<TITLE>07. Par 34-40</TITLE>L-34 I feel tonight, as we're listening for them whistles, something like David did that dreadful hot night when he laid out there under them mulberry bushes, and the enemy was arousing. What a hour it must've been for David, what a time for him laying there. He didn't know how to move; he didn't know what to go by; because he knowed he was outnumbered. But all at once, he heard of the sound of a Wind going through the top of the bushes. He knowed God went on before him, and he went to the battle. I feel something like that tonight after last night's Message; I'm laying in the darkest hour that I ever faced in my life. I feel like Isaiah at the temple after seeing those angels; I'm a man of unclean lips and dwelling among people with unclean lips. But listen, I--I'm--I've got to meet it some way, and now the only thing, I'm waiting to hear that rushing through the mulberry bushes to go to meet the enemy wherever it is. God help us to do it.

L-35 And now, I think it's one minute until twelve o'clock. And the '62 with all of its past, let's let it be past.
Let us stand to our feet now, each and every one of us. The context is on. Each one of you... Paul said, "Forgetting those things that are in the past," the--all of our mistakes of last year, "I press towards the mark of the high calling." All my mistakes that I've made in all these years, forgive me for them. God, forgive me. Church, forgive me. And the ministry that I--I've failed with, I feel; God, forgive me for it. Church, forgive me of my mistake. And I'll press towards the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus. Whatever tomorrow holds, I don't know, but I know Who holds 1963.

L-37 Let us raise our hands to God now and let us pray in our own way, as we make our confessions, and ask God to help us through this next coming year.
Heavenly Father, as we stand here, as many thoughts is dying out in our hearts, and of the mistakes of last year, and as we are approaching the death of '62 and the birth of '63, O God, may we be one step higher up the ladder, until we can see Jesus and His program. May everyone here, Lord, in prayer, while the old year is dying, and the new birth of the new year is coming in, may the old man's sin and unbelief die out in our heart, and the new birth come in with the 1963, like a rushing mighty Wind that might fill our beings and make us new creatures in Christ.

L-39 Make us fit servants. Forgive our past. Bless our future. Guide us, O Lord God, with Thy mighty hand, Jehovah. Bless these ministers here. Bless all the laity, all the visitors. Be Thou with us, Lord. We are Your servants, and we give ourselves wholly to You for 1963, that the power of Your Spirit might have more preeminences in our life and in our being. Help us, God, Forgive us and help us, we pray. Raise up mighty men. Raise up mighty warriors of the faith. Open this year, Lord, that hidden Manna, that Rock beneath the rock, that we might see the program of God. Cap off the pyramids of our life, Lord; put the Capstone, Christ Jesus, upon each and every one of us. May His great magnificent, holy blessings be upon us all. May the fire of the Holy Ghost come upon us. May the power of the resurrection be manifested. God, how we thank You tonight. We are Yours. We give ourselves fully to You, Lord.

L-40 As I go yonder, not knowing where or how, or what I will do, I'm trusting You, Almighty God, that You'll guide me, Your unprofitable servant, that I might be used to the honor and the glory of the Almighty. Grant it, Father.
Receive our prayers. Bless our efforts. Heal the sick and the afflicted, both spiritual and physically. And make us Thy servants. We are the clay; You are the Potter. Mold us, each one, in Your Own way, that we might fit together with Christ Jesus, as a member of His body. For we ask it in Jesus' Name, and for His sake and for the Gospel's sake. Amen and amen.


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