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If You

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By Frances Hunter


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

If You Really Love Me . . .

Foreword 4

Chapter 1 ... Invest Your Life in God 8

Chapter 2 ... Find Gods Will for Your Life 29

Chapter ! "evelop Your Faith #$

Chapter 4 ... %ave &o'( &o'( &)Y* 81

Chapter # ... +hout ,he Word* 1-#

Chapter ... %ave Freedo/ Fro/ Fear 12#

Chapter $ ... +a'( 0"evil( You Cant +teal Whatsine* 1##

Chapter 8 ... "is3over Gods i5 0IF 1$4

Chapter 9 ...You Wont 6ani3( ut 6ra'* 198


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FOREWORD

If You Really Love Me

by Frances Hunter

7new di/ension is added to a life when &esusChrist e3o/es a realit'( a wa' of life( a personalrelationship( a +pirit livin5 in and throu5h a hu/an

ein5 in toda's whirlwind of life. It isnt ust a0sinners pra'er that /a:es the differen3e( it is ade3ision whi3h involves the entire /ind( od'( souland spirit* 7 de3ision whi3h sa's( 0I 3hoose tofollow &esus. I 3hoose to wal: in %is steps. I 3hoose

to live in the eaut' of %is holiness. I 3hoose to let%i/ live in and throu5h /e. I 3hoose to e oedientto %i/ in all thin5s. I 3hoose to die to self so I 3an

e 3ru3ified with %i/( and therefore e5in to live ina supernatural world instead of the natural worldwhere I now live.

illions have pra'ed a 0sinners pra'er at oneti/e or another( and /an' have pra'ed it a /illionti/es and it never see/s to wor: for the/ and 'et itdoes for others. What /a:es the differen3e; Wh'do so/e find all the answers and so/e fail( eventhou5h the' are apparentl' earnestl' see:in5 towal: in vi3tor'; What is the in5redient that /a:es a

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&esus Christ( and 'et for /an' there is a totalin3o/pleteness. Wh';

We have tried to find the :e' that unlo3:s thedoor into the supernatural fullness and total o' thatwe all want. Is there su3h a :e' that is availale toever'one whi3h unlo3:s the door to prole/s and5ets the/ solved; Yes( there is*

&ohn 14>1# in the 7/plified ile sa's( 0If 'ou?reall'@ love e( 'ou will :eep Aoe'B '3o//ands. ,his is followed shortl' down the line

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should ta:e that one word 0oe' and han5 on to ituntil we see the 5lor' of God and never e satisfied

until we rest in %is presen3e and %is 5lor' ever'/inute of ever' da'.

7ll /iser' in life 3o/es fro/ the asen3e ofoe'in5 God. 7ll the prophets in the )ld ,esta/entwal:ed in the lessin5s of God until the' disoe'ed%i/ and let sin 3o/e in( and an'thin5 that is notoedien3e to God is sin.

,he da' I 5ot saved( God put a hate in /' heartfor evil. I loo:ed at God( and I loo:ed at sin( andran as far awa' fro/ sin as fast as I possil' 3ould.6roal' the first thin5 lever realiEed as a new a'Christian was the fa3t that &esus Christ was livin5inside of /e. %e hates sin( and now I also hated sin

e3ause of %is +pirit in /e*In the fifteenth 3hapter of &ohn %e tells us to

dwell in %i/ and to let %i/ dwell in us. 6roal'the 5reatest re/over of sin in /' own personal lifewas the :nowled5e that &esus was livin5 on theinside of /e. ,hose un5ra3ious words( thoseun5odl' thou5hts( those unpleasin5 a3tions 3annot3ontinue to eist in a life that is possessed ' theLord &esus Christ*

%ow 3ould I 5o a5ainst %is wishes( how 3ould Ie disoedient to %is Word if %e was dire3tin5 /'life if %e was a3tuall' livin5 on the inside of /'

od'; ,o disoe' %i/ would e the sa/e thin5 as

3uttin5 off /' ri5ht hand or ar/ e3ause I didntli:e it.

&esus said that %e was the vine and that we arethe ran3hes and e3ause no ran3h 3an ear fruit

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ein5 vitall' united to and aidin5 in %i/( we 3oulddo asolutel' nothin5. What that /eans is that we

3an do asolutel' nothin5 ri5ht* 7n'one 3ould dolots of thin5s( ut to do it without %is inner ein5and presen3e within 'ou dire3tin5 'our /otives and'our thou5hts( 'ou 3ould 3ertainl' do thin5s wron5*

e3ause %e alwa's follows a 3ondition with apro/ise( %e tells us that if we live in %i/( whi3h/eans to aide vitall' united to %i/( and we let %isWords re/ain in us and 3ontinue to live in ourhearts( then %e pro/ises that we 3an as: whateverwe want and %e said it would e done for us.

When I loo:ed up the word 0oe' in thedi3tionar'( it si/pl' said( 0to 3arr' out aninstru3tion or an order. %ow /u3h /ore si/ple

3ould we /a:e it to wal: into the presen3e of Godand &esus and live there da' ' da'* &ust do what%e tells 'ou to do and =uit doin5 what %e tells 'ounot to do.

,o wal: in defeat is to wal: in disoedien3e. ,owal: in oedien3e is to wal: in 5lorious vi3tor'.,his never /eans that we wont en3ounter prole/sin our dail' life and livin5( ut it does /ean that aslon5 as we are ein5 oedient to the Lord &esusChrist( we will find a wa' out of the prole/s( andliterall' wal: on top of the/.

,here are so /an' pla3es in Gods Word where&esus 5ives us 3lear 3ut instru3tions. ,his oo:

doesnt 3ontain all( ut enou5h real 5e/s to /a:e'ou fall /ore in love with &esus.

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CHAPTER ONE

If You Really Love Me,

YOU WILL INVEST YOUR LIFE IN GOD

ver'thin5 'ou have or own is invested inso/ethin5. Your life( 'our /ind( 'our ti/e( 'ourailit'( 'our /one' ever' sin5le solitar' thin5that 'ou possess is invested in one wa' or another inso/ethin5 or so/eone. ,he 5reatest and /osti/portant invest/ent 'ou 3an ever /a:e is to /a:ea total invest/ent of ever'thin5 'ou have or are( inGod and the Lord &esus Christ*

Let /e show 'ou a 5ood pra3ti3al ea/ple ofwhat I /ean ' investin5 'our total life in God. If'ou were a ri3h person( or if 'ou were a person whohad a little etra 3ash( 'ou /i5ht thin:( 0I wouldli:e to ta:e what I have and I would li:e to /a:e/ore out of it. We dont want to e li:e the /anwith one talent in atthew 2#. %e too: his talentand hid it in the 5round. When his oss 3a/e( hestill had it( ut he 3ould have had a lot /ore if hehad invested it in so/ethin5 that was reall'worthwhile.

If I wanted to invest /' /one' in the sto3:/ar:et( I would 5o to a ro:er. I dont :now

an'thin5 aout the sto3: /ar:et at all I have nounderstandin5 of how it wor:s. I 5o to a sto3:ro:er

e3ause he is a person who has dedi3ated his life tostud'in5 and learnin5 all he 3an aout the sto3:/ar:et. %e has spent 'ears anal'Ein5 the prin3iples

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of the sto3: /ar:et( what /a:es sto3: 5o up andwhat /a:es sto3: 5o down( what a ear /ar:et is(

what a ull /ar:et is( what the "ow &ones avera5eis( and how that relates to the overall pi3ture of thesto3: /ar:et. %e loo:s at national 3rises to see howthe' will affe3t the sto3: /ar:et.

,he sto3:ro:er has /ade a 3areer ofinvesti5atin5 and stud'in5 the sto3: /ar:et. %e haslearned all of the little ins and outs( and he hasassured /e that he 3an ta:e /' /one'( and at theend of the 'ear he will 5ive /e a lot /ore than Ihave now. ,hat sounds prett' 5ood( doesnt it; +o Ia/ 5oin5 to invest /' lifes savin5s with thissto3:ro:er. I a/ 5oin5 to 5ive /' /one' to hi/and I a/ 5oin5 to elieve that he is 5oin5 to ta:e it

and at a 3ertarn /o/ent in ti/e he is 5oin5 toreturn that to /e sa'in5( 0Loo:( Fran3es( loo: at allof the /one' that I 5ave 'ou a3:( e3ause I a/trustin5 hi/.

When I 5ive /' /one' to a ro:er( I a/ puttin5/' trust in hi/. I a/ trustin5 in his ailit'. L a/also puttin5 /' trust in his honest'( e3ause I dontthin: he is 5oin5 to ta:e that /one' and put it in his

po3:et and leave it there. I trust hi/ and elievethat he is 5oin5 to do what he sa's he is 5oin5 to do.

If I were a3tuall' investin5 in the sto3: /ar:et( Iwould e investin5 a ph'si3al thin5. I would einvestin5 a portion of /' savin5s. a'e( if I were

a3tuall' doin5 this in the sto3: /ar:et( I would 5ivethe ro:er all of the /one' I have( and sa'( 0%ere('ou ta:e 3are of this. I a/ 5oin5 to invest it insto3:s and onds( ut e3ause I dont :now how( I

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a/ 5oin5 to trust 'our ud5/ent to do a /u3h ettero than I 3an do.

I 5o ho/e. ,he ro:er is in his offi3e( and I a/far awa' fro/ hi/. a'e a /onth 5oes '. Ihavent tal:ed to /' ro:er the entire ti/e. I/ notsittin5 in his offi3e 3ountin5 /' /one'( ut I a/trustin5 the ro:er to do with it what he is supposedto do. ' /one' is still on deposit with hi/.+hortl'( he will send /e a little pie3e of paper thatsa's I own 0 nu/er of shares in 0' 3o/pan'(whatever it is( ut I do not have an' /one' in /'

possession. I have invested it in a little pie3e ofpaper whi3h I a/ told represents the /one' I 5aveto the sto3:ro:er. I trusted hi/ to do a etter owith /' /one' than I 3ould do.

In the sto3: /ar:et( we /a:e a 5oodinvest/ent( and so/eti/es we /a:e a adinvest/ent. While the sto3:ro:er has the /one' inhis possession( it still elon5s to /e even thou5h Ido not have it in /' possession at that ti/e. )n3ehe sends /e that little pie3e of paper 3alled 0sto3:(neither he nor I have the a3tual 3ash( ut I have theri5ht to 3all hi/ at an' ti/e and sa'( 0Listen( Idont thin: I want to leave /' /one' in the sto3:/ar:et an' lon5er. Will 'ou 3ash it in for /e;

7fter approi/atel' five da's( he will return /'/one' to /e( plus or /inus whatever I have 5ainedor lost in the sto3: /ar:et. I 3ould 5ain( ut I 3ould

also lose( dependin5 on the /ar:et. I tried it on3e(and Ill e 5lad to sell 'ou that little 3ertifi3ate forwhat I paid for it* )r even at a dis3ount*

You have a si/ilar situation if 'ou invest inland( or possil' a ho/e. You 3ant put it in 'our

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po3:et( 'ou 3ant alwa's trade it for 3ash on shortnoti3e( ut what 'ou are sa'in5 is this> 0I elieve

this is a 5ood invest/ent.I elieve /' /one' will /a:e /one' for /e

here. I elieve when the ti/e 3o/es that I want /'/one' a3:( I a/ 5oin5 to 5et /ore out of this thanI had when I started.

,here is a parallel whi3h eists in ourrelationship with God. When we invest our life inGod( we are sa'in5( 0God( I want to ta:e ever'thin5that I a/( ever'thin5 that I have een( ever'thin5that I ever will e( and I want to invest it in the:in5do/ of God. I a/ sa'in5 to God ea3tl' thesa/e thin5 I said to the ro:er when I 5ave hi/ /'/one'.

I said( 0I trust 'ou to do a etter o than I do.+o( when we invest our life with God( we aresa'in5( 0God( I elieve 'ou 3an ta:e /' life andyu 3an ! a /u3h etter o with it than I haveever done /'self. +o we invest our life with God(whi3h /eans that we no lon5er have the a3tual3ontrol of our life( ust li:e we dont have the a3tual3ontrol of our /one'( e3ause we 5ave it to %i/ fora ti/e and for a reason.

We have the sa/e withdrawal privile5es withGod that we do with a sto3:ro:er. We 3ansuddenl' loo: up and sa'( 0God( You are not doin5su3h a hot o. I thin: I a/ 5oin5 to ta:e /' life

a3:. ,hen we ta:e our life a3:( and we e5in towal: in the flesh a5ain.

,he invest/ent 'ou /a:e when 'ou invest 'ourlife in God is not an invest/ent that 3an ever e

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reall' fast. God wants all of 'ou or nothin5( e3ausewhen +atan 5ets a tin' foothold( he has all he wants.

God wants us to invest our total life in %i/e3ause &esus invested %I+ total life in us. Godou5ht us with a pri3e. ,his is ea3tl' wh' Godwants all of us. %e paid a ver' hi5h pri3e when %einvested in 'ou and in /e. God was willin5 toinvest the /ost pri3eless thin5 %e had( whi3h was%is +on( &esus. %e was willin5 to 5ive &esus( %ewas willin5 to put %i/ on a 3ross( %e was willin5to let ever' sin in the world( ever' si3:ness in theworld( and ever' disease in the world e upon %i/.God invested &+J+ in 'ou and /e*

ver' invest/ent is a 3hallen5e. ver'invest/ent is a 5a/le. ven thou5h a ro:er has

trained hi/self in ever'thin5 that has to do with thesto3: /ar:et( he 3ould still e wron5. ,he /ar:et3ould flu3tuate( the worlds e3ono/' 3ould3o/pletel' 3han5e( and I 3ould lose ever'thin5 I5ave to hi/.

God 5a/les. "id 'ou ever thin: aout that;God 5a/led the life of %is onl' e5otten +on. %esaid( 0I 3annot 3o//uni3ate with /an. an hassinned. an has wal:ed awa' fro/ /e all e3auseof 7da/s ori5inal sin. e3ause of ves eatin5the fruit of the tree of :nowled5e of 5ood and evil(God lost fellowship with /an.

I 3an i/a5ine God up in heaven after 7da/ and

ve sinned( tr'in5 to 3o//uni3ate with /an. %e is'ellin5 down and sa'in5( 0an( /an( 3ant 'ouhear /e down there; I a/ tal:in5 to 'ou. 7nd asloud as Gods voi3e was( %e 3ould not 5et throu5hto /an( and so %e thou5ht( 0Well( if I were a

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5rasshopper or if I wanted to tal: to a 5rasshopper(how would I do it; I would e3o/e a 5rasshopper

so I 3ould spea: 5rasshopper lan5ua5e. 7nd so(e3ause we are not 5rasshoppers( e3ause we arepeople( &esus e3a/e a /an li:e us. ,he Worde3a/e flesh when God sent &esus down to thisearth Asee &ohn 1>4B.

God 5a/led( e3ause %e said( 0I a/ willin5 tota:e the /ost pri3eless thin5 I have ever had or everwill have. %e was alwa's with /e and %e will ewith /e forever. ut I a/ 5oin5 to 5ive %i/ to thehu/an ra3e. I a/ 5oin5 to /a:e /' /ost pri3eless

possession hu/an so that /' possession 3an tal: topeople as a hu/an ein5. ' /ost pri3elesspossession 3an tal: to people in 7/eri3a. %e 3an 5o

over to +outh 7fri3a and spea: in the 7fri3anlan5ua5e.

0I/ 5oin5 to invest /' onl' e5otten +on( sothat this invest/ent will /ultipl' into other sons(other 3hildren and there' I will 5ain a wealth ofredee/ed souls.

God 5a/led e3ause %e elieved it wouldwor:. %e elieved that when %e sent %is +on(/ans e'es would e opened and he would see thatGod had 5iven hi/ another opportunit' to havefellowship with %i/.

God /ade a 5ood invest/ent( e3ause there area lot of Christians toda'. God /ade a 5ood

invest/ent in 'ou e3ause 'ou have responded tothe invest/ent %e /ade. ' the sa/e to:en( thereare /an' people out there in the world who havenever responded to the 3all of God( who have neverresponded to the invest/ent God /ade in the

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hu/an ra3e. +o if we want to reall' wal: in vi3tor'ever' da' of our lives( we need to ta:e advanta5e of

the invest/ent the 7l/i5ht' God /ade in us. Weneed to understand what it reall' is to e ou5htwith a pri3e.

God redee/ed us fro/ sin and si3:ness(3orruption and de/oni3 a3tivit'. God ""us. I 3an understand etter than an'thin5 else whatrede/ption reall' /eans when I thin: aout a0sta/p oo: whi3h so/e 5ro3er' stores 5ive out.In /an' 3ities when 'ou 5o into a store and u'so/ethin5( 'ou pa' for 'our pur3hase and so/esta/ps are 5iven to 'ou. ,oda'( I usuall' turnaround and 5ive /' sta/ps to the person ehind /esi/pl' e3ause there are so /an' different :inds

that I 3ouldnt possil' save the/ all in suffi3ient=uantities to turn the/ in Ae3ause we travel so/u3hB.

ut /an' 'ears a5o( I did save Green +ta/ps inFlorida. ver' ti/e I went to a 5ro3er' store or/an' of the other stores( I would re3eive so/e littleGreen +ta/ps. I re/e/er that I would start outwith a ni3e prett' oo: that the' would 5ive 'ou inthe store whi3h would sa'( 06aste ea3h pa5e full ofsta/ps( and when 'ou 5et K nu/er of sta/ps inhere( we will redee/ it( and we will 5ive 'ouso/ethin5 a3: for it.

I would laoriousl' paste sta/ps in the little

oo:( /ost of the ti/e not ver' strai5ht. "id 'ouever do the sa/e thin5; ' the ti/e 'ou finall'3o/pleted the oo: and filled it up with a suffi3ientnu/er of sta/ps( the oo: was the i55est /ess'ou ever saw. It ul5ed( the sta/ps stu3: out over

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the ed5es and often the pa5es 3a/e out and 'ou hadto hold it to5ether with a ruer and.

,he interestin5 thin5 aout this whole sti3:'/ess was that it didnt /a:e an' differen3e to therede/ption store how /ess' /' oo: was( as lon5as I had fulfilled the 3onditions. 7s lon5 as I had putin as /an' sta/ps in that oo: as the rules said Ihad to put inD I had a privile5e and I had a ri5ht. I3ould 5o to the rede/ption store and sa'( 0%ere are/' oo:s. You said if I had this /an' oo:s I 3ould5et so/ethin5 real prett' for the/. I will ta:e ala/p and so/e of those other little 5oodies.

When I had ou5ht so/ethin5 with /' Green+ta/ps( then I had redee/ed so/ethin5 that wasa3tuall' useless( a3tuall' worthless( and so/ethin5

that reall' elon5ed in the trash 3an. I too: it andredee/ed it for so/ethin5 that was far etter.

It is ea3tl' the sa/e when we have eenredee/ed ' the lood of the La/. God ta:es uswith all of the ed5es sti3:in5 out. "id 'ou ever haveso/e sharp ed5es on 'ou that needed to e ta:en offwhen 'ou 5ot saved; We all did* God ta:es a

perfe3tl' useless( worthless thin5 and sa's( 07llri5ht( I a/ 5oin5 to 5ive 'ou so/ethin5 a3: forthis arti3le whi3h is no 5ood.

ut the trade %e /a:es with us is unelievale(e3ause %e ta:es us in whatever 3ondition were in(ust as lon5 as we are willin5 to e redee/ed( and

/a:es us into a rand new 3reation( sinless andspotless* ut 'ou have to e WILLIG to eredee/ed. God is not 5oin5 to for3e 'ou to esaved. God is never 5oin5 to for3e an'od' to doan'thin5( ut %e will redee/ us*

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God /ade usD the devil 3a/e and 5ot usD andthen God rou5ht us a3: into the li5ht a5ain

throu5h the pre3ious lood of &esus Christ. %e waswillin5 to 5a/le.

%e 5a/led that if %e let %is +on die( thatso/ewhere alon5 the line Fran3es %unter wouldsa'( 0I re3eive that. I will trade the /ess' life I havewhi3h is full of sin( full of 3orruption( full ofever'thin5 ad( and I will trade it all for Your +on&esus*

When we invest our life in %i/( wat3h whate5ins to happen( 0For we are his wor:/anship(3reated in Christ &esus unto 5ood wor:s( whi3h Godhath efore ordained that we should wal: in the/Aphesians 2>1-B. W 7 ,%

W)M7+%I6 )F G)"*7 tre/endous verse of s3ripture is Genesis 1>2(

God said A7nd I elieve %e was tal:in5 to &esusB0Let us /a:e /an in our i/a5e( after our li:eness.You and I have een 3reated in the i/a5e of God(

ut then we fell fro/ that i/a5e* ut( 5lor' to God(phesians 2>1- tells us that when we are orn a5ainwe are on3e a5ain Gods wor:/anship*

an' people tr' to /a:e it on their own. Loo:at the people the world 3alls su33essful* If 'ou wereto read the su33ess stor' of the /an who is not aChristian( he would sa'( 0I wor:ed hard( I did this(I( I( I( I( I... It would all e asolutel' nothin5 ut(

0I did this.,he opposite is the Christian stor' of su33ess

it doesnt depend on us it depends on the )newho 3an /a:e us a su33ess* We 3an never do it on

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our own. ,here is asolutel' no wa' we 3an for3eourselves into the i/a5e of God without %is help.

I heard a funn' stor' over in Nanuatu in the+outh 6a3ifi3( one that stru3: ho/e as a /arvelousea/ple of the fa3t that we 3annot do it on our own.,r' as 'ou /a'( 'ou will never reall' e happ'until 'ou are willin5 to invest 7LL of 'our life inGod and let %i/ ta:e 3o/plete 3ontrol.

,here was a un3h of little /on:e's who werepla'in5 as:etall. ,heir field was at the ed5e of a3liff( and wa' elow the 3liff there was a i5 sea of/ud. )ne of the little /on:e's did not 3at3h the

all( so the' went to the ed5e of the 3liff and sawthe all l'in5 on the top of the pile of /ud.

7ll the little /on:e's were sa'in5( 0%ow are

we 5oin5 to 5et it; %ow are we 5oin5 to 5et it; Itwas aout a thousand feet down to the all( ut the':new when the' 5ot there the' 3ould not stand onthe /ud e3ause it was so soft and s=uish'.

Finall'( an old /on:e' 3a/e '( an old /on:e'who was a real su33ess. ,he' said to hi/( 0%ow arewe 5oin5 to 5et the all; %ow are we 5oin5 to 5etthe all;

%e said( 0Well( ust stand a3: and u/p overthe 3liff and 5o down there and 5et the all. "ontall of 'ou 5o( ust one of 'ou should 5o.

,he' too: the advi3e of the wise old /on:e'and de3ided whi3h /on:e' was 5oin5 to 5o. ,he

little /on:e' who was 3hosen a3:ed up as far ashe 3ould( ran as fast as he 3ould( and when he 5ot tothe ed5e( he 5ave an etra urst of ener5' andleaped wa' out in the air. "own( down( down hewent into the /ud. %e e5an to sin: in the /ud

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e3ause it was ver' /u3h li:e =ui3:sand( andefore he :new it( he was up to his waist. %e :ept

5oin5 down further( further and further into the/ud.

Finall'( in desperation( he loo:ed up and 3ried(0What do I do now;

,he wise old /on:e' said( 0Get hold of 'ourears*

,he little /on:e' 5ot hold of his ears( ut he:ept sin:in5 /ore and /ore. %e was e5innin5 to

pani3( so he 'elled up a5ain( 0What do I do now;,he old /on:e' said( 06ull up*,he little /on:e' pulled up and pulled up and

pulled up. ,he /ore he pulled on his ears( thefurther he went down until all of a sudden the /ud

3overed the entire top of his head*,he /oral of that stor' is> You 3ant save

'ourself* I dont 3are how /u3h 'ou pull on 'ourears( there is no wa' that 'ou 3an save 'ourself*

0God paid a ranso/ to save 'ou fro/ thei/possile road to heaven whi3h 'our fathers triedto ta:e( and the ranso/ he paid was not /ere 5oldor silver( as 'ou ver' well :now. ut he paid for'ou with the pre3ious lifelood of Christ( thesinless( spotless La/ of God AI 6eter 1>18(19,LB.

,here is no wa' 'ou 3an save 'ourself. It has alleen doneD all we need to do is elieve and to invest

our life in God*0%is divine power has 5iven us ever'thin5 we

need for life and 5odliness throu5h our :nowled5eof hi/ who 3alled us ' his own 5lor' and5oodness. ,hrou5h these he has 5iven us his ver'

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5reat and pre3ious pro/ises( so that throu5h the/('ou /a' parti3ipate in the divine nature and es3ape

the 3orruption in the world 3aused ' evil desiresAII 6eter 1>(4 NB.

Gods Word sa's that %e has 5iven usNY,%IG. 7rent we foolish to invest our lifein the devil who 5ives us nothin5; &esus 5ives ushealth. %e 5ives us wealth. %e 5ives us life. ,hedevil 5ives us povert'( si3:ness and death*

We have a 3hoi3e and a de3ision to /a:e.Whi3h wa' and where are we 5oin5 to invest ourlife; We need to invest our life totall' and wholl'and 3o/pletel' in God. I reall' elieve if we 3ouldever 5et to the point where we invested ever'thin5we had( NY,%IG( totall'( wholl' and

3o/pletel'( that we 3ould wal: in divine health1--H of the ti/e. I havent 5otten there 'et( ut Ia/ reall' 3lose to wal:in5 in divine health 1--H ofthe ti/e. 7nd I a/ 5oin5 to find out so/e da' wh'I dont wal: in divine health 7LL the ti/e( e3auseever' on3e in a while( the devil ta:es a real po:e at/e and 3onne3ts*

,here are /an' parts of 'ou that 'ou need toinvest. You need to invest all 'ou are in God.6eople so/eti/es dont reall' understand what theword 0all /eans. We need to invest our /inds. Weneed to invest ever' it of our /inds e3ause whenwe do( God 3an do a /ira3le with what we thin: is

an ordinar' /ind*7da/ had a tre/endous /ind. 7da/ was reall'

s/art. %e was 3reated in the i/a5e of God( and so Ia/ sure that at that point he possessed the /ind ofGod. ,he fa3t that i/pressed /e re3entl' was that

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7da/ personall' na/ed all of the ani/als that areon this earth. ,o /' :nowled5e we have never

3han5ed the na/e of one ani/al that 7da/ na/ed.%ow 3ould he have possil' thou5ht up na/es li:eelephant( 5iraffe( 3hi3:en and /an' others; otonl' did he na/e the/( he had to re/e/er whathe na/ed the/.

+uppose 'ou had na/ed an elephant( 'ou na/eda rhino3eros( 'ou na/ed a pi5( 'ou na/ed a horse('ou na/ed a 3ow( 'ou na/ed a do5( 'ou na/ed a3at( 'ou na/ed a 5rasshopper( 'ou na/ed a sna:e('ou na/ed a roa3h( 'ou na/ed a ee( and 'ouna/ed a hippopota/us.

What would happen to 'ou when 'ou went tofeed the ani/als the net da'; Would 'ou 3onfuse

the hippopota/us with the ee and wonder whi3hwas whi3h; Wouldnt 'ou thin:( 0What did I na/ethat one; What is the na/e of that one; Is that ahorse; o( /a'e that is a 3at. Can 'ou i/a5inenot onl' na/in5 all the ani/als( ut havin5 tore/e/er what 'ou na/ed the/;

ver' ti/e I thin: aout all the different na/esof ani/als( I thin: 7da/ /ust have een a 5enius*%ow 3ould he ever re/e/er all those thin5s; %ehad to have a rilliant /ind and he did( e3auseup until the ti/e of the fall( he had invested his/ind with God. ,hat is wh' his /ind was so sharp.

Can 'ou i/a5ine what would happen to all of us

if we reall' 3o//itted 1--H of our /ind to God(and we invested it in Gods wisdo/; We would all

e a lot s/arter than we are toda'* %eres a 5oodtest for 'ou. %ow /an' of 'ou will read this oo:(3lose it and tell a friend ever'thin5 in it; I 3ouldnt

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even do it /'self( and I a/ the one who is writin5it*

"o 'ou see what we have let happen to our/inds; We have let our /inds deteriorate e3ausewe have 3hosen to invest a portion of our /ind inthin5s that are other than 5odl'.

e3ause of the world we live in( it is eas' to 5etour /inds pulled awa' ' thin5s other thanspiritual. If 'ou have to drive a 3ar toda'( do 'oufeel ver' spiritual when people are hon:in5 at 'oufro/ ehind and so/eone 3uts in front of 'ou andal/ost /a:es 'ou have an a33ident; We have a lotof luuries in this life( ut the' 3an also a3t as

penalties if the' ta:e our /ind awa' fro/ the thin5sof God.

ow( dont /isunderstand /e. I sin3erel' trustthat 'ou will have 'our /ind awa:e when 'ou drive'our 3ar e3ause if 'ou dont( 'ou are 5oin5 to runinto troule* ut to the etent that we possil' 3an(we need to invest our /ind in the thin5s of God.

You 3an invest the/ in the newspapers( 'ou 3aninvest 'our /ind in /a5aEines( 'ou 3an invest 'our/ind in television and asor the worlds wa' ofthin:in5 or 'ou 3an invest 'our ti/e in the ileand asor Gods wa' of loo:in5 at thin5s.

"id 'ou ever stop to realiEe that when 'ou aresittin5 wat3hin5 television( 'ou are ta:in5 'our

rain and puttin5 it in 3o/plete 3ontrol and

su/ission to whatever is 3o/in5 a3ross thosetelevision waves for as lon5 as 'ou wat3h thattelevision pro5ra/; I wat3h Christian televisiono33asionall'( ut even that does not 3o/pare with

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lettin5 'our /ind e honed up and sharpened up 'dire3t 3onta3t with the Word of God*

I love what the ile sa's( 0For the word ofGod is =ui3:( and powerful( and sharper than an'two12B. +o if 'ou wantto sharpen up 'our /ind( invest 'our ti/e '

puttin5 'our /ind into Gods Word."id 'ou ever tr' to shave with a dull raEor; Its

hard to do a 5ood o* I re/e/er 'ears a5o when/' dadd' had one of those strai5ht raEors and hewould stand there ever' /ornin5 with a strap andsharpen his raEor. It ust wouldnt do a 5ood o ofshavin5 if he didnt sharpen it ever' da'.

We need to sharpen our /inds ever' da'. Weneed to 5et our /inds into the Word of God ever'

sin5le da'. We need to invest our /inds( we need toinvest our ti/e into thin5s that will sharpen us up(thin5s that will 5ive us a return on our ti/e( ener5'and /one'. When 'ou renew or transfor/ 'our/ind in God( it is the sa/e as turnin5 on atransfor/er. You are uppin5 the power so 'our/ind will 5low.

When 'ou invest 'our entire ein5( 'our entirethin:in5 pro3ess( 'our entire ever'thin5 into God(and when 'ou let God 5et a 5ood hold on 'ou( and'ou let God ta:e 'ou and do what %e wants to dowith 'ou( 'ou 3an 3o/e out with so /u3h profit atthe end of ever' 'ear that it is al/ost unelievale.

If we trusted God li:e we do a sto3:ro:er( wewould let %I /ana5e our lives for us* We need tosa'( 0ow( God( I 5ive 'ou all of /' life. 7nd wedont need to loo: up and sa'( 0God( 5ive it a3: to/e e3ause I want to /a:e sure that 'ou still have

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it. I want to /a:e sure that I a/ not dead. I want to/a:e sure that I a/ still alive. Would 'ou 5ive /e

a3: /' life for ust a /o/ent and let /e see it;o( when 'ou 5ive 'our life to God( 'ou need to

/a:e it total( 3o/plete and per/anent. You need toinvest ever'thin5 'ou have in the :in5do/ ofGod.. .all of 'our ener5'( all of 'our ti/e and all of'our ailit'.

We all have lots of ti/e that we have not reall'used well. We often fall into the hait of wastin5lots of ti/e. What 'ou had 'esterda' is alread'5one( ut we have a lot of ti/e toda' that we 3an3hoose to use or lose.

+tart puttin5 a ti/er on the thin5s 'ou do durin5a da'. If 'ou do this( 'ou will dis3over that 'ou will

find so/e of it nap ti/e( television ti/e( tal:in519B.

7da/ was happ' e3ause he was doin5 Gods

will. %e didnt have to plow the field( he didnthave to plant( he didnt have to 5ather( he didnthave to harvest( he didnt have to wor:( he didnthave to stru55le or strain. %e ust sta'ed in the

eautiful 5arden of den and eno'ed all of Godsaundan3e( prosperit' and divine health* ver'thin5that God had was 5iven to 7da/ in perfe3tion.

,hen God said to hi/( 0...of ever' tree of the5arden thou /a'est freel' eatD ut of the tree of the:nowled5e of 5ood and evil( thou shalt not eat of it>for in the da' that thou eatest thereof thou shaltsurel' die AGenesis 2>1(1$B.

,hen God de3ided it wasnt 5ood for /an to

live alone so %e 3reated a wo/an fro/ 7da/s ri.,hen %e had two people in %is perfe3t will. ,he'were oedient to %i/( to %is purpose( to %is laws(and to %is thin:in5.

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,he' wal:ed and tal:ed with God* ,he' wereaundantl' happ' and so was God. ,here was

nothin5 ever to e afraid of e3ause the' werewal:in5 in the will of God and there is no fear in thewill of God. ,here was no reason for the/ to everhave an'thin5 e3ept the o' of the Lord.

ut...the one who 3o/es to steal( to :ill and todestro' snea:ed into the eautiful Garden of denand hes still snea:in5 around toda'* ,he /inute hesees ever'thin5 5oin5 a33ordin5 to the will of God(he 3o/es slin:in5 in( not in the shape of a serpent(

ut in one for/ or another to tr' to te/pt us fro/doin5 the will of God.

,he' had ever'thin5 5oin5 for the/( and so dowe until we listen to the te/ptations of the devil*

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heart is 5oin5 to e. God tells us spe3ifi3all' whereto put our treasures* Glor'( how si/ple 3an the

Christian life 5et*Gods will is so eautifull' epressed in

atthew >2# 0+o /'3ounsel is> "ont worr' aout thin5s food( drin:(and 3lothes. For 'ou alread' have life and a od' and the' are far /ore i/portant than what to eat andwear. Loo: at the irds* ,he' dont worr' aoutwhat to eat the' dont need to sow or reap orstore up food for 'our heavenl' Father feedsthe/. 7nd 'ou are far /ore valuale to hi/ thanthe' are. Will all 'our worries add a sin5le /o/entto 'our life;

07nd wh' worr' aout 'our 3lothes; Loo: at

the field lilies* ,he' dont worr' aout theirs. YetMin5 +olo/on in all his 5lor' was not 3lothed as

eautifull' as the'. 7nd if God 3ares sowonderfull' for flowers that are here toda' and5one to/orrow( wont he /ore surel' 3are for 'ou(- /en of little faith; +o dont worr' at all aouthavin5 enou5h food and 3lothin5. Wh' e li:e theheathen; For the' ta:e pride in all these thin5s andare deepl' 3on3erned aout the/. ut 'ourheavenl' Father alread' :nows perfe3tl' well that'ou need the/( and he will 5ive the/ to 'ou IFY)J GIN %I FI+, 6L7C I Y)J LIF7" LIN 7+ % W7,+ Y)J ,).

Is Gods will for 'ou to worr';o*When God tells 'ou not to worr'( %e adds a real

5e/ to it ' sa'in5( 0Will all 'our worries add asin5le /o/ent to 'our life;

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Who does the worr'in5;,he heathen*

Is Gods will for 'ou to worr' li:e the heathen;o( o( o*If 'ou want to e in the perfe3t will of God(

+,)6 W)YIG*,he Word sa's( 0ut without faith it is

i/possile to please hi/> for he that 3o/eth to God/ust elieve that he is( and that he is a rewarder ofthe/ that dili5entl' see: hi/ A%erews 11>B.

,o e in the will of God( start elievin5 that %eis a rewarder of the/ that dili5entl' see: %i/*

Gods will is for 'ou to 0prosper in all thin5sAew Min5 &a/esB and e in health( ust as 'oursoul prospers AIII &ohn 2B.

Is Gods will for 'ou to e in povert' and full ofsi3:ness*

)( )( )**If 'ou had a ri3h relative die and leave 'ou as an

heir( their wish or their 0will would e that 'ouhave whatever the' have. ,he' /i5ht leave 'ouanti=ues( the' /i5ht leave 'ou /usi3al instru/ents(the' /i5ht leave 'ou 3ash( ut if that ri3h relative/ade 'ou the heir to the entire estate( ever'thin5 init would elon5 to 'ou*

Gods will is 3ontained in the ile. %e /ade%is Last Will and ,esta/ent in the for/ of the )ldand ew ,esta/ents. With this will that God put in

writin5 for us( the Word of God( we have ever'sin5le dire3tion %e has for us written down so thatwe 3an refer to it at all ti/es. We have 0G)"+WILL( proated ' &esus* We also have Gods+pirit to reveal %is Word and %is will to us.

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When we oe' the Word of God and do whatGod sa's( then we are doin5 the will of God*

07 new 3o//and/ent I 5ive unto 'ou( ,hat 'elove one anotherD as I have loved 'ou( that 'e alsolove one another* A&ohn 1>4B.

What is Gods will;,hat we fi5ht and s3rat3h( 3o/plain and 5ossip(

3riti3iEe ea3h other( hate ea3h other and tr' todestro' ea3h other;

)( )( )*Gods perfe3t will is that we love one another*0%eal the si3:( 3leanse the lepers( raise the dead(

3ast out devils> freel' 'e have re3eived( freel' 5iveAatthew

1->8B.

%ow lon5 has it een sin3e 'ou laid hands onthe si3: and healed the/; If 'oure not out doin5that( 'oure not full' in the will of God.

%ow lon5 has it een sin3e 'ou 3ast out devils;,hats Gods will for 'our life. If 'oure runnin5when the sue3t of 3astin5 out devils is /entioned(then 'oure not in the perfe3t will of God* Get us'*

0,here is therefore now no 3onde/nation tothe/ whi3h are in Christ &esus( who wal: not afterthe flesh( ut after the +pirit. For the law of the+pirit of life in Christ &esus hath /ade /e free fro/the law of sin and death Ao/ans 8>1(2B.

What is Gods will in this instan3e; For us to

wal: with our heads held hi5h( e3ause there is noone to ud5e us 5uilt' of wron5 e3ause we are inChrist &esus* ,here is no 3onde/nation in our liveswhatsoever.

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We have een set free fro/ the law of sin anddeath* Gods will is for us to reoi3e e3ause we

have een totall' and 3o/pletel'( on3e and for allset free fro/ the law of sin and death*Conde/nation; 7solutel' not* ,here is )3onde/nation of an' :ind.

0ut 'ou dont :now what Ive done in thepast* Who 3ares; God has for5iven 'ou and if God3an for5ive 'ou( 'ou ou5ht to e ale to for5ive'ourself.

What is Gods will; ,o wal: and live with no3onde/nation in our lives whatsoever* ,o wal:after the +pirit*

Go down in that sa/e 3hapter a little further.Its one of the 5reatest 3hapters in the ile to let

'ou :now Gods will* 0+o then( rethren( we aredetors( ut not to the flesh we are not oli5atedto our 3arnal nature to live ?a life ruled ' thestandards set up ' the di3tates@ of the flesh. For if'ou live a33ordin5 to ?the di3tates of@ the flesh 'ouwill surel' die. ut if throu5h the power of theA%ol'B +pirit 'ou are haituall' puttin5 to death /a:in5 etin3t( deadenin5 the ?evil@ deeds

pro/pted ' the od'( 'ou shall Areall' and5enuinel'B live forever Ao/ans 8>12(1 7/p.B.

What is Gods will; It is for us to re/e/er weare not oli5ated to that old 3arnal nature. We donthave to do the thin5s the devil tells us to do. Gods

will is that we elieve that 0Greater is he that is inKY)J than he that is in the world AI &ohn 4>4B.

Gods will is for us to a3t li:e the 3on=uerors wereall' are*

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What are the lessin5s of 7raha/ whi3helon5 to us e3ause we have een redee/ed fro/

the 3urse of the law;%ealth( prosperit' and eternal life* ,hats Gods

will for our lives*Weve een redee/ed*Weve een set free*7ll the pro/ises God /ade to 7raha/ elon5

to 'ou and to /e. ,hats Gods will for 'our lifeand /ine*

"id 'ou ever 5et to the pla3e where 'ou feltasolutel' nothin5 was wor:in5 ri5ht in 'our life;"id 'ou ever have a si3:ness where 'ou didntsee/ to e ale to re3eive the healin5 that 'ou :newwas 'ours;

"id 'ou ever have a finan3ial prole/ in 'ourlife that 'ou felt was insur/ountale;

God 5ave /e a fresh insi5ht aout a parti3ulars3ripture in &ere/iah. If 'ou have an' prole/ in'our life whi3h see/s to e a /ountain thats too

i5 to 3ast to one side( this is ust for 'ou>0Wh' is /' pain perpetual( and /' wound

in3urale( refusin5 to e healed; ,hat 3ould /ean'our finan3ial pain( 'our ph'si3al pain( 'our /arital

pain( 'our offsprin5 pains( 'our o pain( or an'situation in 'our life whi3h is not ri5ht. 0Will 'ouindeed e to /e as a de3eitful roo:( li:e watersthat fail and are un3ertain; ,herefore thus sa's the

Lord ?to &ere/iah@ . . .ut to /e( %e said AtoFran3esB... 0If 'ou return ?5ive up this /ista:entone of distrust and despair@( then I will 5ive 'oua5ain a settled pla3e of =uiet and safet'( and 'oushall e ' /inisterD and if 'ou separate the

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pre3ious fro/ the vile ..now God( what in /' life3ould e vile; I 3ant thin: of an'thin5 that 'ou

would 3onsider vile* What is it( God;e 3areful when 'ou sa' that. Loo: what %is

answer is> 0...?3leansin5 'our own heart fro/unworth' suspi3ions 3on3ernin5 Godsfaithfulness@( 'ou shall e as ' /outhpie3eA&ere/iah 1#>18(19 7/p.B. %ave 'ou ever eensuspi3ious 3on3ernin5 Gods faithfulness; Godreall' unders3ored that to /e*

Gods will is for 'ou to 5et all of thoseunworth' suspi3ions 3on3ernin5 %is faithfulness to'ou ri5ht out of 'our /ind( 'our heart( 'our od'and 'our soul. We let dout and despair 3reep intoour lives. efore we :now it( we have in our hearts

what God 3alls vileness.Gods will is for 'ou to trust %i/ in all thin5s

and at all ti/es( and to stop the devil fro/ /a:in5those inroads into 'our life with unelief*

%eres another 5e/ if 'ouve ever eenperse3uted for what 'ou elieve*

0lessed happ'( to e envied( and spirituall'prosperous ?that is( with life11(12 7/p.B.

What is Gods will for 'our life; You are tohave life< o' and satisfa3tion in Gods favor and

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salvation when people perse3ute 'ou. When the'tal: a5ainst 'ou for elievin5 in the aptis/ with

the %ol' +pirit and spea:in5 in ton5ues( Gods willis for 'ou to reoi3e( and e not onl' a little o'ful(

ut supre/el' o'ful( whi3h /eans to the hi5hestetent.

I thou5ht when the eatitudes ended( the'ended. %owever( I alwa's wondered what salt in thenet verse had to do with the/. It see/ed that versewas a little out of 3ontet( ut while we were fl'in5far out over the 6a3ifi3 on the wa' to 7ustralia( Godrevealed how it all elon5ed to5ether. Wat3h how itties to5ether for Gods will for 'our life>

0You are the salt of the earth( ut if salt has lostits taste its stren5th( its =ualit' how 3an its

saltiness e restored; It is not 5ood for an'thin5 an'lon5er ut to e thrown out and trodden under foot

' /en Aatthew #>1 7/p.B.God said if 'ou elieve what 'ou sa' when /en

perse3ute 'ou( dont e3o/e a people pleaser( dontlet the/ tal: 'ou into shuttin5 up. ..'ou will esalt'. If 'ou do listen to the world( 'ou are nolon5er the salt of the earth. You will e asolutel'no 5ood for %is :in5do/( 'oull e thrown out to

e trodden under the feet of the /en who haveperse3uted 'ou*

I was so e3ited I al/ost u/ped out of theplane $(--- feet in the air( ut I didnt. Instead I

e5an to pound on Charles and share what God hadrevealed to /e. I 3ontinued readin5( 0You are theli5ht of the world.

7 3it' set on a hill 3annot e hid Aatthew#>14 7/p.B. God wants us to let our li5hts shine in a

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world of dar:ness. %e doesnt want us to einti/idated ' the devils dis3iples. If were 5oin5

to e salt in the :in5do/ of God( weve 5ot to esalt. Weve 5ot to let our li5hts shine e3ause weare the li5ht of the world*

Get out that polishin5 3loth and shine up thatli5ht of 'ours e3ause Gods will is for 'ou to let'ourself e a ea3on li5ht. ,urn that volta5e up andlet 'our li5ht shine ri5hter*

When we arrived in 7ustralia( we shared this itof revelation :nowled5e with our friends. ,he firstthin5 that was said was( 0When does salt do the/ost seasonin5; %e answered( 0+alt penetrates in3oo:in5 or heat. Faith 5rows when 'oure under fireor when Kthe heats on* 0 %alleluah*

0ut I tell 'ou( Love 'our ene/ies and pra' forthose who perse3ute 'ou Aatthew #>44 7/p.B.Glor' to God( what is %is will for 'our life; ,o lovethose ene/ies and pra' for those who perse3ute'ou* Get us' ri5ht now and see what happens to'ou when 'ou do* Youll reall' dis3over Gods willin a hurr' when 'ou start lovin5 'our ene/ies and

pra'in5 for those who perse3ute 'ou*We were severel' perse3uted when we wrote

Gods eautiful /essa5es in the oo:( 7GL+) 7++IG,. e3ause God had 3onfir/edto us ' /an' si5ns( wonders( an5el visitations( %is+pirit and %is Word( we had 3ontinual life


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the/selves doin5 those thin5s that please God.Followin5 after the %ol' +pirit leads to life and

pea3e( ut followin5 after the old nature leads todeath( e3ause the old sinful nature within us isa5ainst God. It never did oe' Gods laws and itnever will. ,hats wh' those who are still under the3ontrol of their old sinful selves( ent on followin5their old evil desires( 3an never please GodAo/ans 8>#


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elievin5 on the na/e of the Lord &esus. ,hat isstep nu/er one in the will of God. It is not the will

of God that 'ou ust sit down after 'ou are orna5ain.

,he se3ond thin5 that 3auses 'ou to e in thewill of God and sta' in the will of God is to/editate in the Word of God.

When I was saved( God put a hun5erin5 in /'heart f or the Word of God whi3h has never eensatisfied. I dont 3are how /an' ti/es I read andreread the ile( I find new and e3itin5 thin5s in itall the ti/e. I owned a printin5 3o/pan' when Iwas saved. I sat eside a printin5 press /an' ni5htsuntil five o3lo3: in the /ornin5( ust readin5 theWord of God*

If 'oure in the will of God( 'oure 5oin5 to ein the Word of God. If 'oure in the Word of God('oure 5oin5 to e in the will of God* ,hats a3o/pli3ated thou5ht( ut read it over two or threeti/es until 'ou 5et the total /eanin5 of it*

0For with the heart /an elieveth untori5hteousnessD and with the /outh 3onfession is/ade unto salvation Ao/ans 1->1-B.

What is Gods will for 'our life;,hat 'ou 3onfess 'our salvation with 'our

/outh* ,hat 'ou share the Good ews with 'ourowns /outh whi3h 3onfir/s 'our salvation* Godswill is for 'ou to e a real laer/outh Christian(

and not a se3ret servi3e one* +tart tal:in5 aoutwhat &esus has done in 'our life( and wat3h the

lessin5s reall' e5in to flow** +tart leadin5 peopleto &esus*

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07nd these si5ns shall follow the/ thatelieveD...the' shall spea: with new ton5uesD

Aar: 1>1$B. ,hats the aptis/ with the %ol'+pirit. ,hats Gods will for 'our life. ..for 'ou tohave power. %e didnt let &esus die for us to eist

powerless in a world where we need all the powerwe 3an /uster to war a5ainst the devil* ,hatsGods will for 'ou to spea: with new ton5ues*Lift 'our hands and e5in to praise %i/( ut not ina lan5ua5e 'ou understand( and see what happens*

,hats Gods will that rand new ton5ue( thatnew lan5ua5e thats praisin5 %i/. %alleluah*Glor' to God*

,he fifth thin5 we need to do is to /a:e a totaland 3o/plete 3o//it/ent of our lives. I re/e/er

the da' I 5ot saved( I /ade a profound state/ent(0God( if 'ou want whats left of this /ess( 'ou ta:e/e( ut ta:e 7LL of /e e3ause I dont want asin5le it of /'self left*

+o/eti/es we do these thin5s in a differentorder than I have listed the/( ut that reall' doesnt/a:e an' differen3e we ust need to do 7LL ofthe/ to e in the perfe3t will of God*

Wherever I open the Word( I find so/e /ore ofGods instru3tions and %is will> 0eoi3e ever/oreAI ,hessalonians #>1B. ,hats Gods perfe3t will for'our life. 7nd if the Word sa's to reoi3e ever/ore(thats ea3tl' what I/ 5oin5 to do* I/ 5oin5 to e

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%e sa's to 06ra' without 3easin5 AI,hessalonians #>1$B( so I/ 5oin5 to tal: to God

and listen to %i/ at all ti/es e3ause then I :nowI/ in %is perfe3t will* I/ 5oin5 to tal: to %i/when I/ drivin5 down the hi5hwa'( I/ 5oin5 to0thin: to %i/ when I/ wor:in5( I/ 5oin5 to/editate in %is Word whi3h is listenin5 to %i/( soI/ 5oin5 to 3ontinuall' have %i/ on /' /indinstead of the thin5s of the world*

I/ 5oin5 to than: God in ever'thin5 e3auseI/ not 5oin5 to loo: at thin5s throu5h natural e'es.I/ 5oin5 to loo: at thin5s throu5h /' spirit e'esand see the/ as God sees the/. I/ not 5oin5 toloo: at the /ountains in /' life( I/ 5oin5 to loo:at the over e3ause that is Gods will for /' life

and 'ours*)ne of the /ost e3itin5 thin5s in the will of

God is to fulfill what %is Word sa's. 07nd now Ia/ 3o/in5 to 'ou( I have told the/ A/' ile sa'sCharles and Fran3esB /an' thin5s while I was withthe/ so that the' would e filled with /' &)YA&ohn 1$>1 ,LB.

If &esus said that I a/ filled with %is o'( thenI/ 5oin5 to e filled with %is o'. When I was alittle 5irl( 5oin5 to the deadest 3hur3h in the world( Iused to stand there and pee: up at the /iseraleloo:in5 0Christians and thin: to /'self> 0I dontwant to 5o to heaven e3ause if thats whats in

heaven( I 3ouldnt stand to e with those 3ras allthe ti/e*

,he people in the 3hur3h were so /iseraleloo:in5( I 3ouldnt i/a5ine an' punish/ent /u3hworse than havin5 to spend all of eternit' with

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the/( so I /ade a 5reat state/ent( 0I want to 5o tohell so Ill e with all /' friends*

What an a/ition and all e3ause not onesin5le person ever told /e aout the o' of theLord*

What is Gods will for 'our life;,o show the &)Y of the Lord to those around

'ou who /a' have never seen what the real o' ofthe Christian life is.

Its fun to e saved*Its Gods will for 'ou to e saved and eno'

'our salvation*Its Gods will for 'ou to prosper*Its Gods will for 'ou to e in health*Its Gods will for 'ou to have the aundant life*

Its Gods will for 'ou to e an over 3o/er*Its Gods will for 'ou to have power over the

devil*Its Gods will for 'ou to spea: in ton5ues*Its Gods will for 'ou to e hol'*Its Gods will for 'ou to do Gods will*

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In the stillness of /' printin5 offi3e efore thedail' wor: e5an( I heard the s/all( still voi3e of

God( the voi3e that we so often /iss e3ause wererushin5 around too /u3h( or e3ause we thin: Godhas to shout at us( and %e said( 0Go a3:*

I thou5ht( 0Whoops( I /ust have /issedso/ethin5 there( so I went a3:( and this is thewa' I read the first part of Galatians> 06aul anapostle not fro/ /en nor throu5h /an( ut throu5h&esus Christ and God the Father who raised hi/fro/ the dead* ,hats ea3tl' the wa' I read it( asfast as I 3ould( and all run to5ether. ,hen I 5otdown into the /eat and on3e a5ain I heard thats/all( still voi3e sa'( 0Go a3:*

I went a3: and thou5ht( 0a'e I read it a

little too fast. +o I read it a little slower( sa'in5(06aul( an apostle not fro/ /en nor throu5h /an(

ut throu5h &esus Christ and God the Father( whoraised hi/ fro/ the dead. A+NB 7nd I said( 0utGod( I didnt :now 6aul. %e died a few 'ears eforeI was orn.

,hen God spo:e the words that 3han5ed /' life(e3ause %e said 0I/ tal:in5 to Y)J. In thetwin:lin5 of an e'e I realiEed that God had not onl'written the ile for the s3holars of old( ut also for/e ri5ht in the /iddle of the 2-th 3entur'.

I s3rat3hed out rother 6auls na/e and wrote0Fran3es in there( and the ile 3a/e alive to /e(

e3ause I realiEed that God was spea:in5 to *,he /inute 'ou 5et the idea throu5h 'our intelle3tthat it is al/i5ht' God who is spea:in5 to 'ou

personall' throu5h the pa5es of %is Word( the=ui3:er 'our faith will e5in to rise.

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G)" I+ +67MIG ,) Y)J* 6ut 'our na/ethrou5hout the ile( and see what God has to sa'

to 'ou personall' and then wat3h 'our faithther/o/eter e5in to soar.

0In the e5innin5 God 3reated the heaven andthe earth AGenesis 1>1B.

r. Wester sa's that the word 03reate /eans(0,o ori5inateD to rin5 into ein5 fro/ nothin5D to3ause to eist.

God too: nothin5 and fro/ nothin5 %e 3reatedthe universe. %ow did %e 3reate it; Fro/ %erews11> we 5et the i/portant 3lue whi3h 3an unlo3: theentire ile to 'ou in a totall' new and differentwa'( e3ause it sa's( 0,hrou5h faith we understandthat the worlds were fra/ed ' the W)" of God(

so that thin5s whi3h are seen were not /ade ofthin5s whi3h do appear.

07nd God said( Let there e li5ht> and there wasli5ht AGenesis 1>B.

God said it.It e3a/e.It was so.07nd God said( Let there e a fir/a/ent in the

/idst of the waters( and let it divide the waters fro/the waters and it was so AGenesis 1>($B.

God +7I" it.It e3a/e.It was so.

07nd God said( Let the waters under the heavene 5athered to5ether unto one pla3e( and let the dr'land appear> and it was so Avs. 9B.

God said it.# IF Y)J 7LLY L)N

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It e3a/e.It was so.

07nd God said( Let the earth rin5 forth 5rass(the her 'ieldin5 seed( and the fruit tree 'ieldin5fruit after its :ind( whose seed is in itself( upon theearth> 7" I, W7+ +) Avs. 11B.

God said it.It e3a/e.It was so.07nd God said( Let us /a:e /an in our i/a5e(

after our li:eness> and let the/ have do/inion overthe fish of the sea( and over the fowl of the air( andover the 3attle( and over all the earth( and overever' 3reepin5 thin5 that 3reepeth upon the earth.+o God 3reated /an in his own i/a5e( in the i/a5e

of God 3reated he hi/D /ale and fe/ale 3reated hethe/ Avs. 2B.

God said it.It e3a/e.It was so.Whenever God spea:s( whether it is in the )ld

,esta/ent or the ew ,esta/ent( it is God+67MIG. God /erel' spo:e( ust as 'ou and Ispea:D and when %e spo:e( the world was for/ed.God /ade /an in the li:eness of %i/self( a 3op'(an ea3t dupli3ate of %i/self. %e was fashionedafter God( and God 5ave this /an( 7da/( do/inionover all thin5s( do/inion over all the fish of the sea(

and over the fowl of the air( and over the 3attle( andover 7LL the earth and over ever' 3reepin5 thin5that 3reepeth upon the earth.

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,his /eans over ever'thin5 that God /ade...NY,%IG... ever'thin5 that God /ade( %e

5ave /an do/inion over.oti3e that God did not 0spea: /an into

eisten3e. God 3reated /an fro/ the dust of the5round( at whi3h ti/e he appeared to God as a dollappears to us. %e had shape and for/( ut nothin5else( so God reathed into his nostrils the reath oflifeD and /an e3a/e 0a livin5 soul. I 5ot thesho3: of /' life when I started as:in5 people howthe' visualiEed God reathin5 into /ans nostrils.,he onl' wa' I have ever een ale to visualiEe thisis God holdin5 7da/ in %is ar/s( 3radlin5 hi/ li:ea a'( endin5 over hi/ 5entl' and reathin5 lifeinto hi/. oti3e that God 3ould have /ade /an

hundreds of different wa's( ut %e 3hose to /a:ehi/ inani/ate. 7fter he was for/ed( %e /ade hi/3o/e alive ' reathin5 into hi/.

When /' 3hildren were s/all( I 0told the//an' thin5s. ,he' heard /' voi3e( and /an' ti/esthe' :new what I said ' the tone of /' voi3e lon5

efore the' understood the words that I said. utthe' heard /e( e3ause I 0spo:e to the/. I spo:eto the/ aout their /anners( aout the thin5s thatwould hurt the/( aout the thin5s whi3h are a5ainstGods laws. I spo:e to the/ and told the/ I lovedthe/( and for a period of ti/e( the' LIN"ever'thin5 I said.

,hen the' e5an to 5row up( and their /indse5an to epand and the' dis3overed that the' werea lot s/arter than their /other( so( li:e little irdstr'in5 to fl'( the' tried their win5s. ,he' dis3overedwhen the' went a5ainst the thin5s that their /other

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had told the/ not to do( the' flopped to the 5round(ut when the' too: her instru3tions( and /oved

ri5ht( the' 3ould fl' short distan3es.,he Word of God to Christians is the sa/e as a

/other or father spea:in5 to their 3hild. If we dowhat God tells us to do( well have no prole/swhi3h we 3ant over3o/e( e3ause 0...there hath notfailed one Word of all %is 5ood pro/ise AI Min5s8>#B. God has never failed and will never fail( andnot onl' that( %e sa's( 0I will hasten Aor wat3h overB/' Word to perfor/ it A&ere/iah 1>12B.

God 3an never lie( e3ause %is Word sa's(0God is not a /an that he should lie( neither the sonof /an( that he should repentD hath he said( andshall he not do it; )r hath he spo:en( and shall he

not /a:e it 5ood; Au/ers 2>19B.,here is nowa' that God 3an a3: down fro/ the Word that %ehas spo:en.

ver' sin5le senten3e( ever' sin5le word that isin the Word of God is ea3tl' the sa/e as if God satdown eside 'ou and the words 3a/e ri5ht out of%is /outh into 'our ears. 07ll s3ripture is 5iven 'inspiration of God( and is profitale for do3trine( forreproof( for 3orre3tion( for instru3tion inri5hteousness A% ,i/oth' >1B.

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and profi3ient( well1$B. We need to hear the Word ofGod. %ow 3an we hear the Word of God; 'readin5 the ile. ,he ile is Gods personal loveletters to 'ou( and if 'ou will read it see:in5 God(

elievin5 and 3onfessin5( ever' pro/ise in the

Word is 'oursFaith and the pro/ises of God wor: to5ether.

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efore lon5( 'ou will e5in to 0eperi/ent withthe Word of God e3ause all the pro/ises of God

have a 3ondition to the/( and 'ou will e5in to do'our part( ust to see 0if God does %is part.

7ll 'ou have to do is to elieve enou5h for onepro/ise fro/ God( and then 'oull e a/aEed atwhat God will do. I re/e/er the first ti/e I eversaw an ar/ 5row out( I didnt :now if I elieved itor not. ,he se3ond ti/e I sw this supernatural

pheno/enon of God( I didnt dout it( e3ause alad' had an ar/ that was aout short( and I wassittin5 on the sta5e aout two feet fro/ where shewas standin5. I 3ouldnt dout it e3ause I saw itwith /' own e'es. ' faith e5an to rise as I sawGods pro/ise and %is Word 3o/e to5ether in

healin5.+in3e God is no respe3ter of persons( Charles

and I de3ided that this sa/e /ira3le power of God3ould do the sa/e thin5 for the people in ourservi3es. We had the/ /easure their ar/s( and sureenou5h( there were so/e who had ar/s of une=uallen5ths. We /inistered to ea3h one individuall'(

e3ause our faith had risen when we a3tuall' saw a/ira3le with our own e'es* God honored %is Wordwhi3h sa's that those who elieve 0shall la' handson the si3:( and the' shall re3over Aar: 1>18B.

God said it.It e3a/e.

It was so.ver' ar/ 5rew out*)ur faith rose* Wh'; e3ause we had used it.

&a/es 2>1$ sa's( 0ven so faith( if it hath not

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wor:s( is dead( ein5 alone. Faith 3annot 5rowunless it is eer3ised*

We have laid hands on /an' little 3hildrenwhose stunted odies are affli3ted ' the devilhi/self( who have not een ale to run and pla'(and their /us3les are atrophied and useless. 7n'/us3le in 'our od' whi3h is not used will 5etwea:( and the sa/e is true of 'our faith. ,he /ore'ou use 'our faith( the /ore it will 5row. ,he less'ou use it( the wea:er it will e3o/e.

,he net ti/e we 3alled for short ar/s( our faithwas hi5h e3ause we had seen God do it* 6roal'ei5ht people 3a/e forward and a5ain their ar/s5rew out. %alleluah* We too: al/ost an entireservi3e 3o//andin5 the/ to 5row( ut the' did*

,hen we e5an to wonder if God 3ould len5then/ore than one persons ar/ at a ti/e. We eer3isedour faith and 3o//anded ever' a3: to e healed inan entire audien3e at one ti/e( 7" ,%Y W*)ur faith 3ontinued to rise until now we see the

power of God 5row out the short ar/s of entireaudien3es in ever' se/inar( and we have ,),7Lfaith that God is 5oin5 to do it( e3ause we haveused this parti3ular :ind of faith over and over andGod has never failed us*

I/a5ine &esus sittin5 down in 'our livin5 roo/(or wherever 'ou are ri5ht now( and sa'in5 to 'ou

personall'( Fran3es Aor whatever 'our na/e isB(

075ain I sa' unto 'ou( ,hat if two of 'ou shalla5ree on earth as tou3hin5 an' thin5 that the' shallas:( it shall e done for the/ of /' Father whi3h isin heaven. For where two or three are 5athered

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to5ether in /' na/e( there a/ ,in the /idst ofthe/ Aatthew 18>19(2-B.

Faith will 3o/e so easil' if 'ou reall' elievethat it is &esus a3tuall' doin5 the spea:in5 and not

ust so/e words that so/eone put down on paper.,he )ld and ew ,esta/ents are God and &esusspea:in5 to 'ou( ust as if 'ou 3ould rea3h out andtou3h the/ ri5ht now* %alleluah*

Your faith 3an never a33ept those s3ripturesuntil 'ou rea3h out and eer3ise it. 7s: God forso/ethin5 whi3h 'ou :now is in line with %is will(5et so/eone to a5ree with 'ou( pra' for it elievin5this pro/ise( and see what happens.

I re/e/er when I first e3a/e a Christian Ie3a/e a fanati3 for the Word of God. I would sta'

up until two or three o3lo3: in the /ornin5readin5( and readin5( and readin5( and 7"IGthe Word of God. I was li:e a hu5e spon5e that ust3ouldnt 5et enou5h of the livin5 water. I read the

ew ,esta/ent fourteen or fifteen ti/es efore Ihad een a Christian ver' lon5( and as I read so/eof those favorite passa5es( /' spirit stirred inside of/e and said( 0I elieve Ill do it. Gods Word sa's itwill happen( so I/ 5oin5 to tr' it*

7 verse that reall' spo:e to /e was atthew 21>22( 07nd all thin5s( whatsoever 'e shall as: in

pra'er( elievin5( 'e shall re3eive.2 IF Y)J 7LLY L)N

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,he pastor who led /e to the Lord said oneti/e( 0God answers the du/est pra'ers for 'ou

e3ause 'ou pra' the du/est pra'ers in faithelievin5. %e said this ust e3ause I had as:edGod to transport a whipped


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3ountr' road when /' dadd' stopped and said(0Co/e on( lets see if 'ou 3an drive a 3ar. I 5ot

ehind the wheel at the a5e of 12 Athere wasnt an'su3h thin5 as a drivers li3ense in those da'sB andfor approi/atel' one /ile I went aout 1- /ilesan hour. ,he ro3:s see/ed to fl' '( and ever'thin5was whiEEin5 ' so fast it see/ed to /a:e /ediEE'. I hun5 onto the steerin5 wheel with all /'/i5ht and woled the 3ar fro/ side to side of theroad( and finall' 5ave up at the end of the first /ile.

ut /' faith rose up* I had driven a /ile andhadnt :illed an'od' or run off the road( so Iwanted to do it the net +unda' when we went for aride. e3ause I had eer3ised /' faith in drivin5 thefirst ti/e( I had /ore faith the se3ond ti/e. I didnt

5et to e an e3ellent driver in two lessons or three(or even one hundred. 7s a /atter of fa3t( /' sisterlearned how to e an a33o/plished driver lon5

efore I did even thou5h we started at the sa/eti/e( ut that didnt lessen /' faith e3ause I :newthat so/eda' Id e ust as 5ood a driver as shewas*

,oda'( it doesnt even ta:e faith to 5o out to the3ar and drive. It is auto/ati3 e3ause Ive done it so/an' ti/es. Your faith in God 3an e3o/e thesa/e wa'. ow I 3an listen to tapes while drivin5/' 3ar( I 3an tal: to God( /e/oriEe s3ripture or doa lot of other thin5s without even thin:in5 aout the

faith it ta:es to drive a 3ar.I also have tre/endous faith in /' household

applian3es. When I put /' dirt' 3lothes into thewasher( put the soap in( and turn the washer on( Idont need an' faith at all e3ause I M)W the

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washer is 5oin5 to wash and rinse the 3lothes. I:now when the' are 3lean( I 3an ta:e the/ out and

put the/ in the dr'er and after the pres3riednu/er of /inutes( the' will e dr'. I dont have towonder or worr'. I ust elieve that /' washer anddr'er are 5oin5 to wor:.

I have an auto/ati3 dishwasher whi3h I trusti/pli3itl'. I put the dirt' dishes in there( turn it onand 5o sit down so/epla3e and read the ilewithout worr'in5 a sin5le it. I dont pra' ea3h ti/ethat the dishwasher will wor:( and then :eepopenin5 the door to see if it is wor:in5. I ust

elieve it will.I have tre/endous faith in people( too* I elieve

with /' heart and soul that when I wal: over to the

wall and flip a little swit3h( li5ht is 5oin5 toillu/inate the roo/ I/ in. I have faith that the

power is 3o/in5 into /' house fro/ the ele3tri33o/pan' and will turn on when I a3tivate it 'flippin5 a swit3h( and 'et Ive never seen the /anwho owns the ele3tri3 3o/pan'.

I havent seen the /an who runs the 3o/pan'that supplies our water( either( ut I sure trust hi/ to:eep that water flowin5 in /' ath tu( /' :it3hensin:( and wherever else I need it.

Loo: at the ea/ples Ive 5iven 'ou. "id 'ouhave to eer3ise 5reat faith when 'ou turned on'our first li5ht swit3h; Fro/ a'hood( our

5randdau5hter( Charit'( wat3hed us wal: over to thewall and either push or flip a little so/ethin5 andli5hts would 3o/e on. When she 5ot i5 enou5h(that was one of the first thin5s she wanted to do.+he :new it would wor:( e3ause she had seen us

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do it* It wor:ed* 7fter she flipped the swit3h thefirst ti/e( she :new it would wor: ever' ti/e. %er

/other and dadd' ou5ht her an etension for theathroo/ swit3h( and she turns it off and on withouteven thin:in5 aout it. 7fter the' showed her howto use it the first ti/e( it was no lon5er an0un:nown thin5.

7ll of the thin5s Ive /entioned aove arethin5s in whi3h we are all involved. We have faithin the 5ro3er to 5ive us food that is not spoiled ortainted. We have faith in the dairies to suppl' uswith 5er/less /il:. We have faith in hundreds and

proal' even thousands of thin5s e3ause we havedone the/ over and over and over a5ain.

,he sa/e thin5 is true of faith in God. Ive

never seen %i/( ut then I havent seen the ele3tri3plant /ana5er either. I dont see the postale/plo'ees that handle our /ail and send it all overthe Jnited +tates and the world( ut I have faithwhen I put a little pie3e of paper 3alled a sta/p onit( that those unseen people will deliver it to the

person to who/ I a/ writin5.,hin: aout all the people in who/ 'ou have

faith( and re/e/er how 'ou 5ot that faith*God is far /ore dependale than an' individual

or 3o/pan' 'oull ever find( so all we have to do isto find out what %e pro/ises us( then a3t on it*Faith 3an never 5row until 'ou step out and use it.

You 3ould not have driven a 3ar if 'ou hadnttried the first ti/e.

You would still e washin5 3lothes ' eatin5the/ on a ro3: if 'ou hadnt tried a washin5/a3hine.

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,his /ornin5 as I was thin:in5 aout this oo:(than:in5 God for the /easure of faith %e 5ave us(

suddenl'( there 3a/e a revelation :nowled5e thatGod had alread' 5iven /e 7LL the faith I wouldever need. It was 5iven to /e when I was orna5ain( and all I have to do is to :eep usin5 and usin5it and steppin5 out into deeper and deeper spiritualwater and :now that the /easure( the all


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Charles as:ed how /u3h the' wanted for thepropert' and the /an replied( 0P1.# per foot or

aout P4-(---.Charles said( 0&ust a /o/ent( please* %e

loo:ed up and said( 0God( shall we u' it;,he answer didnt ta:e a se3ond to 3o/e ri5ht

a3:( 0Yes*Charles told the /an( 0Yes*0When do 'ou want to 3lose; as:ed our

nei5hor.0&ust a /o/ent( please( Charles said. ,hen he

said( 0God( when do we want to 3lose;,he answer 3a/e( 07s soon as possile*Charles returned to the phone( 07s soon as

possile.

0%ow do 'ou want to pa' for it( ' 3ash( a loanwith 'our an: or a loan with us;

0Charles a5ain said( 0&ust a /o/ent( please.75ain he pra'ed.

God said( 0Cash*Charles said( 0Cash*0%ow aout a wee: fro/ Wednesda'; Is that all

ri5ht; as:ed the /an.Charles said( 0&ust a /o/ent( please. 7nd

a5ain he turned to God.God said( 0Fine*Charles said( 0Fine*Charles hun5 up the telephone and loo:ed at

/e. We oth :new the sa/e fa3ts. ever had weeen so low on funds in %unter inistries as wewere at that /o/ent and rarel' had our own

personal a33ount ever een that low. %owever( WMW G)" %7" +6)M.

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%ow did we :now it; ' F7I,%* ' faith thatwe heard God.

We 3ould have done one of two thin5s. We3ould eer3ise our faith( or we 3ould e over3o/ewith douts and fears wonderin5 fro/ where the/one' was 5oin5 to 3o/e.

We eer3ised our faith. We went to 3hur3h on+unda' and 5ave P1--.-- as a re5ular tithe and thenan additional P4--.-- as seed faith for the P4-(---we would need. Ill never for5et how sin3erel' welaid hands on our ile with the 3he3:s folded

etween atthew 19>29 whi3h sa's( 07nd an'onewho 5ives up his ho/e( rothers( sisters( father(/other( wife( 3hildren( or propert'( to follow /e(shall re3eive a hundred ti/es as /u3h in return( and

shall have eternal life A,LB( and Lu:e >8 whi3hsa's( 0For if 'ou 5ive( 'ou will 5et* Your 5ift willreturn to 'ou in full and overflowin5 /easure(

pressed down( sha:en to5ether to /a:e roo/ for/ore( and runnin5 over. Whatever /easure 'ou useto 5ive lar5e or s/all will e used to /easurewhat is 5iven a3: to 'ou A,LB.

We MW it was done e3ause we were doin5our part in sowin5 the seed and we elieved GodsWord aout 5ivin5. We elieved it in our heartswithout a dout and went off on a spea:in5 trip.

When we 3a/e a3: on ,uesda' ni5ht eforethe 3losin5 on Wednesda' /ornin5( there was

ea3tl' P4-(--- in the %unter inistries an:a33ount* ore /one' had 3o/e in durin5 that short

period of ti/e than had ever 3o/e in efore durin5an e=ual period of ti/e.

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We eer3ised our F7I,%. We didnt pra' andas: God to 5ive us /ore faith. We si/pl' eer3ised

the /easure of faith whi3h %e 5ave us at salvation.0lessed is the /an that wal:eth not in the

3ounsel of the un5odl'( nor standeth in the wa' ofsinners( nor sitteth in the seat of the s3ornful. uthis deli5ht is in the law of the Lord( and in his lawdoth he /editate da' and ni5ht. 7nd he shall e li:ea tree planted ' the rivers of water( that rin5ethforth his fruit in his seasonD his leaf also shall notwitherD and whatsoever he doeth shall prosperA6sal/ 1>1

0,han: 'ou( Father( that I/ lessed e3ause Idont wal: in the 3ounsel of the un5odl'.

0,han: 'ou( Father( that I/ lessed e3ause Idont stand in the wa' of sinners.

0,han: 'ou( Father( that I/ lessed e3ause Idont sit in the seat of the s3ornful.

0,han: 'ou( Father( that /' deli5ht is in the lawof the Lord( whi3h is 'our Word( Father. ,han: 'outhat I deli5ht in it so /u3h that I /editate on it da'and ni5ht.

0,han: 'ou( Father( that I/ lessed e3auseI/ ust li:e a tree planted ' the rivers of waterthat rin5eth forth his fruit in his seasonD than: 'ou(

than: 'ou( than: 'ou( Father( that I/ not a s3ruoa: planted out in a desert( ut I/ planted ri5ht 'the rivers of livin5 water.

0,han: 'ou( Father( that I/ lessed e3ause/' life isnt 5oin5 to wither. Father( a leaf on a tree

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or plant withers when it is si3: and e5ins to die( soI than: 'ou that I shall not e si3: e3ause /' life

isnt 5oin5 to wither( a33ordin5 to 'our Word.0,han: 'ou( Father( that 'our Word sa's

Kwhatsoever and that /eans an'thin5 I do is 5oin5to prosper.

,han: 'ou( Father( that I have prosperit'(e3ause 'our Word sa's that NY,%IG(NY,%IG( NY,%IG I do is 5oin5 to

prosper.7s lon5 as our desire and purpose in prosperit'

is to advan3e the wor: of the :in5do/ to /a:e Godprosper( then God will do it. %owever( when thedesire turns into the lust of the flesh( it is not in linewith the prin3iples of Gods Word. When we

prosper to less God( all our needs will e /et and%is aundan3e e3o/es our prosperit' and health.

7 little o' na/ed &effie had a tre/endousinfluen3e on our lives insofar as developin5 faithwas 3on3erned .a little o' # 'ears old who livedoutside of Louisville( M'. .. .a little o' who was

orn with 3ereral pals'. . . .a little o' whoseparents elieved that &esus 3ould heal toda'*

It started when we were in Louisville. %isparents were readin5 the oo:( +IC &+J+67++" Y( whi3h we had written aout /ira3lesof toda'. ,hen the' pi3:ed up the newspaper andsaw that we were spea:in5 in Louisville( so the' 5ot

up at o3lo3: in the /ornin5 to 3o/e to what the'thou5ht was 5oin5 to e a /ira3le servi3e.

It wasnt a /ira3le servi3e it was a tea3hin5ser vi3e. God doesnt 3are if it is a tea3hin5 servi3e

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when there is healin5 to e done. God does itan'ti/e( an' pla3e.

,he' arrived so earl' the' were ale to e on aradio pro5ra/ with us. We wat3hed this little od'whi3h was all 3rippled e3ause of 3ereral pals'. 7darlin5 little o'( ut all 3rippled. It was oviousfro/ the e5innin5 that the %ol' +pirit was 5oin5 todo the whole thin5 e3ause we didnt tea3h what wethou5ht we were 5oin5 to tea3h we didnt doan'thin5 that we had planned on doin5. It wase3itin5 as we saw the +pirit of God e5in to /ove.

7ll of a sudden God spo:e to /e and said(06ra' for &effie ri5ht now. IG%, )W*

I stepped down fro/ the pulpit and wal:ed overto his father who was holdin5 hi/. I si/pl' told

hi/( 0God told /e to pra' for &effie ri5ht now. a'I have hi/;

%e said( 0Yes. I wal:ed a3: up to the rostru/and sat down with &effie on /' lap in one of the

pulpit 3hairs. e3ause 3hildren a33ept a healin5easier if the' are relaed( I alwa's li:e to rela andtal: to a little 3hild first. I said to hi/( 0"o 'ou love&esus;

%e replied( 0)h( 'eah*,hen I said to hi/( 0"o 'ou elieve &esus 3an

heal 'ou;Ill never for5et the darlin5 loo: on his fa3e

when he said( 0)h( %es 5oin5 to. ,here was no

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opportunit' to show 'our 5reat and /i5ht' power.,hen we went on( 0Father( as we envelop hi/ in our

ar/s( /a' Your /i5ht' power flow throu5h hi/.Let the healin5 power flow*

"o 'ou re/e/er the s3ripture whi3h sa's0send 'our healin5 power( and /a' /ira3les andwonders e done ' the na/e of 'our hol' servant(&esus A73ts 4>- ,LB; We said( 0Father( let Yourhealin5 power flow throu5h this 3hilds od' in thena/e of &esus* 0 ,hen we said over and over(0,han: 'ou( Lord &esus* ,han: 'ou( Lord &esus*

Charles went over to &effies parents and as:edthe/ if the'd li:e to ta:e off &effies ra3es. ,he'said( 0Yes* +o the' sat &effie down on a 3hair andtoo: the ra3es off his le5s.

Charles loo:ed at &effie and then at the lon5aisle of the 3hur3h. %e said to the 'oun5 o'(0&effie( in the na/e of &esus( J* 7nd &effie 5otoff of that 3hair. &effie had never run in his wholefive 'ears. &effie had never even 3rawled e3ause ofa la3: of /otor 3oordination.

ut when Charles said( 0J in the na/e of&esus( &effie too: off and e5an to run. "own thestairs he ran( all the wa' to the a3: of atre/endousl' lon5 3hur3h. eloved( let /e tell 'outhis. ,here wasnt a /an in that 3on5re5ation who3ould have 3au5ht that 3hild. I have never seenan'one run so fast in /' entire life.

' the ti/e he 5ot to the end of the 3hur3h( his/other and dad had 3ollapsed under the power ofGod*

I ran down and stood in front of the pulpit andput /' ar/s out to &effie. When he 5ot aout si

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feet fro/ /e( he /ade a fl'in5 leap and wrappedhis little le5s around /' /iddle. I thou5ht hed

s=ueeEe /e to death. e/e/er( &effie had neverrun in his entire life and 'et when &esus tou3hedhi/( off he went*

We had lun3h with &effie and his parents thatda' and do 'ou :now what the' 5ave us; %is/other left the ra3es with us and said( 0You 3anhave the/( e3ause &effie will never need the/a5ain. Were 5oin5 out and u' hi/ his first pair ofre5ular shoes toda'. We still have those ra3es andshoes as a 3onstant re/inder of the power of God.

We tal:ed to his /other and dadd' a 3ouplewee:s later. ,he' told us how the' had re3eived the

aptis/ with the %ol' +pirit ust a 3ouple of wee:s

efore our visit. ,he' had learned for the first ti/eto praise God for &effies healin5. When the' wentto the pediatri3ian( the' too: a tape re3order alon5to re3ord the do3tors 3o//ents. When the

pediatri3ian loo:ed at &effie( he said( 0Its/a5nifi3ent. Its asolutel' fantasti3*

%ow we praise God %e doesnt share %is 5lor'with an'one* ,he 5lor' all 5oes to God* %ow we

praise God that when two or /ore are 5atheredto5ether in %is na/e( there %e is ri5ht in the /idst.%e sa's 'ou 3an as: for an'thin5 and %ell 5ive itto 'ou. I thou5ht this was su3h a eautiful ea/ple.,here was Charles( there was Fran3es and there was

&effie all as:in5 for what /an' people thou5htwas i/possile. 7nd 'et( with God( all thin5s are

possile.7LL thin5s are possile*

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,o top it off( &effies sister too: hi/ to s3hoolthe net wee: as her spe3ial 0+how and tell*

For 'our infor/ation( we saw &effie one 'earafter he had een healed. %e had 5ained 2# pounds(had 5one fro/ a siEe 12 shoe to a siEe 2( and wasdoin5 eautifull' in s3hool*

Wh' did our faith 5row so /u3h e3ause ofthis; e3ause ever' ti/e 'ou see a pra'er answeredor a healin5 o33ur throu5h 'ou( 'our faith i5nites. Ifwe had not stepped out in faith( nothin5 3ould havehappened( &effie would not have een healed andour faith 3ould not have in3reased.

If 'ou want to in3rease 'our faith( put what 'ouhave into pra3ti3e. +o/ewhere alon5 the line('oure 5oin5 to step over into the real/ of faith and

a3tion( and when 'ou do( 'our faith will rise li:e aro3:et.

Faith is si/pl' elievin5 what God sa's in theile is true( and then start a3tin5 li:e &esusinstru3ted us. e a 0doer of the Word and not ahearer onl'. 7 0doer does the wor:s of &esus.

6ut 'our faith in a3tion to a33o/plish the wor:s&esus started( with the sole purpose ein5 to uildthe :in5do/ of God with saved souls( and wat3hGod do si5ns( wonders and /ira3les throu5h 'ou 0thou 5ood and faithful servant*

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CHAPTER FOUR

If You Really Love Me,

YOU WILL HAVE

#OY$ #OY$ #OY

' own o' started the da' I was saved. I wasso 3o/pletel' and totall' overwhel/ed withthan:s5ivin5 when I realiEed that all /' sins werefor5iven( that /' o' ust uled up andoverflowed. What an eplosive thou5ht /' sinswere for5iven( 7LL )F ,%* I literall'wallowed in the 5lor' of that /o/ent for wee:s and

then realiEed that so/ethin5 /ore had to e done to:eep that 0up level 5oin5 stron5 all the ti/e*

If we want that eternal sprin5 of o' wellin5 upand ulin5 over in us at all ti/es( we need to 5etinto the Word of God for a spiritual feast( ta:e i5

ites and 3ontinue 3hewin5 until our souls are fat(e3ause the real lastin5 5enuine o' never 3o/esuntil we are spirituall' fat*

I hard' :now where to start with o'( e3auseo' is su3h a vital and inte5ral part of our lives. ,heo' of the Lord is there earl' in the /ornin5. ,heo' of the Lord is there in the /idst of all prole/s.Whatever 5oes on and whatever the 3ir3u/stan3es(

the o' of the Lord is there*e3entl'( Charles and I had ust returned fro/

an e3itin5 ut ehaustin5 trip and wanted to 5o toed earl'( ut it see/ed the telephone had otherideas. oth telephones :ept rin5in5 and rin5in5 and

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it see/ed as if we would never e ale to 5et intoed ut ea3h 3all was i/portant( so we :ept on

answerin5. Finall'( we did 5et in ed( ut thetelephone didnt stop. It ran5 a5ain not on3e( nottwi3e( ut three /ore ti/es* 7nd the last three 3allswere not i/portant*

We were ehausted( 3o/pletel' worn out( andneeded to 5o to ed. Jnder the 3ir3u/stan3es we3ould have een 3ra'( irritated and 3o/plainin5

ut when 'ou saturate 'ourself with the Word ofGod( 'ou :now who 'ou are in Christ. When 'ou:now who 'ou are( then 'ou si/pl' have to have

o'* We e5an to lau5h at the wa' the devil wastr'in5 to irritate us and ro us of our o'( and eforelon5 oth of us ended up 5i55lin5 with hol'

lau5hter*Faith 3o/es ' hearin5( and hearin5 ' the

Word of God. We need to i/plant the Word of Godin our rain so deepl' that we 3an spea: it out an'ti/e of the da' or ni5ht when it is needed. If 'ouwant to :eep that 5ood old heavenl' o' ulin5up all the ti/e( tr' /e/oriEin5 so/e of the versesof +3ripture fro/ the 1#th 3hapter of &ohn. +tand onthese pro/ises of God and sa'( 0I/ happ'* Glor'to God* %alleluah* Ive 5ot o' in /' heart*

,he 1#th 3hapter of &ohn e5ins> 0I a/ the truevine( and ' Father is the vinedresser. ver'

ran3h in e that does not ear fruit %e ta:es awa'D

and ever' ran3h that ears fruit %e prunes( that it/a' ear /ore fruit. You are alread' 3lean e3auseof the word whi3h I have spo:en to 'ou.

07ide in e( and I in 'ou. 7s the ran3h3annot ear fruit of itself( unless it aides in the

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vine( neither 3an 'ou( unless 'ou aide in e. I a/the vine( 'ou are the ran3hes. %e who aides in

e( and I in hi/( ears /u3h fruitD for without e'ou 3an do nothin5. If an'one does not aide in e(he is 3ast out as a ran3h and is witheredD and the'5ather the/ and throw the/ into the fire( and the'are urned. If 'ou aide in e( and ' words aidein 'ou( 'ou will as: what 'ou desire( and it shall edone for 'ou AM&NB.

"id 'ou hear that /a5nifi3ent pro/ise of God;%e si/pl' said that if we would let oth %i/ and%is words aide in us( we 3ould as: 7Y,%IGthat we wanted( and %e would 5ive it to us. ,heword abide /eans to 05o into and all %es wantin5to do is to 05o into us and let us 05o into %i/* %e

wants to 5o so deepl' into us that there isnt roo/for an'thin5 else. 7nd %e wants us to 5o so deepl'into %i/ that we 3ant see an'thin5 ut %i/

e3ause we are so deepl' su/er5ed into %i/*Continuin5 with &ohn 1#( e5innin5 in verse 8(

we read( 0' this ' Father is 5lorified( that 'ouear /u3h fruitD so 'ou will e /' dis3iples. 7s theFather loved e( I also have loved 'ouD aide in' love. If 'ou :eep ' 3o//and/ents( 'ou willaide in ' love( ust as I have :ept ' Fathers3o//and/ents and aide in %is love AM&NB.

ow were 5oin5 to find out wh' &esus saidthese thin5s. %e said( 0,hese thin5s I have spo:en

to 'ou( that ' o' /a' re/ain in 'ou( and that'our o' /a' e full.

,hats al/ost /ore than I 3an stand. &esus said%is o' would re/ain in us( and our o' would efull( full( FJLL*** Co/plete and overflowin5( not

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ust a little tri3:le of o'. %e wants us to have theasolute /ai/u/ of o' in our lives at all ti/es.

7nd %e said it was %I+ o' that would e in us( notours*

Charles and I have often een as:ed how we/aintain the he3ti3( 5ruelin5 s3hedule that we :eepall the ti/e. ehe/iah 8>1- 5ives the answer( 0...forthe o' of the Lord is 'our stren5th*

aril'n %i3:e' was tal:in5 to us re3entl' afterwe had returned fro/ a super lon5 trip( and shesaid( 0,he &)Y of the Lord is 'our total stren5th(isnt it; Youd never e ale to a33o/plish what'ou do if 'ou didnt asor 'our stren5th fro/ the

o' of the Lord*7nother friend said( 0,he' refuse to let an'one

or an'thin5 steal their o'. ,hin: aout that for a/o/ent. If 'ou allow 3ir3u/stan3es or people( or'ourself A' thin:in5 aout 'ourselfB to ta:e 'ourattention awa' fro/ God and servi3e to others( 'ouwill find 'ourself e3o/in5 dis3oura5ed(dis3ontent( depressed( worried( upti5ht( or havin5so/e other ne5ative( selfish attitude 3o/e into 'ourheart.

If 'ou want so/ethin5 to sap 'our stren5th fast(let that happen to 'ou* ut if 'ou want to :eepstron5 and health'( let the &)Y of the Lord e 'our+,G,%*

0&esus realiEed the' wanted to as: hi/ so he

said( K7re 'ou as:in5 'ourselves what I /ean; ,heworld will 5reatl' reoi3e over what is 5oin5 tohappen to /e( and 'ou will weep. ut 'our weepin5shall suddenl' e turned to wonderful o' ?when'ou see /e a5ain@. It will e the sa/e o' as that of

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o one 3an ro 'ou of that o'* eloved( dont 'ouever let an'od' ta:e that o' out of 'our life. &esus

said it( 0o one 3an ro 'ou of that o'* ,he devilwill do his est to ro 'ou of ever' it of 'ourChristian o'( ut re/e/er its &esus o' that 'ouhave*

Continuin5 with &ohn 1>2( 07nd in that da''ou will as: e nothin5. ost assuredl'( I sa' to'ou( whatever 'ou as: the Father in ' na/e %ewill 5ive 'ou AM&NB. 6raise the Lord* 0Jntil now'ou have as:ed nothin5 in ' na/e. :(A,he7/plified ile sa's to :eep on as:in5( not ust as:on3e ut to :eep on as:in5B( 0and 'ou will re3eive(that 'our o' /a' e full. &esus said %e wants 'our

o' to e full.

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nowB. 7s:( usin5 /' na/e( and 'ou will re3eive(and 'our 3up of o' will overflow.

Father, I just believe what the or! of "o!says, I believe that if we as# You, You$re %oin% to

%ive it to us. &o, Father, ri%ht now in the na'e of

(esus, because (esus sai! we shoul! as# usin% His

na'e, las# for joy for every )erson who rea!s this

boo#. Father, I )ray ri%ht now that you will %ive

the' such a ba)tis' of joy that they will roll on the

floor, bubblin% with joy. "ive us the joy in our

hearts, Father, in (esus$ na'e, an! 'ay we be

re'in!e! of what salvation 'eans to us.*

You ou5ht to e ulin5 over with o' ri5htnow. Were 'ou a wild sinner efore 'ou 5ot savedor ust a ta/e one; It doesnt reall' /a:e an'

differen3e( ut I alwa's ad/it I was a wild( wildsinner. When God for5ave all /' sins and washed/e 3lean and uried all /' sins in the deepest seanever to e re/e/ered a5ain( the o' of the Lord3a/e into /' heart* I a33epted %is for5iveness( andwhen 'ou a33ept that for5iveness and 'ou :now thatever'thin5 'ouve ever done is for5iven( there is

ust ound to e a well of water sprin5in5 up within'ou and 'our 3up of o' will overflow.

Worshipin5 God 3an rin5 o' into 'our life if'ou elieve the pro/ises of God( and I happen to

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to heaven( he lessed the/( and then e5an risin5into the s:'( and went on to heaven.

7nd thats ea3tl' what were 5oin5 to do oneof these da's. When &esus 3o/es a3: a5ain( were

ust 5oin5 to lift our hands and e5in risin5 into thes:' and 5o ri5ht on to heaven. %alleluah*

7nd then verses #2 and # sa'( 07nd the'worshiped hi/( and returned to &erusale/ filledwith /i5ht' o'( and were 3ontinuall' in the,e/ple( praisin5 God. Glor'( what a privile5e to

e 3ontinuall' praisin5 hi/D ut then thats wherethe o' 3o/es fro/.

,he 9#th 6sal/ is a reall' 5ood ea/ple ofpraise with o'. It sa's( 0- 3o/e( let us sin5 unto theLord> let us /a:e a o'ful noise to the ro3: of our

salvation. 7nd what do 'ou thin: a o'ful noise is;Its when we praise God and we love %i/ andworship %i/ and we spend ti/e in %is Wordshoutin5( 3lappin5( dan3in5 efore the Lord. 7ll ofthese are o'ful noises unto the Lord.

,he first verse sa's( 0- 3o/e( let us sin5 untothe Lord> let us /a:e a o'ful noise to the ro3: ofour salvation. 7nd then the se3ond verse sa's( 0Letus 3o/e efore his presen3e with than:s5ivin5( and/a:e a o'ful noise unto hi/ with psal/s. 7ndthen the sith verse sa's( 0- 3o/e( let us worshipand ow down> let us :neel efore the Lord our/a:er. We sin5 that a lot in our servi3es( and when

'ou e5in to /a:e a o'ful noise unto the Lord( 'ouwill auto/ati3all' have o' in 'our heart*

Isaiah #>1- sa's( 07nd the ranso/ed of theLord shall return( and 3o/e to Qion with son5s andeverlastin5 o' upon their heads> the' shall otain

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o' and 5ladness( and sorrow and si5hin5 shall fleeawa'.

Well( I/ redee/ed( and 'oure redee/ed( soeverlastin5 o' is 5oin5 to e upon our heads. Goddoesnt sa' that %is o' is 5oin5 to e te/porar'.Its an everlastin5 o' thats 5oin5 to last fro/ nowuntil the da' &esus 3o/es a3: a5ain or until theda' God ta:es 'ou ho/e( whi3hever is first. 7ndthen /ore lessin5s are pro/ised. 7ll sorrow andall /ournin5 are 5oin5 to flee awa'* You donthave to e sad* You dont have to have /ournin5*In the /idst of all 'our prole/s there 3an etre/endous( tre/endous o'.

Ive often said to Charles( if I should die eforehe does( I want /' funeral to e a ti/e of 5reat o'.

I want it to e a ti/e of 5reat reoi3in5. I want hi/to 5ive the plan of salvation. I want hi/ to /inisterthe aptis/ with the %ol' +pirit and I want hi/ tola' hands upon the si3:( and I want the si3: to

elieve the're 5oin5 to e healed( even at /'funeral*

I want people sin5in5 at /' funeral with o'. Iwant the/ dan3in5 efore the Lord with o'. If&esus doesnt 3o/e a3: efore God de3ides to ta:e/e ho/e( then I/ 5oin5 to have one of the /oste3itin5( o'ful( +pirit

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