♥ 26 Guards!

Here’s a true story that will give you the 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 think about prayer and also the way you pray. You will surely be blessed by this.

A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home Church.

“While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, every two weeks I travelled 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 medicines 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 JESUS CHRIST. I then travelled 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 and 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 up to his feet and interrupted the missionary and asked if he could tell him the exact day and date 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 go, when I felt the strong urge to pray for you. Infact, the urging of the LORD was so strong, I called the 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. The missionary was astounded at the protection granted to him by his SOVEREIGN LORD.

This story is an incredible example of how the SPIRIT of The LIVING GOD moves in mysterious ways. If you ever hear such prodding, go along with it. Please, please don’t ignore it or put it off for later.

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

Amen to that!

Hallelujah! If you find this true story inspiring, I encourage you to forward this to your friends also. If we all take it to heart, we can turn this world toward JESUS CHRIST once again. As the above story clearly illustrates, “ With ADONAI, all things are possible ” and more importantly, how GOD hears and answers the prayers of the faithful.

Give GOD thanks for the beautiful gift of your faith, and more importantly, for the powerful gift of prayer, and for the many miracles HE works in your own life, daily.

“The LORD Himself goes before you and will be with you; HE will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; Do not be discouraged. ” Deuteronomy 31:8