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.
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