I QUIT SMOKING
DR G.A ,RIAD, SAUDI ARABIA SAID
THE FOLLOWING,
I STARTED SMOKING IN MY THIRD YEAR OF MEDICINE, AND CONTINUED UNTIL 28/2/1990.
ON THAT DATE, HAPPENED THE FOLLOWING:
I ARRIVED AT THE RIAD AIR PORT WITH SOME OF POPE KYROLLOS’ BOOKS. I TOOK THEM TO
MY SURGERY AND STARTED READING THEM. SOME OF THE MIRACLES WERE REGARDING PEOPLE
QUITTING SMOKING THROUGH THE INTERCESSIONS OF POPE KYROLLOS.I WAS SURPRISED AT
THESE MIRACLES. I THEN THOUGHT TO MY SELF, WHY NOT ME. I THEN SAID TO POPE
KYROLLOS “ WHY DID YOU HELP ALL THESE PEOPLE QUIT SMOKING, BUT HAVE NOT HELPED
ME?”. FOUR DAYS LATER , I NOTICED THAT IN THE DURATION OF THE FOUR DAYS, IN
WHICH I WAS READING THE POPE KYROLLOS BOOKS, I DID NOT SMOKE.
ON THE FIFTH DAY(FIFTH DAY PAST MY ARRIVAL IN RIAD) , I WENT TO VISIT A NON
CHRISTIAN FRIEND. HE SAID TO ME “ YOU HAVE NOT SMOKED FOR FIVE DAYS”. I THEN
ASKED HIM FOR A CIGARETTE, AND GOT MY NEW LIGHTER OUT. I WAS TRYING TO LIGHT THE
CIGARETTE, WHEN THE BATTERY FELL OUT OF THE LIGHTER AND IT BECAME NON
FUNCTIONAL. I THEN RETURNED THE CIGARETTE TO MY FRIEND AND SAID TO HIM “ I QUIT
SMOKING FROM TODAY”
UNTIL THIS DAY ( 5/9/2000) I HAVE NOT BEEN SMOKING THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF
MY BELOVED POPE KYROLLOS.
BELIEVE AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE SERIES
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