<TITLE>12. Par 43-45</TITLE>L-43 Finally, death come up to the door one day and took her mother. Then it was all throwed onto her, to be mother then of all these children. The poor little thing worked, and she worked, and she worked till her little hands was calloused. And she done all that she could to be mother, to take her mother's place. Finally, she worked so hard and underfed too till the dreadful disease got her little broken down body. Finally, she took her bed, and she was dying.
There happened to be across the country, a Sunday school teacher drove up in a car, and went in to see her, and called her by name. And he said, "You understand that the--your disease is serious?"
And she said, "I understand that I am dying."
She said, "I've just consulted your physician, and he said that you were dying."
And she said, "Yes, that's right."
"Well," she said, "are you prepared for this a..." The good teacher said, "Are you prepared to meet this?"
And she said, "Oh, yes. I'm prepared to meet the Lord Jesus."
"Oh," she said, "that's very fine. Well now, what denomination do you belong to?"
She said, "I don't belong to any." She said, "I worked so hard here. Nobody would help." And said, "I--I don't belong to any denomination."
She said, "Child..." The good teacher said, "You must belong to a denomination." Said, "What are you going to show what denomination you belong to when you come before Him?" Said, "Well, wha--what group are going to associate with? What denomination can you tell Him that you belong to? What can you show Him?"
The little lady setting there, pulled her little calloused hands out from under the bed, said, "I'll just show Him my hands; He will understand." I think that's right. If we just show Him, and what we've done with what He's put in our hands. Let's do it with all that's in us.

L-44 What went you out to see? What's He going to see in you when you meet Him at that day? If you have nothing to show Him while everything is present to show Him, think of it while we pray. Let's bow our heads.
Would there be one would say, "Pray for me, Brother Branham. As I raise up my hand, I--I now feel that I want to take these hands of mine and--and dedicate them to Christ so that He will use me." Raise you hand up and say, "Pray for me," as you raise your hand. Say, "I will dedicate my hand. I want to..." Maybe some of you Christians would like to say, "I'd... I realize that I--I--I haven't done just the things that I should do. I realize that I been so slothful, yet I love the Lord Jesus. And I--I do want you to pray for me, Brother Branham. I raise up my hands." God bless you; that's good. "I'd like to have more of Him. I--I love Him, and I--I want to meet Him that day. And--and when I open up the Book, I don't want Him just to say, 'Well, you put your name on the book, but you didn't do nothing.' I want to win souls, I want to go out and do something. I want to pray." God bless you. That's good. Lord bless you, sir. That's right, many hands, many hands. Now, you that's raised your hands... Would there be another just before we pray? God bless you, young lady. God bless you, sir; and you over here, my brother.

L-45 Now, while I'm praying, and you pray too. You say, "Lord Jesus, You--You spoke to me here right where I'm at. Now, from this night on, I'm going to serve You. I'm going out tomorrow to make a show. I'm going out not to make a show of myself, but I want everybody to know Jesus, and I'm going to do something for Him. And I'm going to bring myself to You right now, and You forgive me of how dilatory I've been." Maybe you're not a preacher. Maybe you're not a Sunday school teacher, but do something. Sometime just testify on the side of the street; speak to somebody. Go out and sing a hymns while you're working among sinners. Talk to them about the Lord. That's what you do. That's all God requires. Do... Whatever's in your hand to do, do it.


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