90 Year-Old Gives Birth to Baby Boy

Glenda frequently visited her 89-year-old mother-in-law Polly in the nursing home in Georgia. Sadly, Polly can remember what happened 50 years ago, but can’t remember 50 minutes ago. One day Glenda went to see her. When she entered the room, Polly excitedly said, “Did you see my baby in the other room? I had a baby yesterday!” Glenda knew she was remembering the birth of her son, which happened 55 years earlier. She wasn’t sure what to say, so she told her, “Congratulations!” (MORE Amazing Stories, Day 10)

Polly didn’t have a baby at age 89, but Abraham’s wife Sarah actually did give birth at age 90 (Gen 17:17, 21:5)). God promised Abraham when he was 75 years old that he would have a child. Sarah was 65 at this time. They didn’t realize they would have to wait 25 years before the promise would be fulfilled.

Why would God make them wait that long? To prove to them, and to everyone who reads the Bible, that God will always fulfill His promises no matter how much time passes, or how impossible the situation looks. “It is impossible for God to lie” (Heb. 6:18).

How long have YOU been waiting for God to answer your prayer? Let Abraham and Sarah be an example for you. Abraham “did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform” (Rom 4:20-21). Sarah, who had gone through menopause, never doubted God’s promise. “By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised” (Heb. 11:11).

No one on earth, except for Abraham and Sarah, believed God would fulfill His promise to them. But just as He said, Sarah gave birth at age 90, and she could honestly tell people, “I had a baby yesterday!” 

I wonder if anyone told her, “Congratulations!"  Not for her baby, but for trusting God to come through. www.makinglifecount.net

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The Silver Trailer House

Tony Campolo was invited to speak at a college chapel service in Pennsylvania. Before the service began, eight men escorted Tony into a back room to pray. One of the men prayed, “Lord, you know Charlie Stoltzfus. He lives in that silver trailer a mile down the road on the right-hand side.” 

As the man continued to pray, he kept repeating the same thing about the man living in a silver trailer a mile down the road. Tony was tempted to say, Knock it off, Fella. Do you think God is asking, “What’s that address again?”

The man continued, “Lord, Charlie told me this morning he’s going to leave his wife and three kids. Step in and do something, God. Bring that family back together.”

After the service was over, Tony got in his car and pulled onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike to return home. He saw a hitchhiker on the turnpike and felt prompted by God to pull over and offer him a ride. He introduced himself, “My name’s Tony Campolo. What’s yours?” The hitchhiker said, “I’m Charlie Stoltzfus.” Tony was stunned. It was the man for whom they had been praying for earlier!

Tony pulled off at the next exit. The hitchhiker asked, “Hey, where are you taking me?” Tony said, “Home. You just left your wife and three kids, right?” The bewildered hitchhiker said, “Uh, yeah, that’s right.” The man stared in amazement as Tony drove right up to the young man’s silver trailer! That afternoon Charlie and his wife surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ. (MORE Amazing Stories, Day 14).

When you pray, let God decide the best way to answer your prayers. He might surprise you in an unusual way. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord (Isa. 55:8). Just ask Charlie, who lives in the silver trailer a mile down the road. www.makinglifecount.net

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Operation Mincemeat

 One of the cleverest secret plans during WWII was Operation Mincemeat. In 1943, Great Britain planned to invade Sicily, but they had to convince the Germans and Italians the attack would happen elsewhere. They obtained a body of a tramp who had died of eating rat poison and dressed the corpse in a Royal Marines uniform, naming him Major William Martin.

 They planted on him a cryptic letter detailing an impending invasion of Greece and Sardinia. The fake military document was supposedly intended for the British commander-in-chief in North Africa. 

The corpse was transported by submarine and released off the coast of Spain near the shore, making it appear that he died in a plane crash. As expected, the body washed up on a beach, which the Spanish government believed was a secret courier. They carefully opened the sealed envelopes and photographed the “Top Secret” documents. Then they turned them over to German military intelligence, which convinced them the Allies would invade Greece and Sardinia, but Sicily wasn’t going to be invaded. The Nazis reacted to the ruse and moved their troops to Greece and Sardinia.

The plan worked. British troops landed in Sicily, helping to end the war in Europe and paving the way for the June 6 D-Day invasion. Major William Martin, a man who never existed, played a significant role in winning WWII.

As brilliant as that plan was, God’s plan to win the war for your soul, Operation Save the World, was even more ingenious. “This Man (Jesus) delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross…to put Him to death, and God raised Him up” (Acts 2:23-24). Satan thought if he could stir up people to kill Jesus, that would be end of Him, and the devil would rule the world forever.

But God outsmarted him. He allowed Jesus to be crucified, so that He became the sacrifice for the sins of the world (John 1:29). Then God resurrected Him from the dead to win the war for souls, and now He lives forever as King of kings and Lord of lords.

Only one thing is left to complete the plan of salvation for you. You must receive Jesus as your Lord, and then you will be on the winning side for all eternity.

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