<TITLE>11. Par 30-32</TITLE>L-30 Now, Elijah knew that everything that he touched was blessed. But if he could get the woman to believe it, that was all... If he could get the woman to believe the same thing, a miracle would've happened just the same as ever, if the woman would've had faith in what Elijah told her to do. But the woman's faith wasn't in the staff. Now, I kinda like the way she said it anyhow. She said, "As the Lord liveth and your soul never dies, I'm not going to leave you." I like that: determined to hold on. That's it. If you start out for God, hold on until the Holy Ghost comes, until everything that you've asked for takes place. Just don't give it up. "I'll not leave you. I'm on your hands, Lord, until You answer me." That's the way to do it.
You know, Jesus taught it like that. He said the unjust judge, you know, how he--he--he wouldn't avenge the widow of her enemy. But he said, "To get her off of my hands I'll go ahead and avenge her of her enemy." Well, how much more will your kind heavenly Father be willing to give you. But now not... He said, "Seek and you shall find; knock and it will be opened..." Now... "And ask." Now, if you notice, it isn't just "Lord, I want it." "He that asketh, seeketh." Keep on seeking. Keep on knocking. Just keep on, on. You've arrived there, so just keep on knocking till it happens. "I believe it, Lord. I'm--I'm on Your hands. I'm on Your hands."

L-31 Remember the Lord healed me of stomach trouble. The devil said, "You--you haven't healed."
I said, "Just stick around and listen at me testify then. If--if you want...?... If you want to hear God be praised, just stick around and listen at me awhile." He got tired and went on away. So he will do it. The other day he tried to give me a bad cold. He handed it to me, and I give it back to him. He handed it to me again. I give it back to him again. And we just fought on it for three or four days, and finally it went away. So there you are. See? Just keep handing it back to him. Just don't receive it, to give it back to him. Give it back to him. That's the way to do it. Just be determined. Hold on.

L-32 That's the way she did. She said, "As the Lord liveth and your soul never dies..." Now, see, she believed he had a soul that wouldn't die. See? "As the Lord liveth and thy soul liveth," see, "I'm not going to leave you. I'm going to stay with you till I find out what happened." So he couldn't get her off her--off his hands. So he just had to gird up his loins, and here he went.
I notice when he walked into the room... Look what that prophet had to come against. He didn't know what the Lord was going to do. There was the father, screaming at the top of his voice, all the people around the neighborhood screaming. That fine little boy, this lovely family, was dead, laying in the chamber, all hopes gone. Now, what did Elijah do? Just like Jesus did, put them all out of the house. Got away from where it was at--like Jesus did when Jairus' daughter was dead. And watch what the prophet did. He didn't have to go out and seek and pray, and pray up and get ready. No, I--I believe we should stay prayed up all the time, don't you think so?


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