<TITLE>01. Par 1-4</TITLE>59-0810, The Reaction To An Action, Miami Valley Chautauqua Campgrounds, Chautauqua, OH, 80 min
L-1 Not worthy of that, but I'm certainly thankful to be here again tonight in this grand old Buckeye state, and for a preparation being made for another campaign. The memories of the last one still linger with me from down in Middletown. But tonight coming out here, I thought I'd never find the way. I just--just kept moving.
And we are anticipating this week for a great spiritual outpouring of God's blessing upon us as we humbly are waiting His coming. And now, we have six nights, this is Monday through Saturday.
And we were on a little rest period at this time, the party and I. And Brother Sullivan had sent for me to come up. And so we called him up and told him we'd like to come back up and meet some of these fine people again. And God has given us this grand privilege.
The boys are along, Leo and Gene. They're going to have the books and tapes, and so forth, as that's their line of the business, to--to take care of the customers that wants the books and tapes, and so forth.

L-2 And then, we thought we would have some healing services, or prayer for the sick--pray for them. And the Lord willing, we will begin our services of praying for the sick tomorrow night. We usually have to give out some prayer cards to keep the people kinda lined up and in order. And then again, I--I wanted to find out if that was kindly in the run of the people's minds. And I always like to come into the meeting and feel first, just what the Holy Spirit would have us to say or do, and then we can make announcements. And this--I come up on the platform just now, with Leo and them; I just looked out and seen these--a little boy here, and these ones in the wheelchair. And I looked around, and that feeling come to me that God would have us to pray for the sick.

L-3 And they... Tomorrow afternoon, about... (What is your regular starting time? Seven-thirty?) Well, say about six or six thirty... Say, by six thirty anyhow, the boys will give out prayer cards for tomorrow night. And we will start praying for the sick. And the Lord willing, we will have six nights, or five nights of it, and we will be able to get through the entire group of people, to pray for all who comes, that wants to be prayed for, we will pray for them. And so, we will just take our cards and come as we're called.
And we are trusting that this will not only be just the (as we call it down in Kentucky) a protractive meeting, but a old fashion revival meeting, right on these campgrounds here where, I understand, that many have cottages rented. And I think it would be good for prayer meetings to be going on all day long around here, just everywhere. For you cannot get anything from God until you get close to God.
You know, it's written in the Scriptures, "Draw nigh unto Me and I will draw nigh unto you." And if we're here now for one sole purpose, that is to draw nigh unto God, let's do that with all that's within us, draw nigh unto God.

L-4 And I want to say this: that God will never hear your prayer as long as you hide iniquity in your heart. He will not do it. God will... The Bible said over in, I believe in I John 3, "If our hearts condemn us not, then we have confidence in God," that is if we don't have no condemnation in our heart.
I just went through an experience of that a few days ago. And I might just stop here to tell you about it, for we never want to be in any hurry. Now, that's what one of the great ruins of our American heritage today, is we're trying to run over the top of everybody. Look like we're trying to run over the top of God, not waiting. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength."


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