<TITLE>03. Par 8-11</TITLE>L-8 That made me feel good. Then I got in my car and went out to my little old cave where I go to pray. And I thought, "Now, if you got--done wrong, go confess your wrong first, then come back to God." So I went out to my little cave, and I prayed all afternoon. And I told the Lord I was sorry I did that. I--I wasn't fit to pray for His people any more. And I couldn't have faith as long as I knowed I'd lied. And I said, "You forgive me, Lord, I--I'll... And give me grace, and I--I won't do it any more."
I prayed till just long about time the sun was going down. It was a way back in the wilderness. And a--a creek runs some three or four city blocks from where it's at, down into a--a valley. And I walked out; the foliage was heavy on the trees now. And I was standing on a great big rock after I come out of the cave to... Always... It faces the east. I always go out after I prayed for a day or two, or hour or two, stand on this rock, and raise up my hands, and praise the Lord; for someday, I hope, even if I am in the grave, that when He comes, I'll rise and see Him coming from the east.

L-9 And I stood on this great huge rock and had my hands up praising God. And I... After I'd finished praising Him, I dropped my hands down, I said, "Lord, one day, Moses stood in the cleft of the rock and You passed by him." I said, "If You forgive my sin, and You--You're going to try me again, just pass by once more, Lord, to let me know that You've forgiven me, and that my iniquity's all gone, and I shall go then and pray again for the sick people."
You might not want to believe this, but at the judgment bar, you and I have to confess it again, you'll know it was true. There were... Just as still as it is in here, not no wind nowhere, and right over to my side, a little whirlwind caught into the bushes, and here it come, right along the side of the cave by me, and went off down through the woods. I wept like a baby with both hands up in the air. If our hearts condemn us not, then we have confidence in God.
But God will not answer us if there's something we're hiding in our hearts. So let's confess all our sins and wrongs, and trust God to pour out His Spirit in such a measure that there'll be a great spiritual outpouring in this old camp meeting grounds here, whatever it is, that sick people would be healed and sinners will be saved. I'll be praying for you, and you pray for me; and together, God will bless us all.

L-10 And now tonight, I had to hurry and get here. We left a little later than we thought we were going to. And so, I've chosen for a text found in the Book of I Kings, the 17th chapter and the 14th verse. I shall read it. And if I'd make a subject, I'd like to call it this: The Reaction To An Action, how you react on some action that you have taken.
 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.

L-11 It must have been a hot weary morning. There'd been about three years there was no rain--not even the dew would fall from the heavens; the land was scorched; no food was raised. And it was a terrible time, hunger and death stalking the streets, people poverty stricken, no water. It was a reflection of sin and moral decay.
Just like we have today of our age of juvenile problems, and divorce problems, and all the crime that's done in our nation, it's a reflection of our moral decay.


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