<TITLE>01. Par 1-3</TITLE>60-1126, Why?, Life Tabernacle, Shreveport, LA, 115 min
L-1 Standing just a moment for prayer... Let us bow our heads. Each that has a request, let it be known by lifting up your hand to God. Hold your request on your heart now as we pray.
Most gracious and holy God, we come into Thy Divine Presence now by the way of prayer, asking first that You forgive us of our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us.
And there is many requests tonight, Father. You see their hands, and You know the desire of their hearts and what is in there. I'd ask with, along with my hand up too, that Thou would give us the desire of our heart, and especially the healing of our bodies, and the joy of our salvation to be restored to us in such manifold blessings of God that we desire. And may it come upon us, Lord.
And we pray that You'll bless the ministers everywhere, all across the nation and the world. Tomorrow being the Sabbath, and there will be churches, and the doors open, and the people coming and going, and the ministers preaching and praying for the sick... O God, we pray that You'll anoint every one of Your servants tomorrow with great messages and hear their prayers for the sick and the needy. Save the lost. And get glory to Thyself, for we ask it in Jesus' Name, Thy Son. Amen. May be seated.

L-2 It's such a privilege to be back at the tabernacle tonight to continue on the second night or the--this--this the third night of our gathering together. And we are sorry that we do not have the ample seating room to take care of those people who stand for hours, and we know their limbs ache. But I do pray with all my heart, that the God of heaven will reward you for it in your... And you standing and waiting the way you are, and many of you setting here sick and needy...
Now, I just asked Billy Paul, my son, and I... If Gene or any of them or himself give out prayer cards again; and he said they did not, because we're anticipating immediately after the service tonight a baptismal service. Down in the basement, I believe, is where the pool is.
I remember the last time I was here and they had a baptismal service. I believe they slipped me into some of Brother Lyle's coveralls. And he's a little taller than I am, so I had to roll them up at the bottom, and they stuck me down in this pool and got the water too hot. Like to scalded me, but I did that what I thought was right and baptized all that I knew I could baptize.

L-3 Now, tomorrow I just learned from Brother Moore that I am to speak after Sunday school tomorrow morning, right after the Sunday school service.
Now, you here that have churches that you go to we wouldn't want you to miss your own service. You stand at your post of duty. Always when your church has services, why, and you're here locally, why, it's your place to stay at your church. See? And if you have no church and would like to come, why, we appreciate it.
And then when we're praying for the sick, and if you have loved ones, I believe, if you'd just say to pastor, "Will it be all right for me to take mama, sonny, or somebody over to be prayed for?" I'm sure he'd say, "That's all right." You see? If you're coming to have someone prayed for. But if you only would just believe it, your pastor has the same authority to pray for the sick as I do (See?), or anyone else. You don't have to go to a special meeting to be healed. You don't even have to be prayed for. You just receive Him. That's all is necessary.


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