<TITLE>02. Par 4-6</TITLE>L-4 Now... and to be here with Brother Carlson, who is... I just couldn't speak words for how much I appreciate Brother Carlson. Many times that I've been... He's seen me to a place where I'd be beaten down and stand with me. And--and still he--he proves out to be a real brother. I appreciate Brother Carlson. I appreciate all of you. The Lord bless you good.
Now, I know you're going to have service at your church after while. And I appreciate your pastors, who's nice to--to say that there's going to be service here. And I see two of them setting on the platform, perhaps... I suppose--and--and many of them out in the meeting, out here in the congregation. We're very grateful. Want you to remember that tomorrow night is this missionary rally, as I call it, for our Brother Joseph. And we're going to be right here. I guess they've already announced it, the places and so forth.

L-5 And thank you for your prayers of a few days ago when I come almost not being with you any longer here on earth, when a gun exploded in my hand, down to the shooting range... Someone had given me a gun that wasn't... It had been a rebored gun, and it wasn't the type of shell that really should been shot in it, only the factory said that it was perfectly safe, which if it'd been bored right, it would've been.
But there was a headspace made the shell blow back in my face instead of go out the barrel. And about six tons of pressure hit me right in the face, and--which disintegrated the gun, and blowed the barrel out on the fifty yard range. And the bolt went one way, and the gun melted in my hand. And here I stand this afternoon still a living. Thanks be to God.

L-6 They wanted to examine my eyes to see... There was so much shrapnel over my face, looked like they took a piece of hamburger, a handful of it, and just placed it over my face. And there's only one little spot, or two, right there (the frown that you could see), that's left. Just in a few days it was all--about three days it was all cleared up.
There's a specialist doctor... They run me over to have a look, and see if any of it went in the side of my eye. And he shook his head, and wrote back, and said, "The only thing that I know, that the good Lord of heaven must have been setting there with His servant, 'cause the man that picked--that found him should not have found nothing but just the lower part of his body. Anything would burst a gun at that pressure, one inch from my eye, should have blowed head and shoulders both off."
So see, God's still good, He... Satan tries to kill us, but he cannot take us until He says, "Ready." That's right. That's right. He just can't take us. And so we're thankful for that.
And I'm great to God that He gives me the opportunity to still remain here on earth to bring the same message to His people that I did: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound. Someday expect to spend eternity with you. And many of the groups when they heard about it... We didn't say nothing, just kind of kept quiet. But phone ringing, people calling in, prayer groups gathered everywhere around, making groups, and saying, "Well, we don't know whether He hear us or not, but we're sure praying." That's the kind He hears (That's right.), them humble little groups. And I'm grateful to you.


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