KEYWORDS: lord, children, honey, love, things, world

Shooting Straight, Part 2—Letter Links: Short-term or Long-term Vision?

July 16, 2004

(ML #3500, GN 1087)

FD/MM/FM June 2004

Family News

(ML #318C:8-12, DB 6.)

8. YOUR SHOCKING STATEMENT THAT REALLY RAISED MY HACKLES & MADE ME WANT TO ROAR AT THE WHOLE REVOLUTION WAS YOUR QUOTE: "We lack help & trained personnel because nobody wants the training as they feel that getting involved with children will cause them to be out of the exciting things of the Revolution," which is one of the most ridiculous things I ever heard! Our families & children ARE the Revolution & the MOST exciting things that ARE happening in it!

9. BEARING BABIES & HAVING CHILDREN IS THE GREATEST EXPERIENCE IN THIS NATURAL LIFE, THE CREATION OF NEW ETERNAL SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD! It is just as exciting as having spiritual babies, & their training is just as important, if not more so, as we can start it from the very beginning & not have to wait until the World has almost ruined them so that we have to wash their filthy brains first before we can even start filling them with God's good, clean Water of the Word!

10. WITH OUR PHYSICAL BABIES WE CAN START FROM SCRATCH & SAVE AT LEAST HALF THE BATTLE & we ought to be producing the World's most wonderful children, our greatest, most effective & most impressive sample & testimony to the whole World!

11. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO EVER THOUGHT CHILDREN WEREN'T EXCITING NEVER HAD ANY or must never have even seen any, as to me they're the most exciting little things in the whole World, & I love'm & I love to be around them & surrounded by them & busy teaching & training them as I was with you when you were small, & still am with all of you crazy little kids who do such stupid things sometimes! But that's all a part of the process of learning by trial & error as well as instruction.

12. YOU CHILDCARE WORKERS ARE DOING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT & TREMENDOUS JOBS IN OUR WHOLE MINISTRY, as well as one of the toughest & most trying & difficult!—But also it's one of the most rewarding, so keep up the good work!—GBY!—ILY!

Train Up a Child

(ML #1142:105-125, Volume 11.)

"DESPISE NOT THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS" (Zech.4:10)

105. MY OWN MOTHER RESENTED EVERY SINGLE CHILD WE HAD WHEN THEY WERE BORN, & even after the first one, when Aaron was going to be born, she made Eve stay home. But I insisted & she reluctantly let us drag two along with us. But when the third, Ho, was born, that was it!—"That's it, you're fired, not more kids, I can't take three around the country with me!" It's funny that Ho was the one that made her say, "That's it‚ quits!"—But he became her favorite later.

106. JUST A FEW YEARS LATER SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY ABOUT ALL THOSE KIDS & wanted to drag them around the country with her in evangelistic work & wanted to have them up on the platform singing & everything else‚ & they were the biggest attraction!—The very kids that she resented. So you see‚ even the best of people can sometimes be wrong.

107. I REMEMBER MOM, TOO, who had been an outstanding youth leader & teacher, when with four small children, two of them still in diapers, thought she would never have a ministry again. But she did what she could with what she had in her hand‚ & God blessed it & magnified it & increased it abundantly, until now she can take a large share of the credit for the fruit of this tremendous Family throughout the World!

108. AT FIRST SHE THOUGHT HER MINISTRY WAS OVER.—She was just a wife & mother, no longer a woman preacher‚ no longer a youth leader, no longer an organist.—She wasn't anything anymore, except a mother. But she became the mother of a new Family & a whole revolution—just by taking good care of her kids & teaching & training them! She took them out on the street, & good night!—

109. THEY DID BETTER THAN BOTH OF US COULD EVER HAVE DONE! Can't you just picture Eve & I standing out on the street, me playing the guitar & she preaching? How far would we have gone? She might have held out her tambourine & we'd have gotten a few nickels, maybe. ...

110. OUR LITTLE CHILDREN BECAME OUR MINISTRY! They were our ministry from the beginning, although we didn't realize it‚ & they eventually became our major ministry! They were the ones who were now ministering! I'll never forget when they were small, how somebody would stop at our table at the restaurant & say‚ "Oh, what nice children you have!" And Eve would have Aaron whip out his little ukulele & say, "Why yes, of course, would you like to have them sing for you?" Then they'd start singing a little song & the waitresses & maybe the manager would come over & gather around & listen.

111. YOU KNOW, SMALL KIDS CAN GET AWAY WITH ALMOST ANYTHING! "Oh, isn't that nice!" It wouldn't matter if they sang about Jesus & it was a Jewish restaurant, why they'd still think they were great because they were little kids doing it! Then Eve would say, "Well, not only that, but Faith can even quote the Bible!" So Faithy'd quote the long Jewish history in the 11th Chapter of Hebrews, just as a tiny tot, & everybody would be thrilled! Then the kids would go & scatter throughout the restaurant & pass out tracts to all the tables‚ & everybody would take them & smile, "What lovely little children!"—They received it because they were just little kids!

112. PEOPLE LOVE KIDS & THEY ARE A GREAT ATTRACTION! I remember in Miami Beach I'd go out & try to hand a tract to a Jew & he'd spit in my face! But I've watched it time & again: My kids walked down the street & passed out tracts right & left to those same Jews: "Oh, da cute little ... !" They'd just flip out over the kids!—And take them. I would hide behind a coconut palm or hibiscus bush & send the kids out with the tracts: "Ahhhhhhh, thank you, sweet little boy. Oh, you dear little child!"—And they would take them, they wouldn't think of refusing them! Ha!

113. IT'S A FACT: KIDS CAN GET INTO PLACES & OPEN DOORS THAT YOU NEVER COULD! And when nobody will listen to you anymore, they will still listen to your kids! They can pass tracts & Letters to people who wouldn't even think of taking them from you! The ministry of the children can be your biggest & greatest ministry! So don't tell me that kids aren't an asset! For a little while maybe they're not much good for anything except a lot of hard work & washing & changing diapers & so on.—You've got to go through that period, but it's not long. It's only a couple of years & you can stay right in the Lord's full-time work, take them out with you, & they're fantastic!

114. SO NEVER BELITTLE THE LITTLE THINGS OR LITTLE ONES!—I hope you can see the importance of your children & their rearing & training & teaching to serve the Lord! They will very likely do a bigger job for God than you have done or ever will do, if you will only train them right, teach them right, lead them right, set the right example & launch them into service for the Lord! Hallelujah!

115. EVEN NOW, OUR CHILDREN ARE ALREADY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST WITNESSES! Even our little kids are every one like a bomb exploding, & I think they're going to really blow things together when they really hit their stride. TYL! A lot of them already are, our precious children who are serving the Lord well already & are really on-fire witnesses for Jesus!

116. I THINK THEY ARE REALLY GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS WITNESSES FOR THE LORD IN THE LAST DAYS.—They already are, & these are the Last Days! In fact, the Lord has prophesied time & again that these children are going to be witnesses unto Him & stand before Him as the Prophets of old in the very End!—That He's going to mightily use our children in the Last Days as some of His mightiest men!—So let's not disappoint Him or short-change Him!—Amen?

117. In the "Prophecy for Davidito" (ML No.619), which is a good message for all you mothers & all you fathers & all you teachers & children's workers, the Lord stressed over & over again, "WILT THOU BE FAITHFUL WITH THE WORDS OF HIS FATHER UNTO HIM? Wilt thou faithfully give him the Words of My bosom? Shalt thou faithfully feed him with the milk which comes from My bosom?—You have no idea how great is this task, to teach this little one the Words of the King."—This is so true for all our children, because they're all going to be great leaders, all of them!

118. SO "WHAT IS THAT IN THY HAND?"—Do you know the Word & how to wield this rod of His authority?—Then use it to save your flock from the wolves & to lead your little lambs into the safety of His fold forever!—Are you leading, guarding & guiding them with the rod of His Word in your hand today?—Preparing them to go out into the World & stand with conviction, ready to give an answer to everyone who asks them?—Tomorrow will be too late!—With His Word & lambs in our hearts & hands we can win the World for Jesus!—Hallelujah!

"THE PROMISE IS UNTO YOU, & TO YOUR CHILDREN" (ACTS 2:39).

119. WHEN I LOOK BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE YOUNG, I THINK HOW THANKFUL WE OUGHT TO BE. Children are such a blessing from the Lord!—And they're so soon gone. How happy Eve & I were with those little ones! I think those were the hardest days of my life, but I look back & they all look like sunshine & joy & happiness, the children were so sweet.—I'm so thankful there will be children in Heaven! TYL! TYJ!

120. "LO, CHILDREN ARE AN HERITAGE OF THE LORD: AND THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB IS HIS REWARD. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate." (Ps.127:3-5)

121. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ALL OUR MANY LITTLE ONES AROUND THE WORLD, LORD, thousands of them, little children, TYJ! PYL! And thank You for all their faithful mothers & fathers, Lord, who diligently & prayerfully‚ gently & lovingly care for them & train them up in the way they should go so that when they are old they will not depart therefrom, as You promised. We thank Thee that this has proven true & that we have these little ones that are now serving You, Lord, around the World as they grow older—singing & acting out skits & preaching the Gospel & passing out literature, litnessing & witnessing everywhere‚ Lord, around the World, & are such testimony, such a blessing, Lord, such an inspiration & such a help‚ Lord. Hallelujah!

122. "I WILL POUR MY SPIRIT UPON THY SEED, & MY BLESSING UPON THINE OFFSPRING: And they shall spring up as among the grass‚ as willows by the water courses." (Is.44:3‚4)— "All thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children!" (Isa.54:13) PTL! TYJ!

123. AND JUST THINK‚ THAT'S ONE WAY YOU CAN LIVE ON EVEN AFTER YOU'RE GONE!—You can live on in your children. If you've reared them right & done a good job of God's work with God's gift, you're going to be so thankful when you get to Heaven! "Thou shalt rest, being gathered unto Me in due season‚ & this which I have given unto thee shall follow after thee, as a glory unto thee & a star in thy crown!"

124. "LITTLE CHILDREN, LITTLE CHILDREN,

HIS BRIGHT CROWN ADORNING,

Like the stars of the morning,

His loved & His Own.

They shall shine in His beauty

Like the gems for His crown.

Little children, little children

Who love their Redeemer,

Are the pure ones, are the bright ones,

His loved & His Own."

—Hallelujah!

125. GOD BLESS ALL YOU DEAR MOTHERS & FATHERS for doing your share to keep the World going & bringing forth those precious babies to love & train & nourish & rear up in the nurture & admonition of the Lord for His glory & His service as new-bottle witnesses for Jesus! PTL!—WLYA!

Go for the Gold

(ML #2961:255-288, 445-449, Lifelines 22.)

255. (Mama:) As you know, Techi recently moved to another Home where there are other young people her age. Since she is now 16, under the Charter she is free to have full sex with other young people‚ if she wants to. She personally chose to have intercourse and to trust the Lord concerning pregnancy. She had fairly regular dates with two young men, and after just a few months of her having full sex, He saw fit to bless her with a pregnancy! This was a bit of a surprise to her, and of course, she faced this new development with some mixed emotions.—But Dad was thrilled! When he spoke in prophecy to Techi, he talked about her pregnancy just as he had talked to me when I was pregnant with her!—And also with David, of course! I was hearing Dad give her the same kind of wise counsel and good advice, with the same enthusiasm and faith.

256. Dad always got so excited about a baby!—Another precious little life, the most wonderful thing that the Lord can create! When I was pregnant with David and Techi, Dad was the most caring, concerned father imaginable, always so attentive and considerate of my needs, and always encouraging and supportive and uplifting.—So thankful to the Lord for giving the baby and thankful to me for having it!—A wonderfully caring husband and marvelous, loving father!—The Lord's love for us in every way!

257. (Prophecy, Dad speaking:) Hello, Honey! Hello, Sweetheart! God bless you! I love you! Congratulations on your pregnancy! Isn't this wonderful! Isn't this just great? Oh, Honey, I'm so excited about it! I'm so happy! I'm just thrilled about this! Just think, a baby! Just think, a little creation from God! What a wonderful love gift! Honey, I'm so happy about this!

258. I know it's hard for you to get used to. I know it's a shocking thing for you. You weren't expecting it. You probably thought, "Oh‚ it won't happen to me!" Well, it did! And I want you to know that I'm happy about it! I'm thrilled! I'm elated! I just think it's great! I think it's wonderful! Honey‚ I understand your battles. I know that it's an unexpected, very big change in your life and it will be a big change. It'll be like a whole new life for you. There'll be lots of wonderful lessons, there'll be lots of real blessings. There'll even be a lot of fun!

259. You can't see it now and probably can't understand how this could be fun, but it will be fun! It'll be one of the most fun and rewarding things that you've ever experienced. To you now it seems like kind of a drag, kind of a bummer and like it's really cramping your style so you're not able to have so much fun with the other kids. You think maybe it's going to make you less attractive to the boys because you're going to get this big ol' tummy. But, Honey, it's beautiful! It's really beautiful and they're going to love you for it. They're going to love you for your yieldedness. They're going to love you when they see that you have a cheerful spirit and a positive attitude—even though maybe it's not something that you would have chosen or what you would have asked for, especially not at this time and so quickly.

260. But, Honey, when they see you receive it with faith and that you're willing to take it positively and trust the Lord‚ it's going to be a wonderful testimony! And you're just going to look beautiful‚ you're going to look radiant! You're going to be more beautiful than you've ever been in your life! Honey, you're a woman! You've been making love, you've been receiving the seeds from these strong young men, and now you're a woman‚ you're going to be a mother! You're a full–fledged adult!

261. When you start having sex and you start taking that responsibility, and when the Lord gives you a baby, Honey, you're an adult, you're responsible. It's a wonderful thing‚ it's a privilege! The Lord is blessing you and honoring you. You see, this is a compliment from the Lord because He knows that you'll be able to take it. He knows that you're going to be faithful and you're going to take this seriously. Once you get used to the idea, you're even going to like it. You're going to be excited about it, even though it's a very big change. It's going to be a change in a good way, and once you get used to it, you're going to be happy about it! You're going to look forward to this.

262. Oh, Honey, if you could just see it as I see it! If you could see it the way we see Up Here‚ you would see what a marvelous, marvelous, wonderful blessing and gift of God this is! It's one of the most precious things the Lord could give you! What a token of His Love! What a reward, Honey, for your yieldedness, for saying "yes" to Jesus!

263. You've been saying "yes" to Jesus so often these days in big ways and in little ways, and I know you're going to say "yes" to Jesus and be happy about this too! Because this is a reward! This is a blessing for your saying "yes" to Jesus, for your yieldedness, for your stepping out by faith and trusting Him. Thank you, Honey! Thank you for saying "yes" to Jesus. Thank you for loving Him so much and for being willing to be what He wants you to be. It's wonderful, it's beautiful, it's glorious! I'm so proud of you!

264. My little girl! My little one! How you've grown up! Oh Honey, it's just beautiful! I'm so happy! I know you're going to be a wonderful mother. You're going to be diligent and loving and caring. And this little bundle of joy is going to bring you so much happiness! It's going to be more than you can even imagine! Right now it seems like a trial and a battle and you're unsettled and you don't know what to expect, and you think it's a real interruption in your life, it's a real distraction. But, Honey, it's just going to be a source of joy and happiness.

265. Before long you'll realize that it's a great blessing from the Lord and a special wonderful token of His Love. Honey, you can be a testimony to the other young people in the Family by taking this graciously and trusting the Lord and not getting bitter and not getting sad about it or feeling like you made some big mistake or the Lord has made a mistake, but by having an attitude of faith and even an attitude of thanksgiving.—Being willing to trust the Lord and praise the Lord even with this unexpected gift that He's given you.

266. Honey, in just a little while your whole attitude is going to change, when you get used to the idea that your tummy is going to grow, when you start feeling the baby move within you, and you start anticipating what it's going to be like, and you start getting together all the clothes that you're going to need, and talking with the other women 'round about you about what to expect. Honey, it's going to be a great blessing! You're going to be anticipating it and looking forward to it!

267. You know, I'm not going to tell you if it's a girl or a boy, because I want it to be a surprise to you. But Honey, you're just going to love it! It's going to be marvelous! It's going to be one of the most wonderful things that's ever happened to you! So don't worry. Don't think that anybody's going to be disappointed. Don't think it's just going to be a big problem and a big security breach, and now your life's going to get real complicated because you're going to have a baby and you're not going to be able to travel so easily and you're not going to have the freedom that you once had.

268. Don't worry, Honey, these things are not important. These things are nothing to be compared with this great blessing that the Lord has given you, this great gift of love, this wonderful bundle of joy, which will be such a source of happiness to you! You're going to have a whole new life. You're going to become a whole new creature‚ you're going to be a mother!

269. Honey, I'm so happy! I can't tell you how happy I am. I hope you don't mind if I had a little something to do with engineering this for you. I know you didn't expect it and you weren't even wanting it. But, Honey, I know what's best for you and I know that you won't be disappointed. I know what you need.

270. This is going to make you into the woman that you need to be for the Lord! You're going to learn so much about loving others and giving your life for others. You're going to learn so much about unselfishness. But it's not all sacrifice. It's not all just to learn lessons. Honey, it's because I know this will bring you happiness, it will bring you great, great joy and contentment‚ a feeling of real satisfaction. You'll see what I meant when I said that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. You'll see what I meant when I said that one of the greatest things to experience on this Earth is to have a child.

271. Not only will this be a source of lessons and a wonderful way that you'll grow and mature and become what the Lord wants you to be, but also it's such a wonderful gift of love!—So much happiness, so much joy! It's precious of the Lord to bless you in this way. He's reached down His Own hand and touched you and created a living soul within you!—A baby, a new person! Isn't it miraculous? Isn't it extraordinary?—Just think how the Lord is going to use you to bear one of His little creations, one of His little children. It's so special!

272. So don't let the Devil get you down! Don't let him tempt you to worry about things like your figure and that you're not going to be attractive to the boys, and how you're going to gain weight and you might get stretch marks and your breasts aren't going to be the same. Honey, these things really are not important. They're not important to me, they're not important to the Lord, and they're not important to the boys. The things that matter, Honey‚ are your yieldedness, your love‚ your willingness to receive this gracefully, to trust the Lord for it‚ to love the Lord for it, and thank the Lord.

273. Honey‚ I want you to be happy about this. I want you to be thankful. I want you to look at it as a gift from the Lord and a gift from me, that we're blessing you and honoring you and privileging you in one of the most special ways that a woman can experience. You're growing up, and what greater responsibility could the Lord give you than a child?

274. So don't look at this as a mistake. Don't think, "Oh‚ well, maybe I shouldn't have started fucking the boys so early. Maybe I should have waited." Don't think that if you had done things differently maybe things would be working out better for you—that you'd have more freedom, that you'd be more attractive, that you'd be able to have more sex, that the boys would look upon you as being sexier. Honey, this is not true. Being pregnant doesn't mean you can't enjoy sex. Being pregnant doesn't mean that you're not attractive to the boys. In fact‚ you can be even more attractive, and even sexier, especially if you can receive this by faith and be happy about it and be praising the Lord about it.

275. You'll look radiant, you'll look beautiful! You'll be sexier than you've ever been before, because you'll be full of the Lord, full of His Love, and you'll have a special aura 'round about you, this aura that I always spoke about. Pregnant women are so beautiful! They just shine with a special brightness, a special light of the Lord, a special glory.

276. Honey, I'm so happy! I'm so pleased! I'm happy the Lord made you so sexy, and He gave you a desire to fuck the boys and be with the boys. I think it's beautiful, I think it's wonderful! I'm glad you're free. I'm glad you're willing to give your love to others. And now I'm especially glad that you've been willing to receive their seed and to bear a beautiful baby!—A beautiful gift from the Lord, a beautiful bundle of joy.

277. This will transform your life, it will make you a new creature! As you give your life to this little one, you are going to be born again into a world that you never knew existed!—A world of love and joy, a world of unselfishness‚ a world of contentment, a world of satisfaction. You're going to be happier than you've ever been before. And you'll soon realize that this thing that you thought was a problem and was maybe even a mistake or certainly out of sync with your plan and your desires is one of the most wonderful things that's ever happened to you!

278. When you hold that little baby in your arms you're going to feel so, so grateful, so happy! You'll have such joy! Tears will stream down your face and you'll just praise the Lord. You'll be amazed when you look at that little face. When you touch those little tiny hands and you look at those little tiny feet and that soft, soft skin, and that soft hair and those little teeny weenie eyes and lips, your heart will be so full of love it will overflow! You'll have so much love to give. You will never experience such love until you feel the love that the Lord is going to put in your heart for that little one. Then you'll be so glad. You'll realize it's such a gift, it's such a blessing‚ a precious, precious jewel from the Lord's hand, a wonderful treasure of more value than anything else in this world!

279. So, Honey, take good care of yourself, please, for my sake and for the little one's sake. Get lots of sleep‚ be careful, be prayerful, eat the right kinds of food, and listen to the experienced women‚ the good shepherds 'round about you. Listen to their counsel and let them comfort you and encourage you and direct you, and be yielded to what they say. Honey‚ I don't want you to diet real big so that you try not to gain weight. I want you to eat the things that you need to eat, to drink the milk that you need to drink, and to get lots of sleep so you can stay healthy and you'll have the strength that you need to bear this baby for the Lord's glory.

280. You're starting on a new adventure! It's the beginning of a wonderful journey and there's a lot of excitement in store for you! Honey, I have said and you have known that it's a new day, and it certainly is! Look at all the changes in your life in the last few months. Look at how different things are. Look at how different you are! Well, it is a new day and there is a lot of change in store for you. There are a lot of unexpected blessings in store for you.

281. So just continue to trust the Lord! Know that He loves you, know that what He brings into your life is for your good. It's important, Honey, that you trust the Lord through these changes, that you trust His Love, and that you know that He's loving you and He's giving you what you need and what will make you happy.—Not just so you can learn lessons, not just so that you can grow, but so that you can be happy. He wants you to be happy! He wants you to have all that you want. He wants to answer your prayers and give you the desires of your heart.

282. So just keep on saying "yes" to Jesus‚ just keep trusting Him. Keep loving Him. Keep knowing that He loves you and He wants to give you everything that your heart desires that's good for you. Keep holding on to His hand during this new day and don't worry about anything. Don't worry about the future or what other changes He may have for you, because haven't the changes thus far been good? Haven't you been happy with them? Haven't you been encouraged, inspired and even surprised to see how happy He's made you as you've said "yes" to Him?

283. Well, continue down this path of saying "yes" to Jesus and you'll never be disappointed! The joy and the happiness and fulfillment and contentment that He has for you will be more than you ever expected. You'll just marvel as you see how the Lord wants to bless you. This gift of love is just the beginning of many, many blessings because of your faithfulness‚ and especially because of your love for Him. When He sees that you're willing to receive the blessings that He gives you and you're willing to thank Him for them and trust Him that they're the manifestation of His Love for you, that you're willing to say "yes" and you're willing to trust Him, then He'll pour it on you, Honey! He'll pour on His blessings more than you'll be able to receive, because He'll know that He'll be able to trust you, that you'll receive it in the right spirit, that you'll be mature and you'll be responsible and faithful.

284. So just keep saying "yes" to Jesus! Just keep trusting Him. Know that everything is in His control. He loves you and He wants to bless you. He wants to give you your heart's desire—though sometimes the greatest happiness from His hands comes in ways that you don't expect, because He sees things so differently than we see things sometimes. Like I know that you wouldn't have asked for a baby at this time, you wouldn't have asked the Lord to make you pregnant so quickly. You didn't expect it and it's not according to your plan. But He knows what's best! He knows how to give you what you want and what you need—sometimes even when you don't know what that is! But He knows!

285. That's why sometimes in this new day the changes that the Lord brings our way are so unexpected, because He knows what we need and what we want and what will bring us the greatest happiness. So that's why there are a lot of surprises in this new day, because the Lord is pouring out His happiness and pouring out His Love‚ pouring out His joy upon His children as they love Him more desperately and more intimately. So just love the Lord with all your heart, give your all to Him, love Him more intimately and more passionately and more deeply than ever before, and He will give you strength and anointing and power that you know not of!

286. In this time of need, Honey, just reach out to the Lord. Make yourself available to love the Lord. Let the Lord be your Husband. Let Him be your First Love. Fall in love with Jesus, and He'll bless this intimacy and this love relationship with great, great strength, power, anointing, happiness and contentment!—Wonderful, wonderful blessings as you love Him as your Lover. As You let Him be your Husband, He'll be everything to you. He'll be more than you ever dreamed. He'll be your very heart's desire!

287. So don't worry, Honey, just love the Lord. Love Him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your soul. Give Him everything you've got! Don't hold back anything, because He's your Lover, He's your Husband. He's the One who gave you this precious, precious child, this wonderful gift of love. So give Him your all, Honey! Love Him with everything you've got, and He will give you His all! He will be your all in all. He will be everything you need.

288. I promise you, Honey, that you're going to be happy, you're going to be thrilled‚ you're going to be overjoyed with what the Lord is doing in your life! Just keep trusting Him! I love you! I'm proud of you! And I'm so, so happy! Kiss, kiss, kiss! (End of prophecy)

445. Question 39: The Lord is encouraging us to have children, but as a young couple, won't that limit our usefulness to the Lord? Won't having a bunch of kids mean that we will be less used of the Lord and less help to the Family, with less opportunities to be a blessing?

446. Answer: No! The truth is just the opposite! Dad recently said in prophecy, when talking about the qualities needed for young leadership couples, that they should have children! Being married and having children are important qualifications for bellwethers. Dad said:

447. "One of the most important things for young leadership couples is to be happy serving Jesus!—Being married, having children and serving Jesus. ... For the young people worldwide are in great need, in every country, in every continent. The young people need much help! Not just the teens, but all of them! Even the children need help. That's why the Lord is seeking out young married couples with children to be leadership samples."

448. He said that young couples with children understand what it's like to raise children! They know the needs of children. They know from firsthand experience all the difficulties involved with raising children. So this is an important prerequisite for leadership these days, that the couples have children. Dad said:

449. "It's so important that these young leaders have children so that their peers can see that life and usefulness and challenge does not end when you get married and have children. That is not the end of a career, that just enhances your career and makes you more valuable for the Kingdom!—More gifted and more understanding. It will truly be a testimony to the Family that you do believe that God's gift is God's work, that the fruit of the womb is His reward‚ and that it doesn't hinder you in your service, but it is a blessing!"

FJWL 2:69

(Dad: ) Thank you, folks, for being willing to have those beautiful babies! I know it's a sacrifice and it takes a lot out of you, but it's really worth it. It's worth the small sacrifice now in order for the Lord to give you these beautiful, beautiful treasures of your children.

Look at them! Weren't they worth it? Weren't they worth the time and the trouble and the prayer and the fighting in spirit for them?—Fighting for their healing‚ fighting for their growth‚ fighting for their progress, fighting to help them to make it to become the beautiful darling little ones that they are now! Wasn't it worth it? So thank you‚ sweet ones, for being willing to sacrifice in this way to have these beautiful children for me, and for the Lord, and for the Kingdom‚ and for the Family.

Don't get weary in well doing with your childbearing, because even though it's difficult for you, the Lord will reward you even more greatly. If you are willing to have these children for Him no matter what the sacrifice and no matter what the cost, He will greatly reward you!

These little ones will become your greatest source of joy! They will become a great testimony to others when they see you as a beautiful, happy couple loving Jesus and raising your family. You'll be a testimony to many through these children—these children that now feel like a burden and a weight to you, that seem like they are dragging you down and inhibiting your service to the Lord.

That's how I felt at one time, and I said, "Lord, what can You do with me, just a poor old pastor with only these few ragtag kids by my side?" But what did the Lord say to me? He said, "What is that in thy hand?" And that is what I say to you! You may feel that you have no ministry to speak of, that you are not doing much for Jesus, but I say to you, what is that in thy hand?

Look at the beautiful treasures‚ these precious blessings that the Lord has blessed you with! What a privilege and an honor the Lord is giving you in these beautiful children, and continuing to give to you. It makes Him so happy and so proud of you that you are willing to endure hardness, that you are willing to sacrifice even your own strength to be able to bring these beautiful little ones into the world.

These sacrifices will not go unrewarded! The Lord will bless you in this life and in the world to come! These beautiful little children of yours will be with you for all eternity. You'll be loving them and enjoying them from now through all eternity.

FJWL 2:76

(Dad:) Don't you see what a wonderful, wonderful gift from the Lord your children are? He has blessed you and gifted you so specially and honored you with these precious babies. The fact that it is difficult for you to have them makes it all the greater testimony, and He will reward you greatly for your sacrifice.

I know it's difficult for you and sometimes you complain, as do most mothers. Once in a while you get weary in well doing; you're tired and weak and the battles seem so great. But don't worry, my dear one. The Lord will strengthen you and you'll be so glad you trusted Him in the end.

There will come a time when you will be so glad that you trusted the Lord for your children. When you look at each one and you see their beautiful smiling faces and what a treasure they are, and what a testimony they are, and you see how much the Lord uses them, you'll be so glad you trusted the Lord for your children. You'll be so glad that you said yes to Jesus, and that you were willing to be the vessel to bring these precious ones into the world.

Though you are weak in the flesh, you are strong in the spirit, and for this reason the Lord is trusting you with these precious little ones. He knows that you'll faithfully train them and love them and teach them to love Him. He knows you'll impart to them a desire to serve the Lord. He knows you will be faithful stewards of these very precious blessings that He has placed in your care.

Even though you are weak in the physical, the Lord continues to bless you in this way. You may look at it as a curse and as a difficulty, but actually it's a blessing! It's the greatest blessing the Lord could give you. He doesn't see your weakness in the flesh; He sees your strength in spirit and your great ability to love and train these little ones. He looks at your patience with them. He looks at your faithfulness—at the way you pray for them and guard them and love them and cherish them. When He sees this, then He knows He can bless you with more.

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