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         (Dad:) Do you remember the days when we used to have a little bell on Tom cat's collar? As he'd run around, we could always tell where he was, because there was that little bell on his collar. Well, it seems to me the Lord put a little bell around the children's neck. This little bell is sickness, and when it rings, it reminds you to pray for them. He's been allowing this little bell to ring here and there to keep you desperate in prayer for them, because it's so easy for you to just see them as happy children and think everything's going fine, and not really carry the load of praying for them enough. This has been a little reminder to you parents in particular to pray for your children.
         If you don't want this reminder and you don't like the way this is, then I suggest that you learn to pray more diligently for each of your children. Then the Lord doesn't have to use this little bell of sickness to remind you about them. Make it a habit. Carry your children to the Lord in prayer daily, frequently--not just their physical needs, but their spiritual needs. And then this little bell won't have to keep ringing all the time.



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