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Greetings: Ministry is about to be so very
needed ... more so than ever.

Is your light shining bright OR have you allowed these rather
dismal surroundings cause it to be somewhat dim? It's
"readiness" time much like a soldier preparing for a major
event. One is coming - the ·soon return of Our Lord and
Saviour, Jesus Christ. I want to sh~r~ a scripture with you ...
Zechariah 8:23 says "Thus saith the LORD of hosts;•!/n those days it shall come
to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even
shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go withyou:for
we have heard that God is with you. " The prophet reported there was coming
a time when individuals would see a godly Jew (a person who was serving
Jehovah God) walking and catch hold of his skirt to follow him to the House of
God. Why? Because what they were following proved to be futile, leading
them into a pit they couldn't dig themselves out of. Now think on what's
happening in this present centwy. But don't dwell on it. We have been
engrafted into Christ. He is the vine and we are the branches.

We were engrafted into His death that we might be one with His resurrection
and victory. He was made to be sin for us that we might be made the
righteousness of God in Him, and it's all for a reason - to show the world that
Jesus, and His Way, is REAL. Romans 11:17 says, "And if some of the
branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grqfted in
among them, and with them partakes! of the root and fatness of the olive tree;"
Let's not be hoodwinked with those who are promising what they cannot bring
to fruition. We must stay rooted and grounded in the Lord. The world, more so
than ever, is needing to see not our candid.ate of choice, but Jesus living big in
us. Our light must not be hidden in these perilous times.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 gives a rather stem warning "Even him,
whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs
and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in
them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that
they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them
strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be
damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.,,