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Twenty Six Guards – jari

Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	This is awesome story, it's very inspiring. quote: Something to remember when you hear the voice of God calling..... 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 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 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" ------------------ There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. - Pro 19:21 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. - Pro 3:5 [VoHW] (Help needed) [Blog] - Truedisciple (mp3)
buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004	that's really cool... can't talk right now but i have some great stories of my own, some like that (not about me or anything, i just know of them) be back in a little while to relate some cool stuff... ------------------ In the stock market, you must buy high and sell low...Wait! That's not right! -------------- Yes, I can be intelligent at times!!
buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004	well, i can talk now. one story i know of is about a missionary named David Hogan. he ministers in south america. one day he went to this village where there were all these sorcerors. he went into this hut to pray for this woman somebody had asked him to pray for. he looked at her back and she had what looked like horns jutting out. he prayed for her and left the hut. he then started to walk out of the village. he came to the gate to go out and it opened by itself. they walked out. it closed by itself. then, from behind the gate came a giant fireball. it went through the gate and kept coming at them. they began praying and it got really close. finally, it stopped, stayed for a moment, and then with a bang shot over the distant mountains. a while later, at least one year, he was in a village and he was at a church and there was this woman dancing around and signing loudly. he talked to her after and it was the woman he had prayed for!! i have a few other stories i can't think of totally right now.... hope to put some more here when i remember them!! ------------------ In the stock market, you must buy high and sell low...Wait! That's not right! -------------- Yes, I can be intelligent at times!!
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	That's a wild story budboy. But the story I posted is a real life story. ------------------ There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. - Pro 19:21 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. - Pro 3:5 [VoHW] (Help needed) [Blog] - Truedisciple (mp3)
buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004	i know.. it's true!! it's very real and very true... don't believe me? fine then!! lol, but seriously, it's true. sounds weird, but true. there's another one about a missionary who went to an island somewhere in the atlantic ocean, nearer to africa. well there were these witch doctors who challenged the bible and him and said that the bible says that we can move mountains. the witch doctors said, 'well come on then move a mountain.' and they pointed at a distant mountain. he said he would do it the next day because they said they would believe if he did it. he prayed all night and the next day he came out, knelt in the middle of all the people, and said, 'God, i know you can move this mountain. and i know you want these people to be saved, so move this mountain.' (or something like that) there was a big rumble, and in the distance, the mountain moved visibly!! the witch doctors were furious, but many people were saved. you can believe that one or not if you want to! ------------------ In the stock market, you must buy high and sell low...Wait! That's not right! -------------- Yes, I can be intelligent at times!!
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	would it not have been better to explain that the "moving of mountains" is usually metaphorical? ------------------ globalrant http://globalrant.wastextgames.com globalrant forums http://crazyishone.proboards85.com/index.cgi
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	quote: Originally posted by buddboy: i know.. it's true!! it's very real and very true... don't believe me? fine then!! lol, but seriously, it's true. sounds weird, but true. Oh I thought you made it up or something because of the fireballs... wow that's pretty wild indeed. quote: Originally posted by buddboy: you can believe that one or not if you want to! I can believe that! ------------------ There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. - Pro 19:21 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. - Pro 3:5 [VoHW] (Help needed) [Blog] - Truedisciple (mp3)
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	quote: Originally posted by crazyishone: would it not have been better to explain that the "moving of mountains" is usually metaphorical? In this case it was explained afterwards, I quess. ------------------ There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. - Pro 19:21 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. - Pro 3:5 [VoHW] (Help needed) [Blog] - Truedisciple (mp3)
buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004	yes but the witch doctors had a hold over the villages and also, it was not the time for a theological debate, especially considering the outcome, i mean, the mountain did move! ------------------ In the stock market, you must buy high and sell low...Wait! That's not right! -------------- Yes, I can be intelligent at times!!
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	just remember that some of those stories are not so far from propaganda. anyway, didn't mean to be a pessimist. (Just what I perceive as being a "realist".) ------------------ globalrant http://globalrant.wastextgames.com globalrant forums http://crazyishone.proboards85.com/index.cgi
Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001	crazy, some of them are, things do get exagerated, but in reality, every day in the world there are miracles and situations as crazy and proposerious as that one. I have witnessed some myself. and know many more one degree of seperatation (i.e i know somebody well , who personally witnessed) ------------------ Karl /GODCENTRIC Visionary Media the creative submitted to the divine. Husband of my amazing wife Aleshia Klumsy@xtra.co.nz
buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004	this is a cool story i was there for... My dad was a pastor at a church in Florida. One lady came up to the altar and asked us to pray for a baby that she knew that had a blood disease, didn't specify. Well, my dad prayed for her and rebuked the blood disease. The lady came back a week or two later and said that the baby had had AIDs from her mom, and that they took her to the doctor and couldn't find any sign of AIDs in her!! She was totally healed and is still alive, about 2-3 years later! I have a couple more, can't talk now! ------------------ In the stock market, you must buy high and sell low...Wait! That's not right! -------------- Yes, I can be intelligent at times!!