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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 8, 1985
speak English. Yet, we are all unified together by the common bond of God's
Spirit, evidenced by the comraderie and fellowship during this and previous
sessions.
Mr. Herbert Armstrong spoke to the group this past Wednesday afternoon, de
livering a powerful and inspiring message about our calling to be a part of
God's coming government. He stressed that God has not called us all just to
receive salvation. The firstfruits of God's Family are now in training to
rule and teach under Jesus Christ in the World Tomorrow!
I am glad to report that Mrs. James Reyer Is back home and feeling better.
However, she still needs our prayers ·for increased strength and her com
plete recovery.
I want to thank all of you again for your prayers for the success of the re
cent Regional Directors Conference. As I mentioned last week, it is ob
vious that God heard those prayers. The prayers of God's people are likened
in the Bible to sweet incense corning before His throne. God appreciates our
heartfelt, meaningful prayers. He will hear us and give us the things we
ask for if they-are according to His will and if we are striving to please
Him. One tool that can help us to pray more effectively is the WORLDWIDE
NEWS. It is for the ministry and the brethren to use in order to know what
God is doing through His Church. I hope we are taking advantage of this
publication so we will know what to pray about wholeheartedly.
Through the Holy Spirit, each of us should be growing in the mind of Christ
and becoming more and more interested and excited about the things that in
terest and excite God! What is God more interested in right now than His
Church, which is doing His work on earth in preparation for the coming res
toration of His government? As we develop the divine nature of God (II Pet.
1:4), our interests become more precisely attuned to the needs and growth
of the work of His Church and our brethren, who make up the body of Christ.
Our earnest prayers about these things are beautiful to God and are cer
tainly heard (Matt. 7:7-11).
Prayer does make a difference!
God wants us to grow in unity of mind.
Since the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much, how
much more the effectual, fervent prayers of thousands of God's begotten
children? As we grow together in the mind of Jesus Christ, God is able to
use us all more effectively as His instruments and to bless us all the more
in doing His work. Continue to encourage and inspire the brethren to seek
God always in fervent, heartfelt prayer! As Mr. Armstrong has said, "As an
army moves on its stomachs, so the Church of God moves on its knees."
I also want to thank each of you again, on behalf of Mr. Armstrong, for your
ongoing sacrifice for God's Church, and your faithfulness and loyalty to
God. God is faithful, and He will not forget your labor of love. God has
called you to a great responsibility and a difficult task. But with it He
gives you the help, encouragement, and strength through His Spirit to carry
on.
As God grants additional growth, workloads necessarily increase.
(Here again, we must be praying that God will add more laborers to the har
vest.) But God will see to it that we have the wherewithal to accomplish
the job. Ask God for help to always keep your eyes on the glorious goal He
has set before you, realizing that He has called you to teach a group of
those He is now preparing to rule all nations in just a few short years!