"IN QUIETNESS & CONFIDENCE!"              DO 2238          11/86
(GRANDPA & DAVID HAD WORKED HARD ALL AFTERNOON BUILDING A TOP BUNK FOR DAVID & TECHI'S BED so that Techi would have a more comfy sleeping area. However, Grandpa was concerned about her safety & warned her not to horse around in her new top bunk, when only moments after Techi first got in bed, he heard a crash to the floor, & went running in to find that Techi had slid out of the top bunk!) (After David prays for a good night's sleep, Grandpa continues praying:)

         1. AND THANK YOU, LORD, FOR NOT LETTING TECHI HAVE A WORSE FALL. Thank You that she didn't hurt herself real bad. Help her to be much more quiet & much more prayerful & careful & not do all these silly antics, Lord, in her bed & in her bedroom. Help her to remember that a bed & bedroom are no place to do calisthenics & acrobatics.
         2. HELP HER TO LEARN HOW TO "BE STILL & KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOD" (Psa.46:10) & that You're going to spank her if she doesn't behave. "In quietness & confidence shall her strength be", Lord. In Jesus' name, help her to be more quiet.
         3. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOUR VERSES YOU HAD BY YOUR BED ON QUIETNESS AND BEING STILL? (Techi: Auntie Sara gave me a verse tonight about being sober.) "In quietness and confidence shall be your strength."--Isa.30:15. (Techi: The verse was something about being steady.) (See 1Cor.15:58) I wish you'd try to stay steady in your bed and in the bedroom, please. (Techi: Yes, Sir.)
         4. NOW WHAT'S THE LORD GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO YOU, HONEY, TO TEACH YOU TO BE QUIET? Techi? I'm asking you a QUESTION. Why don't you try to be quiet so He doesn't have to DO anything to you? Are you going to try to be quiet? All right.
         5. AMEN, LORD, DO HELP TECHI TO TRY TO BE QUIET & help David not to encourage her & laugh at her antics which makes her act even sillier. Help him to realise how DANGEROUS it is to be foolish & that she could have a very bad fall!
         6. AMEN, WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE A BAD FALL & that she didn't break or hurt something badly. Please help her to be more QUIET & not to be such a silly girl at night when she should be calming down & getting quiet for bed, in Jesus' name. I think you ought to pray about it right now, Techi.
         7. (TECHI: AMEN. LORD JESUS, PLEASE HELP ME NOT TO BE SILLY & goof off & fall off my bed, Lord. And help me to be still, Lord, & to know that in quietness & confidence shall my strength be. In Jesus' name, amen.)
         8. WHICH MEANS THAT BEING NOISY & SILLY & FOOLISH IS A WEAKNESS, NOT A STRENGTH. QUIETNESS & CONFIDENCE is STRENGTH, not being silly & noisy, right? That's a WEAKNESS. It's not funny! It's very serious! You could hurt yourself badly if you don't behave. I mean it!
         9. SEE, YOU DEPENDED TOO MUCH ON THE MATTRESS & YOU HELD ON TO IT & IT SLID & YOU FELL. Now, if you hadn't been fooling around, it wouldn't have happened! So you can be thankful an Angel was certainly around your bed & watching your head or you could have banged it real bad on the dresser or gotten a cut or a bad bump or even broken a bone!
         10. NOW IT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE TO SLEEP, HONEY, & YOU'VE GOT TO TRY TO BE CAREFUL & sober & QUIET & wise or you won't be able to sleep up there! And if it's too crowded down here with David then we'll have to send you & David clear back to the other room. Now, do you want that to happen? All right, then, are you going to be quiet up there & more prayerful & careful & cautious & not have a bad accident? (Techi: Yes, Sir!)
         11. PLEASE, HONEY, PLEASE TRY TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOURSELF. Give the Lord a little cooperation or give His Angels a little cooperation, will you? All right. I LOVE you! Thank You Lord, thank You that she didn't get hurt badly, in Jesus' name.
         12. JUST SETTLE DOWN & BE QUIET when you get in bed & go to sleep instead of horsing around. You can read or you can sleep, but bed is NOT the place for antics & acrobatics & jumping around & all this wiggling. I mean it! God bless you, Sweetheart, I love you. I'm so glad you didn't hurt yourself real bad. PTL!