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From: Matt Knowlton <knowltmr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 18:55:19 -0500
Sorry about all the garbage that the server put in the last post.  I
have recopied the actual message here.

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 he started on
toward home.

     But again, he had the thought, to 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 across the street." 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 a 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 asked 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!!!!!!!!
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