LOVEST THOU ME?           DFO 311A                 7/74
MO's Worldwide Family Letter No.4!

HOW TO HANDLE PROBLEM CASES!

         1. WHY DO YOU ALWAYS BRING THE HAS-BEENS & THE PROBLEM CASES TO GHQ & REWARD THEM FOR THEIR FAILURES BY PROMOTING THEM to where they can jeopardise the very Head itself with dead & contrary spirits, murmurings & discord? You guys are always doing this & wasting so much time trying to rehabilitate some of these cases by bringing them, of all places, to GHQ, when they should be sent out further into the field to renew their vision for the lost & give them something to cry ABOUT!--I don't believe in rewarding FAILURES with PROMOTIONS!
         2. What's wrong with the front line? They were pioneers--why not let them pioneer again? They were doing great for awhile--what happened? Maybe they just stayed there too long & lost interest, or their supervisors seemed to be disinterested in them or their field! Poor kids, I feel sorry for them! They've got a lot of talent & have been very faithful & I'd like to see them well used somewhere, but I don't believe the place is GHQ!

PROBLEM KINGS!

         3. AS WITH ALL KINGS, WE EVENTUALLY REACH THE END OF THE ROAD WITH THEM SOONER OR LATER WHEN THEY FIND OUT WHO'S REALLY BOSS & THAT THEY CAN'T STEAL OUR DISCIPLES FROM US! So it's not a matter of how far WE can go with THEM--it's how far are THEY willing to go with US, because it's US that God's blessing & promoting, not just THEM! He blesses their kingdoms for OUR sake! But when they refuse to go any further with us or go along with GOD & HIS way, they always run into trouble & lose BOTH US & the BLESSING.
         4. SO WE'RE GOING RIGHT AHEAD, IF WE HAVE TO ROLL ON OVER THEM, & we will, because God is with US & not with THEM, unless THEY'RE WITH US ALSO!

TITHING TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS!

         5. WE SHOULD DO AS THE JEWS, THE MORMONS, SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS & MANY OTHERS & ASK YOU FOR A TITHE OF AT LEAST TEN-PERCENT OF YOUR TOTAL TAKE, besides your gifts & offerings! How's that for a shocker! But I don't think it's too much, because this is the way some of these organisations, like the Jehovah's Witnesses, have made such phenomenal progress with their publications & worldwide growth: Every individual church or chapter is expected to tithe 10% of its total income to their national or international headquarters to further the spreading of their "gospels" on other fronts & in other lands with more missionaries & more literature.
         6. I'M NOT ASKING FOR MYSELF, OR I WOULDN'T ASK IT, AS WE PERSONALLY RECEIVE AN INFINITESIMAL FRACTION ONLY FOR OUR LIVING EXPENSES, a month of which a mere dozen of your babes could earn in one afternoon! But I'm asking for the overall WORK OF GOD & ITS WELFARE & ITS DESPERATELY NEEDED PROGRESS. I'M ASKING FOR THE NEEDS OF OTHERS, those who labour so hard for you in administration, communications & publications, as well as financing new missionary projects, "the elders who rule well & are worthy of double honour" (1Tim.5:17), those hard workers of the Central Office & their multitudinous projects.
         7. WE ARE ENTERING NEW FIELDS & STARTING NEW PROJECTS as well as publishing new Letters nearly every day & we need your help!
         8. YOU REALLY SHOULD DO MORE THAN YOU'RE DOING TO SUPPORT THE CENTRAL OFFICE & ITS LABOURERS, INCLUDING ME & MARIA, & we really need your help!--How about it?--Thanks! We knew you would! You just needed to know & so we're telling you! Let's hear from you soon!--OK?--God bless you!

IMPORTANCE OF MAIL FOLLOW-UP!

         9. I'M GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR MAIL-ANSWERING DEPARTMENTS: I'm wondering if each of these individual letters & orders are getting the individual attention & ANSWERS they need. Not all of these can by any means be answered with a form letter. Many of them will require special individual answers to their needs & I hope these are being supplied, as when they write to us for these answers, we are PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE for their SOULS & whether they are FED properly or not!
         10. HOW THESE ARE HANDLED MAY DETERMINE THEIR ETERNAL FATE AT THE MOST & THEIR FRIENDSHIP AT THE LEAST! In reading the mail rundowns & responses, I gather that most of their questions could be answered wisely with a form letter enclosing the appropriate MO Letter or Letters (DFs, Treasures or whatever Lit will answer the need), & the form letter could state they will find the answer to their questions therein if they will read them.
         11. BUT THIS WILL TAKE A WISE MAN OR WOMAN LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD & WITH A REAL BURDEN FOR SOULS & who really knows the Letters & their contents, & which Letter would be best to answer which question. This would be fairly easy in most cases if given individual attention, as I myself have been itching to send some of these people certain Letters to answer their questions & am wondering if someone DID send them these Letters! What is being done about this?
         12. I HAVE THE FEELING THAT SOME OF YOU ARE NOT AS BURDENED ABOUT THIS DEPARTMENT AS YOU SHOULD BE. It is vital to both US & THEM that EACH of these letters be ANSWERED properly as well as their ORDERS filled!--Are YOU? I surely HOPE so!--They NEED us!
         13. WE WANT TO KNOW THAT THE PITIFULLY PLEADING CRIES OF THESE LITTLE SHEEP FOR FOOD ARE BEING ANSWERED PROPERLY WITH THE RIGHT NOURISHMENT! As I've said before, I consider this mail follow-up one of the most vital, responsible & essential parts of our whole worldwide ministry, & I hope that every mail centre feels the same & is taking care of these little babes & potentials & needy souls with the greatest of faithfulness & diligence!--ARE you?
         14. THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO TRY TO REACH THE WORLD IF WE DON'T ANSWER WHEN THEY CALL IN RESPONSE TO OUR LITERATURE! If we neglect this correspondence follow-up to their pitiful appeals for help, we'll be like a shepherd who is calling for his lost sheep, but is so deaf he cannot hear nor heed their replies, & so blind he cannot understand their plight, & so slothful he makes no move to really help them!
         15. ARE YOU SO SHORTHANDED FOR LACK OF LABOURERS THAT THIS HARVEST IS GOING TO ROT IN THE FIELD BEFORE IT CAN BE REAPED? Are you so lacking in equipment or know-how as to be unable to quickly & efficiently HARVEST it?
         16. YOU MAY WISH TOMORROW YOU HAD THESE GOOD FRIENDS ON YOUR MAILING LISTS, SOLD & SUPPORTING OUR WORK, WHEN OTHER MEANS OF SUPPORT MAY HAVE VANISHED OR BEEN DENIED US! Do it NOW! Amen?--And worst yet: You're going to have to face these souls in ETERNITY some day & give them an answer THEN! Is YOUR conscience going to be clear? Did you deliver YOUR soul?--Or is THEIR blood going to be on YOUR hands? I cannot do this job MYSELF. I WOULD if I COULD & I USED to when I was able & present WITH you.
         17. BUT IT'S NOW YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, & GOD IS GOING TO HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE LITTLE LOST SHEEP WHO BLEAT TO YOU FOR HELP! HELP THEM NOW! Their pitiful cries in the mail responses that we read nearly break our hearts!--And we agonise in prayer that these pitiful pleas for help are being diligently answered by your offices!--Are they? May God help you to take care of & feed His little sheep!--With love, Dad.

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