Oma Van Gelderen walked by faith and not by sight as she grew to understand the witness of the Holy Spirit as a fact of knowledge and not a feeling. She knew neither fame nor fortune, yet God used her prayer life to make a difference.

"Six years short of a century after her birth, Oma Van Gelderen's earthly life ended as humbly as it began. But in the intervening years, she grew as an intercessor, a woman of faith who understood that God answers prayer."

"God's will is not automatic. His promises must be obtained by faith, and prayer expresses that faith. One of the greatest regrets we will have when we get to heaven will be when we discover all that God would have done and given. Either we did not ask, or we failed to ask according to His will; therefore, we never received." (John R. Van Gelderen).