"A comfortably-placed business man and his wife among the Calvinistic Methodists had invited the Lloyd-Joneses for Christmas. They were not Christians but were grateful to the Doctor for his effective discouragement given to their son who had wished to become a missionary. The fact was, that for the latter the pull of foreign field had been romantic rather than spiritual...After mid-day dinner in this home on Christmas Day, Dr. Lloyd-Jones had gone upstairs and was settling down in an armchair to rest, when he was given a most distinct impression that at nine o'clock that evening, when the family and visitors were to be assembled for party games, he must address the question to them, "Why did Christ come into the world?' This impression he at once resisted, thinking how it would be resented at a gathering of this nature which they were attending as guests for the first time. But the conviction that he was called to do this was inescapable and his inward conflict was not resolved until he had gone down on his knees and promised God that he would do it." D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The First Forty Years, 194.MLJ did, and throughout hours of discussion the entire family was converted, including the son who wanted to be a missionary. The son, now truly converted, eventually entered the ministry.
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"There were some occasions in his (MLJ) life when he had strong presentiments about the future. These impressions, it should be said, were not always correct, neither did he ever make them a rule for others, but explain it as we will, in the worst of the Blitz he believed that Westminster Chapel would be preserved..."
Iain Murray records the weekend of Sunday May 11, 1941 as a massive air attack around Westminster Chapel during the war. Many buildings were hit, such as the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Westminster school. 1,436 people were killed. MLJ was in Oxford during this time for a preaching engagement. Dr. Nathaniel Micklem, MLJ's host, told Dr. Lloyd-Jones he wouldn't be preaching in Westminster anytime soon, explaining the air-raid. We pick up the conversation with Dr. Lloyd-Jones speaking. '"Listen to this. I am telling you that Westminster Chapel has not been demolished, and that I shall be preaching in it tonight.' He was amazed at this, and especially at my certainty. I preached in the morning and after lunch got my train to London. I remember that approaching Paddington I could see fires burning in places on both sides of the line." He hailed a taxi. '"Where for, sir?' said the taximan. I said, 'I want a chapel called Westminster Chapel, halfway along Buckingham Gate, Westminster.' 'I'm afraid, sir', he said, 'you cannot get into Buckingham Gate'. 'Why not?' 'Oh, terrible bombing last night,' he said, 'everything flattened.' I said, 'Look here, you get down in the direction of Victoria and I will guide you.' While all this was going on he was telling me about what he had seen; but I was still absolutely certain that I would be preaching at the chapel. I will never forget it. We came round the corner from Palace Street into Castle Lane. I looked, and here was this old building standing as if there had not been a raid at all." D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The Fight of Faith, 15-16.
The building, of course, was Westminster Chapel.
You may find him explaining the biblical precedence for this type of guidance here.
