I remember that when you wrote it originally. Awesome testimony, Phil.
Vicki
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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 10:24 PM
Subject: Yes, Short Prayers Work, Too
> I ran across this testimony and thought I would post it again.
>
> snip snip
>
> I was walking through my dining room and into the living room
> when suddenly the Lord said, Pray for the safety of Mr. and Mrs.
> Branham. this elderly couple were driving one day each week over
> 100 miles one way to visit their 52 year old daughter in a
> hospital in another city south of Denver. they had been going
> every Monday. I always prayed for their safety each Monday
> because of their age and their little car they drove. Also, Mrs.
> Branham was in a wheel chair and I knew the trip was especially
> difficult for her each week. For that matter, they both were
> extremely concerned about their daughter and her unstable
> condition in the distant hospital. As I said, the Lord spoke to
> me and told me to pray for their safety one day. It was about
> 4:15 in the afternoon because I looked at my watch right then for
> some reason. As soon as I heard the voice of the Lord telling me
> what to do, I said, But Lord, they don't go to the hospital on
> Wednesday. He said, pray. As I kept on walking, I simply
> allowed the thoughts to pass through my mind concerning this
> matter. I learned years ago how to pray without getting on my
> knees each and every time and I learned how to pray direct,
> short, and to the point prayers. I literally said something like,
> Lord, protect the Branhams. Later that evening, Mr. Branham
> picked me up for Wednesday evening Bible study at church. I asked
> him if they saw his daughter Monday. He said, No, not Monday. We
> went today and we almost had a terrible wreck, too. I asked him
> about it and he explain how a big truck passed them and cut in
> front of him and a car immediately in front of them. The two
> cars had to slam on their breaks driving along at 70 miles an
> hour because the trailer of the big 18 wheeler missed the front
> end of the lead car by about six inches. So, suspicious by this
> time, I said, you wouldn't happen to know what time this
> happened, would you? Mr. Branham said, We came back later than
> usual and it was this side of Colorado Spring so it had to have
> been between 4 and 4:30, he explained. I then told him what you
> are reading now. Since the Lord had spoken that clearly in my
> spirit to tell me to pray, I knew this was of the Lord. My point
> is, however, prayers in no way need to be very long if you know
> how to pray and especially if you pray when the Holy Spirit
> prompts you to do so. This just recently happened, by the way,
> in the last few weeks.
>
> Phil.
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