Hi all,
Phil, that testimony is a blessing, and Pat, I'm praying for you.
Blessings,
Donna
On 4/13/16, Pat Ferguson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi phil,
>
> I really like that.
>
> I'm so happy I don't feel worthless any longer, and you helpped me
> get through that.
>
> Right now, though, I'm feeling hurt about a situation, and I feel
> that I was defeated by something.
>
> It's a business dealing, so I really can't talk about it, but I was
> told that i could do something, and now, this company is telling me I
> can't do it.
>
> I'm not getting any response from them, either.
>
> Please pray for my heart to be loving.
>
> If I approach them about this, I will be Loving, and I will not get mad.
>
> I feel I have a right to know why?
>
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Many Blessings,
>
> Pat Ferguson
> "I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me" Philippians 4:13.
>
> At 04:18 PM 4/13/2016, you wrote:
>
>> Inferiority By Demonic Infiltration
>>
>>
>> By Phil Scovell
>>
>>
>>
>> Praying with a man one day, he said that he had
>> something
>> come up recently and he could not find the source of
>> his
>> feelings. He even had trouble identifying the nature of
>> the
>> associated emotions. The feeling occurred when his wife, who
>> had
>> been handling their checkbook for years, felt the Lord
>> was
>> telling her to turn the checkbook over to him. When she
>> said
>> this, he told me that he instantly had a feeling of discomfort.
>>
>> When I began asking him questions, he thought the
>> feelings
>> were related to when they had first married. He had purchased
>> a
>> computer program to handle their checking account but due to
>> the
>> newness of the software, he had made some wrong entries and
>> thus
>> caused them some minor financial problems. Soon thereafter,
>> he
>> had been happy to turn it over to his wife. I guessed there
>> was
>> more to this part of the story but I knew it was
>> likely
>> irrelevant to what was really bothering him. I suggested we
>> just
>> start praying with the feeling he had described, as vague as
>> it
>> seemed, and let the Lord direct us as we prayed.
>>
>> His slight feeling of personal concern and
>> emotional
>> discomfort, the moment we began to pray, took him back to a
>> grade
>> school event. A boy had made fun of him one day by saying
>> his
>> clothes weren't as good as the rest of the students.
>> That
>> feeling struck deep with this man and we prayed for the
>> Lord's
>> truth to be revealed. He reported that the Lord told him that
>> he
>> had been with him and as this man looked into the memory
>> again,
>> he saw himself dressed in bright clothing that was far
>> beyond
>> anything anyone else was wearing. Knowing this wasn't the
>> only
>> place the Lord wanted to take him, we continued praying
>> together.
>>
>> The Lord took him next to a memory of when he was in
>> high
>> school. He had been on the football team but only played one
>> or
>> two games and even then, it was in minor positions. Joining
>> the
>> basketball team in another Christian high school, the
>> coach
>> always complimented him on his playing during practice but
>> then
>> never allowed him to play during an actual game. Again the
>> sharp
>> pain was felt.
>>
>> Asking the Lord to expand the memory and to allow him to
>> see
>> the memory the way, He, the Lord, saw it, the man then
>> reported
>> that he saw a panorama of memories flashing by so rapidly,
>> he
>> couldn't do anything other than briefly recognize them as
>> old
>> memories. He reported that none of the pictures stopped
>> which
>> would allow him to focus on any given memory. This gave
>> me
>> another clue and I realize this was not the origin of this
>> man's
>> feelings. I asked the Lord to reveal the true lie, or lies,
>> in
>> these memories collectively.
>>
>> The man said, "This, I know, sounds really weird, but I
>> feel
>> as if I hate myself." This admission, I then knew, would lead
>> us
>> to another memory event in which the true lie would reside.
>>
>> Praying again, I ask the Lord to take this man to
>> the
>> origin, the real source, of his feelings of rejection,
>> self
>> hatred, not being quite good enough, and being less valuable
>> than
>> others.
>>
>> A moment passed and then he said, "This is even stranger.
>> I
>> am back in a house I lived in when I was about 6 or 7 years
>> of
>> age. I was in the basement and I had taken several TV trays
>> and
>> put them together and lined them up in a row. I pretended I
>> was
>> a businessman with people working for me and the TV trays
>> were
>> little tables and desks. As I played, I took a piece of
>> paper
>> and just wrote a capital T for the first letter of my name. As
>> I
>> looked at it, I thought to myself how well I had done in
>> writing
>> the letter. Suddenly," he said to me, "But then what I saw
>> on
>> the paper turned distorted and the letter T just no longer
>> looked
>> right to me."
>>
>> "How do you feel?" I asked.
>>
>> "I just feel bad; like something is wrong with me."
>>
>> At this point, it was obvious there was a demonic
>> presence
>> in the room where he had been playing. I prayed and asked
>> the
>> Lord to show this man where the demon was in the memory.
>> He
>> instantly reported that he saw a demonic like figure seated in
>> a
>> chair, not far away from where he was playing,
>> watching
>> everything he was doing.
>>
>> I prayed again and asked the Lord to show this man the
>> lies
>> the demon had implanted in the thoughts of the little boy.
>> The
>> man began to speak what he felt. He felt inferior, not
>> good
>> enough, he'd never amount to anything in his life, and many
>> other
>> related feelings. I asked the man if he knew now where
>> these
>> thoughts had come from and he said he clearly saw how the
>> demon
>> had implanted these lies into his life.
>>
>> At this moment, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said,
>> "Do
>> not send the demon away yourself. Ask the man to send it
>> away."
>>
>> I asked this man if the demon was still in the memory.
>> He
>> said, "Yes, but he is no longer seated in the chair
>> but
>> standing." I laughed to myself because I knew the demon
>> was
>> getting ready to leave on his own now that he had no reason
>> for
>> staying. I told him to send him away. The man prayed, told
>> the
>> demon to go to the place where the True Lord Jesus Christ
>> wanted
>> him to go.
>>
>> "Is he gone?" I asked when he had finished praying.
>>
>> "Yes," he replied, "he's completely gone."
>>
>> The Lord told me not to leave this memory but to ask Him
>> to
>> speak further truth to this man. I prayed and asked the Lord
>> if
>> He had anything else He wished to tell or show or give to
>> this
>> man.
>>
>> After a moment of silence, the man said, "The Lord told
>> me
>> that He had deliberately brought me to this place for me to
>> learn
>> and that He wants to heal me in many more places." I
>> then
>> explain to the man what the Lord had told me and that this
>> memory
>> was shown to him so he could learn that he could use
>> the
>> authority over demons that God had given to him through his
>> Holy
>> Word."
>>
>> Returning to the original feelings, he reported he no
>> longer
>> felt as he did and that everything felt clear to him.
>>
>> I share this simple story of healing because it was
>> my
>> oldest son with whom I prayed. He is 39 years old at
>> this
>> writing. He and his wife have two girls and a boy.
>>
>>
>> End Of Document
>>
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