For Gretchen we need to pray to gerd her up. Because when we turn to the Lord Satan attacks. Father in Heaven thank you for gerding Gretchen and putting a hedge of prtection around her. Continue to incamp your angels around her. Thank you Lord in your precious name I prya Amen
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When Satan is knocking on your door. Simply say, "Jesus could you get that for me?"
Karen Carter '74
> Hi Phil,
> Thanks for sharing this. I am glad things with Gretchen are going this way
> instead of what I expected. I'm afraid I was expecting that she would not
> repent and that you would have to kick her onto the street again.
> So, as long as she and her friends are crying out for help, their certainly
> is great hope for them.
> Vinny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 11:34 AM
> Subject: Report On Gretchen
>
>
> > My youngest son, Everett, felt led to have all of us, last Friday night
> > during our prayer meeting, go down to the apartment in our basement and
> > pray
> > for Gretchen. She allowed us to do so. The next morning, Gretchen asked
> > me
> > to pray with her. In spite of all her emotional pain and fear, she did
> > hear
> > from the Lord and in church Sunday morning here at the house, she
> > testified
> > before everybody that the Lord did speak to her. Sunday afternoon, while
> > George and I were visiting, Gretchen asked me to talk with her privately.
> > She admitted that she has been using drugs for the passed four weeks but
> > she, and a bunch of her Christian friends who are involved in the same
> > way,
> > want help. I am suppose to begin prayer sessions with the first person
> > this
> > evening. Many of these young people have been off and on drugs so many
> > times, they now believe there is no hope for them. Dumb devil don't know
> > much, does he? Anyhow, be praying for Gretchen. We have already begun to
> > set rules of accountability with our daughter to assist her in walking
> > free.
> > If these other people she knows become involved, as they say they want to,
> > similar situations will be going on with them as well. All of these
> > things,
> > in my opinion, have seemed to come about since we bought that electronic
> > piano and have spent 30 minutes, and sometimes an hour, singing and
> > worshipping the Lord on Friday and Sundays here in our home. Other things
> > seem to be shifting at Safe Place Fellowship, too, but we are just taking
> > things slow since we don't want to miss the Lord on anything he wants to
> > do.
> > Your continued prayers for Gretchen, and these other drug addicts, would
> > be
> > greatly appreciated. Working with druggies isn't exactly what I thought I
> > would be doing. Gretchen told me that many of her friends are from good
> > Christian homes but the drugs have just captured their lives. She said
> > probably 20 people she knows all have said, "You pray with your dad and if
> > it is something that will work for you, then we want him to work with us,
> > too." Gretchen cried like a baby Sunday afternoon and told me about some
> > of
> > these people and how they have used drugs, given up drugs, and used drugs,
> > and given up drugs, for many years, one lady for 23 years, she said, and
> > yet, after even Christian drug treatment programs, they can't get free.
> > Yes, I know why this is the case but I'll leave that for another message.
> > For now, your prayers, even for Sandy and I, would be appreciated.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> >
> > Where there is pain, there is belief. Truth is painless.
> > www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
> >
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