<TITLE>01. Par 1-4</TITLE>60-0402, Believest Thou This?, Municipal Auditorium, Tulsa, OK, 63 min
L-1 And before we pray, I would like to say this, that last evening, I believe it was, I said to a lady, "If you'll just do as we're instructed to do, that it would--the baby with a waterhead, it would shrink. And the baby's head shrunk, last night, one-half a inch by measure of a string. So the lady brought it here now.
Now, the reason I did that, sister, is for a purpose. See? If you can see something tangible happen, that'll make your faith increase to keep believing it. Sometimes I do that just to, maybe, like ask the person to get up and make a step or two, move your hand, wiggle your finger, just something that they can do different, just to let them see that it's all all right. They just get nervous and think it isn't going to happen, but it's happening all the time. See?? It has to.

L-2 How many wants to be remembered in prayer, now? Would you just raise your hands and say, "Lord, grant it"? Let us bow our heads.
Lord, as we hear this grand old hymn of the church, wrote by my precious friend, Paul Rader, "Only Believe," we are thinking now of a boy, was brought by his fathers to the disciples, no more than ten days after Jesus had given them power to cast out devils and heal the sick, and here they was completely defeated on an epileptic case. And they seen our Lord coming. And the father ran and said, "Lord, have mercy on us. My son is variously vexed with the devil. I brought him to Your disciples and they could not cure him."
And Jesus said, "I can, if ye believe. Only believe." O God, You haven't changed a bit since then: You're just the same loving, sweet, and compassionate God. As You were then, so are You today. And Lord, like that father, we all cry, "Lord, help Thou our unbelief." It's so simple; we just stumble over it Father.

L-3 We want to offer You thanks and praise for touching that little baby last night, to see that that skull, that's been swollen, that is, that the bone has pushed out, it went down an half an inch last night. We're grateful for that, Father. When we know that our doctors has nothing in the research for it, there's nothing that they can do for it; but Thou art still God, the Master of all situations. We thank Thee Father. We thank Thee for this mother's loyalty, and sweetness, and obedience to bring back the string and paste it on this piece of paper, here, to show to the public her testimony for the glory of God. May her little one live and be a normal child, for Your glory.
Look at all those hands that went up, Father. Each of them had a need. Mine up, too, Father, I have need. And here's many here, in the form of letter or in this box, that's needy, people who are really needy. Let it come to pass, Lord, that each will receive their request this night. May they take this mother's testimony and just as an example to show that when You say anything, it's finished. It's... You--all we have to do is to receive it and act upon it. It's a finished work.
Grant, Lord, that each one of these letters and these handkerchiefs, the people that they're laid upon, may they be healed. Every one that raised their hands, Father, they may receive their hearts desire... We ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen. You may be seated.

L-4 I just wanted to show you the string here, that the lady... There you are. That... The little baby's head did shrink as the Lord promised us through the Holy Spirit last night. Isn't He wonderful? So, gives us so much courage to have faith and believe.
Now, when Jesus said to that tree (in Mark 11:23) "No man eateth from thee from henceforth," He might not have yelled out. Why, frankly, He was so easy about it, till His disciples just... I think one of them heard him. And it... When that epileptic, when it come up before the Lord Jesus, the boy had the hardest fit he ever had; perhaps, fell on the ground like he was dead, but he realized that he met Someone Who had faith far above those apostles.


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