<TITLE>08. Par 80-91</TITLE>L-80   And I went in there, and the boy was so low till he was just barely breathing. And he had been unconscious, about two days. And I don't understand medicine and a great scientific researches that God has let men do, doctors for sick people, and so forth, but there is some kind of a--a cardiogram, something, had taken. His heart was so low, I forget just what the beat was. It was just about gone. And so the mother was standing there, and I spoke to her. So I got on the other side of the bed. And the little nurse, oh, some nice little lady, she, I guess she was in her early twenties, maybe, twenty-one, twenty-two years old, she was the nurse that was attached to the... or had to take care of the patient.

L-81   And so I went across on the other side of the bed, and knelt down, and I just... a little simple prayer, and layed hands upon the--upon the boy. I said, "Lord Jesus, this father and mother has brought me here to pray for their son, and he is dying. And only You, Lord, can help him. And I know that You said, 'These signs shall follow them that believe; if they lay hands on the sick, they shall recover.' I plead that promise to You, Lord Jesus, for the sake of this boy's life." No change come at all. I said, "I thank You, Lord."

L-82 And the old father raised up, and said, "Lord, I am so grateful to You, ever grateful, for healing my son." And he reached around and the mother fell into his arms, and she said, "Dad, think of it, he is going to be well now." And I stood and looked, and they were happy and rejoicing, and weeping. The boy was just as low as he could be. They said, "Oh, it's wonderful!"

L-83   And the little nurse looked around, she look at me. She said, "I--I believe you misunderstand the doctor's orders." She said, "I believe you misunderstand. The boy is dying."

L-84 "Oh," the old man said, "no, he isn't dying. He is going to live."

L-85 And so she said, "Look, sir," said "I--I appreciate anyone having faith like that, but," said, "how can you laugh and go on like that," said, "and you see there is no difference in the boy." And said, "The boy will die." Said, "He can't live. Well, we don't see how he has lived this long." Said, "It's never been known in--in among the sick people, or science, rather, that a person ever went that low with a heart beat like that," some kind of a cardiogram, something, "that ever come back again."

L-86   And I'll never forget that old man. He put his hands upon her shoulder, just like a father to a daughter, he said, "Look, my dear child." He said, "That cardiogram is what you are looking at. That's what you're trained to look at. And that's all you know about, is that cardiogram. But," said, "I'm looking at a Divine promise." See?

L-87 The boy is married and got three children now. It depends on what you're looking at. He never got any better for two or three days. But after a while, the first thing you know, here he come right out of it, and went home. He is a missionary in South Africa now, with three children.

L-88   Now, see, it just goes to show, you've got to be persistent. That never bothered that old man. That settled it.

L-89 Just as when that woman touched the garment of Jesus Christ, that settled it. That's all. She, she was persistent till she got there, but that settled it.

L-90 You must be the same way. You must be persistent. And anybody that's ever got anything, and ever been able to achieve anything, has been persistent.

L-91   George Washington was persistent at Valley Forge. All the odds was against him, and the--the enemy was across the river. But after all night in prayer; and the American soldiers with no shoes on their feet, about one third of them had shoes, and they crossed the river at Valley Forge, through the ice. And three musket bullets went through his coat. But he had an answer from God, and there was no need of him backing down. Nothing could stop him then. He crossed it because that he was persistent. He had heard from God.


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