WOW! the power of prayer -26 men

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26 Guards

--Author

Unknown

Here's a

message that will bring you chills. Have you ever

felt the urge

to pray for someone, 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. It may

change the way you may think about prayer and

also the way

you pray.

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,

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 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, which I was delivering in Michigan,

one of the men in the congregation jumped to his feet and interrupted the

missionary. He 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.

I thought

this was powerful. It is a true story..not sure who wrote it. I

found it very uplifting.

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