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I will try this again!!!!!!

Joannie

> 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

> 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 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.

> Real friends are those who ask how you are and wait to

> hear the answer!!

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