Pray! 26 Guards
Here's a message that will bring you chills. Have you ever felt the urge to pray for someone and then just put it on a list and said, "I'll pray for them later?" Or has anyone ever called you and said, "I need you to pray for me, I have this need?"
Read the following story that was
sent to me and may it change the way that you may think about prayer and also
the way you pray. .
A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in
Michigan.
"While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, every two weeks I travelled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight at the halfway point. On one of these journeys, I arrived in the city where I planned to collect money from a bank, purchase medicine and supplies, and then begin my two-day journey back to the field hospital.
Upon arrival in the city, I
observed two men fighting, one of whom had been seriously injured. I treated him
for his injuries and at the same time talked to him about the Lord.
I then travelled two days, camping overnight, and arrived home without incident.
Two weeks later I repeated my journey. Upon arriving in the city, I was
approached by the young man I had treated. He told me that he had known I
carried money and medicines.
He said, 'Some friends and I
followed you into the jungle, knowing you would camp overnight. We planned to
kill you and take your money and drugs. But just as we were about to move into
your camp, we saw that you were surrounded by 26 armed guards.
At this I laughed and said that I was certainly all alone in that
jungle campsite.
The young man pressed the point, however, and said, 'No sir, I was not the only
person to see the guards. My five friends also saw them, and we all counted
them. It was because of those guards that we were afraid and left you alone.'
" At this point in the sermon (that
I was delivering in Michigan), one of the men in the congregation jumped to his
feet and interrupted the missionary and asked if he could tell him the exact day
this happened.
The missionary told the congregation the date, and the man who interrupted told
him this story: "On the night of your incident in Africa, it was morning here
and I was preparing to go play golf. I was about to putt when I felt the urge to
pray for you. In fact, the urging of the Lord was so strong, I called men in
this church to meet with me here in the sanctuary to pray for you.
Would all of those men who met with me on that day stand up?" The men who had
met together to pray that day stood up. The missionary wasn't concerned with who
they were, he was too busy counting how many men he saw. There were 26.
This story is an incredible example of how the Spirit of the Lord moves in
mysterious ways. If you ever hear such prodding, go along with it.
Nothing is ever hurt by prayer except the gates of hell. I encourage you to
forward this to as many people as you know. If we all take it to heart, we can
turn this world toward God once again.
As the above true story clearly illustrates, "with God all things are possible"
and more importantly, how God hears and answers the prayers of the faithful.
After you read this, please pass it on and give God thanks for the beautiful
gift of your faith, for the powerful gift of prayer, and for the many miracles
He works in your own daily life ... and then pass it on.
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