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Whenever it would come to my mind, I prayed in the spirit about it. I didn’t get over into the mental arena and try to figure things out. I didn’t go around wondering, 'How am I going to build a revival capital?' I didn’t even know what a revival capital was! So, I kept it over in the faith arena and after praying in tongues about it, I’d just say, “Thank You for it, LORD!” Eventually, in 1979, while I was shaving one day I heard The LORD say very clearly, 'Go see Mr. Pruitt and tell him, “The LORD has need of that property.'” I made an appointment, went to his house, and after we introduced ourselves to each other, I said exactly what The LORD told me to say. I didn’t add anything to it. I didn’t put a lot of other words with it to make sure he understood what I meant. I just said, “Mr. Pruitt, The LORD has need of that property.” “Well…” he replied, speaking very slowly, “it’s for sale.” I didn’t initially know how to respond to that. I’d already said what The LORD had given me, and I didn’t want to go beyond His leading, so, I just turned inward. That’s what you do in those situations. You don’t just start spouting whatever comes to mind. You listen for the next word from The LORD. Sure enough, it came to me. “Sir, I don’t have any money right now,” I said, “but God will get it for me.” We sat there for 15 or 20 minutes after that without either of us saying anything. The only sound in the room was the ticktock of the clock on the mantle. Mr. Pruitt rocked back and forth silently in his rocking chair, and I was determined to not say anything until he did, so I stayed quiet too. Finally, he said, “You come back to see me.” “OK,” I answered, and I made another appointment. When I came back a few weeks later, we went through much the same thing again. This time, at the direction of The LORD, I told Mr. Pruitt, “I don’t borrow money.” Then, just as before, we both sat in silence for about 20 minutes. Eventually, he said, “You come back to see me.” So, I made another appointment. Don’t Push Forward. Just Hold Steady. In between the appointments I kept inquiring of The LORD about what else He wanted me to do, but He didn’t say anymore to me about it. It seemed like He was talking less about the matter right then than Mr. Pruitt was. So, I just held steady. That isn’t easy to do. As you know if you’ve been in that position, your flesh tends to get antsy and wants to push forward. You get concerned about how things are going to turn out and think you have to do something. But you don’t! That’s the point I want to get across to you. The power of God is released by your doing only what He says to do. So, once you’ve done what He said, just stay in faith and roll the care of the situation over on Jesus. He’s everything! It’s all through Him, for Him, by Him and under Him. So, keep looking to, and waiting on, Him. When I say wait on Him, I’m not saying, of course, you just sit around and twiddle your thumbs. You keep studying The WORD and strengthening your faith. You keep inquiring of Him and praying in tongues, expecting to receive wisdom. That way, if The LORD wants to give you further instructions, you’ll hear Him and be ready to obey. You’ll be perfectly positioned for Him to do the impossible for you. That’s what He did for me with the purchase of this property. He kept leading me to show up at the meetings with Mr. Pruitt and repeat what God had told me until at the third meeting, Mr. Pruitt presented me with a plan. “I know you don’t borrow money,” he said, “but do you have anything against paying rent?” “No, sir. 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