[A special "Thank You" to Sandy Warner (
SWauthor@aol.com ) who sent today's story to us which was posted by Kathie
Walters at:Â kathiewalters@mindspring.com]
Nov 11,
2002
Angels
Watching Over Us....
Have you wondered about the part angels play in
your daily life? Do you suppose that they are around only certain special
people? Do you believe they are sent for "special occasions," like someone who
is in danger? Angels have a ministry - to the Saints of God - that 's you and I, to strengthen, comfort, and
help us in our ministries. All through the Bible, angels have had a part of God
s relationship to men, women and children.
When Sarah sent her maid
Hagar away, an angel was sent to find her, to comfort her and give her a promise
concerning her son, and also to give her direction (to return to Sarah), see
Genesis chapter sixteen). The second time that Hagar was cast out, the angel
again went and spoke to her and comforted her and provided water Genesis 21.)
The angel of the Lord was sent to stay Abrahams hand when he was going
to sacrifice his son in Genesis 22).Â
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AN ANGEL SENT
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When Abraham sent his servant to find
a wife for Isaac, the angel was sent to go with him (Gen 24:7). When God sends
you out - his angels go with you to help you accomplish the purposes of God.
When Moses heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him from the burning
bush, the Bible says that first he saw the angel in the bush (Ex. 3:2).
Sometimes an angel will come to minister to us just before God is about to give
us direction.
As I was entertaining a missionary friend of mine in my
home last year, an angel came into the room where we were talking. My friend was
ironing and I was sitting on the sofa when I saw a bright light out of the
corner of my eye. Then I saw a huge angel carrying a small jug coming over
toward me. As he went behind me I suddenly smelled a sweet aroma and felt oil
pour over my head, run down my face and shoulders and arms. The next minute I
found myself slipping off the sofa, onto the floor. Â
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 My friend looked astonished, "What are you
doing?" she asked. " Didn t you see that angel?" I asked. "No, but I smelled a
wonderful perfume," she replied. The angel stayed in my house for over two
weeks. Everyone who came to my house and sat on that same seat had oil poured
over them. Why did that happen? I believe it was an anointing for preparation..
An angel gave Paul a message of hope for the people in the ship when he
was being taken to Italy, and the ship was in danger (Acts 27:24). The angels
are sent to protect us. Â
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 One time I was driving to Orlando from
Georgia where I live and as I drove past Gainesville, Florida, I ran into a
heavy storm. There was a lot of traffic and the rain was so hard that I could
barely see the lights of the car in front of me. There were "road up" signs
everywhere and the road was very un-even as half of it was re- tarred and other
half was not.. The big red barrels were lined up along the left hand
side. Â
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 I wasn t able to see enough to even pull
off the road when suddenly my steering wheel was jerked very sharply to the
right. "Woa" I yelled, but just as suddenly as the car turned to the right, it
jerked back again to the left and then went straight ahead. As the car turned
back I saw that one of those big red pillars had been knocked over into the
middle of the road. I know that if I had hit it I would have slammed on my brake
just out of a re-action and the car behind me would have gone into me and the
car behind that would have hit the other car also etc etc.. As my car had turned
to quickly the car behind me could see there was something wrong, and also pull
over to the side. Â
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As
my car continued to Orlando I was unable to control the steering wheel. I just
worshiped the Lord with my tape player. I kept one finger on the wheel through
that bad storm and yet the wheel was as tight as a drum. When we reached the
outskirts of Orlando I felt a nudge and the angel gave the wheel back into my
hands. On another occasion as I was drawing up to a rail-road crossing, an angel
spoke to me and told me to stop. There was no light flashing or bell sounding a
warning so I hesitated and again the angel said, "Stop" so I did. Right in front
me a train went flashing by. If it made a sound I hadn t heard it - and the
barrier had not come down, nor had the light flashed. In Psalms... It says, "He
gives His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy
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"HE ISN'T HERE," THE ANGEL
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The angels are very much a part of
your life. The first time I visited Israel to attend some meetings, we went
sightseeing during the day times. Wherever I went and looked at the various
places where Jesus lived, someone would tap me on the shoulder. A voice would
speak in my ear, "He isn t here," the angelic voice said. I would laugh - and
then the last place we happened to go before we left Israel was the Garden tomb.
I bent down when it was my turn to enter. I looked around with great interest of
course. A voice loomed behind me, "He certainly isn t here!"Â Â
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 I laughed and laughed. As I
came out , some of the religious people around me
thought I was very irreverent.
Another time a man with a very strong
Pharisee -
type religious spirit began to yell at me for dancing and laughing in church.
His face got redder and redder and I wondered how to answer this man. Suddenly I
felt finger tips around my ribs like a feather, tickling me. I tried to stop it
by putting my arm over my ribs but it didn t make any difference, the angelic
fingers kept tickling me. I started giggling and the man yelled louder and his
face got redder, but I couldn' t stop. The
man made one final shout and stormed away from me. Â
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 "So much for the religious
spirit, God doesn t seem interested in it," I thought. Sometimes the things we
consider serious, God doesn t take too seriously at all.Â
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WORSHIPPING ANGELS IS NOT EVEN AN
ISSUE!
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Sometimes when I speak about angels at
various churches and conferences someone will come after and say to me, "You
shouldn t worship angels." I tell them, "That's not even an issue because God s angels will
not let you worship them. They would be off in a second if they thought you were
going to do that. If some kind of angel accepts your worship you know right away
that it s not from God. You don t even need discernment to know that," I say.
The devil makes people fearful of things which I call "non-starter
issues." Like people who say, "If I ask the Lord for the Holy Spirit and the
things of the Spirit, how do I know that I won't receive some
demonic spirit?" Didn t Jesus promise that if you ask your father for bread - HE
WILL NOT GIVE YOU A STONE" (Luke 11:11).
The angels were certainly part
of the life of the early church. Â
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 If you read
through Revelation you will see that there was a chief angel appointed over
every church and so there is today. Over the life of every believer, every
church, every God-called ministry. Â
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