<TITLE>03. Par 8-11</TITLE>L-8 But this office of this type, friend, is a different office than what you think it is. I can't make arrangements for nothing, 'cause I don't know what He's going to tell me. And I can--I've been right in the middle of meetings, where this would be the--the balcony, or would be the choir, almost, and stop right after two days and take off somewhere else, because He told me to, and I better do it. You know what's happened many times, because I didn't do it. So I must do it, just...
And I can't set my meetings like Brother Roberts, and Billy Graham, and many of them, who for two years ahead, know just exactly where their meetings are going to be. If I'd make an itinerary like that, it's hard to tell what the Lord would do to me. I just have to go and, well, just... If I feel led to go somewhere, I--I ask Him about it. and He lets me go, I just take off; that's all. And have to be just in a short notice.
And usually, I call Brother Moore. Anyone asking for dates or for meetings, and they call him, and I work right through him then. And when I have a leading to go somewhere, like if it would be at, oh, some certain city, I will call him up, say, "What's the contact there, the Holy Spirit seems to be leading me that way?" Well, then, he will tell me, and then we get in contact with them. Then if we've got time, we put it in the paper, if we don't, why of course we can't.

L-9 Now, I thought just a little bit each night for the ministers sake. I'm sure the laity will bear with me on this. I've met a fine bunch of ministers in my life, and especially around Chicago here. Some of the finest man I've ever met, has been God's servants, around in this parts of the country, all parts of the country, throughout the world.
And now that I'm trying hard to move off into evangelistic type of services, just to preach, and--and just call the people up and pray for them. And--and many questions is been asked me, many times, concerning the--the operation of the little gift, that the Holy Spirit has given me. Oh, there's no one can explain it, but each night I'm going to try to, if I can, if God willing, just before a short message, 'fore we pray for the sick, to try to give you just a little idea.

L-10 Now, tonight I thought... Last night I was speaking on the phenomenon of it coming down, with the pictures and so forth. Now, tonight, I want to take just about a--ten minutes on another version of it. And that is, I base it like this, that "gifts and callings are without repentance." See? Now, you... Gifts are not given to people as they desire it. "It's not him that runneth, or him that willeth, it's God that showeth mercy." See? And "Gifts and callings are without repentance."
Ministers can't help because they're ministers, if they are really called of God. Paul said, "Woe unto me if I preach not the Gospel." They are ministers, because--maybe not by desire, but because the Holy Ghost has called them to be ministers.

L-11 I wouldn't--I--I wouldn't desire my boy, either one of them, to be ministers, if they just had to go away and get a lot of psychology, and something like that, and go out to make an act before people. I want them to go to the pulpit, under the anointing of the Holy Ghost, and preach because that they love the Lord Jesus. Not a meal ticket, just to--because they love the Lord, and do it for what good it can be done for the Kingdom of God. Outside of that, I--I wouldn't want him to be even a bishop or a--whatever he might be, I wouldn't desire it.
And so--now, the question has many times come to me, and even to my close associates, when they tell me they don't think that, but yet, there's many times... The reason I don't meet so many people, I find out things when that anointing's on me that I don't want know. See?


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