God's 26 Guards (forwarded email)

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 in to 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. 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 whom 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 behalf of those who love Him.
If you ever feel such prodding to pray, go along with it, you don't
know what it can mean to that person..

Nothing is ever hurt by prayer except the gates of hell.
'With God all things are possible'.

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.
Who says God does not move on the earth today?

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