<TITLE>04. Par 30-40</TITLE>L-30 So let's read some Word out of God's Bible, and take just a little text and--and speak for a few moments. Before we do that, let's just bow our heads and speak to the Author of This, before we approach His Word.
I wonder now, with our heads bowed, if there would be a request somewhere in the building, that you'd want to make mention of, before God? You keep it in your heart, and just raise up your hands, just a moment. God bless you.

L-31   Our Heavenly Father, we are indeed a privileged people this morning, in the face of this changing world. And we have a hold of the hand of the unchangeable God. Times may change, but He is Eternal. And His Word is in our heart. It's an Ultimate of our--of our thoughts. They always drift back to that Word. No matter where we stray, it comes back to the Word. It's the tie post in our heart. We're so grateful for that.

L-32 I thank Thee, Lord, for this little spot out here on Forty-Fourth Street, where the Gospel being preached and a place that's dedicated, and the people are consecrated to Thee. And I pray that Your blessings will ever be with them. Increase them in knowledge of Thy Word and of Thy grace, and give to them the good things of life, and Eternal Life, that we might all come to one place, that great Heaven, someday when Jesus comes.

L-33   Bless us, together. And look at those hands, Father, that was raised a few moments ago. Down beneath that hand was a--a reason for its being up. I pray, God, that You Who knows the secrets of the heart will grant that request. I offer my prayer with theirs, upon Thy altar today. Answer, Father. I pray in Jesus' Name.

L-34 Bless the Words this morning. "The meditation of our hearts be acceptable to Thee." Bless Thy Word as we read It. And the little notes of contexts, that we would explain It. You be with us and help us. That, when we leave here, we might go and say, "Our hearts burned within us, because we have heard the songs of Zion, the testimony of the heart, and the Word testified to our heart." In Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-35   Now, many times, I just love to talk. And I can't do too much of it, it being almost twelve now. And so we are going to ask you, maybe, to turn in the Scriptures, if you would like to--to read the Scriptures with us, or mark it down.

L-36 First, I want to read out of the Book of Proverbs. I believe that I turned to that this morning, when I was searching around. Proverbs, 18th chapter and the 10th verse.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous run into it, and is safe.

L-37 And then in Isaiah 32:2, I want to read this, 32:1 and 2.
Behold, a king shall reign in righteous, and a prince shall rule in judgment.
And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as a shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

L-38   This might seem like a very odd text, to draw this conclusion from, but I want to take the subject this morning of: Letting Off Pressure. It seems very fitting in this day. And I was up late last night, and--and about, around, between twelve and one o'clock, I was--was trying to think, "Now, where do I go in the morning?"

L-39 And they told me, "Up to that little Church of God that you thought was so pretty, up there on Forty-Fourth Street or Avenue, whichever it is."

L-40 And I said, "Oh, I remember that." And I thought, "What will I say?" I said, "Well, now, I remember the last time there, I just felt so at home, just relaxed." And I thought, "That would be a good text, just, 'Let off the pressure.' That's a good thing to speak on, from that little church, in the morning." And now... And I jotted down a few little notes here, that I might comment on for a few moments.


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