WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY TO SAVE A SOUL?             DO 2089           1/86

         1. LORD, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THE WHOLE WORLD TO GET SAVED! And everything we do, Lord, has a part in it, whatever we do, Lord, whether it's maintenance work or washing dishes or scrubbing the table or whatever, Lord, we're having a part in our Worldwide Ministry of saving souls for Heaven! Hallelujah! TYJ!
         2. YOU NEVER THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WASHING A DISH YOU MIGHT BE SAVING A SOUL?--Or setting the table you might be saving a soul? Think of it that way!--Or washing the baby's diaper. Well, you know you're saving her little soul anyway, at least her little bottom. But fixing something around the house or out there washing dishes, you could be saving souls! Because you're helping our whole Worldwide Work to save souls by whatever little job you're doing. Amen?
         3. WELL, YOU SEE, WHATEVER YOU DO IN WORD OR IN DEED, HE SAYS, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD! (1Cor.10:31) You say, "I wasn't doing it for the glory of God, I was just taking care of the baby because Mama said I had to!" Well, you obeyed, therefore you're keeping His commandments, therefore you're glorifying the Lord, even when they ask you to do something you don't like to do or don't want to do. But you do it! That's for the glory of God. You glorify the Lord by obeying & being respectful to your elders & doing what they tell you to do. And if you're glorifying the Lord, then you're helping the house to function in whatever way, you're helping the whole World & all those people out there to save souls. How many souls do we win a day? I remember it's three every two minutes, something like 60,000 a month, a couple of thousand a day!
         4. SO WHATEVER YOU DID, YOU WERE HELPING TO SAVE SOULS!--When you were taking care of the baby or the children or doing maintenance work. Whatever you do that is needed to be done here & helps this Family helps our whole worldwide Family. And what are they doing? (John: Saving souls!)
         5. SO ANYWAY, WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY TO SAVE SOULS? Can't you remember anything you did today? Don't act like it's nothing, just little things. All of that has helped to save souls today! All of the souls who were saved today, & there were thousands of them, you helped to save!
         6. I'M JUST TRYING TO BRING IT OUT SO YOU CAN REMEMBER WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS SAVING SOULS! Don't you think it's important to remember & remind yourself, that if you're not out there witnessing in person, you are doing things here that help them to witness & save souls? Therefore He says, "Those that stay by the stuff shall receive equally with those that go forth to the battle." (ISam. 30:24)
         7. WE ARE A FAMILY OF A SELAH WORLD SERVICE UNIT WHICH HAS TO STAY BY THE STUFF, that means we have to guard the Family & its leadership & the Word, which is their weapons & tools & ammunition. We don't have weapons that destroy, carnal weapons, but we have weapons that bring eternal life & salvation! That's the kind of ammunition that we have.
         8. WE USED TO SING A LITTLE SONG, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR YEARS: "Lord lay some soul upon my heart & love that soul through me, & may I ever do my part..."--What's your part? You just got through telling me! What you did today was your part today to win the 2000 souls that were won today! Every one of you had a share in those souls.
         9. (SINGS:) "SO MAY I EVER DO MY PART TO WIN THAT SOUL FOR THEE!" See, you did your part today! You don't have to be out there in the trenches on the firing line of the streets or door-to-door, store-to-store. Thank God most of us are, but there are a few people who have to stand back & stand by the stuff, & in so doing you're saving the Family & you're saving me & Mama & all these workers that have to work on things that they need in the way of words & tools & ammunition & guidance & leadership & financial management & all the rest. That's your part. You did your part today. Whatever you did today helped to save those 2000 souls who were saved today! PTL!
         10. THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE LEADING THEM TO THE LORD & GETTING THEM TO PRAY THE PRAYER & MAKE THE DECISION, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ONLY SORT OF THE END OF THE LINE! They're in the front line & they're one of God's most precious of all, the missionaries. Every missionary is an Apostle, one sent with a message, a messenger, they're all important, but you're one of those that had a part in saving that soul today!
         11. THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO GET CREDIT FOR THAT SOUL! That soul's not going to be a star just in their crown, but every soul they win you're going to have a share in! And if it's a star made out of diamonds, maybe you'll get one of the diamonds for the share you had. What's that little song we used to sing about "Stars In My Crown"?
         12. (SINGS:) "WILL THERE BE ANY STARS, ANY STARS IN MY CROWN? When at even the sun goeth down. ...With the blest, in a mansion of rest, will there be any stars in my crown?" I used to think about that & think about all the people who were singing it when I led the singing, "How could they sit there as Christians & wonder if there would be any stars in their crown?"
         13. THAT'S ONE THING YOU FOLKS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, PTL! YOU KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE STARS IN YOUR CROWN! I don't know whether they're going to be stars, but that's the way they put it. They talk about the crown of life shining & those that win souls shining like the stars etc. (Dan.12:3) I don't know where they got that idea of having stars in their crown, but the churches had that for a long time. Maybe they got it from that picture of the woman in Revelation. (Rev.12:1)
         14. (TECHI: GRANDPA SAVED LOTS OF SOULS TODAY!) Amen, I believe the Lord has helped us all to save lots of souls today! Everyone here has a share in those souls! God bless you!--What's your share?

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