Wanted to alert all our prayer circle folks to this terrific thread about the work of one of our great chaplains!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/888404/posts WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--The battlefields of Iraq have become more of a mission field than Capt. Eddie Cook ever imagined.
Opportunities to share God's grace have uplifted even this firm believer -- who serves as chaplain and a master-rated parachutist in the 3rd Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division's 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment -- and helped him bring many fellow soldiers to Christ.
When 80 mph winds threatened to topple his battalion one day, his fellow soldiers shouted out to him to pray. Standing in the middle of the besieged tent, Cook prayed silently for the sandstorm to stop. When the howling winds died abruptly, he was not surprised at God's grace.
He suddenly realized that though his previous silent prayers had been answered, God was waiting for him to speak up.
"I praised God for it, but I felt Him ask me why I did not profess my prayer aloud so that others could see Him work," said Cook, a 2002 graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. "I remembered Christ and His rebuking of the storm and felt that was of 'biblical proportion' and I was skeptical to do that before all.
"But we must not question our faith. When we are distressed in the desert, God answers [both physically and spiritually]. God instilled in me that we are in exceptional times and He will work in exceptional ways."
God subsequently gave Cook another chance...
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I was thrilled to hear of this man's prayer being so instantaneously answered. By God's grace, and imho, his answered prayer is also our answered prayer working through him, for did we not in our prayer thread petition the Lord to calm those sand storms which were raging? At any rate, it's food for thought and much cause for rejoicing in the Lord!
Indeed. Amen! PRAISE GOD!!!
We experience miracles all around us as we pray...
We just need to be open in Faith to see them.
Thanks for sharing that.