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These remarkable stories of answered prayers remind us that we are never alone
In this inspiring collection, the work of angels takes many forms, including miracles, healings, and heavenly visitations. These events all convey a single, urgent, and loving message: God answers prayer. “There’s real power in prayer,” writes beloved New York Times best-selling author Joan Wester Anderson. “We can trust that God’s intense love for us will carry us through.” Help is at hand when we need it most.
Anderson’s astonishing first-hand accounts testify to the hope that prayer offers: a dying infant inexplicably recovers after an encounter with a mysterious visitor; a long-lost son suddenly returns home for Christmas; a young man drowning in an icy river unaccountably finds himself on shore; a grieving widow, alone and far from home, receives comfort and counsel from angels in disguise. These stories and dozens of others reveal the care of a loving God who touches the most intimate parts of our hearts.
Synopsis
Beloved best-selling author Joan Wester Anderson breaks new ground in her latest collection of moving accounts of miracles, healings, and angelic visitations. These stories carry a profoundly important message: God answers prayer. “There’s real power in prayer,” Anderson writes. “We’re not exactly sure how it works, but we can trust that God’s intense love for us will carry us through.”
Anderson has collected astonishing first-hand accounts of the power of prayer: a dying infant inexplicably recovers after an encounter with a mysterious visitor; a long-lost son suddenly returns home for Christmas; a young man drowning in an icy river unaccountably finds himself on shore; a grieving widow, alone and far from home, receives comfort and counsel from angels in disguise. These stories and dozens of others show ordinary people taking their needs to God. All of them received what they needed from a loving God who responded to their deepest needs.
Writing with her signature charm and warmth, Joan Wester Anderson recounts stories that will deepen her readers’ spiritual lives. They demonstrate, with convincing simplicity, that prayer is the key to a relationship with a loving God.
Synopsis
Beloved best-selling author Joan Wester Anderson breaks new ground in her latest collection of moving accounts of miracles, healings, and angelic visitations. Anderson has collected astonishing first-hand accounts of the power of prayer. These stories show ordinary people taking their needs to God. All of them received what they needed from a loving God who responded to their deepest needs.
Synopsis
This outstanding collection of guardian angel stories by beloved best-selling author Joan Wester Anderson carries a profoundly important message: God answers prayer. These first-hand accounts of the power of prayer range from a dying infant inexplicably recovering after an encounter with a mysterious visitor to a drowning man in an icy river suddenly finding himself safe on shore. With dozens of inspirational guardian angel stories like these, Guardian Angels makes it clear that God does indeed answer prayer!
About the Author
Joan Wester Anderson has been a freelance writer and public speaker for almost thirty years. Her fifteen books include the New York Times Bestseller Where Angels Walk (Ballantine Books, 1993) and Where Wonders Prevail (Ballantine, 1997), and she is a popular guest on radio and television talk shows. The mother of five adult children and grandmother of two, she lives in Prospect Heights, Illinois.
Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction vii
Part 1: Wonders of Prayer 1
My Sister, My Friend 3
Faith in the Fire 11
The Welcome Visitor 23
Marlene’s Ministry 27
Shield Us, Oh Angels 35
The Light of Love 45
A Mother’s Job 53
The Homecoming 59
Part 2: Help from the Angels 67
Allie’s Angel 69
When Mom and the Angels Join Forces 75
Home on a Wing and a Prayer 81
Angels of Warmth and Comfort 87
Dream from the Angels 93
Angels at the Mall 99
Patricia’s Valentine 105
The Least of These 111
Helpers on the Highway 119
Lost and Found 129
Part 3: Miracles of Kindness 135
Life That Grows from Love 137
Angel on the Telephone 143
The Ten Percent Solution 147
Marvelous Michael 155
A Man Called George 159
Risks That Brought Results 165
Holy Fruits of Friendship 175
Part 4: Just for the Holidays 183
Wonder at Wal-Mart 185
With Songs of Rejoicing 189
Upon a Midnight Clear 193
Any Caring Person 199
Heaven on the Highway 205
Over the Hills and Everywhere 209
Notes 217
Discussion Questions 219
Author’s Afterword 221