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         Watch your children's hearts and minds. Guard them as you would the greatest treasure that you have ever had, for indeed they are. So guard your children well, guard your sheep well, and guard your own mind and heart well. A true shepherd will heed this warning and watch over his flock by day and by night.
         You cannot stop the evil that is in the world, but as I prayed, "Father, keep them from the evil," so should you pray for your children and your flocks and for your own self. For as times wax worse and worse, and the evil and the darkness fall heavily upon the Earth, you must fall heavily upon Me and upon your knees in prayer.
         Keep yourself pure. Keep yourself simple and full of the truth. Avoid the glitter and the hype of the System, for it will drag you down. No matter how strong you may feel or think you are mentally, physically or even emotionally, your spirit will be affected badly if you do not prayerfully walk this road.
         Just as a soldier walks cautiously down a lane full of snipers, you must do the same. You must discipline yourself, your children and your flocks and keep them from the evil, for this is your job as a shepherd. I speak to all of you shepherds and all of you parents. These children I have given you are a gift. They are My children and I wish them to be pure and full of love, simplicity and truth--not to be filled with the evil, the lust, the greed, and the vanity of the System. (ML #3053)



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