Thanks Julie, Kathy
At 09:52 PM 11/11/2006, you wrote:
>This will give you the chills........GOOD chills.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's
> >>>>>voice.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God still speak to
> >>>>>people?"
> >>>>>
> >>>>>After service he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they
> >>>>>discussed the message.
> >>>>>Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different
> >>>>>ways.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home.
> >>>>>Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, "God...If you still speak to
> >>>>>people speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey."
> >>>>>
> >>>>>As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest
> >>>>>thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk.
> >>>>>He shook his head and said out loud, "God is that you?" He didn't get a
> >>>>>reply and started on toward home.
> >>>>>But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the
> >>>>>voice
> >>>>>of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli.
> >>>>>"Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk." It didn't seem
> >>>>>like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk. He
> >>>>>stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home.
> >>>>>As he passed Seventh Street, he again felt the urge, "Turn Down that
> >>>>>street."
> >>>>>
> >>>>>This is crazy he thought and drove on past the intersection.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Half jokingly, he said out loud, "Okay, God, I will".
> >>>>>
> >>>>>He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He
> >>>>>pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in semi commercial
> >>>>>area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of
> >>>>>neighborhoods either. The businesses were closed and most of the houses
> >>>>>looked dark like the people were already in bed.
> >>>>>Again, he sensed something, "Go and give the milk to the people in the
> >>>>>house across the street." The young man looked at the house. It was
> >>>>>dark
> >>>>>and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already
> >>>>>asleep. He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat.
> >>>>>"Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up,
> >>>>>they are going to be mad and I will look stupid." Again, he felt like
> >>>>>he
> >>>>>should go and give the milk.
> >>>>>Finally, he opened the door, "Okay God, if this is you, I will go to
> >>>>>the
> >>>>>door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy
> >>>>>person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for
> >>>>>something but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here."
> >>>>>He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise
> >>>>>inside. A man's voice yelled out, "Who is it? What do you want?" Then
> >>>>>the door opened before the young man could get away.
> >>>>>The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he
> >>>>>
> >>>>>just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't
> >>>>>seem too happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep. "What is
> >>>>>it?"
> >>>>>The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, "Here, I brought this to
> >>>>>you." The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway.
> >>>>>Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the
> >>>>>kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying.
> >>>>>The man had tears streaming down his face.
> >>>>>The man began speaking and half crying, "We were just praying. We had
> >>>>>some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any
> >>>>>milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to
> >>>>>get some milk."
> >>>>>His wife in the kitchen yelled out, "I ask him to send an Angel with
> >>>>>some. Are you an Angel?"
> >>>>>The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he
> >>>>>had on him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward
> >>>>>his car and the tears were streaming down his face.
> >>>>>He knew that God still answers prayers.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>THIS IS A SIMPLE TEST....? If you believe that God is alive and well,
> >>>>>send this to at least ten people and the person that sent it to
> >>>>>you!!!!!!!!
> >>>>>This is so true. Sometimes it's the
>simplest things that God asks us to
> >>>>>do that cause us, if we are obedient to what He's asking, to be able to
> >>>>>hear. His voice more clear than ever. Please listen, and obey! It will
> >>>>>bless you (and the world). Phil 4:13
> >>>>>This is an easy test, you score 100 or zero. It's your choice.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the directions. Jesus
> >>>>>said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my
> >>>>>Father."
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Not ashamed Pass this on
>
>Tracey Helen Gonzalez
>
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