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.OT LONGAGO)WAS TOLDOF A STORY THATHAPPENED )BELIEVE )READITINANEWSPAPERDOWNIN&LORIDA 4HEY HAVE MANY GREAT STORMS THAT SWEEPS THROUGH &LORIDATYPHOONS THAT COME IN OFF THE SEA AND BRINGS THE WATER FOR CITYBLOCKSUPINTOTHECITYANDSWEEPSOUTEVERYTHING!ND)kMTOLDTHATTHEIRWEATHER PROPHETS ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SUCH STORMS!ND SOME WAY THROUGH THE?THE ELEMENTS THAT THEY CAN CONTACTTHECHANGINGOF THEWEATHERANDTHEATMOSPHERETHATWHICHAWAYTHIS WEATHER IS GATHERING THATkLL BRING FORTH ONE OF THOSE STORMSBECAUSETHEYkVEMADEITALIFESTUDYANDBYCERTAININSTRUMENTSANDTHINGS THAT SCIENCE HAS PROVIDED THEM!ND THEN BY CALLING AHEADANDHEARINGOF WHICHAWAYTHESTORMkSCOMINGHOWMUCHWINDITkSGOT BEHIND HIMWHICHWAY OTHER STORMS ARE COMING OR OF WINDSWHETHERITkSABLETOCOMBATTOSHOVEAWAYTHESTORM )COULDSTOPHEREANDPREACH FORAHOURON THAT THAT IT TAKESA GREATER STORM THATkS COMING IT TAKES A HIGHER WIND TO TURN THATSTORM3OIS ITTODAY!NDWEALLKNOWTHATWEkVEGOTANONCOMINGSTORM!NDTHEONLY7INDTHAT)KNOWTHATCANTURNTHATSTORMWILLBETHATRUSHING7INDTHATFELLONTHEDAYOF 0ENTECOST)kMTOLDTHATTHEREkSMENEVENINTHECITYNOWSPEAKINGAGAINSTCOMMUNISMANDTHEYSHOULDBE"UTJUSTSPEAKINGAGAINSTITISNkTENOUGHWEkVEGOTTOFINDHOWTOTURNTHETHING!NDTHENTHEREISONLYONETHINGTHATCANTURNTHATSTORMANDTHATkSAMOREPOWERFULSTORMTHATCANBESET ITANDCHANGEITSCOURSE !ND THESE PROPHETS OF THE WEATHER IN &LORIDA ARE PRETTYACCURATE WITH THEIR PROPHESYING 4HEY ARE SET FOR THAT PURPOSE TOWARNTHEPEOPLE ) WAS READING ) FORGET JUST NOW ) BELIEVE IT WAS IN THENEWSPAPEROF ASTORMAFEWYEARSAGO THATWASON ITSWAYACROSS&LORIDA CENTRAL &LORIDA AND ALL THE REGIONS AROUND /KEECHOBEEWAS?WASWARNED ) JUST LEFT THEREABOUT FIVEWEEKSAGO!ND THEREWAS A NEIGHBOR MAN WHO KEPT IN CONTACT WITH RADIO ALL THE TIMEBECAUSEOF THESESTORMSANDHEWASAVERYRENOWNED#HRISTIAN!NDHEHEARDTHATTHEGREATTYPHOONWASCOMINGTHATWAYTWISTINGDOWNTREESANDEVERYONEWASWARNEDTOGETTOSAFETY !ND HE THOUGHT OF HIS NEIGHBOR WHO HAD A CHICKEN FARMANDSOME LIGHTBUILDINGSWITH THEIRCHICKENS IN THEM THEIRBROODERHOUSES AND SO FORTH AND THEIR PENS WHERE ALL THAT THEY HAD INLIFEWAS TIEDUPWITH THESECHICKENSOF THEIR LIVING!NDHE RUSHEDQUICKLYFRANTICALLYUPTOTHEGATEANDSTOPPEDHISCARANDJUMPEDOUT AND SAID TO THIS FELLOW l4AKE ALL THE CHICKENS AND PUT THEM

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IN YOUR STORM SHELTER AND YOU RUSH OVER TOMINE BECAUSE THERE ISCOMING A TYPHOON OR A?A STORM THATkS GOING TO TWIST EVERYTHINGDOWNm !ND THEMAN STOODAND LOOKEDHIM IN THE FACE AND LAUGHEDAT HIM AND SAID l.ONSENSE )kVE HEARD THEM PREDICT SUCH THINGSBEFOREANDITNEVERDIDHAPPENm !NDTHE#HRISTIANNEIGHBORWASSOEXCITEDHESAIDl"UTWHATIF ITDOESHAPPENm 7EHEAR REMARKS LIKE THAT ALONG THE LINE l)kVE HEARD OF THISIS GOING TOHAPPEN AND THATkS GOING TOHAPPENm"UT IT IS GOING TOHAPPEN ONE OF THESE DAYS !ND IT BEHOOVES US TO LISTEN TO EVERYWARNING "UTTHISMANSAIDl)HAVENOTIMEFORSUCHFOOLISHNESS)RAISECHICKENSAND)HAVENOTIMEFORSUCHm !NDHECRIEDOUT4HENEIGHBORSAIDl)NTHE.AMEOF 'ODmHE SAID lLEAVE THOSE CHICKENS ALONE THEN *OHN AND COMEQUICKLYYOUANDYOURFAMILY)F YOUDONkTWANTTOBELIEVEITLETYOURFAMILYCOMEm !NDHESAIDl)WILLNOTHAVEMYCHILDRENTOBEEXCITEDOVERAFEW RADIOWARNINGS-Y CHILDREN AND ) HAVE DECIDEDWEkLL LIVE AS )LIVE!NDMYWIFEWILLLISTENTOMEBECAUSE)AMTHEBREADWINNEROF THISHOMEANDSHEMUST LISTEN TOME )kMBOSSHEREAND)WILLNOTHAVEMYCHILDRENALLEXCITEDORTOREUPABOUTSOMENONSENSEm !ND THENEIGHBORWAS TURNED!NDHEWENT TOHISHOME INTOHISSHELTER !NDALLOF ASUDDENTHECLOUDWASUPONHIMBEFORETHEYKNEWIT4HATkSTHEWAYJUDGMENTSTRIKES)TCOMESSOSUDDENYOUWONDERHOWITCANGETTHERESOQUICK(OW)HAVESEENCRUELMENWHOONCECURSED'ODFALLANDSCREAMANDSAYl(OWCOULD9OUTREATMETHISWAYm4HEWHOLEEVERYFOUNDATIONWASSWEPTOUTFROMUNDERHIMINAMOMENT)TPAYSTOTAKEWARNING /HYOUMIGHTLAUGHATTHEMESSENGERYOUMIGHTBEABLEEVENTOKILLHIMBUTYOUCANNOTKILLTHEMESSAGE)TkLLGOONJUSTTHESAME'ODkSMESSAGEISETERNAL(IS7ORDSWILLNEVERFAIL 0AULWASSUCCESSFULLYINHAVING3TEPHENSTONED"UTALLTHROUGHHISLIFEUNTILHESURRENDEREDTO#HRISTWASHENEVERABLETOGETAWAYFROM THAT MESSAGE l) SEE HEAVENS OPEN AND *ESUS STANDING AT THERIGHT HAND OF 'ODm 3OMETHING GOT A HOLD OF HIM )T WASNkT THEMESSENGERITWASTHEMESSAGEHEHAD

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