by
Kraig J Rice
Elmin Raymond Babcock- A Miracle In The Hospital
Rev. Lenard Griffis- his car suspended by a roadside guard rail
Sgt. Hanford Maurice Rice- almost killed on the battlefield
Sharon Ann Rice- A Vision of Danger Ahead
Evelyn Pope- Moved Ahead In Distance
Charlie Stone- D-Day Omaha Beach
A Convincing Miracle by Terry Lynn Lene
Angel Guard
Is This My Last Road? By Gerald Horne
The Spider's Web By Unknown Author
Incident on Red Square by Richard Wurmbrand
Here are some testimonies of the protecting power of God. He gets the glory!
Elmin Raymond Babcock- A Miracle In The Hospital
The pastors of several churches were contacted asking them to activate their "prayer chains" (Contact folks in their congregations who had the gift of intercessory prayer). That night many prayers went up to God on his behalf.
Elmin was a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and was ready to go home to Heaven if the Lord should call him. The doctors tried everything and gave no hope for him. That night God opened Elmin's spiritual eyes and allowed him to see angels with their wings outstretched touching each other. These angels formed a circle around him and he knew it was impossible for him to die. His condition began to stabilize the next day and by the time he left the hospital, two months later, all the doctors and nurses who worked in that hospital had heard about his miracle and many of them accepted the fact that they knew it was divine intervention that spared his life.
God still works miracles, He answers prayers, and He protects those who live for and serve Him.
Pastor Lenard Griffis was very faithful to visit Elmin in the hospital. Everyone was very glad God had spared Elmin's life and then one day Pastor Griffis shared one of his testimonies with me...
Lenard Griffis- his car suspended by a roadside guard rail
"God called me to the ministry when I was just a lad. When I grew up I knew I was still called to the ministry but I hesitated for many years until after I married and had finished a four year term in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
I kept putting off the call to the ministry until God got my attention one day. My family and I were traveling by car over a snowy mountain range in Gallup, New Mexico. My car spun out of control on the narrow ice covered highway and plunged over the side of the road, but providentially, my car was suspended over the gorge in mid air. Two front wheels of my car held fast to the shoulder of the road.
It was then and there God got my attention and I promised Him there in the car, hanging over the gorge, I would enter the ministry if He would spare my family. He spared my family and He spared my car.
Shortly afterward I entered the ministry and have ministered for well over 32 years. During the course of my ministry, numerous people have come to know Christ as their Saviour, many have received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
To God be the glory. He had a purpose in sparing my life."
Sgt. Hanford Maurice Rice- almost killed on the battlefield
One time he told me how God saved his life. On one battlefield he was near the French town of Saint Lo on the front lines in 1944 fighting the Germans. A lot of fighting was taking place around the large hedge rows there. His job as a platoon Sergeant was to check on his men to make sure of their combat efficiency. One day towards sundown as he was running while checking on his men he tripped. He fell flat on his face and at the same instance that he hit the dirt a burst of German machine gun bullets ripped through the air directly over his head just missing him. He would have been killed if he had not tripped. As he looked back to see what he had tripped over he saw no obstacles. He was astonished. He knew his guardian angel tripped him in order to save his life.
He never forgot that but he had trouble making any lasting commitment to Jesus Christ and he served the flesh more than the spirit. He had Ranger Training in the Second Infantry Division and landed on Omaha beach in Normandy, France, on D-day plus one and fought all the way to Germany where he was wounded in fighting on the Siegfried Line. Then he returned to America. He had a chest full of medals including the Bronze Star for bravery under fire and the purple heart with clusters.
So, since he was not living the Christian life then why did God spare his life? The answer lies in the sovereignty of God, however, he had a praying mother who interceded with God in prayer for him continually. As a matter of fact she told me one time that she prayed for all of her sons during that war and that God brought all of them back home to her. She knew that God had answered her prayers for Sgt. Hanford Rice.
But the story of Sgt. H. Rice has a happy ending. A few years before he died he told me that he had accepted Jesus Christ as his saviour.
Sharon Ann Rice- A Vision of Danger Ahead
What did she do? She pulled her car over to the side of the highway and stopped. As soon as she stopped, a car came from the opposite direction over the hill, in her lane. They would have hit head-on unless she had pulled over. So, God spared the life of my sister and mother that day. He gave my sister a vision, she believed it, and then acted accordingly. He was watching over them. It wasn't their time to die. God wasn't finished with them yet.
Fear sees the obstacles
Evelyn Pope- Moved Ahead In Distance
One day Evelyn was driving her car full of church people. She was south bound on Highway 101 just south of Cloverdale, Calif. She just went over a hill in the road that was about a half mile from her house when a fast moving semi truck came up behind her and the driver did not see her because of the hill. It was apparent that the truck was going to rear-end her car at a great rate of speed. It appeared there was going to be a horrible vehicle accident with severe loss of life.
When the truck was about three feet away from Evelyn's back bumper her car was suddenly a half mile ahead in distance and she turned into her driveway. God had actually moved her car ahead the distance of one-half mile in a split second of time in order to save her life and the lives of those with her in her car. It was a miracle from God and it worked to save their lives.
God is all powerful and He can transform the laws of time and distance at His will.
Charlie Stone- D-Day Omaha Beach
The LST landing craft was approaching Omaha Beach. The waves were rough and German artillery shells were hitting here and there. Inside was a weapons carrier and 39 men, two from the Second Infantry Division. One such man was T/5 Charlie E. Stone, a forward observer from the 37th Field Artillery Battalion. He wore the Indianhead patch on his shoulder. Most of the Second Division did not land until D-Day plus one, my father included.
It was 0745 in the morning.The beach was already crowded and there was not enough room for the LST to land so it had to idle down while waiting for an opening lest it hit a mine or anti-landing trap made of railroad track steel. While idling down in the rough seas the LST turned sideways to the beach and made a nice target. The LST was 300 yards from the beach when German artillery came pouring in. Suddenly there was a violent explosion, a horrible jolt and ear deafening sound as an 88 artillery shell exploded in the middle of the LST breaking her in half and killing most of the men. The LST, the maps, the portable radio, and the weapons carrier (a little larger than a jeep) went immediately to the bottom. The nine remaining men left alive were violently plunged into the extremely cold water and had to swim for their lives. Ironically, both of the men from the Second Infantry Division made it to the beach in the First Infantry Division sector.
Charlie Stone believed in God, being raised in Moyers, Oklahoma, and was a proficient swimmer there. It was his strong faith and good swimming ability that he relied on to help him swim that 300 yards to shore fully clothed with his boots on through the cold water. This is also where the discipline and training paid off that each man in the Second Div. had.
Charlie made it to shore, however, not all eight of the remaining men were good swimmers. Some were having a tough time swimming in. The seas were rough and cold, German bullets and artillery were hitting everywhere, bodies of soldiers from the first wave were numerous, and there was confusion and panic among most all of those left alive in the First Division on that beach.
Inspite of all of this Charlie Stone summoned up his courage and jumped back into the water and swam back out 30 to 40 feet from the beach and grabbed hold of the other man from the Second Division and helped him swim safely to shore thus saving his life. But this wasn't enough. He jumped back in again and swam another 30 to 40 feet from shore and helped another man swim in to the beach, saving his life also. For these actions he was proudly presented the Silver Star medal by the Second Division for his heroism there that day.
His job that day was to be a forward artillery observer for the First Division. General Hodges from the V Corps had ordered Second Division to help out the First Division with additional personnel so Charlie Stone had been assigned the duty.
How did Charlie Stone stay alive for the rest of the day on Omaha Beach? He said he found a huge shell crater in the sand and crawled in there and did not move. German mortars and artillery hit all around it that day but none scored a direct hit on that crater. About 1400 hours he went on the attack with other men from the First Division and started climbing up the cliff on a rope. A German soldier up on top cut it with a knife and he fell back in the sand but got up and climbed up a second rope.
The other man from the Second Div. who Charlie saved also went with him inland once they got off of Omaha Beach. They performed their duties well as forward observers with the First Div. and saw action for one day with them.
When the Second Division landed on D-Day plus one Charlie and his buddy reported back to them and went into action with their own outfit. Charlie was with BTC C, 37th Field Artillery Battalion who was supporting Mary Company of the third battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment.
Charlie made it all the way through the war and until his dying day he knew that it was God who spared his life that day on Omaha Beach.
He who kneels before God
"In July 1977 I was a worker on a construction site in Lenior City, a small town in Eastern Tennessee. One morning when I arrived at the site, I was told we would be going to Oak Ridge to disassemble an apartment building and move it to Lenior City.
Eight other workers and I started for Oak Ridge. While on the truck, I spoke with a friend, a new brother in the Lord, about how God cares for His children. We had talked previously about Jesus performing miracles for His children. We had prayed He would show my friend a miracle to bolster his faith.
After the conversation we arrived at the apartment building. It was two stories and the roof was missing. The outer portion of the building was covered with rock slab and brick.
We went to the second story and began disassembling the walls. A chain saw was brought to cut away the bottom portion. Our task was to fold the walls onto one another.
The first wall was 60 feet long and 10 feet high. We attached ropes to the top and began to pull it down. We were instructed to move to the other side of the building when the wall began to fall. Many of the workers were skeptical of this plan, but few of us said anything.
The wall gave a loud crack as we pulled, and it began to fall. I was in the center of the 60-foot section. I began to run but tripped over some loose boards on the floor and fell on my back. The wall fell across my chest and knocked the air from my lungs. I didn't lose consciousness, but I was in extreme pain. The wall was so heavy I was unable to breathe or move. The other eight men tried to lift it from my body but were unable.
Then they ran to the middle and tried again, lifting and prying up on the wall. Finally they managed to lift it high enough to pull me free.
I was carried to the truck and rushed to the hospital by my friend. Together we prayed the Lord would heal me of my injuries.
When we arrived at the hospital, the staff rushed me to the treatment room. They suspected I had cracked ribs and internal injuries. We continued to pray to Jesus. After a few minutes the pain began to subside.
When I was examined and X-rayed, the attending physician pronounced me well. He continued to question what had happened, not believing it was possible that a wall weighing thousands of pounds could have fallen on me. He ordered me to have two days of bed rest. We left the hospital rejoicing in the protective hand of the Lord.
Needless to say, my faith and my friend's faith grew. The miracle we had prayed for had come. We remembered God's Word: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose"
This article quoted from
"Rejoice in the Lord always
"A MEDICAL MISSIONARY and his companion had to walk some distance to collect a sum of money which had been sent to a bank on their account. Night overtook them before they could reach home; so, committing themselves to God, they lay down to sleep on the lonely hillside and finished their journey the next morning.
Some weeks later a man who came to the hospital for treatment stared at the missionary and said, "I have seen you before."
"No," replied the missionary, "I don't think we have met."
"Oh, yes we have!" said the man. "You were sleeping on a hillside a few weeks ago. Several of us saw you at the bank and followed you, intending to rob you when it was dark, but we didn't dare because of the soldiers."
"Soldiers?" The missionary laughed. "There were no soldiers with us, my friend."
The bandit was adamant. "Yes, there were— we counted them. There were sixteen of them and they had swords."
The missionary humored the man and dismissed it as a hallucination.
After telling the incident while on furlough, the missionary was approached by a friend who asked, "What date was it when you camped on the hillside?" The missionary found the date in his diary and his questioner checked the date in his own appointment book.
"That night," he said, "we had our weekly prayer meeting. Your name was brought forward for prayer, and," he added, "there were sixteen of us in the meeting that night."
This article quoted from
The Lamb who died to save us
"Jon Howard is very familiar with the roads in and around Laurel, Mississippi; he is a member of the Mississippi Highway Patrol in that area.
The 6-foot, 3-inch patrolman usually had little difficulty handling situations which confronted him in the line of duty. However, on the afternoon of January 16, 1977 he found himself asking, "Is this my last road?"
While on routine patrol of Highway 11 between Sandersville and Laurel, Jon spotted a young black man walking aimlessly down the center of the highway, aware of no one and in no hurry. Jon's first thought was that he might have walked away from a nearby mental hospital.
Stopping and getting out of his car, Jon asked, "What's your problem?" but received no answer. Jon placed the man under arrest in order to search him and determine his identity.
Suddenly the young man (who had been released from Utica, New York, State Penitentiary a few months earlier) turned on Jon and struck him on the head, knocking off his glasses. Jon's attempts to subdue the man seemed to have no effect.
Jon pulled his gun from its holster and struck the young black on the head. The pistol flew from Jon's hand, and both men dove for it. They came up with Jon holding the handle of the gun and the young man the barrel.
As the struggle continued, a shot struck the black man in the leg, but even this did not slow him down. With almost supernatural strength the shorter, lighter-weight black continued to grapple with the patrolman.
Jon began to wonder, "How long will I be able to hold out? This fellow is gaining momentum!" Jon felt his own strength failing. Perhaps this was his last road!
If only someone would come along to help! Never had this road been so deserted at 2 o'clock on a Sunday afternoon. The sense of being alone against overwhelming odds swept over him.
A truck, then a car came by, but neither stopped to help.
Losing strength rapidly, Jon cried out in his heart to the Lord. "Lord, I've fooled around for a long time; I've done just about what I've wanted to. But, Lord, forgive me now. Cleanse my heart; and if I should die today, save my soul from eternal damnation!"
At that moment a light shone down from heaven. Only then did the young black begin to settle down. The struggle stopped, but they were both still holding the pistol.
Shortly after, friends arrived and helped get the man handcuffed and into the patrol car.
Suddenly Jon realized that the Lord had spared not only his life but also that of the black man. The Lord had not let Jon get control of the pistol because of what he might have done!
That night Jon attended church and went to the altar to complete his commitment to the Lord. God took the pride and prejudice out of his heart. One week later. He filled Jon with the Holy Spirit.
Now his wife and 9-year-old son have also come to the Lord, and the family is actively serving Him at Faith Assembly in Laurel.
Instead of "the last road" experience, that Sunday afternoon was a road of beginnings. Like the apostle Paul's Damascus road encounter, a whole new avenue of service and blessings opened up for Patrolman Howard that day."
This article quoted from
The Will of God will never take you
"During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.
Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction. Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rocks. Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves. Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed.
As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, God in Heaven, please watch over me, and protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. Amen."
After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw close. He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out of this one." Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of the cave.
As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while, the spider layered strand after strand of web across the entrance of the cave.
"Hah," he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humor."
As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout and could see them searching one cave after another. As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after looking towards his cave, and noticing the spider web in the entrance they moved on. Suddenly, he realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while.
"Lord, forgive me," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that through you a spider's web is stronger than a brick wall."
We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget what God can do in our lives, sometimes in the most unexpected ways. Remember with God, a mere spider's web can become a brick wall."
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When troubles call on you
"G. Borodina, a Russian immigrant, tells of an incident that she witnessed on May 9, 1945, the day World War II ended in Europe. She was in the jubilant crowd that filled Red Square in Moscow to celebrate the victory. She saw a tall air-force officer waving a piece of paper in his lifted hand, while an old woman made her way toward him. As she drew near, he went to embrace her, but first she knelt down, in the presence of hundreds, and said, "Lord, my Saviour, I thank you that you brought my son back alive and well. You gave him a guardian angel. Praise be to you, 0 Lord."
The son lifted her up and gave her the paper. She read it out loud:
With a shining face and a triumphant smile on his lips, the officer told the crowd: "My mother gave me this page when I went to the front. She had written it out from the Bible. With tears in her eyes, she told me, "Read this page every day and God will save you." I did not care about religion. I was a Communist and considered the Bible full of superstitions, but on the front, when it was very hard, I remembered Mother and read the words every day. Indeed, The Almighty saved me."
More than words, the illuminated faces of mother and son witnessed to the crowd about God on the main square of the God-haters' capital."
Quoted from Richard Wurmbrand, Christian Missions to the Communist World Newsletter, April 1987, page 3.
In December of 1980 my wife's father, Elmin Babcock, age 59, went into the hospital for hip replacement surgery. The operation went successful and he was recuperating well. He began physical therapy exercises, but during his first attempt at walking, a blood clot broke loose from the damaged hip area and lodged in one of his lungs. He nearly died as his blood pressure immediately dropped to forty over zero. He was rushed to the intensive care unit where the doctors said it was impossible for him to be alive.
baptism of Jesus
Rev. Lenard Griffis was an Assemblies of God pastor. He was my personal pastor for over 5 years when I lived in his area of California. He performed the wedding ceremony for me and my bride when we got married. This is one of his personal testimonies to me:
(according to Acts 2:4), and many have been healed through the power of God.
Even though my father, Hanford Maurice Rice, was the son of a Baptist minister, his heart was hardened. He was a prodigal son. He was warped in several ways during his childhood by his father, but according to my mother more hardening took place on the battlefields on which he fought during World War 2. He told me at first he liked fighting in Europe and had many true combat stories to tell me.
In 1968 my sister, Sharon Rice, was driving her car from Cloverdale, Calif. to Ukiah, Ca. My mother was a passenger in her car. It was a two lane road at the time. As my sister approached this high hill she received an instantaneous vision from God. In the vision she saw a car coming from the other direction, coming over the approaching hill, in her lane. That meant a head on collision unless she acted fast. This vision kind of scared her. Instantly, she took the vision as a warning from God to her for her protection.
But
Faith sees the opportunities
Evelyn Pope was the wife of a minister, Rev. Arthur Pope, of the Church of God of Prophecy in Cloverdale, Calif. in 1973. Most of my family attended their church. Their house was not far from ours.
It was June 6, 1944- the allied invasion of France during World War Two.
Can stand before anyone
(Romans 8:28). Jesus is the same as He was in the days of Peter and John. All we have to do is believe and call on Him in our time of need."
Written by Sgt. Terry Lynn Lene, Germany.
(Endorsed by Pastor Larry Briggs, First Assembly of God, Hinesville, Ga.)"
PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL, SEPTEMBER 21, 1980, page 13
Again I will say rejoice"
Philippians 4:4
THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL JANUARY 23, 1972 page 14
Is also
The Shepherd who lives to guide us
By GERALD HORNE
THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL May 14, 1978, page 7
To where
The Grace of God will not protect you
By Unknown Author
PowerSourceMinistries.com
You call on God
by Richard Wurmbrand
"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
. . .A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you...For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways."
(Psalm 91)
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