<TITLE>01. Par 1-3</TITLE>61-0218, Balm In Gilead, First Assembly Of God Of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 117 min
L-1 Say much... Let's just remain standing a moment for prayer. I always like to speak to the Author before I open His Book. Don't you think that's a good idea? Someone was talking one time. I said something or another, and--and the man said... It was a fine friend of mine; most all of you know him; and he preaches in seven languages. Booth-Clibborn, you've heard of him, I guess, William Booth-Clibborn. And he said to me; he said, "But, Brother Branham, you just don't know your Bible."
I said, "But I know the Author real well." That's...?... And I know the Author; I think that He will teach me His Word. So let's speak to Him now before we go into His Word.

L-2 Our heavenly Father, the Author of this Word, the Author of the Word of God, "The Word was God and made flesh and dwelled among us." We approach Thee in the Name of Jesus, Thy Son, our Saviour. We love Him, Father, because that He was obedient unto death. And the wrath that was supposed to come upon us was poured out upon Him on Calvary. And there He suffered in our stead that we might go free. No wonder people has never been able to express what love the Father had for the fallen race of Adam, to give His Son to suffer to redeem us by His grace.
And, Father, we pray tonight that You'll bless us in our efforts tonight as we come to fellowship around the Word. May the Word be a lamp unto our feet, a Light that will guide us, deeper depths and higher heights in the love of God. And heal the sick tonight, Father. This is the night that we're to pray for the sick. We ask that You will heal every one of them.
Bless this little church, O God, bless its precious little pastor, Brother Buntane and his dear brother that I just met and shook hands with from Calcutta. I pray, Father, that You'll bless these boys. And think of their godly old father up there, and when he packed them around as little boys, how maybe he believed that You'd someday make ministers out of them like this, and we're happy, Lord, God answers prayer; we know it. So answer ours tonight, Father, and get glory out of our gathering together. We ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen. May be seated.

L-3 This is such a grand privilege to assemble in service of God. And you know, about the time we get all the funny feeling drove way, then it's about time to leave. You see? When we come in and just constantly, and saying, "How do you do?" And then the ministry's all new, and I'm new, and first thing you know it takes a little while to get us all kinda acquainted with one another. Let the Holy Spirit move among us to see that we're brothers and sisters (You see?), that there's nothing wrong with us, and we're just God's children. And the ministry that God gave me, why, it's for you, and it's love, expressions of love. And then we say, "Bye-bye," and take off up to somewhere else. And I've tried... I can't think of that name of that place; I call it... Billy says, "Where you think we're going, daddy?" I said, "Venezuela." That'd be a long ways a way, wouldn't it? However, we've been to Venezuela, been over, we never had services there.


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