Shining a Light in the Darkness

Back in 1977, unusual weather conditions threatened to destroy the orange groves in Norvell Hayes's part of Florida. The trees in the area were covered with icicles, and the oranger growers knew from past experience that is was highly likely that the cold would kill their crops.

But Norvell wasn't willing to accept the disaster that seemed inevitable. He believed God could save his trees, and he asked for a miracle.

"I got in my car, drove to the orange grove, and parked along the highway," he said. "I just looked at the grove and told the devil to take his hands off the orange trees. Then I asked the Father, in Jesus' name, to let His power come and hover around my fruit trees and not let them die."

A few weeks later, the sun began to shine again and things warmed up. Norvell still gets exctied when he describes the result of his prayer. "Fruit was developing on my trees! The twenty-five hundred orange trees on the property across the road, which was owned by another grower, were dead. But on my side of the road, it was different. It was as though a shield had been placed on my property line, which stopped the potentially damaging frost from crossing it. I didn't lose a tree."