Karen Zerby
Encouragement and promises for each age group in the Family
GN 1159 FD/MM/FM / Feast 2006
This GN is to be read privately during the Family Feast 2006.
By Maria FD/MM/FM 3572 10/05
My dear loves,
1. I want to share with you some beautiful encouragement from our Husband that He has given for each of you. I would have liked to send each of you a personal message from Him, telling you what He loves and appreciates in just you. I couldn't do that, since if we had, we wouldn't have gotten anything else done for quite a few months, ha! But I asked the Lord to give a message for each age group in the Family‚ and what is special about you that He appreciates. I asked Him to tell us some of the things that each group does that no one else can do, what unique experience and qualities you have, what you contribute to His work and His Kingdom that He appreciates so much.
2. Besides all the things that Jesus appreciates about your generation or age bracket, there are of course unique, beautiful, wonderful things that He loves about you as an individual—that He admires you for, that He wants to encourage you in. It would make me very, very happy if at some point during this Feast you would ask the Lord to speak to you and tell you what unique things about you personally He loves and appreciates. It would make me so happy because I know that many of you battle with feeling insecure, unneeded, unloved, lonely‚ useless, or like you don't have much to offer.
3. That's the Enemy, of course, and we're not even going to get into that now. You are each just wonderful. You are each so needed, so loved. And it would do you so much good to hear it! So please accept these messages from Jesus as for you—because they are for you! Accept them with Peter's and my love for you too. You're each so precious to us.
4. I hope that grouping you into very general demographic groups doesn't make anyone feel stereotyped or labeled. The purpose was not to make anyone feel singled out or grouped wrongly‚ or to make any gaps wider, by any means. It was simply because according to your background‚ your age, and your experiences, you do have a unique perspective on things, and that often translates into unique strengths and gifts and qualities. And those are what the Lord wants to highlight—He wants you to know that the contributions you, as a person, make to the Family are very important.
5. Everything you've been through, everything you've learned‚ is important and part of our big Family picture. I'm sorry, again, that we can't ask the Lord for an individual message for each of you. But I pray that these general messages that are broadly about you and the population group you belong to in our wonderful Family will be an encouragement and a strength to you, and will help you to see how important your contributions are—as well as how important the contributions of the other age groups and backgrounds are—to making a complete winning team.
6. If you can learn to appreciate the differences in others, you will actually find any gaps between you growing smaller, and eventually disappearing, because you'll have much more understanding and appreciation for your teammates. You'll appreciate the differences and value them, because you'll realize how important they are to a complete "whole."
7. In order to really benefit from these messages, I want you to use the weapon of praise throughout your reading of this GN. As soon as you get to the end of my introduction‚ before you start the first message from the Lord, take a few minutes to lift your hands to our Husband and tell Him how wonderful He is, how much you love Him, and what are some of the things that you appreciate about Him. Give Him thanks and praise for making you the way you are—even if you don't like it very much. Tell Him you trust Him with your life, with everything. Praising the Lord like that will prepare you to receive His appreciation of you.
8. Then, after finishing each message—or even in the middle of it, if you feel like it—stop and praise the Lord again. Praise Him for the way He uses that particular group of people, for the special qualities they bring to your Home and work. Thank Him for those of that age group that you're blessed to live and work with. Think about each person in your Home who is in that bracket of people, and thank the Lord for them specifically. Thank Him for making each one of us unique, and putting us all together to fulfill His will. That will not only give your spirit a boost‚ but it will draw you all closer in spirit, as you see each one more through the Lord's eyes, hear His appreciation of them, and spend time reflecting on and praising Him for their special qualities.
9. When you read the message about you and your age group, I want you to praise the Lord for making you the way you are. Praise Him for doing the miracles despite yourself. Tell Him whatever is on your heart and make it a praise. Just keep praising the Lord, and the Enemy won't have any room to get in and tell you that our Husband's precious words don't apply to you, or try to convince you that you're not worthy of them, or anything else he might try in order to rob you of this valuable gift of encouragement.
10. After receiving these general messages for yourself personally and absorbing them, sometime during the Feast please try to take time to ask the Lord for whatever He wants to say to you personally about His love for you, His admiration of you, His thankfulness for you. I know He has a lot to say, and I'll be praying that your channels are strong and stretchy enough to receive it all!
11. I love you so much‚ and Peter and I sure appreciate you. We admire you. We feel so blessed to be serving the Lord along with you. We feel so sad when we know you are discouraged. We want you to receive this encouragement and drink it in. Let it make you happy and encouraged! I'm praying that you will believe every word of it, and then turn around and give all praise to our Husband for making you that way.
With love and admiration,
Mama
12. (Jesus: ) My faithful first generation of Family members, I have such commendation, praise, and love in My heart for you. You were the first of My Family brides, My pioneers, without whom none of this would have happened. In all of history I could not have asked for a better group of disciples. In fact‚ I knew that I could not find any others who would be so loyal and faithful, so believing and trusting, so radical and uncompromising. So, out of all people of all ages I chose you to be My first generation of the children of David, and you have done a marvelous job.
13. You didn't just happen to be in the right place at the right time; no, each of you was specially chosen, specially picked for what I knew you could do for Me at this stage of world history. You're here because I needed you desperately and you have answered the call again and again.
14. You might wonder why you have been chosen above all others to serve Me in this way at this time, and what it is about you that makes you special. What makes you not just the preferred choice, but the best choice—and dare I say even the only choice to have filled and continue to fill My Endtime role for you?
15. What sets you apart and makes you most valuable to Me is your unprecedented faith, belief, and obedience. You, My first generation, have had faith and belief in My Words like no others before you. To you I have poured forth My most radical truths, unorthodox directions, and shocking doctrines time and again, and each time you have believed, trusted‚ and obeyed. Where else can I find such faith?
16. You haven't let doubts dissuade you or the opinions of man daunt you. You have chosen to forsake your carnal mind and leave the world behind. You have made the choice again and again to follow where I was leading, because you have tasted and seen that I am good and that I will never steer you wrong or lead you down a bad path. You have stuck with Me through thick and thin, and great is your faith‚ and great is your reward in Heaven.
17. You are, in your own way‚ the fathers of faith of the Family, just as Abraham was the father of the faithful of Israel. It was Abraham's great faith that set the benchmark so high that generations to come continued to follow in My ways and love and fear Me. Because of what Abraham was willing to do for Me, and because of the promises that he believed and acted on by faith, he kick-started a whole new nation of faithful believers, who, years after he was dead and gone, continued to look to him for an ensample and to measure their faith and obedience to Me by the standard that he set.
18. Even so it has been with you. You were called to leave the System and follow Me‚ not knowing whither you went, and you did. You were called to do what had never been done before, and you did. You have been tested time and again to see whether you really believed My Words and promises to you, and each time you have come through as finer gold.
19. No greater faith than the faith of My first generation is to be found in all the world! No others believe My Words as literally and drink them in and accept them as pure fact. No others have time and again proved themselves worthy of My freshest Words through their consistent obedience over many years and through many tests. It is your faith that makes you great.
20. But I did not just test Abraham at the beginning and leave it at that. His tests were numerous and continued throughout his life. In fact, what most consider his greatest test—that of offering up Isaac—came in the twilight of his life, after I had seemingly fulfilled many of My most hard-to-believe promises. This is how I am working and will continue working through you too.
21. You have been found faithful, but there are still more tests of faith ahead. There is still more ahead that I will give you and allow you to go through and entrust to your care. I do this not because I doubt your faith, but because I trust it. You have earned My trust through your years of faithfully studying and believing My Word, taking Me at My word‚ and proving Me time and again. You make Me feel that though all forsake Me‚ yet you will not, and that I can tell you whatever I see fit to tell you and you will do your best to believe it and to do it.
22. Therefore it is still your privilege and your honor to go through the tests ahead. It will be your great joy to see the fulfillment of the many promises I have made to you over the years, just as it brought immeasurable joy to Abraham's heart to see the birth of his miracle child, Isaac. But even that fulfillment was not the end of his tests. His life was filled to the end with tests of faith and the subsequent rewards of obedience. But because of it, his name was remembered, revered, and has been honored from that day forward. And not only was he honored, but even his memory served to inspire millions to try to follow his example of believing‚ trusting, and obeying Me fully and without restraint.
23. This is the future of My faithful first generation. The memory of what you have done to create this Family, keep it going all these years, and the great deeds that are still ahead for you to accomplish, will motivate Family members, other Christians‚ and even all the angels and saints of Heaven for eternity. You are the modern–day Abrahams of your time. You walk with Me, you hear My voice, and best of all, you believe it and obey it.
24. Each of you is a pearl without price. Each of you is a treasure of irreplaceable value in My eyes. Where else could I find such great faith? Where else could I find such tried-and-true disciples? Where else could I find those to whom the world and its fleeting pleasures mean so little? Where else could I find those who have given all and will continue to give all that they might gain Me and My eternal riches? Nowhere but with you, My FGAs.
25. Don't let the Enemy tell you that you are not one of those that I'm speaking of. Don't look at your faith and think that it's so weak, so impure, and that you often doubt and battle disbelief, so you must not be one of those heroes that I am lauding so highly in this message. Remember, it is the trial of your faith that is more precious than gold (1Pet.1:7). It is your battles, your fights, your struggles, and all that you have fought through that make you so precious to Me. It is the very fact that, although your faith has been sorely tried and tested, and although you have been on the brink of quitting many times, you have not quit, that makes you exactly who I am talking about here.
26. All of you who are still here and are still holding on are the ones whom I favor so highly and who are worthy of so much commendation. I am proud of each of you, and there is not a single one of you who is not pleasing in My sight, who does not make Me smile with pride and admiration when I think of your love and dedication and what you have given for Me. All of you who are still plugging away, faithfully following and faithfully obeying, are My precious pearls of great price, and your rewards in Heaven are awesomely great.
27. Thank you for being such faithful disciples. I don't think you could ever know how much you please Me and how much joy you have brought to My heart through your years of being faithful. Those of you who have children who are continuing on in My service might know a bit of what it feels like to be very proud of someone for their willingness to live a sacrificial lifestyle and very grateful for the choices they have made, but My love and admiration for you goes even deeper than those feelings.
28. I'm not only pleased with you for choosing Me‚ I will also always be indebted and eternally thankful to you for all that your faith and obedience are accomplishing for My Kingdom. The second and third generations are contributing to the impact that the Family is making, but for years there were no other generations, and it was you of the first generation who won all those souls and distributed all that lit and turned so many to righteousness.
29. It was as a direct result of your crazy faith and obedience to Me and to the Letters that you became such a force for good in the world. It was because of your sacrifices and your hardships that the Family has such a rich history of accomplishing so much and bringing so many souls into My Kingdom. When I look at not just the personal joy I have in each of you because of your good decisions, but then also what those decisions accomplished, your cumulative reward and worth is just out of sight. It's so massive, and you've really, truly earned it!
30. But it doesn't stop there. This isn't a "Lifetime Achievement" award, because your lives are far from over. There is so much more ahead of you to achieve and to earn. Though all that you've already accomplished could easily entitle you to a place in My hall of fame and a well-earned retirement, you are not content to rest on your laurels. And that is another of the many things I love about you. You FGAs have such purpose, such vision, such goals, such drive! Although many your age in the world are thinking about how they can wind down‚ you are still lifting up your eyes to the fields and seeing that they are white and ready to harvest, and that there is still so much more to be done.
31. You are still pushing the Family forward through your faithfulness in outreach, through your strong leading and guiding presence in the board structure, through being Home shepherds‚ Home managers, wise counselors, parents, grandparents, pillars of your work‚ and through being little people, handymen, childcare workers, dishwashers, and more. You're not settling down—not a bit. You might have to go slower‚ and you've learned a great deal of temperance and wisdom, but you're still willing to give Me everything—regardless of the cost, and that means a great deal to Me. I can ask you anything and know that you'll give it your best shot. You're on the lookout for how much you can give—not why you can't—and this is a most admirable quality.
32. And it's a good thing you are, because I have great need of you in this day and age. I need you as an example to the upcoming generations. I need you to teach them the quiet faith in Me and the unquestioning belief in My promises that have pulled you through thus far. I need you to impart to them the lifetime of experience you have gained in winning the world and reaping the harvest. I need you to be the anchors of the follow-up ministry, the pastors and shepherds of the "other sheep" that I have yet to bring into your folds.
33. So it pleases Me greatly that you're not looking for retirement. It pleases Me greatly that when I reveal another vision for the Family, another move, another direction, you're right in there looking for how you can get involved, how you can help make it happen. It is that initiative that continues to propel the snowball of My Family over the hills of your destiny. You are the momentum that keeps the ball rolling. Your willingness to roll headlong down the course of My will is what helps your snowball to pick up speed and to grow in size and power as you thunder downward. You're the firm and steady workhorses that are faithfully pulling the plow forward.
34. I couldn't do it without you. This Family wouldn't be what it needs to be without you and your gifts and yieldedness and experience. So thank you! Thank you for not quitting. Thank you for sticking. Thank you for putting yourself last and others first so many times. Thank you for believing My Words. Thank you for honoring My prophets. Thank you for obeying. Thank you for doing the job. Thank you for being there. Thank you for sticking with Me through thick and thin, the good times and the bad. You truly have been faithful brides who have stuck by Me in sickness and in health, for better or for worse, till death do us part.
35. And it's not over yet! There is still so much of the game yet to be played, so much history yet to be written. I look ahead and I see My faithful first generation leaving an indelible stamp of their presence on the years left in this world's final act. I see them standing strong‚ keeping the faith, and finishing the course. And at the end of it all‚ inheriting the Kingdom and claiming their well-earned reward. I know you'll be there. I know you'll be true. You have come this far by faith and I know that you're not going to change—you're going to continue true, faithful, and loyal to the end. That's you, My loves! (End of message.)
36. (Jesus: ) Beyond number are the qualities and attributes that I find honorable, enjoyable‚ beautiful, and worthy of reward in each of you, My stouthearted and courageous first-generation disciples. But I have recorded each one, as numerous as they are, and one day, as you stand before Me to receive your heavenly reward, I will enumerate every single quality that I have ever found attractive and special in you.
37. But for today, I have chosen specific points and special qualities that I want to list here that apply to all of you, so that you can find encouragement in My complete gratitude for all that you are and all that you give to Me. This list is hardly complete—I'm reserving the "full monty" to be revealed when you come home to Heaven—but for today, take courage and joy and hope in all that I find so lovable and priceless in each one of you:
* You have the gift of time-tested faith. Faith that has not only been through the fires of testing, but the fires of time, which has required great patience and resulted in great faith.
* You have the quality of adaptability. Because of the many changes and revolutions you have experienced throughout the Family's history, you have acquired the valuable quality of adapting and learning to flow and bend with change. You may not feel like you're an easily adaptable person‚ but you are, because in your spirit this quality has been nurtured and only waits to be exercised.
* You have a strong gift of patience. You have learned that waiting on Me equals greater strength and will yield good fruit.
* You have gained a greater measure of obedience through the things you have suffered for Me.
* You have learned to value the things of the spirit above all. You have reached the point many times in your life where you realized that you could lose the whole world, yet see no loss, because you still had Me.
* You are strong and mature in the art of surrender—the art of laying aside your will and humbly saying‚ "Nevertheless, not my will but Thine be done."
* You are experienced in the paths of sacrifice, having climbed many personal "Mt. Moriahs" and having offered many priceless "Isaacs." Your spiritual muscles have been strengthened through these rigorous climbs, and your ability to give to Me has been enhanced to where now many of you can't even see the sacrifice in your giving; or when you do see it, it is mostly obscured by the joy of knowing you're pleasing Me.
* You have the priceless quality of experience—like valuable gold that can be passed on to enrich others' lives.
* You have the gift of mercy. In knowing what a sinner you are, you have many waters of mercy, forgiveness, and understanding that can be easily poured on to others to cover the multitude of their sins.
* You are mature and experienced brides, both in My bedchambers and in the wings of My work.
* You are strong in desperation. As you grow older‚ it is easier for you to realize your incredible need for Me, and thus the cord between us is shortened and strengthened.
* You have rich qualities of endurance, determination, and fortitude. You know what it means to fight till the finish. You know what it means to not stop paddling until you've crossed your Jordan. You know what it means to not stop climbing until you reach the top.
* You have the quality of brokenness. I have also honored you with breakings. You have each had your heart broken at some points in your life, and through this squeezing and crushing, you have been softened and touched with compassion, and now have deep wellsprings of comfort and courage to draw from for your fellow man. It is through these breakings that you have received the qualities of patient endurance‚ a joy full of hope, love full of faith, and a spirit full of My tender mercies.
* You have one of the strongest gifts of weakness. Some of you have this in greater measure through the afflictions and weaknesses of the flesh, which have made you more dependent than ever on Me. This is such an incredible quality, that when channeled toward Me, opens the door for spiritual strength, power, and miracles.
* You have the unique quality of bold and daring, and I would say crazy, radical faith! You know that I would do anything for you, My brides, so you love to put Me on the spot in sometimes strange and unusual ways. You have seen Me prove My Word so many times, in impossible situations. I love this spirit of daring faith!
* You have a well-honed quality of acceptance and receptivity. You have learned to readily accept My Words, and sometimes My strange revelations‚ with faith, peace of heart, and utter love and trust in Me.
* You have a precious quality of pure love. You have learned that love is more than receiving, more than feelings, more than the flesh. Love is giving. Love is selflessness. Love is called for even when it hurts to give it. Love forgets even when the mind wants to remember. Love is always. Love is timeless. Love is pure. Love is a strong quality within your hearts.
* Humility. You are honored with this quality, for you have allowed Me to humble you within My hands time and time again.
* You have the beautiful gift of heartfelt prayer, the quality of bringing your needs to Me in hands of expectancy with a heart of faith.
* You have proved your devotion and deep dedication. Knowing full well the cost of serving Me, you have signed the blank sheet of paper and have said yes to My will time and time again.
* You have the quality of simplicity and lowliness through accepting My will for your life. Although you are not great men and women in the eyes of the world—in the eyes of Heaven‚ in the eyes of all the angels, you are each fathers of faith, mothers of faith—the greats of both Heaven and Earth and of all time! Because of your meekness and your lowliness in your own eyes, I will raise you up in My hands and make you great! The world will never forget you, and I will allow records to be kept as a remembrance for all times, for all generations, for all worlds and nations—and eternity will speak of your names, My beautiful brides of the children of David!
38. Clasp these words close to your heart and don't let the Enemy lie to you and tell you that these things aren't so. These things are so! These things are the qualities that I see in each of you. Some of them may be a bit buried within your nature and your spirit‚ so that you don't recognize them easily. But trust that they are there. If you want to see them manifested more in your life‚ have faith that I have put them within you, and then act on it. Ask Me to bring these beautiful gifts more to the fore in your life.
39. You have these qualities, each of them—from endurance, to pure love, to meekness, to daring faith! I see these qualities in you—and I know who you are. I know you better than you could ever know yourself‚ and it is because of this great understanding of you that I can say all these wonderful words about you!
40. I love you so much. I love you for all these many qualities, but even more than that, I love you for just being you. I love you for your smile. I love you for your arms wrapped around Me. I love you for your laugh. I love you for the sparkle in your eye. I love the way I've made you to complete Me and satisfy Me and need Me. Just as you are, that's how I love you! You're special to Me, and I need you in My life. You light up My life! You are My world. You give Me joy! You are My love!
(Note: Later our Husband speaks to the nationals and new disciples who have joined the Family in recent years. If, however, you are a national and have been in the Family for quite a few years, then you are part of the FGA group—a first–generation disciple!)
(Remember to pause for praise here!)
41. (Jesus:) My dear loves of the second generation, there is a lot of variety in your group! There are those of you who are young, just coming into adulthood. There are others of you who have grown and matured and have taken on heavy responsibilities, including having families of your own, carrying burdens of leadership, or playing other vital roles in My Kingdom.
42. You are each precious to Me and you each have a special part to play. I will enumerate some of the things about your generation that are special strong points, and so valuable to the Kingdom.
43. —You have the gift of leadership. You might not feel this way, but you do. Each one of you has leadership qualities, and you were born with these because of the role I destined you to play in the Endtime. You might not like to hear this, because many of you shy away from leadership. You want to avoid the humblings and breakings that you know are a part of bearing heavy responsibility. But I encourage you to develop the leadership qualities that I've given you‚ and to value the polishing and experiences I give you that humble you and prepare you, because one day you will be called upon to lead others‚ if you aren't already. And in that day I know you will want to be ready.
44. —You have so much potential. Even those of you who think you've found your calling in life are continuing to grow and realize that you can do more, learn more, and become even more useful to Me through your versatility and adaptability. I put tremendous potential within each of you‚ and then that potential was nurtured and enhanced through your godly upbringing and the wide range of experiences you enjoyed. You can do practically anything you put your mind to.
45. —You have energy. This energy is needed in My Family. You're young, and while the world says that youth is wasted on the young‚ I say that in your case it is invested in the young, because I'm counting on you to use that energy for My Kingdom—as you are and you do.
46. —You are eager to try new things, receive new ideas, and do things in unconventional ways. These are all qualities that keep the Revolution revoluting. It's your desire for change and freshness that has created the vacuum for many of the things I've given the Family, but wouldn't have been able to give if there hadn't been a vacuum for them. Don't ever lose your desire for the new, for change, for revolution. It's a very necessary part of what the Family is, and it helps you to stay dropped out and progressing.
47. —You have the youth and strength and training to raise many wonderful children for Me. Did you know that this was part of your calling?—To bear and to raise a new and unspoiled generation for My Kingdom? More future leaders, more disciples, more witnesses who will help to bring about My Kingdom on Earth. This is one of your most important roles, and I'm so pleased to see many of you fulfilling it beautifully.
48. —You have been willing to take on a good percentage of the workload in your Homes, ministries, or leadership positions. You're not just eager to have a title or advance in a "career‚" but you're willing to do the hard work, to put in the blood, sweat, and tears to further the Kingdom. You have a desire to see the Family progress, and you're willing to do your part to make it happen. This has made it possible for so much progress to be made.
49. —You have gone through tremendous battles in your short years on Earth—many more than those the first generation had to go through by the time they were your age. The Enemy started fighting you as soon as you were conceived, and you have grown up fighting him. You have become strong through the battles. You have held on. You have earned your rank. This life and privileged place of service hasn't been handed to you on a silver platter—you've had to fight for it just as much as anyone else did. The Revolution belongs to you just as much as it does to anyone else. You've earned it.
50. —You have very special faith. You are those who "having not seen, yet have believed" (John 20:29). Most of you have never tasted of the world in full, you have never lived in the System, yet you have believed My Words about the emptiness and husks of the world, and have decided to keep carrying your cross for Me every day. The pull of the world has been strong, the Enemy has pulled out all the stops to try to wrench you away from Me, and you have stood strong again and again. The times you have drifted from Me‚ you have fought hard to reclaim your place. Oh, what battles have been fought and won by you of the second generation! These battles have seasoned you beyond your years.
51. —In Heaven, before you came to Earth, you chose this place of service—knowing the tests, trials, and difficulties you would face. That decision alone is worthy of great honor and credit, My loves. It means you loved Me enough to choose this life, knowing all that you would have to endure. That is amazing. But you also saw the reward‚ and that is what spurred some of you on—you wanted this crown, and you're determined to not let it go. I'm so proud of you!
52. —You have been willing to teamwork with others and learn from them, and you know you still have a lot more learning to do, and you're eager to do it. I realize that you don't feel you always do so well in this area, and it's true that there's always room for improvement—but you are doing well, and I encourage you to keep up the good work!
53. —You are ambitious and gifted and well trained‚ yet you have been willing to occupy a place that is lowly in the eyes of the world in order to gain the true riches. This is not generally a characteristic of youth, to hold to the true values while letting fame and fortune and material things pass them by. But it is a quality that you have, My loves, through your dedication to discipleship. You're willing to let your peers in the world have the glory now—when you could easily join them and have the money, fame, acclaim, and worldly success for a fleeting moment—because you're looking at eternity and the many souls that need rescuing, and you've set your hand to My plow and are not looking back.
54. —You have the gifts of creativity and innovation and discovery. These are special gifts I've given you, because they are needed in My work. I've blessed you with the gift of good ideas, new ideas, and finding solutions in challenging situations.
55. —You have passed one of the hardest tests in the world—that of seeing those you dearly love leave My service, and some of them even turning to attack you personally for not leaving with them. The Enemy has tried every trick in his book to try to make you feel guilty, responsible for the unhappiness of your loved ones who leave, and tempted to lay down your plow. He has made your cross feel heavy, and indeed it has been a heavy weight you have borne for Me, My darlings. Yet you have carried it bravely. You have turned to Me for the strength you needed‚ for comfort and understanding and peace when your heart was breaking and heavy. You have through your tears committed your loved ones to My care and keeping. You have not hardened your heart, but rather have prayed for them and their happiness, and kept your hands on the plow of My service.
56. I want you to know, My loves, that I do care for your loved ones, and I care for them extra specially because of your continued faithfulness to Me. As you are taking care of My work, I am taking care of those who are dear to your hearts. Even those who are fighting against the Family have a special place in My heart because of your love for them, and because they are eternally Mine. And you can be sure that I will work in their lives to bring this chapter to a close as quickly as possible. I will do things that will encourage them to stop fighting you‚ My children, and turn back to Me and again receive the truth that once flooded their lives and brought them joy.
57. I've gotten off the topic of the things I appreciate in you, My second generation, but I wanted to assure you once again that your loved ones, your peers and friends and siblings and parents who have left My service, are eternally in My hands. I am taking care of them for you, and one day you will all be united in fellowship and love once again. They will shed tears of sadness, for they will not have the reward that you have. But they will be in your arms again, and they will have eternity to catch up on what they missed. This is My mercy on them‚ for they are Mine forever.
58. My loves, to sum it up‚ you are who I need, what I need, and I plan to use you to the full. Each of you will go down in Heaven's hall of fame for the part you played as children of David in these final days of the world. You have stood up against great evil—and will do so even more. You have resisted the world's temptations and have not fallen for Satan's most cunning tricks. If you have at all, at least you haven't for long, because you're back on the wall and standing strong. You have been willing to be humble in the eyes of the world and the eyes of your peers, in order to rejoice and reign with Me for all eternity. How great is your reward, My second generation of the children of David! How great is your reward! (End of message.)
59. (Jesus:) Drive and ambition are two of the greatest gifts I have given you. There is much to do and few to do it, so I have anointed you with immense drive and ambition to reach the world with My Gospel of love and salvation.
60. Intelligence and intuitiveness have been given to you because there is so much for you to learn in this fast-moving world, but little time to learn it. So I have given you an edge over your peers in the System—the ability to think quickly and comprehend. I have made you quick studies—fast learners. I have given many of you the ability to know something without having to discover it or perceive it.
61. I have given your generation the ability to adapt in a new world environment so you can relate to the changes happening continually and still be able to present My Gospel, however it is needed‚ with conviction. The world is continually changing‚ so I have made you of the second generation able to easily maneuver to adapt to those changes and continue to move the Family forward.
62. I have given you great love for your children, just as I did for your Family parents. You have a deep and abiding love for your kids and are teaching them in the way they should go.
63. You, My second generation, have freedom in the spirit and a willingness to put into practice the new revelations and counsel I introduce. Much of it is strong meat, but I have given you resilience and the willingness to obey what I say and follow where I lead.
64. You are full of life, fun-loving, happy, and know how to have a good time with Me and each other. You know how to work and you know how to play. Enjoying life and others' fellowship is an important ingredient in this generation, because as the days get darker, a sense of humor will be a key ingredient in keeping things on an even keel. To be able to laugh at difficult or impossible situations is a gift from My hand.
65. I have asked you to be respectful of your elders' experience and knowledge, and you have done this with great love and patience. You have been willing to be apprentices, and because of your yieldedness and your desire to learn, I have been making you into skilled tradesmen.
66. I have given you the desire to take the baton and carry the torch the Family has lit to victory and completion. You are doing so with gusto! I am very proud of how you have been willing to take a heavier load from the first generation and carry it with pride and exuberance.
67. You have shown stick-to-itiveness and loyalty through very difficult battles and struggles. Even though many of your friends and peers have chosen a path away from My service and the warfront, you have stood firm.
68. I am proud of you because you have been willing to have a marriage of the generations. This is unheard of in the world today; it simply is not done. But because you of the second generation have been willing to go through the struggle to understand and to be understood by the first generation, both generations and the Revolution as a whole have benefited from your combined gifts and talents‚ and the Family is much stronger than it would otherwise be.
69. You are strong soldiers for Me, fit for the battle of the Endtime. You have been trained since your youth, and are growing stronger each day. There have been none like you from the beginning of the Earth, who are as strong in the spirit and equipped for battle.
70. You hate the Enemy with a perfect hatred‚ and will go to any lengths to rescue a lost soul from Satan's grasp.
71. You are chosen by Me to be leaders—every one of you has special leadership skills, which I am working on honing, because in the days to come, you will be called upon to lead in some capacity. That is one reason you must go through so many tests and breakings now, so that you are polished and humble and broken and ready to be My vessels in any capacity that I call you to.
72. You have such great love for Me, your Savior and Lover. You would follow Me to the ends of the Earth if I asked you. I call you, and you come. I climb, and you follow Me. I step up the pace, and you adjust your stride. This is your hour.
73. You, My second generation brides, might hear this commendation and think, "That's not me! I'm not that gifted or dedicated or valued." But regardless of how you feel and what you think of yourself, this is how I see you. These are gifts that I have put within each of you. They are manifested in all kinds of ways—as varied as the colors that refract from a single beam of light. But these gifts are there, and I want you to know that they're there‚ and that you can ask Me how to exercise them more, how to have more faith to use the gifts I've put within you.
74. It's like the parable of the talents—I expect you to use what I've given you, and these are some of the gifts that you of the second generation are blessed with. So if you're having a hard time believing that these words are for you, come to Me and ask Me how these things are manifested in your life, how you can draw on these gifts more and bring them more to the fore in your life, and I will show you.
75. This is the most important point of all: You're beautiful to Me. I love you. I need you. I am using you and will continue to use you. You're My Endtime bride, and I have so much in store for you! Never let the Enemy convince you otherwise. (End of message.)
76. (Jesus: ) When I think of you who have joined the ranks of the children of David in recent years, I think "lifeblood," because that's what you are. You're lifeblood to the Family. You're inspiration coursing through the veins of your Home, because you are living proof and evidence that My Spirit is moving, and that My Word works—it's hot, alive, powerful and able to radically change hearts and minds and lives!
77. You're living fruit of My Word, direct fruit of the labors, blood, sweat and tears that My Family has put into obeying My commission to go into all the world, preaching the Gospel and winning and making disciples of all nations. You are it! You're the goal, the climax of My ardent love for My brides and their love for Me, because you are the direct fruit of our lovemaking—a love that has exploded around the world and brought forth new disciples, lasting fruit, laborers to join in the great harvest reaping. You are the witnessers' dream‚ and the hope and dream of every Family member whose heart is on fire for Me and who lives to set others on fire for Me.
78. Without you, My Family's hopes and dreams would fast fade. You are keeping the Family alive, and the desire for lasting fruit is what compels each Family member to go out and seek and search out those who are lost. You spur them to action; you motivate them to change and be all that they can be so that they can bear more fruit like you!
79. You are our fruit. I say "our" because I'm speaking for Myself and for the collective Family, because I know how much you mean to us all. Winning you to our arms and hearts and lives makes everything that each Family member has given up, sacrificed, and endured for Me and My Kingdom's sake seem small in comparison. You make everything worth it. That's how much you mean to us all.
80. What you add to each Home in terms of knowing the peoples and cultures and lifestyles of your land—not to mention your own personal experiences—is invaluable. That is input and experience that is unique to you‚ and it's priceless to Me and the furthering of My Kingdom. No one else has that in quite the same way that you do. The FGAs, of course, had their time and experience in the System, but that was many years ago. Each one of you is as a brand snatched from the burning, a living testament to the power of My Word and a testament against the System and the ways and climes of the world.
81. You give hope to the people of your land entangled in the brambles of the world, that if you can change, if you can leave their two-dimensional existence and find true freedom and happiness, then they can too. Your testimony is undeniable‚ a powerful force within every Home. What you add to any Home in terms of witness, influence‚ conviction, and testimony is a treasure beyond measure.
82. In fact, that's one of the best ways to describe you—as treasure chests—each one of you brimming with experiences, ideas, insight, and invaluable input that you can contribute to any Home. You've been out in the world in recent times; you've "been there and done that." You know where it's not at and you know beyond a shadow of a doubt where it is at.
83. In terms of fire and conviction, you're at the top of the chart, unbeatable. And your fire and conviction will set others' fires alight. In terms of talents and gifts, that alone—your fire and conviction—is unmatched, simply because of the tremendous potential it has to set others ablaze.
84. You are the ones who will be able to carry on in your native fields when those who are foreigners will be forced to leave. You are what I use to keep the vision of expansion and growth in the forefront of My Family's vision. You are what remind My Family of their calling as My disciples, whom I have called to bear much fruit, fruit that remains.
85. You are what remind My Family that we are still a revolution—a moving, growing, and radical revolution. You will go places others cannot go; you will speak where others cannot speak; you will enter where others cannot enter. And you will be My bright and morning stars who will stand up boldly in witness and testimony, just as the blind man in sincerity of heart and spirit said of Me: "What this man has done‚ I know not; but this I do know, once I was blind, but now I see" (John 9:25).
86. There's no way to describe the depth of My love for you. There are no words that can adequately describe the personal worth and value that even one of you contributes to a Home.
87. In deepest appreciation of you—the object of My desire, the delight of My soul, and the fruit of My love—your Jesus. (End of message.)
88. (Jesus:) These are the things which I see as special, individual qualities of those who have joined My service in the Family in recent years:
* You abandoned your own life in order to take up the life of a disciple. You saw the eternal crown as something of much greater worth, rather than holding on to the temporal glimmer of this world.
* You sacrificed your ties to this world in order to receive the possessions of a disciple, which can seem like poverty in the eyes of man.
* You didn't care what your family or friends thought of you, because you had fastened your eyes on the promises, on the better land that I said I had prepared for you.
* You have great dedication. You have recently gone through the "rebirth" process of becoming a new man or woman for Me. You know what it costs to be My follower‚ and you do it with such passion and fervor. Your dedication is worth more than gold in My sight.
* You are brave. You have passed through the initial battles and tests that are the lot of any disciple with flying colors. You have held on to the crown, even though at times everything around you signaled that you had made a grave mistake. You have believed in what I said rather than what your carnal mind told you. In essence, you fought one of the biggest battles there is for a new disciple—the battle of the carnal mind—and won, because you fought in faith.
* You possess great faith. You have put your complete trust in Me. Many of you are still dealing with accusations from your flesh family, who condemn you or give you a hard time for choosing the lifestyle you have, but you cheerfully press on with your calling, as well as show your family a lot of love. You have put your lives and the lives of your loved ones into My hands. I will honor this great faith.
* You have learned patience. Many of My new disciples have had to wait patiently in order to receive what I promised them. You heard My call, but in a lot of cases, it cost you a lot to follow it. It wasn't handed to you on a silver platter. Those of you who found it easy to drop out of the System had to learn patience by waiting to see My promises delivered to you for making this sacrifice. Many of you could have given up‚ but you didn't. You held on and are even now waiting in line to receive My blessings and the promises I have for you. You have been tried, but the testing of your faith has helped you to receive the patience you need in order to continue to run this race.
* You have fresh eyes. You have the gift of not being tied to the past or easily swayed by how things were done in the "good old days." You are the Family's fresh eyes. You have the gift of spiritual youth. You see opportunities that some of My older Family members aren't able to see as clearly. You have childlike faith.
* You have a healthy fear and respect for all My Word. You are still as newborn babes, desiring and sucking after My Words. While there is still the danger for you to become familiar with My Word, many of you have not yet fallen into a deep familiarity with Me. If you do begin to become familiar, it's easy for you to see the error of your ways and to change.
* You have a strong and passionate love for witnessing. Your goal is to win souls. You love to witness! You know how to really pour out your heart to the lost of the world. You are faithful to witness wherever you go. You remember what it's like to be lost, so you are quick to help save those who are stuck in the mire of the System.
* You relate more easily to those in the world. By this‚ I don't mean that you conform. I mean that you are as a link to the Family. You have recently come from the System, and many from this world can relate to you when you speak of the way things are in the System. You can then connect their hearts to My truth. You are able to reach into the hearts of many easily, because of your position.
* You are fiery, radical, and hot! You don't care what the world thinks of you, you are willing to do whatever I ask you to do in order to be known as My called-out brides. You are versatile, flexible, and expandable.
* You love and treasure the words that I give through Mama and Peter. You are loyal subjects. You follow after the Words of truth‚ because you know that I am the Good Shepherd, and that these Words that I have given are of Me. And even though you didn't live in the era when David was around‚ you have picked up on his spirit, and because you have drunk deeply of My Words, you fit right in.
* You have a great love for your fellow brethren. You show great sacrifice and love. You are excited about the weapon of brotherhood and are eager to live it. You lived a life in the coldness of the System and you are eager for the warmth and brotherhood of the Family. You will be a great assistance in helping My Family to become one. You are a link that is greatly needed. Without you, the unity and brotherhood of the Family would be incomplete.
* You are quick to give all the glory to Me. You still remember the days when you weren't able to accomplish much of lasting value, or when you failed, and felt condemnation for failing. Even your accomplishments were empty, because you lacked Me. Now you are able to accomplish so much through the spirit. You know what it's like to work in the spirit‚ and you know to Whom the glory is due.
* You embrace the freedom of the spirit with much fervor. You are willing to strip your spirits bare and come before Me and others naked in order to receive My garments of humility, yieldedness, and obedience.
* You are believing. Your belief in Me and My Words is of pure faith. It is simple and beautiful. I love speaking to you, because you suck fervently and desire to hear all that I have to tell you.
* You are humble and know your place in this Family. You know that you lack the wisdom of those who have been in the Family much longer than you have been, and so you are willing to receive advice and correction from others.
* You desire shepherding. You are open to it. You want it.
* You are eager and willing to bring more into the fold. You are full of thankfulness for My salvation and a life of service, and your enthusiasm makes you an effective and powerful witness as you draw others in too.
89. Not each of you, My dear ones, possess every single one of these attributes or qualities already, but this is a picture of how I see you and what I know your potential to be.
90. These specific gifts and talents and desirable qualities are all things that you can have if you want them. This is how I see you in the spirit. This is the potential that you have. Some of you have been in the Family just a short time, and so some of these gifts and qualities haven't yet blossomed in your life. But as you keep soaking up My Word and My Spirit and letting the old go and desiring the new, this is what you will grow into very quickly. And those of you who have been in the Family longer have grown more fully into these qualities, or you can if you want to. If there is something on this list that you don't see manifested in your life‚ you can ask Me how I see it and how you can better cultivate and hone that gift. Because these are things that each of you can have, if you want them.
91. I love you, My precious brides and laborers. Each of you has given much to become My disciple, and I highly honor you for it. I will continue to nurture you and strengthen you and send you what you need in your life to grow you strong and tall for Me in spirit. I love you! (End of message.)
92. (Jesus: ) Each of you, My brides of the children of David, regardless of your age or grouping, are also a part of a greater Family, and through your co-workers, brothers and sisters and mates and parents in Me, together you make a complete team.
93. Each of you possess the qualities that I have given to you as I have seen fit. Each of you will play the part that I need you to play. What you may have, another person may not have‚ but they may possess something that you don't. All of this works together. In order for the machinery of My Family to run smoothly, I have given each person unique gifts and talents, but I have also given them the ability to stretch and grow into other gifts and talents.
94. It's important that you come to Me to ask Me what gifts and qualities I want you to possess, and if you don't possess something that you wish you possessed‚ then ask Me if it's really within My will for you to have it, or if not having it will be the very thing that will keep you close and desperate for Me and in need of others.
95. I don't want anyone to be perfect in themselves or to feel that they have attained in any way. More and more, you will find that your greatest strength will be your weaknesses, for this is My plan. I need you to need one another. You will need to depend on one another even more‚ and through this dependence on Me and others, you will become the strong army of David.
96. It may sound like I'm being a bit generous in My commendation and gratitude for you, My dear loves, but this is how I see each of you. If you feel you lack in any of the things I say about you‚ then all you need to do is tell Me this, and ask Me to help you let Me shine more—for I've put all these beautiful gifts within you, and some of them just need to be brought out a bit more. Then do your best to continue to live your life for Me, giving it your 110%. I will take your lacks and weaknesses and make something beautiful out of them. I will strengthen you in your weak areas and help you to grow. You are beautiful in My sight. I am so thankful for each of you. (End of message.)
97. (Jesus:) Let Me set the scene a little here before I get into telling you just how much I appreciate each of you. You each have been entrusted with so much more in recent years, but especially in the course of the past year. If you haven't felt this trust in a physical form, you can be sure that more has been expected of you spiritually. I have sent more challenges your way in this last year, and I did this for a purpose. I know you have felt that there was more to attain this year than before. Or if you can't exactly pinpoint the new awareness you feel in your life but you know something is different‚ well, that's just a sign that life is going to get a little more interesting for you in a good way.
98. This is what has happened: I have set up a whole new training ground for each one of you. It's a bit like boot camp, because there is a war out there and time is short. The war has already started and I need more fighters. I have sent out a call and you have answered. You may not know when you answered that call, but you did. Each of you answered My call at some point‚ at least once‚ during this last year. You answered it by the decisions you made. You may have decided this year that My Word is cool and interesting. You may have decided that you have been sitting on the fence too long and now it's time to make something of yourself. You may have seen the lost souls that are out there and have decided that one of your professions is going to be that of a witnesser. You may have realized that the worldly trips you were into were not so important anymore‚ and you then knew that there was a crown waiting for you that you needed to claim, so you went for it.
99. Whatever choice you decided to make this year toward your discipleship was the key that led you to this boot camp that I have prepared for you. In the spirit, you are each here and under My command. You each have your own personal trainer and battlefield that you are partaking of, and if you continue to make choices toward your discipleship, you will become a professional soldier.
100. I am very proud of you for so many things that you accomplished this year. I want you to stop right now and think of the ways you have contributed to your Homes and to the greater Family:
* You have done your part to make your Homes the winning teams they need to be.
* You have taken on new responsibilities that you didn't think you could do before.
* You have attended the camps that your board members or Homes organized for you, and have received the training that is making you into solid and dependable disciples.
* You are receiving a greater understanding of My Word and what is expected of you.
* You have taken up your cross and are following after Me.
* You have become better witnesses.
* You have received a greater boldness, which is helping you to become leaders of those who are out in the world.
* You have caught the vision of Activated and have become wonderful promoters of My Word.
* You are taking up the challenges that are set before you like real men and women of faith.
* You have given a lot of your time to caring for the children, maintaining your Home as a good testimony, and helping out wherever the need arose.
* You have made wonderful progress in your schoolwork.
* You are becoming better at the sports or hobbies that you took up during the renewal or afterwards.
* You are learning more about the keys and how to use them.
* You are realizing that this is a war and that some heavy-duty fighting is needed, which has caused you to take the new weapons more seriously.
* You are learning to be more sacrificial, thinking more of others and not so much of yourself.
* You are learning how to be your brother's keeper, and also finding out that giving your loyalties to Me is where it's at.
* You are memorizing more of My Word than before.
* You are learning what it means to be free from worldliness and are shedding some of the System attitudes you had or were into.
* You are investing more of your time into skills that will count or that will make you a greater asset for My Kingdom.
* You have become stronger in your faith and have not let the lies that the Enemy has been spewing out through antagonistic ex-members move you.
* You are growing stronger in the Word, taking up that sword and using it deftly.
* You are learning that the things that matter are Me, My work, your Family, and the destiny that I have waiting for you.
101. You might be thinking, "Hey, I haven't accomplished all that. In fact, I can only think of one or two things from that list that I did this year. I must not be someone the Lord is proud of." Before you begin thinking that way, let Me tell you something. I look at each of you individually, and the things I bring into your life are tailored just for you. I like to spend time with each of you personally. I admire each of you for the different qualities you have. Each of you is unique and has certain characteristics, your own special "flavor" which I love about you. There are many ways that I look at you as an individual.
102. But you also need to know that all of you make up one body. This year I brought you all closer together. You are becoming more united in heart, soul, and body. You are becoming an army, one that I cannot do without. I need each of you and I need you to all be working together‚ striving for the same goals.
103. You may have personally accomplished only one or two things from this list, but I am rewarding you as a body. Oh, you will receive your own personal rewards—that's for sure—but right now I am commending you as a team. I am showing you what you are capable of accomplishing as a unit. Individually you may feel like you aren't so strong, or too great a disciple, or that much of a help‚ but don't you see what you can accomplish together, as a group? United as an army, you are strong! You are tremendous! You are unbeatable!
104. Satan would have you think that you're not so great and that you live most of your life unnoticed by others. But that isn't true. You are noticed by many. Even those in your Home who you may sometimes feel are busy and don't pay much attention to you love you very much. They are so thankful for you, and they know that they couldn't make it without you. If you ask them‚ they'll tell you just how much they need you. You are invaluable, and you are a joy to live with. Sure, you have your problems and there are many things you still need to learn, but so does everyone. Each generation has battles that they need to fight, and you are no different.
105. This coming year, I have more training to give you. I'm going to bring up your level of training one notch. Don't worry, it's not going to be difficult for you. As long as you remain yielded and make discipleship your goal or focus, you will pass through this year with shining colors. Each of you fills different positions in My army. Some of you are My infantry, some of you are My sharpshooters, some of you man the tanks, and yet others of you are My scouting teams, and the list is endless. There are so many positions in My army, and I need each one of you to find where you stand and work to become even more proficient, skilled‚ and good at what you do.
106. I will bring more programs, camps, events, and fun your way this year, but it's important that you stop often throughout this year to ask, "Am I closer to finding out what my destiny is here on Earth? Am I making progress as a soldier and warrior of the End? Am I giving it all I've got?" Some of you may feel that you are too young to be asking these questions, but what did I tell Jeremiah when he said, "I am but a child?" I told him what I say to you now: "Say not, I am a child: for you will go to all that I will send you, and whatsoever I command you, you shall speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you" (Jer.1:7,8). You may not be as accountable as those who are over 18, who have made their decision to be in this Family, but you do have a measure of accountability.
107. You have gifts that you can contribute to My army that will make winning a positive thing. You are part of the structure, and if you were all to stop and leave, part of the structure would crumble. You have a destiny that I need you to fulfill, and which I am training you for. You speak a tongue that some people don't speak, and you can go places that others cannot go. Even if you feel you cannot do much, your sample speaks to men and women that would not have seen My Christian sample any other way. Your smile reaches out to people who would not have seen My light any other way. Your love for your younger brothers and sisters encourages them in a way that no one else can encourage them. You may not bear a lot of responsibility now‚ but you are warriors, princes, princesses, leaders, and prophets in training. One day you will be leading, so you need all the input and training that you can get!
108. There is a battle to fight, one that is raging right now. It's the battle of the worlds, of good versus evil. I have My frontline soldiers already up there fighting. You have heard rumors of how it's going. You hear of the victories that are won, but you also hear of the battles that were lost. Right now you are in boot camp, in training. Some of you are eager to get out on the frontlines and others of you are wondering if you really want to fight, if you really want to face the big bad Devil and his henchmen. Nevertheless, you are being trained and for now you fill a place in the reserves. You don't think it's such a great position, and you wonder what good it will do if the reserves are never called upon. Some of you wonder if it's really worth sticking it out‚ as you don't know if you will be called upon or not.
109. Well‚ one day you will be called upon. I will use My reserves, and you won't be just extras, either. You will become the elite. You, My reserves, will be surprise reinforcements, fresh troops who will take many dirty demons down. You will win lots of battles. What do you think would happen if an army was fighting a war‚ and because of the speed with which the Enemy was able to multiply his evil demons, I needed the reserves to step in and take just as much responsibility in the battle as those who had been there much longer‚ but then the reserves never showed up? Your role is vital to My army winning the war.
110. I'm counting on you, and one day I'm going to use you in ways you never thought of. Not only will you be the army that the Family is today, but you will hold in your hands the great power that I have been speaking of for many years. You will become healers, miracle workers, prophets and prophetesses.
111. That is an awesome responsibility. You worry about not having responsibility now? Don't worry, your turn will come. This is why I need you to be just as serious about this war as anyone else. I need you to begin thinking now, "What can I do to prepare? How can I become better in the position that I am in now? What skills do I need to acquire? What weapons am I rusty in that I need to work on in order to become skillful?" You have no idea what you are capable of accomplishing! You are a great threat to the Enemy and his forces. When I pull you out and put you into place, we will gain a lot of territory.
112. Now that I've given you a little taste of what you will be doing, let's go back to talking about what you have already done. After all, this is a message of commendation. I guess I got a little carried away. When I have your attention like this, I can't help but speak to you of the great and mighty ways I will use you! I see that you have hesitations and lack confidence in yourself, just as Jeremiah did. But look at what he went on to accomplish. Look how I was able to use him, because he said, "Yes!"
113. So we're all together at this moment, in spirit. I have you all gathered in one place and I am speaking to all of you. If you will listen‚ you will hear My voice reach out specifically to your heart. You will hear the call of greater discipleship. You will hear the call to be greater witnesses. You will hear the call to give out My Word and truth, using Activated and the other tools I have provided for you. You will hear the call to continue to become good at the gifts I have given you.
114. This year I may ask you to stretch and take steps in directions that might even scare you a little. But I tell you right now, there isn't anything that you cannot do. Take a look at the last couple of years. Each of you thought there was something that you couldn't do. Some of you looked at the five-and-a-half months of the renewal and thought there was no way you could go through that. But you did. And not only did you go through it, you gained so much from it and were happier in the end. Some of you went to your camps and wondered if you could really live up to the classes that were given to you and if it was actually easier said than done, but you went home and did it!
115. Some of you looked at the Activated Incentive Program that was organized for your region and thought that there was no way you could go out there and distribute the Activated magazines (which most of you thought were only for adults), but you overcame that obstacle and the subscriptions skyrocketed! Some of you even said that you didn't think you could live in the Family for one more year as a disciple, but you did‚ and look at how I have blessed you.
116. Some of you were worried about your Homes when you realized just how much work each of you would need to put into becoming a tighter team with a higher standard, but look at what has been accomplished. There were so many things you thought you couldn't do, but you did them! And I tell you now, greater things than these will you do, and you will overcome!
117. You are each now graduating and entering another level of training. Each of you has done wonderfully. Of course, there is more progress to be made, but that's to be expected. As a team you have helped one another achieve entry into this higher level. As a team, you have passed.
118. And for those of you who have just become JETTs, I say, "Welcome!" You will not feel that you are behind, because I have made it so that you will be able to catch up and learn all the things that your older peers have learned. So don't worry. Just join the crowd and do your best to learn all that you need to learn in order to become the soldier that you are destined to become.
119. Continue to pray for your JT boards, because they have many ideas for you and things that they want to do for you. They need your prayers, because sometimes they are also busy with other responsibilities or they don't have enough manpower or resources. But with the power of the keys, these are not obstacles. So wield the keys and pray that the opportunities that are in the pot or that have been mentioned to you will come through. Don't grow impatient, but pray.
120. Your winning team needs you. Your parents and Home members need you to be team players. You may be young team players, but you are team players nonetheless, and they need you, and I need you.
121. I love each of you so much! Do you know that? You're each so precious to Me. Watch for the ways I will show each of you individually how much I appreciate you and need you. I will speak to you and show you things that you didn't know about. I and your spirit helpers are all here rooting for you. We are here to help you in any way that we can. You just need to ask, and call on your spirit helpers by name. They will help you to overcome, to fight‚ and to be disciples.
122. Before I close this message, I want to let you know that the push you made with Activated last year was tremendous. You really went places with this. Each of you played a part, even if you weren't able to get out Activated subscriptions because of your situation. You won a great battle by doing this, you know that?
123. Satan is now trembling. When the Activated Incentive Program first happened, he showed up in My courts and said, "You are putting the doorknob too high. They won't be able to reach the goals that are set before them, and it will only discourage them even more." He laughed and said I would be disappointed. But was I disappointed? No way! You all shone so brightly. You may have surprised those around you, but you didn't surprise Me.
124. You see, I knew you could do it. I knew that you had what it took. I knew that all you needed was just a little push and then you would take off, like race cars. Look at the fruit that was won because of your obedience! Look at the changes that happened in your life or to your Home. Aren't you happier? Don't you feel like you accomplished something? You sure did!
125. You have become very popular here in Heaven. It's the big topic of discussion! There is now no doubt in people's minds that you will be able to change the world. You have what it takes. I thank each one of you for all that you did, even if you don't feel that you did much. I have a reward just for you. You may have gotten a few earthly prizes and rewards, but I am stocking up rewards here in Heaven for you, and that's regardless of whether you got any credit or prizes on Earth or not. You're going to get a reward that's specially made just for you, one that you're really going to like and enjoy for eternity! And the more you keep going with this, the more you will receive. Just wait and see!
126. To end this commendation, I give each of you a golden key. This is the key of going the distance. This key will help you to go the distance, to climb that mountain‚ cross that river, or jump over that obstacle. Whatever the challenge is for you this new year, you will be able to attain, because you have this key that will help you to go the distance. Remember‚ it doesn't matter what it is‚ this key will help you to achieve what you need to achieve and help you to become what I need you to become in order to continue to help this Kingdom stand and conquer the Devil. You are winners! You are pillars! Don't forget that. I need each and every one of you. (End of message.)
(Key promise:)
127. When you come across a chasm, gully, raging river‚ or mountain too big to climb, call on the keys of go-the-distance and they will take you all the way to the finish line. This key will help you through your boot camp and raise you up to be fine soldiers, officers, or even generals for Me. When the training seems too hard or grueling, claim this key and you will make the grade.
128. (Jesus: ) These are some of the qualities I note when I look at you, My JETTs and teens. This is some of the potential I see when I look at you, and what you can become as you continue to grow into disciples for Me. This is some of what your future holds:
129. You are young and have many years of service to look forward to.
130. You have tremendous faith and vision. You want to go places and do great things. You, My children of David, who are now in your teen years, will spread the Gospel to people and places no one else yet has.
131. You are fearless, and the gates of Satan's kingdom, both on Earth and in Hell, will truly not stand against your onslaughts.
132. You have initiative and perseverance. You're not just sitting around and waiting till you get older and can launch out on your own. You've really gotten on the ball with the various Activated Incentive Programs, and are doing what you can right here‚ right now.
133. The Family has learned a lot and matured a lot in how to relate to its younger members since the first SGAs became adults. Those of you who are teens will benefit fully from this experience, and will mature and become what I want you to be.
134. You will advance quicker. There's not much time left, and you will receive concentrated and to-the-point training that will enable you to grow by leaps and bounds.
135. Those who are now teens have been less sheltered from the world and more confronted with its evils that are around you. You therefore have the potential to have even stronger convictions than some of the SGAs did when they were young teens.
136. When you, My teens, pray with your heart, you are powerful prayer warriors. When you're not on the frontlines yourselves, you can bring about great miracles through praying for those who are. Many great miracles of history will be credited to you who are now teens‚ for the part you play in bringing about the miracle through your prayers.
137. You are hungry for the Word. You have a vacuum for the supernatural, for the amazing, for the far-out, for the spiritual, and all these things are found in My Word. You are beginning to realize the power and benefits of living in My Word, and you're eager to put it to the test. You can be clear and beautiful channels for Me to pour through as well, as you learn to more fully tap in to the Source.
138. One thing I love about you is that you're malleable, and are open to the changes I want to bring about in your lives. You're new bottles!
139. (Jesus:) Hello, My wonderful children! You each look so beautiful and charming today! Thank you for taking the time to listen to Me. I enjoy talking with you. I always enjoy talking with My precious children. Remember the stories from the Bible when I took time to chat with the little ones? Sometimes I even had to chide My disciples to not shoo the children away from Me, but to instead sit them on My lap so that I could talk and laugh and play with them. I loved children then and I love children now, and I will love children forever!
140. Did you know that creating a child is My favorite hobby? I know that most of you have a hobby or project that you really enjoy doing. Maybe for some of you it's a sport, like basketball or soccer. Or maybe you greatly enjoy arts and crafts, drawing, coloring‚ painting, clay sculpting, dancing and other artsy things. Or maybe you love cooking, music, or learning something new on the computer, or perhaps you're into mechanics and handyman skills. Just think of something you enjoy doing the very most. Did you think of something? Well, as much as you like doing that very thing, I love creating children! Creating you, yes, each one of you, was My favorite project ever.
141. I think there's just one thing that I enjoy even more than I enjoyed creating you.—And that's watching you grow! I love watching you live your life. I love watching you smile. I love watching you learn more about Me. I love watching you pray and praise Me. I love it when you take time to listen to Me speak to you. I love listening to you laugh and sing. I love watching you play and do schoolwork and go on outings and much more. Watching your life is more exciting for Me than watching a movie is for you.
142. There are quite a few more things that I love about you. There are some qualities that only you children have‚ which I love very much about you. These are unique qualities that only you have, and I want to tell you why I love them.
143. You children have the very rare quality of pure, childlike faith. Do you know what that means? That means that your faith in Me is very strong. Many grown-ups pray for childlike faith; they pray for the same faith that a child has. When you ask your mom or dad for a cup of water, do you believe that they will give it to you? Yes, you do. You have faith that they will give you what you need.
144. This is the faith you have when you ask Me questions, or when you pray for things. When you pray and ask Me to supply something for you, you really do believe that I will answer by supplying your need. Because you're young and you haven't gone through as many experiences as the grown-ups have‚ your faith is very simple.
145. Let Me explain it like this: Childlike faith is like a pair of new glasses. When glasses are new, they are very clean and very clear. You put them on and you can see things so well. But as time goes by‚ the glasses become dirty and even get scratched. The older a pair of glasses is, the more you have to clean the lenses and care for them. That's like faith. As a child, your faith is very clean and clear, like a new pair of glasses. But as you become older, you will need to work a little harder to keep your faith strong, which is like cleaning and shining your glasses.
146. So this is one quality that I love very much about you—your simple childlike faith! I am so thankful for your ability to read My Word and believe it, to read My promises and believe them. I love to see you pray in faith. I love to see you praise in faith. I love to see you listen to Me in faith. I just love to see you use your faith!
147. The more you wear your glasses of faith‚ the better your vision will become. You'll learn to see everything more as I see it! And don't worry if your glasses of faith become a little blurred or dirtied at times. That just means you need to take out the cleaner of the Word and polish them. And as you do, your faith will become strong once again, and you'll see things clearly once again!
148. There's another special quality that I've given to you children, actually a gift. Can you guess what it is? I've given each child on Earth the prized gift of encouragement! Do you know what that means? That means that children can be the world's best encouragers, which means they can change more lives and hearts than anybody else!
149. To help you understand what I mean, I will tell you a true story. Once there was a young woman who was a teacher. It was her birthday, but for some reason she was very sad and discouraged. Her day wasn't going so well and it didn't feel so special to her. Some of the grown-ups she lived with wanted to do something special for her‚ so they planned to take her out for a yummy dessert. She was very thankful for this, but still she felt sad.
150. Soon almost everyone was ready for the fun outing, and the young woman got into the car and waited for the others. As she sat there sadly, an 8-year-old boy, who was one of her students, knocked on the car door. She opened the door for him and he climbed inside, wrapped his arms enthusiastically around her neck, and said, "Thank you so very, very much for being my teacher. I love you!"
151. And do you know what happened? The birthday girl cried. Not because she was sad, but because she was so touched! This boy had made her day. His loving comment completely changed her mood‚ and instead of feeling discouraged on her birthday, she now felt so loved and happy. That little action even changed her whole year, because this made her an even more inspired and happy teacher. You see‚ the point I want to make is that as children you can encourage others in a way a grown-up never could. Even though the other adults tried to encourage this young woman and make her happy, only this boy's gift of encouragement could make her smile.
152. Each one of you children has this special key of encouragement in your hands, and you can use it to change many, many hearts‚ and make many, many people smile. You don't have to say anything special, even just a little smile and an "I love you!" will often do the trick. This is a special gift that only children have‚ and that I would love to see you use more and more for Me! When you get to Heaven, you will be so surprised to see the thousands of lives you changed just through using your key of encouragement for others.
153. These are only two of the many great things I love about you. Thank you so much for your sweet, childlike faith that keeps you close to Me, and for using your special gift of encouragement that draws others close to Me! I need you very much! Without you, My plan could not be performed! I need you so that I can use you to bring many more to Me and to My Heavenly Kingdom! I have an awesome plan for each of you—a mission that only you can fulfill. I know you will like it! I love you and I'm always here for you. I'm always here to help you and love you. XXXXXX!
With so much love, your Jesus (End of message.)
154. (Jesus: ) Here are some of the special qualities that My precious children have. These are qualities that My young ones are shining examples of, and that I wish more adults would try to emulate.
* Trust.
* Ability to receive correction and instruction more frequently and easily, and bounce back quickly with new lessons under your belt.
* Change quickly.
* Flexibility.
* Adaptability.
* Your ability to make others feel loved by Me.
* Acceptance.
* Faith.
* Ability to win souls others are not able to win.
* Sincerity.
* Ability to be bold witnessers for Me and have a far-reaching effect that is unlike any other age group.
* Ability to give hope to all mankind.
* Power to change the hardest of hearts.
* Great "joy" givers.
* Quality of getting people's attention.
* Givers of My comfort.
* Fast learners.
* Conveyors of contentment and happiness.
* Clear, strong channels for My Word.
* Healers of the brokenhearted.
* Gifted in understanding.
* Easily trained.
* Great encouragers.
* Able to teach others what you know in an easy-to-assimilate fashion.
* Gifted conversationalists.
* Creative.
* Devotees of having fun.
* Explorers.
* Doers of the Word.
* You like to do things for others.
* You make sure everyone gets a fair share of treats, shiner prizes, etc.
* You think of others and make sure no one is left out.
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