迫切的祷告

mark

2008/02 12

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你曾经有过迫切为别人祷告的感受吗？你是否只是把他的名字记在你的祷告名单上，然后对自己说：「我稍后再为他们祷告。」是否有人打电话给你，请你为他祷告？你有真心而迫切地为他祷告吗？以下真实的故事，相信会改变你的看法；
一位在非洲工作的传教士，休假时，回到他在密西根州的家乡教会，在讲道时说了他的见证：
「当我在非洲的小型战地医院服务时，每两个星期我都会骑着脚踏车，通过丛林到附近城市购买补给品。这趟旅程需要两天，半途需要在外露宿。
有一次，我照例到达该城市，打算先到银行提钱，买完医药及补给品后，然后再回到医院。但一到城市，我就看到两个人在打架，一个人似乎受伤的很严重。我一方面帮他治疗，一方面跟他谈论上帝。然后我骑着脚踏车，半途在外搭营过夜，两天后平安回到医院。
两个星期后，我再度开始我的采购之旅。一到达该城市，我看到那位曾受伤被我治疗的年青人，我靠近他，他告诉我他知道我携带金钱及补给品，他说：『几位朋友和我尾随你进入丛林，知道你会露营过夜，我们打算杀你并夺走你的金钱和药品。但当我们打算进入你的营地时，看到了你被２６个武装警卫围绕着。』讲到这里时，我笑着说，在丛林营地时我只有单身一人，然而这青年很正经且强调地说：『先生，并不只有我一个人看到，我５个朋友全部都看到！并一个一个数过，因为这２６个武装警卫让我们心里畏惧，最后只好放弃原先计划，离你而去。』」
此时，会众中有一个人跳起来，打断了传教士的讲道，问他是否能告诉他这件事确实发生的日期。这位传教士告诉了他确实的日期，这位打断他讲道的会友说了他的经历：「你在非洲发生这件事的晚上，在密西根州这里是早上，我正打算要去打高尔夫球。但我打算要推球时，我迫切地觉得需要为你祷告。事实上，主给我的感觉是如此的强烈，所以我打电话给教会里的朋友，约他们与我在教堂这里为你祷告。可否请当天与我一起祷告的人站起来？」所有当天一起祷告的人都站起来，传教士没有注意他们是谁，因为他忙着算总共有多少人，一共是２６人！
这个不可思议的真实见证告诉我们主的灵如何奥秘的运作，不要忽略上帝赐与我们有力祷告的恩典，更不要在你生活中失去对祂的信心。

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 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 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 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" and 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. Have a great day and God Bless!
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