- Slowly, I watch my health fading.

I was certain that mythirties would be different.

I had spells where I wouldjust randomly fall or pass out.

The balance issues kind of came and went,

and I had an occasionaltremor in my right hand.

- I thought, well he just needs some rest.

He just needs a break.

- [Narrator] "It's just stress,"

doctors kept telling Robbie Willis.

It made sense, he was apastor of a large church,

a husband, and father to five kids.

But by 2016, after severalyears of worsening symptoms,

he couldn't ignore them any longer.

- So I was sitting at my deskone day, drinking coffee,

and I couldn't get myhand to stop shaking,

and I was having a hard time,

you know, holding onto my coffee cup.

And it wasn't stopping.

And so I started saying,"okay this isn't normal."

- [Narrator] Now very concerned,

Robbie met with neurologistDr. Satish Gaddam.

For six months he put Robbiethrough numerous tests,

trying to find the problem.

Then in October of 2016,he had a diagnosis.

- It will impair pretty muchevery aspect of the life.

It will slow you down.

Your thinking will be slow,

your response speed will be slow.

- Dr. Gaddam called and told me

that the test was positive,

it was certain that Ihad Parkinson's disease.

- Because I knew he was sickand I had to take care of him,

that I shoved all of my emotions down,

and I said "okay well this is it,

"this is what we have to deal with so..."

- I'm not sure there's aneasy way to get the news,

that, you know, you havesomething that's not curable,

that will get worse.

Because outside of God healing you,

there's was no question,Parkinson's progresses.

That's what it does.

- [Narrator] The onlything Dr.Gaddam could do

was prescribe medicationsto manage Robbie's symptoms:

tremors, stiffness, facialmasking, to name a few.

With his Parkinson's getting worse,

Robbie spent the next year struggling

to be the pastor, husband,and father he wanted to be.

- What are we gonna do whenI can't pastor anymore?

What are we gonna do whenwe need to redo everything?

What's life going to look like?

- He was growing old now,and he wasn't even 40.

I felt like my dreamswere just being crushed.

God, this isn't fair.

I don't like this.

Why would you do this?

- We dreamed of someday,setting up a porch swing

and watching our grandkids play, you know?

And people with Parkinson's disease,

their life expectancy issignificantly shorter.

Pain is with me when I wake.

It's with me when I lay down to sleep.

Still I press on.

God, I don't wanna quit.

Help me to get up, helpme to move forward,

help me to live by faith while I suffer,

until you see fit to make me well.

- God spoke to me not in words,

but he said to me "it's gonna be okay".

I knew it was gonna be okaybecause God said it was.

- [Narrator] On October 29 2017,

over a year after his diagnosis,

Robbie and his family attended

a worship and prayernight at their church.

There, a woman fromTexas Robbie barely knew

came up to him, with a mission in mind.

- And I said "Pastor Robbie,I'm here to pray for you,

"I believe God has sent me,"and I told that disease,

I said "Parkinson'sdisease, you're just a name.

"No name can stand againstthe name of Jesus."

- [Robbie] While she'spraying my hand is shaking,

and then it stopped.

- [Mary] And I said "Robbie Willis,

"in the name of Jesus, be made whole."

- And so I go and startpraying for the people.

My son walked up to me whileI'm praying for people,

and he asked me "Dad areyou done with Parkinson's?"

And I looked down and said"Son, I believe I am."

- We went to lunch, Ithink it was the next day.

I took my phone and I held it up,

and I just said "smile" andI just clicked a picture

and I turned it aroundand I showed it to him

and I said "look, you're smiling."

And that was when it hit me,that God had really healed him.

- I have just left onevery confused neurologist.

What was, what was it he said there?

There's no scientific explanation.

- "I can't explain the science."

- "I can't explain this scientifically."

That was his word, no one could.

- My neuro exam was normal,

and he claims he didn't take any medicines

for three months before coming to me.

Three months and no symptoms,I don't know how to explain.

- [Robbie] Therefore, inChrist alone can I hope.

- When I see Robbie,

I say "Lord, if that wasit, it's good enough."

One beautiful life changed,one family restored.

- [Robbie] If there's onlyone hope, let it be Christ!

- I think about itprobably 90% of the time,

just God, you're just so great,

I mean, you gave my husband back to me.

- [Robbie] If there is onlyone cure, let it be Christ.

I've never gone back on medication,

I've never had a recurrenceof any of those symptoms.

I'm pastoring full time.

So what's the power of prayer mean for me?

It means living withoutParkinson's, not with Parkinson's.

If I have only one place toturn, let it be to Christ!