Stories to Inspire
Heaven is waiting to be invited, engaged, activated. Really! Jesus said He could have called for thousands of angels (Matt 26:53). (He didn’t because that would have foiled His ultimate mission at the Cross.) Abraham bargained with angels, Manoah inquired of an angel, Jacob wrestled an angel for a blessing, Zechariah told an angel what to do, Mary questioned an angel, etc.
Wouldn’t it be disappointing if we tried to tough it out alone, only to find out that we had the hosts of Heaven waiting for our signal to bring us into triumph?
In this next story, angels were solicited and engaged over this business, which yielded a rather dramatic outcome. What a blessing to discover all the Biblical possibilities we have with all of the Heavenly hosts… and learn the Heavenly protocols to engage them! We’re going to get good at partnering with Heaven!
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Takin’ it to the streets – 54th St Grill
A few years ago, my friend Walt and I were looking for ways to invade and impact the business world with Kingdom realities. We knew an assistant manager of the local 54th St Grill and asked him for permission to come in every Tues morning before they opened so that we could pray over the building and for the business and staff, etc. He agreed and we prayed for about an hour each Tuesday morn. We aggressively engaged angelic ministry and assistance over the whole operation. The assistant manager and manager listened in from time to time. After about 6 weeks, it sort of felt like our assignment was over so we notified the manager that we were finished.
A few days after that, there was a bank robbery in downtown Kansas City. The thieves drove their get-away car south through Grandview, MO and past 54th St Grill. For some ‘strange’ reason they decided to stop and rob the restaurant on their way by. They entered the store with guns drawn and were in the process of robbing the store. But just at that time, as the Lord would have it, a police officer spotted the get-away car, entered the store and quickly, without incident, stopped the robbery, apprehended the criminals… and recouped the stolen bank money, too.
Afterwards the manager excitedly exclaimed, “The reason that robbery got foiled is because Mark & Walt have been releasing angels over this restaurant for the last 6 weeks! It was because of those angels!”
Angels are waiting to be invited into our lives and into Kingdom activity and to minister to all that pertains to us. Don’t let them get bored! – MLH
“Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” – Heb 1:14
Mark Hendrickson
Beyond the Map 