Hi ya’ll,

I need to see if I can get ya’ll prayers about something.

A friend of mine got shot and is paralyzed. Mr. Wonder, do you remember my friend I told you about a few weeks back that said I was speaking things into his life? It is him. Last time I seen him before he got shot, he told me he was going to move in with his cousin and his wife. He gave me that “don’t speak that into my life�?look. But it is a historical fact that him and his cousin get into trouble together.

They said, and this is the story that was on the news, that it was a case of road rage. But since then pretty good evidence has came about that says he they both got shot because they stole something from these people. The shooters got away and when my friend got hit they wrecked into a cemetery. When I first talked to my friend, one of the first things he said was “I was really almost straight�? and I never asked if he was pilled out. He has been doing pills for 3 yrs and I have seen him swear up and down that he is not on pills, just to find him having a baggie with hundreds of pills in his sock and he could not hardly talk. He has wrecked 5-6 cars in 3 yrs. He gets wasted out of his gord on those things.

He still denies that him or his cousin did anything to the people and that he was pilled out, but his Dad said he was pilled out earlier in the day and was drinking to. He changed his story. At first there was one car, then a car and a truck, both trying to run them off the road before they shot with a fully automatic weapon. And that stuff ( two shooting cars involved in road rage?) just don’t happen by chance or because they hit the brakes when they was tailgating.

I have known this friend for about 7-8 yrs and when I first met him he was on parole and changed pretty quick after he got off it. Because he is a Christian we talk about spiritual stuff and I have had to lecture him about the biblical doctrine of sin unto death, before. Telling him that I felt he was flirting with disaster and tempting God. All I got was “don’t speak bad things into my life�? It was hard to do but I reminded him that we should all ask ourselves if we are REALLY in the faith or not.

THIS MAKES THINGS HARD FOR ME as his whole family are Joel Osteen fans and they are talking about healing. I am still not convinced that there was not foul play, neither is his family, but yet they expect God to heal him. More so him and his Mom, not the dad. His dad has been listening to the bible answer man program and has been doubting the word faith teaching for awhile.

To be honest I have not asked God for him to heal my friend. I asked for him to do his will. I could not beg or demand God to heal him when I feel deep inside that God allowed it to happen as discipline, and a wake up call. I mean he wrecked into a graveyard but he still don’t get it. I went to the hospital today to see him and he almost passed out later in the visit. He got that stoned on pills look. They are giving him meds, he still has 3 bullets in him, so I just blew it off but later his dad told me he thought my friend had talked the doctors into giving him his pills of choice. I forget the name.

He got shot three times, is paralyzed from chest down, and I feel he is still thinking about ( and actually ) getting high on pills. And he was talking about he was gonna hook up with one of the nurses and all I could think is,,,,, when are you gonna pull you head out your butt, this is not the time for that. Do you even know if you can be with a girl anymore? Of course I just thought it and did not say it.

THIS IS ROUND TWO for me.

About 10 yrs ago I had friend that was a real big Kenneth Copeland follower. Eventually our differences was to much to look past because he always freaked out on me telling me if I only have enough faith, I would be healed. So I have seen him in years. It was just to dramatic.

I am very much against the word faith teaching and cannot believe any stronger that it is occultic and of satan.

So the next few weeks and months are going to be hard for me and my friend and his family. Can ya’ll pray for us and that God’s will be done?

I hate to think negatively but this is how I am thinking. They are believing for a healing, while at the same time my friend was asking about what kind of career change he could make. They really believe that words are power, and that it is always God will for us to be healthy wealthy and prosperous. So if my friend doe not get healed. Will they make the paradigm shift in beliefs and say the WoF is false, or will they look for someone to blame, or will they get blamed by other word of faithers? Will they blame themselves?

If it is always God will to heal, then will my friend blame someone else if he does not get healed? I am about 90% certain that he was up to no good when he got shot. Will he accept responsibility for his actions if so?

I had the thought a few times to just run for the hills. I have been telling my friend that the WoF is false and occultic for about 5yrs,,, and me and his dad has talked about it a lot over the last year. And now here with this situation, I feel very uncomfortable, because I know deep inside that everything I have been telling them is going to become overbearingly apparent to them soon.

I hate to be the one to have told them. BUT my friend tells me I am his only real friend. I think he feels that way because I have always been forthright. I hope and pray that I can be faithful to the truth but to also respect and love my friends.

TY for the prayers ya’ll

Sincerely,