I spoke to those who have deafness and cannot speak, and those who could not hear and speak were healed last night.  And what God did last night, He will do tonight.  (Response)  He is God.  There’s nothing too hard for Him.

Suddenly the power of God came into Bartimaeus’ eyes.  And for the first time in his life, he could see just like that man last night who had been blind for five years, and he came up on the platform and testified that he could see.  And he followed me all among the people.  Wherever I went, he followed me.  And he’s healed.

Suddenly Bartimaeus could see.  And everyone saw the miracle.  And the word began to spread.  And the word has been spreading all day here in Niamey.  And the word has spread to the villages around the city and to the far borders of Niger.  And what God did for Bartimaeus, He is ready to do for you tonight.  (Response)

Lift your hands unto Him tonight.  Father, in Jesus’ name, I give You praise.  I give You honor and glory.  The Bible says, “I am the Lord that healeth thee.”  And the Lord Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  So what He did in Bible days, He will do these days.

I am going to begin to pray.  I want you to lift your two hands unto the Lord.  And when you hear me speak to sickness and disease, when you hear that and when I touch on something that has affected you, I want you to get your faith working.

What do I mean?  I mean I want you to believe with me.  The Bible says it only takes two—“If two shall agree on earth.”  There are thousands and thousands here tonight.  But it only takes two, you and me.  “If two shall agree on earth as concerning anything that they shall ask, it shall be done by my Father in heaven.”

So when I speak to sickness and disease tonight, you go into agreement.  And then after I pray, I will begin to ask those who are receiving healing to come up on the platform and to testify and to let the people know what God has done in your lives, so that we may know, so that Niamey may know, so that Niger may know and so that the world may know that Jesus is a healing Jesus.

We lift our hands unto You, and we give You honor and glory.  And we call You our Lord and our Savior, for You are God.  You are the Creator.  You are the God of heaven and earth, and You delight in Your creation.  For You have made man only a little lower than the angels, and You’ve given us a mind, and You’ve given us a body, and You’ve given us a spirit.  And it is with that spirit that we worship You, in spirit and in truth.

And so tonight here on these rally grounds, we give You honor and we give You praise, for there is no God like You.  Hallelujah!  Hallelujah!  Hallelujah!  Let’s give the Lord a wave offering.  Hallelujah!

Father, we wave our hands.  We give You a wave offering, and we praise You in this place tonight.  We thank You, and we give You the honor and the glory, in Jesus’ name, amen.  Let us put our hands together and give a praise to the Lord.  Hallelujah!  Praise the Lord!

I want some of the testimonies that have come the past few nights to come forward.  I’m asking the pastors to bring some of the tremendous miracles that have happened onto the platform.  I want to begin tonight with some testimonies.

If you have received a tremendous healing in the last two nights, then I want you to begin to come to the platform.  If you were crippled and you could not walk, make your way to the platform.

If you were blind and you could not see but now you can see, come to the platform.  If you were deaf but now you can hear, I want you to come to the platform.  What a wonderful way to build people’s faith.  When you see someone who’s had a miracle, it causes your faith to rise.

Begin to come to the platform.  Come to my right.  Come to my left.  Line up.  Come and give a testimony.  If you can tell there’s a healing, if you can tell God’s doing something, step out.  Come to this platform and give a word of testimony.  Come quickly.

If you can tell there’s a healing, come now.  God showed me there would be many.  If you can tell the difference, come quickly.  Come quickly.

MAN:As the man of God started preaching, a man was bringing his wife who . . . for five years.  And he was bringing her down to this stadium.  But the moment he got to the door here . . . to the stadium.  As they stepped through that door . . . (Applause)

RR: Did you receive healing?  Yes, David.

DAVID: For two years this lady has had a pain or a pressure on her chest.  Tonight when you prayed, the pressure has left.

RR: What happened when we prayed?

MAN: When you prayed, there was a movement in my chest . . . she found out that she can now breathe very well.  The pain is gone.

RR: Breathe all the way in and out.  Is your breathing good?  Hallelujah!  Yes.

MAN: Richard, this man says that . . . and he’s healed tonight.

RR: Back pain for a year?  Bend over now.  Up, now down.  How is it now?

MAN: I’m completely healed.

RR: Hallelujah!  Give praise to the Lord.  Hallelujah!  Yes, Dr. Cordray.

C: Richard, this lady has had asthma for more than 20 years, could not breathe.  But when you spoke the word, she said she was healed.

RR: What happened to your breathing?

MAN: She said when you were praying she couldn’t breathe very well.  But something came like a . . . to her chest now . . . and it was driven out.  I can now breathe.

RR: Breathe all the way down.  Ask her how many years it’s bothered her?

MAN: She said it was over 20 years.

RR: Over 20 years?  Hallelujah!

MAN: Dr. Roberts, this woman came to the crusade having suffered from severe pain in her head for over four years.  Tonight she says the pain is completely gone.

RR: Is the pain gone?  How many years?  Four years?  And the pain is gone now?  Hallelujah!

MAN: Richard, this lady has had back and waist pain for two years. When you preached tonight, she felt something leave her body.

RR: Ask her what happened.

MAN: . . . prayer before she came here.  I was praying for my hands and my legs.  But after prayer . . . hands and legs are gone.

RR: Hallelujah!

MAN: This lady’s had heart problems for 15 years.  She was so bad that she couldn’t even walk . . . She began to walk.  And she’s been totally healed.

And so I telephoned home.  My father was out of town preaching, but my mother was home.  I said, “Mother, I want to come home and go to Oral Roberts University.”

She said, “I don’t think you can get in.”  My own mother said, “I don’t think you can get in.”  She said, “You’ve developed some habits in your life, and we have a lifestyle and an Honor Code.  And to come to ORU, you have to agree not to smoke, not to drink alcohol, not to take drugs, not to live an ungodly lifestyle.  You have to agree not to lie or steal or cheat.”  She said, “I don’t know if you can get in.”

I said, “I can change.”

She said, “You think you can change?”

I said, “Yes, I can change.”

And the next year I came to ORU.  And while I was there, God got hold of my life.  And I fell on my knees, and I prayed a sinner’s prayer.  And I asked Jesus Christ to come into my heart.  And God saved me that night.  That night I was baptized in the Holy Spirit, and I began to speak with other tongues as the Holy Spirit gave the utterance.

I did not get to be a nightclub entertainer, but I got to preach the gospel.  (Applause)

Thirteen years ago I became President of the university that I ran away from.  I had earned a bachelor’s degree, and then a master’s degree, and then a doctorate degree.  And I had served by my father for many years.  He stepped down after 30 years as the first President.  That was 13 years ago.  I have served now as the second President for these 13 years.

We have more than 5,000 students.  They come from all over the world.  We have 60 majors on the undergraduate level.  We also have a school of nursing, a school of business, a school of theology, and a school of education.  It is fully accredited by every accrediting agency.

There is a hell.  I don’t want to go there.  There is a heaven, and that’s where I’m going someday.  The Bible says, “If you confess your sins, God is faithful and just to forgive you and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness.”

There’s some of you here tonight who have never made a commitment of your life to the Lord, but you do not want to leave this crusade without committing your life to God.  I believe that my prayers can help you.  But you’re going to have to cooperate.  You’ll have to do what I say.

I’m asking every man, every woman, every young person who is tired of running from God, you’re tired of the lifestyle, you want to repent, you want to ask God to forgive you, and you want to live for God, and you’d like me to pray a salvation prayer with you, if that’s you, if I’m describing you, then put your hand up high.  I want to pray for you.  Hold it high.  This is a call for salvation.

Now you with your hands up, rush to this altar right now.  Rush to this altar.  I want to pray for you right here.  Come and stand before me.  If you’re coming from my left or right, I’ll wait.  If you’re coming from the back of the stadium, I’ll wait.  I want to lead you in a sinner’s prayer.

The Bible says, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”  Sure, we all make mistakes.  Sometimes we even commit sin.  But a person who is a sinner is a person who has made sin a way of life.  And you’ll lose your soul, and I don’t want that to happen to you.

And I want everyone who can hear my voice, who wants a personal relationship with Jesus, you know you’re lost, you know that you’re not living for God, but you want to begin living for Him tonight, if you do, then come to this altar.  Come to the front or come to the back, and let me pray.  I want to pray.  I am willing to pray.  I am able to pray.  But there’s nothing I can do unless you let me pray.

Then satan came in and tried to tempt him.  The king came to him and said, “Take the spoils.”

And Abraham said, “No, I will not even take a shoelace, lest you say you made Abraham rich.”

What he was saying was, “My eyes are on God and not on people.”  Have you noticed when you expect from people, they will let you down?  But God, who owns the cattle on a thousand hills, will not let you down.  He knows who you are.  He knows where you live.  He knows what you’re going through, and He is most high, the possessor of heaven and earth, and the one who delivers you from all of your enemies.

Abraham said, “No, I won’t take your spoils, lest you say you made Abraham rich.”

He made a faith stand.  But not long afterwards, fear tried to grip his heart.  And God spoke to him, said, “Oh, yes, it’s me.  I’m your God.”

Then He said a curious word.  He said, “I a your shield.”  I have studied that word shield.  That word shield means, “I am your exceeding great reward.”  That’s what you call harvest.  Everybody say, “Harvest.”

When you plant a seed, don’t you expect a harvest?  You grow beautiful crops in Nigeria.  Today as I drove, I saw the bananas that had just been picked.  And I saw the huge yams, yams this big!  You grow big yams in Nigeria, big yams.  Hold your hands out like this.  Say, yams, big yams.  They’re big.  Biggest yams I’ve ever seen.  And beautiful vegetables.  (Applause)

Anyone who plants a crop expects a harvest.  If you plant a banana tree, you expect bananas.  If you plant yams, you expect yams.  You don’t plant tomatoes and expect carrots.  You plant tomatoes, you expect tomatoes.  You plant carrots, you expect carrots.  You sow unto God, you have a right to expect Him to bring you the harvest.

And God said to Abraham, “I am your exceeding great reward.”  That’s harvest.  Every time you sow a seed, if it’s your love, if it’s your time, if it’s your money, if it’s your prayers, if it’s a smile, if it’s a pat on the back, if it’s a hug, if it’s a good word, that’s a seed.  And you have a right to a harvest from God.

Put your hands together and give Him praise tonight.  (Applause)  For He is most high.  He’s the possessor of heaven and earth.  And He’s the one who delivers you from all of your enemies.

Number three, know that Jesus took the stripes on His back for your healing.  Every stripe was for a sickness and disease. With every lash, the stripe was for sickness.  They meant it for harm, but God meant it for healing.

Medical science today has put sickness and disease in thirty-nine categories.  Isn’t it amazing that medical science and the Bible are in harmony?  For He took thirty-nine stripes on His back.  Those thirty-nine stripes represent every type of sickness and disease.

Jesus went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil.  And He hasn’t changed.  He said, “I am the same yesterday, today, and forever.  So what He did, He’s still doing.  What He did in Jerusalem, He’s still doing.  What He did in Jericho, He’s still doing.  What He did at the pool of Bethesda, He’s still doing.  What He did in Bethsaida, He’s still doing.  What He did in Bethany, He’s still doing.  What He did in Nazareth, He’s still doing.  What He did on the first night of the crusade and the second night and the third night, He’ll do tonight in Ibadan.  Wave your hand and give praise unto the Lord.  He took the stripes on His back.  He’s a healing Jesus.

Number four, expect a new miracle every day.  Not just a miracle, but a new miracle and expect it every day.  It’s one thing to say, “I expect a miracle,” but it’s another thing to say, “I expect a new miracle every day.”

And I said, “Lord, this is so simple.”  And He said to me, “I am not complicated.”  He said, “You people make me complicated, but I am not complicated.  I am simple.”

Don’t complicate it up.  You know, if the recipe doesn’t call for all these other ingredients, don’t use them.  Don’t mess up my beans and cornbread by putting the wrong thing in it.

And we Christians can foul things up so quickly if we just don’t follow His simple instructions.  He said, “I am going to speak to ten people at $5,000.”

And He said, “Richard, your ministry, the Oral Roberts Ministry, is to be number one.  You sow because you’re facing a need.”  I said, “I am facing a need, Lord.”  He said, “You sow the first, so you be the first of the ten.”  I said, “Okay.  I’ll do this.”  I’m making a pledge right now.  Our ministry will be the first $5,000 pledge.

Then He said, “I will speak to nine others, and they will be calling in.”  He said, “I will speak to thirty people at $1,000.”  And then He said, “I will speak to 200 people at $100.”  He said, “Tonight you declare a $100,000 Cornerstone divine moment.”  And so I’m going to do it.  It’s not complicated.  It’s not difficult.

Right now is the best time for you to sow, not tomorrow.  You can’t sow yesterday.  The only unit of time you have is now, right now.  He’s a right-now God who deals with your right-now seed.

And so tonight I’m going to pray.  And as I pray, the Holy Spirit is going to begin speaking in people’s hearts.  He’s going to speak to nine others to make a gift or pledge of $5,000.  He’s going to speak to thirty people—could be a man, a woman, a couple, could be a family, could be a business, a ministry—He’s going to speak to thirty of you at $1,000 each.  And He’s going to speak to 200 of you at $100 each.

“How can she have given more than them all?  She gave so little, and they gave so much.”  He said, “She gave out of her want,” or she gave out of her need.

Well, the first thought that crossed my mind concerning a divine moment is, what need are you facing tonight?  Now when we’re headed toward $5-a-gallon gasoline, there’s going to be a problem in the natural in the United States.  If that happens, it’s going to slow commerce down.  It’s going to slow business down.

And when you have what appears to be a recession coming, that’s when people do the absolute worst thing they could possibly do.  They turn God off, and they look to their natural circumstances.  “I can’t afford to do this.”

It reminds me of the story—I don’t know if you ever heard it—my dad used to tell it about this guy who was earning $70 a week, and he began to tithe.  He was giving his $7.  And he was doing just fine.  And God began to increase him, and suddenly he was making $700 a week.  And so he gave his $70 tithe.  And he was doing fine, and then God took him up to $7,000 a week.

And he realized his tithe was $700.  And he said, “Wow!  I can’t afford to give $700 a week.  That’s just too much.”

So he went to his pastor, said, “Pastor, I have a problem.”  “What’s your problem?”  He said, “Well, I was fine, you know, before with a $7 tithe and a $70 tithe, but now it’s a $700 tithe.  What do I do?  I don’t know what to do.  I can’t afford it.”

The pastor said, “I know how to solve your problem.  Get down on your knees.”  And he did.  He laid his hands on him, said, “God, he has such a problem now.  He was okay when he was giving $7.  He was okay when he was giving $70.  But now that it’s a $700 tithe, he just can’t handle it.  So would You please take him back to $70 a week so he can afford to give $70?”

In the name of Jesus, every lung condition, open up and be healed.  Bronchial tubes, open up.  All this emphysema, all of the asthma, all of the lung condition, even those of you who have had a lung removed and you’re about to lose your other lung.  In the name of Jesus, I send the word to you tonight for healing.

Yeah, yeah, now He’s going to heal crippled legs.  In the authority of the name of Jesus, there’s healing going into legs.  There’s healing going into legs.  There’s healing.

It makes me feel like I’m back in Niger.  I was in Africa this year, 20 cripples were healed the first night of the crusade.  I had armloads of crutches and canes.  And God’s doing the same thing now on TBN

In Jesus’ name, every crippled limb, in the name of Jesus—here it comes—be healed.  I send His word to you tonight for healing, crippled legs, crippled arms, arthritis, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, brittleness, be healed, every muscle, every bone, every joint, from the crown of your head to the soles of your feet.

And, also, you who are suffering with ulcers, every time you eat, I won’t call it what you call it, but in the name of Jesus I come against that thing that just backs up.  It backs your whole system up.  Yeah, I’m talking about colons and intestines.  I’m talking about gall bladders.  I’m talking about kidneys and liver.  You’re just blocked up.