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The Heavenly GuardsTopics: Prayer, Missions, Protection
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 witnessed to him of Lord Jesus Christ. 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 out 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, 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 that 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 that day stood up. The missionary wasn't
concerned with who they were--he was to busy counting how many men he saw.
There were 26.
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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.
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(Inspirational submitted by:Anonymous)