<TITLE>03. Par 8-11</TITLE>L-8 And when we leave tonight to go to our separate homes and places of dwelling at this time, I pray that it'll be noised along the street and in the cars, like those who came from Emmaus when they seen Jesus, what He done after the resurrection, knowed that He done the very same thing after the resurrection that He did before the crucifixion. They knew it was Him, for no one could do it like that. And they said, "Did not our hearts burn within us?"
Grant tonight that the Holy Spirit, the resurrected Christ, will talk to every heart, and may He perform and do the things tonight that He did before His crucifixion, that the church may have another assurance that He is risen from the dead and lives forevermore. We ask it in His Name. Amen.

L-9 I have two Scriptures tonight in mind, like to call your attention to. One of them is Proverbs, 18th chapter, 10th verse; the other one is Isaiah, 32:2. And in Proverbs, the 18:10, I would like to read this.
The Name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous run into it, and are safe.
And in Isaiah, the 32nd chapter of Isaiah, and beginning with the 1st and 2nd verse...
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, a prince shall rule in judgment.
And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; a river... as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
And I draw from this a little context that I was going to use this morning at the ministers' breakfast; just a little context that I would--thought might help us all, because I think it's fitting. I'm calling it "Letting Off The Pressure."

L-10 I've been thinking that... You know, we're living in a day when there's a lot of pressure, and I try to always think on something that would help the people that come to listen to the Word.
If I just stand here... And I have no eloquence of speech. I--I'm not an educated person, and I have no ecclesiastical training. Therefore, the only thing I can do is study and pray, and just follow the leading of the Spirit, asking God to do something for us that would help us. That's why we're all here tonight, not to be seen, but to be helped. And that's our purpose. That's what the convention's purpose is, to be--is to help someone, make life a little easier.

L-11 And this great day that we're living where there is so much pressure, everything seems to be pressurized. Such a hard time, everybody's hurrying just as fast as they can go, down the street at ninety miles an hour through every speed zone. If it's twenty, they go ninety anyhow. Shouldn't do that, Christians shouldn't. They must give Caesar what's Caesar's; God, what's God's. But here we go, just as hard as we can, rushing just...
And we're so nervous. I don't believe real Christians do this, but many of them just light one cigarette after another. What's the matter? You think that helps you? It only makes you more nervous. But you do it. The doctors will write articles, and put them in the--the magazines, and said, "Cancer by the carload," telling you how danger it is to smoke them and... But you do it anyhow. What's the matter? You're trying to let off the pressure.


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