<TITLE>16. Par 182-188</TITLE>L-182 And against hope believed in hope, that he might be the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead,...
Not circumstances, not what somebody else said, "What if somebody else died when you got the same thing?" Don't consider it. See?
... when he was about an hundred years old, neither... the deadness of Sarah's womb:
She was included in it. God never give Sarah the promise; He give Abraham the promise, but Sarah was included. He made the promise in Christ Jesus, and I was included in Him; you were too. See?
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
... therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Now it was not written for his sake alone,... it wasn't imputed but unto him;
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised... Jesus our Lord from the dead;
Who was delivered for our offence, and was raised again for our justification.
Oh, brother, that just--God just gets the devil in a fix with that three hundred and sixty-five days a year (See?), "You're a liar; there's the Word; I am healed."

L-185 If somebody comes up and puts it on you, if somebody around here done some kind of a something to you, and lets you get well, it doesn't inspire you. But here's what it is; he that believeth, "I am healed now."
If God come down and healed me positive, right out with a miracle, it wouldn't be as great as it would if I can see the promise of God and take it into my heart, stand there, I can say, "Jesus is now healing me, for I have accepted His Word. It's in my heart. He is now interceding for me before the Father. I shall be well." There's what God loves. Stand there on His Word and say It's right. He's healing me now, every day."
That was the one woman with the goiter. I can see, I just give her something to do, so it just...?... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... wouldn't have went it at all. But she was happy, said, "Oh, look, look." And the next day it was about that much. Then next day it was about that much. She put it all together, said, "Well, that--that can't be wrong. But look, see it's..." There you are.

L-188 When Elijah had closed the heavens, that it rained not for the space of three years, Elijah did that, that it rain not for three years and six months, and when he ducked his head between his little old skinny knees... Probably, if he'd come up to your door this morning, you'd run him away: fur all out over his head like a, I don't know what, an old piece of sheepskin wrapped around him like this, and a cruse of oil and a stick, and here he come. That's all. And every time he set down there, he put his knees down--or head down between his knees, and he prayed, "God, the trouble's out of the way now. Israel has repented. Come, Lord, and send them rain."
Like that woman the other day, when sin has gone out, I said, "Satan, you can't hold her." No, sir. That's it.
"Come, Lord. All right, the trouble's gone." He prayed six times, come back down. That didn't stop him; he kept on praying. That's right. Then after while, Gehazi goes up, his servant, looks, and he come back, and he said, "Oh, I see a little cloud about the size of a man's hand."


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