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correction of them. Take all the time You need to bring them to obedience and
righteousness.”

My own calling to intercessory prayer took off at this point and what had once been
a labor became a passion. I began to pray that Father would give me His heart to pray
for others. I asked that I would know His heart and feel His emotion for those I
prayed for. I longed for these times of prayer before the Father. I relished these
times. They were the highlights of my life.

Immediately after Father gave me this understanding of authority, the gift of writing
that had lain dormant came alive within me. For years I knew I had a calling to write,
yet I was able to bring nothing forth. I attempted to walk in this ministry many times,
and I would write pages and pages. At the end, however, I would read what I had
written and I sensed no anointing upon the words. I sensed no approval from the
Spirit, even when I knew what I had written was correct. Over and over, I would end
up trashing what I had labored on.

Immediately after I came rightly under authority, Father opened up this area of my
life. I sat down to write a piece of correspondence to a minister of another church
who had counseled me during my time of separation and, as I wrote, out flowed an
article that I had not even intended to write. This article is the very earliest writing
upon which I recognized the seal and approval of the Spirit. The writing had an
anointing on it, and it was distributed among many churches at the time.

Father gave me understanding of why I was now released to write. He told me that
He could not advance anyone in the kingdom who did not know and practice His
principles of government and submission to authority. Once I learned these things
and began to walk in them He was able to bring me into my calling.

I cannot stress how vital this topic is. Let me share a few more words from
Watchman Nee’s book.

Please take note that Satan is not afraid of our preaching the word of
Christ, yet how very much in fear he is of our being subject to the
authority of Christ. Never should we who serve God serve according to
the principle of Satan.

We preach the gospel in order to bring men into God’s authority, but
how can we establish God’s authority on earth if we have not met
[understood] authority?

The controversy of the universe is centered on who shall have the