- It sounded almost like a gunshot.

He landed on, it was ourwood floor and it was loud.

And the first thing Iexpected to see was blood.

- [Narrator] Donna DiChiaraand her husband Benny

were up early one morning in 2015.

As they prepared for the day,

Benny unexpectedly faintedand fell backwards,

hitting his head on their hardwood floor.

Donna quickly realized it was serious.

- It wasn't long after thatthat he started telling me

that his ears were ringing

and he saw things in front of his face

and he was having a severe head throb.

- [Narrator] Donna rushed Benny to the ER

where doctors determinedhe had two skull fractures

and bleeding in the brain.

- They were worried abouthim having seizures,

they were worried about brain swelling.

They already knew had was bleeding.

- [Narrator] Donna calledfriends from church and family,

asking for prayers for healing.

Benny is the lead singer

of the Christian rock band Empowered

and as word of his injury spread,

there were hundreds of peoplepraying for his recovery.

- The prayers were important to me

because I didn't know what was going on

or what was gonna happen.

I mean, that's where I turn.

I'm gonna turn to Godfirst and start praying.

- [Narrator] Three days passed

and Benny was still in the hospital.

Donna continued to pray.

- The waiting is the hard part,

is a really hard thingto be in a situation

where you don't knowwhat's gonna happen next.

And the only thing I guess Iknow to do in that situation

is just pray and ask God for guidance

and ask Him to be in control.

- [Narrator] Benny wasdischarged from the hospital

and sent home to rest.

Donna had to care for him around the clock

as his recovery was still uncertain.

- I worried about the after effects.

Was he gonna be able to walkand function normally again

and think normally again?

He was awake and he didn'talways make total sense,

you know, when he spoke.

- [Narrator] Benny slept 20hours a day for an entire month.

Donna continued to look to God for peace.

- Okay God, I'm giving this to you.

You say lay it at your feetand you're not gonna leave us

and you're gonna take care of it,

that you're in the battle with us.

When I truly trusted God, thenwhat I consider that peace

is just to be able to do what I need to do

and just, you know, the strength to do it.

- [Narrator] Towards the end of that time,

Benny heard a voice thatawakened him like never before.

- One afternoon, I becamea little bit cognizant.

Donna had left the house

because she could leave me at that point.

I also had a walker toget around in the house,

but I was well enough to be left

and I got an audible voicefrom God in my living room

and he said, "Benny, I have huge

"and great plans for youcoming out of this thing.

"And this is what I needto come out of that.

"I need people to knowthat what I did for you,

"I stepped in and saved your life.

"What I did for you, I can do for them

"if they just press inand call out to me."

And man, that was aseriously poignant time.

- I could tell that it hadhad a profound effect on him.

He got teary eyed and Benny'snot one to cry real often,

but it, like, brought him to tears.

I mean, when he was telling me about it

and talking about God as his Father

and how He came to him and said,

"I have great plans for you."

- [Narrator] After that, Bennymade a remarkable recovery.

His experience has strengthened his desire

to share God's love.

- I'll talk to peopleabout Jesus at any point

and it's almost dangerous now

because (laughs) I havethis compelling thing

where people have to know what He's done

and what He can do for them.

So the level of sharinghas definitely increased

and the level of intensity in that sharing

has increased as well.

♪ You don't know what to do ♪

- [Narrator] That intensity

is felt by audiences during their shows.

Benny and Donna arethankful for the prayers

and the healing he receivedduring his time of need.

♪ In just three days ♪

♪ Our Lord and Savior rose again ♪

♪ Just three days ♪

♪ Satan was defeated ♪

- It's taught me to be grateful,

to be thankful for today,

to find the things thatwe be grateful for,

even in the not-so good situations.

I think that's importantfor us to remember

through all of the craziness, you know?

That we can still be thankful for today

and to put our thoughts on thatinstead of on the negative.

- We can sing our God is an awesome God,

but when you go through somethingin your own personal life

and you experience how awesome our God is,

even the rocks will cry out, right?

So you've got to cry out

and just let people know whatHe's done for you and it's...

We're doing the Lord'swork when we do that.

(gentle music)