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WANTTOMAKEPLAINHOWWEDEDICATECHILDRENTOTHE,ORD
9OU SEE IN THE "IBLE MANY TIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE TODAY WHO
DRAW UP CONCLUSIONS OF HOW THAT THEY SHOULD DO THESE THINGS BUT
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IF YOU WILL TO THIS LITTLE FELLOW HERE BEING HEkS ON OUR RIGHT
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7IFE AND ) BACK THERE WE SEARCHED !RIZONA FOR YOU A FEW
WEEKS AGO OVER AT 0ARKER EVERYWHERE TRYING TO LOCATE YOU AND
COULDNkT DO IT !ND THEY TELL ME YOU WAS AT THE RESERVATION ON THE
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ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ) WISH>)F ANYONE LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT THEY WOULD BE SURE TO SPEAK TO THE NEIGHBORS TO THIS REGARD
4HE NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN CALLING ME HERE ESPECIALLY ONE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODCALLEDMEDAYBEFOREYESTERDAY!NDITWASCONCERNING
BOYS PLAYING BALL ON THE LOT HERE 4HEY HAD A BROKEN WINDOW A
KNOCKED IN SCREEN DOOR BROKEN DOWN GARDEN 3AID THE LITTLE
FELLOWS>4HE NEIGHBORS ALL KNOW THEY WANT TO PLAY SURE 4HEYkRE
JUST KIDS "UT THEY KNOCK THEIR BALL ACROSS THE WAY AND?AND BREAK
DOWNTHEIRGARDENSANDTHINGS!ND)THINKTHATTHEREkSSEVERALLITTLE
BOYSHEREINTHENEIGHBORHOODISINCLUDEDIN
%  !ND THE>4HEY?THEYkVE BEEN AWFULLY NICE TO US 4HEYkVE
NEVER COMPLAINED THE NEIGHBORS THE NIGHTS>!ND WE GET A LITTLE
NOISY AROUND HERE YOU KNOW LATE IN THE NIGHT "UT THEREkS NEVER
NOTHINGABOUTIT ANDYOUKNOWHOWTHEYCOULD4HEYCOULDFUSSAT
USWITHITIF THEYWANTEDTO!NDWEBELIEVEINBEINGJUSTASPEACEFUL
WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND WITH?LIVE PEACEFUL WITH ALL MEN AS FAR AS
POSSIBLE!NDSO WEWANTTODOTHAT
!ND NOW IF THERE WAS NO OTHER PLACE IN THE CITY OR NOWHERE
FOR THE KIDDIES TO PLAY BALL WE WOULD SEE IF WE COULDNkT BUILD US A
BIG HIGHFENCEAROUNDSOTHATTHEBALLWOULDNkTGOOVERANDBOTHER
AND MOLEST OUR NEIGHBORS "UT THE>2IGHT HERE IN )NGRAMVILLE
RIGHT THERE THEY HAVE A PUBLIC BALL DIAMOND FOR ALL KIDDIES AND
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PLAYGROUNDSFORTHEMTOPLAY JUSTUPABOVETHEEDGEOF THEGRAVEYARD
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MORNINGANDASKTHEMWHATMUSTWEDOSOTHATWECOULDBEPEACEFUL
WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND HAVE OUR FRIENDS AND EVERYTHING AND OUR
PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND !ND THEY HAVE DECIDED THAT MAYBE IT
WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR US TO NOT HAVE THE BOYS TO PLAY BALL ANY
MOREONTHEGROUNDS BECAUSETHATITWOULDBE>
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%  .OW IF ANY OF YOU NEIGHBORS ARE IN HERE THAT YOUkRE KIDDIES
ARE PLAYING HERE ON THE LOT )kM SURE YOU UNDERSTAND 3EE THAT
WE DONkT WANT OUR PHONES AND THINGS AND THE POLICE UP HERE OR
SOMETHING ANOTHER ABOUT BREAKING OUT WINDOW LIGHTS AND THINGS
!NDYOULITTLEBOYS>)F YOURLITTLEBOYSAREOUTHEREANDLITTLEGIRLS
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4HANK YOU "ROTHER 2OY 4HATkS MIGHTY NICE IF THAT?IF THEY
CAN MAKE A DECISION ON MAKING A>)F THEY MAKE A PARKING LOT
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9EAH 9EAH 9EAH THEYkRE GOING TO STOP US FROM PARKING 7E
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MAKESOME?SOMEPREPARATION
%  !ND REALLY THIS PLACE THIS PARKING LOT RIGHT HERE THATkS THE
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THROUGH"REAKMANkSHOUSETHEREANDCOMESRIGHTDOWNANDCATCHES
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WHEN WE GET READY TO BUILD IT OF ABOUT A HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR PLACE AND HAVE OUR OWN BROADCASTING
ROOMS ANDEVERYTHINGELSERIGHTHERE ANDSERVICESGOONALLTHETIME
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THOUGH 9OU KNOW THATkS WHAT WEkRE THINKING ABOUT 9OU SEE
4HEREkS>) THINK ITkS?ITkS ABOUT THREE TO FIVE THREE OUT OF FIVE
CHILDREN THATkS BORN THREE OF THEM ARE GIRLS !ND THE WOMEN ARE
GETTING BIGGER THE MEN ARE GETTING SMALLER 7OMEN ARE TAKING OVER
jCOURSE THATkS JUST THE TREND OF THE PROPHECY OF THE DAY THAT THIS
NATIONISAWOMANkSNATION)TkLLBERUNBYAWOMAN!NDREMEMBER
THIRD? ) SAW THAT COME IN A VISION A GREAT POWERFUL WOMAN
WILLTAKEOVERTHEWHOLENATIONSOMEDAY4HATkSEXACTLYRIGHT BEFORE
THEENDTIME BEFORETOTALANNIHILATION
%  4HE CARS IN THAT DAY WILL BE SHAPED LIKE AN EGG RUNNING BACK
LIKE IN THIS FORM THERE !ND ITkLL BE CONTROLLED BY SOME KIND OF A
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JUSTSETHERANDGOONLIKETHAT3EE BEFORETHEANNIHILATION.OW
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!ND WOMEN WILL TAKE OVER 7OMEN WILL TAKE OVER AND?AND
THE DOCTRINE OF #ATHOLIC CHURCH WHICH )kVE ALWAYS SAID WOULD
TAKE OVER THE 5NITED 3TATES ITkS ABSOLUTELY ALMOST THERE RIGHT NOW
3EE 7ORSHIP OF A WOMAN -ARY WHICH IS A GODDESS THEN WHICH
IS CONTRARY TO THE "IBLE AND INTERCEDING WITH THE DEAD WHICH IS
CONTRARY TO THE "IBLE AND ALL THESE THINGS HERE THEYkRE JUST MOVING
RIGHTUP
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HAVE A PLACE WHERE ) COULD JUST SETTLE DOWN AND START TEACHING YOU
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AND PRAY FOR THE SICK AND GONE AND JUST PULL AND JUST PRAYING FOR
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) WANT TO REPORT THE MEETING IN #ANADA ONE OF THE BEST
MEETINGS WE EVER HAD IN .ORTH !MERICA CONTINENT ) HAVE NEVER IN
MY LIFE -R -ERCIER WILL BE WRITING IT UP AND THEM SEEN ANYTHING
HAPPEN LIKE IT DID AT THE #ANADIAN MEETING !ND jCOURSE THE
0ENTECOSTALPEOPLEHASFLATLYTURNEDMEDOWN%VERYTHINGTHEREWAS
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HEADSFORAMOMENTOF PRAYER"LESSED&ATHER WEAREINDEEDGRATEFUL
TO 4HEE FOR THIS TIME OF FELLOWSHIP TOGETHER AROUND THE 7ORD AND
THESE HOLY ORACLES OF 'OD !ND MAY AS WE PARTAKE OF THEM BY
THE READING AND THE HEARING MAY THE (OLY 3PIRIT INSPIRE THEM TO
OUR HEARTS THAT WHEN WE LEAVE TODAY WE WOULD SAY LIKE THOSE FROM
%MMAUS l)TWASGOODFORUSTOBEHERE/URHEARTSBURNEDWITHIN
US BECAUSE (E TALKED TO US IN THE WAYm 7E ASK IT IN (IS .AME
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.OW ) HAVE SELECTED TODAY IF IT BE THE WILL OF 'OD>-Y
SUBJECTISFOUNDIN?IN?OVERINTHE"OOKOF THE0SALMS 
/ 'OD THOU ART MY 'OD EARLY WILL ) SEEK THEE MY SOUL
THIRSTS FOR THEE MY FLESH LONGETH FOR THEE IN A DRY AND THIRSTY
LAND WHERENOWATERIS*USTLISTENATTHE0SALMIST
4OSEETHYPOWERANDTHYGLORY SOAS)HAVESEENTHEEINTHY
SANCTUARY
"ECAUSE THY LOVEKINDNESS IS BETTER THAN LIFE MY LIPS SHALL
PRAISETHEE
4HUS WILL ) BLESS THEE WHILE ) LIVE ) WILL LIFT UP MY HAND IN
THYNAME
-Y SOUL SHALL BE SATISFIED AS WITH MARROW AND FATNESS AND
MYMOUTHSHALLPRAISETHEEWITHJOYFULLIPS
.OW MAYOUR,ORDADD(ISBLESSINGTOTHIS7ORD-YSUBJECT
THIS MORNING IS FOUND IN , I F E FOUR LITTLE LETTERS !ND AS THE
0SALMIST HERE WAS SPEAKING $AVID>!LWAYS 'OD DEALS WITH MEN
JUSTACCORDINGTOTHEWAYTHATTHEIRMINDSRUN
%  .OW 'OD DEALT WITH $AVID LIKE GREEN PASTURES AND STILL
WATERS ANDSOFORTH!ND$AVIDOUTTHERE AFTERHESEENSOMUCHLIFE
HOW'ODLIVEDINTHETREE ANDHOW(ELIVEDINTHEFLOWERS ANDHOW
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DOWN BY A BROOK WHERE THE LITTLE FALLS IS AND HEAR THAT CONSTANT
RIPPLE>/H )CANLAYDOWNTHEREANDGOTOSLEEPJUSTSOEASY
)NEVERTOOKASLEEPINGPILLINMYLIFE)kVEBEENTEMPTEDTODOIT
ALOTOF TIMESINMYMEETINGSWHEN)kDBEALLTWISTEDUP BUT'ODHAS
HELPEDMESOFAR"UT)TELLYOU )BELIEVETHATWOULDBEBETTERTHAN
EVERYSLEEPINGPILLTHEYCOULDHAVEINADRUGSTORE JUSTTOLAYDOWNBY
THESIDEOF ARIPPLINGLITTLEBROOK ANDPRAYALITTLEWHILEAND l.OW
) LAY ME DOWN m AND JUST LAY THERE /H THEREkS SOMETHING ABOUT IT
THATkSRESTFUL(OW)LOVEIT
!ND $AVID HERE SAID l) JUST>-Y SOUL JUST THIRSTS AFTER
4HEEm*USTLISTEN
/ 'OD THOU ART MY 'OD EARLY WILL ) SEEK 4HEE MY SOUL
THIRSTETH FOR 4HEE MY FLESH LONGETH FOR 4HEE IN A DRY AND
THIRSTYLANDWHERENOWATERIS
4HENHEGOESONTOSAY
"ECAUSE4HYLOVEKINDNESSISBETTERTHANLIFE>
.OW THEREkS NOTHING SEEMINGLY ANY BETTER THAN LIFE 7HAT
COULDWEESTIMATETHISMORNINGWOULDBEBETTERTHANLIFE"UT$AVID
SAYS l4HYLOVEKINDNESSISBETTERTOMETHANLIFEm
%  .OW WE WONDER THEN THE WORD lLIFEm MUST HAVE A?A?A
COMPOUND MEANING TO IT MUST MEAN MORE THAN?THAN?THAN ONE
THING,IFEITSELF MEANSANEXISTENCE3OTHEN IF 4HYLOVEKINDNESSIS
BETTER THAN LIFE THEN WHAT COULD BE ANY BETTER "ECAUSE 'OD ALONE
HAS %TERNAL ,IFE 'OD ALONE HAS %TERNAL ,IFE )F WE CAN GET THAT
STRAIGHTNOW ITWILLBEEASYFORUSTOSEETHEGREATPICTURE'ODSETS
BEFOREUS(OWTHATSOMEDAYTHATEVERYTHINGTHATISNkTOF 'ODWILL
VANISHANDPERISHANDGOAWAY
.OW EVERYTHING THAT HAD A BEGINNING HAS AN END 4HEREkS
NOTHING THAT EVER BEGAN BUT WHAT HAS AN END "UT SOMETHING THAT
HADNOBEGINNINGHASNOEND!ND?AND'ODALONEISTHEONLY/NE
THATHADANEVERBEGINNING(EHADNOBEGINNINGOF DAYSNORENDING
OF YEARS!NDTHEREFORE WEHAVETOBECOMEAPARTOF 'ODBYBIRTHTO
LIVE HAVEANETERNALEXISTENCE
%  4HEN SIN AND SUFFERING AND EVERYTHING MUST COME TO A PLACE
WHERE IT HAS NO EXISTENCE BECAUSE IT HAD A BEGINNING 4HERE WAS A
TIME WHENTHEREWASNOSICKNESS NOSIN NOSORROW NO DEATH !ND
THENITCOMEBYPERVERSION3OALLTHEPERVERSIONMUSTENDBACK AND
ALL THAT WAS?HAD THE BEGINNING HAS TO END SO THAT THE %TERNAL CAN
EVEREXIST$OYOUSEEWHAT)MEAN
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4HATkSTHEREASONITkSTOTALLYIMPOSSIBLEFORANYPERSONSTOEVER
BE SAVED OUTSIDE OF THE NEW BIRTH BECAUSE MEN ARE BORNED AGAIN
OF THE 3PIRIT OF 'OD AND BECOME A PART OF 'OD 4HEIR EXISTENCE IS
ETERNAL AS 'OD IS ETERNAL l4HEY CAN NEVER PERISH m *ESUS SAID l.O
ONECANPLUCKTHEMFROM-YHAND4HEYAREOF THE&ATHER$IVINE
AND THEREkS NO ONE CAN TAKE THEM OR SEPARATE THEM FOR THEY ARE A
PARTOF 'ODm
%  .OW WEkRE NONE OF US SCHOLARS )kM?)kM A VERY VERY POORLY
EDUCATEDPERSON"UTSOMETIMESWHEN)HITWORDSLIKETHAT )SEARCH
IT DOWN TO FIND OUT>*UST TAKE THAT ONE WORD ) HAVE FRIENDS AND
"IBLETEACHERSWHOCANTAKETHE'REEK ORTHE(EBREWANDJUSTRUNIT
ANYWHERETHROUGHTHE3CRIPTURE
"UT)HAVETOTAKEITJUSTWORDBYWORDANDSEARCHITOUT!ND
)FINDOUTTHATWHEN(ESAID l)GIVEUNTOTHEM%TERNAL,IFE mCOMES
FROMTHEWORD 'REEKWORD:OE : O E!ND:OEIS'OD 'ODkSOWN
,IFE!NDTHENASSUREASWEAREPARTAKEROF :OE WEEXISTETERNALLY
LIKE 'OD EXISTS ETERNALLY 4HEREFORE BY PARTAKING PART OF 'OD WE
BECOMEETERNALLYBLESSEDANDSAVEDFOREVERANDFOREVER WITHOUTEND
WITHOUTBEGINNING7EBECOMEAPARTOF 'OD
%  )F YOU NOTICE THAT THIS GREAT BEGINNING YOU TAKE>3OMEONE
HAS ASKED THE QUESTION l7HO IS THIS GREAT *EHOVAH 7HERE DID
(E BEGIN ATm (E HAD NO BEGINNING (E WAS FOREVER 'OD !ND
(E IS>.OW THE WORD lFOREVERm JUST MEANS A SPACE OF TIME BUT
lETERNITYm MEANS lFOREVERm "UT FOREVER THE WORD lFOREVER m IN THE
(EBREW MEANS lSPACE jLOTTED TIMEm FOR IT IS IN PLURAL FOREVER AND
FOREVER 3EE 4HAT MEANS TWO FOREVERS 3EE "UT IN ETERNITY IS ONE
COMPLETE %TERNITY IS A?A CIRCLE THAT HAS NO END )T NEVER HAD A
BEGINNINGANDITNEVERWILLHAVEANEND
!ND HOW THAT IN THE WORLD WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A REAL TRUE
SPIRITOF LOVE4HEREISAREALTRUESPIRITOF LOYALTY4HEREISAREALTRUE
SPIRIT OF HONESTY (OW MANY KNOWS THAT 7E KNOW IT 7E SEE IT
7ELL THATIS'OD THE?THEVERY&OUNTAIN
%  ,ETkSCLOSEOUREYESTOOURIMAGINATIONSFORAFEWMOMENTSAND
GO WAY BACK INTO THE?kFORE THERE WAS ANYTHING 4HE GREAT FOUNTAIN
OF ALLETERNITYWASTHATSPIRITOF LOVE JOY THATSPIRITOF HONESTY THAT
SPIRIT OF TRUENESS IN THIS PERFECTION !ND THEN OUT OF THE EXISTENCE
OF THE &ATHER WENT THE ,OGOS WHICH WAS THE 3ON WHICH WAS THE
THEOPHANY WHICH WAS THE BODY OF THE GREAT *EHOVAH 'OD WENT
FORTH IN A CELESTIAL "ODY 4HATkS THE ,OGOS 4HE 7ORD SPOKE OUT OF
THEM GREAT &OUNTAINS OF ,IFE AND WENT FORTH !ND THERE WAS THE
THEOPHANY WHICHWAS'ODMADEINTO7ORD
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%  4HEN THAT THEOPHANY WAS MADE FLESH IN THE 0ERSON #HRIST
*ESUS !ND THEN ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE 4RINITY DWELT IN (IM BOTH
&ATHER 3ON AND (OLY 3PIRIT ALL IN THAT !ND THATkS THE VERY WAY
WE GO PLUMB BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BEGINNING OF 'OD 4HERE WE ARE
BORNED AGAIN NOT OF FLESH BORNED AGAIN NOT OF BLOOD BUT BORNED
AGAIN BY THE 3PIRIT !ND IN THAT ETERNAL 3PIRIT OF LOVE AND HONESTY
COMESDOWNTOMAKE)TSPLACEINUS
!ND THEN WHEN WE DIE FROM THIS LIFE WE GO INTO THE BODY
WHICH>)F THISEARTHLYTABERNACLEISDISSOLVED WEHAVEATHEOPHANY
TOGOINTO ABODYCELESTIAL
4HEN AT THE COMING OF THE ,ORD *ESUS THIS BODY IS PICKED
FROM THE EARTH AGAIN AND MADE IN A GLORIFIED STATE TO LIVE IN (IS
0RESENCE FOREVER 4HEN ALL THE PERVERSION ALL THE THINGS THAT WAS
IN?IN THE PERVERSION ALL GOES OUT OF EXISTENCE &LESH GOES TO ITS
PUNISHMENT (ELL OPENS UP HER MOUTH AND SWALLOWS IN ALL THE EVIL
AND THE PERVERSION !ND 'OD AND (IS BELOVED #HURCH (IS "RIDE
TAKESTHEIRSTANDFORTHEETERNITIESTOROLLON4HATkSTHEGREATHOPEOF
THE#HRISTIAN#HURCH
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THANLIFEm.OW LIFE EVERYONEWANTSTOTHINKOF LIFE!NDLIFE>4HE
WORD lLIFEm HAS HAD A PERVERTED ASPECT TO IT BECAUSE THAT EVEN LIFE
ITSELF HAS A PERVERTED ASPECT !ND MANY TIMES PEOPLE WANT TO REFER
TOLIFEASHAVINGABIGTIME DRINKING RILING ANDGOINGOUT4HEYSAY
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