QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS_ON_THE_HOLY_GHOST JEFF_IN 12-19-59 8 The Syrophenician woman, Greek actually what she was, when she--when Jesus said

to her, said, "It's not meet for Me to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs." She said, "That's true, Lord; but the dogs under the table eats the children's crumbs." He said, "For this saying, the devil's left your daughter." Say good things then. Say something good about somebody. Talk about Jesus. Say something loyal, something real. That's the way to get rid of devils. He never said--He never prayed for the girl. He never said one thing about her being healed; He just said, "For this saying, for this saying..." Hattie Wright, the other day, she didn't ask for nothing. She was just setting there, but she said the right thing, which pleased the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit spoke back and said, "Hattie, ask anything that you will, whatever you got and you want. Find out whether this is real or not. Ask anything (the healing of her little crippled sister setting there all drawed up; ten thousand dollars to keep her from digging on them hills over there; the youth restored to her well run-down body); whatever you want to ask, you ask it right now. If It don't come and give it to you right now, then I'm a false prophet." That's--that's--that's something, isn't it? Jesus said, "Say to this mountain..."

JEHOVAH_OF_MIRACLES SAN_JOSE_CA 11-26-59 19 The trouble with the world today, we're thinking about everything else but Him. Then we wonder why we don't get blessings. It was just a few weeks ago, about three weeks ago, when I set down by some sycamore trees, as I was telling you, and begin to think. It was there for the first time that He came and declared the new ministry to me. Think on Him. "Draw nigh unto Me, and I'll draw nigh unto you," saith the Lord. Think upon Him. David spoke that he was-write His commandments upon the bed post and meditate on them day and night. That's what the church ought to do, would keep your heart tuned in with God day and night, for it's then's when He appears. Solomon said, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Begin to think that you're one of His children, that He saved you, and He's good to you, and you love Him, and He loves you. Don't just wait till you go to church, or some convenient hour; just keep Him on your mind all the time. And as she went on walking down the street, there was no one yet on the street. And as she walked along the little dirt path for a sidewalk, all of a sudden she begin to realize that there was something around her, a real strange feeling. Oh, that's the most wonderful experience. 20 I trust that everybody here has experienced them kind of a times. If you haven't, this would be a good night to start. Just start thinking about Him and worship Him in your heart, and all of a sudden you'll feel the close fellowship of the Holy Spirit all around you. And it gets so anointed till you can't hold it any longer. You'll raise up your hands, and--or do something. You just can't stand still when It comes. As she was thinking, not noticing who was around her, the little lady perhaps with a pair of sandals on her feet, walking along this little dusty path, but thinking of the Lord and of His promises of--of things to come... And as she was thinking, all of a sudden that feeling got so great around her until she just raised up her head. And when she did, standing before her was a Light. And standing by that Light was Gabriel the Angel, the Archangel of God. 21 If you want Angels to appear to you, keep your mind on God and off the things of the world. Go about your business; go to your church; go to your washing of dishes; wherever you are, keep your mind on Him all day and all night long. Then God will do something. You're drawing close to Him; you've got the world shut out; just you and He are together. This appearing of the Angel frightened the little virgin. She had been taught that the days of miracles was past. But she had seen something happen. The Angel told her, said, "Hail, Mary." "Hail" means "to stop." And He had a message for her. When an Angel comes, He's got a message for you. And the Holy Spirit, God's Angel is here tonight with a message for every believer. Just keep Him on your mind. Keep thinking about Him, how lovely He is, how sweet He is, of His promises. If you're sick, get this on your mind, "He was wounded for my transgressions; He was bruised for my iniquity: the chastisement of my peace was upon Him; and with His stripes I was healed." Keep your mind centered like that; something will happen to you. All of a sudden there'll be a--something draw nigh to you, an anointing will come on you and out of that chair you'll go. "Draw nigh unto the Lord, and He will draw nigh unto you." And she looked at this great Angel, and His Name is Gabriel.

22 Now, there is Angels of the Lord, many of them, and they come to the earth and bring messages. But Gabriel, when He comes, there's something major going to happen. He was the One Who announced the first coming of Christ; He will be the One that'll announce the second coming of Christ. And He told Mary, "Thou has found favor with God." What a message to bring to her. "Thou has found favor with God." And while she was thinking on that Scripture, then that was the Scripture that was confirmed to her. Now, if you're sick, think on that Scripture. If you're lost, think on that Scripture. If you want the Holy Spirit, think on that Scripture, and the Holy Spirit will confirm it to you. There she was, and the Angel said, told her that she was going to have a Son. And they would call His Name Jesus.

GO_TELL JEFF_IN 04-17-60 Morning 56 I said, "The only thing I know, that Jehovah is still Jehovah- Jireh. He's able to provide a sacrifice." And Hattie, not knowing what she was saying, raised up and said, "That's nothing but the truth, Brother Branham." Oh, my. That was the right thing to say. That was the right thing to say. About that time, the power of God struck that place; I never felt such anointing. When it did, I said, "Hattie, THUS SAITH THE LORD; ask what you will. I don't care what it is; God has give me the authority to give you your heart's desire right now. If you ask for a million dollars, you can have it. Ask for that little crippled girl to get up and walk, she can have it. Ask for anything. I..." She said, "What shall I ask, Brother Branham?" I said, "Anything that you wish, for THUS SAITH THE LORD." Oh, what a feeling. She looked around. There set her aged gray-headed daddy that had been brought back from the dead almost. There set her aged mother, sickly. There set her little, crippled sister. But she chose just what was right. She had two teen-age boys just in that age of reckless. Her precious husband gone on to glory; she was a Christian, waiting. But the boys wasn't a Christian. She said, "The souls of my two boys." God bless her heart. I said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, you have them." And here they are, baptized into the faith. They was telling me the other night. That same thing, no matter what, she'd a- happened; what she'd have asked, she could've had it. She could've got it. Now, I'm wanting to see that happen. It's going to be the attitude of the people towards the message. See how she said it? She said just the right thing. It's what you say that does it. What you say... Look at the Syrophenician woman when she come to Jesus. She said, "Lord, my daughter is grievously ve--vexed with a devil. Thou Son of David, come heal her." He said, "It's not meet for Me to take the children's bread and give it to you dogs." Whew. What if He'd have said that to some of us? We'd say, "Call me a dog? Huh, wasn't nothing to him anyhow. The big church is right. He ain't nothing but a holy-roller. He's nothing but a Beelzebub." We'd have had that attitude, but not her. 58 She said, "It's true, Lord. You're exactly right. But the dogs are willing to eat the scraps under the children's table." That got Him. He said, "For this saying, the devil left your daughter. For this saying..." It's your attitude, friends. Did not He say it? You've got to believe it, friends. You... Don't believe me, I'm a man; but you believe what I'm telling you; believe the message. If you don't believe the messenger, believe the message. If a man walked in the room there with a telegram, no matter who the--what the man looked like or who he was, big or little, you believe what's on the telegram, not the man. God sent me to tell you. I have a message. God sent me to tell you that He's risen from the dead, that He's here this morning. He's proved it by signs and wonders, that He's here, and each one of you can be healed of your sickness if you'll just take the right attitude as you come. AUDIO_LETTER_TO_LEE_VAYLE 05-00-64 And then up on top of the mountain, back there and those wild beasts, and on top of the mountain where there's no water or grass, or nothing... And he picked up the rocks all around there to make the altar. And there was no ram there. But God provided Himself a ram. And it wasn't a vision that he killed either, 'cause it bled. The blood run out of it. God spoke that ram into existence, and it was taken out of existence the next minute. See? And I said, "The only thing that I know, that He who could speak a ram into existence..." 62 And she--she said, "Brother Branham, that is nothing but the truth." And when she said that, the Holy Spirit was in the room so densely, till everybody started crying. And then I looked and I saw a vision. And the Lord said to me in this vision, "Give her what she asks for." Now, Lee, there's at least

fifteen witnesses to this setting present. And I said, "Sister Hattie, you have found favor in the sight of the Lord." 65 See, look at the wisdom. God knew that's what she was going to ask.

I_HAVE_HEARD_BUT_NOW_I_SEE SHREVEPORT_LA 11-27-65 Evening 56 Think of the men and the people that I'm acquainted with. God's bypassing all the celebrities, and everything, to give a poor, little old humble woman, can't hardly sign her own name; and He knowed that what she'd ask for. And that was the greatest thing; for her sister is now dead, and her mother and father has to die, the money would've perished, but the souls of her boy is eternal. And that was the hour for them to catch it. And just as soon as I said, "I give you your boys, in the Name of Jesus Christ," there they fell across their mother's lap. How many in here knows that to be Truth, you know it? See? There it is. Yes. Why? Inspiration. Now: "I have heard of Thee, that Thou could create squirrels; I've heard of Thee, that Thou could create a ram; but now I see Thee with mine own eye," the manifestation, the vision made visible. When God promised anything, that's what He'll do. Notice, when you have a need, perhaps like Joshua, he had a need; he never thought of the circumstances; he spoke it, and it was God. You believe the sun stood still? So do I. 57 How did it do it? Don't try to figure it out, but it did it. Joshua did it, and raised his hands; in that crucial moment he had access to God, and that's what happened. It was timely. The Spirit of the living God had seen the need of it, and pushed upon Joshua to say it. The same God seen the need of Abraham. The same God seen the need of confirming this Scripture to me, that that Scripture's true too. The same God seen the need of those two predestinated boys, and it was that moment He proved it and confirmed His Word.

BLIND_BARTIMAEUS SAN_JOSE_CA 11-27-59 It's when we think on Him is when He draws near. When our hearts are stayed on Him, the thoughts of our hearts are constantly upon Him, that's when He draws nigh unto us, when we draw nigh unto Him.