You are so very right, Phil.  I also can tell you about what prayer can do 
in this way, and know something about generational curses and the foothold 
they can become in our lives if we do not take the authority given to us by 
God and let these things know that they do not belong to us.  Thanks for 
sharing this with us.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 8:50 PM
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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