Pastor Steve Jones of Almighty God church was delayed going home one night on a Saturday and decided to call his wife that he would be delayed by an hour or so. So he called her but there was no answer. He knew she was home, but strangely, she did not answer. Half an hour later he called again, and she answered right way and quickly alerted her of his delay. He then asked her why she didn't answer before. She said she never heard the phone, or he may have called a wrong number. So they both let it go. The following Monday Steve was again at his parish office and late in the evening he got a call from a student who seemed very despondent. He asked the pastor why he had called him Saturday evening. Steve did not recognize the number and had no idea who the student was. He told the student that he did not call him, and apologized anyway, especially after it dawned on him that it could have been the first call he made to his wife. The student told him he didn’t need to apologize for anything, but then continued....’well let me tell you my story. Saturday evening I was very depressed and heart-broken. I broke up from my girlfriend and my grades were very low as I was going through a rough time at school. In fact I had decided to commit suicide Saturday evening. But out of nowhere came this phone call, and when I looked at the phone to see who had called, I saw written on the screen ‘Almighty God...’ the word church didn’t fit on the small screen. That is when I realized that God wanted me here for a reason. Then I started praying, went to sleep and on Sunday I went to church, thanking God why that phone came in at the appropriate time to save my life. When Pastor Steve went home told his wife this story, they embraced each other and cried tears of happiness, as they recalled how a wrong number had saved a young man’s life.
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