Jan Loots (24
May 2012)
"26 Guards"
Hi Doves.
A friend send this message to me, reminding me of a few years
ago.
I woke up about 2am one morning and felt the urge to pray for a
person but no name, then all of a sudden a name came to me
I did not know at all, and started praying for him, he’s safety,
family, and so on.
I prayed for a while and went back to sleep, and still today I
do not know who I prayed for, but new that my and maybe somebody
else’s prayer did help.
If one of us in the Doves family needs prayer, please pray for
that person, as you can see below, the more that pray, the
stronger the healing and the stronger your faith becomes.
(And the more the Lord loves it, that you to have a conversation
and relationship with Him)
God Bless
Jan Loots.
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 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. 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".
More importantly, how God hears and answers the prayers of the
faithful.