<TITLE>27. Par 200-204</TITLE>L-200   Dear God, as hands of man, women, boys, girls, even ministers, got their hands up. They--they wanted to--to say that they wanted to become centered right around the Lord Jesus, and yet looks like they can't do it. There is something pulls them this way, that way. It might be a denomination, it might be a person, it might be a sin, it might be something they're hiding in their heart. I don't know, Lord. Thou knowest. Whatever it is, may just now, Lord, while on others Thou art calling... You've done called them. They're Yours.
And while You call them, may they turn loose of that, that besetting sin, as the Bible said. "Turn away from that sin that so easily beset us, that we might run with patience the race that's set before us, looking to..." What, to our job, to our denomination, to our affiliation, to the councils? "To Christ the author and finisher of the faith that we have in Him." Do that, Father, for us today, for we ask it in His Name and for His glory.

L-201 Now they're Yours, Lord. Do with them as You see fit. Do with us as You see fit. We are Yours. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
I love Him, I love Him
Because He first loved me
And purchased my salvation
On Calvary's tree.

L-202   Have you forgotten about dinner? Have you forgotten whether the kids are all right, out in the car, or not? Have you forgotten all about the past, and realized what that is you're feeling right now? It's materializing before you, day by day. See? Let that be the center of whatever. Let the rest of the things go away; they're going to perish, anyhow.
Oh, just keep following after Him! See? As Elisha followed Elijah, let's follow Him. For we must be taken up, too, someday. We seen the chariot of Fire that lifted Him out of the grave. We feel It among us now. Someday He is going to unhook the horses from the bushes. We're going up. Don't you love Him?
And purchased my salvation
On Calvary's tree.
Oh, can't you just almost just close your eyes and see Him hanging yonder?
I love Him, (who else could I love?) I love Him
Because He first loved me
And purchased my salvation
On Calvary's tree.

L-203   Every time when I return home, somebody is gone. I'll be gone a few months, come back, somebody is gone. I get sad every time I come.
The other day, a boy I went to school with, coming down the street, he said, "Hello, Billy."

L-204 I looked at him, he used to be a handsome little fellow, real black shiny hair combed back; now it's as white as snow. He used to be so straight; tummy way out like this. I said, "Hello, Jim." I looked at him.
I felt in my heart, I thought, "God, that boy and I, that man and I, are the same age."
Then, I know my days are numbered. I know it can't be too much longer. I look around, and think, "What can I do, Lord? Help me. I don't want to go ahead of You. I want to stay right--right behind You. You lead the way." I look, and think, "Fifty-six years old, oh, my, can't be much longer!"


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