Greg dealt with searing stomach pain for years until God finally answered his desperate prayers.
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- [Narrator] Greg Clark hadalways dreamed of owning
and operating his ownBeachfront Motel in Florida,
but after 15 years of unrelenting work,
Greg's dream started tofeel more like a nightmare.
- The revenue was going down.
The overhead was going up.
I had never really experienced
such stress levels in my life.
- [Narrator] The stressdamaged Greg's health, too.
He suffered with dailysearing stomach pain.
- It was not too sharp to begin with,
but then it really got severe.
Some of the foods that I did avoid
was definitely spicy foods.
- [Narrator] Greg wasself-employed with no insurance,
and never saw a doctor for the pain.
- We did not have the ability,
financially, to even go down that road.
- [Narrator] Instead, he managed the pain
with over-the-counter antacids.
- I started eating copiousamounts of Pepto-Bismol and Tums.
It was quite an ordeal.
- [Narrator] Greg's wife, Sharon,
says the burning pain ruinedGreg's sleep for years.
- He would get up inthe middle of the night.
I knew that his stomach was upset.
He would get out of bed.
He would come back.
It was sometimes more than once a night,
couple times a night, he would be up.
- Every morning I would wake up,
but I was not rested.
- [Narrator] But with a motel to run
and grueling daily schedule,he never caught up on sleep.
- If something had to bedone, and it had to be done,
regardless of how I felt,I would get up and do it.
During the course of a day,
there was a lot of repair work to be done
'cause it was an older motel,
and my day seemed to get longer and longer
because I was fatigued.
- [Narrator] For years,Greg felt like his prayers
about his pain went unanswered.
- And I prayed how I could be delivered
from this pain as well as my emotions
that was really somewhat out of control.
- [Narrator] One day,Greg, a regular viewer
of The 700 Club, was watching the show.
- They had reached thetime in their program
that Pat and Terry were gonna pray.
- Someone else with stomach issues,
you're having such problem with digestion,
various foods that you'rejust simply not able
to eat anymore, butright this moment today,
God is touching and healing you.
You've had this for awhile,
but you're gonna find youcan eat anything you want.
- Thank you.- You'll not have the problem
in Jesus name.- Thank you.
- And when she said that, I believed it.
I just got up, went to the refrigerator,
and took a small spoon of horseradish,
and I said, this is the test.
- [Narrator] For the next several days,
Greg took a leap of faithand tested the spicy foods
that would normally cause him pain.
- And I'm not saying anything to anybody.
I just know that I have no discomfort.
I am sleeping through the night.
I am taking no Pepto-Bismol,
and I just said I'm healed.
I'm healed.
- [Narrator] After thesale of the Beach Motel
back in 2014, Greg retired.
Now that he's pain-free,he says he has the energy,
time and restored healthto fully enjoy life.
- Greg can eat anything he wants.
Spicy, whatever he feelslike, it's awesome.
- Today, I feel the best I have ever felt
in my entire life, healthwise.
I thank the Lord tremendously for what
he has done for me my whole life,
but especially becauseof this stomach healing,
and I feel like a brand new man.