THIRD PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER CHAIN

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God's Chair

A man's daughter had asked the local pastor to come and pray with her father.  When the pastor arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows and an empty chair beside his bed. The minister sat down and talked to the sick man.  "I've never told anyone this, not even my daughter,"  said the dying man.  "But all of my life I have never known how to pray until one day  about  four years ago my best friend said to me, 'Joe, prayer is just a  simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus. Here's what  I suggest: Place an empty chair  in front of you, and in faith see Jesus on the chair.  Then  just speak  to him and listen 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 probably send me off to the funny farm."  The pastor was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old guy to continue on the journey.  Then he prayed with him, and returned to the church.

Two nights later the daughter called to tell the pastor that  her daddy had died that afternoon.   "Did he seem to die in peace?" he asked.   "Yes, when I left the house around two o'clock, he  called me over to his bedside, told me one of his corny jokes, and kissed  me on the cheek.  When I got back from the store an hour later,  I found him dead. But there was something strange,  in fact, beyond strange--really weird.  Apparently, just before Daddy died,  he leaned over and rested his head on a chair beside the bed."

--author unknown