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         Satan is pleading with Me to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I say, call his bluff! Call for prayer and blow the clouds away. He seeks to have you, for he knows your danger to him, the consequences--the multitudes that he will lose, those who will be won, helped and encouraged by your yieldedness and obedience to Me.
         Satan is pulling out his big guns because he is scared. He knows the dangers. In his heart he knows it is a losing battle, for you are tied to Me with the golden chain of true love and devotion. You have been on your knees and Satan trembles. Yet he seeks, he tries, and he attempts with all that is in him to make you fall. Satan trembles at present, but he still tries, for though he sees you on your knees, he sees that is it you alone and this gives him hope. He sees that alone you are only able to chase the thousand, therefore he has hopes that his forces of 10,000 will cause you to fall.
         Therefore you must fight. Satan cannot win as long as you do not give in. Fight, fight, fight, with all your might. Hold on with all that is within you, and call out the troops to fight the 10,000. Call on those around you that together you may defeat this foe. As you call out for help, as you reach out for reinforcements, he will flee. He will give up and run. You alone are able to chase the 1,000, yet the 10,000 linger on in an attempt to bring you down. Therefore, you must call on others so the 10,000 will flee.
         I have ordained this so that you may fight and win together, that in unity My greater strength and power may be manifested. If one suffers, the whole body will suffer. Therefore you must not think that you suffer alone. You must not try to suffer in silence, thinking you are a bother to others, for in so doing, you are actually causing others to hurt. If one suffers, the whole body suffers. Therefore know that you cannot fight this alone, for in the long run it will do greater harm to those around you, as they will suffer with you, knowing you are in despair. No man is an island, and in one way or another you will affect others if you should try to fight this alone. Your countenance, your attitude, your spirit, reaches out and you all affect each other. The battle that one fights affects another; therefore it pays to do all you can to hang on to victory. Call for help, call for prayer, for you are in this together.
         Ask, reach out, and lean wholly on your brethren. I give you a way of escape, and that way of escape is all around you in your brethren. By calling on them, you are opening the door of escape. As you lean on each other, as you fight together, as you join one hand with another and fight in fervent prayer, I will put the 10,000 to flight and you will find relief from the trials that beset you. In uniting forces I am able to open a door--an escape hatch is unlocked that you might find relief.
         In united desperate prayer with your brethren lies the victory. For only in this oneness, this uniting of hearts in every way will you be able to fight the battles ahead in the coming days. United you will stand, divided you will fall. I want you to unite in every way possible, in love, in visions and goals, and in fighting in prayer.



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