LETTER TO A LABOURER!    GP 325   1/75

         1. WE'RE SORRY ABOUT ALL THE TROUBLES YOU'VE HAD, but are very thankful that you love the Lord & are trying your best to serve Him. We're sure you've been a real blessing & we hope you can continue to be so & that you'll be happy in His service.
         2. WE ALL LOVE YOU & ARE PRAYING FOR YOU that you'll find your place where you can be content & feel fulfilled & satisfied with your tasks, however humble they may be. Remember that, "It is better to be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."--Psa.84:10.
         3. YOU ARE A GREAT HELP & MUCH NEEDED WHERE YOU ARE & we hope you'll be able to continue to serve the Lord with us. God has done a great deal for you & shown you much love & mercy & patience.
         4. BUT REMEMBER THAT NOT ALL VOICES ARE OF GOD, & you must "try the spirits" to make sure that what you're hearing is of the LORD. If it is not according to HIS Word or causes you to be discontent or bitter, dissatisfied or unhappy or critical of others--these things are NOT of the Lord & you must rebuke the Enemy in Jesus' name when he tempts you with these negative thoughts.
         5. ONE OF YOUR BEST PROTECTIONS IS TO KEEP BUSY FOR GOD & obedient to those who love you in the Lord, & also to fill your mind & heart with positive, encouraging, strengthening & faith-building thoughts from His Word, remembering, memorising & continually quoting to yourself & even to the Enemy when he attacks you, & claiming such promises of God constantly as you cling to His Word.
         6. SOME SCRIPTURES WHICH HAVE BEEN A GREAT BLESSING TO ME in times of distress, mental anguish, doubts & fears & battles with the Enemy have been those like: "For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of POWER, & of LOVE & of a SOUND MIND"..."There is NO fear in LOVE, but PERFECT love casteth OUT fear." ... "Thou wilt keep him in PERFECT PEACE whose mind is STAYED on THEE because he TRUSTETH in Thee."--2Tim.1:7; 1Jn.4:18; Isa.26:3.
         7. "FOR CONSIDER HIM THAT ENDURED SUCH CONTRADICTION OF SINNERS AGAINST HIMSELF, lest ye be wearied & faint in your minds." ... "Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service"..."And be not conformed to this World, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, & acceptable, & perfect Will of God." ... "If you've been offended, suffer it."--Heb.12:3; Rom.12:1-2; 1Pet.2:19.
         8. THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM & THE LORD'S PRAYER HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT COMFORT to me also in time of need, to know that the Lord would never leave nor forsake me nor leave me comfortless. And I am always convicted by that part: "Forgive us OUR trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against US."
         9. SO WE MUST ASK HIM IN ALL HUMILITY TO HELP US HAVE MERCY ON OTHERS, knowing that we ourselves must also be forgiven for many sins. Remembering continually what sinners WE are & how many mistakes WE'VE made helps greatly to keep us humble & to avoid that spirit of self-righteous pride which causes us to criticise & condemn others.
         10. IT HELPS TO ALWAYS REMEMBER WE'RE ALL SINNERS & THAT WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES & that we must "FORGIVE one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven US." "For it is no longer YOU that live but CHRIST that lives IN you, for YOU are now DEAD & your life is hid with Christ in God."--Eph.4:32; Col.3:3.
         11. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE YOUR LIFE, FOR GOD HAS ALREADY TAKEN IT. When you yielded on His altar of sacrifice so long ago & asked Him to take it, He did, & He's been trying to use it for His glory ever since, as much as you will let Him!
         12. SO KEEP IT THAT WAY: IT'S IN HIS HANDS. You are His & He loves you & is doing His best for you in trying to make you useful & happy in His service for others that you might bring them life & happiness too as you have found it in Jesus.
         13. STAY CLOSE TO HIM & HE'LL NEVER FAIL YOU. He'll never forsake you. He'll never let you down. Even though He may not always answer just the way we'd like, keep trusting Him & He'll never fail.
         14. KEEP LOVING OTHERS & THEY WILL LOVE YOU. Keep serving Jesus & He'll serve you--well! "When the Enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard AGAINST him." ... "RESIST the Devil & he will flee from you!"--Isa.59.19; Jam.4:7.
         15. ALSO REMEMBER: ONE CAN CHASE A THOUSAND, BUT TWO CAN PUT TEN THOUSAND TO FLIGHT, & it helps greatly to have someone else pray WITH you when you feel oppressed or distressed or attacked by the Enemy. "Where TWO or THREE are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them." And, "That if any TWO of you shall agree on Earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven."--Deut.32:30; Mat.18:19-20.
         16. THERE IS GREAT POWER IN UNITED PRAYER TOGETHER, SO NEVER BE ASHAMED TO ASK FOR HELP OR PRAYER when you need it. "Confess your faults one to another, & pray one for another, that ye may be healed."--Jam.5:16.
         17. MEANWHILE, "DESPISE NOT THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS" (Zech.4:10) or whatever humble tasks the Lord may call you to perform. The less responsibility you have, the less you will be held responsible FOR, but if you are faithful in the SMALL things, the Lord will commit GREATER things to your care when you have proven that you can be trusted with them.--Luk.16:10.
         18. In the meantime, "In everything give thanks." "Be thankful for ALL things" & "in whatsoever state you're in", whether "abounding or abased" (1Thes.5:18; Ph.4:11-12), be thankful for your many blessings & that Jesus loves you & your loved one loves you & we ALL love you & are praying for you that you'll make it by continuing to be FAITHFUL--FULL of FAITH & LOVE in Jesus!--God bless & KEEP you & make you a blessing! MEMORISE SCRIPTURES & RESIST THE DEVIL!


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