Phil,
Thank you for sharing this with us!  Jesus loves to perform miracles in our 
lives when we will allow it to happen!
Thanks again!
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:17 AM
Subject: Baby Jesus


> This isn't exactly finished but good enough to read.
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> Baby Jesus
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> By Phil Scovell
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>     I was praying with a lady the other day who started out by
> expressing the depression she had recently been feeling.  This
> was nothing new to this woman, of course, because she had lived
> with depression for her entire life and she is 53 years of age.
> This also was not the only diagnosed disorder she had in her life
> either.  Bulimia was just one of many such diagnoses.  We would
> run out of the alphabet if I listed all of her diagnosed
> disorders.
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>     This particular day, however, she was explaining that the
> depression felt different and it somehow seemed to be connected
> with her eating habits and especially with her diabetes.  Knowing
> nothing about psychology and knowing nothing other than how to
> pray, I suggested we just pray about it and see where the Holy
> Spirit leads.
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>     The minute we prayed, she saw herself as a little girl at the
> table eating a meal with her family.  She explained that her
> mother had been bulimic but sometimes they ate lavishly and
> sometimes they ate minimally based upon how her mother felt at the
> time.
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>     Almost immediately, the Lord exposed the lie she believed and
> that was, she had exchanged love for food.  You see, she was a
> child that was constantly molested from infancy, to her teen
> years, by both her father and brother.  She never knew what love
> really was.  She eventually equated food with love because, she
> explained, she enjoyed the time eating with her family because
> things were ok and safe and peaceful at those times.
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>     You may be wondering if there is more to it, that is, the
> fact a little girl somehow got the eating of food mixed up with
> love?  The answer is, yes, there was more and lots of it.  She
> began having seizures as a small little girl.  Add to this all the
> physical and mental and emotional abuse, and you have a fine
> recipe for not only psychodynamic abnormalities but spiritual as
> well.  What do I mean when I say spiritual ramifications?  There
> is a demonic realm, they live in a different dimension than we,
> and they love to use opportunities of disabilities, confusion, and
> emotional distortion to implant lies and deception within the
> minds of little children.  Yes, they try doing it with adults,
> too, but the adult mind is much more developed and can often think
> more rationally through the deception without a lie being accepted
> as fact.  Little Children do not have this capability and thus are
> perfect targets for both abusers in the physical realm and the
> demonics which interface to the spiritual realm and the physical.
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>     Where might such mind activity occur?  It our thoughts, of
> course, which is the same place where the Holy Spirit speaks to
> us.
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>     Does this mean, since demons can speak to us, in our thoughts
> that we can be demon possessed?  No, of course not.  In a real
> sense, if you are born again, you are possessed, or indwelled, by
> the Holy Spirit.  He lives, dwells, within your human spirit which
> has, at the moment of salvation, been created anew.  Thus making
> it possible for the Holy Spirit to literally, not mystically,
> dwell within you.  Therefore, demon possession is literally, and
> spiritually, absolutely impossible.  Our minds, however, are not
> redeemed, or to use a good old theological term, regenerated, as
> of yet.  That day is coming and at that same time, even our
> physical bodies will be redeem, glorified, and we will not only
> see Jesus as He really is right now, but we will be exactly like
> him, (See First John 3:2).
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>     As I prayed with this woman concerning the shift in her
> depression she felt emotionally, the lie, as I said, suddenly was
> revealed by the Lord.  Because her little girl's mind became
> adapted to the lie that food was good and nobody hurt her during
> meals, she believed the lie that this must be what love is all
> about.  She embraced it.  In turn, this allowed a demonic presence
> a lying spirit, to function, within limitations, in her thoughts
> for years.  No, they don't care how old you, or how young, you
> might be.  In fact, the younger, the better because, as I have
> stated, the mind of a child is easier to fool than that of an
> adult.
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>     In this lady's case, and this isn't by any means the rule of
> thumb, a demon was involved.  How do I know?  He presented
> himself and spoke through this lady's own voice to me.  What did
> he say?  He said I couldn't make him leave.  Of course, I wasn't
> interested in what he thought, I was only interested in what Jesus
> thought.  So I asked Jesus if it was true that He, meaning Jesus,
> could not send this demon away.  Yes, I know the demon said that I
> couldn't send him away, but I always defer all such statements to
> Jesus since Jesus is the one in charge in the first place.  Of
> course, Jesus said the demon was a liar so I sent him away in the
> name of Jesus and, yes, he left immediately.  This allowed the
> lady, who was remembering what it was like to enjoy a meal with
> her family and how good the food tasted and that this must be the
> meaning of love, to now hear the voice of the Lord clearly and,
> yes, she did.
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>     Now, I realize those of you who believe this sort of thing is
> guided imagery, lucid dreaming, visualization, hypnosis, and other
> mind manipulating techniques, aren't going to accept how Jesus
> healed this woman from this lie that had controlled her entire
> life so you might as well stop reading right now.  Those of you
> who, on the other hand, have even the tiniest of belief that Jesus
> still works in the hearts and minds of His own children today will
> want to keep reading.
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>     This lady often hears from the Lord in unusual ways and
> generally a few minutes after the prayer time.  As we were talking
> about the lie and how she had been deceived by the Enemy, she
> suddenly interrupted me and told me something was happening.  She
> reported that Jesus was there and He suddenly turned into a baby
> in her arms.  Furthermore, the baby sometimes changed places,
> that is, the lady became a baby in the arms of Jesus.  This role
> reversal continued for awhile as we talked and, in fact, has never
> actually stopped.  What does it mean?  My guess is about as good
> as yours.  I personally see it is a matter of identity.  I
> believe the Lord was showing her the truth about love and how it
> really is.  Why a baby Jesus?  This happened in December; a time
> when this lady experiences a lot of depression, discouragement,
> and loneliness.  Yes, such is very common.  Isn't this just some
> figment of her imagination?  Could be, of course, but her
> depression is gone and hasn't returned so how do you explain that?
> No, silly.  Demons don't do such things even to deceive.  They
> can't because their thinking is corrupt and they do evil; not
> good.
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>     So who is Jesus to you?  Do you know His love or have you
> been tricked and misled and disoriented by the Enemy in believing
> the Christmas is something different than it really is?  Isn't it
> about time you discovered why you feel lonely, discouraged, and
> frightened at the very thought of the Christmas seasons?  It is
> time for you to change sides.  Jesus is very near.  Wouldn't you
> love to hold the baby Jesus at this special time of the Christmas
> season?  I sure would.