thanks Phil for sharing this.

Malcolm.
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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:50 AM
Subject: What Prayer Can Do


>     One of my older sisters recently wrote about 8 pages of her
> memories of our dad.  When dad died, I was 11 years old, my little
> sister was 7, and my two older sisters were in their early
> twenties.  The oldest, Saundra, was in Bible college and my sister
> Kay was in nurses training.  My two older sisters, therefore, have
> a lot of things they remember about dad which I never knew.
>
>     The other night, I was talking to my oldest sister, Saundra,
> and the memories of our dad that our sister Kay had written came
> up during our conversation.  My sister confirmed some things about
> my dad I never knew until the Lord revealed them to me.
>
>     In my recent times of private prayer, my dad came to mind.
> Again, as I have so often times in recent years, faced more and
> more aspects about my dad which relate to me personally.  As I
> saw my dad in my thoughts as I prayed, and no, I was not
> visualizing or practicing self hypnosis, lucid dreaming, or
> meditating until I was able to implement guided imagery, I just
> thought of my dad suddenly while praying.  A very clear picture of
> my dad surfaced without warning and so I asked the Lord what He
> was trying to show me about my dad.
>
>     The Holy Spirit said, "What do you see about his
> appearance?"
>
>     I said, "Dad looks sad and worried."
>
>     "What does he look worried about?" I heard the Holy Spirit
> say.
>
>     I looked at my dad in my memories again and suddenly I
> realized what it was.  Dad was worried about losing the rest of
> his sight.  He, as did I later, had detached retinas.  They were
> able to save one eye but not the other.  This was common on my
> dad's side of the family.  The Holy Spirit further revealed to me
> things my dad worried about specifically.  "How would I work?
> What would happen to my family if I go blind?  How could I help my
> kids through college.  I'd never drive again.  I'd lose my job.
> Maybe I'd lose my family."  These were all things I suddenly felt
> very strongly in my thoughts and actually felt them in my
> emotions, too.  I suddenly, and clearly, understood why my dad was
> tormented.  As a kid, I never realized something was wrong but
> somehow it registered and I believe it is because I was his son,
> that is, bonded with him.  If you don't believe in generational
> curses, that likely will have little, if any, meaning to you.
> Regardless, the Holy Spirit confirmed what I saw and felt a few
> days after He revealed these truths to me during prayer.
>
>     As I talked to my sister, I did not tell her what the Lord
> had revealed to me about dad through prayer.  My older sisters
> think I am crazy anyhow.  This particular sister believes I am
> involved in psycho heresy in more ways than one.  Thus it is, I
> don't share many personal things with them.  In this case,
> however, I simply said to my oldest sister, "I was thinking about
> dad the other day and I realized how concerned he must have been
> about losing the rest of his sight."  I went on to tell her all
> the things I felt the Holy Spirit had revealed to me during prayer
> but I just didn't tell her the origin at first.
>
>     My sister began telling me how she heard dad often say that
> he was afraid he would lose his sight while serving as an usher
> during communion services at church, or when driving, and that he
> spoke of such things of this nature openly before I was born.
> She furthermore said that mom talked to her about dad and his
> depression and anxiety and fear of blindness often.
>
>     This part of the conversation came up during our visit
> because my oldest sister told me that my sister, Kay, was
> disturbed because I had written about our dad's depression.  Kay,
> as I said, is a registered nurse and she said dad never had
> depression.  Saundra told Kay she was wrong about and that I was
> right and for two reasons.  First, mom talked about it to Saundra
> many times and my dad, back in the late forties and fifties, took
> tranquilizers.  During that time, this was very uncommon and
> Christians absolutely never talked about such things with others.
> Furthermore, our mother told me, after dad had died, that he did
> suffer from depression and that he was on tranquilizers.  I was
> about 13 or 14 years old when mom told me this.
>
>     After my sister confirmed these things, I then went ahead and
> told her that the Lord had revealed these exact things to me
> during prayer one day.
>
>     The purpose of writing about this is simply to point out that
> things we may be facing today, could very likely have origin in a
> place totally unanticipated.  Over the last four years, the Lord
> has been revealing dozens of places relating to both my father and
> my blindness that have their source and origin in my dad and early
> childhood.  Why would this be important?  Circumstances create
> golden opportunities, or what I call fertile soil, in which the
> Enemy can plant seeds.  At this point, I would normally give more
> details relating to how the demonic realm works and takes
> advantage of these situations and circumstances, not to mention
> how these seeds of deception get passed down through the
> generations, but many people already think that I believe in
> demons more than I do Jesus so I'll skip all of that for now.  I
> am attempting to get you to think, and to be aware, of
> circumstances.  Our reactions in situations can tap into things we
> may not even be aware of because the memories are suppressed, and,
> the present situation can likewise create fertile soil for new
> seeds to be planted.  Thus, the Enemy can, and will, use these
> things against us and often we will be deceived without even
> realizing it at the time.  These areas of deception I call
> foothold because the Enemy is attempting to gain a place in our
> thinking and emotions.  No, I am not talking about demon
> possession since it is impossible for a Christian to be possessed
> in the first place.  I just thought you would find this
> interesting since what the Lord told me was confirmed by my
> sister.
>
> It Sounds Like God To Me.
> www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
>
>
> Phil.
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