I wonder how some Christians can do this to a little boy or girl. 
When they become aware that their blinness makes them different, this 
often is bad enough if not handled carefully by family and other 
direct associates. The pain of such accusations and "theology" is 
hard enough to bear as an adult, maybe a newly blind adult. What more 
it must be for a young child who often blame themselves for things 
they have no control over. It is good that God and not us has to deal 
with those people.

Doris




At 03:10 PM 8/6/2013 -0600, you wrote:
>Rhonda,
>
>Your story is so commonly experienced by little blind boys and 
>girls, it is just beyond belief sometimes.  People are stupid.  It 
>is always the person's fault who is blind if it doesn't work.  It 
>would be fun to stop them now before they pray, and ask them if they 
>have as much faith as I do for this to occur, because if they don't, 
>they cannot pray for me.  This experience you had plants lies very 
>deep and triggers many other areas where new lies can hide.  I 
>personally believe I will see, either when I die, of course, and see 
>Jesus in Heaven then, or before He returns.  Why?  Because it says 
>in 1 John 3 verse 2:
>"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear 
>what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall 
>be like him; for we shall see him as he is."
>Did you see it?  We shall see Him?  Now I realize this could happen 
>in the twinkling of an eye but regardless, we are going to see His 
>coming just like everyone else that is born again; dead or alive as 
>it may be at the time.  When people wish to lay hands on me, I let 
>them because you never know when you'll hit upon the jack pot, that 
>is, someone really sent from God to get the job done, if you see 
>what I mean.  It would be good, though, to ask ahead of time, now if 
>this doesn't work, are you going to blame me, yourself, or God if it 
>doesn't work?  When it happens to a little boy or girl, on the other 
>hand, it can carry with it some very deep pain through their adult 
>life.  That, too, can be healed, fortunately so I praise God for 
>that.  Jesus loves healing pain events like that.  I also tell them, 
>I have made a commitment about this issue many years ago so it is 
>settled.  You need not pray for that concerning me unless, of 
>course, you have something else in mind?
>
>Phil.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>Rhonda Partain
>To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 4:54 AM
>Subject: Re: Name and Claim It
>
>So I do agree, we do then name  the name of Jesus and indeed claim 
>the free gift of salvation; and pray for health of 
>course,  financial blessing, surely we want enough to cover 
>our  basic needs. It's just those people  who stubbornly say that if 
>we believe anything, if we have faith and ask, we'll have it. I 
>suppose it all stems from thos people who prayed for restoration of 
>my sight when I was a little girl. I remember they quoted verses 
>about moving mountains, having faith as small as a mustard  seed, 
>asking anything in His name and receiving it; then when they prayed 
>asking and believing and my sight wasn't immediately restored, they 
>sought reasons. The reason they found was unbbelief, not theirs of 
>course, but mine. They would question me asking if I didn't believe 
>in God. Of course I did, as much as a little girl of five could. God 
>made the roses I loved, the birds that sang in the trees, the sun 
>that warmed my face. He was the one I talked to when my Mom and Dad 
>would fight in the night yelling and throwing dishes, of course I 
>believed. But they insisted, the words in their Bible said, and they 
>were much older, wiser than I. I wondered why God couldn't answer 
>their prayer diffferently, maybe He did answer, not in the way they wanted.
>
>So, my problem with "name-it and claim-it" really comes from long 
>ago hurt which I should really pray about.
>
>I'd love to read your further thoughts though; I always enjoy 
>reading what you have to say; it is always thought provoking In 
>short then, name-it claim-it isn't all wrong, I just don't 
>especially appreciate how some choose to teach it.
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>Blessings!
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>
>Rhonda .