FORSAKING ALL?   DFO1653          9/83

         1. SOLDIERS DO IT FOR YEARS, BUSINESSMEN DO IT FOR MONTHS, I DID IT FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS OUT OF EVERY MONTH, FOR YEARS! I kept myself very occupied with my work & was able to devote my full time & attention to the work with virtually no distractions.
         2. I DON'T THINK MY ABSENCES DID MY WIFE & CHILDREN ANY HARM. They all loved the Lord & were trained to serve the Lord, memorising Scriptures, & active singing. I put my work first, the most important work I had to do, & it's a good thing I did because that was really my preparation for this work.
         3. NONE OF US REALISED THAT OUR WORK WAS GOING TO JOIN FORCES EVENTUALLY & FIT TOGETHER IN A WORLDWIDE WORK FOR THE LORD. They were getting the perfect training they needed & she was devoting her full time to them & I was getting the perfect training I needed in every respect for the work I was going to do.
         4. NOW IF I WAS WILLING TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY PUT THE LORD'S WORK FIRST in those days that way, why shouldn't others be willing to do it in this great Endtime work for the Lord! Now the question I want to ask is: When you consider that soldiers go away for months & years at a time to fight their nation's battles in far-off fields & even get killed for it, & businessmen spend most of their time away from home at the office, I'd like to know why some of our people are so reluctant to be willing to leave home & family & wife & children & forsake all, as many used to do, to serve the Lord now in this Family & for this Family & for the Lord & for souls & in extremely important & urgent work that they have to do which can't be done at home, that they have to do in the field?
         5. WE'RE RUNNING INTO THIS SELFISH SITUATION ALL THE TIME & HAVE RUN INTO IT. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH OUR OWN PEOPLE? We're supposed to know all about the Word & forsaking all & wives & children & houses & lands & relatives & all the rest. A lot of guys have to do that for months at a time, just to support their families at home. Why can't some of our people make the sacrifice for even better reasons?--Would you?

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