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Daddy's Empty Chair..

Good day,my friend...upon reading this it reminds me of Raymond Patrick O' Donnell,he passed away last April 3,2008.Ray was Elmo’s former boss and he treated Elmo, like as his son...at the age of 81 he got a lung cancer. But then God is good and all things work together for good according to His purpose..2weeks before he passed away, he gave Elmo a phone call, Elmo told Ray to repent and confess his sins to God and accept our Lord Jesus Christ as His Lord and Savior. He’s an Australian, who never praying to God, but then i said to Elmo he will do it and Ray said thank you to Elmo for telling him what to do.... when Ray left there's a joy within us.... why... because i know he made a right choice... to be in our Father in heaven!

A man's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows.

An empty chair sat beside his bed.

The minister assumed that the old fellow had been

informed of his visit.

"I guess you were expecting me," he said.

'No, who are you?" said the father.

The minister told him his name and then remarked,

"I saw the empty chair and I figured you knew I

was going to show up.

"Oh yeah, the chair," said the bedridden man.

"Would you mind closing the door?"

Puzzled, the minister shut the door.

"I have never told anyone this, not even my

daughter," said the man. "But all of my life I

have never known how to pray. At church I used to

hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it went

right over my head.

I abandoned any attempt at prayer," the old man

continued, " until one day four years ago, my best

friend said to me, "Johnny, prayer is just a

simple matter of having a conversation with

Jesus.

Here is what I suggest.

Sit down in a chair; place an empty chair in front

of you,

and in faith see Jesus on the chair.

It's not spooky because he promised, 'I will be

with you always'.

"Then just speak to him in the same way you're

doing with me right now.

"So, I tried it and I've liked it so much that I

do it a couple of hours every day.

I'm careful though. If my daughter saw me talking

to an empty chair, she'd either have a nervous

breakdown or send me off to the funny farm.

The minister was deeply moved by the story and

encouraged the old man to continue on the journey.

Then he prayed with him, anointed him with oil,

and returned to the church.

Two nights later the daughter called to tell the

minister that her daddy had died that afternoon.

"Did he die in peace?" he asked.

"Yes, when I left the house about two o'clock, he

called me over to his bedside, told me he loved me

and kissed me on the cheek. When I got back from

the store an hour later, I found him. But there

was something strange about his death. Apparently,

just before Daddy died, he leaned over and rested

his head on the chair beside the bed.

What do you make of that?"

The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said,

"I wish we could all go like that.”

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Permalink Reply by Buddy4ever on June 4, 2009 at 8:44pm

Hi chinese girl!!! Hope all is well!!!!!! I enjoyed the story bout your husband and his boss.

Permalink Reply by IBRAHIM OSABWA ATETWE on June 5, 2009 at 5:13am

Thanks very much. My heart is moved by the message since i think so much about it.But its good when we die we die in the lord.God holds the destiny of each one of us here on earth,we are but sojouners.Paul said if we live is for christ but when we die its gain to us.He says that, he is pursuaded that nothing can seperate him from the love of God,even death or life....But we always pray that we should not die pre-maturely bacause that is not our portion,we shall live to declare the works of the lord.Halleluyah,them that depart in the lord we are going to meet them at that day.In the twinkling of an eye we shall shall be changed,and those died inthe lord shall rise from the dead to meet the lord inthe air.Though we mighty feal emptness God comes into our life through the power of the holy ghost to comfort us.THANKS BE TO GOD WHO RESTORES AND MAKES THINGS APPEAR FRESH INTO OUR LIFE.

Permalink Reply by MaryAnn on June 6, 2009 at 7:28am

Hi there. I thought for sure you were going to say that the man had crawled up into the chair before he died...(to be on Daddy's lap). Great story. Love
MaryAnn

Permalink Reply by Leni Racca on June 7, 2009 at 5:34am

Hi Kathlene,

I remembered my dad when I read this.He passed away several years ago and I shared Jesus w/ Him before he died.I told him to repent and receive Jesus in his heart.I do beleived that he did and that he is in heaven w/ Jesus now.Thanks for sharing this story to me.God bless my friend and Happy Lord's Day to you and the family.

Permalink Reply by Gabriel on June 9, 2009 at 6:32am

Good day. What a message passed in this time where the lovers of many are waxing cold!!! This is an emphasis of the issue of prayer. I pray we can see prayer that way- a link to the Father's house. This is a must art and act if we must gain heaven at a very long race of the moment of life.

Just ruminate on this para-phrase "The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said", "I wish we could all go like that.”

Have a pleasant day from Gabriel.

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