<TITLE>38. Par -</TITLE>1L-052-272 I thought over there where he told Nathan setting there one time. Nathan... David said, "Is it right for me to live in a house of cedar and the ark of my God under a tent out there covered." He...
Nathan, the prophet, said, "David, do all's in your heart, 'cause God's with you." The prophet made a mistake, not willingly.
That night the Lord come to the prophet, said, "Go tell my servant David, 'I took him from that sheepcote, herding them few sheep out there; and I give him a name like great men that's in the earth. (Never said He gave him the greatest name, He just give him name like great men that was in the earth.) I've done all these things for you, David. I've cut off your enemies wherever you went. I've been beside you. I've never failed you, and I won't fail you. But I can't let you build the city.'"

1L-053-273 I thought of that, of a place now where God has helped me and let me know great men, let me go around the world. And people from around the world calling to come pray for them, and sick people, and--wanting a few minutes with you, where just a few years ago they wouldn't even turn--they'd turn their head to see me on the street. And now, the businessmen prosper by the people that I bring into the city and have here, through their food and their motel bills, and things like that, have--going to the motels and around in the city and things like that.
People who... People didn't love me at all; nobody had any use for me. And now, by the help of God, I believe that I'm directing the Bride of Jesus Christ. Oh. "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound!"

1L-053-275 Where did it come from? My education? I have none. Where did it come from? My personality? I have none. Did it come from my knowing of theology? I know none. What did it come to? The grace of God that saved me.
It's grace that taught my heart to fear,
It's grace my fears relieved;
How happy did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
It's grace that brought me safe thus far,
It's grace will take me home.
And when we've been there in that city ten thousand years,
That's brighter than the sun;
We will have no less time to sing His praise,
Than when we first begun.
Oh, how I love Jesus, that beautiful Name that saved me when I was a--a sinner, that healed me when I was sick, that gives me the promise of a home in that city. I got a home in that Rock. Nothing else matters now but to get all of God's children together and say, "Let's go." The hour, the midnight is striking; it's later than we think. Let's pray.


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