Would-Be Armed Robbers Stopped By Prayer When Pastor and Congregation Act in Bold Faith
“You encountered the move of the Holy Ghost and I just believe that you all will never be the same again.”
A congregation in Ferguson, Missouri appears to have managed to stop an incident of armed robbery with the power of prayer, and the leadership of a bold, ex-police officer pastor.
“I immediately just had the hairs on the back of my neck I’m like, 'OK, something’s about to happen,'" Pastor Marquaello Futrell, who served in law enforcement for 10 years, told KSDK of the moment when a suspicious man entered the building during services last Sunday.
Shortly afterwards, four masked men who appeared to be armed came in.
“Me being a former police officer, I immediately noticed their waistbands, I’m like, 'There’s something there,'" Futrell explained. A congregation member said they saw one of the men drop a gun at one point, confirming the pastor’s theory.
Not wanting to frighten his congregants, Futrell continued with the service as he worked quickly to make sure the police were contacted and the children were moved to safety. He suspected armed robbery, and so also made sure the men’s faces would be recorded for evidence.
The Christian Post notes that the entire incident was recorded on Facebook live, and it is at the 54-minute mark of the recording that Futrell can be seen approaching the young men.
The brave pastor began to ask the men what their names were, and their reason for being in the church for service.
“Who sent y’all here?” Futrell asked them. “Y’all just saw the church and decide to come? Talk to me.”
At this point, the pastor began to urge his congregants to praise God for the men’s presence with them that day, making clear he knew what they were up to but was confident the Lord would turn it around for His glory, which appears to have been exactly what happened.
“I said, praise God that God sent them in here. That what the devil meant for evil, you messing with a Marquaello Antonio Futrell,” he said.
“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. God’s about to change the plot of the enemy. Lift your voices and shout unto God for what he’s about to do.”
The young men left the church without incident, and police are conducting an investigation.
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