<TITLE>02. Par 4-6</TITLE>L-4 Our meeting just doesn't only meet as some evangelist comes to the city, or a group of ministers gets together. It needs a revival to begin in each heart, and a--a deep desire to go out amongst the community and so forth, and to have prayer with those who are needy, and bring the lost into the Kingdom of God.
And then the meeting itself, be inspired enough by the Holy Spirit to go to some...?... and not to go to one local church... But it's every church through the community just...?... might be blessed by our hearts being together. I'm sure that would be what our kind heavenly Father would want out of the meeting. And with God's help I'll do the best that I can, and I'm sure that you'll do the best that you can to make this what the Lord Jesus would want to do up here. And we believe that He will do it.

L-5 And now, this afternoon, I... It's the first time if I have ever come in like this to speak to people, the afternoon meeting at the beginning. Usually the manager, or some of them introduces the--the policies and so forth, of the church in the first afternoon. But today it was my lot to come and do this. And most all of you has been in the meetings before, and you know the policy of the meeting, that we are not here to--to proselyte from churches. We're here as interdenominationals of--of brethren to represent the Lord Jesus Christ. And we want to see every church, receive benefits from our meeting. And everybody, no matter what church or if you don't have any church at all, you're just as welcome as can be.
And we trust that these pastors, that they will be blessed, that ministers will be inspired by the Presence of the Lord Jesus in these meetings.

L-6 And now, and then finally, we are not here to take up finances. I wish we didn't have to ask for one offering in the meeting. But just as soon as the...
I never took a offering in my life; never in my life did I ever take any offering. And--but in my church, that I was pastor there, as a Baptist minister, for twelve years I never received one penny salary, but I--I worked for others. The Lord making me healthy, I could work, so why not work and pastor. Now, that's not the standard for every pastor, because...?... a minister of the Gospel can't go out and work, and pray, and then come into his church...?... He's got the visit among his members and so forth. And the little tithings and things from members and their offerings would certainly help take care of him. And I think the laborer is worthy of his hire. But in my case, I was working in conservation...?... the working. And I could work public work.


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