Subject: 26 soldiers If God calls us to pray, PRAY...
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 one.
 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 Jesus Christ.  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
out 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 that 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 towards Christ 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, 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 life daily.