God in the ICU: The inspirational biography of a praying doctor

God in the ICU is a highly readable book, a series of gripping and palpable narratives from which Dr. Dave Walker offers the reader consistently powerful and discerning insights into God’s love, God’s healing, God’s answers to prayer, and God’s eternally meaningful purpose in a world that often seems to us to be filled with meaningless tragedy.As he shares his captivating story of how God lovingly brought purpose and relationship into his life, Dr. Walker lays before the reader a sense of the hopelessness and meaninglessness of both the high points and the heartbreaks of life when God is presumed to be absent from these events. Juxtaposed against this discouraging misconception is the glorious reality presented by Walker – that we may know and feel our loving God to be present and in control even as we live through the reality of a situation that doesn’t have the apparent ending for which we may have been hoping and praying. Dr. Walker looks back on both the triumphs and tragedies experienced along the path of his life, and he shares with the reader how he has come to see and understand the loving, powerful, and ever-present hand of God at work at all points along the way. Dr. Walker tells us that he now knows that God was always bringing him exactly to the place where God wanted him to be. From his vantage point as an accomplished and experienced physician, Dr. Walker makes no claim that we will always understand the “higher ways” of our God, instead he forcefully asserts that we can always trust in God’s love, presence, and plan.In God in the ICU, we are shown the incredible power of prayer in real life situations, along with poignant reminders that God alone is sovereign. Dr. Walker, using one heart-touching example after another, shows us that prayer is not a talisman of sorts with which we may indiscriminately wield the power of the God of the universe to bring about our own human goals and wishes. Instead, this brilliant physician shows us that prayer brings us into God’s loving and comforting presence, where we are given the holy privilege of laying our situation and our needs into His powerful arms, knowing that He will invariably act lovingly on behalf of his precious children. Dr. Walker explains that we may joyfully see God heal miraculously, or we may experience God’s fathomless comfort and presence in times when God does not bring the healing for which we pray. In chapter 11, Dr. Walker also powerfully shows us how prayer is always a part of God’s plan for us and that we are often a part of the same plan. Dr. Walker says, “When we pray, we should also be listening. Might it be that we could be the answer to our prayer?”This book is the story of a remarkable life. God brought Dr. Walker so close to Himself that Dr. Walker was able to truly be God’s ambassador to those critically ill patients under his care. How many of us have longed for a doctor who would first explain the need to pray to us and then proceed to take the time to pray with us, carrying our particular situation before our mighty God? After this incredible ministry, time and again we see Dr. Walker then set out to skillfully do all that was possible with the tools of modern medicine to care for his patients. Dr. Walker’s patients were blessed to have him pray for them and to care for them. We are even more blessed to read of God’s healing, prayer-answering work through His servant Dr. Dave Walker.

This is an excellent book, very heartwarming and uplifting. And it is not just for Christians—it is for everyone! It definitely gives great perspective whether we are a believer or not.

Dr Walker has written a resonant story of a medical life.Although understandably episodic - one can only remember highlights of the thousands of patients treated in a medical career - it summarizes a varied medical career well, and emphasizes the forgotten role of anaesthetists and intensivists. It is well-edited for the layperson.But its main goal is not to recount Dr Walker's career, but to show how he felt the God that he serves worked through and along with him, sometimes in ways that seemed strange or unsatisfying at the time, but ultimately all appeared to have purpose. It is a refreshing and realistic counterpoint to the name-it-and-claim-it, everyone-gets-healed-if-you-say-the-right-words popular theology of many television evangelists. Instead, it gives meaning to the effort of the medical workers who work with their God, and sometimes don't understand why God works in the way God does.I enjoyed reading it (though at times I personally wished for more technical detail) because it seemed to match my own working experience, and I felt challenged to emulate the closeness of the author to his God.

Being a retired medical professional myself, I thoroughly enjoyed this short book. It was great to read of the many miracles happening in the world because not much is happening here in the Western culture due to faithless pastors and their dead sermons. A better term is "heirlings" are in our pulpits. God works through faith and His Word but Scripture is not being preached today....just silly stories and rock music with dark church sanctuaries. Sad! But back to the book.Dr. Walker is a good story teller. Sorry to read that now he is taking on fiction. The truth is always better than fiction. I used to read it a lot but I repented, deleted all my books (250) and stopped buying. My Bible is way too thrilling to replace with fictional narratives. I wish him success, however, he suffered much over his 40-year medical career. If I went to Jesus, I would want my Dave to find love again.... so bravo doc...be blessed with your Margie. Oh and write a sequel to this one. I am sure you have a lot more to tell about answered prayer and our magnificent God....right? I look forward to seeing Part 2 soon. Leave the fiction to those who don't have what you have.... true life experiences with the One, True and Living God! Thank you for this book. It left me with much to pray about: our unsaved family who need healing and salvation.

I found this book when my mother became sick and we were praying together each day. I began reading it but stopped when she was taken to the hospital and put in the ICU. I was afraid she would die, and she did pass away fairly quickly. A couple of weeks later I decided to finish the book to learn something about God, and I found healing, comfort, understanding, and the answers to many of my prayers and questions. I felt Jesus’s peace just as it was described in this book, and I know that He was with my mom, my sister, and me the day that she went in the ICU. Reading this book helped me to understand that our prayers were not in vain, although I do not know their purpose yet, and it affirmed for me that God wants me to continue my prayer walks at my neighborhood school. I had become afraid of God, and frightened by so many synchronicities, but Dave Walker’s words helped me to experience His love and compassion and to talk to Him honestly about my fears and disappointments and to see His love and care for my mom now that she is with Him. This book gives me hope for my future.

What a wonderful testimony to the goodness of God and the power of a life given over to Jesus the precious savior

Me gusta porque enseña algo que se está perdiendo entre los cristianos: REZAR. Demasiado activismo y demasiada poca oración. Es importante que ambos vayan de la mano al mismo nivel.

I love this book because it Increase your my faith. Especially when you are going through difficult times

It is so good to read of people who still trust and pray to God who is the giver of life and to read of modern day miracles. I believe too and as a nurse have witnessed God on the scene. What an awesome priviledge to be with someone when they cross over or see a young mother accept her illness and welcome her immediate family as well as anyone else to her bedside where before she didn't even want her children to see her. I appreciate the humility of the doctor knowing how arrogant and proud they can be as if they were God themselves. All glory to the power and love of God.

Enjoyed it all but especially the brief part about China. I have stood looking down at the streets in Beijing and wept as I prayed for the lovely people. Have hosted 14 Chinese students and led some to Christ. Watched as a room full discussed the "4 Spiritual Laws" in Chinese and went to a Chinese church with 2 carloads of non believers. God does really give us a love for people whatever their ethnic and religious background. I and my wife are 77, married 55 years and the story of the man wanting to kiss his wife brought tenants to my eyes. God bless you as you read this wonderful book.

Informative read.