Oh Phil,
How very very sad.
Praying.
        Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 9:31 AM
Subject: Jennifer Latest Report


> The Enemy is doing his best to destroy a family.  Jennifer is at the point
> the doctor wants to put her on a ventilator.  Jennifer will not decide if
> she wants to be resuscitated or placed on a ventilator and when the doctor
> asked George about it, George said his hands are tied because his wife
> refuses to talk about it.  Unfortunately, later in the week, they
discovered
> Jennifer, when she was well, over a five month period, took money out of
her
> savings account to the tune of 5200 dollars.  Jennifer will only say that
> she spent the money and will not detail what she spent the money on.  I
have
> personally felt for many months there was something wrong with Jennifer's
> relationship and walk with the Lord.  From age 10 to 20, Jennifer never
went
> to a hospital once.  When she turned about 10 years of age, she got a job
> but also began hanging out with all the wrong people.  A friend of her's
got
> high one day and literally ran out of his house on to the near by highway
in
> the path of an oncoming truck.  He was killed instantly.  When George
prayed
> with his daughter a couple of weeks ago, this came out, along with the
fear
> Jennifer had, and she admitted to her dad that she had been under such
fear
> from that day till now, she had to sleep with a light on in her room.
About
> this period of time, Jennifer lost her job because 2500 dollars was
missing
> from her station.  The charges were dropped when the legal system got
> involved because George talked to her employer and they agreed to drop all
> charges if he paid the money back.  George told me that even in their
small
> town of about 2800 people, drugs are so bad, there are shootings, murders,
> and violent acts like you can't believe.  With crystal meth labs as easy
as
> they are to set up, drugs have become, in recent years, major problems in
> even the smallest of towns.  somehow, Jennifer has gotten in the middle of
a
> whole lot of things which she refuses to speak about.  Yet, she is
literally
> at death's door.  She struggles to breathe and grows weaker by the hour.
> She has not cried one time that George has seen in the five months they
have
> been in the hospital.  She has not read her Bible.  she has prayed but
only
> when George has asked her to pray with him.  Jennifer had not gone to the
> hospital for any reason from age ten, when she says she got born again,
> until she was 20 years old.  then every other month, she was in the
hospital
> for two or three weeks and even on intravenous medications at home.  The
> people at this hospital say that 97 percent of couples going through this
> sort of a thing end up in divorce court.  Yesterday, George's wife blamed
> George for some things he felt needed to be said to his daughter and his
> wife said she was divorcing him as soon as it was all over.  Last week,
> Vivian, George's wife, blamed God and threatened never to speak of His
name
> again, meaning the name of the Lord, if He, God, didn't keep His promises.
> she stopped short of renouncing the Lord.  the only person in this family,
> meaning the extended family of one brother and sister of Vivian, who are
not
> in denial about what is happening is George, his son, who is about 27 or
28
> years old, and one of George's sisters who lives out of state but whom
> George keeps in touch with daily.  the rest of George's own family never
> even bother to call to see what is going on.  So, in a very real sense,
> George is all alone.  You may not agree with what I am about to say but it
> is in the Bible and it is truth.  First Corinthians 5 says, To deliver
such
> an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be
> saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.  I did not point this passage out to
> George; he brought it up himself.  He also knows that the man guilty of
the
> sin the apostle Paul was talking about later repented and was received
back
> into fellowship with the church.  Years ago, in the Baptist church, the
> church I was attending had an annual missions conference.  I always looked
> forward to this conference each year because the missionaries who came to
> speak were always outstanding and real spiritual heroes to me as a young
> man.  One of the missionaries was from Canada, that is, he and his family
> had gone to Canada and served in far north Ontario for many years.  they
had
> several children.  As he preached one night, he mentioned how many
children
> he had but then he said that one of his sons was dead.  He explained that
> they had approached their son about how he was living, which was ungodly
to
> say the least, and that they tried to talk to him about how his life style
> was bringing reproach to the name of Christ.  They never identified what
it
> was that he was doing.  the son refused to give up his sin so his father
> used First Corinthians 5:5 and within weeks, their son was dead.  I used
> this same verse with my daughter years ago but it had no discernable
effect
> upon her.  I don't recall ever getting up the courage to pray such a
prayer
> and largely because she had children.  I used the passage, however, to
show
> my daughter how very serious the Lord considers such behavior among His
own
> people.  George discussed this passage of Scripture with his daughter but
> it, too, had no discernable effect.  It was this conversation George had
> with his daughter which caused his wife to announce would, and I quote,
> Never forgive him for what he said, and second, she was divorcing him when
> this was all over.  I presume she was referring to Jennifer's death.
George
> admitted to me yesterday that this is far from the first time his wife has
> blamed him for something he wasn't responsible for.  I had told George a
few
> weeks ago, that unless the Lord was able to minister to Vivian in some
way,
> she would get around to blaming God first, George second, and me third.
> Others, of course will be on the list eventually.  Vivian as literally
> substituted her daughter for the Lord, that is, she is placing her
daughter
> before her relationship with the Lord.  Much of such things have to do
with
> a person not ever being able to bond with others for some reason or
another.
> It is usually due to a traumatic experience or some deep woundedness they
> experience in younger years which now has created a safe zone around them.
> Anyone approaching that safe zone finds out real quick they aren't
welcome.
> can this happen even in a marriage which has lasted 29 years?  Deception
has
> no restrictions.  I am telling you all of this because I don't feel you
> should know just the good things about this situation.  I want you to see
> how the Enemy works to kill, steel, and destroy.  Let me point one other
> thing out while I'm on the subject.  I have learned in the 900 hours of
> prayer and ministry time I have spent in the past two years, the Enemy
> especially likes to go after what the world calls the disabled or the
> handicapped.  I could tell you stories you wouldn't believe relating to
> people in these categories and guess what?  Many of us fall into that same
> classification.  No it isn't fair but the Enemy never ever plays fair.
I'll
> be calling George later today to find out what is going on.  His wife
isn't
> speaking to him at the moment but he goes in and checks on his daughter
> frequently.  Otherwise, he stays out of the room.
>
> Phil.
>