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         The army of David is not large in number, but it is great in the Spirit and the power of the almighty God, Who has filled it with boldness, Who has made it brave, Who has lifted it high above all the other armies! What a cadre I have given you! What a host of recruits! Train them for Me. Grow them up to be My strong warriors. My Father in Heaven knows when even one of these tiny ones falls to the ground. Pick them up, and draw them to My bosom.
         Thank you, My precious parents and shepherds, for sacrificing your personal desires to serve others in love. Truly your reward is great in Heaven! Truly you are close to My heart! Truly you are precious in My sight. For except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit!
         You are the seeds that I sow in the ground; they are the tree and the branches that will spring forth. If the seed just lay there and said, "I am not willing to be planted! I am not willing to die! I cannot bear it!"--what good would it do? But in dying to itself, and even being hid where it is unseen, where it seemingly is not doing anything, it brings forth much fruit and multiplies itself greatly! So shall it be with you as you yield to Me and let Me use you in whatever capacity to help My precious children.



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