Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

Peter off for having no faith. And here’s me, full of faith, and Hedoesn’t even help me to walk on water.” For several weeks Isulked.Then, one day I saw something in the Word: “And whatsoeverye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may beglorified in the Son.” (John 14:13) Then I understood what hadhappened. God does not answer prayer in order to answer prayerbut only answers prayer so the Father may be glorified in theSon. That’s where I’d missed it! God doesn’t save to save. Hedoesn’t heal to heal. He doesn’t deliver to deliver. He saves sothe Father may be glorified. He heals and delivers so the Fathermay be glorified. Once I saw that Peter had a proceeding Word,but I didn’t have one, I understood and got readjusted with theLord.Miller’s prayer meetingOne day, a friend invited me to the Wednesday night prayermeeting at the Baptist Church. I didn’t really know what prayermeetings were, but I was hungry for God. Up to this time, I hadenjoyed going down to the seafront to see a group of entertainers,the Pierrots, who would perform there on Wednesday nights.I was torn between seeing the clowns and attending the services.As God dealt with me, I surrendered and began to attend theprayer meetings regularly.Nearly all the people at the prayer meeting were grownups. Therewere young women attending too, but I was the only youngman. Having no male companions my own age made it difficultfor me, but I was hungry for God. Then I heard about a prayermeeting at the Miller’s. When I went there, the door was openedby a smiling old chap who had a “Father Christmas” beard andone eye — just one twinkling blue eye. I explained to him, “Someonetold me there was a prayer meeting here.”“Hallelujah! Come in!” he waffled through his whiskers. I couldhardly understand him.And there she was, bubbling over! 1927…I started going to the Miller’s prayer meeting, attending almostevery week. One day, they announced that someone very spe-17