<TITLE>01. Par 1-5</TITLE>56-0427, Faith, Abundant Life Center, Charlotte, NC, 115 min
L-1 Thank you, brother. Shall we pray while you remain standing just a moment.
Our heavenly Father, we thank Thee tonight that the Lord Jesus has made it possible for us to assemble together again. And realizing that this may be our last time this side of eternity, and we thank Thee that Thou has given us this opportunity. We pray that Your blessings will shower us tonight and lay the blessings upon us just like the showers falling from heaven. Grant it, Lord.
Forgive us of our shortcomings, all of the things that we've did that's wrong, even our wrong thoughts. We pray that You will forgive us, and our motives if they're not just according to Thy Word and Thy will, forgive us, Lord, and let us act only in Thy will.

L-2 Grant a great service tonight, Father. We pray that there will not be a feeble person among us when this services is closed tonight. May everyone look to Calvary and receive their redemptive blessings that Jesus purchased there for us in the cross. We pray that You'll grant this.
Bless all the ministers. Give them a great encouragement, Lord, the shepherds that's over the flocks, and we pray that You'll grant these things through Jesus' Name. Amen. Can be seated.

L-3 The Lord be merciful to each of you tonight as we assemble to serve the Lord Jesus. I was told that the Christian Businessmen's breakfast is tomorrow morning. I wonder if Mr. Arganbright has arrived yet. If he's in the building, anyone know if Mr. Arganbright is here? I was looking for him or Mr. Moore for in the morning, the reason I asked that.
Now, I'm so sorry we have such a little short stay. This time was just merely to become acquainted with each other and expecting someday to visit the Carolinas in a tent service. The Lord has given me a--a vision of having a tent, and always my services last anywhere from about--oh, perhaps from three nights up to five, ten nights at the most. I like to stay for four, five, six weeks, where we could just really have and have a... Thank you, and in that way we could get a... Set up a year ahead so you get all the ministers not having revivals, and I--I like a real good feeling among ministers. I--I--I just love that, because being a--a shepherd myself, I--I know what it means.

L-4 And then, maybe some brother come to town that--that we set a revival, and you--you've already got the evangelist coming and things, you know kindy, you--you'd like to have it so you could go, but you're just under obligation to your word. So I hope in my coming meetings that someone will come ahead and--and set the meeting all up many, many months ahead, so all the brethren can be together, and we can have great fellowship one with another. And have not only the night service, but have an afternoon Bible class of teaching. I--I just love that.
And then we'll try then to also have our service on Sunday afternoon, so that each person can go back to their churches for that evening. And then, so the converts can have a place to go, and the pastors at the platform to represent the different churches, denominations.

L-5 We're just looking forward for a great time in the Lord, and with your prayers I'm sure that we'll do the best we can for the glory of God. Prayer changes things. Prayer changes death to life. Prayer changes sickness to health, changes sinners to saints. It's prayer. You may laugh too much. You may shout too much. You may eat too much, but you'll never pray too much. The--the Bible said, "I would that man pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands." So you'll never be able to pray too much.
Now, I was noticing here Brother Osborn's book, the Evangelist T. L. Osborn. He is another bosom friend of mine along with Brother Roberts and many of the other outstanding ministers of the day. I've had privilege of meeting many of them.


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