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Page 2No Greater Joythree months.What you don’t do as a parent isas influential as what you do. If youpermit a child to indulge in apleasurable act several times, with nonegative consequences, then he willdevelop a preference and a habit. Ifyou give the kid an old set of car keysto play with, you have trained him toabscond with your keys. If you allowa child to snatch food from yourhand, you have trained him to havecrude table manners. If you allowhim to get up after you have put himdown to sleep, you have trained himto ignore your commands and tomake his own decisions about hissleeping habits. You say, “But Ididn’t mean to be training.” Whotrained the cat not to take food awayfrom the dog? OK, so your cat doestake food away from your dog. ThenI ask you, who trained the cat that hecould get away with taking foodaway from the dog? Answer: The dogtrained the cat by his responses, orlack of responses. All parentalresponses are training. All parental“do nothings” and “Oh, isn’t hecute,” and “He is a real bear-cat,”and “He is such a strong-willedchild,” are training par excellence.I saw a mother enjoying her sixmonth old, sitting in front of himsinging, “No, No, No, No, No, No,No, and waving her index fingerback an forth to the beat of themusic. It sounded like a cat foodcommercial. This started out as acommand to stop doing something,but it degenerated into a sing-song,redefining of the meaning of “No.” Iwanted to ask her, “What do you saywhen you really mean ‘No’?” Shewas training the child to understandthat “No” meant, “Let’s have somefun.”So, it is not a question ofwhether or not a child is beingtrained, or at what age. It is aquestion of who is doing the trainingand to what end? Anyone andeveryone is a trainer, including otherkids. The prevailing winds blowupon your child’s flesh and train himin degeneracy. You must interruptthat natural flow, bending the child’ssoul against the force of the world,the flesh, the devil, Hollywood,relatives, baby sitters, peers, nurseryworkers, and books on psychology,that is, if he is to stand different fromthe other trees in the forest.The first six months of a child’slife is much more formative thanmost parents realize. The first threeyears molds personality and sees theestablishment of the child’s worldview.Children can be trained afterthree years, but much of the trainingamounts to enabling the child tofunction in spite of bad habitsinstilled in those early months andyears.Training sociallyIf your child is not liked byothers, or if he is often in conflict, heis socially impaired. A shy child issocially inadequate, as is one who isloud and demands center stage. Abully on one side and a whiningtattletale on the other are socialmisfits. A child quickly develops asocial perspective, with or withoutparental guidance. Investigationteaches the infant what is acceptablein his society. Children are alwaysinfluenced by the temperament oftheir parents. If parents are overprotective,oversensitive, insensitive,angry, selfish, hostile or otherwise,the children tend to view the worldthrough the social order parentsmaintain in the home.I have had adoptive parentscome to me describing the“generational sins” of their adoptedchildren. Knowing the parents, Iusually find it amazing that theadoptive parents seem to have thesame lineage. Maybe it is just fatethat brought them together; theywere from the same family after all.Many biological parents would liketo use the excuse of generationalsins. It would relieve them ofresponsibility.A child learns the rules bystumbling around, bumping into therights of others, as when the infanttries to put his fingers in someone’seye or mouth, or when the two-yearoldtries to take something thatbelongs to a four-year-old.Social rules are built on selfishness—liveand let live, give and take.It is a pecking order—where peopleget pecked if they step out of line. Itdoes serve to keep “everyone in hisplace,” with the “fittest” at the top ofthe food chain, but it is no highermorally than a society of gorillas. Ifleft to happenstance, a child willallow his values to be set by the worstelements in society.The concern of parents should bethe knowledge that if they do nottake an early and effective role incommunicating social behavior to(Continued on page 4)NO GREATER JOY * BY MICHAEL & DEBI PEARL * 1000 PEARL ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, TN 37033

No Greater Joy Page 37KH*RRJRR/DG\I may be just fifteen months old, but Iam not as dumb as my mutteringmakes me look. After all, I’mlearning the King’s English fromadults that all talk like babies. Whenthey talk to each other, it is easier tounderstand, but when they talk to uskids they slobber and goo until wehave to laugh at them. Thenthey are satisfied and go backto speaking to each otherwhere you can understandthem. But that’s not what Iwanted to tell you.Just the other day,two ladies came to visit.They looked kind of funny,so I made the mistake ofsmiling at them. Theycouldn’t keep their handsoff of me. I started showingthem all the things Icould do. Youshould have seenme; it would havemade Barnum andBailey look like a church play.I guess that with all theattention I got a little rowdy, as Dadwould call it, so he told me to go intothe other room. I didn’t want to leavemy audience so I tried an old trickthat I had almost forgotten. It hadnever worked with Dad, but I hadused it successfully against motheron several occasions—that is untilshe read that second book—NoGreater Joy, something or another.Anyway, when Dad commandedme to go outside and join mybrothers and sisters, I saw the googoolady look absolutely stricken. SoI put on a forlorn, pleading look,placed one finger in my mouth, hungmy head and shoulders, and startedgently rocking from side to side onthe balls of my feet. I saw it onShirley Temple. It worked well forher. I cut my eyes back to see howDad was taking it, and he made agesture toward his belt buckle. Theladies probably thought he was justscratching his belly button, but Iknew better. I could not be sure thatthe presence of these two ladieswould stop him from spanking me,so I decided not to take the risk. Butas I headed out of the room, I got inone last shot. I cried just a little, soeveryone would see how mean hewas. The ouu-ahh lady jumpedup and got right in front of me.She started making thoseunintelligible sounds that meanther reason had departed. Iplayed it for all it wasworth. My whimpersturned to sobs. Shescooped me up andstarted saying things like,“pooooorrrrr baaaaabeeee,it’sss allll right. Therrrenow. Sweet child.” Then,looking from Dad to me sheput on her mostsanctified, compassionatelook and said,“She wants to stay,don’t you dear?” I wiped mytears and tried to smile to show myappreciation. As she hugged me, Ilooked over her shoulder and sawDad give Mom one of those “Whatdo we do now looks?”Mom jumped up and said,“Why don’t we all go in the kitchenfor a cup of hot tea?” I smiled andpulled on the lady’s glasses, knowingI had won. Mom led the way, and theladies followed. I had it all undercontrol until I saw Dad step in frontof my accomplice, and with a bigsmile he said, “I will take pumpkin;she may need to potty.” He wassmiling so sweetly with his mouth,but his eyes were chilled. Too late!He took me from the lady with thefunny smell and then quietly shut thedoor to the kitchen. He sat me rightback in the spot where I was sittingwhen he first commanded me to gooutside. He went back to the chairwhere he had been sitting and quietlyrepeated his former command, “Gooutside and play with the others.” Hedidn’t fool me. I could tell that hewas not going to cut me any slack. Ithink he was hoping I would balk. Imay be selfish, but I’m not stupid. Iturned to flee toward the back door.He said, “Stop.” I stopped and slowlyturned. He said, “Smile.” I smiled.He said, “Now go outside.” I went.A word from the editor: Thestory you just read is true, for Iwatched it unfold in my living roomthis past week. -Permission to reprintWe receive many requeststo reprint our articlesin other publications.All our material iscopyrighted so that wecan maintain control.However, we do herebygrant permission for anypublication to reprintour articles in their entirety,without editing,on the conditions that:with each reprint, clearrecognition be given asto the source; and offerour free newsletter withaddress.Editing may be permissible.It must first beapproved by Michael orDebi Pearl.This permission is inforce unless otherwisenotified.NO GREATER JOY * BY MICHAEL & DEBI PEARL * 1000 PEARL ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, TN 37033

Page 4No Greater Joy(Continued from page 2)their children, the kids are going toreceive their education from theworld at large. But most parents,certainly our readers, are not contentto allow their children to derive theirsocial etiquette by default. The normis too low. Parents who take acontinuous and active role can ease adeveloping child into a godly socialorder by example and instruction,saving the child a lot of embarrassmentand antisocial behavior.We adults are kept in linesocially by pride, fear of ridicule, fearof rejection and embarrassment. Butthe small child is kept in line only bysomeone creating boundaries andthen forcing compliance.Training MorallyChildren are born into this worldwithout moral convictions. The twoyear-olddoes not need bad influencesto be a selfish, fleshly, carnal,hedonistic, hippie. I say that with theutmost love for all two-year-olds.Parents are failing to communicatemoral convictions to theirchildren. One reason they fail is thatthey start too late. Parents do notstart trying to train their childrenuntil they are convinced they canreceive instruction, by which timechildren are already confirmed incarnality, addicted to the pleasures ofhedonism. I am talking aboutchildren two and three years old.Parents find it difficult to believe thattheir very young children are capableof early training. They wait so longthat they are fighting momentum,and everything within and withoutthe child is on the side of carnality.Your early training alone standsbetween your child and degradingbehavior.You want to know how to train asix-month-old? By context. All withwhom the child associates is thecontext in which the child firstemulates moral attitude. Morality isfirst an attitude, a way of viewing theself in relationship to the stimuli thatassail us. Morality is the right choicein the face of choices that areimmediately more fun. Morality ischoosing principle and duty abovethrill and laziness. Morality is love oftruth; it is a pure heart; it is love,grace, mercy, patience, kindness,hard work, wisdom, faith, joy,thankfulness, and serving others.Morality is not the lack of certainacts of debauchery. It is the heart ofGod practiced in these bodies offlesh.In the early months and years ofa child’s life, you will not be able tolecture him on morals, but you canplant his little developing soul inpure soil. Children are rooted in thesouls of those with whom they+H WKLQNV KH·V ZRUNLQJassociate—including any media.You, as a parent, cannot change theenvironment at large. Eventuallyyour child is going to have to enterthe ugly arena of society. But in hisdeveloping years, you can tuck hislittle soul into yours and give him alittle bit of heaven before he finds outthat he is in a moral battlegroundwhere the bad guys almost alwayswin.Training to WorkWork is one thing in life that ifyou could get along without it, youwould. All work is pain. You have tobe raised with it to be hardened to itand to accept it as necessary. Everyfresh budding of understanding andevery newly acquired ability in theinfant and small child must be immediatelychanneled into wholesomeproductivity. A child should never beallowed to acquire an attribute of mindor body that is left to idle indulgence.If a ten-month-old child, capable ofpicking up his own socks, sits andwatches his mother pick them up, he isbeing mistrained—trained to be lazy.You are missing the best opportunity toteach a teenager to be a worker.Teenagers learn to work before theyare two years old.I know that a child under one yearold is not capable of doing one stitch ofproductive work. But the questionbefore us is nothow old a childshould be whenhis work is ofvalue. Thequestion is “Atwhat age should Iteach my childrento work?” Theanswer is: As theybecome capable ofthe least participation,no matterhow worthless,they should beinvolved inworking. Theywill have more funthan a birthday party if you involvethem in all your chores. Children lovecooking, cleaning and all chores thatMama and Daddy do if they occur as amatter of routine and are done in ajoyful atmosphere.If this is handled properly, therewill never come a time when yourchild is shocked that you asked him towork. He will never balk or complain.He cannot remember a time when hewas not under obligation to pull hisshare of the load. His first awakeningto life was one of being part of a team(Continued on page 5)NO GREATER JOY * BY MICHAEL & DEBI PEARL * 1000 PEARL ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, TN 37033

No Greater Joy Page 5working. He happily stands up to hischores. It is what life is all about.If you wait until a child is fouryears old to ask him to work, he will behurt and offended that he, the royalconsumer of goods and services,should be called upon to stoop tomenial chores. What a drag! Whatpain! What misery! Life is not supposedto be like this. He has lived fourwonderful years with several servants,and now you expect him to do boringphysical labor? He may do it if youforce him to, but he will never like it,not now and not ever.Should you wait until they are bigenough to be profitable in labor beforeyou require it of them? Only if youwant to feel like the worst villain in theworld and spend most of your emotionalenergy nagging them into whatwill always be a job half done.Children should learn to work atthe same time that they learn to play.A child should never be allowed tothink that the world is ordered so thathe plays while others serve him. Don’tpick up after the child. If a kid is bigenough to pull toys out of a box he isbig enough to put them back. Makework part of the play. Sit on the floor.Enjoy showing him how to put the toysaway. As you give the command, “Putyour toys back in the box,” place a toyin the box. Give the command againand guide the child’s hand to put a toyback in the box. Put another toy in the%R ZKRP LW PD\ FRQFHUQbox yourself, and then again voicethe command as you guide his handto put away another toy. If the childis never allowed to walk away fromscattered toys, he will always pauseto put them away, and you will neverhave a hassle over clean up. Threetimes is enough to train a child, if itis the first three experiences with thetoy box. It will take more if you havemistrained him.When you must carry groceriesinto the house, give your toddler alight box to carry and brag aboutwhat a good worker he is. When youare carrying in firewood, give thestumbling toddler a small piece tocarry.When he spills something, guidehim in cleaning it up. You may haveto buy a special mop and shorten thehandle to keep him from joustingeverything in the house. But a oneyear-oldthat mops is a six-year-oldthat mops and a sixteen-year-old thatis a blessing. When you have cut thegrass, give the toddler a sack and asmall rake and show him how to fillthe sack with grass clippings. If hegrows bored, don’t make demands;revive his interest; make it fun.Do you know what sick is? It is afather at home on Saturday, workingin the yard while the kids sit in frontof the TV and eat snacks. Don’t askme how to get them to work. 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Even then, you should seekopportunities to work together. If workinvolves warm fellowship, it takes thepain out of it. If you have developed anadversarial relationship around work, youare causing ongoing harm. If you press achild and are never pleased, he will hateyou.Work is pain, and so you labor to getthe job done so you don’t have any morepain. If there is no end to the work, noreward, children will always drag becausedoing the job never brings relief. Givethem a job that has defined limits and thereward of freedom upon successfulcompletion. Do not allow them to havethe freedom until the job is completedsatisfactorily. Parents have told me thatwhen they started making the child’sleisure dependent upon completing thejob, the kids turned what was previously afour hour job into a thirty minute job, andthey had fun doing it, because they werelaboring so they could rest. If your childis lazy and never does an acceptable job,then you must give him a job with welldefined, and easily defined, limits andstay with him until he completes the jobsuccessfully, whereupon you praise himfor a job well done. If the job is cleaninghis room, first carefully define what youexpect, in every detail. Write it down ifthe kid is old enough to read. Do not nagor whine. Quietly but firmly stand byyour commitment that he will not leavehis room and return to his leisure untilthe room is perfectly ordered. He willdrag at first, hoping to conquer yourwill, but once he is convinced that yourword is final, he will comply out of purelaziness. How else can he rest? Youmust maintain a pleasant attitude at alltimes, or all is lost.Training in AcademicsThe biggest mistake is thinking ofschooling as something different fromfamily, from everyday life. Don’t thinkof it as an event that starts and stops bya clock. When done most efficiently,there is no age at which you start.Nothing ever changes. Schooling is life.I know kids locally who do not “do

Page 6No Greater Joyschool,” and yet are far advancedover their grade level.The purest form of homeschoolingis a way of life. A young mothersays to her crawler, “Give me theblue sock. No, not the green one, theblue one. Here, this is the blue sock,just like mama’s dress. See, this toyis blue also. Thank you, you are asmart girl.”Another mother says to a twoyear-old,“Here are three raisins. See,count them. One, two, three!!!” Amother says to a three-year-old,“How many raisins do you have?That’s right, five. Now give me one.Now how many do you have? Four!!Five take away one is four!!”Entertain the children withcolors, pencils, and paper in mounds.Go to your local printers and tellthem you need paper for yourstudents. They will give you scrappaper by the truckloads. You can getgood quality paper forty inches wide.Kids love it. Write their names at thetop and let them try writing. Hangtheir work on the wall. Show it off.Read to your kids and have thempronounce words. Show the threeyear-oldsthe word “cat” and let themput a yellow line under it every timeit appears in the little book. Makeflash cards—don’t buy them. Thekids need to see you make stuff justfor them. Do not sit the kid down at aschool desk and pound flash cardsuntil he goes to sleep. As you passthrough the house, pick up one cardand flash it, saying the word. Youdon’t need to ask questions. They arelearning. Write the name of foods oncards and have them point to theword that represents the food theywant. Write “nap” on a card andshow it to them when it is time tosleep. Read road signs. Write lettersto friends. Leave notes hidden in thehouse for them to find and read,notes that promise a treat. Read thebreakfast material—boxes of cereal.Talk about the human body, namingthe body parts, the bones, muscle,organs. You don’t know thosethings? Get a chart; hang it on thewall and learn with your children.Look at pictures. Discuss topics atthe dinner table. Talk about historyand science. Investigate your yardand then go to the library andinvestigate books on plants, insects,the universe, animals, earthquakes,anything that is fun and interesting.That is homeschooling. The kidsnever know they are in school, andyou never feel like a teacher. It is notimportant that the kids know detailson any subject; or if they knowdetails, it is not important that theirknowledge be thorough. It is farmore important that they develop alearning attitude than it is that theylearn certain prescribed curriculum.Think of it this way; your job asteacher is not to prepare them to takea test and answer questions. Your jobis to instill a love of learning, toenjoy investigation, to be inquisitive,and to know that they can learnanything they need to know if theyset their mind to it. The worst thingyou can do is to pound enough factsin them to pass a test, but leave themwith a fear of learning, leave themfeeling inadequate.Homeschooling cannot be anevent out of the day; it must be theday, the night, the lifestyle ofhomeschooling parents.Most importantly of all, it mustalways be fun. If it is not fun for you,it will not be fun for them. Nevernever-neverapproach homeschoolingwith apprehension or impatience. Donot let the system or in-laws causeyou to fear and start pressuring thekids to perform. The day thathappens you have failed, and theywill fail.To sum it up; the life of a childshould not be segmented. Beginteaching and training as soon as thechild can focus on you and respondto your facial expressions. Do notwait and try to introduce an alienelement into their lives after theyhave settled down thinking they havelife figured out. Let schooling,training, and work be a part of lifefrom the first conscious moments. -NO GREATER JOY * BY MICHAEL & DEBI PEARL * 1000 PEARL ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, TN 37033

No Greater Joy Page 7([FHUSW IURP 'LYLQH 'HVLJQAll creation bears the stamp ofits Creator. Both the physicaland the metaphysical world demonstratean inherent design, andtherefore reveal a common designer.And the common design suggests acommon purpose.The nature of God is the patternfor all that is created, material andnon-material alike. The Biblerepresents the one God as a triunebeing. This is a strange concept, thatone is three and three are one, untilwe see this very enigmarepresented throughout allcreation—which creation, aswe have said, reflects thenature of the Creator.Creation is so thoroughlystamped with God’s triunelikeness that the apostle Paulwas able to tell us that theGodhead is clearly visiblethrough natural creation.The atom, oncethought to be the smallestpart of any substance, waseventually discovered to havethree parts: protons, neutrons,and electrons. But nowit is now known that the protons andneutrons at the center of the atom arecomposed of three quarks each. Andaccording to the most current model,scientists are puzzled as to why thereare just three generations of leptonsand quarks, no more and no less.Likewise, time is threefold: past,present, and future. Our world hasthree kingdoms: animal, vegetable,and mineral. Life on Planet Earth isdivided into three main branches:bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes.The sun, a symbol of God, emitsalpha, beta, and gamma rays. Thereare three basic elements in soil,causing a plant to grow: nitrogen,phosphorous, and potash. There arethree primary colors (pigments) fromwhich all other colors are derived:red, yellow, and blue.Like our triune Creator, we are atriune being: body, soul, and spirit.The body consists of flesh, bone, andblood. The flesh has three layers ofskin: the Epidermis, the Dermis, andthe Subcutaneous tissue. Our bloodsolids consist of three main cells:platelets, red cells, and white cells.Our nonmaterial self (the soul) ismind, will, and emotions. In theemotions, we can love, hate, or beindifferent. Human capability isthought, word, and deed. Logicalthought, the activity of the mind,demands a major premise, a minorpremise, and a conclusion.All this reflectsthe image of Godwho is revealed to usas a triune, singularbeing: Father, Son,and Holy Spirit.Within the Godheadare the Lover, theLoved, and the Spiritof Love. God is apersonal soulmanifesting mind,will, and emotions—the same “yesterday,today, and forever.”As God’s persons arethree, His attributesare three: omniscience, omnipresence,and omnipotence. All creationis designed after the “likeness” ofthose attributes. Based on God’snature, space is three-dimensional:height, width, and depth. As eachdimension is separate and distinct,yet each exists within the other, andall three dimensions are essential tothe concept of space, so God isFather, Son, and Holy Spirit,distinctly different, inseparable, andin combination comprising the oneinfinite God. God is not three partsor three different manifestations. Heis one essence, composed of threeinterdependent persons, eachessential to the whole and eachcontaining and expressing the wholeof the Godhead.Space, created after the infinityof God, is the physical expression toHis infinite omnipresence (beingeverywhere). Infinity is conceptuallypresent in the combined threedimensions. Each dimensionunendingly projects toward infinity,and together the three dimensionsproject into infinity in every conceivabledirection, just as do the infiniteattributes of God.• The likeness of God’s omnipresenceis reflected in our own soul,as seen in our ability to moveabout within three-dimensionalspace.• The likeness of God’s omniscience(knows everything) isreflected in our gift of knowingand our ability to increase inknowledge.• The likeness of God’s omnipotence(all-powerful) is reflectedin our inherent ability to exercisecreative power within our ownenvironment.The three attributes of the soul(mind, will, and emotions) are alsointerdependent. Like unto the triunenature of its mentor, the existence ofany single soulish attribute impliesand necessitates the others. Onecannot rightly conceive of mindwithout will. A mind without a willcould not think an original thought,or change thoughts, or even maintaincontinuity of thought. It is alsoinconceivable that a man couldentertain an idea, value it, will it tocome to pass and not feel in accordanceto its advancement. Feelings(emotions) are an inevitable result ofvaluing something—which is themind choosing. To negate theconcept of either the mind, the will,or the emotions would render theother two attributes inconceivable.Like the triune God, they exist as oneconcept—soul.The history of man is a chronicleof his struggle to know (the imageand likeness of God’s omniscience),to go (the image and likeness ofGod’s omnipresence), and to do (theimage and likeness of God’s omnipotence).Unquestionably, the triuneattributes of God continue to bereflected in all of creation. -NO GREATER JOY * BY MICHAEL & DEBI PEARL * 1000 PEARL ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, TN 37033

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No Greater Joy Page 9(DVW7LPRU5HFRYHULQJYou may have seen the newsabout East Timor. It is acountry destroyed by the Muslimreligion. The Koran calls for thedeath of all who are unwilling toconvert to the heretical and violentreligion of Allah. A large populationof Roman Catholics and a very fewborn again believers were unwillingto convert. They paid the price withtheir blood and the destruction oftheir property. The UN sent in troopsto stop the violence. Under the oldgovernment, it was illegal to domissionary work. The country is nowwide open, with people trying to geta roof over their heads and rebuildthe country.Tom Gaudet went into East Timorand saw an opportunity. He has nowshipped two containers full of food,supplies, building materials, and acomplete printing ministry into thecountry.Gabriel Pearl, Ben Easling, andMichael Braband, whom you see inthe picture below, went to EastTimor to rebuild bombed outproperty which Tom rented to housethe press and as a living quarters fortwo missionary families.By the time you read this, thepress should be running, turning outBible portions in the Tetun Pracalanguage of the people of EastTimor. They also intend to print anddistribute correspondence coursesand other gospel literature. Gabriel,who has traveled around the world,said it is the most miserable place hehas ever been. The temperature atnight is above ninety and extremelyhumid. After being there about twoweeks, Gabriel and Ben came downwith the dreaded Dengue fever.About 10% of the people whocontract it die. It takes several weeksto recover, but Gabriel is alreadyback working. Ben is still havingsymptoms, but the worst is behindhim.Pray for the two missionaryfamilies that are going to be stayingin East Timor after everyone elsegoes home. Chris and MargaretSmith and Dave and Heidi Evans aresent out and supported by churchesin Australia.When one of the families firstarrived, one of the ladies just sat infront of the burned out building andstared blankly for almost a day. Shewas shocked at the destruction andpoor condition of the people wanderingaround trying to put theirfamilies and homes back together.And pray for the printingministry. Very few of these peoplehave ever owned a copy of the Wordof God. It will change their lives.Many of you have given to ourmissionary ministries. The NoGreater Joy ministries has contributedover $20,000.00 to this project.All profits from this ministry go intoforeign missions. -'HDU 3DVWRU 3HDUO, ZDV UHDUHG LQ D YHU\ GLVFLSOLQHG &KULVWLDQ KRPH 1RW RQH GD\ GR , UHJUHW WKH GLVFLSOLQH P\ VLVWHUVDQG,UHFHLYHG EXW WKHUH ZDV VRPHWKLQJ PLVVLQJ WKDW , KDG YRZHG WR GR GLIIHUHQWO\ ZLWK P\ FKLOGUHQ0\ KXVEDQG VKDUHG VLPLODU FLUFXPVWDQFHV DQG ZH HPEDUNHG RQ D TXHVW WRJHWKHU WR GLVFLSOLQH RXU FKLOGUHQ GLIIHUHQWO\ VRPHKRZ

Page 10No Greater Joy-XQJOH -XLFHWe get many letters everydayasking questions abouthow to use herbs, what books touse, where to buy herbs, and whatto do about certain ailments. Wewere not called to a ministry ofherbs; it is just a personal interest.So I want to give you a favoriteherbal recipe, a name of a good,easy to understand book, and aplace to order herbs, and then youare on your own.Preachers often use a lotmore mental, emotional, andphysical energies than men ofother professions. Much of thetime, they are running on spentreserves. A preacher's mind hasto be working in top form all thetime. When minerals and vitaminsare lacking, the mind will bethe first to suffer. For the sake ofhis ministry, I knew Mike neededto think clearly and stay healthy. Ibegan working on a liquid herbalformula that would supply theminerals and vitamins he needed.I don’t know how, but it acquiredthe name Jungle Juice.Because of its success, Ibegan to pass it out to otherpreachers we knew that haddemanding ministries. They sawthe difference and started askingfor more. I gave some to my oldDad, 75 years old, and he cameskipping back demanding more.I alter the recipe according tospecial needs. I double theBilberry for someone with visionproblems. For men with prostatetrouble, I use 1 cup of crushedSaw Palmetto berries, which Isoak in consumable alcohol for 3weeks (1/3 herb to 2/3 vodka)before straining the used herb outand adding the alcohol tincture tothe finished Jungle Juice. If I ammaking the tincture for a woman, Idrop the Saw Palmetto and addone cup Red Raspberry and 2cups Oat Straw.For those suffering fromchronic high blood pressure, it ishelpful to add 1/2 cup groundHawthorn berries to the recipe.People given to nervousnessor anxiety, who want an alternativeto drugs, can add 1 cup of St.John's Wort. If you know you arelow in iron or have some othermalady, look it up in NutritionalHerbology, then add the herbsthat best meet your needs.I use whole or cut herbsrather than powered becausepowdered herbs lose their potencysooner. Grind or break herbs inthe blender or grinder. Mix dryherbs together, place in a jar,seal, label, and then store. Thesedry, mixed herbs can be madeinto a tincture as needed. Formaking 3 cups of finished, liquid,herbal tincture, fill a quart jar 1/3full with the crushed, dried herbmixture. Pour boiling water overherb mixture until it is all wet2 cups Alfalfa is high in beta-carotene and functions as adetoxifier.2 cups Bilberry has marvelous anti-aging properties, strengtheneyes.1 cup Butcher's Broom is one of nature's most potent remediesfor circulatory ailments.2 cups Ginkgo Leaf is known as brain food. It increases peripheralblood flow.1 cup Nettle Leaf is very high in calcium, chromium, magnesiumand zinc.1/2 cup Saw Palmetto Berries reduce prostatic enlargement. Itsnutritional profile includes high levels of phosphorus,potassium, riboflavin, selenium, silicon, thiamine, andzinc.2 cup Korean or Siberian Ginseng is highly valued for itsadaptogenic abilities, which means it helps the bodycorrect itself and bring its own healing. Olympic athletesall over the world use it to negate stress effects, and toenhance performance and endurance. Due to being oneof the most studied herbs on the market, its effectivenesshas been proven.1/2 cup Turmeric Powder is a powerful anti-oxidant, showingactivities as much as 300 times greater than that ofvitamin E.1 teaspoon Cayenne (optional) It causes the body to break downother herbs in the digestive system.NO GREATER JOY * BY MICHAEL & DEBI PEARL * 1000 PEARL ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, TN 37033

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Page 12No Greater Joy5HEHNDK3HDUO·VQHZPLQLVWU\Michael and Debi Pearl are proud toannounce the engagement of theirfirstborn, Rebekah Pearl, to GabrielAnast of Galup, New Mexico. WhileRebekah was overseas doing missionarywork, Gabriel spent severalmonths in Pleasantville, Tennesseeworking with us in the ministry. Deband I don’t know what the futureholds for Gabe and Beka, but we arehoping it includes lots of grandkids—itis about time. Deb and Ihave been missing the little onesaround the house.As of now, Rebekah is no longerin the ministry. She has not receivedany money since last summer. Anygifts you designated to her have goneinto other missions ministries.Her ministry will begin again inJuly—for good this time—when shebecomes the helper of Gabriel Anast.*DEULHO $QDVW DQG 5HEHNDK 3HDUOSocial Security NumbersWhen Deb and I first began to have children, we decidednot to force them to participate in the social securitysystem—a voluntary tax. We have trusted God for oursecurity in all areas and do not look to the FederalGovernment for our medical, housing, retirement, orotherwise. The government gives all citizens the optionto not participate, and we chose that option within thebounds of the law. My children are grown and havesurvived without it. They have gone to college, gotten apassport, traveled overseas, worked, maintained a bankaccount, and held a driver’s license without any problem.If your children do not have a social security number andyour state will not give them a license without one, thengo to the social security office and request a paper statingthat due to religious convictions, John Doe does not havea social security number. Present that paper where anumber is required and there should be no problem. Inmost cases everyone is ignorant of the law and will try tointimidate you into compliance. Stand your ground andtrust in God. He will supply all your need. We are not taxprotesters. We pay all taxes that are levied. We justchoose not to volunteer any more than is required.Dear Pearls,+RPH LV ZKHUH P\ KHDUW LV QRZ ² VHWWOHGGRZQ DQG FRPIRUWHG LQ +LV ORYH , GHVLUH WREH KHUH DW KRPH QRZ ² WRWDOO\ DQG FKHHUIXOO\%HIRUH , ZDV FRPPLWWHG WR EHLQJ KRPHEHFDXVH , MXVW NQHZ WKDW &KULVW KDG FDOOHGPH WR KRPHVFKRRO VR , GLG DOO WKH ZKLOHEHLQJ IUXVWUDWHG DQG DQJU\ LPSDWLHQW DQGLUULWDEOH ,·YH UHDG SUDFWLFDOO\ DOO WKH FKLOGWUDLQLQJ ERRNV &KULVWLDQ RQHV EXW ZKHQ ,OLVWHQHG WR 1R *UHDWHU -R\ 9RO WDSH WKDWZDV YHU\ KHOSIXO 7R DFWXDOO\ KHDU WKH VDPHTXHVWLRQV , KDG DQG \RXU UHVSRQVHV ZDV SDUWO\ZKDW , QHHGHG 7KDW DQG D FRPSOHWHO\GHGLFDWHG KHDUW WRZDUGV &KULVW +H LV P\ZRUOG QRZ DQG WKDW PDNHV WKH UHVW RI P\ZRUOG PXFK HDVLHU WR EHDU 0\ FKLOGUHQ DUHWUXO\ D MR\ WR PH QRZ6LQFHUHO\67 PRWKHU RI NO GREATER JOY * BY MICHAEL & DEBI PEARL * 1000 PEARL ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, TN 37033

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Page 14No Greater JoyWe would like to send our free newsletter to more families.This mailing will go out to over 35,000 homes. But there are many out there towhom we have never ministered. We will send extra copies to anyone that is head ofany homeschooling organization and will promise to distribute them. Just write and make yourrequest, specifying where they are going to be distributed and how many you can use, so we don’t haveseveral people distributing them at the same location. If you are going to need large numbers, as in ahomeschooling convention, you should let us know well in advance, so we can make sure that we have enoughcopies printed. We are not interested in giving copies to the congregations of churches—unless they are predominantlyhomeschoolers, and then only one time as a way of introducing ourselves to them. We couldn’t afford tosupply all the churches regularly. -HELPYes, it’s OK with us.Several people have writtenasking if it is OK with us ifthey buy our material andresell it. Absolutely! Weencourage you to purchaseour materials in volume andresell them at homeschoolconventions or whereveryour imagination takes you.Some people have foundthey can supplement theirincome and have a ministryat the same time. We willalso furnish you with anumber of newsletters togive away.Help us save money that can be used in foreignmissions. This publication goes out to over 35,000homes. It costs us about $8,000.00 for each mailing.We are glad to send it to those of you who read it,but the postal service tells us that about 10% of theaddresses change in any given year. Send us yourchange of address. If you are getting two newsletters,notify us of the address we can delete. You canreceive our newsletter on the Web. If you will notifyus on the Web we can retain your address for specialmailings, but otherwise put you on an inactive list fornewsletter mailing. See out Web site for details.New Website Address:The Church at Cane Creek1000 PEARL ROADPLEASANTVILLE, TN 37033http://NoGreaterJoy.orgMarch-April 2000