There are advantages to having a Pastor who listens to the voice of the Holy Spirit and who was once a policeman. The parishioners at All Creation Northview Holiness Family Church in Ferguson, Missouri, were grateful for the quick action of their Pastor on Sunday.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, The U.K. Daily Mail<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n A pastor used the power of prayer to stop a potential armed robbery and shooting after spotting four armed men sitting in the pews of his church.<\/strong><\/p>\n Marquaello Futrell, a former St. Louis police officer, was in the middle of Sunday service at\u00a0All Creation Northview Holiness Family Church in Ferguson, Missouri when the group walked in wearing masks.<\/strong><\/p>\n Noticing the young men had guns in their waistbands, Pastor Futrell used divine intervention and policing instincts to intervene.<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘I immediately just had the hairs [stand] on the back of my neck. I’m like, ‘OK, something’s about to happen,” Futrell said to KSDK.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘Me being a former police officer, I immediately noticed their waistbands. I’m like, ‘There’s something there.”<\/strong><\/p>\n The chilling encounter from February 12 was captured on camera as Futrell streams his services online.<\/strong><\/p>\n Futrell instructed his media team to train their cameras on the four men who were sitting towards the rear of the church.<\/strong><\/p>\n He then summoned the congregation to pray for the group while\u00a0directing staff to lock the church doors and call the police.<\/strong><\/p>\n Futrell can be heard telling the men they are on ‘Holy Ghost turf’ before informing them that ‘God’s changing the plot’, while the rousing sounds of gospel music is played live on a church organ in the background.<\/strong><\/p>\n He then made his way over to where the group were sitting and began interrogating them over the church’s microphone.<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘Who sent ya’ll here? Just saw the church and decided to come?’ Futrell asked. ‘Talk to me.’<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘Let’s praise God for them coming.\u00a0I said praise God that God sent them here!’ Futrell proclaimed as he encouraged the congregation to applaud.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘Don’t you play with me – I still got a cop anointing and I still know what’s going on and I still know what’s about to happen.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘God is about to change the plot of the enemy. Lift your voices and shout unto God for what he’s about to do!’ Futrell said with a rousing tone.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n After summoning up the courage to speak with the men, he then asked members of his congregation to surround them and pray for them – with some even placing their hands on their heads and shoulders.<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘Would you guys permit me to pray for you? Do you mind if I pray for you?’ Futrell said.<\/strong><\/p>\n The gunmen bowed their heads in silence as the entire congregation sang and said their prayers in earnest.<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘See, that wasn’t so bad, brothers,’ Futrell told the men. ‘Thank you all for letting us pray for you. And we’re thankful that for whatever reason, the Lord let you all come here. That when you walked on the ground, you walked on Holy Ghost turf.<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘We are thankful that for whatever reason the Lord let you come here and I believe that you will never be the same again,’ Futrell said to applause from his congregants.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The men were in the church for 20 minutes before they left and police are still searching for them<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘I just heard the Lord say, “This is what happens when you illegally trespass,”‘ Futrell said as a final thought during the service.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Wow. Please follow the link to the article for further details.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are advantages to having a Pastor who listens to the voice of the Holy Spirit and who was once a policeman. The parishioners at All Creation Northview Holiness Family Church in Ferguson, Missouri, were grateful for the quick action … Continue reading