Pastor Ralph Diehl » coincidence http://www.ralphdiehl.com Thoughts on Life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 GREAT LENGTHS http://www.ralphdiehl.com/2009/02/02/great-lengths/ http://www.ralphdiehl.com/2009/02/02/great-lengths/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:00:12 +0000 pastordiehl http://www.ralphdiehl.com/?p=480 There is a testimony from a dying woman that she was saved by reading a piece of wrapping paper in a package from Australia. The crumpled pages contained a sermon by British pastor Charles H. Spurgeon.

The sermon, first preached in England, printed in America, shipped to Australia, and then sent back to England as wrapping paper, was the means of converting a precious soul in London where the sermon was first preached!

What great lengths God will go to to reach a lost soul. He’s still at it, you know. What source did He use to convert your soul to Christ?

]]> http://www.ralphdiehl.com/2009/02/02/great-lengths/feed/ 3 One of God’s Coincidences http://www.ralphdiehl.com/2008/10/07/one-of-gods-coincidences/ http://www.ralphdiehl.com/2008/10/07/one-of-gods-coincidences/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:00:22 +0000 pastordiehl http://www.ralphdiehl.com/?p=55 The week after I first learned I had this cancer, I went to our Fellowship’s annual conference in Fort Wayne, and determined to not tell anyone, but see what God would do.  There we got to reconnect with our fellow pastors from all over the country.  One evening Anita and I were invited to a home for fellowship.  We happened to sit on a patio with another couple from Florida.  Immediately our wives connected and began speaking about health issues in their lives.  Then the other wife made the comment that her husband had just dealt with prostate cancer.  My spirit lept within me as I knew this must be one of God’s coincidences.

We spent an hour listening to Pastor Mark Goodman’s account of having his prostate removed robotically.  After three months all side effects of the procedure were gone.  He was healed, and I felt God had divinely arranged that encounter to encourage me and give God’s advice on what I should do.

Armed with this awareness, I met last Friday with my Urologist and discussed our treatment options.  Together, we determined to follow this method of prostate removal.  I will meet with the specialist who does these surgeries this Friday.  Keep praying.

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