<TITLE>01. Par 1-3</TITLE>62-1125M, Convinced And Then Concerned, Life Tabernacle, Shreveport, LA, 102 min
L-1 Let us bow our heads just before we go any farther. Continue that, Sister Anna Jean, if you will, and brother. Coming down off of a hill come a Stranger to people one day. Looked down upon a scene to a--a group of men that He'd ordained to cast out devils, heal the sick, and He found them defeated on an epileptic case.
Perhaps John was saying, "Here's the way we done it over in Capernaum."
The other one said, "This is the way we done it somewhere else." But it was no results.
And the father of the child looked, and he saw Somebody coming. He run, fell down. He said, "Lord, I brought my child to Your disciples, and they couldn't cure him." Said, "Could You do anything for him?"
He said, "I can, if you believe." That same One's been with us. He's with us this morning. "I can, if you believe." Amen.

L-2 Our heavenly Father, in the sacredness of this service, knowing that the God that we worship is not a--an idol, as the heathens would take the idol and fall prostrate before it, and of an imaginary god, and believe that a--an imaginary voice come to them, that he hypnotized hisself into an idol...
What a strange thing it is for the devil to do a thing like that, when truly God is a Spirit that He does not come into an idol, but He comes into living human beings and speaks His own Words through the man. And we are His living images, created in His image, and for His work, and for His glory.
And we see the sick and the afflicted around us. The--then, Lord, we--we feel we're let down on the job. There's something somewhere we need, Lord. Give it to us this morning, won't You, Father? Standing, hearing this gracious brother speak of that something they had years ago in--in that Azusa Street meeting he was the smallest man there--wanted to crawl under a bench.
God, I wish I could see that happening again, where everybody, people don't--not be big, but be little, humble themselves. God, send it to us again in our days. We have stirring, and membership, and so forth. But we--we want Jesus. We want You, the Spirit that we know is here gathered with us this morning. We want You inside of us, Lord. We want ourselves out. Empty us, Lord, and fill us with Your Presence. Humble our hearts, and we'll praise Thee.
Now, we have gathered, Father, for fellowship around the Word. You are the Word. And we pray that You'll divide Yourself among us this morning and make us one in heart, one in purpose. For the Kingdom of God's sake we ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen. May be seated.

L-3 Sometimes when I hear such testimonies as I had the privilege of listening about five minutes to this morning, I--I wished I could just tell that brother come on back here, and just let me set out there and listen to that. See? He's speaking of exactly the same thing that I want to see happen again...?... The man is just telling what was, and I'm trying to say, "Let's have it again." Now, that's just--that's just it.
Well, as our brother stated, there's no man can bring it: takes God. And we cannot do it until God does it for us. That's right. It takes God. There's all the schools, and all the ministers, and all of our educations, and all of our denominations, and no matter how much we shook our hands and tried to get in unity... And that--that would be all right. That would be fine. But it takes God to bring something like that. That alone, God brings it.


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