<TITLE>03. Par 7-10</TITLE>L-7 And last evening before we left the convention grounds Brother Carlson had the whole group to stand, said and pray for me that--for God to help me. And that just does me so much good, because I depend on those prayers. And I knowing, though, that one day, if Jesus tarries, I--I'll--I'll have to go. And then I want to partings leave behind me footprints by the Gospel, the Gospel, the power of God by His Word. I want to sow seeds, that when the--the rain does fall (the Holy Spirit), that'll bring up to Life, the kind of seed that I have sown: Bible seed, that'll bring a Bible church, that'll bring a Bible-believing Christian, that'll believe, bring a Bible Holy Spirit into action, because the Word was written by the Holy Spirit. And when He comes, He picks up His own Word. And I just like to stay with that. He can do things that's not wrote in here, but I just hope that I can live long enough to see Him perform everything He's promised in here. That'll just be fine for me.

L-8 Now, so good to be here, and looking forward for tomorrow night. I would like to call your attention to just a little text here I would like to use for about thirty or forty minutes, the Lord willing. And Brother had said that--announced praying for the sick, and I'd forgot to tell him to give out prayer cards, and... But God will surely make a way for us some way. We'll keep the line straight or something or another, until we get them prayed for. All right. So we sorry, but we just--just didn't think.
Now, let's turn to Saint Mark's Gospel, if you will. I've got a few Scriptures here written out, and if you would--got your pencil and would like to mark them as I refer to them this afternoon, we'd be very happy. Saint Mark, we want to begin with the 7th verse, or the 7th chapter, and begin with the 24th verse: Saint Mark 7:24.

L-9 My right eye, where the fifteen pieces of shrapnel went just below my eye... And that shrapnel was so powerful till it tore the bark off the trees, nearly thirty yards away from me. And fine shrapnel blowed into my eye. And the doctor said, "I never seen anything..."
The big shrapnel stuck in my skull and around my cheekbone like that, and went around my eye. One piece flew through here, and knocked the top of that tooth off. And fifteen pieces went just below the sight and made a half-moon circle below the sight, never touched the sight, and went plumb back in the eye and bedded. One piece would've hit it, this eye would've been gone. And so, it's--the drawing of the eye makes it a teeny bit weak, but it'll be all right. It'll be fine and dandy after while. I praise the Lord for it.
Even the physician hisself said, "I don't understand it." But said, "When that gets..." See, that's just happened a little over two weeks ago, so it's still a little weak. But he said it would be all right, and I'm sure that's the Lord's sanction. It'll be all right.

L-10 Now, let's begin with the 3rd--the 24th verse of the 7th chapter.
And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre... Sidon, and entered into a house... but he could not be hid.
For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
And the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would come and cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat... the children's crumbs.
And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter lay upon the bed.
If I would want to title this for a--a text, I would call it "Perseverance." And may the Lord add His blessings to the reading of His Word.


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