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Phil,
That is awesome that Ralph now knows the Lord. I will pray for him,
that he will stay strong in the Lord despite the pain he is facing.
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 10:59 PM
Subject: Pray For Ralph
> Ralph is my son, Everett's, Karate instructor and has been for about the
> last 7 years. Everett helps teach at the Karate school. In the passed
few
> weeks Ralph has been in the hospital, he has had both legs removed below
the
> knee. He has had bypass heart surgery. He has been on dialysis for many
> months. One leg got infected and he has had surgery three times on that
leg
> alone. His mother is very spunky and is 86 and Ralph is about 63 years
old
> or so. He is one of the toughest men you would ever meat. The pain, on
the
> other hand, is astronomical. Last night, he called his older brother in
> Arizona and his brother led him to Christ over the phone. Ralph asked his
> mother today to call us and to ask Everett and Sandy and I to come down to
> see him so he could tell us the good news. He had two bouts of severe
pain
> while we were there so it wasn't easy to watch. Sandy sang several
> Christian songs to him and some were old hymns Ralph remembered from his
> childhood. Will he live? Well, if not here, he will live there and we
will
> now all get to see him in person some day. He admitted tonight that he
had
> always thought he could lick the world on his own. Those were his words.
> Now, he said, he knows he can't do it alone and he needed Jesus in his
life.
> He also said a great heavy burden was lifted off of him last night about
> midnight when he called and prayed with his older brother. Pray about the
> pain and pray for peace because the Enemy will try and use the pain
against
> him. I talked to him a little of how to listen for the Lord and how to
talk
> to the Lord and Sandy told him some things about just calling on the name
of
> Jesus when the pain comes on like it does. In spite of all the pain he
was
> having, I could tell something was different in this man's soul. Praise
God
> for that. Sandy went down to the Karate school before Ralph went into the
> hospital and witnessed to him but he just said he became a Christian when
he
> was a child. Tonight he was talking about his sin and the burden lifted
> from him and things only someone truly born again would feel. Thank God.
>
> Phil.
>
> Phil C Sharp
> The Coil Of The snake
> A Free Online E-Novel
> www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
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