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restored to me. ... Now I know this Work is going to grow in ways
not now evident. God's Kingdom now seems near -- no matter how
much time there actually is."
There is a general UPSURGE in dedication to and enthusiasm
for God's Work. Another letter says: "I had become so self-
righteous as to have become totally blinded to our Commission.
I can only pray that God will have mercy on me and grant me, as
all, repentance for our lethargic attitude. ... God cannot do
this Work through a proud and vain group of people. It would
destroy us. I pray God will grant me, as well as all the brethren,
a renewed vigor, as never before, so that He may be able to finish
this Work. I'm sure if we repent and get close to Him that He will
work through us and finish this Work."
Just an excerpt from one more recent letter:
"After having read your most recent letter to us, a surge
has gone through me. ... I have repented of becoming materially
minded. ... There was a daily war, between prayer and doing my
own thing. We must unitedly have this intensity of fear toward
God to bring the income well above 30% (increase over preceding
year). Together we'll do it, too!"
I tell you, dear Brethren in Christ, this great Work does
depend more on our earnest prayers for its survival and growth and
harvest than on our financial sacrifice -- but when both are put
into it, the spiritual harvest will be GREAT! If our hearts and
our prayers are unitedly IN IT, putting THE KINGDOM OF GOD and the
proclamation of it FIRST, above all else in our lives, you will
soon see astounding miracles, and a power in the Work that will
cause the world to cry out that this Work is turning the WHOLE
WORLD UPSIDE DOWN -- while actually we shall be turning it RIGHT
SIDE UP!
Let's dedicate our lives to it so deeply and intensively
that it will REALLY HAPPEN!
I do have to say that the financial need of the moment is
URGENT. Right now is the time when we need to be generous as never
before. THANK YOU, from the heart, for your generous part,
according as God has made possible for you!
Because of the URGENCY of this moment, and the congestion of
the Christmas mails, I am sending this air mail, and enclosing a
stamped air-mail envelope for your reply.
With sincere love, in Jesus' name,
Herbert W. Armstrong