It Has Been a Great Joy

. . . for the publishers to hear that Skjulte Skatte has been a blessing for many. It deepens our faith and confidence in our faithful God. We continue to pray that God may give all those who read the periodical a desire for a deeper and richer life in God, and we ask our brothers and sisters to appear before God’s face together with us in sincere prayer on behalf of God’s people. Let us pray down, into the hearts of God’s children, a fullness of the Spirit in which Jesus received strength to lay down His life, which is Jesus’ spirit of sacrifice. Just as He laid down His life for us, so we must lay down our life for Him. He sacrificed His life for us, therefore we must sacrifice our life for Him. In the church we need a fervent zeal for truth and justice—truth and justice accomplished in our inner as well as in our outer life. Let our prayer in this regard be a clear-sighted, purposeful work. Let us, clearly conscious of the need that exists, advance into that inner oneness before God, together with our faithful High Priest, in fervent prayer and supplication for God’s people. Pray that God will send His cleansing fire into their hearts and consume the self-life in all its forms. We must have a spiritual sense for purity. Impurity divides, but whatever is pure melts together. Pray that the more carnal as well as the more refined spiritual sins may be removed.

Our desire is that all the readers of this periodical would become co-workers: first in that inner ministry (in prayer), and then in the outer work of spreading the truth.

We ask that those who receive this periodical will keep it, for we will take in only those truths that are always new. Therefore let others read this periodical as well.

May our progress in God be evident to all. 1 Tim. 4:15.

Aksel Smith