?
 
Dr. Dave Walker: I’ve actually retired now, but my wife and I, before Covid, we would go to the hospital and pray with patients, because that was what I did all my life. And it’s just amazing to see how, as you pray with patients, just how they open up, they can be quite guarded when you go there, they’re quite reserved. But as we pray, it’s amazing how it opens up their lives, they’re prepared to share, and so God, I think sometimes we get focused a little too much on the physical. But to see what God does in the spirits of people as we pray for them, I think is wonderful.
 
Dr. Chuck: Can you give us an example of that, Dr. Dave?
 
Dr. Dave Walker: Yeah. From my previous experience, I can tell you a story, which you know I don’t just pray with my patients now, because I just, well, I’ve always just prayed where I am. And the other day, I was filling up with, what you call gas, we called petrol, at a station, and this homeless man came to me and he was ragged. He was tired and dirty, and I bought him something to eat. I made a principle of mine, that if God wants me to give them something, I’ll make it a principle of mine that I’ll always pray with them as well, and I just gave this man what I got him to eat and offered to play with him. I prayed with him, as I prayed with him, the tears just came pouring out of his eyes, down his dirty, old beard, and from then on, he just followed me around wherever I went. He didn’t want more food or anything, he just wanted me to pray.
 
Dr. Chuck: Wow, that’s pretty amazing. That’s the impact that people can have. Don’t you think, so often it’s so atypical for people to encounter another person who’s willing to pray for them.
 
Dr. Dave Walker: One has to consciously do it and one has to consciously make it a lifestyle, I think, to pray throughout the day.
 
Dr. Chuck: We’re here with Dr. Dave Walker and he’s been giving us some spoonfuls of courage about praying. He’s a praying doctor, and in the next episode we’re going to talk a little bit about why most physicians don’t pray with their patients, or maybe they feel intimidated to pray with their patients. Once again, you can find more about Dr. Dave’s book, God In The ICU at amazon.com or at his website scribewalker.com. I’m Dr. Chuck, the best guy to see on the worst day of your life.

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About Dr. Dave Walker:

Dr. Dave Walker was a successful anesthesiologist with a special interest in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Disillusioned with God after a series of tragedies, he was living for himself and his work. But something was wrong. Although he was seeing people healed physically, their lives were not changed and it all seemed pointless. This set him on a quest to find a God who did not look on impersonally from a distance, as he thought, but was intimately involved in our lives.

Dr. Dave Walker author of God in the ICU

After a dramatic encounter, he started praying with his patients. Suddenly things happened beyond anything he could have imagined. Patients were healed miraculously, others experienced Jesus bringing comfort and peace and still others felt the power of God’s love in the face of tragedy.
And in the meantime Dave was facing his own personal trials that tested his faith to the limit.
Set firstly in a South Africa transitioning into democracy from apartheid and then in the Muslim world of the Middle East, God in the ICU will take you into the drama of critical care medicine, the inner life of a praying, caring physician and, above all, the response of a faithful, loving God to the prayers of His people. Told with transparency, compassion and an honest look at the lessons we can learn from His dealings with us, you will be encouraged to trust a God who is as close as a prayer away.

 

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