My prayers are with you and Sandy, I am trusting in the Lord and I know He
will fulfill your needs!
Huggs and blessings!
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 10:12 AM
Subject: Prayer For Money
>I have never done this before, not exactly like this anyhow, on echurch but
> I am going to do it now. We have been behind on some of our bills but it
> has happened before and we have always gotten caught up. This time,
> however, I chickened out and asked my youngest son for a thousand dollars.
> The Lord had really blessed his business lately and he gave it to me. I
> had
> made some poor financial decisions this week, Sandy's computer broke down
> a
> second time, the power supply burned out, and our friend still has it at
> his
> house. She has been using mine to send messages to Dr. Cahill's pager for
> whom she answers the phone. Until the end of the week, I thought I had
> everything covered but some checks bounced. They were paid but I pay 35
> dollars for each check that bounces even if they pay it. So, at the
> moment,
> we are 225 dollars overdrawn and tomorrow it will jump to 400 dollars
> because of another bill coming in that is related to our life insurance.
> We
> have food but the 250 dollars Gretchen paid us Friday for two weeks of
> rent,
> we had to put into the back to cover as much as we could. Thus, Sandy
> couldn't go grocery shopping this weekend like she normally does with that
> rent money. So, I have not been asking people for money but been asking
> people to pray that 500 dollars comes in today, or right away Monday.
> This
> week, as I was praying and telling the Lord, "Hey, we are a little broke
> down here, don't you think you could help out some?" The Lord said, "Do
> not
> use the word broke. I am not broke so you are not broke." There is more
> to
> tell behind that statement but it would take an hour to explain. He said
> it
> was ok to say, bills are passed due, and the like, but you are not broke.
> Some may ask, why don't you get a job. Good question. Sandy asks me that
> every day. I have been looking for months. Nothing has come up. The
> truth
> is, I already have a job and I am working. If I told you some of the
> miracles I have recently seen, you would not believe it. If the Lord
> opens
> a door for me to work a securlar jobs, I will do it without hesitation but
> one problem is, He hasn't told me to do that yet. He has told me to do
> what
> I am doing in ministry. If Sandy's computer would not have broken down,
> and
> if I would have let a couple of utility bills go for another two weeks, we
> would be fine right now but when I made these payments, we had money to
> cover everything. Somehow, Jesus is orchestrating this whole thing.
> Sandy
> is suffering big time and that is the hardest for me to watch. Yet, I
> know
> who Jesus is and He knows who I am. So, please pray for Sandy and pray
> for
> the 500 dollars we need by tomorrow. Please, please, please, do not
> interpret this as though I am asking anyone to do anything other than pray
> because, God as my witness, that is not what this is all about. It is
> about
> Jesus and Jesus alone.
>
> Phil.
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