<TITLE>14. Par 48-50</TITLE>L-48 "And Rebekah constantly prayed. She said, 'Zacchaeus, you--you may have a lot of competitors, and you may be in good standing with Rabbi Levinski, the priest, the rabbi that comes and eats with you (at the Kiwanis Club, or whatever). You may be in good standing with him. But let me tell you something. This Man is a prophet. And He...'"
"'Why, you know what our rabbi told me? That we haven't had a prophet since four hundred years ago, since Malachi was our last prophet. And tell me that that guy, born down there by the seaside, one of them little huts, somewhere down there, would ever be a prophet? Aw, Rebekah...'" [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
"We knew if he ever once set down and talked to Jesus, he'd be convinced. (And that's the same thing today. If you'll just set down and talk to Him a few minutes, you'll know.) So you remember what Rebekah told us? Now, I'm going to repeat Rebekah's testimony," said Matthew.

L-49 "Now, you know, all night long little old Zacchaeus was restless." You know, when you get to praying for a fellow, he kinda gets in bad shape. If you want somebody saved, or something done, just start praying for them. That's the reason we don't... Prayer is the greatest thing was ever put in the hands of a man. Prayer even changes God. God pronounced death on a man one time. He turned his face to the wall and prayed, and God spared him fifteen years longer. Right. It's true.
"So we find out that little old Rebekah prayed all the time. And that night she couldn't sleep. She looked out of the corner of her eye. She said... Zacchaeus was restless. She said, 'Lord, I know You're dealing with him. I know You're dealing with him. Now, Jesus the Prophet is coming into the town for this meeting down here, and I want him to see Him so bad. Lord, You make a way now. Just make him miserable. Just make him so he can't sleep."
"There he was. He couldn't sleep. So all right, that's fine. So the next morning... "She had dozed off to sleep, laying praying all night."

L-50 And if you want your husband saved now, you do the same thing Rebekah did. Just start praying for him. And you know, out there on that sea when he's out there fishing, or down there in the business, he will get so under conviction he can't even sleep. Yes, sir. That's right. He just gets... And if you want your wife saved, you do the same thing, and she'll come away from every card party and everything else she belongs to. She just can't it. See? She'll sure do it. Yes, sir. Oh, there's just great power in prayer.
"And she said she prayed, and then about morning she went to sleep. All at once she woke up. Little bit before day, Zacchaeus was already up. Groomed himself in his very best clothes, and she said, 'Thank You, Lord. I know. I know You're dealing with him.' And so she turned over. She said, 'Oh, dear. What bringest thou up so early?'"
"'Oh,' he said, 'nothing. I just thought I'd walk out and get a bit of fresh air. (You know how you can find all kinds of excuses. You see?) I believe I'll just walk out and get a bunch of fresh air. You know, it's kind of stuffy in the room.'"


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