PRAYER FOR PROTECTION!   NRS10    DO 765   12/11/78

         1. THANK YOU LORD! WE'RE SURE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET US ALL ON OUR TOES & MAKE US VERY SECURITY-CONSCIOUS! We must not be ignorant of the Devil's evil devices, & we must know that we're in a war, a spiritual warfare! The Enemy's making a new all-out attack against the Family & has come awfully close to us, narrowly missing us personally a couple of times now, Lord.
         2. We ask Thee right now in Jesus' name, we plead Thy protection by Thy promises over this house, Lord, & this household, to deliver us out of the hand of the adversary, to completely protect us here, that in no way shall this Family here be found out.
         3. Give us wisdom what to do day by day, not to worry about tomorrow, Lord, but to make contingency plans on what we should do if we have to do something more than we're doing now, or different from the way we're doing it now. We ask Thee in Jesus' name, to protect us.
         4. WE'VE COMMITTED NO CRIMES, LORD, WE'VE NOT VIOLATED ANY LAWS THAT WE KNOW OF. We're only guilty of one thing, & that's being Your children! And this has become a crime in this modern day & age. Lord, this is out-&-out religious persecution!--No matter what excuses they give, no matter what trumped-up charges they give, no matter what provocations they claim. We know & You know & the Devil knows & they know it's just out-&-out religious persecution, because of our religious practices!
         5. So we ask Thee to give the authorities a heart for us, turn the hearts of the rulers toward Thy people. Rebuke the Devil in this latest drive with his latest machinations to try to get rid of us! And we ask Thee to hold responsible those who have caused us trouble, & trouble them which tribulate us! (2Th.1:6)
         6. HELP US TO REALISE THAT THE DANGER IS REAL, EVER-PRESENT & SOMETIMES IMMINENT, & we must always be prepared to suddenly change course, to suddenly veer to another place, & not to have to carry too much with us. Lord, we're back almost to the days of the Apostles again. We must have contingency plans.
         7. Lead us by Thy Spirit, Lord, & give us great wisdom, great caution, Lord--immense security! We know, Lord, that Thy "angels encompass 'round about them that fear Thee," & that "You have given Your angels charge over us to care for us in all our ways." (Ps.34:7; 91:11) But Lord, help us not to give them a hard time!
         8. Help us to cooperate & follow the leading of Thy Spirit & Thy holy spirits, to do what they know is best. Help us follow our hunches & feelings & those checks of Thy Spirit & those strange still small voices, Lord, that tell us, "This is the way, walk ye in it!" (Isa.30:21), even though it may seem unreasonable or ridiculous, & we wonder why we should not do as usual or go this place as usual or do that as usual or say that. If we have any check in the Spirit at all, Lord, help us to mind it, knowing that You know why.
         9. WE CANNOT DENY YOU, JESUS, WE CANNOT DENY THE TRUTH! So help us to stand fast, loyal, faithful & diligent, ready as soldiers at every instance to be able to "give an answer to him that asketh of thee" (1Pe.3:15), to know whereof we speak & be able to speak with authority, conviction & honesty.
         10. Help us to attend to this little thing or that little thing, whether it be the license of a car or any official dealings with the System, anything that might bring any problems. Help us to live exemplary, Lord, "honest toward them that are without" (Rom.12:17), that we may be a testimony & example, & not bring any kind of investigation or any reflection on us or Thy children or Thy cause or Thee, in Jesus' name.
         11. Alert Thy children now worldwide of the way things are tightening up & how some countries are clamping down, so they can avoid these traps set by the Enemy! Help us go underground or whatever we have to do to keep on going for Thee--or to flee, whatever is necessary.
         12. Help us to continue living & working & proclaiming Thy truth in whatever way we can "until death do us part."--Hallelujah! TYJ! Help each one of us here to know what we should do next to secure this place & our individual situations, & not leave a thing undone or a stone unturned or a string untied, Lord, that ought to be taken care of. Spare Thy work as long as possible, in Jesus' name!--Amen.