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I had to tell God I was willing--if that be God's will.
But I believe it is God's will to let Dick be a LIVING sacrifice,
his whole life dedicated, as it already is, to GOD'S SERVICE. Dick
was actually dying when removed from the first hospital. God then
began the work of bringing him up from that depth, and starting him
on the road toward complete recovery. Friday early afternoon they
called me to race to the hospital--Dick was hemorrhaging from the
mouth, blood simply pouring out in big volume. I prayed. The
doctors could not seem to find the source or stop it. I kept
praying, and I BELIEVED, and knew God would stop it. A broken-off
tooth had snagged an artery or blood vessel in the gum or cheek.
The doctor pulled the tooth, and Dick withstood the pain without a
sound. The blood stopped. His blood pressure had gotten too high
just before this happened. It brought the blood pressure back to
normal. ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD to them that love the
Lord! It proved a blessing. Yes, Dick has God's protection! Will
you keep praying for him--and BELIEVING?
A few years ago I was striving to get this great work of
God so organized that, if my life should be taken in an accident,
THE WORK would go right on. But some said that was foolish, be-
cause nothing could possibly happen to me--I had such protection
from God that He would never let anything happen. I told them they
were wrong. If my sudden death would result in WAKING UP all you
Co-Workers, and all our staff, and arousing you to the place where
the WHOLE WORK would go on with more power than with me still
alive, then God probably would let that happen! MY OWN LIFE is
worth NOTHING, except its value to the WORK OF GOD! Let me say to
any of you who have been negligent, and letting down, and not
putting your whole hearts into this WORK OF GOD, that if you want
to prevent that from happening, the way is to AROUSE yourself, and
put your heart into God's work so unselfishly and zealously that
God will not have to do any such drastic thing to shake YOU into
more zeal.
Things have happened lately to show us that SATAN IS
STRIKING FIERCELY RIGHT NOW at GOD'S WORK! If you don't believe
there is a devil, let me tell you THE BIBLE says there IS! And it
says that in these very days he is very WROTH with those of us who
keep the Commandments of God, and have the faith of Jesus--those
proclaiming Christ's TRUE GOSPEL to the world!
I want to tell you that this work of God is being OPPOSED
at every hand. It is being PERSECUTED! We are having a STRUGGLE
to carry it on. And what are we struggling against? Will you let
the Word of God tell you? "We wrestle NOT against flesh and blood
(people), but against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world, against SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS"
--or better translated "against WICKED SPIRITS in high places"
(Eph. 6:12). Verse 11 says we need to put on the WHOLE ARMOR OF
GOD, in order to withstand the WILES OF THE DEVIL! Therefore this
Scripture tells us these things actually come FROM THE DEVIL. We
don't see that, because the devil is a super-powerful SPIRIT being,
invisible to human eyes.
NOW LISTEN! Let me tell you WHY this happened! This work