The document discusses three efficacious words: 1. Pardon - Fear Not. God desires to transform, not annihilate, man. He pardons the wicked who return to Him. 2. Peace - Fret Not. Do not fret against evildoers or the wicked who prosper. Cease from anger and wrath. 3. Power - Faint Not. Through God's power within us, we do not faint in our ministry despite facing adversaries. Pardon, peace and power are ours through Christ.

1. Three Efficacious Words
of Affection
Ef·fi·ca·cious (effective)
adjective
(typically of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended
result; effective.
Introduction:
The goodness of God is seen in his desire and efforts to
transform man, rather than annihilate him.
Hos 2:14-15
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into
the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the
valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing
there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when
she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Rom 8:28
28 And we know that all things work together for good
to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose.

2. I. Pardon- Fear Not (Isa 55:7; 35:4)
Isa 55:7
John Forney, secretary of the Senate 1861-68, told a story
about a woman he brought to the President’s office.
Mr. Lincoln interrupted a Cabinet meeting to listen to the
woman’s story of a young soldier who was about to be
shot for desertion.
Forney left the woman in the reception room and returned
to the Senate.
Later that night, the woman returned to the Capitol and
told Forney:
“I have been up there ever since.
The Cabinet adjourned, and I sat waiting for the President
to come out and tell me the fate of my poor soldier; but I
waited in vain – there was no Mr. Lincoln.
So, I thought I would go up to the door of his Cabinet
chamber and knock.
I did so, and as there was no answer, I opened it and
passed in, and there was the worn president asleep, with
his head on the table resting on his arms, and my boy’s
pardon signed by his side.

3. I quietly waked him, blessed him for his good deed, and
came here to tell you the glorious news. You have helped
me to save a human life.” 1
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor
sleep. (Ps 121:4)
Isa 55:7
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man
his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he
will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon.
Isa 35:4
Congressman Daniel W. Voorhees of Indiana related an
incident that happened in early 1864,
a couple from Kentucky came to him in search of relief.
The woman’s elderly father had been tricked
into carrying medicine to the Confederates,
And been arrested by Union agents,
and was scheduled to hang the next day.
1 Ward Hill Lamon, Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, p. 88.

4. Voorhees sought the help of Indiana’s senators
and went with the distraught couple to visit President
Lincoln:
“We ascended the stairs and filed into the President’s
room.
As we entered, I saw at a glance that Mr. Lincoln
had that sad, preoccupied, far-away look
I had so often seen him wear,
during which it was difficult to engage his attention.
As we approached he slowly turned to us,
inclined his head and spoke.
Senator Lane at once, in his rapid, nervous style,
explained the occasion of our call,
and made known our reasons for asking
Executive clemency.
While he was talking Mr. Lincoln looked at him in a patient,
tired sort of way,
but not as if he was struck with the sensibilities of the
subject.
When the Senator ceased speaking

5. there was no immediate response; on the contrary,
rather an awkward pause.
My heart beat fast,
for in that pause lay the fate of a man.
Mrs. Bullitt had taken a seat not far from the President,
and now, in quivering but distinct tones, she spoke,
addressing him as ‘Mr. Lincoln.’
He turned to her with a grave expression,
and as he listened his eye lost that distant look,
and his face grew animated with a keen interest.
This little pale-faced woman talked wonderfully well for
her father’s life,
and her eyes pleaded even more eloquently than her
tongue.
Suddenly, and while she was talking,
Mr. Lincoln, turned to Senator Lane, and exclaimed:
“Lane, what did you say this man’s name was?’
‘Luckett,’ answered the Senator
“Not Henry M. Luckett?’ queried the President.

6. ‘Yes,’ interjected Mrs. Bullitt;
‘my father’s name is Henry M. Luckett.’
‘Why, he preached in Springfield years ago, didn’t he?’
said Mr. Lincoln, now in all animation and interest.
‘Yes, my father used to preach in Springfield,’
replied the daughter.
‘Well, this is wonderful!’ Mr. Lincoln remarked;
and turning to the party in front of him he continued:
‘I knew this man well; I have heard him preach.
Did you say he was to be shot day after to-morrow?
No, no!
There will be no shooting nor hanging in this case.
Turning to Mrs. Bullitt,
I don’t know what more I can do for him,
but you can rest assured, my child,
that your father’s life is safe.’
Mr. Lincoln dictated a dispatch to suspend the execution.
As we thanked him and took our leave,
he repeated, as if to himself:

7. ‘Henry M. Luckett!
No, no! There is no shooting or hanging in this case.’2
Isa 35:4
4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear
not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even
God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Three Efficacious Words of Affection
1. Pardon- Fear Not
II. Peace- Fret Not (Ps 37:1, 7, 8)
Ps 37
July 9, 1960 was the 17th
Birthday of Deanne Woodward to
celebrate a family friend takes her and her 7yr old brother
(Roger) for a boat ride. This celebrationof life is soon to
become dangerous. Suddenly caught in a fast current their
small motor boat hits a large wave, it loses power and capsizes.
As they spill into the water the rapids separate everyone. The
one adult,Jim Honeycutt drown. The two children are swept
2 WilliamC.Davis,Lincoln and His Men, p. 175.

8. apart by the force of the river Roger is forced out to the middle
of the river; Deanne is forced toward the shore.
Deanne said, “Every time I would come up I would look for
Roger. I would yell for him, but it was as if I was out there all by
myself, there was no one around.
When I started motivatingmyself I stopped fighting the water
and I started making my mark to know I was going straight. I
didn’t yell “help me” I was moving fast in the current seeing
tourist on the shore, knowing nothing could be done.
John Hayes Sr., a visitor from New Jersey, spotted the crisis. He
was less than 200 feet from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls —
and started shouting.
"Kick, girl! Kick yourfeet, come to me!"
Deanne said, just as I was understandingI was going to die.
John Hayes voice was heard, his words were said so strong and
so demanding, like you have got to do this.
That’s what I needed, I needed someone to tell me what to do.
Hayes climbs over the safety rail and reached out to her.
With the help of another tourist to hold his legs, Hayes leaned
out as far as he could.
Deanne also recalls: "I was so tired that I was almost ready to
give up." As she floated closer to the shoreline, Hayes snatched

9. her extended hand. When I got a holdof his hand I was never
ever going to let go, I knew his hand was me touching land and I
would be safe.
The two men lifted her out of the water and gently placed her
on the pathwayclose to the river.
When you start to feel the rapids of life and hear the roar of
the water tell you that you are all alone and there is no hope;
listen for the voice of God saying, “fret not”.
A.Fret notin theFaceof Opposition
Ps 37:1
1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou
envious against the workers of iniquity.
Prov 24:19
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be
thou envious at the wicked;
B.Fret notin theFaceof Opulence
Ps 37:7
7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not
thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because
of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

10. C.Fret notin theUrgetoPlay God
Ps 37:8
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in
any wise to do evil.
Prov 19:3
3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his
heart fretteth against the LORD.
Three EfficaciousWords of Affection
1. Pardon- Fear Not
2. Peace- Fret Not
III. Power- Faint Not (2Cor 4:1, 7, 16)
2Cor 4:1
1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have
received mercy, we faint not;
(ministry: 3:6 of the new testament; 3:12 hope; 5:18 of
reconciliation)
Resisting the natural urges and reactions of the
flesh is power.

11. One of the strongest urges of the flesh is to give
up or shut down but,
“Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the
world”
if you let him be.
2Cor 4:7
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the
excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2Cor 4:16
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward
man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Conclusion:
1Cor 16:9
9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and
there are many adversaries.
Pardon, Peace and Power are ours in Christ
and there is nothing the Devil can do to change that,
but he will try.
“there are many adversaries”

12. Phlm 1:6
6 That the communication of thy faith may become
effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing
which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Three Efficacious Words of Affection
Introduction:
I. Pardon- Fear Not (Isa 55:7; 35:4)
II. Peace- Fret Not (Ps 37:1, 7, 8)
III. Power- Faint Not (2Cor 4:1, 7, 16)
Conclusion: