{"id":10439,"date":"2018-10-04T15:01:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T15:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=10439"},"modified":"2018-10-04T15:01:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T15:01:46","slug":"the-1975-prayer-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/10439\/the-1975-prayer-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1975 Prayer Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

(The following comments refer to the post titled: Notes from a 1975 Prayer Meeting<\/a>, posted 10\/3\/2018.)<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Pastor John.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was writing down my feelings while listening to the CD of your Father, Uncle Joe, Brother Earl and others last night, from a prayer meeting in 1975. It \u00a0brought to my mind feelings of honesty (with themselves), sincerity, humility, faith in God, and desperation, and their need for God.\u00a0 If we are honest with ourselves, that can be our \u201cjudgment\u201d.\u00a0 We can hear and listen to the saints in those old meetings, and it will expose not only our weaknesses, but also any strengths that we may have, such as faith, sincerity, etc..\u00a0 I feel that sincerity for the truth is one of the biggest weapons that one can desire to have.\u00a0 You could feel the love of God and for God when each soul on that CD testified.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their testimonies were real, and you could feel their infirmities and their hurts. Their desperation, their sincerity, and their love for God and others saved them in their daily lives.\u00a0 Thank God that God entrusted Brother Earl to record those meetings! \u00a0Gold is gold, no matter what decade it is found in.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have to travel today, but I sit here with tears rolling down my face for the love that I am feeling for each and every one of those old saints, and the love that I\u2019m feeling for us.\u00a0 It is a precious gift to each of us, what God had done to bring us together.\u00a0 I pray that I take advantage of His presents as well as His presence.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the most beautiful things is that we are in the meetings now and in the presence of saints who were there: Earl, Betty, Barbara, and you. What an honor!\u00a0 I\u2019m beside myself to think that I\u2019m in their mist. \u00a0I pray that our children can feel the \u00a0good things of God from us, and that they will say the same things about us when they grow up and listen to us on some type of recordings. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All I can say is, Thank you, Brother Earl!<\/span><\/p>\n

Billy<\/span><\/p>\n

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The notes from that old meeting that you sent to us are wonderful reading!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

God was speaking to my heart Wednesday night as we listened to this CD of that meeting. \u00a0I heard several things, but one thing has really stood out to me again today, after reading this part again from brother Murray:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Uncle Joe (\u2018Hilliard\u2019) told about a man who had cancer, and\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

some folk came and prayed for him, saying, \u201cIf it is your will, O God, heal him.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Uncle Joe was glad no one prayed for him like that when he had cancer. He knew it was God\u2019s will to heal him. \u00a0He just had to make things right in his spirit and then contact God for the healing God wants His children to have.”\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I felt God talking to my soul Wednesday night, telling me that not only is he “willing” to heal us, but that he\u00a0also PAID for the opportunity to heal us.\u00a0 He paid for\u00a0the opportunity to wash our sins away, and to heal our infirmities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After hearing that, I said in my heart,\u00a0 “LORD, why would you have\u00a0to pay<\/em>\u00a0to do anything?”\u00a0 And my thoughts then went back to a meeting in Louisville, KY, a decade or so ago, when you asked all of us out there, “Why do men have to die?” \u00a0The answer was, “because God is Holy.”\u00a0 Because of who God is, men have to die – once. God’s holiness demands it.<\/span><\/p>\n

I then understood that the holiness of God also required that a price be paid for us to receive His Spirit, and His healing, and His salvation, even if God was the One who had to provide the payment for it.\u00a0 A sacrifice had to be made to bridge the gap between God and man.\u00a0 God’s holiness demanded that as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

That was so sweet to my soul.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought, “God, what kind of being are you, that\u00a0You<\/em>\u00a0would pay to heal me? That you would pay to wash my sins away – not yours God, but MINE.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It took my breath.<\/span><\/p>\n

I then considered what it means when we “pay”\u00a0 for something here on Earth. \u00a0It means we surrender something that we have of value, to get something else that we value in return. \u00a0I then realized, God reached into his own pocket and paid what was dearest to his soul, His Son, for\u00a0 me.<\/span><\/p>\n

He<\/em>\u00a0paid because I couldn’t, so that he could do good for me. \u00a0There is no love like that in a human being, or on Earth. It is not of this world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jerry<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pastor John,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I loved listening to the Old Meeting CD on Wednesday night.\u00a0 The humility, sincerity and love of God saturated my soul.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A few parts that stood out to me:<\/span><\/p>\n

I loved Aunt Leatha’s testimony about Clyde.\u00a0 When she was praying for him, it touched me deeply, then when you said afterward that that was her former husband that left her and took the kids, I just had to let that sink in.\u00a0 It was so good, so honest, it made me hunger for a heart like that.<\/span><\/p>\n

I loved when your father said, “We\u2019ve got to come out and be\u00a0separated, and obey God, and be obedient to Him, and stay in touch with him, and\u00a0every time there\u2019s a failure or anything not satisfaction [with God], let Jesus make\u00a0intercession \u2013 continuously. \u00a0If he was to give up that job [of interceding for us], we\u2019d all perish. The\u00a0first time you did a thing or said a word, and you did anything displeasing to God,\u00a0\u00a0it would all be over. He\u2019s right there. He\u2019s got one hand down here reaching for\u00a0you, and got a hold of the Father with the other one.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I love this!\u00a0 Having our comforter to make intercession for us!\u00a0 Imagining Jesus holding on to his Father’s hand while reaching down for us, what sweet, tender love that is.\u00a0 It makes me want to hold on tighter!<\/span><\/p>\n

And when Uncle Joe was telling about the man who had cancer and the man was praying “if it’s your will”.\u00a0 But Uncle Joe said he knew it was God\u2019s will to\u00a0heal him. He \u201cjust had to make things right in his spirit and then contact God for\u00a0the healing God wants His children to have.”\u00a0 That just stirs up faith deep inside!\u00a0 What sweet confidence in Jesus and his promises!\u00a0 How encouraging!<\/span><\/p>\n

I just love it!\u00a0 These testimonies never get old, they are as filling now as I’m sure they were in 1975.\u00a0 What a treasure!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m very thankful for Uncle Earl taping these meetings way back then so we can hear them and love them!\u00a0 I love hearing Uncle Earl testify; he has the same heart today as he did then.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you Pastor John and Amy for typing these notes!<\/span><\/p>\n

Michelle<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you and Amy for the time you spent organizing and writing the notes for the 1975 prayer meeting we listened to, and to Brother Earl for recording their meetings all those years ago.\u00a0 They are such a treasure to my soul!\u00a0 I love how real everyone was when they spoke.\u00a0 The testimonies are as relevant now as they were then, and they really touched me.\u00a0 I loved the preaching from Preacher Clark so much.\u00a0 I was thinking this morning that I really wish I could have spent some time with your daddy (I already know I would\u2019ve loved him)!\u00a0 I am so thankful for the connection I feel with all of those old saints!\u00a0 I love them all!<\/span>
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\nI hope future generations will listen to our meeting CDs and be refreshed and encouraged from our testimonies and songs and your wonderful sermons the same we have been encouraged listening to theirs.\u00a0 I believe anyone who is hungry for the truth will love what they hear and feel when listening to our CDs!\u00a0 (Just like they are now).\u00a0<\/span>
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\nThank you for sending out these notes!\u00a0 They really blessed me this morning!<\/span>
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\n\u00a0Lee Ann\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Amen!\u00a0 The truth is eternal, Lee Ann.\u00a0 I bet if we could hear the apostle Paul preach, we would feel right at home.\u00a0 How blessed we are!\u00a0 I hope we are thankful enough.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pastor John<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Dear John,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you typing out the notes for the cd, one wonderful pearl after another! Thank you for feeding us the good things that you have been taught and have loved from a young man!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The feelings of unity that came from your father, Uncle Joe, Br Earl, and Aunt Letha were so honest and from the heart that it made my heart love them more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I love the effect that the truth produces in our hearts as we receive what is said. It makes us know there is no age or time in the Spirit. It is always a fit and timely message. It makes my heart long for home!<\/span><\/p>\n

Good night and look forward to seeing everybody tomorrow!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bess<\/span><\/p>\n

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We have cleaned up the note that I gave you last Wednesday night, and have added \u00a0a lot.\u00a0 I thought some of you would like to see the final version of the notes. (see post: Notes from A 1975 Prayer Meeting, posted 10\/3\/2018)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pastor John<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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