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. You
will be blessed by this....
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 traveled 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 w here 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 traveled 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 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, 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 behalf of those who love Him. 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'.
More importantly, how God hears and answers the prayers of
the faithful.
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