Karen Zerby
By Maria 3564 11/05 [Link 4]
1. It's wonderful to once again celebrate the birthday of Jesus—our Husband, our loving Lord, our magnificent King! Thanks to His power‚ anointing, and strength, He's brought us through another year, and we are blessed with another Christmas on this Earth, another opportunity to give Him the gifts that mean the most—souls for His Kingdom!
2. As you go about your Christmas witnessing this season‚ Peter and I are with you in the spirit through our prayers. Our prayers—and the prayers of your WS friends and loved ones—will go with you. We're upholding your needs in prayer, interceding before our Husband's throne on your behalf, and claiming a tremendous harvest of souls won and lives changed!
3. Thank you for doing your part, dear Family. Thank you for reaching out to those in need. Thank you for singing to those who need encouragement and cheer. Thank you for telling others the good news of salvation. Thank you for explaining to others the true meaning of Christmas. Thank you for getting out our Family publications and products that convey Jesus' message of love and hope. Thank you for showing people the way to Heaven. Thank you for giving Jesus the gifts He most desires this Christmas.
4. You have given our Husband so many gifts this year. You've given Him yourselves, so that He can change you. You've given Him your wills, so that He can guide your lives in the way He sees best. You've given Him your obedience, even when it's been difficult. You've given Him your desires and dreams and wishes‚ so that He can begin to make them come true.
5. The gifts that you have given Him this year—and those that you will give Him this Christmas season—are gifts worth more than money could ever buy. He is so proud of you, and so am I. He's so thankful for you, and so am I. Peter and I can't think of any group of people that we'd rather be serving Jesus with! It costs you, but you know it's worth the price. You're the best, and you give the best to Him and others‚ not just at Christmas, but all through the year.
6. As a special Christmas gift, I want to pass on to you what our dear Dad and wonderful Heavenly Husband‚ Jesus, have to say about Christmas this year.
7. (Dad:) This is my favorite message of the year! Thank You, Jesus! Do you know why it's my favorite? Because we have so much to be thankful for, and whenever we reflect on the year together‚ my heart is filled with praise and thanksgiving to Jesus for all He has done for us!
8. Isn't He terrific? Isn't He the most wonderful thing that has happened in your life? Isn't finding Jesus and becoming one of His brides the most fulfilling experience you've ever had? Now I know some of you have grown up always having the Lord and were saved as children, so maybe you can't relate to what I'm saying as well as those of you who were lost, destitute, and weary with life. But think of the times when you were in a real jam, or were down and heartbroken, and Jesus was there for you and lifted you up and helped you win the victory. Think of all the times He's come through for you and you'll get what I'm talking about.
9. Suddenly an explosion of light broke into the dark prison cell of your old life and Jesus saved you! Isn't that how it is? He reached down into the dark prison of our past and pulled us out to the glory of His beautiful light of salvation. Hallelujah! Doesn't that make you want to thank Him and praise Him? He's so wonderful, isn't He? Thank You, Jesus, for everything You have done to make our life one of privilege. We may not have a lot of money, but we sure are rich in You! Praise the Lord? Amen.
10. This certainly has been a big year for the Family at all levels. Where to start? You guys never cease to amaze me. Thank You Lord! It's just incredible what the Lord has done through you this year. It has taken a lot of work, to be sure, and some of you are probably panting‚ looking ahead to the last few steps before you cross the finish line of the year, and thinking that you've barely made it. If you could only see yourselves as the Lord and I see you. It's been a busy year, but you're winners! You're each champions who have run a good race, fought a good fight, and you each deserve a very special crown this year.
11. That's what I want to talk about. You know I always have something to say about Christmas, the special time of the Lord's birth, a time when people are much more open and receptive to the Gospel, and this year I have something special for everyone. This is the Lord's special time for this message He's going to give you—because He wanted everyone, Active members through FD, to be able to hear His Words for this Christmas season. So the time is right, and here He is to give it to you!
12. Shall we get to it? Praise the Lord!
13. (Jesus:) Dearest Family, I love each and every one of you! You're the most blessed people on the face of the Earth because you have been set free to know Me and love Me and be Mine. You don't have to be bound by the chains of conformity and the traps and pitfalls of this world's dreary System. You are free! You are candles in the darkest night, seen for miles, and everyone you encounter knows there's something special about you. You're changed‚ you're different, you're a breath of fresh air in their lives. And they wonder why.
14. In days of old, I said that you cannot hide your light under a bushel, but that your lights need to be set on a candlestick to give light to all the house. Well, now more than ever it's time to let your light shine before all men that they might see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven (Matthew 5:15-16).
15. This Christmas season the world aches, it heaves, and it groans from the losses and tragedies of the year. Many lives have been broken and many dreams have been shattered. Now more than ever the world is in need of a Savior. If you thought last year was a magnificent time of winning souls for Me, it's going to pale in comparison to this year! David used to say, "This was our best year ever!" Then each year it would just get better, and he'd again have to say, "This was our best year ever!"
16. When you come to the end of this Christmas season, I want to be able to say that this was the best year ever for the Family! I want to be able to say that this year was a phenomenal year in soul reaping—your best ever!
17. Do you know what will make this year special? What will make it special is the souls you reach for Me. That, as you know, is the gift I most treasure.—Lives snatched from Satan's strongholds, captives set free‚ brands snatched out of the fire.
18. There has never been a harvest-reaping force as great as the Family is today. You have come through the year of strengthening and you are more dedicated than ever to your calling of winning souls and getting the job done for Me. There have been many Christian groups, and there are billions of Christians on Earth today, but when has there ever been such a dedicated group of people, united in goals and vision and purpose‚ doing the job of winning souls with a God-given fervor, who, counting every day as their last, bear such fruit every day?
19. The Family was ordained for such a time as this. Now is your hour! This Christmas season is your season to shine with My love like never before. As Winston Churchill said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Never before has the fate of so many of the world been turned over to such a small handful of people. I give you the world, it is yours to possess. The wealth of the sinner‚ Satan, is laid up for the just—you! His wealth is the souls he has deluded and captured.
20. The wealth of this world is nothing compared to that of the spirit. The greatest riches lie in souls, not in the things of Earth, and Satan has garnered quite a collection of captives who I want you to set free.
21. I turn the world over to you this Christmas season! What you make of it determines what the heavenly realm will give to Me as My birthday present. The souls you win will be the souls that are given to Me as My presents this Christmas.
22. While there are others who will win souls for Me, I challenge you to lay hold of the captives of Satan in the darkest haunts of his kingdom and bring them out to Me. Bring them out of their dark dungeons and set them free to love Me.
23. Let this year be the greatest soul-winning harvest of all time! I want you to have the faith to claim the souls of the ones to whom you speak. Do not merely speak to them of Me in generalities; claim their souls for Me and reap the harvest which is waiting to be reached.
24. This season is not a time for the compromising weak; it is a time for the strong—the strong in spirit—those who have the conviction that the lost must be saved for Me! I need workers and brides who are so determined to bring in the greatest harvest ever that they win souls, get commitments, and make disciples of all nations.
25. You might be asking what you can do. Maybe you're at home with the kids, or perhaps you don't have a lot of time to offer to do the job. But you can make every moment you have count. Don't pass by someone in need without pouring out My healing balm of love and salvation upon their wounds.
26. Seize every opportunity! Take every chance and make the most of it. Give out the full message of My love and salvation. Don't hold back, for I tell you in confidence as My friends and close companions—this year the greatest harvest ever is awaiting you. Not since the days of the Early Church has there been so great a harvest waiting to be reaped. Never have so many been so ready to receive Me.
27. I can see some of you thinking of how hardened the people in your country have become to the Gospel, and it's true that the love of many has waxed cold‚ and many have turned away from Me and hardened their hearts. But for each one whose heart is hardened‚ there are ten more who will readily receive Me if given a chance. You may have to look a little harder for them, and in some countries you might have to get down on your hands and knees and fight harder for them in spirit—praying for Me to prepare their hearts and lead you to those who are ready. But if you go out believing that the sheep are there, determined to do all you can to win them to Me, then you will find them. And even those who reject Me are part of your job to witness to. It's all part of getting the job done—giving everyone a chance to know and receive My love.
28. (Question:) Lord, does this ratio exist in every country, or are You speaking of the whole world overall? There seem to be a lot of sheep in some countries‚ but other countries seem much more hardened to witnessing.
29. (Jesus: ) It is true that in some countries the overall ratio is not as good. But I want My Family to go out looking for the sheep anyway, believing that they are there. Because believe Me, this world is still full of sheep who need My message and My love, and it is your job, your commission, your royal duty, My loves, to find them! (End of message.)
30. This year is a year that is ripe for soul winning. Each year the world becomes more evil, and the more evil the world becomes, the more many are forced to harden their hearts in order to bear it and survive, and thus the harder it is to punch through that outer shell and reach their hearts for Me. The more evil increases, the less trusting people will be, the more skeptical they will be. In that sense, this year could be the year of your greatest reaping ever on a per capita basis—for the harvest is more ripe than ever—if you get out and do the job as I intend. After this time, there will not be so many who are ready for salvation. They will still need it, but their hearts will grow hard and that 10-1 ratio will greatly diminish.
31. (Question:) Lord, can You explain what You mean when You say this could be the year of our greatest reaping ever? Dad often said that the days of Great Tribulation would be the time of our greatest witness, and we're not quite there yet.
32. (Jesus: ) I can't hold back time and Endtime events forever, My loves. I have been delaying things for you, to give you time to be strengthened and prepared to do the job. I want as many of My sheep as possible to hear the message in this time of relative openness and receptivity before the storm of evil overtakes the world. So I've been holding things back, waiting for you to be ready and really doing the job. But I must allow things to progress, for time is running out. Evil must increase before the End comes.
33. So I challenge you to make this your greatest year ever, to gather as many as possible into My fold, to get out the truth and the witness like never before. Do all you can this year, so that I can release My hand and set things into motion that will bring about the events of the End, and thus hasten the days when I will come again and bring love and peace to the Earth.
34. Each year that the Gospel does not reach all who need to hear it, prolongs the suffering of the world. Things must get worse before they can get better‚ but how much better to hasten these sad and miserable years, to get them over with, so that I can end the suffering, put away those evildoers who have rejected Me, and start again with a new world and a flood of My love, so that everyone who remains might know Me.
35. Thus I call you, My brides, My strengthened children of David, to do your part to bring on the End by giving My message to everyone you meet, by not holding back, by pouring forth, by going into the highways and the byways and compelling them to come in (Luke 14:23).
36. Once evil gains more of a hold on the world, many hearts will be hardened, eyes will be blinded, and in some ways it will be harder for you to do your job. In other ways it will be easier, for those who are still searching will see your light from a great distance—the darker the night, the brighter the light shines.
37. David told you often that the days of Tribulation would be your days of greatest victory. And so they will be. But the days of reaping the multitudes are now, when you have freedom and can so easily spread the truth and find those who are receptive to it. So shine, My loves, shine! Now is your hour! This is your day!
38. This year it will be easier for you to reap a great and mighty harvest than it will ever be again. So shine, My loves! Shine with My love and the brilliance of the truth I have placed in your hands. Be lighthouses, bringing many ships safely to port before the storm hits in full. (End of message.)
39. Do you understand why I ask you to give this season more than you ever have before? Do you understand now why I am in such urgent need of you who will do the job? I send you this call because darkness is settling on Earth, and many souls will be lost if you do not reach them this Christmas.
40. The darkness I speak of is a hardening of the hearts of mankind. There will be a great turning away from Me and a hardening of hearts as the Bible has foretold (2 Thessalonians 2:2-3; Matthew 24:12). This is a turning point in world history. After this season the reaping will be sparser and more hearts will grow hardened and have potential to be lost to Me if you do not reach them this year.
41. Just as you have seen in an epidemic, earthquake, or other natural disaster, the sooner the rescue teams are on the ground and the sooner the victims are rescued‚ the more there are who will be saved. The longer the wait, the fewer who survive. I plead with you, My frontline rescue workers, to work tirelessly to save and rescue as many as you possibly can this season. Do all you can to reach the sheep I have for you‚ who are waiting to be saved. Rescue as many as you can before it is too late!
42. Many are on the verge of despair and hardness to the Gospel, and the longer you wait, the fewer who will be saved. Please‚ My dear brides, save as many as you can this year. Make that your goal and the reason you wake up each day. Save the lost, save the souls, save the captives—please—for the calamities of sin are falling upon this Earth. The judgments of My hand are falling upon the wicked, and this year so many are ready to receive Me.
43. Don't fail Me, please! Please bring as many souls as you possibly can to My throne of grace this year. Work with the spirit helpers I have sent to aid you. Work with others of your mates to make it possible for this to be the greatest harvest ever. I implore you, for I see how many teeter on the brink of hardness and rejection, on the precipice of destruction. Please save them, please reach them before they give in to Satan's enchantments.
Spirit helpers and angels who specialize in helping us witness and activate the world
Activated/Disciple winning
Activated spirit helpers: Help Activated readers. (Anya)
Activation Angel #3: Angel of Witnessing
San-bahd-mahl: Warrior of the witnesser and defender of lost souls
Witnessing/Performing
Activation Angel #1: Angel of Miracles
Activation Angel #2: Angel of Revelation
Activation Angel #3: Angel of Witnessing
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson: Helps children perform
Gabriel, archangel: Angel of the Lord's passion
Holy Ghost: The Comforter, part of the divine Trinity
Pandita Ramabai: Helps and motivates missionaries
San-bahd-mahl: Warrior of the witnesser and defender of lost souls
White Angel / Truth Keeper: Church Growth and Outreach board Custodian
44. This is the year‚ My dear ones, to bring the most souls into Heaven; it's the year to have a soul-boom for Me! It's time to be more fruitful and win more of the lost to Me than ever before. I'm calling on you, each person who reads My special Christmas message to you, to do the job I have sent you to do with all your might, so that many thousands might be saved this Christmas.
45. That's the very best Christmas present you could ever give Me! I long for many to be saved. This is what I most look forward to and need this Christmas. Please‚ My brides, I trust you. I know that you love Me, and I am counting on you to really do the job at the level that it needs to be done to be effective and bring in as many souls as possible.
46. Because you are so close to Me, I know I can ask this of you and that you'll do it gladly and give your all to save as many as possible this year. I love you and I'm counting on you! Please don't let Me down. I know you won't, I know you'll do as I ask, and we will rejoice together in the victories won.
47. That's My one desire this year. Because you are My intimate companions, I can share this desire with you and I know you'll do something about it. Others might just listen out of curiosity but not be able to do it. You are different, you are special—you do what I ask of you. You don't hold back, but you do whatever it takes to obey, and I know that you'll do your best this season for Me‚ just as you do every day of your lives.
48. What if you came home to Heaven right after this season of Christmas witnessing? Would you be happy to see Me? Would you be happy knowing that you did all you could, that you did as I asked, and that you pleased Me? I know that you would be, because I trust you to do these things.
49. Thank you, beloved brides, for hearing Me, for listening to My heartcry, and thank you most of all for all that you will do this season to bring the lost to Me. I'm excited! I'm really looking forward to this birthday because I know it's going to be terrific.
50. I can see into the future and I'm thrilled at how many will be saved. I truly am excited because I know that you're going to do an amazing job. You'll be powered by the Holy Spirit and the keys and working closely with the spirit help I've sent you to reach souls.
51. There are many spirit helpers and saints in Heaven who will commit to prayer this Christmas season. I can see them everywhere kneeling before Me beseeching Me on your behalf. They're praying that you will have the strength and the conviction to win the souls for which they pray.
52. Will you do this for Me? Will you make Me the happiest Husband alive? There isn't a greater gift you could give Me this season than loving My lost children into My fold. How excited that makes Me! I'm thrilled and really looking forward to My birthday!
53. My heart breaks when I hear the cries of sadness and see all the lost who need to be reached. But then I think of you, My dear brides, and immediately I feel joy, because I know you are the ones I can entrust this mission to.
54. Joy and gladness fill My heart, and I move all of Heaven into action to support and help you. I send out a call throughout creation for prayer warriors who will pray for you as you win souls to Me. And I am overwhelmed by the response from all quarters.
55. Everyone has committed to holding vigil for you. The saints offer up prayers continually for you. Every time you talk to someone about Me, that's where their prayers are focused. Every time you leave home, their prayers are focused on getting you to the right spots to meet the right people.
56. My direction teams and guardians are working overtime to bring you together with the people who need Me. You should see the organization this entails. It's incredible the amount of effort that goes into you meeting one lost sheep!
57. Satan will do everything in his power to stop you from winning souls, but I will do everything in My much greater power to see you through to victory! We're snatching captives from Satan's strongholds this season in an all-out mission for salvation!
58. I'm so happy! My joy overflows when I see how many souls are going to be saved as I mobilize all of Heaven to work on your behalf. Follow those intuitions of the spirit and checks of the spirit, because they are real, and you can bet that a lot of work has gone into getting that meeting set up.
59. It is no coincidence that you met the person you met today. It was engineered by Me to save them for Me! Can you complete the link? Can you as an operator put Me through to them? Will you do your part to complete the mission?
60. All of Heaven rejoices when even one soul is saved, and this year we in Heaven are going to be rejoicing nonstop as the announcements of each soul saved ring out continually! (Luke 15:7,10). It's going to be a season of great praise and joy in Heaven!
61. You are an essential part of this mission; you are the ones who have to carry it out. We can do all we can from this end, but it's up to you to make the connection, if that soul is to be saved.
62. We're counting on each of you, and we have great confidence in you. We know you are doers of the Word and that you will obey My call to you as never before. I am so happy to promote you to the heavenly prayer warriors in full confidence that you will be the ones who will complete this mission's objective. I can see them even now, the floods of white-robed saints streaming into Heaven because of you this Christmas season, and I am overjoyed at the thought. We've got great expectations for this season and we know you're going to fulfill them.
63. Can you do it? Not on your own. But if you ask Me for help, I'm going to send you so much help that you'll just have to open your mouth and I'll fill it with words of love and salvation. It's going to be a rocking time of reaping! And when you arrive in Heaven and see the rewards I'm going to pour out upon you for this Christmas witnessing season, you'll know it was well worth it.
64. Just think of all those souls who will be eternally grateful to you for leading them to Me! They will be coming up to you forever, holding you in high regard for redeeming them to Me. They're going to be thankful for eternity, and that is part of your right and reward.
65. I will honor those who honor Me. Honor Me before the nations this Christmas‚ and I will honor you before all of Heaven as I lift My glass in a toast to you as we hold My birthday celebration after all your fruitful witnessing. We will watch the replay of the Christmas season and cheer and shout your names in approval as you win each soul for Me. We'll be watching the globe and seeing it light up as each soul sparkles into life in the spirit.
66. It'll be as if the whole world were without power, and slowly but surely all the lights came back on—only much more beautiful! Each of you will be like a bright torch setting others on fire, and we'll be watching and cheering as the globe is set ablaze for Me and the darkness is devoured by the light.
67. I am thrilled that I can count on you. I'm so happy that I can be so sure of you. You're so dependable that I've willingly gone before Heaven and announced who will be carrying this mission through to completion. When I announced this, I went through each name‚ and the crowds of saints cheered as each name was announced. It was similar to a graduation ceremony, where everyone was waiting to hear who would graduate and be counted on to spearhead this mission for Me.
68. The shouts and cheers were thundering sounds of praise as each name was announced. And as I closed My message, everyone committed to praying for you. So each of you has thousands and thousands of spirit helpers praying for you as you witness.
69. Think of the support! What mission on Earth has ever had that kind of backup? No movement has ever been able to call so much backup to bear on their behalf‚ and it's going to flow through to you in an uninterrupted supply of My power.
70. You've got everything you need—10,000 prayer warriors behind each of you as you witness! All of Heaven is watching you and on the edge of their seats, waiting for that lost soul to be redeemed. So if it's a tough witness and you're just not getting through, call in the backup. Call for support and they'll move to aid you swiftly, and you'll see miracle after miracle, victory after victory‚ and soul after soul redeemed for Me!
71. (Question: ) Do we each have 10,000 prayer warriors behind us, or is the Lord speaking sort of figuratively and "evangelistically"?
72. (Jesus:) It's difficult for you on Earth to fathom the tremendous numbers of spirit helpers I have available to help you. Remember, I said "everyone" committed to praying for you, and as My Word says, Heaven is filled with a great multitude, which no man could number. Of the angels alone, there are ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands (Rev.7:9; 5:11). And there are spirit beings and saints innumerable. So you may rest assured that you are backed by a great deal of power this Christmas season! (End of message.)
73. At the end of this Christmas season we're all going to have a lot to praise for. There'll be so many new disciples and lives saved. You'll be the richest people alive because of all the priceless treasures of souls saved. It's going to be a year to have a smashing celebration for all that was accomplished.
74. I can't tell you how happy I am to be able to depend on you. I can't fully express how you thrill My heart. I can't fully explain to you how much this means to Me. But let Me put it to you like this: It takes Me to the heights of happiness!
75. So if you want to please Me and make Me happy, here's your chance to blow Me away with your love and commitment! Now's the time to exercise your skills of winning souls like never before and make Me the happiest Man alive. I love you! I'm counting on you, and I just know you won't let Me down.
With love and thankfulness always for each of you, My darling brides‚
Jesus
76. P.S. I want to say a special word to My preteens and teens who have recently had a major impact on the Activated explosion in countries around the world through your faith to step out and let Me use you.
77. What you have seen so far in miracles, fulfillment, excitement and progress is only a taste of what I have ahead for you!
78. Go, My active, inspired, fruitful JETTs and junior teens! Capture souls from the clutches of Satan! Give everyone a chance to receive Me. Give everyone the opportunity to hook up with My Word through Activated!
79. This challenge that I have given to all the children of David includes you, and you will be an integral part of the team that reaps the harvest this year, if you will believe what I can do for you and step out. You have only begun to shine! Your greatest brilliance is yet to come!
80. (Dad:) Hallelujah! What a message! What a challenge! We're going to do it, folks. We, Jesus' brides, are going to make Him the happiest Man alive, aren't we? Thank You, Jesus, for all the help You've brought to bear for us. Thank You that You're going to do it through us.
81. And, dear Family‚ this year is going to be the greatest year for the Family so far, with the greatest witness, with the greatest faithfulness to win each soul you come across‚ with the most love pouring out onto the thirsty world. I just know it, I can feel it, and after a message like that from our Husband and Savior, how could it not be? How could it not be the greatest year ever in our history?
82. Let's make Jesus so happy that He can throw a huge celebration in Heaven, and we'll all celebrate the victory together! Let's all do our part to win the souls we meet. Amen? Are you up to the challenge? Are the children of David up to the task? You bet! Let's rock on with Jesus and give Him the greatest reaping ever! I love you, dear Family!
With much love in Jesus,
Dad (End of message.)
83. (Mama: ) Wonderful Husband, dearest Lover, we praise and thank You for this tremendous privilege of being Your witnesses to the world, Your vessels of love that You are counting on. Thank You for another witnessing season, a chance to reap the harvest with greater passion, love and dedication than ever, a priceless opportunity to win souls, to bring Your love to others like never before.
84. Thank You, wonderful Love‚ for the backup of the spirit You've given us. Help us to work with them, to call on them, to utilize this awesome power You've gifted us with! We want to make this the best year ever, the greatest reaping, and with Your help and the help of our Heavenly prayer warriors and helpers, we know it's possible!
85. Thank you, precious Family, for your faithfulness to our Lord's calling. That is our mission—to bring each person we come in contact with into contact with our Savior and Husband, Jesus. I know you will do it. You have been through so much this year‚ and it has prepared you to be the broken vessels the Lord needs, who will be overflowing with His love. Go, my loves, into the highways and byways, and compel them to come in! Peter and I are with you in spirit. Those in our WS Homes will be praying daily for you in their united vigils, joining the hosts of Heaven in backing you up in prayer, and lining things up for you in the spirit.
86. Happy birthday‚ Jesus! Happy Christmas, dear Family! Reach the lost with all the passion and love our Savior wants to give them, so that we and all the hosts of Heaven can celebrate in praise and joy and happiness like never before, for all those who are free forever to love our Husband and enjoy Heaven with us. The best is yet to come!
With love and prayers for a tremendous Christmas witnessing season,
Mama