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PUBLISHED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
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VOL. 2, NO. 13
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
APRIL 17, 1978
GREETINGS from Headquarters! I am personally very "turned on" with
everything that is happening in the Work right now; very thrilling to
once again be doing what I feel I do best: the live, daily, half-
hour radio programs, and knowing as I do them I""'"'c"an be heard by liter
ally MILLIONS (if they were all to tune in at the same time) in San
Diego, Los Angeles, and Tucson, plus other millions up and down the
Pacific Coast within the same 24-hour period!
I will be administering the Passover in Big Sandy this year, then
attending in Akron for the first day of Unleavened Bread; Montgomery,
Alabama for the last day, and doing radio programs in between.
Personally, I am always very deeply sobered, made contemplative and
introspective at this time of the year. I don't approach the Passover
with a "professional" attitude only; as one who must perform a somber
ceremony---but also in a deep, personal sense, looking to Jes�s Christ
our Lord as my personal Saviour, my personal High Priest to whom I
can go in the deepest personal conversations, pouring out my deepest
needs, heartfelt feelings, and asking His grace, mercy, and forgive
ness! Being absorbed in the Gospels for so long; nearing completion
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on my second book about the daily life of Christ, I suppose I can't
help but feel very deeply about this; about the time of the "Lord's
Supper" that is approaching, recalling the moment-by-moment events
of that night so many years ago.
I hope all of you, without exception, will be spending MUCH MORE TIME
IN PRAYER this season; especially calling out to God to fire you up
with ZEAL, with LOVE and COMPASSION on the people; asking God to give
you the earnestness, the sincerity, and the fire in your sermons that
will move, inspire, and thrill God's people!�ED those people during
these coming days; LIFT them with your own personal example of love,
service, and dedicatio�!
Let's� this season� the "kick off" period��� emphasis
on church growth! Let's really concentrate on being a LIGHT; on empha
sTzing the role and mission of the church of God; of inspiring our
people to realize their own individual potential to influence and
inspire others to look into the same truths which made them the kind
of warm, enthusiastic people they are! ·Let your people know they're
welcome to invite their close friends and neighbors; their relatives
who might be interested, or curious. Make your sermons so inspiring
you feel they are the best you've ever done' Let's not just repeat
the tired old statements as mere "routine" about "putting sin
out of our lives"; let's really encourage our members to do God's
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Work; let's SHOUT that message, let's MEAN it; let's DO it!
I hope you, too, have a deeply moving and personally rewarding Passover
and Days of Unleavened BrP.ad---r give thanks to God for all of you,