<TITLE>15. Par 50-54</TITLE>L-50 When Peter come down, when they come from Joppa down, sent Peter down to pray for Dorcas... How many knows the story? All the widows was standing around crying and lamenting because they'd lost Dorcas. You know what Peter done? All that unbelief, he just put them every one out of the house, knelt down and prayed. Is that right? Went and brought Dorcas up.
Look at the Shunammite woman when her baby had died, and she got on this mule and rode to see Elijah; and Elijah... I think there's where Paul got putting handkerchiefs on the sick. Elijah had the staff in his hand. He knowed that everything he touched was blessed. He knew that, if he could get the woman to believe it.
And he told Gehazi, said, "You take my staff and go, and don't you talk to anybody, but lay that staff on the baby." But the woman's faith wasn't in the staff. It was in the prophet. She said, "I'm not leaving you, as your soul lives and never dies," said, "I'm not leaving you."

L-51 So Elijah just girded up his own loins, got his big old piece of--of leather and girded around him and away he went. When he got to the house there, the yard was full, screaming and crying, but the woman took the baby and laid him on the prophet's bed, very good place to lay him (That's right.), in the little chamber where she had done him a favor. And in other words, she give him an offering and put it out there and a place where a little candlestick and a bench and a bed and so forth, and she laid the baby in the prophet's chamber.

L-52 And then Elijah, when he walked in, he walked up and down across the floor, never took any of them with him. He went by himself. He prayed and prayed, and then went and laid his face upon the baby's face, and the baby sneezed seven times and come to life. Isn't that right? Sure.
Not psychology, friend, but the power of God alone. Jesus said, "When thou prayest, be not like the hypocrites, stand and make great big lovely prayers that's taught." He said, "Go into a closet, close the door, and pray your Father Who seeth in secret." It's always that way. Have faith in God.
All right bring... Excuse me, sister. I don't want you to think... I... Sometimes visions gets me. You--you... It's all right. You understand.
Now, for instance, yourself, if I wouldn't say one word to you, I--I believe you'd believe anyhow. Yes, sir. You'd believe anyhow. All right. Then your eyes would get well, wouldn't it? That's what one of your troubles is. The next thing is your stomach, and there's something wrong with your feet. Isn't that right?

L-53 Say, aren't you a teacher or some kind of a student of philosophy. Is that right? Go, practice on Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and tell Him that you believe Him with all your heart, and you'll get well. God bless you. Amen.
Let's say, "Praise be to God."
Listen. Oh, don't weary. Don't... Just cry out. Jesus said, "If they hold their peace, the rocks will immediately cry out." Go believing, sister, and God bless you and make you well in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen. Believe with all your heart. Believeth thou this?
How do you do, sister? You're not nervous no more. You was healed setting down there in the chair. Go ahead. God bless you. Give God praise.

L-54 Come now, believing. All right. Come, sir. You can eat if you want to. You want to? Well, the ulcer's gone then. Go ahead. God bless you and get... Be well. All right.
You wouldn't have to limp around and try to get out of the bed the way you did the other morning there and almost fall; arthritis has left you if you believe. Do you believe? Well, go rejoicing, saying, "Thanks be to God." Amen.


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