<TITLE>02. Par 9-16</TITLE>L-9 Almighty and gracious God, Who is a prayer answering God, a Father that knows all His children has need of... You knowed us before we were born, and You have our footsteps numbered; the very hairs of our head are numbered; and our words are all weighed in Thy balance. So, Lord God, let us this morning take heed to these things, this solemn obligation that we have before Thee.
Many of those hands was raised up this morning here in this little assembly, perhaps was for prayer for their sick bodies, a lost loved one. Thou knowest their hearts and all that is within them. For when You stood here on the earth in form of a human Being called Jesus our Lord, You knowed the very secret of the heart. Everything that the people could imagine in their minds, You could tell them right back what they were thinking about: "Why reason ye in your heart of these things?" Jesus perceived their thoughts. And we read in the Scripture that Thou art the same yesterday, today, and forever. And it is also written that, "Wherever two or three are assembled together, there I'll be in their midst." So You're here this morning in the form of the Holy Spirit, and know every desire that's on the people's heart.
I pray Thee, Father God, that You'll speak back to them and say, "It is finished. Your request has been answered, and I--I'm sending you the assurance this day that all that you have asked for has been granted."

L-12 God, we remember especially those who are unsaved, who raised up their hand. May this be the hour that they'll receive Christ as their Saviour.
Before the meeting closes today, may there be something happen, Lord, that would bring Your Presence so close to the people, that they would know that that same Jesus that walked in Galilee stands in the midst of His people, they might go away from here today with the same assurance that those who came from Emmaus that time. When they were on their road back, after walking with Him all day long, talking to Him, and Him talking to them, and yet they had little idea that it was Him.
O God, so many times we are like that. You speak to us in the setting of the sun, in the singing of the birds, in the rustling of the leaves, in the blooming of the flowers, in the hymns of the church, and we so little recognize that it's You. In the sick rooms in the hospital, many other places You speak to us and we so little realize that it's You.

L-15 Now, Lord, as we return to our homes this morning, may we, like they did, recognize, may You do something today in our midst just like You did back there. They knew the thing that You did there before them. You did it before Your crucifixion, and they knew that that was the risen Lord. They went back to their groups, rejoicing and praising God, for they knew that He was alive. And they said, "Did not our hearts burn within us as He talked to us along the road?" Lord, Your appearing there and doing something like You did before Your crucifixion, proved Your resurrection, that You was the same Jesus, that caused them to remember all their conversation with You. You talk with us all week, Lord. Now, appear in our midst and make Yourself known to each needy heart. For we ask it in Jesus' Name, and for His sake. Amen.

L-16 [A sister speaks in another tongue. A brother gives an interpretation. Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] Now, the congregation shall pray:
Our Father Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thine will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us of our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.


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