I am truly sorry I couldn't be there.  I needed a service like the one you 
just described.
Virgie and lady hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 4:54 PM
Subject: Sunday Is Big


> Have you ever been in a church meeting that was so spiritually
> powerful, and you needed to go to the bathroom but you wouldn't
> leave because you were afraid you might miss something?  I thought
> I was going to explode before it was over today, literally, but I
> didn't miss anything.  We had multiple prayers offered, two
> prophecies from individuals to other individuals.  I didn't
> realize it until now, but my back is healed so we had at least one
> healing I know of personally.  We could have filled a large bath
> tub with all the tears we shed together.  The Holy Spirit was that
> tangible.  I cried like a baby at times and my body shook.  No, we
> aren't Quakers either.  I have been in quite the struggle, as we
> say, but more like a knock down, drag out freaking war for several
> months.  Yesterday, Saturday was the worst day I have had for
> literally months, and maybe even years.  I even got out 4 tapes on
> faith, listened to them all in 24 hours, Friday night and
> Saturday, and when I was done, I didn't feel any better.  In fact,
> I felt worse, although, I don't know how that would be possible
> but it was.  I told the Lord in the middle of the night, I was out
> of answers and if He didn't explain it to me so it would apply to
> me personally in my situation, and I could, in turn, explain it to
> others and, most importantly, live by it myself, then I was dead
> in the water.  He kept bringing back to my memory all the miracles
> and acts of faith I have been apart of personally in the last five
> years and saying, "See?  You used your faith in this place and it
> worked."  I still wasn't getting it.  In fact, I was so desperate,
> I was up until 2 this morning talking to the Lord about it all.
> This morning when I got up, with in moments, before I was even
> clearly awake, the Lord showed me how it works, faith that is, and
> told me what to do now, regardless of the circumstances, and He
> would do His part in bringing it to pass.  Sandy spoke on Abraham
> taking his son Isaac up to the mountain to be sacrificed in church
> today for our lesson because it had been ministering to her for
> months.  The presence of the Holy Spirit was so thick in our
> living room during our meeting this morning, you couldn't hardly
> talk or breathe.  It was a catharsis, that is, a cleansing, a
> spiritual cleansing of sorts.  I cried and so was everybody else.
> John, Vicki's husband, showed up unexpectedly for his first
> service since his miraculous surgery April ninth.  He cried and
> gave his testimony so we all ended up crying then, too, and
> everything went up hill from there.  I do mean up hill, too, and
> not down hill.  I know something now I have been seeking for
> literally my entire life, or since I was about 18 years old and
> began Bible college as a freshman.  I can know, for the first
> time, that I can live out what the Lord showed me and it is so
> simple, I can show anyone else how it works and how they can do
> the same thing.  I have never in my entire life been thankful for
> adversity before than this morning.  I even thanked God for
> putting me in this position, or at least allowing it, so I could
> praise Him even more and watch Him clear a path through the
> darkness in my behalf.  There were things which happened this
> morning in our little group you likely will never see in a big
> church no matter how many times you go.  Not because a church is
> big but because their agenda is often size and not Jesus.  I told
> everyone this morning that starting next Sunday, I would be
> teaching and explaining the basics of the following topics.
>
> One.  How to pray and get your prayers answered and what to do if
> it seems not to be working.
> Two.  How to make your faith work and what to do when it seems not
> to be working.
> Three.  How to confront the darkness and what to do when it
> doesn't seem to be working.
> Four.  How to take every thought captive and what to do when it
> doesn't seem to be working.
> Five.  How, and literally what, to pray to clear the air of
> blockages and what to do when it seems not to be working.
> Six.  How to be healed and what to do when it doesn't seem to be
> working.
> Seven.  The last resort you take before giving up completely and
> what to do when it seems not to be working.
>
> More will follow but this is a starter for the next few weeks.  We
> claimed our new building today.  I called a real estate friend I
> have known for 35 years, who helped us get our house, and he has
> worked with many churches, too.  I told him to call and tell them
> we want to buy the building.  I told him not to tell them that we
> don't have the money but we know where to get it.  Our new address
> will soon be 10 Fenton, Lakewood, Colorado which is about a mile
> from my home.
>
> Phil.