God Said "Pray"

                            By Phil Scovell



     I was walking through  my dining room and  into the living room   when
     suddenly the Lord said, Pray for the safety of Mr. and Mrs.   Branham.
     this elderly couple were driving one day each week over  100 miles one
     way to visit their 52 year old daughter in a  hospital in another city
     south of Denver.  they had been going  every  Monday.  I always prayed
     for their safety  each Monday  because  of their age and  their little
     car they drove.   Also, Mrs.  Branham was in a wheel  chair and I knew
     the  trip  was especially   difficult  for  her each  week.   For that
     matter, they both  were  extremely concerned about  their daughter and
     her unstable  condition in the distant hospital.

          As I  said, the Lord spoke to   me and told me  to pray for their
     safety one day.  It was about  4:15 in the afternoon because I  looked
     at my watch right then for some reason.  As soon as  I heard the voice
     of the Lord telling me   what to do, I said, "But Lord,  they don't go
     to the hospital on  Wednesday."

          He said, "Pray."

          As I kept  on walking,  I simply   allowed the  thoughts to  pass
     through  my mind concerning this  matter.   I learned years ago how to
     pray without getting on my   knees each and  every time and I  learned
     how to pray direct, short, and to the point prayers.  I literally said
     something as simplistic as, "Lord, protect the Branhams," and the rest
     of my prayer request was in my thoughts.

          Later  that  evening, Mr.  Branham  picked  me up  for  Wednesday
     evening Bible study  at church.  I asked him if  they saw his daughter
     Monday.

          He said,  "No, not Monday.   We  went today and  we almost  had a
     terrible wreck, too."

          I asked him about it.  He explain how a big truck passed them and
     cut in front of him and  a car immediately in front of  them.  The two
     cars had to slam  on  their breaks  driving along at 70 miles  an hour
     because the  trailer of the big 18 wheeler missed the front end of the
     lead  car  by  about 6 inches.   So, suspicious by  this time, I said,
     "You  wouldn't happen to know what time this happened, would you?"

          Mr.  Branham said, "We came back later than usual and it was this
     side  of  Colorado Spring so it had  to have been between 4 and 4:30,"
     he  explained.

          I then  told him what you are  reading now.  Since the   Lord had
     spoken that clearly in my spirit to tell  me to pray, I  knew this was
     of the Lord.  My point is, however, prayers in no  way need to be very
     long if you know how to pray and especially if  you pray when the Holy
     Spirit prompts you to do so.


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