Awesome!! I shared this with a bible study I'm involved with, and all were blessed. Thanks so much for sharing.
In His Grip, DJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 1:24 PM Subject: [RR] 26 Guards > > Subject: 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 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 > mysterious ways. If you ever hear such prodding, go along with it. > _______ List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm
