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         (Dad:) You've been given freedom in the Charter, so much freedom, but freedom has a price! If you use it wrongly, you lose God's blessing. You lose the power. You lose the joy. Most of all, you lose that strong connection and direction that the Lord gives to His faithful, to those that refuse to compromise and insist on trusting Him every step of the way, knowing that He is going to supply because He has promised that He will!
         We're fighting a serious war and the Devil is out to win, and he is trying to weaken you through compromise. I understand and Mama understands that you have so much to do. You really are very busy, but sometimes you lose sight of the fact that the most important thing in your Home is the blessing of the Lord. Instead of worrying about what you'll lose if you lose some people, you should be worrying about what you'll lose if you lose the blessing of God.
         If you don't compromise and you stay close to the Lord and you live your convictions and you try to do what the Love Charter says and what the Letters say, you'll be surprised at all the trouble and problems that you can avoid. If you compromise, you may think you're going the easy way, but actually you're going the difficult way. What you thought was going to be the more prosperous way will be much, much more difficult, with sickness and accidents and persecutions and problems.--Unexpected problems that you never anticipated, because the Lord just won't be able to bless you and protect you as much as He would like to.
         If you go the route of obedience you'll be surprised at how the Lord can protect you and keep you from unexpected obstacles and time-wasters and money-stealers. When you have problems in your Homes, it steals your joy and your inspiration, your unity. It's the Devil robbing you of your time and distracting you, when you should be putting your attention on the field and on the job at hand and reaching the lost. It's a trick of the Enemy! It's dangerous!
         Remember, obedience brings on the Spirit and blessing of God. So naturally the opposite is also true, that disobedience removes the blessing of God. (ML #3046)



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