I am sorry. I don't mean to be prideful. This is another reason not to ask. I don't want to ask with the wrong motivation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:50 AM Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone? > Angel, > Jesus himself instructs us to ask. In pride, you are choosing to cut > off your nose to spite your face. Please be more careful with the > Lord's grace. > Kathy > > > At 12:29 AM 8/22/2006, you wrote: > >Perhaps you are rite with that. I just am grateful to god for the things he > >is gracious enough to give me. I shouldn't ask him for anything, but I > >should be content with what he gives me. I have been selfish and for that I > >am sorry. God gives us good things because he is our father and he enjoys > >to see us happy, but we deserve nothing at all. We truly need nothing at > >all as we will live with him in heaven and these earthly bodies are just > >habitations for our souls till we can live with him forever. I will not ask > >for prayer in future. Thank you for assisting me to see things more > >clearly. I will from now on praise and adore our lord constantly. > >Everything else will be done according to his will, and all will work > >together for good because I will praise and worship him. Thank you so much. > >I will always be grateful to you. I knew there was a reason I belonged to > >this wonderful and marvelous list. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:11 AM > >Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone? > > > > > > > Angel, > > > > > > If you need nothing more, then why don't you pray and ask the Lord not to > >do > > > any more miracles for you or to help you because His cross is enough, > > > according to the experience of the Eucharist. We don't need Him for our > > > children that are drug addicts or criminals? We don't need him because we > > > are sick and in physical need? We don't need him because we are > >financially > > > broke? You got one thing right; the cross is everything because > >everything > > > was finished there. You need anything more than that and we all are in > > > trouble. The Bible works fine the way it is for me. > > > > > > Phil. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Angel" <[log in to unmask]> > > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 8:08 PM > > > Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone? > > > > > > > > > > The point in believing in the bible or in God is not to have him make > > > > miraculous things happen so we can love him, but because we want to > >spend > > > > our whole lives worshiping him and adoring him. I believe his sacrifice > > > on > > > > the cross which I experience each time I take the Eucharist and see > >first > > > > hand his precious body and blood as it is transformed before me which is > >a > > > > miracle in itself is enough to believe in him and the bible. I need > > > nothing > > > > else. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Jeremy Gilley" <[log in to unmask]> > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > > > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 6:33 PM > > > > Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone? > > > > > > > > > > > > Questions of the decade. > > > > That is where Faith comes in... I have heard that people say that > > > > mericles don't happen in our time, only in the bible. It just boggles > > > > my mind to think that people would think those kinds of things... > > > > Mericles happen every day, from a baby being born healthy, all ten > > > > fingers and toes, to seeing and feeling the sunshine on our faces, to > > > > placing a shirt on your back... > > > > I am sorry, I do believe they exist, for they did not, what is the point > > > > in believing in the bible or GOD? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > > > > Behalf Of Jenifer Gilley > > > > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 6:28 PM > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone? > > > > > > > > y are we trying to explain away a miracle? if this didn't happen... > > > > who's > > > > to say miracles exist in the first place? what makes one miracle bigger > > > > and > > > > more powerful than another? I believe Jesus Christ is the same today, > > > > yesterday and forever! If he arose from the dead... y can't he heal? y > > > > > > > > can't he work wonders? > > > > Jenifer gilley > > > > check out my blog > > > > http://claudastar.blogspot.com/ > > > > AIM: jenibear1998 > > > > msn > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Angel" <[log in to unmask]> > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > > > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 5:47 PM > > > > Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone? > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is possible? We mustn't trust all we read. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:50 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Whatever you say Angel but what you described isn't a miracle. What > > > > they > > > > >> described was a miracle because he made no such pre recorded message. > > > > >> Unless, of course, they lied about the whole thing and if they made a > > > > pre > > > > >> recorded message to be sent later, then she lied by leaving that > > > > little > > > > >> detail out. > > > > >> > > > > >> Phil. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > > > >> From: "Angel" <[log in to unmask]> > > > > >> To: <[log in to unmask]> > > > > >> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:39 AM > > > > >> Subject: Re: Whose On The Phone? > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > I hate to say this, but a message can be scheduled to be sent any > > > > time > > > > >> after > > > > >> > it is recorded. It will be sent at any pre prescribed time. I do > > > > it > > > > >> > myself. If I think of a person's birthday, I will send them a > > > > message > > > > > and > > > > >> > program the voice mail to have it delivered at midnight of the > > > > person's > > > > >> > birthday. That way I don't have to call him that day if I am busy > > > > and > > > > > the > > > > >> > individual still receives my birthday wishes just as though I > > > > waited > > > > > till > > > > >> > midnight to call him. He may have indeed been praying for his son > > > > at > > > > > that > > > > >> > time, knowing his phone would be turned off and he would be in the > > > > air, > > > > > he > > > > >> > just programmed the message to be sent at that time. It was a very > > > > > > > > >> > nice > > > > >> > gesture. > > > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > >> > From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]> > > > > >> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > > > >> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:58 AM > > > > >> > Subject: Whose On The Phone? > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > The Tennisons were speaking at a church camp. Their only > > > > son > > > > >> > > was in seminary. That week, he was taking exams for his PHD. > > > > His > > > > >> > > mother said that during those three hours each day he was taking > > > > >> > > his exams, she would be on her knees praying for him. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > The last day of his exams, he called his mother and said he > > > > >> > > wanted to talk to his dad. His dad, he was informed, had left > > > > >> > > that morning and at that very moment, his dad was on the airplane > > > > >> > > flying to the next meeting. Their son said that he was just > > > > >> > > hoping to talk to his dad one more time before the last exam but > > > > >> > > he understood. They hung up. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > A little more than three hours later, their son called his > > > > >> > > mom to report that he felt he did well on his exams. He said, > > > > "It > > > > >> > > sure was nice to hear from dad before my exams, too." Sister > > > > >> > > Tennison said, she wasn't aware that his dad called him. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Later that day, sister Tennison received a call from her > > > > >> > > husband. He said that he had just landed and was checking in. > > > > >> > > Sister Tennison asked him how it was he was able to call their > > > > >> > > son. He said, "I didn't call him. I was on the airplane so I > > > > >> > > couldn't have called him." > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Calling her son back, he insisted his dad had called him and > > > > >> > > he could prove it. He said that as he left his room, his phone > > > > >> > > rang. Thinking it might be his mom calling back, he quickly > > > > >> > > unlocked the door and ran for the phone but it had quit ringing. > > > > >> > > He played the message back. It was his dad. He said on the > > > > tape, > > > > >> > > "Son, this is dad. I just wanted you to know I was praying for > > > > >> > > you today." Sister Tennison heard the recording over the phone > > > > >> > > and said it was her husband's voice. She asked her son to check > > > > >> > > the time of the recording. He did and gave her the figures. She > > > > >> > > wrote them down. She said, that time was the exact time her > > > > >> > > husband would have still been on the airplane flying to their > > > > next > > > > >> > > meeting where she would be the next day. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > When their cell phone bill came, there was a one minute call > > > > >> > > at that exact same time, but her husband's cell phone was turned > > > > >> > > off and in his carry on bag which was in the overhead storage ben > > > > >> > > of the airplane, at that exact hour and minute. If Mr. Tennison > > > > >> > > didn't make that call, who did? > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Phil. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > He's ready when you are. > > > > >> > > www.SafePlaceFellowship.com > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > -- > > > > >> > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > >> > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > > >> > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.4/424 - Release Date: > > > > 8/21/06 > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.4/424 - Release Date: 8/21/06 > > > >