Comments on: Yet Another “Slain in the Spirit” Injury Lawsuit. http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/ The Independent Conservative saying what needs to be said! Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:35:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mattlincoln http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-11793 mattlincoln Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:32:15 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1950#comment-11793 Thank you for such kind words and thoughts. Since dropping this lawsuit I have begun to resolve this whole matter in my heart. From my post above one can detect the bitterness. Since then I have sought the Lord in prayer in more sincerity than I ever have. I feel that God wants me to simply pray for Mike and Monique Sexton and the members of their church. I don't have a specific request in these prayers, but only to pray for them and also to wish them well. So that is what I've done. I can't adequately say how much this burden has been lifted from my spirit. My pain is not gone, but I now feel that it's an opportunity to offer it to Jesus. After all, He gave His all to everyone and me. So it's been easier to endure this enormous pain knowing that there may be this purpose for my enduring it. I also feel badly about all of the negative thoughts I had for the people at that church because of the false statements they gave. It's not for me to bring my wrath upon them...not in deed or in thought. To summarize, I have been very foolish in my thoughts and words, and I didn't recognize at first that the Good Lord was presenting me with an opportunity to let His love shine through me. I hope that I will do a better job at that now that a little revelation has been gracefully given to me. Thank you again for your kindness. Matt Lincoln Thank you for such kind words and thoughts. Since dropping this lawsuit I have begun to resolve this whole matter in my heart. From my post above one can detect the bitterness. Since then I have sought the Lord in prayer in more sincerity than I ever have. I feel that God wants me to simply pray for Mike and Monique Sexton and the members of their church. I don’t have a specific request in these prayers, but only to pray for them and also to wish them well. So that is what I’ve done. I can’t adequately say how much this burden has been lifted from my spirit. My pain is not gone, but I now feel that it’s an opportunity to offer it to Jesus. After all, He gave His all to everyone and me. So it’s been easier to endure this enormous pain knowing that there may be this purpose for my enduring it. I also feel badly about all of the negative thoughts I had for the people at that church because of the false statements they gave. It’s not for me to bring my wrath upon them…not in deed or in thought. To summarize, I have been very foolish in my thoughts and words, and I didn’t recognize at first that the Good Lord was presenting me with an opportunity to let His love shine through me. I hope that I will do a better job at that now that a little revelation has been gracefully given to me. Thank you again for your kindness.
Matt Lincoln

]]> By: IndependentConservative http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-11792 IndependentConservative Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:34:02 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1950#comment-11792 Dear Matt, You mentioned: <blockquote> ... All I ever wanted was for the medical bills to be paid. But that’s something that I have to do alone. ... Now, thousands of people hate me, hate my wife, and the church “family” I had for so many years never even visited me once, either before the lawsuit was filed or since. ... </blockquote> I just want to say I love you as my brother in Christ and there are saints who try and help their brothers and sisters in their time of need. For now, I'll discuss this with you more in private. Dear Matt,

You mentioned:

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All I ever wanted was for the medical bills to be paid. But that’s something that I have to do alone.
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Now, thousands of people hate me, hate my wife, and the church “family” I had for so many years never even visited me once, either before the lawsuit was filed or since.
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I just want to say I love you as my brother in Christ and there are saints who try and help their brothers and sisters in their time of need. For now, I’ll discuss this with you more in private.

]]> By: mattlincoln http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-11791 mattlincoln Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:54:47 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1950#comment-11791 I'm Matt Lincoln and after reading over 300 comments on some of these blogs I felt that I had to say a few things. First, the report that I was on the floor laughing that night is false. On several previous occasions I had laughed with the joy of the Lord. Sometimes I would weep under the power of the Lord. Sometimes I would lie quietly. But on this night in question I laid on the floor unable to move for over 20 minutes. Next, this case was never intended to be a lawsuit. When I found out from the Neurosurgeon the approximate costs, I made a claim on the church's insurance for $200,000, the minimum amount of the surgeries. To date the cost for the first two has exceeded $175,000. The claim I entered was only for the medical costs. I wanted no extra money nor did I ask for any. But the insurance company refused to award me anything so I retained an attorney to negotiate with the insurance company on my behalf, which he did and they refused him also. He told me that we would have to sue to get the money. I agreed and he wrote up the papers and called me when they were ready to sign. We never discussed the amount, nor did we ask that my wife be included. These matters he decided. When I went to his office to sign the papers I was surprised at the figure and also that it included my wife. But being that we were 35 hours from the one-year deadline to file suit, I agreed to the terms that he had drawn up. There was no time to change everything; I just agreed. Now that I have read so many condemning, negative and hateful comments I have dropped the lawsuit. I told my attorney that out of over 300 comments there was only one that agreed with me and the rest of the comments claimed that I was everything from a liar, a charlatan, a thief, under the influence of Satan, was going to go to Hell, needed to repent, didn't have faith, got what I asked for, and on and on. I have never experienced such hatred towards me, and my wife. And such judgment. I have been tried and convicted in so many people's minds. So I told my attorney that I didn't see how he could find an impartial jury because 99.7% of the comments I read were against me, and from people who don't even know me. They judged me by a semi-correct account of the incident that started on The Smoking Gun. My attorney agreed that it was a complicated case and there were obstacles to overcome. So I dropped it. By the way, the surgeries that I've had so far are one on my left wrist for the carpal tunnel syndrome that started after the injury. That was minor and ineffective. The major surgery was putting two titanium steel rods, their holders, a "cage", and bolting it all to my tailbone and to the next several vertebrae. The injury caused by my fall was a fractured vertebra at my waist (not my neck), and this vertebra was also knocked out of the spinal column, and 4 discs were ruined. I am now in constant, intense, horrible pain and can't work much at all. After an hour or two of any activity, even just sitting, I close down in pain spasms. Where I used to be a very active person, now my favorite activity is lying on a heating pad. My life, as well as my family's life, has been completely ruined. And now, because of all of these horrible comments on the Internet, my reputation is all but ruined. Anybody who knows me personally knows that I am truthful, generous, and willing to help anybody in my business. I would go the extra mile for anybody who needed me to. I'm nothing like what these comments have portrayed me as. And as for those "Christians" who have judged me and told me to repent of my sin, read Matthew 7:1. As for those who told me that if I had "ought against a brother take it up with the saints of the church", well, I did. I called the Pastor several times. What he offered me was to buy me an order of groceries since I was hurt and out of work. This is a Pastor to whose church my wife and I had tithed and offered almost $60,000 in the 12+ years we were members. My wife taught at their school for a year for no pay whatsoever. Not even gas money. I taught their Bible College part-time for a year with no compensation. I also went to band rehearsals 1&1/2 hours early every Sunday AM and again on Sunday PM for 10 years. We helped out on many events and occasions. We truly volunteered our lives to serve God through this church. And when I talked to the "saint" about my injuries, he offered me a bag of groceries. Didn't even offer to pay one bill, or even to give me one dollar. So that's what happened when I "took it up with the saints". Also, on one blog I read where the preacher that prayed for me that night denied it and called me a liar. There are several people who go to that church who gave statements to the insurance investigator that they did see him pray for me and did see me fall. The insurance investigator told me that. There are witnesses to the entire event. But it's over now. I've dropped the lawsuit. All I ever wanted was for the medical bills to be paid. But that's something that I have to do alone. I'm also unable to afford the other two surgeries, one for the right wrist and one for the neck for a bulging disc caused by the fall. This is the injury that aggravated a "pre-existing injury", which was a neck fusion done in 1994. The injury to my lower back is the worst kind of pain and I think that's why my attorney asked for such a large amount in the lawsuit. He knew that I would never be well again. But the mental pain is almost as bad. Now, thousands of people hate me, hate my wife, and the church "family" I had for so many years never even visited me once, either before the lawsuit was filed or since. I just wanted to state the facts and attempt to clear my reputation. Thank you for reading this. I’m Matt Lincoln and after reading over 300 comments on some of these blogs I felt that I had to say a few things. First, the report that I was on the floor laughing that night is false. On several previous occasions I had laughed with the joy of the Lord. Sometimes I would weep under the power of the Lord. Sometimes I would lie quietly. But on this night in question I laid on the floor unable to move for over 20 minutes. Next, this case was never intended to be a lawsuit. When I found out from the Neurosurgeon the approximate costs, I made a claim on the church’s insurance for $200,000, the minimum amount of the surgeries. To date the cost for the first two has exceeded $175,000. The claim I entered was only for the medical costs. I wanted no extra money nor did I ask for any. But the insurance company refused to award me anything so I retained an attorney to negotiate with the insurance company on my behalf, which he did and they refused him also. He told me that we would have to sue to get the money. I agreed and he wrote up the papers and called me when they were ready to sign. We never discussed the amount, nor did we ask that my wife be included. These matters he decided. When I went to his office to sign the papers I was surprised at the figure and also that it included my wife. But being that we were 35 hours from the one-year deadline to file suit, I agreed to the terms that he had drawn up. There was no time to change everything; I just agreed. Now that I have read so many condemning, negative and hateful comments I have dropped the lawsuit. I told my attorney that out of over 300 comments there was only one that agreed with me and the rest of the comments claimed that I was everything from a liar, a charlatan, a thief, under the influence of Satan, was going to go to Hell, needed to repent, didn’t have faith, got what I asked for, and on and on. I have never experienced such hatred towards me, and my wife. And such judgment. I have been tried and convicted in so many people’s minds. So I told my attorney that I didn’t see how he could find an impartial jury because 99.7% of the comments I read were against me, and from people who don’t even know me. They judged me by a semi-correct account of the incident that started on The Smoking Gun. My attorney agreed that it was a complicated case and there were obstacles to overcome. So I dropped it. By the way, the surgeries that I’ve had so far are one on my left wrist for the carpal tunnel syndrome that started after the injury. That was minor and ineffective. The major surgery was putting two titanium steel rods, their holders, a “cage”, and bolting it all to my tailbone and to the next several vertebrae. The injury caused by my fall was a fractured vertebra at my waist (not my neck), and this vertebra was also knocked out of the spinal column, and 4 discs were ruined. I am now in constant, intense, horrible pain and can’t work much at all. After an hour or two of any activity, even just sitting, I close down in pain spasms. Where I used to be a very active person, now my favorite activity is lying on a heating pad. My life, as well as my family’s life, has been completely ruined. And now, because of all of these horrible comments on the Internet, my reputation is all but ruined. Anybody who knows me personally knows that I am truthful, generous, and willing to help anybody in my business. I would go the extra mile for anybody who needed me to. I’m nothing like what these comments have portrayed me as. And as for those “Christians” who have judged me and told me to repent of my sin, read Matthew 7:1. As for those who told me that if I had “ought against a brother take it up with the saints of the church”, well, I did. I called the Pastor several times. What he offered me was to buy me an order of groceries since I was hurt and out of work. This is a Pastor to whose church my wife and I had tithed and offered almost $60,000 in the 12+ years we were members. My wife taught at their school for a year for no pay whatsoever. Not even gas money. I taught their Bible College part-time for a year with no compensation. I also went to band rehearsals 1&1/2 hours early every Sunday AM and again on Sunday PM for 10 years. We helped out on many events and occasions. We truly volunteered our lives to serve God through this church. And when I talked to the “saint” about my injuries, he offered me a bag of groceries. Didn’t even offer to pay one bill, or even to give me one dollar. So that’s what happened when I “took it up with the saints”. Also, on one blog I read where the preacher that prayed for me that night denied it and called me a liar. There are several people who go to that church who gave statements to the insurance investigator that they did see him pray for me and did see me fall. The insurance investigator told me that. There are witnesses to the entire event. But it’s over now. I’ve dropped the lawsuit. All I ever wanted was for the medical bills to be paid. But that’s something that I have to do alone. I’m also unable to afford the other two surgeries, one for the right wrist and one for the neck for a bulging disc caused by the fall. This is the injury that aggravated a “pre-existing injury”, which was a neck fusion done in 1994. The injury to my lower back is the worst kind of pain and I think that’s why my attorney asked for such a large amount in the lawsuit. He knew that I would never be well again. But the mental pain is almost as bad. Now, thousands of people hate me, hate my wife, and the church “family” I had for so many years never even visited me once, either before the lawsuit was filed or since. I just wanted to state the facts and attempt to clear my reputation. Thank you for reading this.

]]> By: veman96054 http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-10788 veman96054 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:30:58 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1950#comment-10788 I hope the church looses. Someone is supposed to catch you. THey let him hit his head and he is liable. My Aunt, who was sizeable, hurt her hip. She refused to sue. But she suffered in pain many years. GO get em ambulance chasers. That laying hands is for show only. Most of the hands layers are PIMPS anyway. I hope the church looses.

Someone is supposed to catch you. THey let him hit his head and he is liable.

My Aunt, who was sizeable, hurt her hip. She refused to sue. But she suffered in pain many years.

GO get em ambulance chasers.

That laying hands is for show only. Most of the hands layers are PIMPS anyway.

]]> By: Praiser4Life http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-10713 Praiser4Life Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:34:20 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1950#comment-10713 I read somewhere on another blog that somebody said "he should have worn a helmet"! I read somewhere on another blog that somebody said “he should have worn a helmet”!

]]> By: rascoe1 http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-10708 rascoe1 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:40:10 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1950#comment-10708 "Reimbursement of so called 'seed money".....If only it was ok to call. We would all be qualified....Smile. The pimps would become paupers....LOL. “Reimbursement of so called ’seed money”…..If only it was ok to call. We would all be qualified….Smile. The pimps would become paupers….LOL.

]]> By: stan http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-10707 stan Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:02:07 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1950#comment-10707 :lol: :lol:

]]> By: anointedvesselAKAKenya http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-10705 anointedvesselAKAKenya Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:59:36 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1950#comment-10705 hahahaha I got slain reading your ad Gator you so funny!! hahahaha I got slain reading your ad Gator you so funny!!

]]> By: IndependentConservative http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-10703 IndependentConservative Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:47:39 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1950#comment-10703 :lol: :D :lol:

:D

]]> By: ncatina http://www.independentconservative.com/2008/07/11/yet-another-slain-in-the-spirit-injury-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-10701 ncatina Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:13:55 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1950#comment-10701 LOL....cool ad! LOL….cool ad!

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