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Did you ever notice when people get fi lled
with fear of lack they begin to hoard? Then
they get fussy. They will do things they would
never do at any other time. They will wait in
long lines for things they probably wouldn't
otherwise even buy.
My family and I were having dinner at a
small neighborhood restaurant a few days ago,
and the owner and I were discussing some of
these things. She said, "People buying meat at
the wholesale house, had become like an angry
mob." She didn't want to walk out in their
midst with her meat.
These people are not usually like this. They
are our neighbors and friends in some cases.
They have succumbed to an age-old spirit
of hoarding. This is greed in a little di erent
cloak—fi rst fear, then hoarding, then greed,
then something regrettable like cutting
another man short, etc. This atmosphere
Editor's Note: The following article
by Kenneth Copeland appeared in
the rst issue of the Believer's Voice
of Victory newsletter, published
September 1973.
Editor's Note: The following article
by Kenneth Copeland appeared in
the rst issue of the
of Victory
September 1973.
PERILOUS PERILOUS
TIMES TIMES
JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THESE DAYS YOU SEE SIGNS OF
SHORTAGE, DISASTER AND JUST GENERAL DESPAIR. THANK GOD THIS IS NOT
THE ATTITUDE OF THE BELIEVER WHO IS ACTIVELY LIVING BY FAITH. WE NEED
TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO REACT TO SURROUNDING CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT
RATHER RESPOND TO GOD'S WORD AND DRAW ON OUR STRENGTH FROM HIM.
"This know also, that in the last
days perilous times shall come."
2 Timothy 3:1
