Short Stories

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Here is an account of the things god did in this community taken from sermon notes by Duncan campbell.

There were about 30 of us in a farmhouse,
there to pray and seek God.
There were five ministers including myself and a good numbers of others including elders from the parish and other districts.
Duncan says this
" I felt the going was very hard, I prayed and others prayed and the ministers prayed,
but one felt the very powers of hell was let loose in that house.
About midnight I turned to one of the elders and said to him..
." I think the time has come when you ought to pray and lay hold of God.”...
And that dear man rose to his feet and he must have prayed for at least half an hour.... Of course we were in revival and in revival time doesn't exit.
No one looked at the clock and wondered when it was going to end.
He prayed and then paused for a little while.
He lifted his right hand towards heaven and prayed this:

GOD DO YOU KNOW THAT YOUR HONOUR IS AT STAKE?
YOU MADE A PROMISE TO POUR WATER ON THE THIRSTY
AND FLOODS UPON THE DRY GROUND, AND GOD YOU’RE NOT DOING IT!

Your honour is at stake; I wonder how many of us could pray in that fashion?
How many of us could approach god with words like that on our lips?
This man did and then he said this:

THERE ARE FIVE MINISTERS IN THIS MEETING INCLUDING MR CAMPBELL,
AND I DON'T KNOW where one OF THEM STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE,
BUT IF I KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT MY OWN HEART I THINK I CAN SAY THIS
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THAT I AM THIRSTY FOR A MANIFESTATION OF YOUR POWER, AND YOU PROMISED TO POUR WATER ON THE THIRSTY AND FLOODS UPON THE DRY GROUND,
AND YOU ARE NOT DOING IT...

And then after a second or two he lifted up his hands and cried....

"GOD YOUR HONOUR IS AT STAKE AND I NOW CHALLENGE YOU TO FOR YOUR COVENANT ENGAGEMENT TO POUR WATER ON THE THIRSTY AND FLOODS UPON THE DRY GROUND."

At that moment the huge granite built house shook like a leaf. And as soon as this man stopped praying I pronounced the benediction, a little after 2oclock in the morning, and went out to find the whole village ablaze with God.............

I was amazed at this account and gave me time to consider how and what I pray.

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