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Revilonivek:
 l love it when we all share about our life journeys. Especially when we are living life outside the box of organized religion. It's a life that is more liberating, yet a hard road.  We learn so much. It is definitely  alot more than we ever would learn while living in a box of organized religion. Especially the part where we no longer become a passive follower of someone but become more of an active participant in living life.

I always love to see God's grace growing great relationships. This was very encouraging. It’s the people we meet along life’s road who help us appreciate the journey. We have only one thing to give up. Our dominion. We don’t own the world. We’re not kings or priests yet. Can we give that preconceived notion up? Too precious, all that control? Too tempting,  If we take the time to be quiet and observe, we can see what God is trying to teach us about the beautiful part of life.

freedom is not just a dream, it’s there, beyond those fences that we build all by ourselves. Let the control go, and God will catch on and It'll be even more beautiful.

It is amazing to see how God works in Ray's Life Journey.The great changes that happens in his life. The life transformation from what he used to be and what he is now.  a former bonded down WWCG participant follower to becoming a free man. God knows what he is doing. Just have to become an active participant in life, giving up dominion over life instead of just being a passive follower of someone. It can be quite liberating when we trust God in our lives like Ray trusts God with the journey. You know the feeling when we get when we give up dominion? It is quite freeing and instinctly we should flow with life. like a river, instead of holding to a tree on a bank. Who knows there may be a shore at the end of the river path and you could just get out of the river there. Just have to keep on flowing and who knows what may be waiting for you.

I love to read good news concerning our brother Ray and others. God will take care of our brother as he is faithful to take care of all of us. Take in comfort in knowing that God is faithful when we are faithless at any point in our lives. especially during a difficult time in our journeys.

God bless you Ray in your journey!

Gina:

--- Quote from: Dennis Vogel on February 14, 2012, 06:24:19 AM ---
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--- Quote from: Dennis Vogel on February 13, 2012, 05:58:42 PM ---Some of you are talking about a miracle? What miracle? This operation is very dangerous for someone in Ray's condition.

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Dear Dennis, you sound like the concerned, loving friend that you are. But Ray is the one who first said 'miracle'. And of course, every day he's had for the past three years and what God has accomplished through him is miraculous. But for the first time in a while he sounds, well, jazzed. Happy. Full of expectation in what God will do next. We will all be praying and watching and we will be a witness to God's mercy in Ray's life and our own. I will pray for you too, to ease your worry.  :)

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You are right, Ray used that word. Sorry. I just don't want everyone to assume this is a done deal, because it is not.

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I see what you're saying, Dennis.  It's not a small thing he's going through.  I personally just can't imagine God bringing Ray this far and then not bringing him through the operation.  He asked us to share in and be in agreement with his faith and that's what I'm going to be doing. :)

(Revilonek -- thank you for the things you said in your reply. God bless you.)

octoberose:
I am hoping that just because Ray has to be awake during the operation, that doesnt mean he will be able to feel it. Can he share with us if it's a spinal block? In theory, he will feel tugging and presuure, but no pain during the procedure- much like a woman having a C section.
I, unlike so many of you, have not had the privilege of meeting Ray in person. But we've "talked" on line and of course I've read nearly everything on the site in two years. His faith is so pure, his understanding so profound, that when Ray says this is the path he's on and he wants to have this surgery, then I trust that. Ray hears from the Spirit of God in ways that are just too much for me to understand . But I believe Ray would say that whether he lives or dies, he does it to the Lord. And that takes away all our fear ( yes I am preaching to myself too)!

Gina:
He'll have a local/epidural spinal block or something, I'm quite positive.  I mean, think about it:  he's screaming just from putting pressure on that bone.  If the doctor thinks it's too dangerous to put him under but didn't give him something to block the pain of the operation, he'd still die from the pain, and, come on, we all know that that would totally defeat the purpose.

Sharing that information wasn't mean to alarm us. 

Of us women out there who have had a c-section and were awake during the procedure, that will be the extent of what he feels--tugging.  He won't be able to see anything because they'll put a sheet between him and them and there'll be a very kind nurse at his head talking to him the whole time and reassuring him that he's going to be okay and he will pull through! 

I'm sure they'll give him oxygen and all that.  That was my c-section experience, which to some might be like comparing apples to oranges, but lemme tell ya, c-sections are no small operations, and you don't just hop off the operating table after one.  It takes weeks to recover; however, I can imagine Ray up and walking a lot sooner than anyone of us here might expect.  Those doctors and nurses will take good care of him.  God bless them.

jingle52:

Dear Ray,
Before you have this operation I would just like to write a few lines of gratitude and admiration to you as our teacher of God’s Truths, I have been lost in the desert of ignorance and pride, and I’ve come to know that truly our Father Almighty has a plan for all His children and that, God having dragged me to Jesus Christ has led me to BT and your teaching.
Well Ray, may God Almighty, who has called you, to enlighten the sheep in this technological age, who He is calling/has called out of Babylon, may be merciful now on you and guide the hands of the surgeon who will perform this delicate operation.
I thank you  for all the diligence and the tens of thousands of hours spent to let the Truths in its purity and simplicity be known and exposed to the world.
I thank you for continuing even though you’ve had your (abundant) share of personal and family suffering, to help us as is evident in all the emails you replied to, the Bible Studies and Conferences you held and the most inspiring website ever! The LOF series was a turning point for me and many thousands like me.  (I stumbled onto it in 2008, and haven’t stopped reading and learning)
We, who believe ALL those Truths, are praying for you, so that you may once again, continue helping thousands who read the BT website.
May God be with you and Manuela.

Sorry I cannot send this directly from work, so I would have to ask the mods to please send this on to Ray.

Jingle

p.s. (emailed that on to Ray for you, Kat)

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