<TITLE>03. Par 10-13</TITLE>L-10 Reminds me of the time, as I told you about Pop and the--our old horse that... When I wanted to put the cockleburs under the saddle and pull it down, I thought I was a cowboy till I really seen a cowboy ride one day out here in Arizona. I realized then that I wasn't a rider.
So when I realized I wasn't a preacher; the guy setting present now, was in a tent meeting over in St. Louis. Robert Daugherty setting here, a minister, he'd preach till he got so red in the face, he couldn't catch his breath; his knees would buckle together. When he'd come back up, he'd still be preaching.
Somebody said, "Are you a preacher?"
I'd say, "No, sir."
I couldn't do that; I was sure. So I kind of keep still about being a preacher. But I do love to tell what I know about the Lord and how good He is.

L-11 Now, let's read His Word, have a word of prayer, and get down to the sincere part of it. Now, just before we do that, let's close our eyes and bow our heads.
Now, our heavenly Father, we thank You for this nice group of people that You sent out here tonight. Many of them are sick, maybe some unbelievers, some are in sin yet. We don't know them, You know them all. And I just come tonight to present myself to You, Lord, as a living sacrifice. And I pray that You'll use this, Thy servant, to pray for the sick, to speak the Word out of the Bible, or whatever You have need of, grant it tonight. I just pray that the Holy Spirit will do this.
Now, I pray that He will circumcise my lips, that I'll only speak that which is Your Divine will. And if I should try to say anything different, close my mouth like You did the lions' mouth with Daniel. And I pray that You'll circumcise every ear and heart here to hear the Word and receive it. And may, when the service is over, may the sick be well, may the sinners be saved, the backsliders reclaimed; and may the glory of God be upon every person, that when we go from here tonight we'll go to our cars and around different places, rejoicing and happy and weeping because the Presence of the Lord is upon us. Grant it, Lord.
Forgive us of our short comings. Forgive us of all of our sins, which we know that many, many we have did. And we pray that You forgive us, and use us now for whatever You have need in this building tonight. In Jesus Christ's Name I ask it. Amen.

L-12 Now, there's no man can open the Word of God. I can pull back the pages, read off of them, but it takes the Holy Spirit to open the Word of God. John saw Him setting upon a throne. No man was able to take the Book or look on it. And the Lamb come and took the Book out of His hand, set down on the throne, opened the Book and loosed the seals. So it's to Him we're looking for tonight.
While giving out as going to speak for a few minutes, I thought of something maybe that would help while I was speaking these sick people that's setting along here. I don't know hardly what more to do than to first bring you this Word, God's Word, and then after that has been brought, then God's Spirit come down and confirm that Word: signs, wonders and so forth, telling the people everything, just exactly way Supernatural Spirit Beings does.
Now, if God is good enough... If it was me, if people didn't believe my word, that would be all right. They could take their choice. But not our heavenly Father. He's so kind, to if they don't believe His Word, then He will set in the Church different orders and things like that. Just doing everything He can to seine every soul that He can get. Isn't that right? And how we ought to love Him. How we ought to appreciate Him in His great power.

L-13 Now, I want to read from two places. One of them is from Exodus 4 and the other one is Acts 2. In Exodus 4 we read this:
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord has not appeared to you... or to thee.
The Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.


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