[sandra]

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word.

This thread is for answered prayer or encouragement.

[sandra]

Just remember, "Our God is an Awesome God!"

A young man had been to Wed. 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 a 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
the 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, speaking loudly in Spanish. 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.