26 Guards

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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?"
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.
Nothing is ever hurt by prayer except the gates of hell.
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