<TITLE>19. Par 73-76</TITLE>L-73 So there you are. What good does that do? What we need today is a clean, Pentecostal Gospel with the power of the Holy Ghost back into the church again. The Bible's full of promises, my brother. There's lots of promises in here for you.
Just like recently, there was a--a woman that was so poverty stricken that the--they investigated the old woman to find out, the charity did to see what they could do for her. They got up there and the said, "How old are you?"
And she said, "I'm eighty."
Said, "A... And you're poverty-stricken."
"Yes." She didn't have even food, been without food. She'd sold all the furniture out of the house. And she was... Some of the neighbors turned it in. She had a little pride about her, and so she wouldn't--wouldn't listen to it. Then finally, she seen she had to have it. So they told her that a...

L-74 "Well," said the investigator said to her, said, "Lady, have you got any children?"
Said, "Yes, I got a son."
Said, "Where's he at?"
Said, "He's in India."
"In India?"
"Yeah."
Said, "What does he do there?"
Says, "He's a businessman."
"Well," said, "Why don't you let him help you?"
She said, "You know what? He's such a dear, sweet boy." Said, "He writes me the prettiest letters that you ever seen." And said then, "But I just can't have the nerve to ask him. That's the reason I couldn't ask you all. I couldn't ask my precious boy. He knows my condition. And he knows that I need money. And if he had money, he would send it to me. Therefore, I can't go begging on my son to do that."

L-75 And said, "He writes..." Said, "He writes to you?"
Said, "He writes to me at least once a month just as regular," Said, "sometimes twice." And said, "I get the prettiest pictures from him; he always sends me pictures. And I think they're the prettiest things; I always enjoy them so much."
Said, "What kind of pictures are they?"
Said, "Oh, I'll show you."
Said, "Have you got them?"
Said, "Yes."
Said, "Where they at?"
She said, "They're in my Bible."
And she goes down to her Bible and begins to pull them out. You know what they were: India money orders. She had tens of thousands of dollars in India money orders, not knowing what they was, because they were full of pretty pictures, and she thought it was just the pictures.

L-76 That's the way it is today, friends. This old Bible's just full of treasures, all through there. Why should you be sick or poverty stricken? Why should you be cold and indifferent, when the Bible is full of the promises of God? Don't be afraid; it's the Lord Jesus. Do you believe that? Let us bow our heads now.
I didn't get down to where I wanted to, but it's getting late, and you got services for the evening. Let us pray now.
Our heavenly Father, truly the Bible is full of promises. And every promise is real. Every promise is ours. You died that these promises might be fulfilled in us. Let the people not be afraid when they see that thing that You spoke of would come to pass, see it happening right among them.
May they embrace it and say, "Yes, Jesus, welcome into my little abode. It's being tossed about. The doctor told me I had cancer. The doctor told me I had tumor. The doctor told me I was going blind. The doctor told me I had TB, all of these diseases. The little boat's getting ready to sink as she's sailing life's solemn main."


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