<TITLE>01. Par 1-5</TITLE>54-0228A, Expectation, Assembly Of God, Phoenix, AZ, 83 min
L-1 Thank you, Brother Ballard, good evening, friends. It's a very high privilege for me to be in Phoenix, the valley of the sun, this afternoon, preaching about the Son, S-o-n, Jesus Christ.
And so it's been a long time waiting and been many places since I seen you the last time, across the seas and over the waters. The Lord has did so many great things, that, oh, I wish we just had a--a little short eternity here to talk about it.
But we're expecting to come here to Phoenix and do the same thing here, that He did over there, and did here before, and expecting a great time in the Lord.

L-2 When I was supposed to be in India this month, and by a revelation--or a vision, rather, from the Lord, He told me to go in September, while... They'd asked and I had a--a few days in--from now until middle of August, and the brethren here had called me and wrote me a letter, so I called them back up and told them we had a time. So they set it.
We're happy to be here, see these fine group of people here and on the platform, all this fine bunch of men. I've noticed many of their names in the--the paper that was given me of the cooperating pastors. And the others who are with us, and we're very, very happy to greet all in the Name of the Lord Jesus.
And I think I got in Phoenix just at the right time. It's beautiful. The desert's just beginning to put forth their buds. It's awful cold back in my country.

L-3 Last night where I was staying, they said, "Did you get cold?" They had quilts and blankets. I got my two little Eskimos with me, my little girls. I said, "Yes, we liked to smothered. We opened up the windows and took all the quilts off the bed." And I said, "Up in the North, it's just a little colder, and we feel like we're in the middle of the summer here."
They said they had a very cool night last night. And I thought, "My."
I sure want you to come up north, but I'm afraid you better dress pretty heavy then when you come. Because it's cold. Just heard up at my country there's four inches of snow today. So it's quite a little different. I wish they were all down here in this beautiful sunshiny country where we are this afternoon.

L-4 Anyhow, the main thing is Jesus Christ, the Son of Life, shining in on our souls, giving us this eternal hope that we have in Him. And we expect now for these next eight days, to be just filled with the Presence of God. And God's wanting to do it more than we're wanting Him to be here. He's more anxious to see us blessed, than we are to be blessed. Think of it.
Now, there's only one thing that'll keep us from getting blessed then. That's ourselves. If we just get in God's way, He can't... It choked up the stream, doesn't it? bypasses the water somewhere else. So let's just get out of the way, and empty ourself up, and say, "Now, Lord Jesus, You just come in, take over." Then see what takes place. Then it'll just... We'll have the exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we could do or think. Yes, sir. God will give it to us.

L-5 I have many things to tell you of overseas, a little later on in the services. And how the Lord did bless over there, and the great coming meetings in a vision, I've got written right here in the Bible. That I... time that I give it, I want you to bring a piece of paper and write it down, and see if it doesn't happen just word by word, the way it's written here, what He said. Going to be a wonderful, wonderful thing. And great days are ahead of us.
And one great day we're thinking of is the rapture, when we're all going up home. Won't that be a day? My. And then all... We won't even have a--a--never no prayer for the sick, no preaching to the sinners. It'll be a jubilee. I'm so glad I--I got the assurance to being there, aren't you? Yes, sir.


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