So then Phil,

How did he like it? As for me, I love, love, love it!!! Just one 
thing.  What is a "rhema word"?

IN HIS MATCHLESS NAME,

purple Mari



At 04:16 PM 5/13/2007, you wrote:
>Lelia and others keeping up with this topic,
>
>Faith has no size of any kind.  We've been misled into thinking that faith
>comes in various sizes, or dementions, or degrees, or levels, but that is a
>topic I'll begin teaching on next Sunday.  I'll likely write about it and
>post some of it on here before next Sunday.  Concerning John, the Lord gave
>me two rhema Word promises.  I told John both of those words of prophecy
>before he went to the hospital both times and the second one I told him
>moments before he left that night for the hospital and subsequent open heart
>surgery.  At the hospital, I tried all night to pray as we sat and waited.
>I found it literally impossible because I already knew John would be ok
>because the Holy Spirit had told me.  I came home that Monday morning after
>being with Vicki through the night for almost 8 hours, and I sat on the desk
>swing and cried uncontrollably off and on the entire rest of that day.  Why?
>Because, my flesh was afraid John was going to die and what was I going to
>do with what I had heard from the Lord if John did indeed die.  I was
>suffering a huge monsterous spiritual struggle that was an all out war.
>What if he dies, tried penetrating my thoughts and into my emotions over and
>over again and I cried almost beyond control at times as a result of the war
>raging inside of me.  The answer I got?  What if he doesn't.  I couldn't
>pray because I already knew the anser and the answer was What if he doesn't.
>I was working the faith Jesus gave me and my faith was working me at that
>time.  I had to decide whom I was going to believe.  Myself or God's Word.
>I finally decided, and I told the Lord this, too, if John dies, I'm going up
>to the hospital with Everett, calling Keith to meet us there, and we are
>going to lay hands on him and speak life back into his body no matter what
>people say or think.  I figured John deserved that much, if what I had heard
>in my spirit was true.  I believe then it was true and that God could not
>lie and, in fact, Jesus kept his Word but it was a hell of ride for
>everybody but the dumb devil freaking lost again.  Praise God.  I think I'm
>going into the living room and preach this to Chester and see how he likes
>it.  Man, I feel the fire burning.  I'm not joking.  This is hot.  I'm
>getting goose bumps, too, just thinking about it.  Come on, Jesus!
>
>Phil.