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The Unfolding

Page 91: Kyle Swanson

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9867 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Pray for our troops. It's a great phrase to post on social media, put on a bumper sticker, or a sign in your yard. But Captain Kyle Swanson lived it. During his time in the military, he watched prayer change things- change the weather, change the course of a grenade, literally save lives. When Kyle says prayer changes things it's not a trite phrase. It's his real-life experience, and he wants you to know your prayers can change things, too.

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Page 91 of the unfolding is the story of Captain Kyle Swanson.

0:04.8

Seven times this week, I had a bomb at my feet or right in front of my face that did not go off.

0:09.3

So again, just a testimony to, we have millions of our family and friends and people around this country that are praying.

0:15.7

God is honoring those prayers.

0:18.4

God's story has been unfolding.

0:21.6

Since the beginning of time.

0:24.7

He invites you to be a part of it.

0:31.0

Another page in the unfolding.

0:43.5

Thank you. unfolding. Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

0:45.9

Pray for our troops.

0:47.4

It's a great phrase to put on social media, on a bumper sticker, maybe in a sign

0:51.8

in your yard.

0:52.9

The captain Kyle Swanson lived it. He watched

0:56.0

prayer change things, change the weather, change the course of a grenade, literally save lives.

1:02.5

When Kyle says prayer changes things, it's not a trite phrase. It's a lived out,

1:07.5

seen it with his own eyes experience. And he wants you to know your prayers can change

1:12.7

things too. It was nighttime when you were flying into Afghanistan the first time. Is that right?

1:17.5

Yes. Being a navigator on a C-130 cargo plane, we did the mission planning. And so I knew the times

1:23.6

and dates and when I was going to arrive in country. And so I knew when I could, you know,

1:28.4

call home and ask my family to be praying and ask the, you know, ask them to ask the church to be

1:33.5

praying because, hey, we're getting ready to go into the war zone. So please be sending up those prayers.

1:38.5

And I just remember telling them, hey, we're getting ready to go in. And so be praying. And they did, they prayed with me on the phone before we left and then we left. Were you scared? Yeah, a little bit. I mean, I'm not

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