Do you believe in angels? The Bible talks about about angels. All through the Bible we read about angels. Good angels that were sent by our Heavenly Father to bring messages and assistance to His servants on the earth. Angels appeared in many different forms, some even in the form of men. I believe I have had at least one such encounter. You may find my story humorous, but I can assure you it was not funny to me at the time.
I was invited as an Evangelist to come to Uganda, West Africa and conduct a Pastors & Leadership training conference as well as conduct an outdoor crusade for the purpose of salvation and healing. Approximately 3000 Pastors and Church Leaders traveled for miles to attend. Many walked and others rode on the backs of big trucks, even hanging on to the sides of the trucks to be a part of the training and to participate in the crusade. Each night the people slept outside on the ground, praying throughout the night inviting the Holy Spirit to come and manifest Himself in our meetings. The spirit of the people was pure hunger and thirst for the knowledge and wisdom of God. I have never witnessed this kind of spiritual hunger, passionate prayer and intense worship anywhere in the United States. We conducted the open-air crusade in the city park, directly located in front of a Muslim Mosque. The Muslims chimed loud bells from the Mosque to disturb our crusade. The city placed armed guards around the park to protect us. Everyone was nervous as we conducted the first service. As we prayed and worshipped, the people began to fill the park. We had no chairs for them to sit in. We estimated that there was between 8 and 10 thousand people in attendance, all standing and watching us worship. I preached the Gospel of Jesus (a salvation message). I gave an invitation for people to accept Christ as their only Savior, and no one responded. It was very difficult to preach that evening, you could feel the resistance and the reluctance of the people. It was a very discouraging moment for our team. We were told that one out of every four people were infected with diseases. So I invited my team of ministers to step out on the platform with me and to raise their hands over the crowd and ask God to heal the people. As we lifted our hands and began to pray, healing miracles began to happen all over the park. When people began to see the healings, people then began to come forward and ask Jesus to be their Lord and Savior. The ushers began to bring people onto the platform to testify and share with the crowd what God had done for them. The first lady to testify was in her early thirties and had been blind, deaf and mute since birth. When the prayer for healing was prayed (which by the way she could not hear the prayer), instantly her eyes and ears were opened and she could not only see and hear, but she could also speak. It was fascinating to watch the crowd respond to her as she talked. The people in the city knew her all her life and they all had been taking care of her. She spoke to the crowd in four different languages. I asked our interpreter why she spoke in four different languages, he said because their were four different languages spoken in the city. It was an incredible evening to say the very least. After the crusade had ended that evening, two of the ministers that were with me, told me that the Lord had told them to stay in the park and pray all night. Myself and the rest of the team went to our rooms. I could not rest knowing two of our guys were in the park and we had no idea what kind of danger they may have been in. I invited the other ministers that were with me to my room and we began to pray that God would do something to break the darkness off of that city. While we were praying we heard a knock on the door. As I opened the door, three men that looked to be African walked into the room with us and began praying with us, very loud and in languages we did not know and then they left the room. We had no idea who they were and we could not communicate with them. We went to the door and looked out and there was no one to be seen. Could these men have been angels? Maybe, we were not sure? Around the same time people began to come out of their homes and make their way to the city park in the darkness and our two ministers where there and prayed for them and many were saved and healed. And the next morning the whole area was different, people were happy and the dark, depressing spirit was gone and we saw thousands of people saved during the crusade. After the crusade was over, we had one day of rest and relaxation, so we went on a Safari in a National Park. We wanted to see the animals. We all piled into an Isuzu Trooper along with our tour guide who was driving and giving us some history of the area and the animals. It was an amazing tour. We saw elephants, Zebras, Monkeys of all kinds, and many other animals. I said to the guide, I want to see the Lions. He said, the Lions are asleep, (it was mid day). Then, he said, I think I know where a den of Lions is and off we went. As we approached a large open field, you could see huge termite mounds, and what looked like a large hill of honeysuckle vines. As we approached the hill of honeysuckles there was a beautiful female Lion sitting on top of a termite mound with its paws crossed as if she was posing for a picture. All at once and without warning, our tour guide drove the vehicle directly into the Lions den and big lions, little lions, female lions and male lions began to pile out of the den. They were all afraid and angry and we were all frightened at the sounds of their loud roars. We took tons of pictures and then eased on down the dirt trail moving away from the Lions Den. We were all filled with energy from the adrenaline rush. We were all excited and loud and all at once the vehicle began to ride rough and make strange noises. Our tour guide stopped the vehicle to check and low and behold we had a flat tire, not very far from where we had just angered a bunch of sleeping lions. We all got out of the vehicle and discovered that we had a spare tire, but we had no lug wrench and no jack. I fell on my knees and wrapped my arms around the flat tire and begin praying for God to send us a jack. The guys were all laughing at me. I was praying with my eyes open, keeping a lookout for lions. One of the guys began to walk away and go for help. As he walked I prayed for God to protect him from the wild animals. Then way off in the distance you could see an automobile coming toward us. As the automobile approached us, it was a very white guy with reddish blond hair and he said, hello my name is Jack. He was in a Toyota pickup and his jack and lug wrench fit our vehicle. He helped us change the tire and drove away and no one at the National Park had ever seen him before and had no idea who he was or where he came from. I believe he was an answer to prayer and I believe he was an angel sent from God to help us. So, I tell people now that my angels name is “Jack” (lol). You may not believe in angels, but I believe the angels are all around us. The Bible says, that angels encamp round about those that fear the Lord. I believe angels have been assigned to our lives to assist us as we serve God and pursue His will and purpose for our lives! I pray for you as you read my story that the angels of God will make themselves known to you and assist you in all that God has for you to do for Him. Remember, no matter how challenging your life becomes or how difficult your situation may be, never stop believing that something good is going to happen to you!
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