{"id":15186,"date":"2026-03-10T11:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/divine-intervention-helped-him-quit-smoking\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:58:58","slug":"divine-intervention-helped-him-quit-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/divine-intervention-helped-him-quit-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Intervention Helped Him Quit Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe\u2019re starting a fundraising campaign to help with the cost of the new Family Life Center. And to make some renovations to the church,\u201d my pastor announced after his Sunday sermon. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/people-helping-people\/5-acts-of-kindness-bringing-communities-closer-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cPlease consider donating\u2014no amount is too small. Anything would be a help.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t have a lot of extra cash to burn, but I was dropping more than $30 a week on cigarettes. <i>If I quit smoking, I could donate that money.<\/i> After church ended, I left with that thought still on my mind.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/addiction-and-recovery\/holy-smoke-how-one-woman-learned-that-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I\u2019d been a smoker for most of my life.<\/a> I had picked up the habit when I was 15 years old. I was 55. I\u2019d tried to quit many times. But inevitably, a few hours after my \u201clast\u201d cigarette, I\u2019d start itching for another hit of nicotine. I always gave in.<\/p>\n<p>Years ago, I\u2019d ripped a photo of a blackened pair of smoker\u2019s lungs out of a magazine at my doctor\u2019s office. I\u2019d kept it, to motivate myself. It was tucked away in my desk drawer, along with a list I\u2019d written of reasons to quit. It numbered more than 20. But it hadn\u2019t stopped me from smoking. More recently, my father, a lifelong smoker, had died after a <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/how-to-pray-for-someone-with-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long battle with lung cancer<\/a>. That hadn\u2019t stopped me either. So what made me think this time would be any different?<\/p>\n<p>My wife, Jackie, was supportive when I told her my idea to donate the money I would have usually spent on cigarettes. I didn\u2019t tell anyone else, though. Just in case it didn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n<p>I made several earnest attempts over the next few weeks, but I just couldn\u2019t stop smoking. One night, I stepped out onto the back deck (no smoking in the house) for a cigarette. I shook it out of the carton, rolled it around in my fingers and then lit up. I looked at the burning cigarette in my hand and hung my head. I was so frustrated. So disappointed with myself.<\/p>\n<p>During my life, I\u2019d prayed to God for many things. But I\u2019d never once asked him for <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/addiction-and-recovery\/addiction-no-one-is-beyond-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help conquering my addiction<\/a> to nicotine. It never felt right to bother God with it. Smoking was my problem, something I needed to deal with on my own. But right now, I was at my breaking point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLord, please, take this cup from me,\u201d I whispered.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, I felt a rush of guilt for using Jesus\u2019 words to pray about smoking. But, at the same time, it was the most heartfelt prayer I\u2019d ever made. It took a while for me to gather the courage to try yet again, but finally I started the day without a cigarette. By the afternoon I realized that I wasn\u2019t feeling that insistent urge to light up. I could smoke\u2026but I didn\u2019t <i>have<\/i> to.<\/p>\n<p>I used nicotine patches, but even with them, I should\u2019ve been experiencing withdrawal symptoms. I wasn\u2019t. Soon I didn\u2019t even need the patch. It was incredible. I donated my cigarette money to the church\u2019s fundraiser, just as I\u2019d planned.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie was so proud. Family and friends congratulated me as well. I had trouble accepting the praise, because I didn\u2019t feel as if I\u2019d done anything. But I\u2019d nod and smile anyway because I couldn\u2019t even explain exactly what had happened. Had I experienced a miracle? Had God healed me of my addiction? Or would I disappoint myself once again?<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t sure until one night, when I had the most incredible dream. It felt acutely important. Heaven-sent. I dreamed I was in an auditorium packed with people. There was a stage, set up with a podium and a microphone. We were waiting for someone to speak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe!\u201d a voice called out. There was a man on stage, wearing a suit. I couldn\u2019t really see his face. \u201cJoe Hester, get up here!\u201d I was suddenly transported to the stage. \u201cTell me, Joe,\u201d said the man, who somehow looked like everyone and no one I\u2019d ever met, all at once. \u201cTell me, are you a smoker?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>No<\/i>, I thought. Deep in my soul I knew it was true. <i>I\u2019m not a smoker. Not anymore<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>When I woke up, my pillow was wet with tears. If I wasn\u2019t sure before, now I was. On Sunday I gave my donation, confident I would do the same the following week. I\u2019d actually quit smoking. As the pastor spoke, I looked down at the weekly bulletin grasped in my hand. Printed on the back, plain as anything, were the words: <i>Lose your shyness, find your voice and tell them what God has done.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It was as if I\u2019d been bopped upside the head. I knew exactly how I\u2019d been able to beat my addiction and would tell anyone who asked. Jackie was first. I told her everything\u2014 about my desperate prayer, the dream, even the bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>All this happened 16 years ago, and to this day, I haven\u2019t had a single cigarette. Now, when people ask me how I quit, I tell them that I didn\u2019t do it on my own. 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