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| So it goes: �While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, every two weeks I traveled by bicycle throught the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. �This was a journey of two days & 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 & supplies and then begin my two day journey back to the field hospital. |
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| Upon arrival in the city, I observed two men fighting, one of whom had been seriously injured, I treated him for his injuries & at the same time witnessed to him of God. �I then traveled two days, camping overnight & arrived home without incident. |
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| Two weeks later I repeated my journey. �Upon arriving i n the city, I was approached by the young man I had treated. �He told me that he had known I carried money & medicines. �He said, "Some friends & I followed you into the jungle, knowing you would camp overnight. �We planned to kill you & take your money & drugs. �But just as we were about to move into your camp, we saw that you were surrounded by 26 armed guards." |
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| At this I laughed & said, "That I was certainly all alone out in that jungle campsite." �The young man pressed the point, however & said, "No sir, I was not the only person to see the guards. �My five friends also saw them & we all counted them. �It was becuase of those guards that we were afraid & left you alone." |
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| At this point in the sermon, one of the men in the congregation jumped to his feet & interrupted the missionary & asked if he could tell him the exact day that this happened. �The missionary told the congregation the date & the man who interrupted told him this story: |
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| "On the night of your incident in Africa, it was morning here & 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 God 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?" |
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| The men who had met together to pray that day stood up. �The missionary quickly counted how many men he saw. �There were 26........... |
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