Phil, this is excellent.

Thanks so much for sharing.

I love your writings.

Thanks much.

Blessings,

Pat Ferguson


At 09:25 PM 3/15/2010, you wrote:
>Double the Dose
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>By Phil Scovell
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>She was a self mutilator and just 15 years of age.  As an 
>intercessor, I deeply wanted to reach her, through prayer, with the
>truth that would set her free.  My mind was touching on all she was 
>currently facing and I wondered what I might do to make it easier
>for her.  My thoughts, therefore, were on God and what He could do 
>to reach her where she was.
>
>When I saw it, I smiled.  It was a pleasant memory.  Shortly after 
>losing my sight at 11 years of age, my mom found a used
>tandem bicycle.  Friends and family all took turns with me so I 
>could still enjoy bike riding.  It had been my all time favorite thing to
>do as a kid, besides flying kites and fishing and ice skating and 
>climbing trees and playing ball and swimming and building model cars
>and, well, you get the picture.
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>When I was outdoors, I normally was on my bike.  I rarely walked 
>anywhere, even to school, but instead rode my bike.  I lived
>too close to school to be allowed to ride but since I was a member 
>of our traffic patrol squad, protecting the little kids crossing the
>streets, in other words, I was granted a waver.  Thus it was I was 
>able to ride my bike the four blocks to school.
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>When banana seats came into style, my uncle purchase for me a red 
>stripped down stingray bicycle with butterfly handlebars
>and a long banana seat.  Now I was able to give my girlfriend from 
>church a ride.
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>I well remember, shortly after getting my new bike, riding several 
>miles out into the country to see my girlfriend.  I just
>couldn't wait to show off what my new fire engine red stingray could 
>do with its fancy speedometer, tremendous speeds, laying rubber
>power stops, the long banana seat so she could rid with me, and 
>popping wheelies as I navigated just on the back wheel.  She was, I'm
>sure, spellbound.  She lived at the bottom of a very long, and high, 
>hill. I remember the first, and only time, time I got my bike up to
>40 miles and hour, Becky holding on to me for dear life from the 
>back, as I did my best to keep the bike from tipping over due to the
>sensitivity of the fast downhill speed.  I never was able to 
>accomplish 40 MPH again unless I was on that hill near her home.
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>"What does all this have to do with Jesus?"
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>I'm glad you asked.  To refresh your memory, I was thinking about my 
>up and coming prayer session with this 15 year young
>teenage girl who had become a self mutilator.  My heart went out to 
>her and I wanted the Lord to direct me in every way possible in
>order to help her to the best of my ability.  The only way I knew of 
>doing such a thing was to make sure God was in charge of the
>prayer session.  So, again, I was thinking about the prayer session 
>soon to come when a childhood memory of the tandem bicycle
>popped to the surface of my thoughts.  It was a pleasant memory and 
>one I often enjoyed in my array of adolescent memories.  This
>time, the memory event, for some reason, was different.  First, I 
>saw just the picture of the tandem bicycle in front of me.  Then, as I
>peered into the memory, or what I thought was a memory, I focused on 
>what I was seeing.  I assumed, and rightfully so, I would be on
>the back seat of the bicycle built for two but I wasn't.  I was on 
>the front and doing the driving, as it were, and, believe it or not, I saw
>Jesus, yes, you heard me, Jesus sitting on the back seat 
>peddling.  I could see a large shining headlight mounted on the handlebars for
>conditions of darkness, obviously, and an old fashion horn, twisted 
>like a pretzel, sporting a large trumpet bell for the sound to exit as
>you squeezed a big rubber bulbous ball to make it honk loudly.  I 
>smiled again but in my thoughts, I protested.  "Lord?  Shouldn't you
>be on the front and my place should be on the back?  After all, you 
>are the Lord of my life so you should be doing the steering,
>directing, driving, and leading."
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>To my amazement, the picture in my mind remained the same and the 
>Lord said, "No.  What you see is correct.  I am on the
>back and you are doing the navigating; I'm along for the ride.  I 
>see where we are going; don't worry."
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>I attempted to protest further because this picture had to be 
>backwards. When the Holy Spirit reminded me of the truth, I
>accepted what I saw with understanding and greater appreciation of 
>the Lordship of Christ.
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>If you've ever heard me teach, read anything I've written, or even 
>listened to some of my online audio recordings, you likely
>have heard me teach on this familiar passage of Scripture:
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>?Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own 
>understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your
>paths,? (Proverbs 3:5-6 AV).
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>Quite simply, this passage of Scripture clearly teaches that Jesus 
>wants to do whatever we want to do, (I.E. It is His will for our lives)
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>Let's read this passage again and examine carefully its individual parts.
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>Outline
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>1.  Trust in the LORD with all your heart.
>2.  And lean not unto your own understanding.
>3.  In all your ways acknowledge him,
>4.  And he shall direct your paths.
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>The meaning of the passage is self evident.
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>1.  Trust in the LORD with all YOUR heart.  (Attitude).
>2.  And lean not unto YOUR own understanding. (Agreement).
>3.  In all YOUR ways acknowledge Him.  (Awareness).
>4.  And he shall direct YOUR paths.  (Application).
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>Did you notice the word "YOUR" is used in all four statements?  If 
>not, go back and read it again.  In every case, this passage refers to
>"YOUR heart," and, "YOUR" own understanding," and, "All YOUR ways," 
>and the final statement of, "YOUR paths."  It is impossible, therefore,
>to interpret this passage without putting focus on yourself.
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>Attitude (Trust in the Lord with all your heart).
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>This is a position of total belief; "With all your heart."  "Trust" 
>is who you are in Christ and no one can take that relationship with God
>away from you because it has been sealed by the Holy Spirit.  The 
>attitude is where we stand, that is, what we believe.  Do you 
>believe God can do
>the things you ask of Him?  If not, then you haven't a good 
>understanding of a covenant relationship with Him through Jesus 
>Christ who is, by the
>way, God's covenant with us.
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>Agreement (And lean not unto your own understanding).
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>The word for "lean" is (rely) and the word for "understanding" is 
>(discernment).  In other words, don't try and figure things out on your
>own, using your own logic, or judgment.  Trying to understand God's 
>is like asking the question, "Can God create a rock so heavy, He 
>can't lift it?"
>Agreement is much more easily understood, or should be, because it 
>is a simple position of submission to Christ.  No, it doesn't mean He is above
>us; that's a given.  It means we are in agreement with Him through 
>personal identity, thus, submission to his will, or, agreement with Him in
>identity.
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>Awareness (In all your ways acknowledge Him).
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>God consciousness, which creates spiritual intimacy, is through 
>prayer. Prayer is exchanging your thoughts for God's.  Trying to use our
>own discernment is a waste of spiritual energy and creates circular 
>reasoning.  In short, don't bother trying to reinvent the theological wheel to
>confirm what you already think is truth.  Quite simply become aware 
>of His present through prayer.  No, you don't need to say it out loud; your
>thoughts are good enough for Him.  Likewise, it is your thoughts 
>where you will hear Him.
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>Application (And He shall direct Your Paths).
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>When I realized the Lord was telling me that He wanted to do what I 
>wanted to do, this final phrase of the passage came to mine.  I
>wouldn't have believed it otherwise but there it was, big as life, 
>and offering total theological confirmation of what He had just said within my
>thoughts as I prayed.  You see, I always thought it was the other 
>way around, that is, we gave up things, and sacrificed things, in 
>order to be closer
>to Him.  We, in other words, wanted to be with Him when the real 
>truth is, He wants to be with us.  "Why?"  You are going to hate yourself for
>missing this one.  Because He loves us.
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>Conclusion
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>When I share these things I see in the Spirit, I'm referring, of 
>course, to the Holy Spirit, people often find what I say ridiculous.  This is
>due to being taught the opposite of who, and what, Jesus is, and 
>what He wants to do.  He wants to be with us.  He wants to do what we want to
>do.
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>Let me target something I want to point out.  If what I'm saying is 
>true, wouldn't believing God, and His promise in His Holy Word, be
>that much easier to embrace?  Hence, answers to our prayers; our 
>petitions, the things we ask of Him through prayer.  He will direct 
>our paths, not
>His paths; He knows where He is going.  He confirms, in this 
>passage, He will direct our paths.  What happens if we make a wrong 
>turn?  That's
>easy.  He will point us in the right direction because He is our 
>Director. It's like riding a bicycle; you never forget.
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