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         Where there is life there is hope, and regarding these who have not made their decision, who are hanging in the balances, I say hold on to them. Love them with My unconditional love.
         My love is faith--faith to believe that as you hold on to them in prayer, I am working a work in their hearts. My love is trust--trust in Me, the Master of love, to bring these little ones through to glorious victory as you simply hold on to them, in faith, believing that what I have promised I will perform. My love never gives up.
         Therefore be not as the gardener who acts in haste. Be as the wise gardener who has patience and love. The wise gardener is he who knows that it takes time to bring forth the fruit of new life. He knows that although the tiny plant may have been buffeted in the storm, though it would seem to have withered and died, life is still in the roots.
         The wise gardener will therefore tend to that little plant. He waters, nurtures, and tends the ground around the plant. He tends it, cares for it and waters it, even through the times when it does not seem to be doing well. He prays for it, knowing that new buds will spring forth. For the wise gardener knows that it takes time.
         He patiently plods along day after day, watering, nurturing and praying over the little plant, until finally the day comes. At the first signs of new shoots, new buds, the gardener rejoices, for the plant has come back to life.
         Where there is life there is hope. Therefore love them with My unconditional love. Hang on to them in prayer, and seek Me daily to know when to water, how much to water, when to add fertilizer, and when to wait. For when you have tilled the ground, watered the plant, and given it a sufficient amount of love and care, you have only to pray and wait.
         Pray desperately that life will spring forth. Pray the Lord of the harvest, that I may bring forth fruit in their lives. Hold on to them in prayer. Pray for miracles in their hearts. Give them My love that knows no hours, no days, or nights, no limits. Be there for them.



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