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 what 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 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 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 encourage you to forward this to as many people
that 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.

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.

Who says God does not work in mysterious ways?

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 at best, Just remember
I'm here praying, and God will do the rest.