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you ever had something bad happen or almost happen to you? You could have been
hurt really bad, but you weren't? Well today I want to tell you a story of
Chantal and how Lord Jesus protected her.
Chantal was a quiet little girl who
loved reading books and asking questions on many things, but mostly on the
Bible. She was always asking her daddy lots of questions like, "What do
angels do?" and "How can Lord Jesus be every where all at the same
time?" She loved to listen, as her daddy would tell her all about Lord
Jesus and what the Bible had to tell them about all the things that were
asked. She was amazed every time to discover that the Bible always had an
answer to ANY of the questions she asked. This happened so much that it became
a fun thing to do for her and her family. They would all sit on her daddy’s
bed and would take turns to ask a question and then they would all spend time
finding the answers from the Bible. One night as they where spending time
together, the question was asked, "Can Lord Jesus protect us from
danger?"
As her daddy looked through the Bible,
he found many verses telling them that Lord Jesus loves us very much and there
is no evil or danger that could come near them. One of the verses they found
was this one:
Psalms 91:11-12
For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your
ways. They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot
against a stone.
Chantal just loved this verse and asked
her daddy if he could write it out on a piece of paper for her to read and
learn. She had done this another time and found that learning verses in the
bible can be very fun and help you when you need it. When the devil would come
and try to tell her lies, Lord Jesus would make her remember what the real
truth was and she would tell the devil to go away and stop lying to her. And
do you know what? It worked every time! You see the devil has to listen to
Jesus, because Jesus is stronger and can tell the devil what to do. And do you
know what? You can do the same! When you asked Jesus into your heart to stay,
Jesus in you makes you stronger and allows you to tell the devil what to do,
as long as you do it in Jesus Name and it says you can in the Bible.
From that day on Chantal took that piece
of paper with her everywhere she went and would read it every time she thought
about it. Her two favorite times to read these verses were just before going
to sleep at night or on her way to school. You see Chantal had to ride her
bicycle to school everyday. Her parents could not take her to school by car.
The only problem with riding a bicycle
to school was there was not much to do and it would take forever to get to
school. So what she would do to pass the time is spend the time learning the
verses from the Bible till she knew them off by heart. And so it happened on
this very day...
Like every morning, Chantal was making
her way to school, and this morning she decided to take the verse about how
Jesus protects us and started to read it out loud and learn it like she had
done with so many other verses in the Bible. As she rode to school, she spoke
it out loud over and over again. To make it easier to remember, she would make
up pictures in her mind to help her remember better. She read the verse 'For
He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. They
shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.'
Can you think of a picture? What picture comes to your mind as you hear this
verse?
Well this is what Chantal saw… She
remembered the story in the Bible of when the Syrian king tried to kill Elisha
the prophet. A big army surrounded them. Now Elisha's servant was so scared
because he knew there was no way they could escape and if they where caught,
they would die. Elisha on the other hand trusted in God and prayed that his
servant could see in the spirit what he was seeing - He saw all the warrior
angels of heaven on chariots of fire all around them, keeping them safe! Could
you imagine what that must have looked like? Why not close your eyes now and
try making the picture of Elisha and the entire warrior angels of Heaven
around him protecting him.
It was a lot of fun imagining pictures
and it made the bicycle trip to school not so long and hard for Chantal, as
usual. There was just one little problem - It had been raining the night
before and the roads where very slippery. Chantal was just come to a part of
the trip where she had to leave the road and ride on the sidewalk. She had
done this so many times in the past that she could do it with her eyes closed,
but on a wet day like today it was a little more difficult and she had to be a
little more careful than usual. This is when suddenly, something bad happened!
Do you know what happened?
Well, let me tell you! As the wheels of
Chantal's bicycle left the road and touched the sidewalk, the bicycle slipped
from under her and she fell. What was even worse is that the bicycle fell into
the road and she could not get out from under the bicycle as she fell. There
was nothing she could do to stop herself falling, but hold onto her bike for
dear life and speak her verse as she fell right into the busy road! Now if
that was not scary enough! A car came rushing passed her head only inches
away, it was the most scary thing that ever happened to her.
With a loud 'SCREEECH" from the
brakes, the car came to a stop and a lady ran out of the car to see if Chantal
was okay. Chantal was feeling a little weak and shaken up from the fall and
seeing the wheels of the car come whizzing passed her head so fast and close.
As she checked herself, she was very thankful that she had not been hurt in
any way and that her bike was in one piece. As for the lady, she was very
happy to see that Chantal was okay and offered to take Chantal the rest of the
way to school in her car.
As Lady drove Chantal to school, they
spoke about what had happened. The Lady could not believe that she had missed
hitting Chantal. The whole thing had happened so fast that before she could do
anything, Chantal had already fallen and the car had passed by her and was
behind her.
It was then that Chantal knew why! She
told the Lady that Lord Jesus had protected her. She told the Lady of how she
had learnt the bible verse and was busy learning and speaking it on her way to
school when everything happened. She told the Lady how she had learnt for her
daddy and the bible, how Jesus always promises to look after us and protect us
no matter what happens. It was then and there that she decided to thank Lord
Jesus for protecting her and the prayer went like this:
"Thank you
Lord Jesus for being so special!
Thank you for always looking after me and protecting me from all the bad
things.
Thank you for the powerful verses in the Bible that help me so much!
Please help me to never forget what the Bible says,
And help me not to listen to the lies of the Devil.
In Jesus Name,
Amen!"
As the lady gave Chantal her bicycle and
said goodbye, she still could not believe that Chantal was still not hurt, but
they both know why and that Jesus was very special and had made sure nothing
bad had happened.
So if anything bad ever happens to you
or you’re scared something bad could happen, why not use the verse Chantal
used and let Lord Jesus protect you? You see He will always look after you no
matter what and like what happened to Chantal, even though the Devil tried to
make a bad thing happen to Chantal, Jesus was there to protect her and keep
her from getting hurt. Aren't you happy to have Jesus in your life to look
after you? Don’t you just love Him so much for loving you? Why not thank Him
today for all the special things He does for you!
The End.
