<TITLE>02. Par -</TITLE>L-694-11 But let's now to start off, just bow our heads for a word of prayer. And while our heads are bowed, I wonder if there is something in our hearts that we would like to be remembered in prayer before God. If it would be, just raise up your hand. He'll understand; He knows all about it; just some request that you'd like to say, "God, remember me." The Lord bless each one of you.

L-694-12 Our heavenly Father, as we come tonight approaching that throne of grace, which Thou has so graciously bid us to come boldly before the throne of God and His grace, to ask any petition that we would have need of... You told us if we would be as many as two or three would gather together and assemble in Your Name, that You'd be in the midst of us. And then whatever we desired, if we asked it, we should receive it if we'd only believe that we would receive it.
Thou knowest the conditions of the day and the conditions of the church and of the people, and our requests before Thee. Now, You've seen the hands, Lord. You know the hearts of the people and their desires and their needs. And we see the time is approaching; it's closely gathering in now, the great clouds and--settling down. Things that the prophets spoke of many hundreds of years ago, we see has never happened till this time, and here we see it right in our days.

L-695-14 Now, we pray, Father, that You will grant to us these blessings that we ask. Heal the sick and the afflicted. Restore unto Thy church, Lord, living power of the Holy Spirit, living faith that what we ask for we believe. We believe that we receive it because we are sure that it's the will of God to give it to us before we ask. We're not asking amiss; we're asking for the Kingdom of God's sake, so we pray that You will grant it to us.
Bless our gathering together, our pastor, the workers of the church, every person, the members of the Body of Christ that's present. Those who are not members of the Body of Christ, looking today for shelter somewhere, buying a bomb shelter for the backyard, God, may they come under the sheltering protection of the Lord Jesus, knowing that when this life is finished there's Life beyond this. Thank You for the promise.
And give unto us the answer of these questions tonight, that we might satisfy every heart with Thy Word. For we ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-695-17 Approaching the coming of the Lord, what a great assurance it is. I was speaking awhile ago; someone said something about insurance. I was with the Business Men not long ago in one of their conventions, an international convention. I just attended one, regional. I speak for the Full Gospel Business Men worldwide. And then this--this convention being on the west coast, and all the celebrities setting there from all over the world, with--so dressed and dignified, one of them said to me, "I heard somebody call you 'Reverend.'"
I said, "Yes, sir."
Said, "You're a preacher?'"
I said, "Yes, sir."
He said, "What you doing with these businessmen?"
I said, "I--I am a businessman."
"Oh?" Said, "What kind of business you in?"
I said, "Assurance."
He misunderstood me; he thought I meant insurance. So he said to me, he said, "What company are you with?"
I said, "The Heavenly Company."
He said, "I don't believe I know that one." I said... Said, "What--what kind of an insurance you sell?"
"I never..." I said, "I never said 'insurance,' I said 'assurance.'"
Said, "What do you mean?"
I said:
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His Blood.
So, that night when I was being introduced for the telecast, I told it. And I said, "Now, I--I have policies here if any you people here or out over the country, that's interested in a policy, I'd like to talk it over with you right after the service: Assurance, blessed assurance."


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