By MariaMaria #569 CM/FM 3348 4/01

Dear Family,

1. It's thrilling to read your testimonies of friends and supporters won‚ souls saved, hearts and lives changed, and the multitude of victories resulting from your outreach and ­follow-up! Peter and I are so proud of you for your faithful­ness and obedience to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature, and to continue to minister to them with Activated and other literature so they can be fed and grow.

2. Our Activated outreach is really growing‚ and many of you have gotten behind it whole­heartedly, God bless you! In other Homes and areas, Activated has been a little slow in taking off for one reason or another. There are always many children to care for, the press of Home business, the urgent need for fundraising, and "Consider the Poor" programs to take care of, among so many other details of our busy lives. Or maybe you tried pushing Activated for a while but it didn't seem to bear much fruit, and you got dis­couraged.

3. Getting Activated established to feed the sheep and create a broader base of the Family is a long-term goal, and sometimes short-term needs can seem more important. We all some­times need encourage­ment, vision or motivation to keep striving for our long-term goals—and in the case of Activated, it's more than a goal. The Lord has told us it's the future of the Family! He's put a lot of emphasis on it in mess­age after message‚ and judging by the wonder­ful fruit that has resulted from it, you can certainly see why.

4. I recently asked the Lord if He could give us some messages on how we could be moti­vated to continue promoting Activated—messages of inspira­tion‚ instruction, counsel, tips and suggestions on how we could make it part of our everyday life. The Lord answered wonderfully, sending Dad with many inspir­ing messages as well, and this GN is the first in a series to share these messages with you, dear Family. I pray His Words will help you to get activated if you're not, or to get even more activated if you are!

5. The messages which follow are pretty clear‚ so for the most part I'm not including commentary with them.

6. By the way‚ when we looked up the word "activate" in a thesaurus, we were interested to see that it means to "make active, set in motion‚ turn on, trigger‚ start, get going, stimulate, galvanize, initiate, motivate." I hope and pray that Activated will do all these things for you, dear ones!

Much love in our wonderful Husband,

Mama

The Promise of the End!

7. (Dad speaking:) This is the Family's ­finest hour! This is going to be the biggest ministry the Family has ever been involved in. The Lord gave the Word, and great was the company of them that published it! The Lord gave Activated, and great is the company of you, the Family, that "activate" it! Praise You Jesus!

8. The Lord is so good to the Family. You are His pets, His favorites, so He spoils you and gives you everything you need to do the job. The Lord has taken the Family into a new era, the era of action, and given you a new tool that's perfectly designed for it—Activated. The Lord wants to activate every Family member worldwide and have this program bursting through in their lives in all that they do. The Lord wants this to be an explosion—possibly the biggest explosion of any pub ever created by any Christian organization! The Lord isn't pussyfooting around—He's serious about winning the hearts and minds of this world for His Kingdom. He's on the attack and He's dropping His love into thousands of hearts every day. People worldwide are feeling His message of love striking home in their hearts, and folks, Activated is it! Activated is the answer to the follow-up needs of the Family.

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9. Q: Some Christian magazines have an enormous circulation. For example, the Jehovah's Witnesses get out something like 20 million magazines a month. Will Activated even be bigger than that?

10. (Dad speaking: ) The sky's the limit! No, not even the sky's the limit—the only limit is the faith and initiative of the Family! They can do it if they try. Look at what they did with the MO Letters, the tapes, the posters, the videos, with pub after pub and push after push down throughout our history. They've done it before and they can do it again if they'll set their hearts and minds to it! After all, what's that message the Lord gave you for the Feast?—"­Nothing Is Impossible," remember? So why should this be impossible?

11. Don't you think the Lord thinks your pubs are wonderful‚ powerful, life–changing and marvelous? Let me tell you, other religious magazines can't hold a candle to it! They're full of dead dry doctrines with maybe a testimony or two mixed in and a little bit of inspirational stuff to try to stir up their flocks, which usually need a lot more than a revival, let me tell you!

12. So you haven't seen anything yet when it comes to Activated! The Family just has to start doing it, pushing it, promoting it, and winning others with it. And then when you've won others with it, unlike your other pushes, you can get them plugging it too. In times past you mainly distributed lit and won souls. Well, this time you're going to win new members, new disciples as well, and they're going to also reach and win ­others through Activated, and things can snowball before you know it.

13. You folks may think I'm exaggerating when I say "The Lord wants this to be an explosion—possibly the biggest explosion of any pub ever created by any Christian organization," but that's the truth! He does want it to be an explosion and it can be if you'll make it that way. Claim the Lord's promises! You can do it because He can do it, and He wants to do it! Don't hold Him back by your lack of faith. God bless you, and may He help you to get activated as well! (End of message from Dad.) (End of text box.)

14. The Lord wants to pour down His love abundantly‚ in huge bucketfuls‚ on this poor, lonely, love-starved world, and He's moving you into a new ministry. The way you used to do it will no longer meet today's needs. Today's weapon is Activated! Today's mission is to get activated. Today's goal is to reach the lost with the Words of the Lord through Activated.

15. Are you activated? Are you taking up the torch and running with it? Are you putting the Lord's newest and most effective soul-reaping, life-changing, heart-winning weapon to good use? Don't let it sit on the shelves—get it out to those who need it! Get the message to the starving multitudes! Feed the hungry! There are so many of them! The Lord can't do it without you! You are instrumental in making a difference in this dark hour of the world's history.

16. Now is your hour to shine brightly and brilliantly for all to see! Now is your moment to get Activated out to the millions who are starving. Now is the time to feed the sheep and follow up on them like never before, with Activated or any other tools you have available! Now is the time! Tomorrow the harvest will be past, and the crops will wilt and die in the fields if you aren't faithful to reap them for the Lord. Or worse yet‚ another harvester will come along, and his dark harvesters will tear the ground up and plow ­under the poor lost sheep who missed the message.

17. Are you going to be faithful to the Lord and not let one sheep pass you by? Are you going to be diligent to get this world activated? Are you going to pick up the standard and bear it into the fields so all can see that there's light and that there are answers? Raise high the standard of the Lord! Let His cry be heard throughout the world! Let the sheaves be drawn together to His standard. Let the grain be gathered before the approaching storm arrives and covers the land­scape with its lies and doubts.

18. This storm is a very real one, and it's coming. Look up and see in the spirit. See how short time is. Get out and activate the masses before the Devil can get to them. Reach them with the Lord's message before the Enemy reaches them with his message and they're subverted by false doctrines of devils.

19. Do you want to be instrumental in weaken­ing the forces of Satan? Then rip off his potential worshippers! Get them before he does. Reach them, and don't leave one stalk of grain standing in the fields that you haven't tried to reach and garner for the Lord.

20. (Vision:) I saw a parched field where all the grain had been either burned or reaped already, except for one stalk that was still standing. The feeling of sadness and disappointment the one stalk felt at being left behind was so strong‚ it almost made me cry. It was desperately hoping someone would come along and pick it and gather it into Heaven.

21. Then I saw a dark figure racing toward the stalk, laughing with glee as if he had found one that he could steal away. Suddenly a person on a white horse came riding up at full speed and plucked the stalk just before the dark figure could get to it. The look on the dark figure's face was one of shock, and he was totally confounded. The stalk had been close to destruction, but the Lord had rescued it, or had sent one of us to rescue it just in time. (End of ­vision.)

22. (Dad continues:) This is our last great blitz before the events of the End set in. This is the "Gospel that is going to be preached in all the world for a witness, and then shall the End come!" This is it, folks—showtime, endgame, the grand finale of witnessing openly to all nations! This is the biggest, greatest‚ and most fantastic plan to reap the world the Lord has put into play since His coming to Earth and dying for the multitudes.

23. Generations to come will speak and sing of your exploits in these days! These are the days of which the prophets spoke. I know all this might sound overly grandiose to you who are getting out your little subscription cards every day‚ but you are the sowers. Where you sow, seeds will grow, and those plants will scatter yet other seeds into other fertile ground where new plants will spring up and carry those seeds on to the next hungry soul.

24. This is your hour! The Lord has no other movement that will accomplish this great mission. It's the highest privilege, because it's going to have the greatest results, and the Lord wants you, the Family, to be the ones to get the praise and the glory for this. He doesn't want to entrust this job to anyone else. He has entrusted it to you because He knows that you are the ones! You in the Family are the army of armies, the soldiers of soldiers, the diehards, the never-stoppers, the victors in this last age. You carry the standard of the Lord before you to lead the troops into the Endtime. You are the last, and will be the greatest and most powerful group of Christians ever! You are the elite, the hope, the promise of the End!

25. That's what the Lord is calling you in our council sessions, "The Promise of the End!" He's counting on you. His hopes are on you—every one of you, from the smallest to the greatest, from the little ones to the FGAs. Don't fail Him. He's counting on you to see this task through to the End. And if you don't‚ if the Family fails‚ then you'll fail millions who need to hear of the Lord from you. The Lord won't fail these dear lost souls and sheep, but you will have. That's how serious this is, folks. The Lord is relying on you.

26. He's pulled out the stops and has given you every­thing you need for this moment in history. He's got His prophets of doom and direction for every era, and you are the appointed ones for this time. It's you that He's relying on to get the job done.

27. Who do you think is going to be instructing many? Did you think the Lord was talking about the churches and church folks, most of whom need instructing themselves? They're not doing the job—they can't‚ because they don't have the knowledge, not to mention the burden and initiative to share it if they had it. So the Lord has given you that job! Get up‚ my children, for now is your hour! Now is your day! You haven't lived one moment that will rival the great things the Lord has planned for you! If you think you've had a great life, that you've been pretty blessed (and you have‚ don't get me wrong), you haven't seen anything compared to what's coming! If you're tired of living for the Lord‚ here's your salvation. This is going to propel the Family and our witness and wonderful Lord into the minds and hearts of millions, leaving the churches far behind!

28. God's got His eye on you, baby! He's watching you, and He expects you to be His voice before the darkness settles on this world for good—getting out His message till He returns, rips open the veil and reveals His Heavenly Kingdom, which will rule in righteousness forever! Praise the Lord! Thank You, Jesus, for counting us little ones worthy of this task!

29. Does that inspire you to do the job? Does that give you the vision, the heat under your seat to do the feat? God bless you, dear Family. I'm proud of you! You are "it"! I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Family is it—the it for this generation! You are the anointed warriors of the End. Thank You Jesus! Hallelujah! They can't stop our rain, our Activated rain! Oh, they'll try, just like our enemies make pitiful attempts to put their hands above their heads to shield themselves from the thunderstorm of the Word the Lord's been pouring down for years. They'll try‚ but we'll just keep raining it down on them till they drown, or until the Antichrist government outlaws our tools!

30. He's going to be so threatened by them that he'll shut us down one day and we won't be able to keep publishing these magazines. But until then, dear Family, we're going to wash him out of every corner of his kingdom! We're going to flood the land all the way up to his gates with wave after wave of lit, resulting in fantastic follow–up fruit. We're really going to deal him a heavy blow till the Lord lets him take control of this world and stop us for a time. Even when he does stop us, he'll only stop our open ­ministries. We'll keep on chugging along like an under­ground subway system, right beneath his power, popping up where he least expects us and ­ripping off more sheep for the Lord. Wow! Hallelujah!

31. Doesn't it excite you to know what the Lord wants to do with you? Doesn't it thrill you to know that no matter what happens, the Lord's Words are still going to be preached? Doesn't it set your head spinning to know that you're a key player in the Endtime?

32. Well, God bless all of you who have taken this calling to heart and are activated! God bless those of you who really have a love for the lost like the Lord does and as I do and are doing some­thing about it! And if you're not, it's not too late to start. Order your Activated sub­scrip­tion cards today and get them out to the waiting world.

33. There's no hole so hidden that Activated can't slip in and change someone's life. There's no crack in the Devil's armor so small that this message and ministry can't break through and deal a mortal blow to his attack on man.

34. You are the warriors of this age, the hope and promise of this age. Will you fulfill your calling, or will you become lazy, lethargic and stuck in the rut of inaction like many other Christian groups that have come and gone before, or which are still here but are nearly invisible because of their immobility? Are you settling down, or are you activated?! Are you a here-today-gone-tomorrow person, or are you a live-on-forever person? What you do today matters, and will matter for eternity. This is the echo that will cause the very mountains to crumble before you. This is the rumble that will shake the world! This is the biggest, the best, the most powerful ministry we've ever had, and it could be our last great ministry. Do you want to leave your mark on this world? Then get activated! Amen? (End of message from Dad.)

Activated—a New Way of Life!

35. (Dad speaking:) Activated isn't just a magazine—it's a new way of life! Activated for the Lord is what each of you need to be! No matter what else happens in the Family, or what other goals and changes and pushes and whatnot come up, being witnesses who feed the sheep will always remain your number one priority—from this time forth, even unto the end of the world!

36. Jesus' departing message to His disciples, and all His disciples who followed Him throughout history, including us, was to "make disciples of all nations." We've been doing that somewhat as a Family‚ slowly but surely, but time is ticking away and will soon run out—although it's looking like you're gonna have a fair bit more time to work with than you originally thought back when 1993 was "the end of days" and the thought of entering the next millennium didn't even enter your minds!

37. Well‚ the Lord knew you couldn't take knowing at that time how far you would have to go and how long you would have to keep going! It would have seemed too difficult, too scary, and like too much work, ha! Now that you know you have a bit more time, it behooves you to use it as you should!

38. Anyway, back to my point here about the Activated vision. I want to make sure you get the point that it's not just a little push that we're going to do for a year or two and then pat ourselves on the back that we fed all the sheep we did and won all the disciples we did. That's not the vision. The vision is that this Family is going to become a feeding–the-sheep‚ following–up‚ disciple-winning Family which will grow, and grow, and grow some more, from now on until we leave this Earth!

39. That's the true Activated vision—getting on fire for the Lord and setting as many others on fire as you can! It takes a lot of mind-expanding and horizon-expanding to make this a real life change—and it's going to have to be a life change from the way many of you have been operating for years.

40. I know you all agree in theory, in concept, with the Activated and follow-up vision, but then you have the day-to–day realities of paying the bills, raising support, and bringing up a family. So it's an ongoing perpetual challenge‚ and sometimes even a conflict between spending all your time on seemingly quicker fundraising methods—whether canning or performing or outside employment—and dedicating the time it takes to feed the sheep.

41. But let me tell you, and this is a promise: If you feed them, one day they will feed you! If you sign them up for the Activated magazine and keep them going on that; or if you're in a country without an Activated subscription program but you give them whatever follow-up tools and materials you can; if you're inviting them over for Bible studies, Church of Love meetings, or discipleship classes, depending on what level they're at—in the long run, this is going to make things easier for you!

42. You're going to have more regular support from these thankful souls, meaning you won't have to get out there and hit the streets fundraising as much. You're going to have more people on fire about witnessing and helping you distribute the tools, so that you won't have to spend as many hours out doing that, and can instead spend more time feeding and teaching a much bigger sales force than you and your family could ever be! You're going to have people to work with you and help you and be partners with you in your outreach, your CTP ministries, maybe people who will come over to the house and help you with the kids and the cooking and the shopping. The possibilities are limitless!

43. Open your eyes and your minds; expand your vision and your horizons! The sky is nowhere near the limit, and we as a Family are nowhere near the peak of the mountain of great things that the Lord wants us to do. The Lord's vision is big, great‚ huge, extensive, massive, enormous and downright out­rageous if you look at it practically. So don't‚ ha! Look at it with the eyes of faith. While the Lord's overall plan for the Family, for expanding our membership, for increasing our disciples and outreach force, is practical, sometimes there's no practical explanation for how the "magic" happens.

44. But let me tell you, if you're faithful to feed the sheep—whether there's just one or two or there's a hundred—one day you'll wake up and realize that those sheep are helping to sustain and feed you and others. It's a law of the spirit. As you give, as you obey, the Lord blesses‚ and it will be given unto you. It's also a law of nature and science that as you invest in those who have the wherewithal to further your cause‚ you're accomplishing far more than if you try to do it all yourself.

45. Forget trying to do it all yourself! You need the help of these who are now friends, sheep, contacts‚ or kings‚ many of whom the Lord wants to become disciples or members to some degree or another. Feed them! Feed them the Activated mags and books! Feed them with your sample and with your fellowship! Feed them with the wonderful wealth of Word that's at your fingertips, with so much more still to come—and much of it material that is specifically ­tailored for follow-up and training new disciples.

46. We're doing what we can from up Here to pour down the instruction, the inspiration, and the guidance regarding what needs to be said‚ what needs to be created, what needs to be made available‚ what steps, big and small, need to be taken. Mama and Peter are doing what they can to make sure the Word gets out—the Word to teach the teachers, and the Word to teach the babes. So you're the next link in the chain—or the next series of links in the chain. Each Home, each member, each witnesser is important.

47. Each of you is so valuable! Some of you don't realize how valuable you are and what a wealth of Word, training, and spiritual input you've soaked up through your years in the Family. If you feel that way, then get together with some hungry souls who are desperate for answers and for the truth and for understanding, and talk with them for a few hours and read the Word with them, and you'll soon realize how incredibly wealthy you are!

48. So let that gold roll, amen? You've got it to give‚ so the Lord expects you to give it! Like the Scripture says, "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it" (Pro.3:27). You have it in your hands—you have the power‚ the knowledge, the materials! Nothing but fear and the Devil can hold you back—so don't you let them! Amen? (End of message from Dad.)

The Far–reaching Effects

Of Activated!

49. (Jesus speaking:) Dear Family‚ if you could only see the fruit in the spirit that this Activated ministry bears in the hearts and minds and lives of those who receive the magazines, you'd be amazed! You can't comprehend or even imagine the far-reaching effects of this ministry. Nine times out of ten, each subscription you sell doesn't only reach the one you sold it to‚ but it reaches others as well. Many rejoice at the truths they find therein, and share them with their friends, relatives, and loved ones. Sometimes they give them the magazine to read; other times they share the information they've learned verbally. And even if they don't do those things, just the fact that their lives are changing, they're growing in My Spirit, they're becoming more loving, helpful, thoughtful and full of My Spirit—that in itself is a mighty testimony and witness to the power of My Word and the power of these magazines!

50. The people of this world are hungering, thirsting‚ and starving for the meat of the Word, the seeds of the spirit that these magazines contain. Maybe to you these mags are not "meaty," but to those who are just getting to know Me, those who are babes in the spirit, these mags are powerful and awesome! These mags stir their souls and cause them to draw nigh to Me. They have the power to change lives and hearts and bring My Activated children into a closer and deeper relationship with Me.

51. I say to those of you who don't seem to be able to get out many subscriptions, don't be dis­couraged and don't give up! Just do what you can do, and I will do the rest. Seek Me for ways to be able to get out subscriptions, and I will lead and guide you and show you open doors and opportunities when they arise. Ask Me to put a burning desire in your heart to motivate you to sell subscriptions. Ask Me to help you to always be open for opportunities to offer a subscription to those who cross your path. And when you sell subscriptions, remember to pray for those subscribers every day, and ask Me to help those mags bear fruit not only in their lives, but in the lives of others they're close to.

52. As I said, you have no idea of the far-reaching effects of these magazines—and you won't know until you reach Heaven and see all the souls who were won through the fruit of your labors and your diligence and faithfulness to get out the subscriptions. I promise you, if you will do your part and be faithful with what you have, I will cause you to reap the benefits not only in this life, but in your life to come.

53. So even if you were only able to get out one subscription, don't belittle that one. Pray for the soul who received it, and you'll be amazed when you get to Heaven and see the effect of your prayers and how much fruit just that one subscription bore! (End of message from Jesus)

Pray for the Subscribers!

54. (Spirit helper speaking:) Hi! I am Anya, and I am one of the multitudes of spirit helpers that are assigned to this Activated ministry. Every time you sell a subscription‚ we are assigned to that person to be their spirit helper, to help lead and guide them through the Activated magazine and books. As you can probably imagine, nudging the person in the spirit to buy a subscription is just half the battle, for afterwards the Enemy tries to come in and do all kinds of dastardly deeds to keep that person from reading the mag.

55. We are there to make sure the Enemy doesn't get the upper hand and cause the subscriber to not read or not be fed from the magazine. The Enemy has many tricks up his sleeve, so we have to stay one step ahead of him and make sure he's defeated. But we can't do this unless we have your prayers. Your prayers for this ministry are vital and what give us the power we need to have an edge over the Evil One.

56. So I plead with you, dear Family, to remember us in your prayers and to be faithful to intercede on our behalf, for our jobs are only going to get bigger as you get more and more people of this world activated! I love you! Thanks for praying! Love, Anya (End of mess­age from spirit helper.)

Don't Hide Your Light

Under a Bushel

57. (Mama:) We recently heard of a Home in a non-sensitive field whose members were being quite secretive about their connection to the Family. In some fields where we live and work under communist governments‚ or in other sensitive situa­tions, we operate in a more cautious or clandestine way‚ of course. But this wasn't the case for this Home.

58. We realize that many of you have concerns about your security, especially if there are anti-cult campaigns in your area. Yet at the same time, we wondered how such secretive Homes could get behind our Activated and follow-up push if they weren't willing to be associated with the Family. It would make your ­outreach and follow-up very difficult, to say the least!

59. So we asked our dear Husband if He could please give us His views on this, and He responded with the message which follows, which is a little more serious and sober than the preceding messages. When we asked Him if it would still be appropriate for this GN, He indicated that it would be, and passed on some other counsel as well:

60. (Jesus speaking:) Although this mess­age is not as inspiring and motivating as the others, its purpose is instruction, not inspiration. It is important to instruct My children that they cannot truly get out Activated without being willing to associate themselves with the Family, and if they will not become a part of the Activated program or are not faithful with their follow-up in other ways‚ through fear of being associated with the Family‚ their future is in jeopardy.

61. There is both a time and a place for not openly saying you are part of the Family, and you know these times well—when you are in a country where your work is banned, or where the authorities would imprison you‚ or where being a Christian is itself dangerous. But there are other times and places where saying you are a Family member would merely bring upon yourself and your work unpopularity, or negative media and name calling. Will you deny your link with the Family during these times as well? Beware of compromising for gain or solely for the opinions of men, for what you think to be security. Am I not the best security‚ your true security?

62. So you may use this lesson in the GN, and as you do so, pray that My children will get the point. For there are some who still cling to the old ways of doing things, of not being open, of being fearful and hesitant, when this time has passed. They cling to the old ways of doing things for many reasons, often without direct confirmation and guidance, just as they have not fully embraced seeking Me in all things. So pray that they will truly get the point, for often these of My children who are so set in their ways read messages from Me and tend to think they do not apply to their situation for one reason or another. They love Me, but have drifted because they have not fully embraced My Words for some time. (End of message from Jesus)

63. (Mama: ) There's more on the subject of security versus openness in the Letters, especially in "Mama's Memos!—No.9" (ML #3243:80-122, GN 845). It's a big subject—one that requires study, prayer, counsel and hearing from the Lord—so we can't cover it here. But we are including the Lord's counsel about this in regards to Activated, as I mentioned earlier:

64. (Jesus speaking:) I have given you the Activated vision for the purpose of spreading the teachings I have given to the children of David. I have given you the Activated vision for the purpose of broadening your borders and enlarging your tents, expanding the Family. And I have given you the Activated plan and vision because My sheep are sick; they are dying in the fields without the Words of life and power and strength, without shepherds to show them the way. To whom will these go if you, My brides, do not reach out to save them in this dark hour when so many are in need? I have given you the Activated vision because the world needs to hear My message and those who will follow need to be taught and instructed in how to live. I have given you the Activated vision to pave the way for My Kingdom on Earth; it is the foundation of what is to come.

65. I have given you the Activated plan and vision, for now is the hour! The time has come when you must reach out, when you must gather them in before the night falls, before it is too late. And how, My loves? How can you gather them and teach them in secret? I do not mean for it to be so. These whom you reach and teach must know what they are getting into. And these who help you accomplish this plan—your helpers, supporters, even your secret followers—must also know.

66. Yes, I have given you what would seem to be strange truths, strong doctrine, or radical beliefs to those who oppose the truth of God. But many in the world yearn for the Words of life that I have given to you, My Family. Never has the world seen such trying days as mankind now faces. I tell you, the world is ready and needy. Just as it was when I came in the flesh, so is it now: There are those who hunger and die without the light, without the Words of life‚ without shepherds to show them the way.

67. I mean for you to make disciples of all nations, and this cannot be done in secret. For they that know the doctrine will live of the doctrine, and this will be a testimony to the world. I lead and guide according to each situation and need, and there are times when I will lead you to be more discreet in your winning and ministering to others. I sometimes lead you to go slow and to ease different ones in. However‚ for the most part this does not mean that I wish for you to hide who you are and what you stand for under a different guise altogether. No, I call you to stand up for the truth that I have given!

68. In these Last Days, in this era of action, I desire to cause you, My Family, to stand up as a witness to the nations—to stand in My Name and in the name that I have given you, to be known as My brides of the End of the house of David, those who follow Me closely‚ those who have My Words for the Last Days. If you say you love Me‚ yet you desire to cover up your true identity as My intimate and chosen brides, My loves, this saddens Me. Those who are ashamed of Me and My Words, of the privileged place I have given you in My Family, will cause Me shame when I return to establish My Kingdom on Earth.

69. My dear ones, I know the fears you are tempted with. I know the way ahead can seem over­whelming at times, especially when you are faced with the wrath of the self-righteous and the hypocritical‚ those who seek to do My people harm, and who work to stop the work of God. I know the feelings of gloom that can creep in, and the temptations that stare you in the face, for I faced the same. But I ask you to look to My sample, for I overcame and I found freedom and liberation in standing up for the truth. There were times when I used discretion; for example, when I chose to exit a city discreetly‚ or when I instructed My disciples to take another way in order to avoid confrontation, by traveling the less beaten path. But there came a time when I could not hide the work I did under a bushel. By the time I was ready to go public all the way, by the time I had called My 12 closest disciples and had them taught and trained and ready to go out and reach and win more disciples, by the time we were ready to enlarge the borders of our tents, there was no turning back and no hiding; our witnessing had to be up-front and personal.

70. This is the place you are at now, My loves. I have called you, instructed you, prepared you, taught you, and trained you. Now it is time for you in turn to forge ahead with the Activated vision to win and teach and train more disciples. This is your day and it is their day—the day for those you will win to shine. You are a city full of My light and love, a city which I place high on a hill for all the world to see. It cannot be hid.

71. You have nothing to fear, for I have put the keys to the Kingdom in your hands. I have given you the power to rise above all impossibilities, just as My Father did for Me. Now it is your time to shine and to demonstrate this power. You have nothing to fear, dear loves. Go in faith, believing, making disciples of all nations, and claiming My promises, for all that I have said will come to pass as you walk on in faith. I will lead, protect, and guide you. No harm will come near you as you put your faith and trust in Me. (End of message from Jesus)

72. (Mama: ) I pray you've found these mess­ages inspiring and motivating. God bless you as you activate your part of the world! I love you!