<TITLE>16. Par 53-56</TITLE>L-53 And as soon as He entered the ship, the Bible said, "And immediately they were at the shore." O God, it won't take but just a little bit to get them well, to be healed, or to be saved, when they will invite You, and You get inside of them, in their little bark, while they're sailing life's solemn main.
Many are here, no doubt, tonight, Lord, but what the waves of sickness, cancer, TB, heart trouble is buffeting them. They're about to go down; all hopes is gone. But may they not be afraid tonight, Lord, for we can hear that comforting voice through Thy Word saying, "It is I. Be of a good cheer. Be not afraid." We'll be listening for You, now, Father. This is Your Word. You promised it. I...

L-54 We are Your servants. I cannot do this with the anointing You might give me. You'll have to anoint them, too, to believe it, Father, for when You went to Your own country, many mighty works You could not do because of their unbelief. That's when You said, "A prophet's not without honor except in his own community (his own county or country)." And I pray, Lord, that You'll honor Your Word, tonight, and make it live anew before these people.
Father, look at them. They're sick, they're needy. They're lying in this hot room, hundreds of them turned away; and they're standing till their limbs are cramping and hurting. God, let Satan move out of this place now. Let true faith of God come moving in. May they understand, for we ask it Jesus' Name, as we commit ourselves and this audience to You. Amen. Just listen to that song, "Only Believe."

L-55 I can see the apostles. Ten days before, they'd been given power to cast out devils, heal the sick. And here they are, with a epileptic boy, defeated. They were probably screaming, and stomping, and pouring oil on him, and hollering, "Come out, you devil." That devil just laid right there. So--so coming down the hill come the Son of man, the Son of God. When Satan knew that, he knowed he wasn't meeting those apostles.
The father said, "Lord, have mercy on my son. He's variously vexed with a devil. Ofttimes he falls in the fire, and into the water to destroy him. I brought him to Your disciples. They couldn't heal him."
Well, why couldn't they heal him? Not because they didn't have power; because they didn't believe. That's tonight, if you go out of here sick, it's not because God hasn't got the power and has given it to you; because you don't believe it. That's all. Same thing. Jesus said, "I can if you believe." Is that right? You've got to believe.

L-56 (Billy, what's the prayer card? B, 1 to a 100) There's prayer cards B, 1 to a 100. Now, how many was here when the boys give out the cards? Let's see you. Now, you know what they did. They bring the cards down, mix them up so you can have a card--anybody that wants it. You might get number 1, the other one get number 8, and another one get number 16, another one get 32. You don't know where it's going to be. Therefore, the boy don't know, don't know nothing about the prayer cards. And then when he come down, you say, "Where's your father going to call from tonight?" He doesn't know. I don't know. But we call from wherever the Holy Spirit puts upon me.
I used to call little children up and say, "Come up, Junior, and count. Where you stop, then--then we'll start from there." Mother'd tell Junior where to stop at. So it wouldn't... You know it just don't work. So this way it's sovereign.


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