Here are the two messages I wrote and told everyone about concerning my
nephew who is a missionary. A followup message will bring you up to speed
but I thought you might want to be reminded of what I felt the Lord was
telling me to tell him at the time.
First posting to echurch follows.
>I have not told you about this because I strongly felt it was not
>necessary.
> I still feel exactly that way. However, because I truly feel this will
> help
> someone who needs the same information, I am going to share with you a
> message, it is actually two messages in one, which I emailed to my nephew
> who lives with his wife and children in the Far East. He is a missionary,
> I've mentioned him before, but I prefer not to say exactly where he is
> now.
> He lived 4 years secretly in China as a missionary. Fortunately, where
> they
> live now is an American ally but we don't have many of those left,
> unfortunately. His mom, one of my older sisters, called last week and
> told
> me to pray because her quote son's MS unquote has flared up again. I
> wrote
> to him the truth. Not because I'm a great spiritual giant, I learned the
> hard way that isn't true and have repeated the same mistake thinking
> otherwise many times, but the truth is only what is important. Not how
> you
> feel, not what you think, not where you are, not how screwed up your
> emotions are, but only what you think of Jesus. If you are His friend,
> nothing else matters. Yes, crying is ok. Jesus created all of our
> emotions
> and everyone serves a purpose and none are negative. If you think they
> are,
> there is some lie based thinking going on in your mind, this is where the
> Enemy attacks, and such thinking can be healed through intercessory
> prayer,
> or, if you know how, by yourself. The Apostle Paul, more than once,
> called
> this the "renewing of the mind." Look at my website because I have
> written
> on it extensively so there is no reason to reinvent the wheel unless you
> ask
> me. I'll be happy to discuss it on the phone, if you can. Here are the
> two
> messages I wrote my nephew. He is in his early thirties by the way.
>
> David and Wendy,
>
> It has been many years since this occurred. Do you recall
> David when we had a meeting over at Saundra's and Jere's when you
> guys were home? As you sat and talked to me, I felt very
> strongly in my spirit the Lord say, as I listened to you just
> talking about whatever, "He doesn't have MS." I told you this,
> as I recall, over at your mom's. I forget what we were doing
> there but it was Bob's old house. You told me a story about when
> you were praying in a cabin. The Lord told you to go outside and
> walk up a hill. I think you said there was a cross there or
> something like that and that the Lord told you to sit down. Then
> He told you what you were facing at that time was the same thing
> His disciples experienced, PTSD. I then told you what the Lord
> had told me about the MS issue. You said you felt the same way.
> According to what your mom says, you are having some physical
> effects on one side of your body and you apparently are setting
> up an MRI over there? That's a good idea and we should always do
> everything we can medically when we are facing what appears to be
> physical in nature. David, I still believe what Jesus told me
> all those many years ago; you don't have MS. Of course, maybe you
> have something else. Frankly, I don't care what it is. The
> Enemy listens to our conversations and is good at using such
> things against us. Through intercessory prayer and some of the faith
> teaching, I learned over the years, not everything which I have
> adopted as my personal beliefs, I have absolutely no doubt that
> the Lord orchestrates such events to bring us to His way of
> thinking. I am not minimizing the symptoms or even what doctors
> call a diagnosis. Just keep this in mind, God does not care what
> man, even a doctor, calls a disease, sickness, or illness. He does not
> care if we call something PTSD, OCD, DID,
> Bipolarism, schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, or
> an ingrown toenail. He doesn't give a "damn" about names and
> titles and diagnosis. I used that word on purpose because it is
> His nature, did you hear that, David, it is His nature to condemn
> the works of the Enemy. If what your mother said is true, that
> is, you are scared right now, Jesus knows that is normal. He
> still wants you to look to Him for the answer to the fear. I was
> afraid big time a few weeks ago when I found out I was a type 2
> diabetic. I have to jab my finger three times a day now just to
> take readings. I have to lose weight, and I am, and exercise
> every day. Imagine such a thing. A man of my age, too. 55
> freaking years old and I have to exercise. What a trip. Your mom
> also said, you said that you thought God had healed you of MS but.
> Excuse me but God isn't interested in what you think. He is
> interested in your heart. Do you think He has MS? then you have
> what He has and that's all I know. Your mother, God bless her,
> said it was "Your MS flaring up again." Sorry, buddy. It ain't
> your MS. I know it isn't mine or Wendies or even God's so if
> that's what you are thinking, you've been reading the wrong Bible.
> It isn't your MS, David, and never was so if you are saying, or
> thinking, any thing remotely like that, start searching your
> feelings and thoughts and follow them right back to the source.
> You know how to do that so start doing it. That is what God
> wants. You think He didn't know about this whole thing? David,
> we are soldiers. The battle has been won. You know that. We
> don't have to fight any longer because Jesus did the fighting for
> us on the cross. Ephesians 6 says only to stand. It says
> nothing about attacking, chopping the Enemy down to size, He did
> that already, too, or even launching arrows. We done won already
> because we be on the side of Jesus. He said, "It is finished."
> He said, "All power in Heaven and on earth has been given unto
> me." We are sons and joint heirs with Christ and of God.
> Colossians 2:10 says it all. "And we are complete in Christ, who
> is the head of all principalities and powers." The word
> "complete," is the same Greek word translated "Be ye filled" with
> the Spirit. Look it up for yourself if you doubt what I just
> said. That literally means that you are "complete," "filled,"
> with all the power and authority of Christ. Why? Because he
> shares it with us in His name. No, not in your name or my name
> or the doctor's name. His name works. We don't have to fight any
> more, David, because it is done and finished. Oh, sure, we have
> to push back a little. Otherwise the Enemy is going to try and
> eat our lunch. He cannot kill us because only Jesus has the
> power of life and death in His hand. Tell the devil to screw off
> because you are busy right now and have things to be doing. I'll
> be doing the same for you and I'll put a prayer request on my
> Christian mailing list, too. Many of them know how to pray.
> Note. I decided not to ask you to pray for him as previously mentioned.
> Why? Because he does not need to be healed from MS. If you pray, pray he
> hears the voice of the Lord because that is absolutely all he needs right
> now. Message continued. Also, you ask Jesus for all of His intercessors
> on the earth to
> take up your cause. Jesus asked me the other day to pray for
> three hours in tongues. I don't pray on a daily bases, by the
> way, because I have learned to pray without ceasing. That's for
> another sermon later. It was 1:30 in the afternoon. I said,
> "Lord, three hours? I don't even know for whom I'm praying." He
> said, "Pray." I did. I still have no idea for whom I prayed but
> He does. So, ask the Holy Spirit to alert His intercessors and
> people you will never meet until Heaven will begin praying for
> you. What if you die? Well, then, when you get to Heaven, Jesus
> will say, "Well, that poor old Phil. He means well but he don't
> know his head from a hole in the ground." Sure and a chicken has
> lips, too. You know He won't say that. He wants you, Dave, not
> what the doctor says he thinks you have. I have a prayer session
> with a lady in a couple of minutes but I'll be in touch. I only
> have a couple of bucks on my international calling card but I can
> put more on and we can talk and pray over the phone, too, when I
> recharge my account. I have a lot more to tell you, to. Go
> deep, David, go deep. That's where the answer is and His name is
> Jesus.
>
> Phil.
>
> Dave,
>
> I was reminded upon writing to you in my last message, something Jesus
> said
> to me almost five years ago. I was in the biggest, and most dramatic,
> intercessory prayer session of my life. God had been healing dozens of
> areas
> but this one was the granddaddy of them all. I wrote about it and it is
> on
> my website. It is called, "I Flew Kites With Jesus." During that prayer
> session, Jesus took me back to the hospital where I lost my sight. Some
> amazing things happened in that part of the prayer session but once it was
> done, Jesus said, "We are leaving this place and never coming back."
> Another thing he said was, "You are not blind." The truth is, I am blind
> but that statement will not go away, David. I know I am not blind. This
> is
> not my faith speaking but Jesus speaking when I repeat those words. As I
> so
> often say, some may choose, the key word here is "choose," to believe what
> Jesus said was just spiritual in nature. These same people say the same
> thing about 80 percent of the entire Bible, too. I know what Jesus was
> talking about and He knows what He was talking about so I don't care what
> others believe; I am not blind. A false confession? Hardly. If Jesus
> said
> it first, who am I to question His authority. So, I'm saying, Dave, you
> don't have MS. I'm saying it because Jesus said it first. "Well, then,
> what is it because I sure have something." Right! You got Jesus.
>
> Phil.
>
> It Sounds Like God To Me.
> www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
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