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Welcome to From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons.

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Each week we bring you a different message

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from some of history's greatest speakers in the

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Christian faith and powerful sermons for modern preachers

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too.

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This week we have Oral Roberts with his

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messages, How to Use the Faith You Already

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Have, and then a touch of heaven.

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I am not here in this particular service

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to tell you how to get faith, but

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to tell you how to use the faith

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you already have.

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In the book of Romans, chapter 12, verse

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3, it says that God hath dealt to

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every man the measure of faith.

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So we see by that that faith is

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not something we have to get.

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It is something we already have.

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It is a gift of God to us,

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but we do have to learn to use

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it, to use it in the right way

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and at the right time.

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I am convinced after my experience in dealing

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with multiplied thousands of people that the average

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person is not aware of the faith that

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is in him, and second, that he does

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not know exactly how to release that faith.

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I believe the average person has a rather

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cloudy understanding of his faith.

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For example, I was praying for an individual

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in the prayer line one evening when this

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person said to me, Brother Roberts, I have

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all the faith in the world.

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I replied to that individual, that's your trouble.

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You still have it.

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It's one thing to have it inside you.

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It's another thing to release it, to make

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it a definite act of faith and to

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believe God in a single moment.

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Now a point of contact is something you

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do, and when you do it, you release

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your faith, your faith toward God.

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A point of contact is something tangible.

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It's something that you do, and you do

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it to attain or to receive from God

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his great promises which he has recorded in

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his Holy Bible.

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That's why God has given us faith, to

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attain or to receive from God, and to

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use what he has given us for his

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glory.

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But if God has promised us some specific

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blessing, force, or power, and we do not

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use the weapon he has given us for

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its attainment or receiving it, we might as

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well not have known about God's promise in

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his Holy Word.

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God has given us faith.

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God has shown us how to use our

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faith, and that's my purpose in speaking to

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you today, to talk to you about a

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point of contact for your faith, how to

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obtain a point of contact, how to use

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a point of contact, how to make a

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point of contact something to which you cling

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after you've used it, when you might reach

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a negative state of mind a little later

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on.

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Now God has promised many things to people

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in the Bible.

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He's promised us eternal life.

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He's promised us healing for our bodies, strength

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and soundness for our minds.

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He has promised to supply all our needs

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according to his riches for Christ Jesus and

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glory.

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He has promised to be with us.

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He has promised to use us for his

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glory, to make our lives worthwhile, to help

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us fulfill our mission, to have a sense

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of destiny about us.

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God has promised us many great and powerful

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things through his Holy Bible, but to obtain

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them or to attain unto a certain position

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and to use what we have attained, to

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do that our faith must be released, and

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to release our faith usually we need a

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point of contact, and a point of contact

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in the first place focuses your attention upon

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For example, I read about the impotent man

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who had been a cripple since his mother

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This impotent man was present when the Apostle

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Paul was preaching in the town of Lestrom,

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and the man was sitting down there as

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if to say, why don't you tell me

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to get up and walk in the name

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of the Lord?

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And when Paul perceived that he had faith

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to be healed, he cried out, stand upright

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on thy feet.

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The Bible says the man leaped and walked.

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He didn't learn how to walk.

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He never had walked.

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In a moment of time he leaped and

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he began walking.

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You see, he became one with his point

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What was his point of contact?

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The words of the Apostle Paul.

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When Paul said, stand upright on thy feet,

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he became one with it.

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He focused his mind upon the God who

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was in the life of the Apostle Paul.

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So you, by using a point of contact,

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focused your attention upon God.

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You get it off of your sickness or

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your sin or your need, and you turn

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your mind away to God who alone is

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the answer to that.

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You focus your attention upon him.

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You see how important it is to make

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your faith or your believing a single act

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of faith.

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When you use a point of contact, for

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example, the laying on of hands, that's a

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point of contact.

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You use the anointing oil, as mentioned in

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the fifth chapter of the book of James,

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that is a point of contact.

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When you use the prayer of faith, that

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is a point of contact.

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When you use any words in the Bible

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or any words of a man of God,

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when you read these words or you hear

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these words, that is a point of contact.

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Now, when you use that point of contact,

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whatever it is, through it your faith is

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Once you've released your faith, it is sent

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to God, and the answer to what you

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have asked for has begun to come to

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The saving of your soul, the healing of

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your body, or the supplying of some need,

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whatever it may be, once that starts coming

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to pass, then your point of contact becomes

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a great force to which you cling.

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After you've received what you have prayed for,

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you hold on and you say, I will

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never doubt.

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I know that I have received this from

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There are many examples in the Bible of

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how people use the point of contact to

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receive or to attain things from God.

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They used a point of contact to receive

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They used a point of contact to attain

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for God, to do things in the service

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of God.

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Moses raised his rod.

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The raising of his rod became a point

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Now, many people look upon the rod of

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Moses which he raised, and through it performed

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outstanding miracles as a magic wand.

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They think all Moses had to do was

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just raise up a rod and suddenly the

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Red Sea would part, or God would give

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manna, or bring water from the plenty rock.

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But the fact is that if Moses had

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not released his faith when he raised his

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rod, nothing would have happened.

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The raising of his rod was a point

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of contact.

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He became one with that point of contact.

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When you use a point of contact, you

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become one with it.

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You put your mind on it.

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your point of contact become one.

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So that as Moses raised his rod, he

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was one with it, reaching up to God,

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that God would perform those mighty miracles.

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Our hands are a point of contact, if

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we believe.

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The anointing oil is a point of contact,

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if we believe.

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The words of Christ in the Bible are

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a point of contact, if we believe.

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They are nothing if we do not believe.

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If you have sin in your life that's

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unconfessed and unforgiven, and you come to receive

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the laying on of hands of anointing oil,

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what can happen?

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If you are willing and honest and sincere,

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and you want deliverance from those sins, even

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in a healing act, you can receive forgiveness.

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And if they have committed sins, they shall

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be forgiven them.

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Let every head be bowed.

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Reverend Roberts is making an appeal for the

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people to make their personal decision for Christ.

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Hundreds are accepting this invitation and coming from

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all over the tent.

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Now they are praying a prayer of dedication

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with Reverend Roberts.

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They have made their personal decision to live

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a Christian life.

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Now they are going to a place for

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further prayer with Christian workers.

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Here now is Reverend Roberts to talk to

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you.

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I'm sure while you have been watching your

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television screen, listening to the message, participating spiritually

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here in the great tent cathedral with us

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in the worship of God, that you too

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have a desire to dedicate, to give yourself

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to God in a new way.

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Most people need to rededicate their lives.

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And now may I have the opportunity of

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praying a prayer with you.

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While the others remain quiet here before me,

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I'm asking you to put your hands together

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in prayer, there as you watch your television

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screen, and repeat after me.

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Oh Lord, I dedicate my life and surrender

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it into thy loving hands, knowing I am

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unable to manage my own life.

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And so I ask Christ to take control,

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to guide me in all my endeavors, that

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I may serve thee forever, through thy Son

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Jesus Christ, I pray and I believe.

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Amen.

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I think if you prayed that prayer sincerely

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and with faith that God heard it and

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has given you a sense and a feeling

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that's indescribable in its peace, its security, and

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its joy.

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I have a little article here that I

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have prepared, Ten Ways to Know You Are

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Saved.

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Ten unmistakable evidences by which you will know

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that your heart is right with God, that

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you have eternal salvation.

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It will be a privilege to me to

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send you a copy of this, if you

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will write and ask for it.

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It is a free piece of Christ-centered

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literature prepared by me, entitled Ten Ways to

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Know You Are Saved.

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Anyone here in the audience can write for

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it, Oral Roberts Tulsa to Oklahoma, anyone the

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television audience, ask for it by name, Ten

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Ways to Know You Are Saved.

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Now I will be, I will be praying

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for the healing of the sick shortly, knowing

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that Christ is a merciful being, that he

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is our hope.

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We know that God is merciful, that he's

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concerned over the healing of the human family.

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He has given us wonderful doctors, medicine, hospitals,

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nurses, and he often heals through those methods

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We know also that God heals through prayer,

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and as we come to him in prayer,

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we know that it is not something we

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can do by depending upon ourselves.

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We must look away from ourselves to the

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great and merciful God.

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And just before I pray for the first

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person here today, I suggest that all of

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us will bow our heads in a moment

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of silent prayer, asking the great healing God

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to be in our midst.

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Amen.

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I'm glad to see you folks.

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Glad to be here too.

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I noticed on your card, but before I

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noticed it, I had a feeling that you

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were a ranger.

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Yeah, I am.

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Shake, pardon me.

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Mr. Leo Olson of Kevin, Montana.

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Keevan.

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Keevan, Montana.

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A ranger.

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You and your wife, you have a bad

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heart.

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Yeah, and my phosphate glands have all swollen

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up.

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But I notice here on your card, your

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heart beats 120.

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It should be 80.

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Yeah.

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And it skips.

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Yeah.

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And the wife has high blood pressure.

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I remember you, you working with the Indians

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through our ministry.

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Yes, Brother Roberts.

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How do you do?

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Why didn't you tell me?

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I was at Brother Griffin's desk when you

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was at McLeod there.

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Yes, you've been taking our literature among the

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Indians, right?

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Yes.

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Well, how wonderful to see you again.

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You had some good experiences among them.

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Oh, Brother.

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Wonderful.

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Well, tell me what?

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Well, we was way north up there where

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they bury them in the trees and on

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the ground.

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They don't bury them in the ground.

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It freezes too hard.

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They don't put them in the ground.

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And those Indians up there, your radio station

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on Peace River, don't ever take that off.

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All the work that's wonderful doing up there.

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Among the Indians.

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Oh, yes.

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And all those people up north there, 400

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miles between us, full gospel churches up there.

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All you people who are supporting our radio

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broadcast, listen to this.

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We've contacted many of those people up there

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that when we told them we've been in

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our Roberts meetings, you can talk to them.

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They hear you on Peace River.

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Oh, Brother, that's all I got to look

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forward to.

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God bless you for being so wonderful to

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work with.

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And oh, what a blessed trip we had.

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We wanted to go this summer, but I

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got sick in March.

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All right.

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And you're healed.

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Would you go back to the Indians?

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Amen.

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I'm going to go.

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You will go.

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Father, heal him that he may work among

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the Indians for Christ.

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Heal him!

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Thank you, Jesus.

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Thank you, Jesus.

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Yes, praise God.

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What do you feel like doing right now?

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Oh, I'm ready to go any day.

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I've enjoyed talking with you.

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God bless both of you.

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Go with you.

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How do you do, my sister?

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Who are you and where are you from?

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I'm Hope Askew.

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You're from Japan?

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Yes.

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Well, you don't look Japanese.

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I wish I were.

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You mean that?

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I mean it with all my heart.

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How long were you in Japan?

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We've been there eight years, invading territory where

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the gospel has never been preached before.

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Is that a fact?

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Well, have you returned home on furlough or

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something?

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My husband is still there, but he sent

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me home to rest.

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He thought I was breaking.

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He said I would rather have you go

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home and rest and live without you than

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not to have you.

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All right.

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Why are you in our prayer line to

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receive prayer for your body?

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No, I have nothing physically wrong with me.

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I just need rest.

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But I wanted to thank you, Brother Roberts,

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for the literature that you sent to us,

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barrels and barrels of it.

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And I want to invite you to Japan

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from thousands of Japanese and servicemen and missionaries.

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How long have you been here?

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I left Japan in May.

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I know.

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But here in the crusade, I came Tuesday.

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Well, let me shake your hand.

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We welcome you here.

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It's nice to have you.

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I love to have missionaries visit our crusades.

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I would love to go to Japan.

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I've been invited there by some of the

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Japanese officials.

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Your literature has been carried to many villages

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that never had heard the name of Jesus.

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In fact, I put on forty five pounds

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of gear and flew to an island that

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had never heard the gospel with a young

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Baptist pilot who offered to take me.

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We found thirty seven thousand people on that

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island that had never heard the name of

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Jesus.

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So we went back by ship and took

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a crew with us and saw that everyone

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had at least a tract.

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We don't have enough literature.

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Was it our tract?

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As far as yours went.

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We didn't send you enough?

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No, it's never enough.

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Well, Sister, we're putting out almost one million

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copies a week, fifty million pieces a year.

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We must increase that.

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I see that now.

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Well, over there, we give out thousands every

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day, so there's no end to the need.

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God help us.

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God help us.

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Well, I'm glad to know you're in our

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crusade.

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Thank you for coming up here and telling

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me this.

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God bless you.

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Give you strength.

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Amen.

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Isn't that wonderful?

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We are working with missionaries all over the

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world.

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We seldom ever see them.

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And it's a happy surprise to see her.

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Robert Boyd, Pomeroy, Washington, a farmer, Church of

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the Nazarene.

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Robert is thirty five years old.

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He's a choir director in his church.

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He has rheumatoid arthritis, constant pain for five

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years.

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He has been to the Mayo Clinic.

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And here he is asking for prayer from

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this great audience and from me, Robert Boyd.

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Have you a family?

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Yes, I have.

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Are they with you?

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My wife is with me.

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Where is she?

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Mrs. Boyd, raise your hand.

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Quickly come forward and stand by your husband.

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Robert, while she is coming, I want to

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ask you a simple question.

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What makes you think you will be healed?

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I know the Lord heals.

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I believe him completely.

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I've watched your ministry.

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My wife is from a praying family.

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I'm from a praying family.

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We just believe in God.

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Mrs. Boyd, what makes you think your husband

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will be healed?

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I just know that God will heal him.

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Do you think he will begin the healing

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today?

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Yes, I know that he will.

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What do you base that on?

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He's already started the healing.

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As my faith grows through this campaign, I've

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felt better day by day.

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And today I felt better than I felt

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in several years.

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And the main thing to me is my

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mental depression.

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Over this affliction?

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Yes, after enough years of pain, I think

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the mental depression is probably as bad as

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the pain.

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But I thank the Lord that I have

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felt better today and happier.

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And I praise him for that.

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Robert, we're going to pray with joy, not

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with begging and despair and hoping.

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We're praying with joy.

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The joy of the Lord is your strength,

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the Bible says.

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Father, I ask that you take the last

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pain from his body, remove the stiffness from

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his limbs, and heal him from the crown

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of his head to the sole of his

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feet.

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Robert Boyd, disengage your arm from your wife's

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hands.

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In the name of the Lord, do exactly

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as I do.

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Raise your legs up and down.

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Now move your shoulders up and down.

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Robert Boyd, say praise the Lord.

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Praise the Lord.

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I do praise the Lord.

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Robert Boyd, where is the mental depression?

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It's gone.

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It's gone forever.

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I know it is.

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Open and close your hands.

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Find one single pain or stiffness anywhere in

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your body.

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Move and find it if you can.

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It's gone.

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I know it's gone.

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Tell me, how do you feel in your

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soul?

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I feel good in my soul.

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I love the Lord.

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What do you feel like doing?

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I feel like praising the Lord tonight.

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Well, praise him.

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Praise him.

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Let's all raise our hands and praise the

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Lord.

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Yes.

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The point that I want everyone to see

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in this service is when we pray for

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the healing of the sick or we receive

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healing for ourselves, let us do it with

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joy, with the joy of the Lord, praying

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with gladness.

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Thank God there is a God.

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We have an opportunity to be healed.

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Glory to his name.

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Miss Boyd, how do you feel?

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Wonderful.

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I thank God.

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Are you surprised?

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No, I'm not.

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She had my faith for me to begin

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with.

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Brother, you had all the faith in the

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world then.

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I did.

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I had a lot of faith.

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Yes, you did.

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That's what did it.

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I thank her and I thank the Lord.

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I thank you for your prayer.

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God bless you.

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This is your moment.

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This is God's hour to heal you and

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make you whole.

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Please come up here and touch my hand

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with yours.

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And let me touch yours with my hand

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and let me pray for you.

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I know God can heal you.

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Ready?

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Oh, God, through Christ, through Jesus Christ, through

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Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ,

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through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus

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Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through

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Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ,

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through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus

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Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through

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Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ,

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through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus

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Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through

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Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ,

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through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus

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Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through

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Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ,

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through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus

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Christ, through Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, by

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whose stripes we are healed.

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I come to thee as an instrument and

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may thy healing power flow as I pray.

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And may this friend feel the power of

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God.

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May thy healing spirit go from the crown

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of their head to the soles of their

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feet.

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Heal.

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Oh, God, heal.

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Heal.

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Father, I thank thee that thy healing power

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is flowing.

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Let it continue through the name of thy

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son, Jesus of Nazareth.

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Amen and amen.

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Now look up and believe.

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We take you now to the Oral Roberts

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Million-Soul Crusade at Eugene, Oregon.

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Reverend Roberts is reading the text of his

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message.

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Now from Psalms chapter 34, verse 10, I'd

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like to read these words.

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They that seek the Lord shall not lack

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any good thing.

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Now here is Reverend Roberts with his sermon

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for today.

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Well, we have a great subject for this

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evening's service and it is titled, A Touch

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of Heaven.

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It is my opinion that the Lord wants

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us to have many of the wonderful things

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of heaven while we walk this narrow veil

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called the earth.

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And there are so many things that speak

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of heaven as we follow after God.

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For is not the peace of God in

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our hearts a touch of heaven?

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Is not the healing in our bodies a

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touch of heaven?

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Is not freedom from fear a touch of

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heaven?

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Is not the joy unspeakable and full of

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glory from the hand of God a touch

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of heaven?

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Is not his presence with us every day,

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every hour, every moment, isn't that a touch

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of heaven?

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Do we not have the portion of the

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heavenly world in us from time to time

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reminding us of that wonderful place called heaven?

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And is it not true tonight that all

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of us who have ever felt the wonderful

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blessing of the Lord in any way, isn't

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it true that every one of us should

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think of that in terms of eternal life

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and what's going to happen to us forever

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when we leave this world and cross over

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to the banks of sweet deliverance?

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Well, it's a wonderful thing to think about

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heaven.

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No doubt the psalmist David was thinking about

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heaven and a touch of heaven down here

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when he said, bless the Lord, oh my

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soul, and forget not all his benefits, who

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forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your

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diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who

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crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,

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who reneweth your youth like the eagles.

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Here we have forgiveness, deliverance, redemption, tender mercies,

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loving kindness, satisfaction, a renewing of our youth,

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and all those things speak of the kingdom

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of God and heaven and eternity, and they

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began right here.

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Do the miracles all have to be performed

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in heaven, or can we expect miracles to

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be performed down here?

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Did not Christ go about over the earth

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giving people a foretaste of that heavenly world?

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Did not he touch them with his wonderful

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hands, healing, saving, delivering, blessing, giving them life

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and body, soul, and mind, and wasn't that

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his way of saying, this is what heaven

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is like, this is what you're going to

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have a lot of when you get over

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there?

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Didn't he give people a touch and a

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taste of that better world?

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When we think of miracles, we usually think

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of the heavenly world.

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We look upon a hopeless situation on earth

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and speak of a miracle, and almost invariably

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someone will say, well, someday yes, over in

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heaven.

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But we can't expect that down here.

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So can we look for miracles to happen

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here, or do they happen only in heaven?

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Let me give you a story from the

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fifth chapter of Luke's gospel.

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And in preaching these sermons, I've always tried

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to take my stand by the side of

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men and women of the Bible, rather than

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someone else I know, men and women who

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have dealt with God, and whose stories are

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placed in the Bible for a purpose.

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For I think that is the only kind

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of preaching that I've ever understood, that makes

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me know what God is like.

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Now one day Christ came up to the

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disciples, before they were his disciples.

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Before they had left all to follow him,

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and they saw, he saw them mending their

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nets.

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He asked for the loan of Peter's boat,

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which was graciously given, which he used for

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a pulpit to preach.

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And then he said to Simon Peter, launch

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out in the deep and let down your

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net for a catch.

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Well, Peter spoke up and said, Lord, we

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have toiled all night and have taken nothing.

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Jesus said, put out into the deep and

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let down your net for a catch.

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But Lord, we've toiled all night out there

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and have taken nothing.

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In other words, Lord, it is like Peter

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is saying, Lord, that would take a miracle.

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And miracles only happen in heaven.

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There's no need for me to go out

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in the same body of water and fish,

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for I've feasted all night and caught nothing.

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And Jesus answered, put out of the deep

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and let down your net for a catch.

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In other words, it was like Jesus was

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saying, Peter, miracles don't happen in heaven.

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They're made to happen on earth.

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Now, as you think about this answer, consider

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this.

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Can anyone tell me of one need of

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a miracle in heaven?

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Can anyone anywhere tell me where anybody who

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ever goes to heaven will ever need a

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00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:12,020
miracle?

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Now, just think a minute.

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I imagine the one in heaven isn't thinking

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about miracles.

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He isn't even thinking about it in need

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because he's not in need.

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Now, we people don't always think right, and

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our wrong believing is hindering us, and we

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00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:31,740
can change that if we only will.

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00:30:32,380 --> 00:30:33,980
What do we expect God to do?

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00:30:33,980 --> 00:30:36,340
To do in heaven that we don't expect

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00:30:36,340 --> 00:30:37,580
him to do down here?

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Well, we expect him to completely save our

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00:30:40,380 --> 00:30:40,880
souls.

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In my opinion, you'll never get there in

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the first place if your soul is completely

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00:30:45,220 --> 00:30:45,660
saved.

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We expect God to heal our bodies when

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we get to heaven, but up there we'll

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00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:52,180
have a brand new body, a resurrected body.

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We need to ask him for healing down

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00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:54,360
here.

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Isn't that right?

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It is up on this earth that we

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must make miracles take place.

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We must make them happen.

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So Peter said, Lord, nevertheless at thy word

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I will do it.

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00:31:07,540 --> 00:31:08,460
I will do what?

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00:31:08,540 --> 00:31:10,280
I will put out into the deep and

746
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:11,960
let down my net for a catch.

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00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,580
I will make this thing happen.

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Miracles have to be made to happen, and

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00:31:16,340 --> 00:31:18,720
they always happen when they're made to happen.

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When men and women cooperate with God, God

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00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,940
makes miracles come to pass in our lives.

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Not on the streets of glory, but on

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the streets of our towns, on our country

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roads, in our houses, our businesses, out on

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00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:35,020
the lakes, in the creek, in the kitchen,

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00:31:35,420 --> 00:31:38,240
wherever we are, God makes the miracles come

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00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:38,920
to pass.

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Do miracles only happen in heaven?

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00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,280
They also happen here.

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And Peter launched out, he threw out his

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00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,440
net, he caught so many fish his net

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00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,820
began to break, and when they got the

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net of fish in the boat, the boat

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00:31:51,220 --> 00:31:52,040
began to sink.

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That's a net-breaking, boat-sinking load, and

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that's a miracle catch, because later Simon Peter

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fell upon his face and cried, Depart from

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00:32:01,460 --> 00:32:04,120
me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.

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The miracle catch brought him to his knees

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00:32:07,260 --> 00:32:10,200
and humble surrender to Christ, who said, Follow

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me, and I will make you.

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This is what a miracle should do.

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It should humble us, it should make us

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00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:23,100
fall upon our faces and cry, Lord, Lord,

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00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,260
have compassion upon me, I haven't been living

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00:32:26,260 --> 00:32:29,200
right, I surrender my life to thee.

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Here is the touch of heaven.

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00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,420
Boy, you would think of catching fish like

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00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:37,280
that over in heaven, but Christ thought of

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00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,200
catching fish like that down here on earth.

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00:32:40,260 --> 00:32:43,260
Now what is your thinking compared to what

782
00:32:43,260 --> 00:32:44,420
I am talking about?

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00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,340
Is your mind off in another place?

784
00:32:49,030 --> 00:32:53,080
Is your hope in that world called heaven?

785
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,320
Or are you expecting God to take a

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00:32:56,320 --> 00:33:00,540
hand in your life now, here, in your

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00:33:00,540 --> 00:33:04,240
everyday affairs, in your house, your job, your

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00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:04,960
business?

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00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,580
What do you expect God to do?

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00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:09,160
That is the question.

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00:33:09,660 --> 00:33:11,460
Do you believe in a touch of heaven?

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00:33:11,820 --> 00:33:14,100
Do you believe that God wants much of

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00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:16,300
heaven to happen to us here, for us

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00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:18,260
to have and to enjoy while we live

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00:33:18,260 --> 00:33:19,240
upon this earth?

796
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,520
Do you believe that Christ came down into

797
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,920
this world to break the barrier between man

798
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,680
and God, to crush the wall of separation

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00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,280
and to make us one?

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00:33:28,660 --> 00:33:30,520
Do you believe that Christ opened up a

801
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:34,720
new realm of possibility, of miracles, of a

802
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:36,560
limitless kind of living?

803
00:33:36,980 --> 00:33:39,200
Do you believe that Christ had the keys

804
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,180
to the kingdom and gave us the keys?

805
00:33:41,740 --> 00:33:43,440
Do you believe he opened the door and

806
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,400
said to us, follow me, follow me, and

807
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,420
we follow him into that world of miracle

808
00:33:49,420 --> 00:33:50,260
working power?

809
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:51,640
Do you believe that tonight?

810
00:33:52,140 --> 00:33:54,740
You see, your mind has to be transformed

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and renewed by the Holy Spirit.

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00:33:57,420 --> 00:33:59,520
You cannot think of God in terms of

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00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,380
man or of heaven in relation to this

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00:34:02,380 --> 00:34:02,700
earth.

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00:34:03,020 --> 00:34:05,040
You must see that God has the power

816
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:06,640
to intervene in human affairs.

817
00:34:07,139 --> 00:34:10,179
He has the ability to change earthly circumstances.

818
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,360
God coming into our midst changes our very

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00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:15,300
lives.

820
00:34:15,659 --> 00:34:17,280
He changes our social status.

821
00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:21,219
He changes our bodies, our minds, our circumstances,

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00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:24,679
our souls, our abiding place, our everything.

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Glory to his name.

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00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,860
But it's like wasting my breath if you

825
00:34:32,860 --> 00:34:35,620
do not accept it, if you do not

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00:34:35,620 --> 00:34:36,239
believe it.

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00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,480
If you can sit there and hear this

828
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,840
and leave with the same opinion, why have

829
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:41,860
you come to begin with?

830
00:34:42,540 --> 00:34:44,639
If you're not here to open your mind

831
00:34:44,639 --> 00:34:47,120
and to learn the way God works, then

832
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,239
you're wasting your time.

833
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:50,300
We're serious in this meeting.

834
00:34:50,739 --> 00:34:53,159
We smile and we have a wonderful time,

835
00:34:53,260 --> 00:34:56,139
but in the hard core of our believing

836
00:34:56,139 --> 00:34:58,960
is a streak of soberness and seriousness because

837
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,140
we are here not to play but to

838
00:35:01,140 --> 00:35:01,460
work.

839
00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:03,960
We are here not to be seen or

840
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,040
to see but to reveal God to men

841
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:07,440
and to women and to children and to

842
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,660
let people have a true picture of God,

843
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,760
that God is good, that God will intervene

844
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,620
in our affairs, that miracles are for this

845
00:35:15,620 --> 00:35:18,880
life, that faith is our keys to the

846
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,000
kingdom, that we have an open door into

847
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,780
the green pastures and down beside the waters,

848
00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:27,540
that his rod and staff comfort us, he

849
00:35:27,540 --> 00:35:29,420
leads us into the paths of righteousness for

850
00:35:29,420 --> 00:35:31,720
his name's sake, he anoints our head with

851
00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:33,480
oil, our cups run over.

852
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:36,600
God is a good God and he has

853
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,980
a world of goodness waiting for us to

854
00:35:38,980 --> 00:35:42,380
participate in, to walk into, to walk through,

855
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,080
to live in, and to use as a

856
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,320
very foretaste of that world called heaven.

857
00:35:48,620 --> 00:35:50,380
Will you bow your heads please?

858
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:58,520
I want every man, every woman, every boy

859
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,920
and every girl without exception in the audience

860
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,080
who believes in my prayers and you want

861
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,120
my prayers for your soul, just leave your

862
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:09,500
body out of it for a few minutes,

863
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:13,360
just for your soul, the salvation of your

864
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,640
soul, that Christ will be your Lord and

865
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,220
you will know it, that you're a stand

866
00:36:19,220 --> 00:36:21,300
up on God's side Christian.

867
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,180
That's what I want to pray with you

868
00:36:24,180 --> 00:36:24,940
about tonight.

869
00:36:25,620 --> 00:36:28,540
If you're not really, really, really saved, if

870
00:36:28,540 --> 00:36:30,720
you don't truly, truly, truly have the Lord,

871
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,260
if he's not the Lord and master of

872
00:36:33,260 --> 00:36:35,420
your life, I'm asking you to let me

873
00:36:35,420 --> 00:36:36,040
pray for you.

874
00:36:36,620 --> 00:36:38,240
And now will you take the first step?

875
00:36:38,340 --> 00:36:40,820
I want every man, every woman, every boy,

876
00:36:40,820 --> 00:36:42,540
every girl who wants me to pray that

877
00:36:42,540 --> 00:36:43,540
prayer for your soul.

878
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:45,900
Will you take the first step please in

879
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:48,260
his name right now and raise up your

880
00:36:48,260 --> 00:36:49,360
right hand quickly.

881
00:36:50,260 --> 00:36:51,680
Up high, up high, up high, put them

882
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:52,100
up high.

883
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:54,440
Hold them there, don't take them down.

884
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:56,400
Several hundred hands.

885
00:36:57,220 --> 00:36:59,840
Now if you're sincere, take the second step

886
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:01,880
and stand on your feet for my prayer.

887
00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:03,440
Please stand right now.

888
00:37:04,260 --> 00:37:06,140
They're standing, they're getting up everywhere.

889
00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:08,360
Beautiful, beautiful sight.

890
00:37:08,980 --> 00:37:10,340
Now we have a place here at the

891
00:37:10,340 --> 00:37:12,140
platform where I want you to walk forward

892
00:37:12,140 --> 00:37:12,800
and stand.

893
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:15,420
Do not sit back down, but I want

894
00:37:15,420 --> 00:37:17,200
you to quickly, rapidly walk up here for

895
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:17,640
my prayer.

896
00:37:17,780 --> 00:37:19,260
Quickly, step right out in the aisle, come

897
00:37:19,260 --> 00:37:20,780
forward as quickly as you can.

898
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,160
While these dear friends are coming from all

899
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,740
over the Tent Cathedral, I'm asking you, the

900
00:37:30,740 --> 00:37:33,160
viewer there, to join with me in this

901
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:33,500
prayer.

902
00:37:34,140 --> 00:37:35,900
And let me pray the prayer of forgiveness

903
00:37:35,900 --> 00:37:39,080
for your own soul and ask God to

904
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:40,020
come into your heart.

905
00:37:40,780 --> 00:37:42,620
And while they are coming, will you prepare

906
00:37:42,620 --> 00:37:43,200
yourself.

907
00:37:43,860 --> 00:37:45,740
As you prepare yourself, I want to be

908
00:37:45,740 --> 00:37:48,740
praying for you, for your salvation.

909
00:38:09,730 --> 00:38:11,270
Now then each one of you raise your

910
00:38:11,270 --> 00:38:12,090
head up please.

911
00:38:14,310 --> 00:38:15,570
Close your eyes.

912
00:38:18,350 --> 00:38:22,170
Now earnestly repeat after me out loud this

913
00:38:22,170 --> 00:38:22,630
prayer.

914
00:38:23,790 --> 00:38:28,290
O Lord Jesus, I want to make Thee

915
00:38:28,290 --> 00:38:33,630
my Lord and Master, to surrender my life

916
00:38:33,630 --> 00:38:37,610
to God, and ask Thee to take charge

917
00:38:37,610 --> 00:38:38,290
of my life.

918
00:38:40,650 --> 00:38:45,890
I repent of all my sins, ask forgiveness

919
00:38:45,890 --> 00:38:52,330
and pardon, and now I receive Christ as

920
00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:53,910
my Lord and Master.

921
00:38:55,610 --> 00:38:59,570
And by God's grace, I will endeavor to

922
00:38:59,570 --> 00:39:03,550
live a Christian life, a life of faith,

923
00:39:04,610 --> 00:39:05,850
forever and ever.

924
00:39:06,870 --> 00:39:09,990
In His dear name, the name of Jesus

925
00:39:09,990 --> 00:39:14,150
Christ, I pray and I believe.

926
00:39:14,930 --> 00:39:15,490
Amen.

927
00:39:17,130 --> 00:39:19,290
I hope that while I prayed the prayer

928
00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:21,590
with these many hundreds of our friends who

929
00:39:21,590 --> 00:39:23,470
came to give their lives to Christ, that

930
00:39:23,470 --> 00:39:25,070
you prayed the prayer too.

931
00:39:25,910 --> 00:39:28,990
If you prayed that prayer from your heart,

932
00:39:29,870 --> 00:39:32,130
I believe that Christ has come into your

933
00:39:32,130 --> 00:39:35,770
heart, for he hears the earnest sincere prayer

934
00:39:35,770 --> 00:39:37,550
of any human being.

935
00:39:38,530 --> 00:39:40,370
And might I have the privilege of receiving

936
00:39:40,370 --> 00:39:42,850
a letter from you telling me about your

937
00:39:42,850 --> 00:39:46,110
decision, how you feel in your heart since

938
00:39:46,110 --> 00:39:47,670
you offered this prayer.

939
00:39:48,310 --> 00:39:50,090
I assure you when I receive your letter,

940
00:39:50,190 --> 00:39:52,090
I will answer it and I will pray

941
00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:52,850
with you further.

942
00:39:53,910 --> 00:39:56,510
Write your letter to me, Oral Roberts, Tulsa

943
00:39:56,510 --> 00:39:57,910
2, Oklahoma.

944
00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:01,750
I know God has a new life for

945
00:40:01,750 --> 00:40:02,030
you.

946
00:40:03,010 --> 00:40:04,930
I'll be back in a few moments to

947
00:40:04,930 --> 00:40:06,970
offer prayer for the healing of the sick.

948
00:40:07,690 --> 00:40:09,530
Right now, we're going to send you to

949
00:40:09,530 --> 00:40:13,110
our prayer tent for further prayer and inspiration.

950
00:40:22,770 --> 00:40:24,770
Now we ask the blessing of the Lord

951
00:40:24,770 --> 00:40:25,890
upon the prayer line.

952
00:40:26,530 --> 00:40:29,510
We thank God for good doctors, for what

953
00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:32,070
they're doing to help people everywhere.

954
00:40:32,410 --> 00:40:34,570
We also thank God for the power of

955
00:40:34,570 --> 00:40:34,990
prayer.

956
00:40:35,810 --> 00:40:37,830
We're coming out to pray, not in our

957
00:40:37,830 --> 00:40:39,450
name, but in Christ's name.

958
00:40:40,030 --> 00:40:42,690
Not to try to heal ourselves because we

959
00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:45,670
cannot heal, but to pray in his name

960
00:40:45,670 --> 00:40:47,590
who alone can heal.

961
00:40:48,170 --> 00:40:51,110
We're looking forward to his mercy, his compassion.

962
00:40:52,030 --> 00:40:53,650
I'll be praying for you in the audience

963
00:40:53,650 --> 00:40:56,510
shortly, so everyone keep your mind on God.

964
00:40:56,970 --> 00:40:58,550
We'll be praying for you too.

965
00:40:59,350 --> 00:41:00,530
All right, Brother Deweese.

966
00:41:01,590 --> 00:41:03,970
My brother, what's the matter with your leg?

967
00:41:05,190 --> 00:41:05,790
Osteomyelitis.

968
00:41:06,970 --> 00:41:09,350
Osteomyelitis of the right knee and leg.

969
00:41:09,410 --> 00:41:10,610
When did this happen, Alfred?

970
00:41:11,390 --> 00:41:12,990
Around the 1st of January.

971
00:41:13,390 --> 00:41:15,870
I had an operation of the right knee

972
00:41:15,870 --> 00:41:18,330
and they put a cap in it, but

973
00:41:18,330 --> 00:41:21,830
it started over on my left side now.

974
00:41:22,550 --> 00:41:26,130
Alfred Lash of 1657 McKinley Street, Eugene.

975
00:41:27,050 --> 00:41:28,410
All right, sir.

976
00:41:28,530 --> 00:41:31,710
Is your leg normal size or normal length?

977
00:41:32,330 --> 00:41:32,970
Yes, sir.

978
00:41:33,050 --> 00:41:35,510
They're both the same length, but the knee

979
00:41:35,510 --> 00:41:37,890
cap, the one that's operated on, is a

980
00:41:37,890 --> 00:41:38,530
lot larger.

981
00:41:38,810 --> 00:41:40,390
It don't even look like a knee cap

982
00:41:40,390 --> 00:41:40,730
now.

983
00:41:40,810 --> 00:41:42,290
What did the doctors say about your knee,

984
00:41:42,510 --> 00:41:42,610
sir?

985
00:41:42,850 --> 00:41:44,270
Well, they said that I'd be in a

986
00:41:44,270 --> 00:41:46,930
wheelchair within five years if I couldn't find

987
00:41:46,930 --> 00:41:49,290
some way to get treatment for it.

988
00:41:49,810 --> 00:41:51,450
Well, Alfred, what makes you think God can

989
00:41:51,450 --> 00:41:52,030
heal that?

990
00:41:52,250 --> 00:41:54,430
Well, the Lord says he'd heal you, you

991
00:41:54,430 --> 00:41:54,590
know.

992
00:41:55,050 --> 00:41:56,870
All you have to do is believe and

993
00:41:56,870 --> 00:41:58,350
I believe in him.

994
00:41:59,710 --> 00:42:01,390
It's up to me to pray, isn't it?

995
00:42:01,710 --> 00:42:04,170
Father, we ask you for his healing, for

996
00:42:04,170 --> 00:42:06,330
the swelling of the knee to go down,

997
00:42:06,470 --> 00:42:08,190
for his leg to receive strength and health.

998
00:42:08,710 --> 00:42:12,310
Heal through Jesus Christ, the son of the

999
00:42:12,310 --> 00:42:13,170
living God.

1000
00:42:13,690 --> 00:42:14,250
Amen.

1001
00:42:15,610 --> 00:42:18,030
Sir, can you raise your leg up and

1002
00:42:18,030 --> 00:42:18,370
down?

1003
00:42:19,190 --> 00:42:20,130
Now the other one.

1004
00:42:21,610 --> 00:42:23,410
Take hold of your right knee.

1005
00:42:27,930 --> 00:42:29,410
What are you smiling about?

1006
00:42:29,510 --> 00:42:29,970
Thank you.

1007
00:42:33,590 --> 00:42:36,050
Well, I know you mean to thank God,

1008
00:42:36,170 --> 00:42:36,430
don't you?

1009
00:42:36,490 --> 00:42:37,330
You're not thanking me.

1010
00:42:37,610 --> 00:42:38,610
You're thanking God.

1011
00:42:38,990 --> 00:42:40,450
Well, God bless you and go with you

1012
00:42:40,450 --> 00:42:41,210
is my prayer.

1013
00:42:41,710 --> 00:42:42,150
Amen.

1014
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,600
Sister, if you have faith as big as

1015
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:55,600
the smile you have, you should get your

1016
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:55,920
healing.

1017
00:42:56,100 --> 00:42:56,620
Hello, sir.

1018
00:42:58,300 --> 00:42:59,140
What's your name?

1019
00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:02,900
I am W.B. Scogerson and my wife

1020
00:43:02,900 --> 00:43:03,660
Mary Scogerson.

1021
00:43:03,700 --> 00:43:04,080
From?

1022
00:43:04,620 --> 00:43:05,440
Boise, Idaho.

1023
00:43:05,700 --> 00:43:06,360
Your church?

1024
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:07,800
Presbyterian.

1025
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:09,060
Are you losing your sight?

1026
00:43:09,340 --> 00:43:09,900
I am.

1027
00:43:10,580 --> 00:43:12,860
I have a cataract in my right eye

1028
00:43:12,860 --> 00:43:15,320
and a tumor in my left eye, which

1029
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:17,800
has almost destroyed the sight in my right

1030
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:18,100
eye.

1031
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:19,760
All right.

1032
00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:22,620
You're a consulting engineer, sir.

1033
00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:24,480
In what field?

1034
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:25,720
Civil and mining.

1035
00:43:26,500 --> 00:43:27,120
Even now?

1036
00:43:27,460 --> 00:43:28,520
Even now, yes.

1037
00:43:28,620 --> 00:43:30,780
And here you are 73 years young.

1038
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:31,440
Yes, sir.

1039
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:32,540
All right.

1040
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:33,820
Are you ready to receive prayer?

1041
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,920
Father, we lay our hands upon him in

1042
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,980
the holy name of Jesus Christ and we

1043
00:43:39,980 --> 00:43:43,980
ask for the miracle of God to heal

1044
00:43:43,980 --> 00:43:45,080
the cataract.

1045
00:43:46,420 --> 00:43:50,560
Sir, sure as you live, you have faith

1046
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,780
and that faith is going to God now.

1047
00:43:53,780 --> 00:43:55,860
I felt it when I touched your body.

1048
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:04,240
I'm choked up now.

1049
00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:06,000
I can see.

1050
00:44:06,300 --> 00:44:07,240
I know you can see.

1051
00:44:07,340 --> 00:44:08,720
I felt it when I touched you.

1052
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:10,000
Can you see me now?

1053
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:11,100
I can see you now.

1054
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:14,120
Yes, I can see you.

1055
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:24,320
Praise God.

1056
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:24,720
Yes.

1057
00:44:25,580 --> 00:44:27,980
You know, sir, I've heard my hands.

1058
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:29,320
You can see your hands.

1059
00:44:29,620 --> 00:44:29,920
Yes.

1060
00:44:30,220 --> 00:44:31,080
How long?

1061
00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:32,400
How long?

1062
00:44:32,660 --> 00:44:34,980
Oh, almost two years now.

1063
00:44:35,020 --> 00:44:36,240
You can see your hands.

1064
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,940
I can see my hands and I can

1065
00:44:37,940 --> 00:44:38,480
see you.

1066
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,120
I wish I had the courage to ask

1067
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:41,120
you how I look to you.

1068
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:44,460
Mr., you look wonderful.

1069
00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:52,200
God bless you, my engineer brother.

1070
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:53,020
Thank you.

1071
00:44:53,020 --> 00:44:54,760
May you return to your work with your

1072
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:56,400
sight and may God get the glory.

1073
00:44:56,900 --> 00:44:57,680
I'm going to.

1074
00:44:57,860 --> 00:44:58,100
Amen.

1075
00:44:58,560 --> 00:44:59,420
God go with you.

1076
00:45:11,460 --> 00:45:14,720
Brother Robert, we have Brother Telford returning with

1077
00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:15,600
a testimonial.

1078
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:17,660
Mighty fine, Brother Telford.

1079
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:18,880
Bring your little girl.

1080
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:20,580
We're so anxious to see you.

1081
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:22,920
Tell me, how are you?

1082
00:45:23,020 --> 00:45:23,840
Fine, thank you.

1083
00:45:23,860 --> 00:45:25,740
We haven't seen you since our Salem organ

1084
00:45:25,740 --> 00:45:26,420
crusade.

1085
00:45:26,540 --> 00:45:27,280
That's right, sir.

1086
00:45:27,740 --> 00:45:31,080
Hi, you're the little shy girl I prayed

1087
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:34,500
for with the spine, with the meningitis in

1088
00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:35,080
your leg.

1089
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:35,740
Isn't that right?

1090
00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:38,220
From from from Salem, Oregon.

1091
00:45:38,340 --> 00:45:39,940
And the last I saw her, she was

1092
00:45:39,940 --> 00:45:42,320
waving with her head to head in your

1093
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,040
arm, waving at me like that.

1094
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:44,640
Isn't that right?

1095
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:45,340
That's right, sir.

1096
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:50,820
If I recall that night, she was able

1097
00:45:50,820 --> 00:45:52,940
to even run, wasn't she?

1098
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,300
Ran off of this very platform like a

1099
00:45:55,300 --> 00:45:55,540
deer.

1100
00:45:55,580 --> 00:45:56,780
I was down at the end there.

1101
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Here now is what actually happened on the

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00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,560
night of August 21st, 1957 at the Salem,

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00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:03,820
Oregon crusade.

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00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:06,160
Girl of defect in her leg.

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00:46:06,340 --> 00:46:07,220
Mr. Telford?

1106
00:46:07,500 --> 00:46:07,980
Yes, sir.

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00:46:08,060 --> 00:46:08,580
Your daughter?

1108
00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:09,360
Yes, sir.

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00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,000
You're from Boring, Oregon, of the Methodist Church?

1110
00:46:12,140 --> 00:46:12,620
Yes, sir.

1111
00:46:12,900 --> 00:46:16,480
Mr. Telford, your baby has been afflicted spinal

1112
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:17,300
meningitis, sir.

1113
00:46:17,580 --> 00:46:18,920
For very long?

1114
00:46:19,020 --> 00:46:20,480
Since she was nine months old.

1115
00:46:20,700 --> 00:46:21,600
Does she talk?

1116
00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:23,420
Oh, yes, she talks like a magpie.

1117
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:28,680
Would you hold her in your arms a

1118
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:29,200
minute, sir?

1119
00:46:29,420 --> 00:46:30,980
I know you've been holding her a long

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00:46:30,980 --> 00:46:32,080
time back there waiting.

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00:46:32,780 --> 00:46:34,800
I want to touch the little leg.

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00:46:35,780 --> 00:46:37,660
Uh, honey, what is your name?

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00:46:38,020 --> 00:46:38,440
Becky.

1124
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:39,400
Becky?

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00:46:39,620 --> 00:46:40,000
Rebecca?

1126
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:43,200
Well now, I have a daughter named Rebecca.

1127
00:46:43,780 --> 00:46:44,880
Do they call you Becky?

1128
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:48,480
Well, uh, some of my little daughter's friends

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00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:50,480
call her Becky, but I call her Reb.

1130
00:46:53,140 --> 00:46:54,220
Which leg, sir?

1131
00:46:54,300 --> 00:46:54,600
Right.

1132
00:46:54,740 --> 00:46:55,400
Right leg?

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00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,620
Jesus, heal this limb.

1134
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:01,300
Heal!

1135
00:47:02,340 --> 00:47:05,600
Mr. Telford, put her down a minute, please.

1136
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:08,960
Mr. Telford, I want to ask you an

1137
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:09,780
honest question.

1138
00:47:09,980 --> 00:47:13,080
Hasn't the Lord begun to help this child

1139
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:14,160
before you came up here?

1140
00:47:14,180 --> 00:47:14,720
Yes, sir.

1141
00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:16,440
Was it in the meeting tonight?

1142
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:17,520
Not tonight, sir.

1143
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:18,820
I was here Saturday night.

1144
00:47:18,980 --> 00:47:19,680
Was it Saturday night?

1145
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:20,120
Yes, sir.

1146
00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:22,400
This child has received something.

1147
00:47:22,500 --> 00:47:24,580
When I prayed, there was nothing came against

1148
00:47:24,580 --> 00:47:24,940
me.

1149
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:29,120
This child has received at least a partial

1150
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:30,560
healing, if not a complete one.

1151
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:32,960
Do you think if you, uh, went over

1152
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:34,560
there alone that she'd walk to you, you

1153
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:35,440
don't think she'd be frightened?

1154
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:37,880
Would you walk clear off the platform?

1155
00:47:38,580 --> 00:47:39,500
Becky, you wait, darling.

1156
00:47:39,940 --> 00:47:41,980
Darling, you wait and you can go to

1157
00:47:41,980 --> 00:47:44,500
your father because he's eager to see you

1158
00:47:44,500 --> 00:47:45,740
take all of those steps.

1159
00:47:59,510 --> 00:48:00,650
Walk up here, sir.

1160
00:48:01,950 --> 00:48:04,790
I tell you, this is extraordinary that this

1161
00:48:04,790 --> 00:48:06,890
child could have received this help out in

1162
00:48:06,890 --> 00:48:07,410
the audience.

1163
00:48:08,950 --> 00:48:11,710
Mr. Telford, she actually ran when she got

1164
00:48:11,710 --> 00:48:11,950
down there.

1165
00:48:11,950 --> 00:48:12,770
I see, sir.

1166
00:48:14,630 --> 00:48:16,110
How does that make you feel?

1167
00:48:16,230 --> 00:48:18,030
Oh, I can't describe it.

1168
00:48:19,330 --> 00:48:20,330
I'm so happy.

1169
00:48:21,710 --> 00:48:22,870
We can't.

1170
00:48:22,870 --> 00:48:23,350
God, thanks.

1171
00:48:23,690 --> 00:48:25,470
Becky, how do you feel?

1172
00:48:28,990 --> 00:48:32,650
Okay, Becky, may I say bye?

1173
00:48:33,170 --> 00:48:34,050
May I say bye?

1174
00:48:34,850 --> 00:48:35,110
Okay.

1175
00:48:39,250 --> 00:48:45,630
Rebecca, how do you feel tonight?

1176
00:48:46,330 --> 00:48:47,830
Good, too.

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00:48:48,690 --> 00:48:51,450
Are you enjoying using your little leg and

1178
00:48:51,450 --> 00:48:52,210
running and walking?

1179
00:48:52,910 --> 00:48:55,030
Yeah, yeah, Robert.

1180
00:48:55,550 --> 00:48:56,170
A lot.

1181
00:48:57,010 --> 00:48:59,190
Do you, uh, you go to Sunday school

1182
00:48:59,190 --> 00:48:59,530
now?

1183
00:48:59,630 --> 00:49:00,070
Yeah.

1184
00:49:00,410 --> 00:49:01,190
You enjoy it?

1185
00:49:01,590 --> 00:49:02,230
Uh-huh.

1186
00:49:02,750 --> 00:49:03,970
Who healed your leg?

1187
00:49:04,070 --> 00:49:04,670
God.

1188
00:49:04,990 --> 00:49:06,190
He surely did.

1189
00:49:06,570 --> 00:49:07,410
God bless you.

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00:49:07,510 --> 00:49:09,750
May I shake your hand and bless you,

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00:49:09,830 --> 00:49:10,070
darling.

1192
00:49:10,790 --> 00:49:14,190
And, Brother Telford, thanks for coming down here

1193
00:49:14,190 --> 00:49:15,390
to tell us this.

1194
00:49:16,070 --> 00:49:16,710
Amen.

1195
00:49:17,770 --> 00:49:18,410
Amen.

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00:49:24,270 --> 00:49:28,510
Now, as always, here is Oral Roberts with

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00:49:28,510 --> 00:49:31,070
outstretched hands to pray for you.

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00:49:31,390 --> 00:49:33,270
Place your hands across your body somewhere.

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00:49:33,990 --> 00:49:36,270
Receive my prayer as a point of contact.

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00:49:36,810 --> 00:49:37,670
God is there.

1201
00:49:37,970 --> 00:49:38,770
God is here.

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00:49:39,190 --> 00:49:41,210
He's hearing and answering prayer here, and I

1203
00:49:41,210 --> 00:49:42,890
know he'll hear and answer prayer there.

1204
00:49:43,050 --> 00:49:45,090
Now, receive my prayer as though I were

1205
00:49:45,090 --> 00:49:46,010
by your side.

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00:49:46,390 --> 00:49:48,310
I know Christ is there by your side.

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00:49:48,870 --> 00:49:51,110
Father, in the name of Christ, we do

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00:49:51,110 --> 00:49:54,190
come to thee for the healing of these

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00:49:54,190 --> 00:49:57,330
dear friends who are watching our ministry through

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00:49:57,330 --> 00:49:58,510
their television screen.

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00:49:59,090 --> 00:50:02,650
We pray for each and every one, and

1212
00:50:02,650 --> 00:50:04,490
in particular, do we pray for this one

1213
00:50:04,490 --> 00:50:07,310
now who is placing their hands across their

1214
00:50:07,310 --> 00:50:07,650
body.

1215
00:50:08,490 --> 00:50:10,710
In the name of Christ, let your healing

1216
00:50:10,710 --> 00:50:14,890
power flow through every fiber of their body.

1217
00:50:15,530 --> 00:50:18,510
Heal and cast out each disease and make

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00:50:18,510 --> 00:50:19,610
them whole.

1219
00:50:20,110 --> 00:50:23,790
Make them whole in the name of Christ.

1220
00:50:24,490 --> 00:50:28,150
And now, in his name, in his name,

1221
00:50:28,250 --> 00:50:29,010
be healed.

1222
00:50:29,870 --> 00:50:31,890
Receive your healing.

1223
00:50:32,650 --> 00:50:37,550
Be healed and set free by the power

1224
00:50:37,550 --> 00:50:40,970
of that man, Jesus Christ, for I ask

1225
00:50:40,970 --> 00:50:42,990
it and believe it in his name.

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00:50:43,610 --> 00:50:43,990
Amen.

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00:50:45,990 --> 00:50:47,830
You've been listening to the From the Pulpit

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in Classic Sermon series.

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00:50:49,590 --> 00:50:51,790
This week, you heard Oral Roberts with his

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00:50:51,790 --> 00:50:53,850
messages, How to Use the Faith You Already

1231
00:50:53,850 --> 00:50:55,610
Have, and A Touch of Heaven.

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00:50:56,170 --> 00:50:57,870
Tune in next week to hear Reinhard Bonnke

1233
00:50:57,870 --> 00:51:00,690
talk about being anointed for battle on From

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00:51:00,690 --> 00:51:02,530
the Pulpit in Classic Sermons.