A PRAYER REQUEST FOR KEDA                 DO 1749          3/84
--With Dad at Family Dinner.

         1. WELL WE WON A REAL VICTORY LAST NIGHT! TTL! The battle is not over yet, the biggest battles are yet to be fought. But once you nail down the problem & have the answer, you get the solution. Like diagnosing a disease, you can't very well treat it or operate until you know what it is. But we got it! Hallelujah! So PTL! Keep prayin'. We need a lot of prayer. I understand you're more or less fasting & praying.
         2. SO JUST KEEP PRAYIN'. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THE VICTORY! TTL! And I think it's going to be a big one 'cause it's a big battle! We didn't realise how deep & how serious it was until the Devil blew his cover! Thank the Lord! But I think the bird with the broken pinion is going to learn the lesson & fly higher than ever! So have faith & pray for victory. It's going to be a real revolution. We're going to have to back down on a former doctrine.
         3. BATTLES AREN'T EASY BUT THE VICTORIES ARE WORTH IT! TTL! So keep praying & thank you very much for your prayers.--Not only for us but especially for the one who needs it the most. These things are hard to go through, but they're worth it if you come out better & more powerful, more useful. I think the Lord's getting us really ready for some tough times, & He's not going to put up with any more foolishness! Some things we have tolerated that God winked at, "The times of this ignorance God winked at, but now He's going to call all of us to repentance," to get things straightened out!--Acts 17:30. PTL! So keep praying.
         4. I JUST WANTED TO REQUEST YOUR PRAYERS & TELL YOU WHY YOU'RE FASTING SO YOU CAN KEEP PRAYING DESPERATELY THE LORD WILL FINISH THE JOB!--He has pinned down the problem & given the answer & prescribed the cure. We just now need to put it into effect. That's the hardest part, the operation. But in some cases if you don't cut out the cancer they're going to die! So PTL! Do remember us in prayer & this dear one who needs your prayers the most, who is going through a real trial & battle, but I believe she's going to come out victorious! TTL!
         5. I KNOW SHE WILL IF SHE YIELDS TO THE LORD & TAKES THE PRESCRIBED CURE. I'll tell you, Beloved, the Devil is angry! He is mad, he's furious! We've been accomplishing too much! We're beset on every side right now, persecution here & persecution there & problems here & there. The Lord said last night, "he knoweth his time is short!"--Rev.12:12. So the Devil is furious!--Trying to attack us right here at the centre! So keep praying especially for Maria, Peter, Faithy & Sara, who are handling the case. They really need your encouragement & your courage & prayer & protection & help. Sometimes the darkest hour is just before dawn. Sometimes the most bitter battles are just before the greatest victories! I think we're going to come out of it stronger than ever before, just like every trial we've been through. Every test, every trial, every crisis we've gone through we've come out stronger than before!--Sometimes FEWER than before but STRONGER! TTL!
         6. WELL, IT WAS CERTAINLY COMFORTING THAT THE LORD FINALLY GOT THROUGH & THE LORD REALLY SPECIFIED THE PROBLEM & PRESCRIBED THE ANTIDOTE! We've diagnosed the case now & we know the cure, & all we have to do is get the patient's cooperation for deliverance. (Maria: Well, she said she wants anything to be weeded out & destroyed that is hindering her.) If she's been that powerful WITH that handicap, just think how powerful she can be WITHOUT it, delivered of it!--Testifying publicly to the World of her deliverance! I think it's going to do everybody a lot of good! PTL!
         7. I KNOW IT'S GIVEN US A REAL PURGING, DONE US A LOT OF GOOD, DRIVEN US TO THE LORD IN PRAYER SEEKING HELP & DELIVERANCE! It's a dangerous situation when the Devil gets in! But I think we're already winning the victory! TTL! The Lord's given several promises that sound like it's going to be a real victory! TTL!
         8. DOES SHE SEEM TO BE HUMBLING ANY? (Maria: In general, but there are times she goes through battles, then gets the victory, & then she's sort of up & down, up & down. But when she's humble she's more humble than she was before.) That's because she's not completely delivered yet, that's yet to come. There's going to have to be united prayer for complete deliverance & specific identification of the problem publicly before her & all, & getting rid of it.
         9. LET'S SEE IF SHE ACCEPTS THE WORD. It's pretty heavy, but if she can take it, there's hope she can come through! If she can't, she'd sure be in pretty bad shape. But it seemed to me, from some of the things the Lord said, that she's going to make it! I was telling someone today that I've had sort of a revulsion for her every time she's been anywhere near. I could hardly stand to touch her & have to kiss her, but I was trying to be charitable & trying to go out of my way to be sweet to her, but there's been just something about her that just was revolting!
         10. APPARENTLY IT WAS THE SPIRIT IN ME--I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE MATTER, but the Spirit in me was just absolutely repulsed by the uncleanness! But today when I was talking about that to John & Maria, the Lord said, "That which I have cleansed, call thou not unclean!"--Acts 10:15. So in God's sight it sounds like it's as good as done already, thank the Lord! He'll just have to put the finishing touches on it to fulfil His Will. I hope that's what it meant. (To Peter:) Keep prayin', keep believin', victory's on the way! (Maria: Keep reading the Word!) He gets His greatest victories out of seeming defeat!

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