The Urge To 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...
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!

This story is an incredible example of how the Spirit of the Lord
moves in behalf of those who love Him.
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.

Oh wow Debbie....that just spoke to my spirit.  That is awesome.  God works in such awesome ways.  Thanks for sharing this. 

I've heard similar type stories, but this gave me chill bumps.  Thanks for sharing!