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I'll Pray For Him Later
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 that 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 near by 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 (that I was delivering in Michigan), 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 play 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 as 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" and more importantly, how God hears and answers the
prayers of the faithful.
After you read this, please pass it on and 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
... and then pass it on.
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