<TITLE>04. Par 21-28</TITLE>L-21   May it be so again today, Lord, on the backside of the desert that we now take off, as it was, our shoes, our hats, our all, and lay it down beneath the cross of Christ, and say, "Here am I, Lord, send me."

L-22 Bless this pastor here, our Brother Isaacson, brother. We pray that You'll bless him and his wife, and his little ones; Brother Stricker, his wife and little ones; and all the others that's represented here this morning.

L-23 And we have assembled here; no, Lord, not for some great glory, or to be known as leaders or--or some... an official of something great. We are--we are just here as humble believers. We're here because we love You, and we love one another. And as we see each other and as we congregate together, we find that it seems to be more of God gathers together as each believer assembles himself in one certain place. And Jesus said, "If you'll do this in My Name, then I'll be in your midst." And we know that You are here.

L-24 Speak to us, Lord. And if these little note that I got wrote out here, and Scriptures to refer to, is off of the path, this morning, of the thought that You would have us to think, then, Lord, we just omit that, and do as You tell us to do. Bless us now, for we ask this in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen.

L-25   Now, in the reading of the Scripture, it used to be that I... before I got so much age on me, that I could remember good. And in them days, I... young days, I didn't take a long message, maybe thirty minutes or something, I plowed right into one thought and kept it on my mind. But now I... reason I hold these long meetings now, is because I'm taping. See? And this tape, the boys there taping it, it will start it at a certain time, perhaps now, at the beginning of the prayer, and it goes many, many places, around the world practically. So we are now going to speak this morning on my new year's... what we call my new-year's Message. I tried, had three Christmas messages, and I know you people down here at the back of the desert gets those tapes. And on my--on my last Message up at the church, or next to my last Message, was on The Light. And if you haven't got that tape, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I enjoyed it very much, the inspiration of it, the Lord gave me.

L-26   Now today, as we face new year's, I--I want to think of not like the past, but I want to look to the future. See? As Paul said, "Forgetting those things that are in the past, I press towards the mark, see, of the high calling." And as it's expressed, like looking back through the mirror of a car. We are looking what we have passed, when we're looking in the rear-view mirror. Now we're not trying to place the Message today as looking through a rear-view mirror. It would take too long, see, the things that the Lord has did. And you are all acquainted with the great things that our Lord has been doing, is some of the mightiest things that I've ever seen in my life, He just--just passing in the last few months. And, but now we are thankful for what has been, but now we're looking forward. We're looking where we're headed for, and into this 1964.

L-27   And now if you here like to read, or--or, I'd like to read some Scriptures, because all this is based upon God's Holy Word.

L-28 And leaves me now about an hour and fifteen minutes, for this tape. And, the Lord willing, I'll try to get it out so you can have your dinner. I thank you for telling me that I had till six o'clock tonight. That was very nice.


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