Hi Phil,
Thanks for sharing that with us.
I think you will be getting a phone call some time soon from Donna Bell in
Texas. She's a loving Born Again Christian who is carying around too much
baggage, and I told her about you, and she has actually been to your web
site. She knows about you, and I just called her to give her your phone
number at the bottom of this message.
Paulette and Cecily and I went to school with her. You will love her.
Thanks for the excellent ministry you are doing.
Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
At 06:03 PM 8/14/05, you wrote:
>The Angelic Sword
>
>
>By Phil Scovell
>
>
>
>
> George was on the other end of the phone and having an
>anxiety attack. I asked him what he was feeling.
>
> "I feel terrified and I can't figure out why. I'm so scared,
>I'm shaking almost uncontrollably."
>
> He wasn't exaggerating. I could literally hear it in his
>voice and I could hear the phone in his hand shaking. I knew
>exactly the symptoms he described because I had experienced them
>myself. "Do you want to pray to find out what is behind the
>fear?" I asked.
>
> "Yes, please," he said almost desperately. "I need to know
>what's wrong."
>
> We prayed.
>
> A silence lasting about 20 seconds fell between us. Then he
>said, his voice steadier than before, "It's about death."
>
> "What about it?" I questioned.
>
> "My death. I'm afraid of dying but I'm a Christian," he
>said; confusion in his voice.
>
> I prayed again and asked the Lord to lead us to where this
>fear was rooted.
>
> "It's in the horror movie," he said confidence now in his
>voice.
>
> "Which horror movie?" I asked; knowing he had seen many such
>movies.
>
> "The one we have been to before," and he described the scene
>that had frightened him the most. An ugly tall man was walking up
>some long stairs; his heavy booted feet clunking loudly as he
>came. The door crashes open and he is pushing a casket in front
>of him coming closer and closer to a woman laying in bed who is
>not dead. Her terrifying fear was evident. The ugly man had come
>for her and she wasn't dead yet. The casket was for her and she
>wasn't dead.
>
> "I'm shaking so badly," he reported, "right now that I can
>hardly hold on to the phone."
>
> I prayed and asked the Lord to show him the truth about the
>death scene he was remembering in vivid detail.
>
> "This is the main place my fear of death is coming from," he
>reported. "I don't know how I know this but this is the place."
>
> "Lord," I prayed out loud, "what is behind the fear of death
>he is feeling?"
>
> George said, "Two demons that look like penguins appeared on
>either side of the big ugly man's shoulders. They are trying to
>tell me I'm going to die like this."
>
> "Is that true, Lord Jesus?" I asked.
>
> "No," he said he heard a strong voice say.
>
> "Do these demons have a right to be hear?" I asked.
>
> "Jesus said, no, they have no right to be here," he replied
>after a few seconds.
>
> "What shall we do with them, Lord Jesus?" I asked.
>
> George began laughing.
>
> I asked him what was so funny.
>
> "A huge angel just appeared in the room. He is all white,
>has wings, and is twice the size of any man. He has a disgusted
>look on his face like he isn't too happy about the circumstances
>he sees."
>
> More prayer.
>
> "The Lord said to get rid of them," he reported, "and the big
>angel just pulled out a long shiny glittering sword."
>
> I began to pray, asking the Lord to give the angel the go
>ahead, but stopped in mid sentence. I clearly felt the Holy
>Spirit speaking in my thoughts. "No, you tell him what you want
>him to do with the demons." I chose different wording, on the
>fly, as it were, and continued. "In the name of the True Lord
>Jesus Christ, I command the holy angel of the Lord to cut the
>enemies in half."
>
> George laughed. "I never would have believed it if I hadn't
>seen it myself," he said.
>
> "What did you see?" I asked.
>
> "The angel swung his huge sword and the two penguin looking
>demons were chopped in half," he reported.
>
> "What are the demons doing now?" I questioned.
>
> "They are running, in four parts, out of the room. "Hey,"
>George said, "I'm not shaking in more."
>
> Is there anything left in the room?"
>
> "No, everything is gone but the angel." he reported.
>
> "Is there any more fear left? How do you feel in the memory
>of this scary movie?" I asked.
>
> "Everything is peaceful. It feels like the room, me
>included, is filled up with peace. I have no fear any more about
>this thing."
>
> During this short prayer time, George reported he was
>confused. I asked him why he felt confused and he reported that
>what he was seeing was a movie. "How could these things," he
>wanted to know, "be happening in a movie?"
>
> I said, "Because you are looking at your memory of the movie
>and not the movie itself."
>
> About this point, somebody may be asking how it is that
>demons ended up in this guy's memory of a horror film. It isn't
>difficult to explain and even easier to understand. The movie
>created fear; lots of it. We are commanded by Scripture, "Neither
>give place to the devil," (Ephesians 4:27). The fear generated by
>the horror flick also created fertile ground in which the Enemy
>could function and he did.
>
> Still not convinced?
>
> Let's say a young woman was standing at the kitchen sink and
>pealing potatoes for the evening meal. She was all alone in the
>house. As she hums contently to herself, a man steps up behind
>her and puts his arms around her. She smiles because she thinks
>it is her husband. As the man pulls the knife from her hand and
>holds it to her throat, fear explodes into her mind because she
>realizes it is way to early in the afternoon for her husband to be
>home.
>
> Without even finishing this story, let me ask this question.
>Isn't this a golden opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of
>this woman's fear? "Yes, but," you say, "this really happened.
>Your friend, George, watching the horror movie, was only watching
>something that was a fantasy; it never really happened."
>
> Ok, let me ask you another question then. How many different
>types of fear can you identify? Maybe I should ask first, are
>there different types of fear? That answer is simple. Yes, there
>are many different types of fear. If we can agree on that, then
>let me ask my next question. Can you name any type of fear that,
>if given the opportunity, the Enemy wouldn't try and take
>advantage? You see, it makes no difference to the Enemy. If
>there is an opportunity, he wants to exploit it.
>
> Let's take this just one step further. What if the current
>fear triggers an obscure, or even forgotten event, where similar
>fear was experienced? That doesn't happen? Sorry, I pray with
>people daily who have had such experiences and it does happen.
>What to do about it is the real question.
>
> In this testimony, the Lord used an angel to bring victory to
>the man's fear. If we have the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ
>to command demons, do we have authority over the angels, too?
>
>Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do
>his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Bless ye
>the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of
> his, that do his pleasure. (Psalm 103:20-21).
>
>Speaking of angels, the writer of Hebrews says:
>Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for
>them who shall be heirs of salvation? (Hebrews 1:14).
>
> I could, of course, expand into dozens of other verses on
>authority, the heritage we have in Christ, the identity we have in
>Christ, and the authority we have to use His Word but this would
>be a book and not a testimony. The truth is, we do have such
>authority and in this case, the angel appeared to carry out the
>commands of one of the Lord's servants so George could be set
>free.
>
> Now, how about you? Are you free from all fear? If not,
>call me.
>
>Safe Place Fellowship
>Phil Scovell
>Denver Colorado USA
>Mountain Time Zone
>Phone: 303-507-5175
>www.SafePlaceFellowship.comm
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