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I'll tell the world that I'm a Christian.

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I'm not ashamed to claim his name.

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Present-day hypocritic, lukewarm Laodicean church goers typically

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lift their beautiful voices plenty highly when they

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sing those lines inside their steeple houses, but

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they would not dare lift up their voices

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singing those same words out in public before

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the world, the world being the children of

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the devil.

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I am speaking this on Thursday, the U

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.S. Thanksgiving Day in 2025, though it is

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not a holiday here in Japan where I

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am, and I just walked back to my

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house this morning after 8 a.m. from

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singing praise to God in heaven beside the

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junior high school wire mesh fence just a

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long stone's throw from my house as those

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junior high kids walked and rode bicycles into

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the nearby school gate, each of them steadily

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daily journeying on to their eternal abode.

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Oh, how it set my heart afire with

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joy, causing them to hear praises sang to

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our creator God in heaven.

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I am missionary Richard Yerby in Japan, now

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continuing my sermon series on Job's glorious declaration

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in chapter 3 verse 26 of Job, where

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Job proclaimed, I was not in safety, neither

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had I rest, neither was I quiet, yet

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trouble came.

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Job chapter 3 verse 26, and this sermon's

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title of mine is, But Not Quiet?

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Continuing to preach on Job's spiritual custom of

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neither was I quiet.

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Do you practice the same religious custom of

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not being quiet about the creator God of

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the human race?

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He ordained that we be his mouthpieces here

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on earth, we who are bought by his

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precious blood and become a child of God

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with citizenship in heaven.

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This important and most powerful matter of raising

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our voices for our creator God in the

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presence of every human soul that we possibly

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can is a fierce spiritual battle that is

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highly opposed by the enemy.

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Thus, courage is necessary, making preparatory prayer essential

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for any victory.

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You please pray without ceasing for God to

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give you courage to speak to others about

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him.

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Also intercede much in intercessory prayer for the

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lost souls around you daily, asking God to

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draw lost souls to you to hear you

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speak to them of their eternal destiny.

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Rest assuredly that almighty God is on your

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side in this matter, and if you are

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serious about wanting courage to speak up for

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your creator, then he is most serious about

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giving you that courage.

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Let's pray to him about that.

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Heavenly Father, I now pray to thee for

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that needed courage.

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Please help me to be a good witness

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for thee.

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Please help me to have the same testimony

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that perfect and upright Job had.

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Neither was I quiet.

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Please take away the spirit of the fear

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of man from me, because thy holy scriptures

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clearly teach us that the fear of man

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bringeth a snare.

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Please fill me with thy divine courage.

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Help me not to be the least bit

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embarrassed or ashamed of thee before others.

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Help me to be a bright and shining

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light, always lifting high my Lord Jesus Christ

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and exalting him before everyone.

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I pray this for Brother Richard too, and

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I pray for all Christians now on earth.

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Amen.

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You pray to God for guidance about what

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methods to use to impart words of God's

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salvation, as some methods of speaking require less

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courage than others.

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Consider starting with the easier methods.

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I write short, bold, powerful prayers that get

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right to the point of earnestly calling upon

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God to be saved.

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Then I pay a printer to print those

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prayers in quite large size print on the

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back of shirts, jackets, and vests.

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Then I wear those prayers on my back

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out into the world.

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Many lost and undone hell-bound sinners see

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those prayers when I go about out in

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public in their presence.

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The following is a sample of one of

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those prayers.

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Lord Jesus Christ, my creator God and soon

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coming judge, create within me a heart broken

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over my sins and contrite.

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Grant unto me repentance toward God the Father

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and faith toward thee, the savior for all

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mankind.

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Following the end of that printed prayer is

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printed in my website's URL, so people could

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take note of it and read more about

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God on my website.

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If you would like a copy of more

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such prayers like the one that I've just

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read to you, do please simply ask me

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for them by email.

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All the letters in my gmail email address

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are small case and there is no spacing

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between the letters and the numbers.

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Email address is richardgordy77 at gmail.com.

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Gordy is spelled g-o-r-d-y,

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richardgordy77, and that is at gmail.com.

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In early 2019 or so, when I was

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preaching in various places in the area of

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Navarre, Florida, I stopped into a convenience store

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one night and walking in, I observed outside

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a young clean-cut guy, likely a recent

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high school grad, and a lady probably in

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her 20s with a rough-looking guy somewhat

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older.

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It appeared that the rough-looking guy was

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collecting what little pocket change that these other

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two had, and upon finishing my business inside,

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I walked past the counter on which lay

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a good number of small change, small coins

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that the rough customer had laid out, and

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he is holding the candy bar that he

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had selected to buy, and the cashier is

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saying to him, you need 14 more cents.

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I don't think those three people had any

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more money among them, and I think that

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the rough customer picked up those coins and

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left his candy bar on the counter.

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Anyway, as I exited the door and turned

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right, walking toward my car, the young clean

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-cut guy, now behind me, called out to

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me.

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I like your shirt, buddy.

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He had just seen that prayer that I

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read to you now on the back of

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my shirt.

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I spoke to him.

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Thank you.

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God bless you.

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I need that.

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That omission of his surprised me, and he

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kept speaking.

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I need to be in church.

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Likely his Christian parents had made him attend

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church with them while he was being reared

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in their house, and upon finishing high school,

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likely he ceased going to church, and now

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he is very evidently in bad company.

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I will be praying that you will do

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right, I said to him as I went

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on.

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I did not stay to talk long with

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him as the rough customer was ready to

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leave.

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They three were in one car, and the

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rough customer would easily flare up against any

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delay I caused, likely bringing rough percussions upon

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the young guy for speaking up to me.

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Now, by Father in heaven, save all three

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of them to the utmost, I pray.

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Listen to my listening friends agreeing with me

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with that plea.

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Friend, listen to me.

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Just think of the great good it would

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do our nation for each and every blood

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-bought, heaven-bound soul to wear such a

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prayer on their back often when they're out

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in public.

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Likely your employer would prohibit such on the

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job site.

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That is your employer's prerogative, but you can

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keep a vest handy to slip on upon

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departing from your workplace.

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I wear a prayer written in the Japanese

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language here in Japan on my back on

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shirts and jackets.

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Public places are crowded with lost Buddhist souls

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in this crowded nation, and seeing the prayer

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on my back has caused a few lost

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Japanese people to ask me of eternal matters.

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Strangers approach me to talk about it.

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You can display a short Bible message on

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your car.

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Jesus says on a bumper sticker, or give

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a needed message to those around you traveling

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the road of life.

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My one personal vehicle here in Japan is

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a most practical compact utility van.

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It is basically a square metal box, its

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two sides and rear making excellent billboards.

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So I pay a printer to print large

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-sized print letter prayers on magnetic sheets and

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adorn both sides and the rear of my

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van with a total of six such signs.

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Many lost souls traveling along the road of

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life view those written prayers, the content of

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which is calling upon Lord God Almighty to

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be saved.

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Upon receiving the first batch of those magnetic

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sheets from the printer, I placed two on

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each side and two on the rear hatch

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of my little square van, and the following

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Sunday, I drove to the church where I

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was invited to preach that morning.

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Sister Isozumi and her children arrived in their

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car right after me, and she is a

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most talkative sister in Christ, and upon seeing

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six prayers on my van's exterior, she sat

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in praising me, telling me that is a

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wonderful thing to do.

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So I remarked low-key that I have

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extra signs of those signs and would be

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glad to loan her two or more to

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decorate on her car, and she immediately exclaimed,

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oh no, I'd be too embarrassed to have

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them on my car.

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Not only is she talkative, she is most

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transparent.

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It's refreshing to be around a person like

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that.

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Since the end of the year 2004, it

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has been my custom to spend most of

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each winter away from my main residence here

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in Matsuda town, and a fine Japanese brother

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in Christ lives in this town, and he

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is most kind to look after my house

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and affairs when I am away, and one

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thing he does is to drive my vehicle

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some to keep the battery charged.

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The first time I left my vehicle in

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his care with those six glorious prayers showing

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on it, when I returned, he remarked to

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me that this time he charged my van's

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battery by letting the engine idle for 15

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minutes as the van sat in its parking

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spot.

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That fine Japanese brother would not dare be

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seen driving those six prayers around town.

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I perceive that most of us lukewarm Laodicean

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church people subconsciously deem ourselves to be of

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about the same caliber as the best of

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the saints down through the ages, totally unaware

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of the severe degree to which we are

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wretched and miserable and poor and blind and

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naked.

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You can read those very words yourself in

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Revelation chapter 3 verse 17, and our Lord

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is presently spewing this Laodicean church out of

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his mouth, and that spewing will steadily intensify

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with more death and famine and destruction until

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the rapture.

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Lord stir up each of us, we want

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to be overcomers.

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My rental house here in Japan has exterior

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metal wall siding that magnets adhere to, so

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I hear magnetic prayers to the front exterior

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wall of my house, and the narrow quiet

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street out front is about eight feet from

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that front wall.

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Sitting inside my living room from time to

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time, I hear Japanese children stop out front

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and read one or more of those prayers

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aloud.

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Buddhist teens and adults wandering by my house

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on foot, they silently gaze at them, silently

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reading the prayers.

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They are too proud to voice the prayers

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aloud.

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All these prayers that I display are always

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available for people to gaze upon.

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The Holy Spirit faithfully dealing with their hearts

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as they do so.

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This little light of mine, I'm gonna let

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it shine.

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Hide it under a bushel, no, I'm gonna

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let it shine.

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Won't let Satan blow it out, I'm gonna

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let it shine.

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Let it shine till Jesus comes, I'm gonna

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let it shine.

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Let it shine, let it shine, let it

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shine.

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Do you detect my heart overflowing with the

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joy of the Lord due to following Job's

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glorious example of not being quiet about our

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creator God?

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And the examples I've given thus far do

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not even require a saved person to open

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his or her mouth and speak up vocally.

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Think on that right now.

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You please listen to God the Holy Spirit

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telling you exactly where you can easily display

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signs teaching salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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If it is hard for you to muster

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up enough courage to talk verbally to people

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about God, or if you feel like you

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don't know exactly what to say, you can

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also consider passing out tracts in other Christian

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literature.

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Choose tracts that have a clear, well-organized

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message of salvation in them, and preferably a

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prayer at the end of the written message

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if such tracts are available to you.

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If you don't have the courage to hand

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a tract to someone in person, consider putting

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tracts where people can take them.

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I like to walk through these dense neighborhoods

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here in Japan, crowded neighborhoods, leaving Christian literature

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at each door of each house while getting

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exercised by taking a walk and also praying

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as an intercessor for the souls who will

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pick up that printed prayer and read it.

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Here in Japan, it's allowed to put advertising

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circlers and religious stuff like that into mailboxes,

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things that are not genuine postal mail.

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It's legal to put them in there, and

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I do that.

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It's a blessing to do it muchly.

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Think of the places you can leave the

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gospel in print for people to take of

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their own free will.

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You can wear an attractive badge or similar

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item with a short gospel message on it,

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and most all people who see you will

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see that message.

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I believe it is most important to exercise

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discretion about putting writing about God on our

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clothing to ensure that it is not done

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in an irreverent or immodest manner.

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What I put on my clothing, I put

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it on my upper back so people look

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at my upper back to read it.

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I read a Christian woman's writing in some

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Christian publication.

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She talked about previously wearing a shirt.

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What's women doing wearing shirts?

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She talked about wearing a shirt with writing

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about God on its front, and she said

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that she soon quit wearing it because God

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convicted her of people looking at her chest

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to read it, and I say, amen, sister.

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Good for you.

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Amen.

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I personally question whether or not it glorifies

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God for an adult man to wear a

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t-shirt with a gospel message on it.

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Maybe a child, maybe, but to me, on

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an adult man, it just appears cheap, much

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too cheap for a high and holy righteous

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God to be written about on a t

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-shirt with a man wearing it, and I

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certainly believe it most inappropriate for a woman

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to wear a t-shirt or such shirt

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that reveals the shape of her body in

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a manner that causes men to look upon

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it with lust, and more so if that

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form-fitting shirt has a gospel message on

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the immodest shirt.

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May God help us to make all the

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ways we speak of him most honorable to

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our high and holy, pure, upright, and righteous

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God.

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May all our communication methods glorify him.

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If permitted by your human boss, you can

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display a small sweet gospel message at your

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workplace, even just having your Bible at your

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workplace sends a loud and clear message that

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you are on God's side.

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It is quite regrettable to me that many

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employers forbid or discourage such.

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I believe that, in general, God is not

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so pleased with Christians spending their workday in

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a place where they are not allowed to

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talk about him at all.

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Of course, your purpose for being at work

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is to diligently do the work you're getting

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paid for.

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You're not on the job to talk about

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unrelated subjects, but if at break time, lunchtime

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and such, you are strictly forbidden to talk

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about God while most all other chatting and

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talk is permitted.

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Possibly God is not so pleased with us

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spending each day of our lives in such

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a place that shuts him out of that

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part of his creation.

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If you work in such a place, diligently

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seek God's will and guidance concerning it.

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It's quite common for us to lack courage,

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to be like Job, causing us to keep

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silent about God.

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When I was a young adult, God really

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began dealing with me to witness about my

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savior, and I wasn't opposed to doing so

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at all.

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I wanted to, but courage sure was lacking,

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so I prayed about it and I began

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witnessing to children, as that didn't require as

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much courage.

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You consider talking to children about Jesus and

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singing gospel songs to them and teaching them

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gospel songs.

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It is rewarding in that they are more

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prone to listen than adults are.

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Also, they are an eternal soul, actually an

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adult in the making, at a time when

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their heart is tender and formable, easily influenced

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and molded by any input into it, whether

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the input is good or whether it is

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bad.

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If you absolutely feel like you just don't

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know what to say to people or how

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best to say it, then read to them,

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especially the children.

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Read the Bible, Bible stories, good Christian literature

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for their age level.

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Sing Christian hymns and songs to them and

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with them.

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Don't be overly concerned that the scriptures and

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some hymns might be above their level of

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understanding.

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It's important for them to understand, but it

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is more important for them to be exposed

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to the Word of God.

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That which you sing and read to them

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will lodge in their hearts and understanding of

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it will come later as they steadily mature

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in growth.

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Even before a baby is born, it is

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beneficial to the baby for its mother to

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read the Bible to her baby in her

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womb and sing hymns to unborn babes.

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I promise you that is true.

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John and Charles Wesley's dear mother was keen

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to do this for the many offspring that

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she bore.

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Christian parents, I hope and pray you are

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desirous to train your children to be like

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Job and not to be quiet about God.

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Training them to speak or sing songs that

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they know to smaller children is a good

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way to get your children started.

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If there are smaller children available in your

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family around you, you can easily have your

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four-year-old child sing a simple song

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to a baby, telling the four-year-old

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that it is important to sing to that

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baby about God.

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Starting your children serving God as soon as

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they are old enough to sing a short

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song about him is most beneficial to both

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the speaker and the hearer.

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Back when I really greatly lacked courage to

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speak to adults about God, the more I

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witnessed the children about God, the easier it

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became to also talk to adults about him.

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Please use any upright method you have courage

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for to get started telling anyone about God.

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Watch God quickly bless your efforts by giving

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you spiritual growth and increasing your courage.

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The younger the heart is, the easier it

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is to witness to them.

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Witnessing and singing to babies will benefit both

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the baby and you, I promise.

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Singing hymns and gospel songs as you go

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about your daily routine is an excellent way

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to broadcast the good news of salvation in

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Christ.

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When we witness person to person, often that

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person goes on the defensive trying to evade

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and escape, but that is not likely to

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happen when you sing out as you're doing

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it simply for the sake of singing.

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People around you aren't likely to get nervous

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by thinking it is a personal attack coming

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their way.

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Still, they hear it all, and God can

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thereby work in their hearts by what they

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hear.

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You well know that the melody helps us

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to remember and to memorize the words of

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a song.

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Thus, more of the song's message is likely

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to lodge in a person's heart than the

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words of normal conversation.

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If you sing of your savior out in

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public, it is not likely to put people

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on the defensive like a personal encounter with

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them will do.

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Still, many people will snicker and make fun

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of you.

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Just ignore them and keep glorifying God.

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Do not hesitate at all because you consider

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yourself a poor singer.

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Praising God is not a subject that is

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assigned to good singers only.

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Praising God is commanded of everything that hath

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breath, in Psalms 150 verse 6.

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My singing out in public draws more derisive

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laughter than does my preaching, but I just

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go on singing anyway, and I plan to

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keep singing praises to my God for all

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eternity while the people who now scorn me

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are then weeping, wailing, and gnashing their teeth

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forever if they reject Christ till the end

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of their earthly journey.

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Neither was I quiet.

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Lord God, help us all to be like

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Job, God bless you, my listening friend.

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Witness for the Lord, let your light shine.

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Glorify the Lord God who created you.

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Amen.