"THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM!"--Never Give Up!       DO 2435  6/88

         1. DO BLESS & STRENGTHEN TECHI & HEAL HER, LORD. Give her a good day tomorrow if possible. And no matter what happens, Lord, if she coughs or if there's anything the Devil uses to try to discourage her, Lord, don't let her give up! Help her just to remember that a real soldier, even if he loses the battle, tries again! If he gets knocked down, he doesn't just lie there, he gets up & fights again! So no matter what happens tomorrow, Lord, that doesn't mean the end of her trying to be a blessing & helping others. It might be just a test, Lord.
         2. SO DON'T LET HER GET DISCOURAGED WHEN THINGS DON'T WORK OUT JUST PERFECTLY, because, Lord, You've sometimes let a lot of things happen that we don't understand, but they're to test us & try us so that we come through the fire as pure gold.--To try our patience, to try our trust in Thee!--1Pet.1:7; Job 23:10. Some people, when you don't do things just the way they want them, Lord, they get impatient, they get bitter against You & angry because You didn't do just exactly what they wanted You to do. But Lord, help her to trust Thee no matter WHAT happens, to love You & know that it's for the best, whatever happens! Even if she couldn't stop coughing, Lord, we know that You're testing her & trying her to show that she's fighting & trying not to give up!
         3. SO LORD HELP HER TO LEARN A GOOD LESSON WHATEVER HAPPENS, to be thankful if the day goes smoothly and nothing bad happens, but STILL be thankful, Lord, even if the day doesn't go smoothly, to know that You still love her. You may be trying to give her more patience and test her to make her stronger to fight again, Lord. Even if she falls, she'll pick herself up and fight again, Jesus!
         4. THIS COUGH HAS HUNG ON SO LONG, LORD, IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET OVER, just like mine did, Lord, for so long. I began to think I had TB & was never going to get over it. I used to go to sleep coughing & wake up coughing. But Lord, I've tried not to give up, I've just kept on going no matter what, cough or no cough, & thank You Lord, You finally healed me!
         5. YOU REALLY PUT ME THROUGH THE MILL, You really put me through the test, You really put me through what has been months & months & almost years of testing, Lord, a couple of years that I have gone through that. But now, thank You Lord, You've really healed me & I don't have that trouble any more.
         6. I NEVER GAVE UP, LORD! I almost gave up, but I didn't, I kept fighting. Mama encouraged me to trust You, that You were going to heal it someday, & You did! And we certainly hope that Techi's cough doesn't hang on that long, Lord.
         7. BUT WHATEVER, LORD, "ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE THEE & are called according to Thy purpose!"--Rom.8:28. Help us never to forget that, Lord! Sometimes I wonder why You let things happen, this or that or something else, Lord, "How come, Lord?"
         8. LORD, YOU SOMETIMES WAIT UNTIL WE REALLY REALLY GET DESPERATE! "In the day that you call upon Me with a WHOLE heart I will answer thee!" "No man STIRRETH himself to call upon Me!"--Jer.29:13; Isa.64:7. Lord, sometimes we need to get really DESPERATE with You & really cry out to You with strong crying & tears & ask You to deliver us, which I did sometimes, Lord. But it took a long time, You tried my patience for many many months before You finally delivered me, TYJ! And now I believe, Lord, that I'm even stronger & healthier & better than ever!--When I thought maybe some day that cough was going to kill me, some day I might just die of it. But I didn't, Lord! TYJ! I'm all well now, I don't have it any more. I have coughs once in awhile, but not that bad one & that gurgling congestion in my lungs.
         9. YOU PROMISED, & WE'RE GOING TO CLAIM THAT PROMISE RIGHT NOW, LORD, together, that You'll not allow her to be tested above what she's able to bear, but with every temptation make a way of escape!--1Cor.10:13. In Jesus' name we claim it! He's not going to let you be tested above what you're able to bear, amen? But no matter how He tests you, no matter how He lets the Devil test you, you're going to be able to bear it, amen? Whatever happens, He's going to give you the strength to bear it & help you to trust Him & love Him!
         10. AS JOB SAID, "THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM!"--Job 13:15. And when he finally said that, the Lord knew that no matter what happened, even if He killed him, Job wasn't going to stop loving & trusting the Lord. And right away He healed him! "Lord, I'll love You even if I NEVER get rid of this cough!" That's what I came to. I finally just had to tell the Lord, "Well, Lord, though You slay me, if I die of this, I STILL love & trust You!" But I finally got really desperate, Mama knows, & the Lord finally healed me. PTL! Thank the Lord!
         11. I want to hear you say the one about testing & trying, "The trying of my faith is more precious than gold." (Techi: "That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise & honour & glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.")--1Pet.1:7. See, you really know these verses, the Lord is getting you to live up to them now! (Techi: I said, "Till the appearing of Jesus Christ," even if I have the cough till Jesus comes back!) And what about the one, "He'll not suffer me..." (Techi: "The Lord will not suffer me to be tempted above that I am able to bear, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that I may be able to bear it.")--1Cor.10:13. Praise God!
         12. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? No matter WHAT happens you're going to trust the Lord! Amen? Even if you were unable to be with others because of your coughing, would you still trust the Lord? (Techi: Yes.) Would you still thank the Lord? (Techi: Yes.) Would you still love the Lord? (Techi: Yes!)
         13. SO NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW, ARE YOU STILL GOING TO TRUST THE LORD? Still going to love Him? Still thank Him? (Techi: Yes!) And praise the Lord! "Nevertheless I will trust Him," Job said. And when he came to that big decision that he was going to trust the Lord no matter what happened, the Lord healed him! So maybe the Lord's just testing your faith & your patience!
         14. SO LORD BLESS HER & STRENGTHEN HER & HELP HER TO BE HAPPY & THANKFUL for Your Will, Lord, no matter what happens, that she'll still love & trust You because You know best, in Jesus' name! Amen!
         15. AMEN, THE SAME GOES FOR YOU, DAVID. No matter what happens, will you still trust the Lord? (David: Yes, Sir.) Even if things don't go like you expect them to or want them to? (David: In fact they don't usually! All of life isn't easy!) (Maria: He just means he has a lot of changes.) Amen, well we love you, & we're proud of you because you're such good wonderful children & we're glad to get part of the credit for you. People look at YOU to judge US, & they can SEE you've had good training & that you really love the Lord. So that's a good testimony. (--And she WAS healed!)

WHY GOD DOESN'T ALWAYS IMMEDIATELY ANSWER PRAYER AGAINST OUR ENEMIES!

         16. THE DEVIL ALWAYS TRIES TO DEFEAT YOUR PRAYERS, OR WHAT THE LORD PROPHESIES, & LAUGH AT YOU THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. Right after I prayed that prayer (see No.2407), for the first time in a long time, [this false prophet] appeared in public & made a speech on some special holy day. (Maria: You said, "Do it now, Lord! Do it today!" But the Lord doesn't always do things at exactly the same time as you want Him to!) No, I've prayed that for other things sometimes too. But a day in the mind of the Lord is a thousand years, & a thousand years is a day!--2Pet.3:8. It's all the great ETERNAL NOW with God right now. So today is tomorrow & all Eternity for God!
         17. SO ANYWAY, THE DEVIL REALLY LAUGHED, "Ha, ha, ha! See, he's better than ever!" And then the Lord began to work on me & I was thinking, "Well now why wouldn't You [judge him] THEN?" Well, right then they were being very victorious in their battle with Iraq & had had a lot of victories & he could have died cocky, "Oh, I may die but I've won the victory!", blah blah. And the Lord really spoke to my heart, "It would be too EASY for him to die now while he's VICTORIOUS.--Better for him to SUFFER & see all the damage he's caused & suffer some defeats, & instead of dying in pride & in victory, die in HUMILIATION & DEFEAT!" And that took a little time. But he's had three major defeats since then, & they say now he's definitely dying of cancer. (Maria: And it didn't take very long after your prayer.) So, praise the Lord, the Lord waited until he got some major defeats so he can die in defeat & humiliation instead of in victory. TYJ! PTL! (EDITOR: KHOMEINI DIED OF CANCER ON JUNE 3, 1989, AFTER IRAN'S WAR WITH IRAQ ENDED IN A HUMILIATING STALEMATE.)
         18. THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS TRYING TO DISCOURAGE YOU & MAKE YOU THINK GOD DIDN'T HEAR YOUR PRAYER, God doesn't love you, God didn't answer your prayer. Well, He DID, & He IS, thank the Lord!
         19. SO GOD DOESN'T PAY ALL OF HIS ACCOUNTS IN THE FALL, & sometimes the wheels of His justice grind exceeding SLOW, but EVENTUALLY grind exceeding FINE! So we should never be impatient about HOW God answers our prayers. HE knows BEST how to answer. He lets us pray'm, we were right in praying them for the defeat of our enemies & for their judgement, etc., but we always want it to happen right NOW! But God has even BETTER ways than having it happen right now! He's got ways to bring them down to gradual, tormenting, torturous defeat & shame & vilification & humiliation, which is WORSE!
         20. WE CAN CALL THAT, "THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM!"--Or, "Don't Give Up!" "NEVER Give Up," that's better! TYJ! ILY!


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