I know it's long, but take a moment to read this, someone emailed this story to me.
God's 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. 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 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 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 in to 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 cong
regation 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 whom 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 feel such prodding
to pray, go along with it, you don't know what it can mean
to that
person.
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.
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.
Who says God does not move on the earth today?
I asked the Lord to bless you as I prayed for you today.
To guide you and protect you as you go along your way.
His love is always with you, His promises are true, and when
we give
Him our cares you know
He will see us through.
So when the road you're traveling on seems difficult a
t best,
Just remember I'm here praying,
And God will do the rest.
