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On Sunday, August 23, Pastor Robert Gay typed a text message prayer to his wife, Stacey, that awakened their newborn grandson, Josiah Gay. <\/span><\/p>\n

At birth, Josiah was grey and not breathing. Doctors had resuscitated him, yet he still would not breathe.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey could not get him to respond. He was lifeless,\u201d Robert said. Josiah\u2019s birth was six weeks early, after <\/span>his mother\u2019s uterine sac ruptured. His umbilical cord had a full knot in it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStatistically, less than 1% of babies are born with a full umbilical cord knot,\u201d explained Robert. \u201cAnd less than 1% of those survive vaginal delivery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Robert\u2019s wife had been sending him text messages from the delivery room with updates of the baby\u2019s condition when she heard one<\/span> of the nurses use the word \u201cstill\u201d in reference to the baby. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe texted me \u2018He\u2019s not breathing\u2019 and \u2018We need him to cry, Pray,\u2019\u201d Robert said. \u201cI immediately texted her back, \u2018In Jesus\u2019 name, breath\u2019\u201d Robert responded with a text message of faith, and the <\/span>result was miraculous. <\/span><\/p>\n

Baby Josiah awoke crying just as the sound of Stacey\u2019s phone ringing alerted her to Robert\u2019s text message. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGod had performed a miracle,\u201d Robert said, but that was only the beginning of Josiah\u2019s <\/span>miraculous recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parents Joshua and Miranda were told their baby was very sick, according to Robert. On a <\/span>health scale of 0-10, with 0 being dead and 10 being full health, Josiah\u2019s score was 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDoctors said he would be in the hospital until his original due date, October 4^{th<\/sup>,\u201d Robert said. But <\/span>within <\/span>10 minutes of his first health score, Josiah received a second health score: a score of six.<\/span><\/p>\n}

\u201cWe<\/span> had a group of about 25 people in the waiting room praying in tongues and interceding,\u201d Robert said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Josiah\u2019s health score finally rose to an 8, and he left NICU after only six and a half days, according to Robert. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTh<\/span>e doctors kept commenting on what a miracle he was,\u201d Robert said. The delivery doctor said to Roberts\u2019s sister-in-law, with tears streaming down her face, \u201cThis is a miracle because cord babies like this <\/span>don\u2019t live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To his parents and grandparents\u2019 delight, Josiah was brought home on exactly the same day his father Joshua had come home 24 years earlier. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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