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timeless teaching originally published in May 1992 If you have children who have wandered away from God, don’t give up on them. They’ll come running back... When God Says ‘Pssst!’ by Gloria Copeland Did you know your children are in your heart? It’s true. You carry your children in your heart the same way God carries you in His heart. You can feel what’s going on with them even when they’re on the other side of the world. If they’re hurt, if they’re lonely, if they’re toying with sin and getting off track—when things are wrong or things are right, you can feel it. I remember once when Ken and I were in Australia. We were flying from one city to another and suddenly thoughts of our son, John, flooded my heart. John was a teenager at the time and he was all boy. He rode everything with wheels—cars, trucks, motorcycles, dune buggies. And it seemed he was always turning something over. That day on the plane, I was concerned about him. I knew how much the devil would like to sneak in and steal his life, and I was concerned that John’s misadventures could give the devil the opportunity to do it. But the Holy Spirit broke in on my thoughts. He spoke to Ken and said, "My mercy hovers over John." When Ken relayed those words to me, all my fears vanished. "My mercy hovers over John." I’ll never forget that promise. As I’ve prayed for John throughout the years, that wonderful word from God would often rise up and remind me that John’s life was secure. It would assure me that God would keep him and hold him steady until the day he got things straight in his life. "My mercy hovers over your child." That is a wonderful word from God. If God will do that for my child, He will do it for yours. The covenant God has made with you in the blood of Jesus extends to your children and your children’s children. Psalm 103:17 says, “But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children.” Our grandchildren are covered in our covenant with God. Everything God gives to me, He’ll give to them. All the protection that I have, He passes on to my family. If you’re a believer and you’re willing to trust God for the deliverance and salvation of your children, you will not be disappointed. Study Zechariah 10:7-9. There God tells us about the outpouring of the Spirit of God in the last days—the days we’re living in. He says: "And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. I will hiss for them [your children], and gather them; for I have redeemed them.... And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again." You may not even know where your children are right now. They may be in another city or another country. It doesn’t matter. This scripture says when you rejoice in the Lord—not when you’re depressed or worried or afraid, but when you trust God so totally that you’re filled up with joy—then your children will see it and turn. “I will hiss for them.” What does that mean? It means God will signal for them. He’ll say, Pssst! Come here! And they’ll come running. Let me tell you something. God knows how to get someone’s attention. He knows how to signal for the ones His people are praying for. Kenneth’s mother prayed for me and then one day God said, "Pssst, Gloria!" I heard Him and was born again. ***continued on p. 21***** 18 : BVOV : MAY '14

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