Carol,

That, as well as Phil's post, really encourages me.  Having God in the 
center makes all the difference.

Praying for your healing with this nasty virus.



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>From: Carol Pearson <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Worth Reading Again
>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:09:59 -0000
>
>Hey, Phil, I don't remember reading this the first time around, but a small 
>testimony springs forth from me.
>
>Some know - and it's no secret - that I have suffered a good deal of 
>depression in recent years.  A few years back, when praying through various 
>things concerning my Mum, I asked the Lord that I wouldn't be in her 
>position.  Well, I suppose I meant that I didn't want to suffer the deep 
>depression she suffered.  Well, down I went and sometimes thought the Lord 
>hadn't answered me!  Then one day, quite recently, the Lord said something 
>very important to me:  He told me that I was not in her position and our 
>circumstances were not the same.  There was one big difference between us: 
>I have Him in the centre of my life and so any depression has to go through 
>Him!
>
>Be encouraged everyone:
>
>--
>Carol - Reading, UK
>
>To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
>In You I trust, o my God.  . . .."  PS25:1-2 NIV.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 9:49 PM
>Subject: Worth Reading Again
>
>
>>I was looking through files today and found this one.  It seemed as if
>>somebody might be encouraged by it so I'm posting it again.
>>
>>Phil.
>>
>>From Father To Everlasting Father
>>
>>
>>By Phil Scovell
>>
>>
>>     For several months, I felt the Holy Spirit trying to tell me
>>something but I could not put my spiritual finger on it.  I prayed
>>about it often, when it would come to mind, but I simply could not
>>isolate the feeling.  It seemed related to my father.  He died
>>when I was 11 years old.  Based upon all the healing I had
>>experienced concerning my fathers sudden death, I really didn't
>>think there were other places of healing which were important
>>concerning my relationship with him.  That was, however, exactly
>>where the Lord took me.
>>
>>     The specific memory which came to mind wasn't an event but
>>just a memory image of my father.  At the time this memory
>>suddenly returned to my memory, I was praying with a lady and
>>couldn't focus on the impression due to the lack of time.  I tried
>>pushing it to the side, at least until after the prayer session,
>>but it kept reappearing in my thoughts and I could feel it in my
>>emotions.
>>
>>     As the lady was in silence pondering, I quickly asked the
>>Lord what He was talking about.  He clearly said, "You are not
>>like your dad."  In two other vivid memories, the Lord had told
>>me, "You are not like them because you are like me now."
>>
>>     As I grew, my mother said hundreds of times, "you're just
>>like your dad."  Her statement was always complimentary.  I, on
>>the other hand, had said it to myself many times but negatively
>>during times of stress and anxiety and not knowing why.  My
>>father was tormented with depression, inferiority, a lack of self
>>value, and the feeling he was not good enough and that he wasn't
>>going to make it.  I never saw any of this in action as a child
>>growing up but I clearly felt it at times.  Being a child, I
>>could not discern the meaning of the feelings I experienced so I
>>dismissed them.  After his death, my mother let me in on some of
>>this information but even then, she left out a lot of details.  It
>>was in prayer sessions I discovered the lies my father faced
>>through his 46 years of life.
>>
>>     As I was waiting for the lady to respond, I finally gave in
>>to the spiritual impressions I was feeling about my father.  I
>>told the Lord that I could see nothing out of place.  So, I asked
>>the Holy Spirit to show me the lie that I knew had to be there.
>>That was the exact moment when the Lord said, "You are not like
>>your dad."  I personally, and automatically, finished the
>>sentence, "Because I am like you now."  Peace and freedom filled
>>my memory and something else I would describe as relief.
>>
>>     What are you feeling today?  Is it something you can't put
>>your finger on?  Is it painful or is it just a wound that won't go
>>away?  Are you afraid?  Do you feel guilty?  Can you say with
>>confidence, "I am like Jesus now?"  Look for the presenting
>>negative emotion you feel at the time because that will lead you
>>to the lie you believe.  why do you believe the lie?  Because it
>>feels true.  If you need help, call me.
>>
>>Safe Place Fellowship
>>Phil Scovell
>>Denver, Colorado
>>Mountain Time Zone
>>Phone:  303-507-5175
>>Web:  www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
>>