How to Find Rest and Peace of Mind

Many years ago I heard Brother
Ralph Barnard bring a message on the subject, How to Find Peace
of Mind and Freedom from Worry. That message was a special blessing
to me. I have not brought one on that
subject in many years, and I feel that God has given me one for
you tonight. Now, this is a scriptural subject. I want you to turn to the book
of Numbers first. The Bible has a lot to say about
peace, the peace of God, peace in the heart, rest in the soul,
in the mind. In Numbers, chapter 6, verse
24, here's the benediction, the blessing upon Israel. God said,
speak, verse 23, unto Aaron, and unto his son, saying, On
this wise you shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto
them, The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his
face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord
lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace, and
give thee peace." Turn to Isaiah chapter thirty-two. And here
the scripture tells us that the work and the effect of righteousness
is peace. The work and effect of righteousness
is peace. In Isaiah 32 verse 17, and the
work of righteousness, that is the righteousness of Christ,
the work of redemption, the work of sanctification shall be peace. and the effect of righteousness,
quietness and assurance forever. That's the effect of righteousness.
That ought to be the mark and the characteristic of the redeemed. They have peace of heart. They
have a quietness of spirit. And then in John chapter 14,
our Lord said in John 14 verse 27, If you'll turn with me to
the 14th chapter of John, verse 27, he says, Peace I leave with
you. My peace I give unto you, not
as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
and neither let it be afraid. In John 16, verse 33, listen
to this scripture, These things I have spoken unto you, that
in me you might have peace. In the world you'll have tribulation,
but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." And here's
something that I noticed in studying for this message. Turn to the
book of 1 Corinthians, chapter 1. Now, we believe that Paul
wrote, including Hebrews, fourteen of the New Testament books. And do you know that he begins
twelve of these 12 out of the 14, he begins this way. 1 Corinthians
1, verse 3. Grace be unto you and peace. And peace from God our Father
and from the Lord Jesus Christ. So this is a scriptural subject
that I've selected, a needful subject. It's the Lord's blessings
upon Israel. The Lord keep thee, be gracious
to thee, and give thee peace. The effect and work of righteousness
is peace. If I don't have the peace of
God in my heart, I'm to question whether or not I have a work
of righteousness. This is the effect of it. Our
Lord said, I give you peace. Not as the world give it, give
I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled.
And then the Apostle Paul, every church he writes to, he says,
grace unto you from our God and Father and peace. Now I'm troubled
that so many of us who call ourselves Christians do not have this peace
which is promised, this peace which is given. In the book of
Colossians, and I want you to turn to this scripture, I have
a star by this one, I think it's most important. In Colossians
chapter 3, verse 14, now listen carefully to this, Colossians
3, 14, and above all things put on love. which is the bond of
perfectness, and let the peace of God rule. Let the peace of God rule in
your hearts, to the which also you're called in one body, and
be ye thankful. And then in Philippians, our
text, chapter 4, verse 7, Our Lord said, and the peace of God,
which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus. And then one other scripture,
Isaiah chapter 26. In the 26th chapter of Isaiah,
verse 3 and 4. Now listen to this. They wrote
a song about this, a little chorus. We used to sing it. in perfect peace, whose mind
is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee. Thou wilt keep
him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he
trusteth in thee." Trust ye in the Lord forever, for in the
Lord Jehovah is everlasting I didn't have time to look all of these
scriptures up this week when I was preparing this message,
but the Lord has given several names in the Old Testament. We
talk about the Lord, our righteousness, Jehovah Sidkenu. We talk about
the Lord, our banner. We talk about the Lord, our Savior,
but also one of his names is this, Jehovah Shalem. The Lord
what? Our peace. The Lord, our peace. All right. We have the Lord our
righteousness and we make much of it. We have the Lord our banner
to rule over us, our sovereign king. We have the Lord our savior
to deliver us. Where is the Lord our peace?
That's what I want to know. Where is the Lord? In all of
this confusion and chaos and frustration, where is the Lord
our peace? I have three points that I want
to deal with in the message tonight, and I think they'll be a blessing
to you. Here they are. First of all,
I'm going to deal with this question, what are the steps to peace,
this peace of God? What are the steps to this peace
that passeth all understandings? What are the steps to this peace
that shall rule in your heart? The steps, I think I've found
them. And then the second question
will be this, what is this peace? What are the marks of this peace
of God that passeth understanding? And then thirdly, how can it
be maintained? Now turn with me to the book
of Psalms, chapter 37. What are the steps to this peace
that passeth understanding, this peace that seems to be eluding
so many of us? But here in Psalms 37, I believe
that the psalmist, David, gives us 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The first one is found in verse 1.
He says, "...fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither
be thou envious against the workers of iniquity." Now, if we're going
to find rest of mind, peace of heart, We're going to have to
be weaned from this world, this world and its vanities. We're
going to have to rise above this natural world. We're going to
have to set our affections on things above. We're going to
have to seek first. He said, take no thought, no
anxious thought, what you shall eat and what you shall drink
and what you shall wear. These are the things that the
Gentiles are interested in, the heathen, the lost, those who
do not know God. Seek ye first, first. Set your affection first on things
above, and all these things shall be added to you. Now, if we fret
ourselves and if we agitate ourselves to gain what natural men lust
after and what natural men seek for, then we must expect the
cares and the unrest that goes along with these vanities. Because
that's what they are, vanities. Look at verse 2. For they shall
soon be cut off, these workers of iniquity, these evildoers,
they shall be cut down like the grass and wither as the green
herb. All of this worldly vanity and
worldly glory shall fade away, it shall pass away. Don't be
envious of them. Come apart. come away. The first step to finding rest
in the Lord, the first step for a believer to find that true
peace of passive understanding is to turn loose of this world. And I'm talking about all of
its relationships and And all of its vanities and all of its
so-called luxuries and all of its temporary treasures just
hold so loosely to these things that when God slips them out
of your hand, you won't even miss them. Become so wrapped
up in Christ and his glory, so wrapped up in Christ and his
redemption, so wrapped up in Christ and his love, that when
these things that the worldly people, the evildoers, the workers
of iniquity think are so important, they're just not important to
you at all. And any time God wants to take them, He can just
slip them out of our hands, because that's not where our interest
and our affections and our love lies. It's in Christ, and He
can never be taken away. We can never lose Him. Our relationship
with Him His grace and mercy to us. We can never lose those
things. But all of these things of the earth, let them go. Turn
loose of them. Fret not thyself, and do not
be envious of the workers of iniquity. Turn loose of these
things. Just consider them as already
dead, already crucified with Christ. I'm crucified with Christ,
and the world is crucified to me. As far as I'm concerned,
the world's already had its funeral, and we've gone away from the
graveyard and buried it. All right, the second step, verse
3. Trust in the Lord, and do good,
so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Fret not thyself, but trust in the Lord. You believe in the
Lord's covenant grace? I do. I believe in the Lord's
covenant love. He said, I've drawn you with
an everlasting love. He said, before the world was
created, I loved you. I foreordained you. I predestinated you. I made you
my child. He said, Jeremiah, before I formed
thee in the belly, I knew thee. Before thou camest out of thy
mother's womb, I separated thee, sanctified thee. Paul said, God
who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by His grace.
I believe in God's covenant grace, God's covenant love, God's covenant
mercies, don't you? Well, let's trust Him. Let's
trust those covenant purposes and that covenant love. I believe
in the Lord's atonement. He shed His blood to put away
my guilt, to cleanse me from my sin, to redeem me from all
iniquity. Trust Him. Trust Him. I believe in the risen Lord and
His promises, the precious promises of God in Christ Jesus. I believe
those things, don't you? Trust Him. I was speaking this morning to
the church over in Winston-Salem, and I said this, all of the grace
of God for the believer and to the believer and in the believer
is in Christ our Lord. all of the great. Back yonder
before this world was ever created, God loved us, God chose us, God
sent His affection upon us. Back before the world had a being,
back before the world had a foundation, God chose a people in Christ
and sent His love upon. Chose us in Christ, predestinated
us in Christ, accepted us in Christ, all of it in Christ.
And then God performed a work of grace for us, our Lord, in
whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sin, who enlightened
us and made known to us the mysteries of his grace, who gave us an
inheritance, undefiled, that fadeth not away, in Christ. And
then one day he called us and gave us confidence and faith
and assurance and work of redemption in our souls. He who did all this for thee.
Be not discouraged when your work of faith brings poor return,
for God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform. He plants His footsteps on the
sea and rides upon the storm. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage
take. The clouds you so much dread
are rich with God's grace and will break with blessings on
your head. The purposes of God will ripen
fast, unfolding every hour. The bud may have a bitter taste,
but sweet will be the flower. If you trust Him, trust in the
Lord. All right, the third thing. He
said, fret not thyself because of evildoers. Trust in the Lord. And then look at verse four.
Delight thyself also in the Lord. Delight thyself in the Lord.
Think how good God's been to you. Think how good God's been
to me. You know, most of our unrest
comes because we dwell not on God's blessings, but upon our
disappointments. All of us are given to that.
We dwell on our frustrations. We dwell on our disappointments.
We dwell on our failures rather than on our blessings. The songwriter
said, when upon life's billows your tempt is tossed, when you
are discouraged, thinking all is lost, count your many blessings. Name them one by one. That's
the way to light thyself in the Lord. God has not left you in
darkness, but God has given you a knowledge of His grace. God
has not left you in sin, but He's delivered you out of the
miry clay. God has given His Son to be your
Redeemer. God has given you new life and
hope of the resurrection. And my friends, if we have to
be continually reminded of what God's done for us, is it possible
that it hasn't yet been done? Huh? If we have to be continually
reminded of God's grace, isn't it a good sign that we don't
even have God's grace? The last words that David said
on this earth before he died were these, "'The Lord hath made
with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure,
although it be not so with my house, yet this is all my salvation
and all my desire. Count your many blessings.'"
The way to peace, look at the fourth thing. commit thy way
unto the Lord. Now brethren, even our Master
prayed, Not my will, but thy will be done. Even our Master
in the agonizing garden of Gethsemane prayed, Not my will, but thy
will be done. And I certainly will find no
peace and no rest until I can sincerely commit my will to Almighty
God. and commit my way to God." Samuel
came to Eli. Eli said, What the Lord say to
you, Samuel? Samuel said, I'd rather not say.
Eli said, Well, Samuel, if you don't tell me what the Lord said
to you, may the Lord do the same thing to you. And Samuel said,
Well, Eli, the Lord is going to bring judgment upon your house.
The Lord said that he was going to slay your sons because they
have sinned against him. And you know what Eli said? He
committed his way unto the Lord. He said, it is the Lord. Let
him do what he will. Let him do what he will. Now
I'm going to find peace when I come to this place. that I
can commit myself and all that I have and all that I am and
all that I hope to be, that I can commit it to the Lord. You know, when Paul was in prison,
when he wrote the book of Philemon, and when he also wrote the book
of 2 Timothy, he called himself the prisoner of Jesus Christ.
He never called himself the prisoner of Nero, nor the prisoner of
Rome, nor did he ever call himself the prisoner of the religious
Jews. Oh, they were the second causes. They put him there. But
he called himself the prisoner of Jesus Christ. I'm here because
my Lord wants me here, or I wouldn't be here. I'm here because this
is the will of my God, or I wouldn't be here. So if this preacher
is going to find rest and peace, the peace of God that passeth
understanding, I'm going to have to commit my way to the Lord. I'm going to have to learn how
to pray, Lord, now this is my desire, but if it be not Thy
will, Lord, don't hear my prayer. Now, Lord, this is what I want,
and I feel impressed to pray this way, but Lord, I'm saying
this, if this is not Your will, don't grant it. Don't even answer
my prayer. Don't even hear my prayer. Thy
will be done. I've got to commit my way. I like this poem. Listen to it.
There is a richer, sweeter rest than the soothing rest from pain. We think when we're hurting and
we take a pain pill and the pain goes away how good it is. But
there's a richer, sweeter rest than the soothing rest from pain.
There is a deeper peace than that which sleep sheds over the
heart and brain. We think sometimes, lying there
at two, three o'clock in the morning, I wish I could go to
sleep. And finally, sweet, precious sleep closes our eyes. But the
songwriter says there's a deeper peace. It is my soul's surrendered
choice, the surrender of my will, lying broken, at the cross, praying
God's purpose be fulfilled. If I can come to that place,
I'll find peace. God will speak peace to my heart.
God will speak peace. All right, the next step, he
says, if you want peace, fret not thyself because of evildoers. Fret not thyself because of the
vanities of this world, the workers of iniquity. Come apart from
Come apart. Trust in the Lord. Delight thyself
in Him. Find your joy and pleasure in
His presence, in His mercies. Put no confidence in the flesh.
Flesh will fail, your flesh and everybody else's. Put no confidence
even in doctrine. Put no confidence even in organizations
or ordinances or even churches. Delight thyself in the Lord.
Commit thy way to Him. And then he says, rest in the
Lord. Let me show you a beautiful picture. Turn to Genesis chapter 8. Old
Noah, the floodwaters had risen, destroyed everything. It rained
so long, so long, and the old ark was floating up there on
top of the water days and days and days and days. It passed
40 days. And it says in verse 8 that Noah
sent forth a dove. out of that ark, sent forth a
dove to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the
ground. Genesis 8, now verse 9. But the
dove found no rest, found no rest for the sole of her foot.
She flew out there, here and there and yonder, and found no
rest. I can see that dove flying everywhere, and there's no place
to lie. There's no place to find rest
for her foot. What'd she do? She returned unto
him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole
earth. And Noah put forth his hand, and that little dove flew
back into the hand of Noah, and he pulled her in unto him into
the ark." Now, my friends, if any of you say that you have
lost peace and you have lost rest, And you have lost the joy,
and you're troubled, and you're anxious, and you're fearful,
and you're weary. If you're a child of God, I'll
tell you why. You've flown from here, and you're
out there trying to find rest in the vanities and luxuries
and treasures of this earth, and it's not there for a child
of God. It's just not that. Just like that dove flying around
everywhere, seeking some place to find some companionship, or
fellowship, or rest, or peace, or some place to place a weary
foot, and found none. You want to find rest? Return. Return unto thy rest, O my soul,
for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. He's my rest. He's
my rest, and I've got to fly just like that dove back to His
hand, and He'll take me with Him into the ark. And there I'll
find rest, and there I'll find comfort, and there I'll find
peace. You see it there, Psalm 37, rest
in the Lord. That's the only place we're going
to find it. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him. And then verse 8, steps to rest. Verse 8 says, cease from anger. Now there is no man, no man and
no woman who can have the peace of God in his heart as long as
he has ill feelings in his heart. There is no man and there is
no woman who can have the peace of God that passes understanding,
the peace of God that rules in the heart, that rest in Christ
Jesus. As long as he has malice toward
someone, ill feelings toward someone, because peace is not
only the peace with God in Christ, but it's a peace with my fellow
man. Now, anger can take many forms. He tells us here, cease from
anger. Anger can take many forms. If
you think anger is only when you're pitching a mad fit, you're
wrong. Anger takes many forms other than hatred and other than
wishing vengeance. Hurt feelings harbored in our
hearts, that's anger. When we refuse to be reconciled,
that's anger. Misunderstandings continue A
misunderstanding occurs, and rather than forgetting it and
forgiving it and erasing it from our minds, that misunderstanding
stays in there and continues. That's anger. The only way that
a misunderstanding can prosper, the only way that a misunderstanding
can grow and continue to survive is to be fed with the water of
anger. Only way. Anger takes this form, refusing
to fellowship with someone, refusing to speak to someone. Anger takes
a form of envy, petty jealousy, an attitude of self-pity. Everybody's
against me. Nobody loves me. Everybody hates
me. That's anger. You want peace? You've got to cease from these
things. Cease from these things. Let the peace of God and the
love of God and the rest of God rule, rule. Let it dominate. Let it reign in your heart. That's
the steps to peace. Well, what is this peace? What
are some of its marks? Now, I'll give you some of the
marks of this peace that I feel personally. First of all, I believe
this peace that passeth understanding, this peace that causes the the
things of this world to lose their attractiveness. Turn your
eyes on Jesus, look full in his wonderful face, and the things
of this world will grow strangely dim. You know what does that?
First of all, the mark of peace is to have strong convictions.
Paul said, I know whom I have believed. I know. I know that
Christ is my Redeemer. I know that he's my Lord. I know
that he died for me on Calvary's cross. I know whom I have believed. I am persuaded, I am convinced
that he's able to keep that which I have committed unto him. That's
my conviction." John said, we know that we pass from death
unto life. We know it. And a firm belief
in the gospel and the word of God and in Christ Jesus our Lord is essential to peace. A man
who is wishy-washy, a man who is like this chaff that the wind
bloweth away, the man who is disturbed by every wind of doctrine
that comes and goes, can have no peace. Peace is found when
we're anchored in Christ Jesus, anchored within the veil. And
then another mark of this peace, strong And another mark of this
peace is contentment. Paul said, I have learned in
whatsoever state I am therewith to be content. Therewith to be
content. Having food and clothing, I am
therewith content. Ambition spoils rest. Ambition. Greed spoils peace. When we worry over accumulating
this world's goods, we can say goodbye to God's peace. God hath appointed my portion,
God hath ordained my ways, so let it be. I'm content. Paul said, I know how to be abased
and I know how to abound. I know how to be full and I know
how to be hungry. I know both extremes. I know
how to be glad and I know how to suffer. I'm content. And then the third mark of this
piece, it is conviction, strong conviction. It is a strong contentment,
contentment. And then thirdly, it is confidence. Whatever trials may come, whatever
loss I suffer, I have perfect confidence that my God will work
it out for my good." Whatever trials may come, whatever
loss I suffer, I have perfect confidence that my God will work
it out for my good. This is the peace that believes
God can do no God can do no wrong. He's too wise to make a mistake. He's too good to do evil. He
cannot forsake me. He cannot change. He cannot cease
to love me. He said all things work together
for good to them who love God, to those who are called according
to His purpose. No matter how dark the valley,
no matter how heavy the load, no matter how lonely the way,
It's going to work out if I know Him, if I love Him, if I'm one
of the called according to His purpose, it's all going to work
out for my good. I believe that. And then the fourth mark of this
rest, this peace that passeth understanding, is submission.
Somebody said the Hebrew word for submission is be silent before
God. be silent before God. One of
the old versions reads this way, hold thou still before God. Now we see some examples of this
when God took everything Job had away from him. The scripture
says that in all this, Job did not charge God with foolishness. He did not charge God foolishly,
nor with foolishness. But he said, Naked I came out
of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return. The Lord gave,
the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." That's
submission. We cannot find peace resisting
God. We cannot find peace replying
against God. It is, be silent before God. It is, hold thou thou still before
God. Here's another example. When
Aaron's loved ones died before the wrath of God, the Scripture
says, just five words, and Aaron held his peace. Got nothing to say. when his
loved ones died before God under God's judgment and Aaron held
his peace. We're people of many words. Our
tongues get us into so much trouble. Trouble not only with ourselves
and trouble with one another, but trouble with God. We've talked
ourselves into a mess. We've talked ourselves into a
prison. We've talked ourselves into frustration,
we talked ourselves into predicaments that we can't get out of. Hold
your peace! That's the key. I wish I could
learn that. Be silent before God. Now, that's the mark of peace. It's a man with strong convictions. I shall not be moved. I shall
not be moved. I'm like a tree planted by the
waters, I shall not be moved. Whatever wind blows, I shall
not be moved. It may blow all my leaves off,
but I shall not be moved. I'm anchored in Christ Jesus.
The old taproot reaches down into the well of living water,
and I shall not move. I shall not move. I'm in God's
place, and I'm content. I'm content. It may be battles
twenty-four hours a day. It may be imprisonment. John
Bunyan, how many years? Twelve years, David, twelve years
in prison. Paul sitting there chained to
guards, his friends forsaken him. We don't know what suffering
is. Preacher was talking to me this
week about rewards in heaven. I said, who in God's name deserves
a reward? Who's done any suffering for
Christ? Who's done any agonizing under the whip of persecution?
I haven't. I don't know what it is. We murmur
and complain and find fault. We'll have no rest till we can
say with Paul, I'm content. I'm content. And I've got a strong
confidence that whatever trial comes, it's going to be for my
good and God's glory. And I'll tell you this. under
any trial, under any burden, I'm going to keep my mouth shut
before God. I'm going to hold my peace. I
want it to be said of me as it was said of Aaron, when all of
this swept down upon him, and Aaron held his peace. All right, how is this peace
maintained? All right, if God's pleased to
grant it, God's pleased to give We are successful in attaining
it. It's got to be maintained. The
battle isn't over. There's no discharge in this
war. I've got some more years to live. I've got some more conflicts
to go through, some more battles to fight. How am I going to maintain
this peace now? Well, I maintain it by resting,
first of all, three things. Resting, first of all, in Christ
my substitute. Christ my substitute. Oh, what
a blessed resting place. Christ my substitute. The old-timers
said, rest weary soul, the penalty is born, the ransoms paid. For all my sin, satisfaction
has been made. Strive not to do what the Lord
Jesus has already done. Clean the free guilt and make
His joys thine own. No more let guilt and fear distress. Rest, my soul, in Christ's sweetly
rest. Keep on coming back to Calvary. Keep on coming back to Calvary. Wherever you start, come back
to Calvary. That's where we'll find the rest,
resting in the substitutionary work of Christ, always back to
Calvary. up here in our preaching, in
our singing, in our witnessing. Whatever we're doing, let's get
back to Calvary. In our business, in our conversation,
in our fellowship, in our social life, let's get back to Calvary.
Back to Calvary. And then I'll maintain this peace
by resting in the substitutionary work of Christ and resting in
the unchangeable attributes of God. He said, I am the Lord,
I change not. That's why you sons of Jacob
aren't consumed. That's the reason. The reason
you aren't swept away, the reason you aren't destroyed, is not
because you don't change, not because of your faithfulness,
not because of your honesty and integrity, because of mine. I
change not. The gifts and calling of God
are without change. One old-timer, a man came to
him one time, an old white-haired gentleman right on the brink
of eternity, right in the sunset years of life, and said to him,
Old man, you a Christian? He said, Yes, sir. Been a Christian
a long time, resting in Christ. Old man, what if after all these
years of believing on Christ and resting in Him, you should
finally be lost?" Well, the old man, without a moment's hesitation,
said, well, God would suffer the greater loss. He said, what
do you mean? Well, he said, I'd lose my soul,
but God would lose His glory. God would lose His glory. He
said, the soul that believes on Christ shall never perish.
And I have His Word for that. I have His Word. God says, I
change not. And I can rest in that, in the
attributes of God, and maintain my rest. And then last of all,
and here's where we're missing it, one place among many, rest
in the Word of God. Wherewithal shall a young man
cleanse his way, taking heed to the word of God? As newborn
babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow
thereby. You can't have rest and peace and live apart from
this book. Now, I know we preachers, we
have to study. But warn to us if we study, because
we have to. Warn to us if we read the word
of God, because we have to. I look at this book like a pilot
looks at a compass. It's my guide. It's my comfort. It's infallible. It's my Lord's
directions. It's His Word. You see what it's
done for you already tonight as you sat there and I read these
verses. Fret not thyself. Fret not thyself. Trust in the Lord. Delight thyself
in Him. Isn't that sweet? Doesn't that
calm your soul? Commit thy way unto the Lord. Lean not to thine own understanding. Rest in Him. Cease from anger. You'll find, if you'll flee to
this book, you'll find a strength you can find nowhere else. It's
not just for information, it's for inspiration too. It's not
just for edification, it's for sanctification. by taking heed to the Word of
God. Make much of God's Word and maintain
that peace. I want it all. Lord, give me
faith. Give me love for people. Give
me a humility. Break my heart. Give me a contrite
spirit. Empty me of myself. But Lord,
give me that peace. I need it more all the time,
don't you? Peace and passive understanding
to keep my heart. Our Father in heaven, thank Thee
for Thy Word. Thou hast spoken so graciously
to us. What strength we find, how, what
comfort we find. How we've been blessed because
we felt Thy presence and Thy Spirit speaking to us through
Thy Word. Now take this message and let
us not soon forget it. Let not the things of this earth
take the seed too quickly away that it bear not fruit. Let us
not become now so concerned over ourselves and our enjoyments
and entertainments that we forget what we've heard. But go home
and pray about it, sleep upon it, and determine within our
hearts we're going to do something about it. A confrontation with
the Holy Spirit. Seek Lord thy servant, obeyeth. In Christ's name we pray, amen.

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