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(05/22/2000) thorn in the flesh


hello prayer warriors, 1. prayer note: thorn in the flesh [1 Peter 2:24] Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. I had one of the biggest revelation on healing when I heard [1 Peter 2:24] in the right perspective, but I still had questions. What about Paul? God allowed Paul to have a thorn in the flesh plague him even though he pleaded with God to remove it. [2 Corinthians 12:7-9] 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. I've always thought the thorn in the flesh to be a sickness or disease. Until I heard my pastor talk about this thorn in the flesh. He said let scripture interpret scripture. And he referred to other scriptures in the bible that refers to thorns that plague people. [Numbers 33:55] But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. [Joshua 23:13] Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. Both these scriptures were referring to these thorns as people and not as sickness or disease. [Matthew 7:11] If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Can we believe that our God who loves us will punish us with sickness or disease to teach us a lesson? If we, being evil, can give good gifts to our children, what more our Father in heaven? If we will not inject bacteria into our children to teach them a lesson, how much more will our Father do this? Let us continue to believe that God's desire is to heal us and that with His stripes we were healed, and let that revelation take root in our lives, and let our faith arise to draw the miracle from God. 2. New Prayer Requests: i. pray for troubled marriage -- anointed1 Please pray for my marriage, my husband and I are a young couple we have been married for 2.5 years. My husband has a very bad temper and is abusive emotionally and physically. I had to have him removed by the police over 3 weeks ago, he has not been back since. I love my husband very much in spite of everything. Please pray that God will convict his heart and save him, also pray that God will restore my marriage and that we get the counseling that we need. I refuse to turn over my husband to the devil please pray for us!!! http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=171&table=prayer&reptable=replies 3. Continue to pray for: i. Pray for my aunt -- Jennifer I just came back from the hospital where I went to see my aunt. Her name is Alice Tamez. She works as a housekeeper for a nursing home. She is such a hard worker. While she was cleaning a patients room one of the nursing home patients attacked her. He beat her up and left her with a swollen chest, which the doctors found out she has a laceration in her lung. She cannot move and she is in pain. Her whole chest and face are swollen. If the cut heals in her lung then it will be fine, but if not then the only thing left is surgery. Please pray that she is healed. I love her so much and it hurts to see my family in such pain. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=169&table=prayer&reptable=replies 4. Number of prayer warriors: 199 We welcome jeffrey boyd, tigger, jesuscafe, gabbi and dusta428 into our prayer group. in Christ, waihun
Monday, May 22, 2000 1:39:52 PM waihun

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