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probably would have returned. I probably would not have endured
as a Christian.
"So God not only brought me low. He kept me that way for
28 long years!
"Yet living without this former 'god' was no longer painful,
once I gave it up. I had found the true GOD instead. I had found
the overflowing JOY of receiving new UNDERSTANDING of God's TRUTH
out of the Bible. I now plunged into the study of the Bible with
an energetic zeal surpassing any efforts I had expended in the
quest of material success. I found a new happiness and joy in the
fellowship of those humble and lowly folk that was infinitely
greater than any enjoyment experienced before. Mrs. Armstrong and
I were now seeking first the KINGDOM OF GOD, and His righteousness.
We learned that happiness does not consist of material
acquisitions."
That's from chapter 34 of the Autobiography. I hope the
complete Autobiography may be published -- in two or three volumes
-- soon. I am working on it, and will announce it when it is
ready.
I felt the above quotation would give you a bit of the back-
ground of the development and building of this great WORK OF GOD.
It is GOD'S Work. He built it. But my part was not easy. It
required willingness to sacrifice, to give up material desires, to
suffer opposition and persecution -- and above all, CONSTANT PRAYER
AND RELIANCE ON GOD!
Co-Workers, I need YOU to be diligent, generous, and
faithful in DOING YOUR PART! Above all, I need your earnest
PRAYERS! The income needs a bigger INCREASE! GOD is doing HIS
part -- he is opening doors, guiding His Work, blessing it with the
conversion of THOUSANDS of precious human lives this year --
preparing a people for Christ's soon coming and His Kingdom. It
must BE our lives! It must be put FIRST in our lives!
With deep love -- I pray for YOU daily, in Jesus' name,
Herbert W. Armstrong