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You guys have said it all very well.  I'll just add my amen, and praise be
to our awesome God.  I could have said amazing God.  That too.  Chose the
awesome word for Carol Giggle.
Vicki
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Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: The Waterfalls Of Love
> By the way, folks - I don't mind telling you all that when Phil refers to
> "one lady" talking about the bright room - that was me!  When he talked
> about someone weighing not much than a pound in weight and being held in
the
> Lord's hands, that was me too!
>
> The Lord did both of these for me last year and it was amazing!
>
> Now just in this past week I have come to know God as Father as never
> before.  Now, Phil wasn't even talking to me on this occasion - it came
> directly from the Lord.  He showed me many areas where my earthly father
had
> loved me dearly and I had loved him too in a way which said "Daddy can't
do
> anything wrong".  Then He showed me how gradually Daddy did lots of things
> wrong . . ..  Then He showed me His perfectness which I could have
forever!
> He showed me that He would never go away and leave me, as my earthly
father
> did many times in my life and finally when he died.
>
> God is just too big for me to contain!!!
>
>
> --
> Carol
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <
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> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 3:19 PM
> Subject: The Waterfalls Of Love
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>
> > It is always amazing to me how differently the healing of woundedness
> occurs
> > in people individually as the Holy Spirit begins His finishing work.
The
> > spiritual intimacy that we all desire, but rarely experience as
> Christians,
> > defies words.  At one point during our prayer time Saturday, Lelia said,
> and
> > I don't even know if she recalls this, but she said, it felt like the
top
> of
> > her head was coming off.  At that point, I knew the Holy Spirit was
> starting
> > to do something for her and shortly thereafter, she suddenly started
> talking
> > about a waterfall.  I may be mistaken, but I think she even said once, I
> am
> > a waterfall or I feel like I am a waterfall.  She then began talking
about
> > God's love.  I just had to stop typing for a few seconds because I broke
> out
> > in goose bumps and I felt tingling all over.  I had that same sensation
> last
> > night when I saw Lelia's message on echurch.  I could tell you of many
> other
> > such wonderful descriptions that people have described.  For example,
one
> > lady was in a prayer sessions and she described being led into a large
> > bright room and the room was filled with light; nothing but light.
Jesus
> > told her at that point that this bright room was her's to explore.  One
> lady
> > I was praying with went clear back to the moment of her birth.  She was
> born
> > prematurely and weighed, as I recall, just slightly over one pound.  At
> the
> > moment the Lord healed her in this memory, she said she felt as though
> Jesus
> > was holding her tiny little body in both of His hands.  Try and top that
> > one.  Although I have had many such spiritual experiences of intimacy,
to
> > date, the greatest one is what you have all heard me talk about when I
> flew
> > kites with Jesus.  That experience lasted one second at the most but in
> that
> > one second, the impression of spending the whole afternoon flying kites
> was
> > the Lord invaded my entire life.  There isn't a day that goes by now
that
> I
> > don't, at some point of the day or night, see myself walking into that
> open
> > field with Jesus, kite in hand, and seeing the kite of Jesus already
> flying
> > in the air, high overhead, with no string attached to it.  His kite was
> the
> > same color as the one I was carrying in my hand out to the field and
that
> > was red.  Talk about oneness.  Such a simple little thing but something
> that
> > has radically changed my life.  Praying with a lawyer one day, he
> described
> > a very unusual experience relating to his earthly father which God
> converted
> > into his Heavenly Father.  When it happened, he sort of laughed and
said,
> > the Lord just said to me, jump up here into my lap.  I said, did you do
> it?
> > He said, yep.  I just jumped right up there into God's lap.  The
spiritual
> > intimacy of that little event is overwhelming even to me as one who sat
> > there and listened and watch God moving around inside that man's life.
> > Another man I was praying with was taken back to a focal point when he
was
> 6
> > years old where he was traumatized with fear in the bathroom, of all
> places.
> > In fact, he literally became afraid of bathrooms in his later life as an
> > adult.  Talk about healing phobias, that one is unusual to say the
least.
> > When the Lord healed him, he said he saw his favorite little red boat in
> the
> > bathtub which he loved playing with more than any other toy.  Weird?
Yes.
> > Spiritual intimate?  That's what it really is.  I hope you do not
> > misunderstand what I am about to say but praying intercessory prayers of
> > agreement with people and watching the Holy Spirit walking around inside
> of
> > them and healing brokenness and woundedness and then removing the pain
> they
> > have carried for much, if not for most, of their life is absolutely the
> most
> > rewarding thing I have ever been involved in since I was born again at
age
> > five.  I have had amazing spiritual experiences with the Lord as an
> > intercessor, some of which, if I described them, you would find almost
> > impossible to believe.  I experienced them through prayer myself and I
> still
> > find them hard to believe.  However, this form of intercession through
> > agreement in prayer on a one to one bases, defies explanation.  The only
> > problem we all have, unfortunately, is that we have not obeyed God's
Word
> by
> > submitting ourselves one to another in the fear of God.  When this type
of
> > accountability becomes fully a part of the church, lives will be
changed.
> > We are told Jesus is coming back for a church without spot or wrinkle
and
> > that is exactly what He is going to do.  In order to do that, He is
going
> to
> > fix the brokenness His people have carried around, normally without
really
> > knowing it, all their lives.  I told my pastor one day many years ago,
if
> I
> > get to Heaven and find out that there were gifts Jesus wanted to give me
> > during my life and for which He gave His own life for me to have but I
> > didn't believe Him for them while on earth, I'm not going to be very
happy
> > with myself.  I cannot recall with whom I was speaking the other day,
but
> I
> > told them that the Lord had hundreds of little gifts for them but if
they
> > didn't submit to the will of the Lord now, they would get to Heaven one
> day
> > and they would weep because they will see how great God's love was for
> them
> > yet they did not take advantage of all those gifts while on earth.  When
I
> > told whoever this was that, I was actually feeling and spiritually
seeing
> > all those gifts sitting around the Lord as if He were waiting for
someone
> to
> > come and open them.  That's what the Lord is doing for you today, too.
He
> > is sitting and waiting for you.  No, you have not received everything He
> has
> > for you yet.  If you think that, you are being deceived.  For me, I have
> at
> > least two major things I am seeking the Lord for.  There are actually
many
> > more things than that but I only see two immediately in front of me.
> Beyond
> > those two will be many more but I cannot comprehend all the Lord wants
to
> do
> > in me.  I'm looking forward now in my life where as two years ago I did
> > nothing but look back.  The scary thing was for me, that when I looked
> back,
> > I saw nothing.  Additionally, when I looked forward, I could see
nothing.
> I
> > suddenly was caught in the headlights of the Holy Spirit and I froze at
> the
> > on coming danger that was attempting to run me down and take my life.
You
> > want to know how to avoid that on coming danger?  Just step aside and
let
> it
> > pass you by.  When you do, you will discover all the time you thought it
> was
> > on coming danger, it was nothing more than the Holy Spirit coming to
heal
> > you.  You need the Light of the world to experience that healing power
and
> > intimacy.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> > I Flew Kites With Jesus
> >
www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
> >
>

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