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The Lord's Plea: "Be a Missionary for Me!" CM/FM 3178 2/98
--Messages received by the young people in Japan
Dear Family,
1. I love you! This GN contains prophecies that were received by the young people in Japan at the end of February, when they were praying and asking for direction and counsel concerning the Lord's will in their lives and what He wanted them to do. Not only do these messages contain good, clear guidance from the Lord for the young people in Japan, but they can also be valuable counsel for all.
2. The Lord is trying to reach everyone with His call to the mission field--not just the young people in Japan--and He wants all who are not being used to their full potential to seek Him to find out where they can be most fruitful. I'm proud of the young people in Japan for getting desperate with the Lord and being open to receiving His direction and encouragement from Heaven--which, as a result, we can now publish for the benefit of all! Love, Mama
A Challenge to Change!
3. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }When you look out upon this needy world, doesn't your heart break for those who have not heard of Me? Don't you wish that all these too might be with you in that Heavenly Land? Don't you realize that one day these people you meet, who will not be with you in Heaven, will ask you, "Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you give me a chance to be with you in that beautiful Land?" Don't you realize that when they ask you this, you'll be ashamed, and there'll be nothing you can do to change the past?
4. Yes, I can change things, and I give each one a chance in the end. But with each thing you do in the hearts of these that you pass, you're preparing them for the last chance. Many will say, "Oh, if you'd only told me then what you knew, I could have lived a much happier, fulfilled life. I could've had a chance to tell others and reap some of the rewards that others have!"
5. I'm not saying this to condemn you or to discourage you. I'm not saying this to make you go through your life regretting what you haven't done. I'm saying this to convict you! I'm saying this to challenge you, and to help you to see that you're not where you should be, and that you must change now!--That tomorrow will be too late!
6. You, the oldest of My younger generation, must realize the responsibility that is on your shoulders. You must realize that each person that follows you will be affected by you and your sample. Perhaps those older than you who were before you have not been the best samples, and yes, I hold them accountable for the mistakes they made. But what is that to thee? Follow thou Me! (End of message from Jesus.)
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7. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of Heaven. That doesn't mean you won't be in Heaven, but you won't fit in so well with the others who have given their lives for Me, who have sacrificed their all. (End of message from Jesus.)
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"If You Do More for
Me
, I Can Do More for
You
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8. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }Oh, My children, I weep and I cry and I anguish for you! For there are certain laws that I adhere to, and one of these laws is, the less you do for Me, the less I can do for you. Here I have My hands full of blessings and My storehouses full of riches beyond your wildest dreams, and yet you do so little for Me that I can only mete them out so very, very slowly. My arms are heavy laden with blessings that I wish to pour upon you, and it breaks My heart to see that I can't give you these things because of your lack of giving to others and to Me!
9. I look down upon this needy world, and it again breaks My heart, and again I weep. I weep most bitterly for My lost and lonely children, because they're lost and scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd. I see the sheep in the fold of David who have been trained to be shepherds--who have the training, who have the potential, who have all that they need--yet they choose not to use it for Me. And it breaks My heart, for I see so many dying without your love, without your touch.
10. If you follow another spirit, you will surely not be blessed. If you let the spirit of disobedience deceive you and trick you into falling away from Me, this same spirit will destroy your usefulness and may even destroy you in other ways. Take heed. This is no game! (End of message from Jesus.)
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The Lord's Personal Forsake-All Testimony!--Will You Carry the Torch?
11. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:)} 'Don't you think I felt the same way as you when I was in the halls of Heaven and My Father asked Me to be a sample to you? I had to forsake My Heavenly life to go down to Earth to become a human being. And on this Earth I had to keep very strict rules.
12. Don't you think that was a sacrifice? It was, My children, it was. But it was worth it because I loved you and I wanted you to be happy. That was worth more to Me than any of My Own happiness, My Own joys, or My Own pleasures. And I went through all things such as you go through. I was tested in all things that you get tested with.
13. But you may say, "Well, You were the Son of God! Of course You could do these things! It was easy for You!" But you must realize that I was put in human flesh. I was given your desires. I was given your human nature. So, yes, I was tempted in all things. Yet because I knew what I must do, and I knew of My calling, and I knew of My Father's will, I did it without hesitation.
14. Forsaking all is a subject that is very dear to My heart, for I forsook the halls of Heaven to come down to you, to come to this Earth. This was My first test--to leave that which I loved, which was familiar, which was comfortable to Me, and to strike out into a world which was unfamiliar, unknown, uncomfortable, where I knew not exactly what lay ahead. But I did come down to you, and I experienced many forsake-alls in My life. You don't have all the words--they're not all written--but I could tell you of many, many times, day after day, when I had to forsake all to do My Father's work.
15. Finally I had to forsake My parents again, My brothers and sisters, My friends, the world that I knew which was familiar and comfortable to Me. I had to forsake all of that to strike out into the wilderness to hear My Father's Words, and to receive the new commission that He had for Me. But, thank God, I obeyed. Because if I hadn't, where would the world be today?
16. Thank the Lord for your fathers and mothers and loved ones who struck out and forsook all before you--who forsook their selfish desires, their passions, their personal and private goals in order to live together and to have all things common. In this they found great joy, great unity, and great strength. This was the foundation. This was the obedience that was required for them to be able to go into all the world.
17. These were the building blocks and principles that I laid out through your Father David for My Endtime Family, that they might be enabled and empowered to strike out and to go into all the world and to create the Family that you have today, to win the millions and millions of souls that have been won up until today.
18. I ask you, will you carry this torch, or will you drop it to the ground? Will you carry on these principles that I have laid out, and that I have proven time and again over these many years, that they are fruitful and do work?--The principles of forsaking all and living together, of sharing your possessions and having all things common, as I have said in My Word.
19. These things do work; they have produced the wonderful Family that you have today! But I ask you, are you continuing in these principles? If any man will do My will, he will know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of Myself. When I was on Earth, this was the Word that I spoke to those who challenged Me and wondered if what I said was the truth. I simply told them to try it! Those who obeyed, who forsook all and followed Me, found that it did work, and it will work today.
20. I am the Lord; I change not! My resources, My supply, My providence, My blessings and My benefits change not. All these are available to you today. For those who reach out the hand of faith, all these things are available in abundance to you today.
21. You know, there is a true story that I put in My Word, the story of the prodigal son. You remember that one, don't you? The prodigal son was sort of a spoiled rich kid who always had whatever he needed. He came from a fine family and he had it good. His parents loved him, and he and his brother were good friends. But he never really appreciated what he had. He thought to himself that he needed more excitement in his life. He said, "I want to get out and see the world and what it's like. I want to get around and be worldly-wise."
22. So before he left home, he asked his dad for his portion of the inheritance. Of course his dad was very sad that he had made this decision to forsake his position in the family, to leave his inheritance, and to go out on his own. But he knew his stubborn son and knew that this was the only way he would learn, because of his stubborn will and shallow attitude. So he gave his son his portion of the inheritance, and the son was on his way. He went out and squandered it all--wasted it on riotous living and just playing around at foolish games, doing nothing of real value or importance.
23. Well, when the hard times came--and they always come for backsliders--he was reduced to nothing, and he decided to go back to his family and beg for help. His dad, of course, loved him and was glad to have him back. He welcomed him home with open arms and a feast of thanksgiving! It was a happy reunion!
24. But what happened in the family after the prodigal son left is this: The dad gave the responsibility and honor to the brother that remained true to the cause. Sad to say, the poor prodigal son lost his birthright and rewards to his brother who remained. Of course he was still part of the family and was loved by all, but he didn't have the trust, the respect, the honor, or the responsibility that he could have had if he had not made the wrong decision to turn towards the world.
25. And did you know that the worldly son regretted his wrong decision the rest of his natural life? And even now, Here in the Heavenly Kingdom, he still regrets that he didn't stick it out and remain a dropped-out, forsake-all follower while he had the chance. How very, very sad, don't you think?
26. You know, you only have one life and it will soon be past, and only what's done for Me and by Me and through Me will last! Your own ways and your own works will not remain and carry over into the Heavenly Kingdom unless it is Me working in you. Do you get it? I believe you do! (End of message from Jesus.)
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His Blessings for Those Who Forsake All!
27. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }There's nothing I will not do for the children of David! There are gold mines of financial supply and gold mines of spiritual blessings that are there waiting for someone to reach out with the hand of faith and grasp them, to take hold of My promises, to avail themselves of My promises.
28. These things are available to you! Are you reaching for them? Are you striking out by faith to follow My Words? Or have you sunk down into a comfortable life, even a Systemite life, with Systemite standards? I challenge each of you to search your hearts, to see if your beliefs and your principles are in line with My Word, and I promise that I will not fail each one who commits himself to Me!
29. I challenge you to become My full-time disciples! Each of you must ask Me what it is that I require of you, for I do not require the same of all. But I do require the same dedication, the same commitment, the same love for Me and others, the same spirit of sacrifice. And once you've committed all this to Me, then ask Me what I require of you, and I will show you.
30. As you take that first step, I'll bring you through, and it will not be as difficult as the Enemy would have you believe it to be. I will help you to delight to do My will, to find a joy in doing My will. For as you do My will, I will bless you! I will pour down My blessings upon you, and you will find happiness. Through these sacrifices and through the forsaking of yourselves, you will be rewarded one hundredfold in this life, and in the life to come!
31. Don't let the Enemy come in and discourage you, hold you back, or hold you down! Make a conscious effort to fight him, to fight his voice that so many of you have given in to. When you let go of these things that are holding you down, you'll feel as if you have wings, and that you could fly higher than you've ever flown before! Don't be afraid and don't fear this, but reach out and take My hand, and I will carry you.
32. Lo, I am there! I am standing outside the boat, on the water. If you'll only step out of the boat, I'll help you to walk on the water. You won't sink, for I will hold you up. But it's difficult, and there are many who say, "We cannot walk on the water! We cannot live by faith! We cannot forsake all! What will we have to eat? What will we have to wear? Wherewithal will we pay our rent?" I say that My promises are true, and not one word will fail of all the good Words that I have spoken unto you.
33. You can't look to circumstances. You can't even look to other Family members and judge by their standards. Even some of the older generation have sunk down into a more System standard of living, depending on the arm of the flesh, so you can't even look to them.
34. You must look to Me afresh, and look to My Word. You must challenge My Word! You must strike out and stand upon it and see if it will work for you, and I promise you, it will work for you! As I say these words to you I'm smiling, because I know that many of you will accept this challenge and will find such great joy. You're so worried now, and you're so challenged, but I know what wonderful pleasures, joys and rewards await each of you who will merely step out. Take the first step and I will meet you!
35. I'll be there holding you, to fight with you, to help you, to sustain you. For I know your burdens. I know the worries that you have, and the cares that you have in your heart. I know you. I made you. I have brought you to this time to let go of these things, so that only Me and My Word and My Spirit will be in your life, and then I can finally use you.
36. When you look at it like this, doesn't it seem like a good trade to you--to trade in these petty things for Me and My Spirit and My freedom and My life and My love? Just take one small step at a time--this is how it's all done. I don't expect you to change drastically overnight, but I do expect you to take that small step in My direction.
37. I sure do love you, and I have very high hopes and great plans for each of you! If you only knew what joys and rewards are awaiting those of you who serve Me in spirit and in truth, who remain faithful and dropped out of the Devil's worldly princedom and free from his pollution! If you only knew, you would not be so easily led astray. I can't tell you everything now, for the just shall live by faith. But I've told you enough in My written Word already. All you have to do is believe what I've already spoken, and act on it.
38. So go, for there isn't a whole lot of time left for you to do the job I've called you to do! It's a big job and a lot of work, but there's an exceeding great reward awaiting those who finish the course and stay close to Me. I will never leave you nor forsake you--ever! That's a promise. I love you! (End of message from Jesus.)
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Are You Called to This Field?--If Not, Launch Out to Another!
39. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }The just shall live by faith, but if any man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him. I want you to take a look at yourselves, at your lives right now. How are you living? Are you following My voice and My Word every day? Are you fulfilled in preaching the Gospel to this field? Or are you getting bogged down with the cares of materialism and worldliness that are so prevalent here? Are you living by faith? If you're not living by faith in this field, then why should you stay and be missionaries here? There are so many other fields that you can launch out to where you can live the vision that I have given you!
40. Some have been fulfilled in serving Me in this field by serving the Japanese people; this is their calling and I have given them gifts to reach the Japanese. Yet so many others have picked up the cares of this field and put them on their shoulders, and it has bogged down their service to Me. It has dampened the message that I have to give to the Japanese to the point where you are confused, you doubt, and you disbelieve the Words that I've been telling you--that you can live by faith and be happy, and that if you serve Me you'll be happy and fulfilled. It's because this is not the field for you; this is not the field that I have called you to.
41. But I have called you! I've called each of you to be My missionaries, and I have a very big job that only you can fulfill. But if you're in the wrong place, the field which is not My will for you to be in, how can you fulfill this job?
42. Just because you might be tired of this field doesn't mean you're washed up and that I can't use you and that you don't have the gifts and talents that it takes to be My missionary. What you need to do is launch out by faith into fertile new fields! Step out on the water! Only by doing this and getting desperate and asking Me what My will is, will you find true happiness. Otherwise this field will drag you down and you'll sink into the depths of despair, hopelessness, lack of vision, discouragement and confusion. If you don't feel that you're called to this field, if you don't see fruit being borne here, then how can the Word that I speak bear fruit in your lives?
43. Well, the answer is simple; it's not a hard or difficult thing. It just takes your getting desperate with Me, listening to My voice, and first of all, number one, being willing and yielded to do whatever it is that I have for you. If you'll do this, then I can mightily bless you and you'll see all that I have promised you in My Word come to pass.
44. Some of you have launched out a little here and a little there. You've tested the waters a little bit, but many of you have come running back very quickly to the comfort and ease of your home field instead of diving in and delving into the mission field. You were worried that if you gave it your all, that you'd never come home to this field. You were scared and you came back, because it's a big deal to become one with another nation and with another people. If you go just as tourists, and this is what your objective is, then this is what will happen to you--you'll try a little bit, but then you'll come running back. But I want you to go and stick to where I've called you, and to what I've shown you to do, and to become one with the people in the country I've called you to go to.
45. You've tasted the waters a little bit and many of you have said, "It's good, it's good!" But why do you fret and why do you fear in not taking the step and sawing off the limb by faith and letting Me catch you? Have more faith! Why do you doubt? What does your faith lie in? True pioneers burn their bridges, they burn their past, and they burn the things that will pull them back. Because if you don't burn these, they'll pull you back into despair and your old self and your old life.
46. I'm looking for true pioneers that have the guts to be the missionaries I have called them to be, for the field here is glutted with people! I have many missionaries here, but so few of them are doing the job that I've given them to do, and this saddens Me greatly. There's so much potential in each of you, but so few of you are willing to hear My call to go and reach My sheep--the people that cry out for Me, the hungry--and instead you tend to yourselves. How can this be? This is not what I've planned. This is not what I've chosen you for. This is not what I've called you for. How can you seek to fulfill your own desires and not desire to fulfill My will? This breaks My heart and saddens Me greatly.
47. Unless you forsake your Egypt, many of you will not remain in My Family and you will see many of your brothers and sisters leave their plow in search of other things, for selfish desires to make them happy. I'm looking for bellwethers who will raise the standard, who will pull others with them, who will reach out to their brothers and sisters and show them how to find true fulfillment in doing what I've said and written in My Word by going forth into all the world and preaching the Gospel.
48. Your parents did it. They were persecuted for it. They hungered for it, and they tried to pass this on to you. But unless you make the decision in your own heart, you will just be fat, glutted little babies that get nowhere in life and do nothing to accomplish My will, who always ask and take and take, but don't give.
49. I'm not saying this to all of you. I would that all of you would give more, but I have definitely called some to serve those of this land, and you know who you are. But the others of you know who you are too, and this message is for you. (End of message from Jesus.)
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Break Out of Your Dull Routine and Go into All the World!
50. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel, that bring good tidings unto the poor! The world, brother, let's take the world! You and I together, let's take this world! Don't you realize that you could have any part of the world that you desire? For this world is Mine, and you are My children, therefore I give it to you! Have I not said that any place that you put your feet shall be yours? Don't be so nearsighted and only see what's around you. Open your eyes in the spirit! Look out into the world and realize that you could go to any place that you desire, any place of your choosing, and be My missionary to that place and reach those particular people in that place.
51. Why do you hesitate? Why do you confine yourselves to such a routine, to such a mere day-to-day life, when you could have the exciting, thrilling experience of winning souls to Me, of winning disciples for My Family, and winning new people for My Kingdom? Have I not said that I would give you the uttermost parts of the world for your possession? Do you doubt this? Do you doubt that I can provide everything that you need if you only obey My will and do what I ask of you? Do you realize that you could spin a globe and put your finger down anywhere and go to that particular place in the world and be My missionary there?
52. Do you realize that you are the only people in the whole world who can do this? There are other young Christians, other young people who do go forth to be My missionaries, but they don't have as many of their own choices. They go where their church sends them, or they go where they have a church that can help to house them. They confine themselves to certain areas of the world. But you, My children of David, My special, called-out ones, My peculiar people, you can do anything that you want to! Because you have faith in Me and live by the principles of My laws, I can bless you and provide for you.
53. Do you realize that instead of living a day-to-day, routine, boring, selfish life in this cold country that is so difficult to reach and that you have no vision for at present, you could be on a warm tropical island reaching the locals there who have heard little or nothing of Me? You must realize the wealth that you have, the potential that you have to feed and train others! Even in these countries that say they are Christian countries, the people know so little compared with all that I have shown you.
54. You could give so much! You could pour out so much! Why do you hold back? Your lives could be exciting, flowing, moving, dripping and oozing with My love, My excitement and My fire! Your children could be growing up learning to witness, learning to feed others, learning to give out, and knowing the exciting, thrilling experiences you did when you were children.
55. Don't use your children as an excuse to hold you back. Look at your parents: They did it with six or more children, and didn't I provide for them? Didn't I care for them? Didn't I protect them? Didn't I lead and guide them? And are not those children you, My leaders of today? Don't you want the best for your kids? Don't you want them to see what it is to serve Me and to live for Me? Then I say to you, hold them not back! Hold not yourselves back.
56. Now is the time to go--now when you're young and when you have the energy and the fire, when you have so much stored up in you and so much training! There are so many waiting for what you have to give! There are so many who believe that young people these days have nowhere to go, nothing to do but to live for themselves. I beg you to go and show them something different, something real, something genuine. Show them that living for Me, loving Me, and raising your children in a Godly way is the answer and is what gives you happiness.
57. You, My older young people, have no excuse! Your younger brothers and sisters have various excuses: They're young, they don't know how to raise funds, they find it difficult to find a Home to accept them, they don't speak the language. But you have no excuse! You have no trouble raising funds. You don't even have to go to a Home--you can start your own Home! You can learn languages; you've studied them before. Or you can speak English and go to the English-speaking nations. You have no excuse for not following Me and doing My will!
58. I've given this message to My younger ones too, and they use you as excuses for why they cannot go themselves. They say to themselves, "Well, if my older brothers and sisters can't make it, how could I ever make it?" Please don't be another excuse for them. Be an example for them, so that they'll say, "Well, I don't know if I have all that it takes, but my older brothers and sisters did it. They've tried it and they're happy and they're excited, so maybe I should try it too! If they can do it, maybe I can too!"
59. But don't only do it for them--do it for yourselves! You need this. You want this. Deep down inside I know you want this and you desire it. It won't be easy for some of you to break the chains that are binding you here in this field, but those who are willing, those who are open to My will, those who go to these fields that need to be harvested will find great happiness, fulfillment and joy!
60. For yet a little time, yet a little more time of waiting, of wasting the days away, and the chance will be gone. Do it now! Do it today while you still can, while you're still young, while you still have energy, while your children are still able to travel with you. Do it now while you're still healthy, while borders are still open, while there are people in the world who are still in tune with Me who can give you free travel, who can give you donations, who can support you. For the time is coming and is yet very soon when these things will get more difficult.
61. You must work the works of I that send you while it is day, for the night comes when no man can work. And will you then turn around and say, "If I only had! If I only had grabbed that chance when I could have! If only I had done my best for the Lord when I could have!" Don't do that. Don't make the mistake of someday looking back and regretting. Please be My hands to comfort every cold and lonely person. Be My feet for those who don't have the strength to stand. Be My eyes, My ears, and My mouth to those that are lost and dying in this world. Please do this.
62. More and more of My children are failing to do this, and more and more people are dying without hearing of My love, without really knowing and seeing it in a physical way. The harvest is plenteous but the laborers are very, very few. Please be another laborer in this great harvest! Please don't let this call go unheeded once again! Now I have said it, and now it's up to you. It's your choice. Those that follow Me and heed My call, I will bless beyond measure. (End of message from Jesus.)
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Break Away from the Old!--Break Out of that Mold!
63. {\b \i (Dad speaking:)} You know me, folks--I've always wanted changes! I've always wanted to see changes in the Family. I've had a major change myself--I moved from your world to this world, my new world! Changes go on Here all the time. So even though I'm gone from there, I've still been speaking to you and encouraging changes! I've been speaking to Mama and to Peter and to many of my children about the need for more change--about the need for more missionaries to go out into all the world and give the Words that the Lord has for the needy.
64. Do you hear them calling? Have you ever seen them suffer? Have you ever known the need? Have you ever felt the urge? Have you ever felt that bliss of leading a soul to Jesus, the joy immeasurable? Oh, it delights my heart! It's the greatest thrill to take somebody by the hand and lead them to the Savior. Folks, with outstretched arms I beg of you, I plead, and I pray that you feel that need, and that you will fill that need!
65. There's a great hole in the great land of India! The laborers are few and they work so hard, and they're so tired, but they continue. I've been working with them too. I've been trying to encourage them that more laborers will be coming, and I'm here now to encourage you to heed the call!
66. It's exciting out there--more exciting than you think! It's a challenge--more of a challenge than you will ever know, unless you try it. Take that step of faith, and when you do, you'll think to yourself, "Why didn't I ever do this sooner? I should have done this years ago!" But it's never too late! Leap with me now in excitement! Throw your hands into the air and praise the Lord, knowing that all it takes is a willing heart, and He will do the rest. I'll help you too. I'll speak to you as you go, and I'll continue to encourage you when you're there. I've heard their cries and seen their tears, and the Lord knows that the need is so great.
67. Moving from this country to another can be just the medicine you need for any sicknesses you have. It can be the salve for the wounds that you're suffering from, the balm to soothe you and relieve you. Once you get on that boat to freedom--the freedom to witness freely to those who want it and need and call out for it--you will hear my Words and the Lord's Words!
68. Call upon your spirit helpers, folks! They're standing in line waiting. They wish to help you, to be your personal bodyguards, spirit guards, helpers in many ways. And you can do it! Don't think that you can't or that you're inadequate. In a way that's good, but if you think your inadequacies make you unuseful, this is not true. This is a lie the Enemy uses all the time.
69. If you flap those wings, the Lord will see to it that they will raise you from the ground and you'll learn to fly higher and higher. I know you can do it! I know you have the energy, you have the training, all the words that you've stored up in your heart, the words of wisdom and love and understanding. It's all in there, waiting to erupt like a volcano!
70. I've said before that missionary work begins at home. But if you're not doing much here because you feel there isn't much to be done, yet you have the burden, then take that missionary's heart to India--and there are other fields that are waiting, that need your help.
71. Take up the torch! This is the true Olympics--not the Olympics of the flesh, of man displaying his prowess, but the Olympics of the spirit! Therefore go with that flaming torch that will light the way, that will light up your path, and you will see it clearly. I understand your hesitations; I've had those hesitations myself. I've felt those pangs, those difficulties, those burdens. But if you go with Jesus, nothing can hinder you! Nothing can get in the way!
72. Break away, folks! Break away! That's my message for you. Break away from the old. Break out of that mold that you've found yourself in. Do something different! That's what the Lord wants. Do something radical! Be a revolutionary! You'll love it! I loved it and I still love it. I'm a revolutionary and a radical--I always have been and I always will be, eternally! That joy and that love for the Lord that still wells up in my heart keeps me revolutionary and moving and changing.
73. The days are numbered, so go forth as an army--charging, forging ahead to reach that goal, to do all you can for others, and save their souls! Will you take up this challenge? Will you reach out and claim your spirit helper? They're my neighbors, they live close by. I visit them all the time and we've had a lot of communication lately. Their desire is to help you, and they're on fire! They have so much in store for you.
74. Be the men and women that God wants you to be, and that I wish for you to be! Fly with those wings outstretched--gliding, pioneering! You won't be alone, because we'll all be there with you. The Family will be there and the needs will be met, both for the lost and for yourselves. Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature! That's my plea to you today! Go, go, go, my children, my dear ones! (End of message from Dad.)
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Pump It Up and Be Motivated!--Sing the Songs of the Spirit!
75. {\b \i (Dad speaking:) }Well, now that I've got your attention, I'd like to sing you a couple of songs:
You say you love my Jesus,
But do you really know Him?
He's a shepherd weeping bitterly,
Still weeping for His children.
Is the servant above his master?
Is my Jesus real in you?
He was a man of sorrows,
Why aren't you weeping too?
For when He saw the multitudes,
He was moved with compassion upon them,
For they fainted and were scattered abroad
As sheep having no shepherd.
Do you seek His face, redeemed by grace,
Secluded in your blessings?
While we seek our own, lost children roam,
And Jesus goes on weeping.
Let me live just one more day
In service to the King.
My pride I lay before His feet,
A broken heart I bring.
But happy, unbelieving He could use a one like I,
A slave of love to share His shame,
To suffer and to die.
76. Thank God for these good songs! I want to ask you kids, what kinds of songs are you singing today? Are you singing the songs of the Spirit or the siren songs of the System? What you sing, what you think, what's on your mind, is what's gonna rule your heart and control your passions and motivate you. So I'd like to ask you what kind of songs are echoing around in the halls of your mind and your brain today.
77. Oh, I used to love to sit around and sing those songs that would convict my heart. Sure, it's great to sing a fun song now and then. I'm sorry if some of these old songs don't move you. If you don't like the music, I can understand that. If you don't like'm, write some new ones! But write some songs with meaning! Sing some songs with meaning. Folks, you've gotta keep yourselves motivated!
78. When you sing those siren songs of the System and have the words of those people out there who are wandering aimlessly echoing around in your mind, what do you expect to happen in your life? We used to sit around and weep and be moved and convicted. It's not easy to be convicted; it pricks your heart and sometimes you even feel bad about yourself. But, oh, it feels so good to pour out your heart for others and cry for somebody else besides yourself! It's such a good feeling to pour out your heart before the Lord. It's such a wonderful feeling to pour out your heart to some lost soul.
79. I talked about the bliss that you feel when a soul gets saved--just imagine having that feeling all day! Soul after soul, one life after another changed. People who love you, want you, need you--not people who look down on you or put you down. Imagine that continual bliss--besides the fact that you know that you're pleasing the Lord while you're doing it.
80. I'll tell you, witnessing is where it's at! That's what kept my kids turned on! We need a little brain-washing! We need a little heart-washing! We need some indoctrination! You need to sing the songs of the Spirit! "Singing unto yourselves in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs."
81. I'll say it again, if you don't like the songs that you hear now, then write some new ones! But you've gotta sing the songs of the Spirit! You've gotta keep yourself inspired! Yes, you have to pump yourself up. It's not gonna come naturally. It's not gonna come by just sitting around and hoping you're gonna get inspired--you've gotta fight for the inspiration!
82. So let's have some songs of the Spirit! Let's keep ourselves convicted! Let's keep ourselves on fire! Lift up your brother, children, lift up your brother! Let's pull each other along--not drag each other down.
83. I love music so much, I had to have a song on my heart all the time. And when I chose songs to sing, I thought about why I was singing them. Music is powerful, so let's use it! Use those songs to keep yourself inspired and uplifted and looking upwards and wanting to fight. Sing the songs that make you want to love your brother. Sing the songs that make you wanna reach out and break out of the bounds! Sing the songs that are gonna make you wanna march to the cross and be a witness and a testimony!
84. Let's break out of these doldrums, folks! Let's keep ourselves happy and pure--pure in heart--for unto the pure belongs the Kingdom of God! You've gotta decide what you want and go for it! You can't just sit around and be lazy and fatalistic and expect something to happen, folks. You've gotta fight for it! You've gotta fight for inspiration, fight for the spirit!
85. And I wanna tell you too, you're never gonna get to the field by just sitting around waiting for it to happen. You've gotta determine what God wants you to do, and then start working for it! (End of message from Dad.)
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You've Tried the World--Now Try Jesus!
86. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }My little ones, to make the big, major decision as to whether you should stay here in Japan or go to the mission field, consider your ways. Consider your life. Just put it on the table right in front of you and take a good look at it. Examine it from all angles. Examine the joys, the happiness, the fulfillment that you're getting out of your life here. The excitement, the thrill, all these things that you're dreaming of, all these things that you're striving for--are they there? Are you reaching the goals of happiness that you've set before yourself? Is the satisfaction that you're getting from your present way of life up to par with your dreams?
87. If it's not, then try anew! Try My ways! Try My Word which tells you to go into all the world and preach My Gospel to every creature! Try it! Living here you have a taste of riches and comfort. You can reach out and make some money. You can have a taste of how it is to live like those in the System, to have your own things, to have your own money, to go out just like them, to listen to the music that they listen to, to partake of the pleasures they enjoy. You have that opportunity here which you might not have on a mission field such as India. But consider your experience. Has it made you happy? Has it made you fulfilled? Have you found the love and the excitement that you want?
88. I say unto you, I have much more for you than what you have here, than what you're investing your lives in. It will cost! It will cost more maybe, more of yourself. But try it! Just try it and see what the rewards will be. See what new joys, thrills and satisfaction you'll find! And then again compare and see what you want.
89. You've wanted to try the world, and I've let you try it. Now I'm asking you to try Me! Try My work, My job, and then make your decision. Give Me a chance to show you what I can do with your life. For if you take your life into your own hands, I don't have much room to work. I don't have much room to move in you. I don't have much room to grow you up into the spiritual stature that you ultimately desire. But if you give your life to Me, if you put yourself out on a limb, if you go and obey, then you give Me room to work. You give Me room to work exciting miracles of faith that you haven't yet known.
90. I'm calling you! I'm calling you to follow Me. I'm calling you to commit yourselves to Me, to give Me a chance, to let Me work in your life and in your heart. (End of message from Jesus.)
91. {\b \i (Vision:) }Just before I got this prophecy, I got a vision of Tokyo or a big Japanese city. It was full of light and noisy excitement, and with the eyes of the flesh that's how we see it. But in the Lord's eyes it was full of darkness and unpleasant noise. The way He was looking at it was totally the opposite of the way we see it with our eyes of the flesh.
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"This Planet Aches for God!--Will You Go and Give Them My Truth?"
92. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:)} 'How can anyone know [EDITED: "of Me"] unless someone is sent? Pray, number one, first and foremost, with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your spirit. Pray as I prayed on Earth. Pray as I pray now. I spend entire days and nights in prayer to My Father, praying and pleading for those in the world, praying and pleading for their salvation, for them to be alleviated from their pain. Pray! Prayer is a union of your spirit and Mine. It is an utter union. It is silence, but it is fortitude. It is quiet, yet in its silence it is all-encompassing. The fruit of such silence is service. The fruit of our union is service.
93. As you love Me and worship Me, give your heart and soul and mind to Me. I will give you the power and the counsel and the guidance to know whether you should stay, whether you should go, and where you should go. I will raise up the funds, the sponsors, the people to help you out. But know that you'll be tested, for you need to be tested. As you step forward in the direction that I tell you to go, I will test you, for these tests will strengthen your faith. You'll have the assurance that I am with you regardless of how you feel and regardless of the circumstances.
94. My apostles, My followers, were in My presence. They lived with Me. They saw My obedience. They prayed with Me. They failed and got back up. They were instructed to tarry, so they tarried, and they were endued with power from on high. In obedience, they went out singly, not knowing whither they went. They forsook their friendships, their brotherhood, their personal support. They walked, they traveled by ship and by any means necessary, and as they went, their very lives were a testimony of Me. They went to the cross. They went through martyrdom. They were soldiers who received a shining crown of life. They went and they gave their life. They lived Me and breathed Me.
95. Die daily, My children! If you're unchallenged, then let go of the shore. If you wish to be My missionaries, be prepared to encounter hardships, to be able to endure temptation, to create a life of prayer, and also to receive many sheaves, so that when you enter My Kingdom there will be many to greet you as a result of your fruitful life!
96. But live unto yourself and your life will not bear as much fruit. Live unto yourself and you will be as the fig tree that had no fruit when I encountered it, and it bore fruit no more. Be a tree that gives fruit to satiate the hunger and the thirst of the people around you.
97. This planet aches for God! It aches for My Spirit and My truth! It aches for you to be My hands and My feet. So few are willing to truly live My life. How can you possibly say there is no need for you today? How can you not hear the cries of those around you, and the cries of those in other countries who need you? How could you possibly say that in today's world, with so much media, where all you need to do is pick up the newspaper to know what's going on in another part of the world? How My Spirit aches and hungers to satiate their thirst!
98. Be a dignified missionary, an honorable missionary--one sent with a message. Live Me, breathe Me, clothe yourself with Me. But your preaching and your teaching may not be with any other props save My Holy Spirit in you, in sincerity and in truth. When you say, "I am a Christian," put all your conviction and sincerity there to back it up. It comes in no other way but in starting.
99. And I give a second proposal to you who will make a commitment during this time. You will commit yourselves to grand things, but listen to Me and know that you must pick up your cross daily in small matters. You must make a commitment to the small matters, to My whispers, to My Word, to accepting suffering in your life, to accepting discomfort in your life, to accepting sacrifice in your life, to accepting the death of self in your life. Heroes are made through hardship.
100. Be a missionary for Me, and I will bless you beyond your dreams! But know this, that the blessing will not come without you forsaking all in your mind, in your heart, and in your spirit. Then you will truly have My Spirit and My power, My joy to overcome, My peace that passes all understanding! The sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, will be wielded in your hands according to My Spirit because of your obedience and your forsaking. Realize that comfort is an enemy of your soul.
101. Seek and ye shall find. Create a hunger in your heart and you will be satisfied. Be the saints of God for today--that when you touch, they'll be touching Me, and when you love, they'll be loving Me. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (End of message from Jesus.)
Prophecies Received at YA/SGA Farewell Meeting in Japan
102. (Mama: Of the young people who received prophecies in this meeting, about one-third had never received a prophecy before, and these prophecies were the first ones that most of the young people had ever received in public. God bless them! There were quite a few more prophecies given than we are able to publish here. I'm so proud of you who humbled yourself to step out and receive all the wonderful messages from our precious Husband.)
"Let Me Pull You Up!"
103. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }It's because I love you that I'm trying to pull you up to a higher rock. Don't look at the size of the rock, or the hardness or the roughness or the sharpness of it, but realize that if you don't get up on that rock, you're going to be washed away. It's a place of safety and of refuge. It might look like it's hard to get on the rock, but it's not. I'm reaching out My hand now to pull you up. So please, put your hand in Mine and let Me pull you up. Don't think that you're unworthy or that you can't make it, because you can! Just let Me pull you up! If you have even a small cry in your heart to want to let Me do it for you, then I can and I will. (End of message from Jesus.)
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"I'm Backing You Up!"
104. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:)} 'I want you to know that wherever you go from here on out, I'm always backing you up, and that's all you really need. I just want you to go by the leading of My Spirit. Don't worry too much about the rest, because whatever My will is, I always make a way. All you have to do is just have the faith and step out and commit yourself to do it, and I'll do the rest. Don't look at it in the eyes of the flesh. Because as soon as I see that you're really committed and you really want to do what I want you to, it makes Me very happy, and I'm going to help you and do whatever it takes to get you wherever you want to go and need to go! (End of message from Jesus.)
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Jesus Will Help You Become One!
105. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:)} 'It's a sacrifice to be a missionary. It's a sacrifice to learn the language and give of yourself and to go out every day to win souls. But it will be worth it! Don't look at it at all in the eyes of the flesh, but look unto Me. Have faith and trust in Me. Those of you who are going to go to other fields, you'll have to sacrifice your free time to study and learn the language and the culture, to become one. Just have faith, trust in Me, and I'll give you spirit helpers. I'll give you My Spirit to learn to become a missionary for Me. (End of message from Jesus.)
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Say Not Ye There Is This Much to Do and This Much to Get Before You Can Go!
106. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:)} You know that verse, "Say not ye there are yet four months and then cometh harvest"? Well, I want to paraphrase that verse: "Say not ye, there is this much to do, there is this much to get, there is this much to gain before I can go and do the harvesting."
107. I know that a lot of you want to do what's right. You want to do what you know I'm calling you to do, and for a lot of you that means going to some field that maybe you haven't thought of as a great thing to do in your life, or an exciting place to be. But you know that My Spirit is tugging on your heart, and you should be going because of that. Just like a harvester knows that his wheat is out there ripe and ready to harvest, and if he doesn't get out there it's going to rot, and he's going to miss the blessing of being able to sell it and to receive the abundant blessings that harvesting the field will bring him.
108. I know that some of you are in that same kind of position where you really want to go, you really want to do it, but at the same time there are a few things that are holding you back. You feel that you first need to get a computer or a CD Walkman or a camera or this or that, and you need to raise funds for all of this stuff. And when you feel you are a fully geared Survival Sam, then you can take off for some field.
109. I also know that in a lot of your hearts right now, your prayer is that you want to be serving Me. You want to be doing what I want you to do. Your prayer to Me is, "Lord, I want to serve You, but I want to be happy serving You." Well, I know this, and I agree, and I want you to be happy and I wish you would understand that that's the one thing that I want to give you!
110. Do you want to know what I really want to give you, and what I will give you if you go out there? I'll give you My joy! The joy of the Lord is your strength. You go out there and you will receive that joy of the Lord that I know each and every one of you have experienced from a salvation of someone that you've seen before your very eyes--the joy of the Lord that you've experienced at least once or twice, or for many of you, many more times than that; the joy of the Lord that you've heard about; the joy of the Lord that you've read about; the joy of the Lord that's in My promises over and over and time and time again!
111. I've told you that if you'll do this, then this and this will happen. Well, that's the kind of joy of the Lord that I really want to give you! That's what I'll give you if you do what I tell you to do, even if it means having to trust Me about these other things that you think you need to get first, or you think you need to be prepared to do first. If you'll just listen and yield to that tug of the Spirit on your heart, I'll give you that joy of the Lord. You'll find out that you're actually happy without a lot of those things. You'll find out that you're quite happy just doing My service. You'll find out you're quite happy without that Walkman or without whatever the thing is that's on your mind to get!
112. Just go, and you'll find out that I can make you as happy, if not much more happy! I'll just use that as an example. You know how happy you'd be if you got that Walkman; you know how happy you'd be if you got this or that--or at least you know how happy you think you'd be. But I'm telling you, I'll make you at least that happy! So just step out by faith.
113. And remember, say not ye there are yet four months, or four hundred thousand yen, or forty thousand yen that you still need to raise or whatever! Make your requests known unto man and unto God, and I will supply. And then as soon as you can go--just get out there! Just go! Or in some of your cases just come, or just stay, whatever the case may be for you. (End of message from Jesus.)
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"Give Me Your Life and I'll Make It Count!"
114. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:)} 'Just give it your all, day by day, step by step, in all the little ways, and in the big ways too. I know you're afraid to step out, but if you'll give Me your heart, I'm not going to crush it--I'm going to take care of it! I'm going to nurture it and I'm going to make sure you're happy and fulfilled. I will give you the desires of your heart if you will give your heart to Me.
115. That's what you all want, isn't it? You want to be happy! You want to be fulfilled! You want to be able to pour out your hearts and your lives. You want to be able to make your lives count. Well, give your life to Me and I'll make it count! Together we can make a difference! Together we will win this world with love! You can't do it without Me, though--you have to remember that--because I am the light of the world. You all need to take My light and all be little candles, and go around the world and light it up with My love!
116. Behold, I send you out as sheep amongst wolves; be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Take no thought for the morrow. Say not to yourselves, "What shall we eat? What shall we drink? Wherewithal shall we be clothed?" Just have faith that I, in My perfect will, will take care of it all, as well as every last one of your needs.
117. You'll be so happy, these things won't even matter to you anymore! You'll think that you're making a sacrifice and that you're giving up so much, but in reality it will be as David Livingstone said, "I have never made a sacrifice!" Try Me and you'll see. You'll understand. You'll know what he meant when he said, "I have never made a sacrifice." Your life and all your measly little hang-ups, all the things that mean so much to you--just give them all to Me, and I'll give you back so much more that you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner!
118. Give your life to Me, and I'll give it back to you--full of love, full of freedom in the spirit, full of joy, full of satisfaction, full of all the things that you've always wanted. You'll be truly satisfied. You'll know what it's like to have a full heart--full of My love. You won't be lonely. You won't experience the things of the Enemy that are dragging you down as much, because on the field you'll be forced to listen to Me more closely. You'll need to hear from Me step by step, day by day, in order to be able to constantly do your jobs of freeing My sheep from the Enemy's territory.
119. So go, My children! Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature, and then shall the End come! Then I will say unto you, "Well done, thou good and faithful servants, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!" (End of message from Jesus.)
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Just Obey!--That's How You Get the Blessings of God!
120. {\b \i (Dad speaking:)} Kids, from up Here I can see what you're thinking, and I just want to tell you--don't lean to your own understanding, don't get into carnal reasoning. I know you're thinking, "I've been learning the language. I'm a national. This is my country. Japan needs to be reached too, so why are You asking me to go somewhere else?" I can see that you don't fully understand.
121. Remember the times in years past when I told your parents when they were younger to go here or to go there? I told the Latins to go East. I told the folks in the U.S. to leave and go to foreign countries. Many times I told the Family which direction to go, and they didn't always understand why. But they did learn that the Lord blessed them when they followed those leadings! They learned lots of lessons and they were used in those countries. And some of them went back later to the countries of their birth and they've continued serving the Lord in those countries and bearing lots of fruit.
122. So don't think you always have to understand why, but just obey, because that's how you get the blessings of God! That's where the power and the Spirit of God are, in obedience. If you step out by faith, not even understanding, the Lord will meet you and it will be an exciting adventure! So don't lean to your own understanding, don't sit around trying to analyze it and reason it out. Just go, and you'll experience a freedom that you haven't known before. So don't be afraid to try it! (End of message from Dad.)
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123. {\b \i (Dad speaking:) }Going to the mission field isn't going to be that easy, and there are going to be lots of reasons for you not to go. But if you just take that step of faith and go, then God will bless it and it will be worth all the sacrifice! (End of message from Dad.)
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The Lord Wants You to Have Fun, Excitement and Pleasure!
124. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:)} 'Blessed and faithful is He that has called you, Who also will do it! There are many of you who think that I would have you yield to My will only so that I might take you to a place of pain and sacrifice and leave you there--either to punish you for not loving Me enough, or for the thoughts and intents of your heart. You think that saying yes to Me means saying no forever after to fun and excitement or pleasure. But I think none of these absurd things!
125. I think not to hurt and break, but to heal and rebuild that which has been weakened. I will take your commitments in My hands and smile at your courage, for I know your humanity. If you go somewhere to serve Me, I'll surprise you with great excitement and fun you've never known before!
126. For those of you who feel that you know everyone in this field, and are lonely, you will find someone! Now you may say, "I'm not lonely," but guess Who can't be fooled? I know there are some of you who think about leaving the Family because you'd rather leave and find someone than face the prospect of moving to a whole new field. I won't hurt any of you or let you fall when you step out on a limb and saw it off.
127. You're My babies and I want to make you happy, not punish you! There is a way that seems right to you, but if you keep on going that way, you'll soon find it is the way of death.
128. For those of you who are scared, but do take the first step and make a major change either here or elsewhere, there awaits a tangible reward--a happiness that passes understanding, and a closeness to Me that can never be achieved when you're stuck on yourself and your fears. The future holds an explosion of disciples and a mountain of faith for things that are to come! (End of message from Jesus.)
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"Seek Me Diligently and Follow Faithfully Day by Day!"
129. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }The fruits of My Spirit are ripe and ready to be plucked--you just have to have the faith to reach out your hand and receive them. I have many things to give to you. You are My little children who desire to know more and to seek My will and to follow after My bidding, but you must hearken unto Me. You must inquire diligently and be seeking My face continually for My will in your life, for there is so much that I would tell you--so much direction, leading, counseling, and guidance. But it's up to you to have the faith--to reach out and have appropriating faith.
130. I will not lead you into a trap or into pitfalls. I desire your happiness most of all, for I love you! Just as you would desire only those things which are good for your child, so do I also have love toward you and will give you the fruits of My Spirit. I will give you many blessings which you in turn can give to others, to help others.
131. You must follow the little dog line. Follow faithfully, diligently, day by day. The end of the road may seem far away, and it may seem that there are many obstacles and pitfalls along the way, but if you take My hand and follow closely, I will lead and guide you each step of the way, and I won't allow you to be swallowed up by the attacks of the Enemy or to stumble and fall. And when you do happen to trip, I will always be there to catch you. I'll be right by your side as a loving father, ready and willing to give advice and counsel, for it is not My will that any of these should perish.
132. Seek Me diligently day by day, and I will lead and guide you. And even if I have given you counsel and wisdom in certain matters before, don't lean on the arm of your flesh and think that you will be able to carry on by doing what I said long ago. For each day is new in My sight, just as your sins are remembered no more, and I desire to give you new wisdom and guidance for the future. But you must be seeking My face, seeking first the Kingdom of God and My righteousness, and all these other things will be added unto you. (End of message from Jesus.)
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Tons of Spirit Helpers Are Waiting to Help You!
133. {\b \i (Dad speaking:) }Okay, kids, you've all said here that you want to have a clean heart, and you've asked the Lord to give it to you. You all want to have a change. You've all made a commitment. Your hearts are all clean. But you're gonna go back home now--back to the old things the way they were. You've got stacks of System music in your rooms, posters all over your walls, and a lot of you have System jobs and System friends. Things might be the same. But what are you going to do about it? You've got to go back and think about that, okay? Don't just think, "Oh, this is wonderful," because there are going to be a lot of little temptations.
134. It's going to be hard. It's going to be difficult. It's not going to be easy, but I want you to remember that we're all here to help you! If you could just see in the spirit, I mean, we're all over the place! There are tons of us just hanging around, just waiting to help you, and we want to help you. I know you guys can't do it on your own; it's too hard. I was there before and I know just what it's like--there are things pulling on you all the time.
135. It's tough! I know the feeling! I mean, it's tough being human. You guys just have to stay close to the Lord. Don't try to do it by yourself because, forget it, it's not going to work. Just remember that there's someone always there in your corner; we're always going to be around you. We're your spirit helpers, and we're here to help you!
136. Every day when you get up, just think, "Okay, what am I going to do today? How much can I sacrifice for the Lord? How much am I willing to give up?" Remember that you're just diamonds of dust. How much the Lord can use you and how much you're going to shine depends on you. It depends on how much you're willing to stay in the light. Because that's all you really are, just diamonds of dust. And that's what we all are, even up Here. We still have to be yielded every day.
137. When you go home from this meeting, just take it easy and don't expect to suddenly be perfect, because it's not gonna be like that. Just keep holding on. Keep fighting. Some days you're going to slip, and you're going to make some real boners. It's going to be awful sometimes. You're going to think, "What did I learn from all this?" But just keep fighting every day! Some days will be good, some days will be bad. Just keep holding on! And remember, we're here to help you. So whenever you need help, just give us a call and let us help you; it's really that simple.
138. We love you and are so thankful that you each decided in your heart to forsake your hang-ups, because that will make our job a lot easier! Okay, go for it, guys! We really love you! (End of message from Dad.)
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"I Love You and I Won't Let You Down!"
139. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I know your pain. I remember that you're just dust. I know that you'll make a lot of mistakes, but keep your eyes on Me and don't look at the waves and the problems, because that's not what's important. If you keep your eyes on Me, then I'll help you through everything!
140. I know it's scary going out and making commitments and forsaking all this stuff that you're so comfortable with, but if you keep your eyes on Me, I'll help you! Just take the little steps and I'll be holding your hand, and I'll help you. Don't be afraid, and don't be afraid of what other people will think, because that's not what's important either. Stay close to Me and My Word, and I will lead you and help you.
141. I love you and I won't let you down! I'm so proud of you for making these commitments. (End of message from Jesus.)
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142. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few. You are the called-out ones, My chosen army! I've chosen you for this time. Hold on to your crown and don't let it go, for you are precious in My sight. You are special. Each of you is called. Each one of you has a purpose, a destiny. Stay close to Me, and I will not let you down. For you each have a special role to play. You each are part of My plan. You must stay close and follow Me closely. Check with Me, make sure you're in My will, and I will never fail to supply all that you need! (End of message from Jesus.)
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What Will You Be Remembered For?
143. {\b \i (Jesus speaking:) }What is your life? It is but a vapor; it's here for a little while and then it's gone. You have no guarantee of tomorrow. You've all read the story of the rich fool who lived for himself and saved up his treasures on Earth--but what is he remembered as? The rich fool!
144. If you strive for the things of this Earth, you have momentary pleasure, but that is all. If you wish to enjoy life to the full and to really reap the rewards that I can give you, you'll strive for the things that last forever, the souls and things you can send on!
145. You've also heard the story of Pandita Ramabai. She didn't have much, but she gave all that she had. She gave her life. And look how she is remembered! Look how many are grateful and owe their lives to her.
146. Choose this day which sample you wish to follow, or that which you wish to be remembered for, or what you wish to give Me. The choice is in your hands, and you may do with it what you will. (End of message from Jesus.)
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