<TITLE>07. Par 22-24</TITLE>L-22 As the old brother said, colored brother, down southern states, he said he would rather be standing on the Word than in heaven. And someone asked him why. He said, "Because both heaven and earth will pass away, but My Word shall not." So that's right. Standing on the Word, then you can have something, not what someone else said, what some school taught, what some minister said, what some doctor said; but it's THUS SAITH THE LORD. Then you can hold on.
And anybody doing anything, if they're trying to achieve something, they must first have faith to believe it. Like the father of our nation is called, our first president, George Washington. Just up the coast a little bit... When I was reading here a few years ago about Washington, I'd seen them where they had that coat that the bullets went through.
And we're told that the night before (Valley Forge) when he crossed the river, praying all night, till his--plumb above his hips was wet where he'd knelt in the snow, he was seeking the will of God 'cause the opposition looked great. The Delaware was full of ice. About half of the American soldiers had shoes on their feet. Looked like he was crippled, but he sought refuge in God.
And the next day he crossed Valley Forge. He was perseverant. Bullets went through his coat and never touched him. He was trying to achieve something, so he sought God and got the answer. Then he could be perseverant.

L-23 That's what we do. You must first find the will of God before you can do the will of God. You must first know what His will is in the matter, and then don't turn it loose. And as the lady said today, she was trying to get beyond that sound barrier. Then the plane just picks up speed and goes on unlimited when it passes the sound barrier.
Well, when you can pray until you've passed the doubt barrier, then you're running free. You can go on. And then you're--there's nothing can bother you then, because you're running free. You're past the unbelief. It's done been settled. It's all over. When you get the assurance in your heart that it's going to be that way, you're just as happy as if it had already happened.

L-24 For instance, perhaps a loaf of bread... If I was starving and a loaf of bread would save my life, and I would ask for the bread, and some man would give me twenty-five cents (and that's the purchase price of a loaf of bread), I can be just as happy holding the twenty-five cents in my hand as I can with the loaf of bread, because it's the purchasing power. Amen. I've... Then I've got it. I haven't got the bread, but I've got the purchasing power. Well, that's faith.
When you can pray until you got the assurance, you can be just as happy if the cancer's gone, shout just as loud, because you got the purchase power, the faith that moves the thing. Then you're perseverant. No one can tell you anything different. Doesn't matter what anyone says then. You've done crossed over the sound barrier. You're free then, purchasing and being persistent.


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