The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Isaiah 61:1-3, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, And freedom to prisoners;
2 To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn,
3 To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the
mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. so they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He
may be glorified.”

I shall never forget meeting the incomparable Albert Peterson. I was in a meeting in Iowa when I met. Mr. Peterson. He was
the advance man for the noted evangelist Billy Sunday. With all that I learned that day, I shall never forget that verse one
above was the verse Mr. Sunday always quoted before every meeting. Indeed, he was anointed of the LORD and many
came to faith in Christ under his dynamic ministry.

Still, that verse is not for Billy Sunday alone! It has a special note of anointing for every believer, who seeks to bring the Good
News of Jesus Christ to someone else. We live in a world so crowded with meaningless nonsense that anything contrary to
what is normal is Good News. Afflictions of all sorts bind us physically and emotionally; yet, the Message of hope the witness
brings is the proclamation of true liberty to those captivated by the evil that permeates the nations of the Earth.

The Good News of Jesus and His salvation is a comfort to everyone who is smothered with the gloom of mourning. The glory
of the LORD replaces mourning with praise, and stabilizes the faint-hearted as if they were gigantic oaks of righteousness.

While that “favorable year,” denotes a time yet to come, there is joy and hope that pervades the human heart when it is
yielded in faith to the LORD. For the yieldedness of the human heart and life glorifies the LORD here and now. Is your heart
yielded to Him? If it is, then share the LORD by witnessing to others. If you have never yielded your life to Christ, do that
today! Confess your sin to Him and ask His forgiveness. He will save you and that will be glorifing to Him! You are ever in my
daily prayers.

Heartily in Christ,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom