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Norman Woodford tells sick campers that the Lord is “a good collector of antiques.” He recalls how his own crippled body was healed overnight in 1934, after he surrendered it to Christ under a tree in London. He urges them to hand their sickness over fully instead of patching it up, in this talk to the Michigan CFO in 1955.
Norman Woodford closes the week of meetings at the Michigan CFO in 1955 with a warning. Campers should not become “leaking vessels” who talk away their blessing once they are home. He points to a potter reshaping marred clay, and he outlines ways to run the Christian race with patience.
Drawing on Genesis 24, Norman Woodford retells how Abraham’s servant found Rebecca as a bride for Isaac. He casts the story as a picture of the Holy Spirit seeking the church for Christ. His talk comes near the end of the Michigan CFO in 1955.
Preaching from Romans 12 at a Michigan CFO session, Norman Woodford describes the swinging pendulum of giving and receiving. He recalls that the tropics near his old mission field had no winter and so could grow no apples. In the same way, the soul needs its own dry seasons in order to bear fruit.
Opening the Michigan CFO in 1955, Norman Woodford calls campers to seek God with total determination. He describes a dream of a massive iron gate that blocked his path. Then he saw that it stood in an open desert with no wall, so he simply walked around it.
Norman Woodford describes prayer, faith, love, and the presence of God as four powers that build on each other. He illustrates them at the 1955 Michigan CFO with his account of gathering an entire recording studio, piece by piece, simply by praying and stepping out in faith. He tells campers that using the small faith they already have is what moves mountains.