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 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 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 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 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. 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.

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.


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

Agnes Joan B.