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The
following are excerpts from Messages
From the Edge of Eternity by Dr.
Joel Philip Church. This book tells of his experiences and
feelings
during and after a diagnosis of a very rare type of cancer. He was
given, at the most, a few weeks to live.
He has
recovered
and now he and his wife, Vicki, are being booked around the world to
give
this tremendous testimony. Results of these services, revivals and
crusades
are salvation, healing, miracles, deliverance and self renewal.
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"The surgery was stopped when
the pathologist
found Anaplastic cancer (an inoperative type). It was reported as one
of
the most rare and most aggressive types of cancer known. It was so
aggressive that it could be seen growing by the naked eye.
"Three members of the surgical
team,
came into my room with the report of terminal cancer. They gave a
slight
chance of living more than a few weeks. They suggested radiation
and
chemotherapy at the same time to extend life very slightly.
"The
team said that this type of
cancer
was so rare that it was almost unknown. In the few cases it was found
was
always in old men and these men were usually in otherwise poor health.
In other words, my case was about one in a million.
"The
medical team research found
only thirty
to fifty people in the past twenty-five to thirty years. Only
three hospitals in the world had
treated
it. One was the Mayo Clinic, another
was a clinic in Sweden and the
third
was a university hospital.
"I
need to stop here and insert an
anecdote
about Vicki. This took place sometime back in the seventies while we
were
living in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. We had two cars,one of which was
a
worn out Chevrolet Corvair convertible parked in front of our home. The
battery was completely dead and it had not run in many months. The tags
were even expired. Well, it happened that she needed to go to a grocery
store but I had driven the other car to work.
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She laid her
hands on the
dilapidated car and prayed. She loaded the two boys, put
the keys in
the
ignition. A few minutes later I met her on the road. Yes, a trail of
smoke
followed and the half flat tires trembled, but she was driving a car
that
wouldn't run. As far as I know that was the last time it was driven
while
in our possession.
"She
is
indeed a woman of faith. I
have
learned over the years to highly respect and accept her words of
stability,
comfort and confidence.
"Dr.
Vicki asked the pathologist the
percentages
of his diagnosis being correct; he said, `about ninety-nine percent.'
She
said, 'Then there is a one percent chance that you are wrong, correct?'
At the Door of
Death
"I
spend
most of the time trying to
decide
how to handle my final days. I can tell you that priorities change when
you face eternity. Who will take care of Vicki? To whom should I leave
what? How would CFM and FBCS continue? Who would take the reigns? I
decided
I would leave my small coin collection to our grandson, Henry.
"Soon
my
mind turned to eternity. You
may
class me as a weak Christian, but questions began to enter my mind. Was
I truly ready? I have made many mistakes. Had I been truly forgiven?
You
can talk about security in your salvation, but when you stand ready to
meet Him you realize there is no room for error.
"Then,
from heaven's courts a peace
came
upon me. I felt no fear, no remorse. Of course, I did not want to leave
my precious family and cherished friends, but I was ready. I begin to
think
about others that were facing eternity then I faced the reality that I
had been slack in telling people about the most important event
concerning
the life of man."
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From Heaven's Courts
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Shackled
to a bed that
led
to the grave,
Beyond the
ability of
man
to save.
Darkness was
around my
spirit
and me,
The demonic
coven
reveled
in victory.
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Then
descended from
heaven's
courts
A peace that
defies
verbal
support
Fluttering
from the
tongues
of angel's praise
Songs and
hallelujah's
not
legal to raise.
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Speaking so
my heart
alone
could understand
Echoed God's
eternal,
majestic
command.
"Satan you
must go,
before
you does majesty stand
Not in the
form of
royalty,
but in the form of man."
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Dr. Joel Philip
Church –
Copyright, January, 1999
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From the
Edge
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