1 00:00:00,381 --> 00:00:01,613 I want to share about 2 00:00:01,613 --> 00:00:03,626 how the Lord answered our prayer 3 00:00:03,626 --> 00:00:04,770 for our oldest son. 4 00:00:04,770 --> 00:00:07,493 Many of you've heard this with James, 5 00:00:07,493 --> 00:00:12,329 my oldest son. 6 00:00:12,329 --> 00:00:15,842 My oldest son, 7 00:00:15,842 --> 00:00:17,413 he was a model child 8 00:00:17,413 --> 00:00:20,735 until he turned 17. 9 00:00:20,735 --> 00:00:22,430 We thought he was a true Christian. 10 00:00:22,430 --> 00:00:25,873 He had made a profession of faith when he was young. 11 00:00:25,873 --> 00:00:27,457 He was a very obedient child, 12 00:00:27,457 --> 00:00:28,580 a very good child. 13 00:00:28,580 --> 00:00:30,374 He was the kind of boy that if we had 14 00:00:30,374 --> 00:00:32,958 any visiting preacher or evangelist come over, 15 00:00:32,958 --> 00:00:34,089 he would wash their car 16 00:00:34,089 --> 00:00:36,062 and try to serve them every way he could. 17 00:00:36,062 --> 00:00:40,315 We thought he was the real deal. 18 00:00:40,315 --> 00:00:43,112 But when 17 came, 19 00:00:43,112 --> 00:00:44,662 it was like all hell broke loose 20 00:00:44,662 --> 00:00:47,809 and he decided he wanted the world. 21 00:00:47,809 --> 00:00:49,622 And it became quickly manifest to us 22 00:00:49,622 --> 00:00:52,600 that he had just been pretending, 23 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,025 playing at this business. 24 00:00:54,025 --> 00:00:57,072 There may be some of you that have been doing the same thing. 25 00:00:57,072 --> 00:00:58,492 You've just been pretending. 26 00:00:58,492 --> 00:01:03,887 Oh, we can be real good pretenders. 27 00:01:03,887 --> 00:01:05,549 We can play at this thing 28 00:01:05,549 --> 00:01:11,189 and really fool even the closest people to us. 29 00:01:11,189 --> 00:01:13,321 It became manifest in James' rebellion. 30 00:01:13,321 --> 00:01:15,956 He began more and more his rebellion 31 00:01:15,956 --> 00:01:17,675 and disobedience and stubbornness 32 00:01:17,675 --> 00:01:19,482 was growing in manifestation. 33 00:01:19,482 --> 00:01:21,203 And our hearts were breaking. 34 00:01:21,203 --> 00:01:23,000 It came to the place where we finally 35 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,832 had to say, "James, if you're going to 36 00:01:24,832 --> 00:01:28,360 not live by our rules and do what we say 37 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,191 and submit yourself to our authority, 38 00:01:30,191 --> 00:01:31,461 you're going to have to move out." 39 00:01:31,461 --> 00:01:33,660 He said, "I'm moving out." 40 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:35,051 It was a heartbreaking thing, 41 00:01:35,051 --> 00:01:38,310 but sometimes you've got to let go of folks. 42 00:01:38,310 --> 00:01:40,322 You've got to let go of your own family. 43 00:01:40,322 --> 00:01:43,456 In fact, God was teaching you let go of people. 44 00:01:43,456 --> 00:01:44,713 We let him go. 45 00:01:44,713 --> 00:01:47,339 He moved out. 46 00:01:47,339 --> 00:01:49,520 Things went from bad to worse in his life. 47 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,447 I mean, he plummeted the depths, folks. 48 00:01:51,447 --> 00:01:54,736 He went off into a life of sin and rebellion. 49 00:01:54,736 --> 00:01:56,957 Drinking. 50 00:01:56,957 --> 00:01:59,383 Went through a bad marriage early. 51 00:01:59,383 --> 00:02:02,256 All of this totally contrary, and our hearts were breaking. 52 00:02:02,256 --> 00:02:03,829 And we were thinking at the time, 53 00:02:03,829 --> 00:02:05,363 and many parents are tempted to think 54 00:02:05,363 --> 00:02:06,996 when you've got a son or a daughter 55 00:02:06,996 --> 00:02:08,142 that's out in rebellion, 56 00:02:08,142 --> 00:02:10,590 what have I done wrong? 57 00:02:10,590 --> 00:02:12,381 Where did I mess up? 58 00:02:12,381 --> 00:02:14,326 What kind of inconsistency was there 59 00:02:14,326 --> 00:02:16,514 that may have triggered this? 60 00:02:16,514 --> 00:02:18,614 So we had all this burden of thinking, 61 00:02:18,614 --> 00:02:20,653 not only the burden of our son 62 00:02:20,653 --> 00:02:21,730 being out in sin, 63 00:02:21,730 --> 00:02:23,167 but the burden of thinking, 64 00:02:23,167 --> 00:02:25,228 well, we haven't done things right 65 00:02:25,228 --> 00:02:27,459 because we saw other families 66 00:02:27,459 --> 00:02:29,653 that their children were walking in obedience 67 00:02:29,653 --> 00:02:31,657 and good and faithful and loving God. 68 00:02:31,657 --> 00:02:33,401 It was so heartbreaking to us 69 00:02:33,401 --> 00:02:35,597 that our oldest son, whom we had so much 70 00:02:35,597 --> 00:02:37,353 expectation and hope that he was 71 00:02:37,353 --> 00:02:38,965 going in the right direction. 72 00:02:38,965 --> 00:02:45,115 He proved to be just an absolute rebel. 73 00:02:45,115 --> 00:02:46,685 My wife and I, I can't tell you 74 00:02:46,685 --> 00:02:50,458 how many hours that we spent 75 00:02:50,458 --> 00:02:53,909 for several years praying for him. 76 00:02:53,909 --> 00:02:55,967 Praying, fasting. 77 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:59,847 My wife would spend whole nights up 78 00:02:59,847 --> 00:03:02,488 while James was off in Tennessee 79 00:03:02,488 --> 00:03:04,664 working on pipeline, living like hell. 80 00:03:04,664 --> 00:03:08,038 She would be so burdened and moved upon 81 00:03:08,038 --> 00:03:09,540 because of particular dangers 82 00:03:09,540 --> 00:03:11,075 that James was in at the time. 83 00:03:11,075 --> 00:03:14,255 She would be praying for his deliverance 84 00:03:14,255 --> 00:03:15,914 and that the Lord would protect him 85 00:03:15,914 --> 00:03:17,465 and watch over him and save him 86 00:03:17,465 --> 00:03:22,038 and bring him home. 87 00:03:22,038 --> 00:03:23,947 This rocked on for several years. 88 00:03:23,947 --> 00:03:27,697 He was in mid-Tennessee. 89 00:03:27,697 --> 00:03:34,010 This was about '96. 90 00:03:34,010 --> 00:03:36,632 One Sunday evening, 91 00:03:36,632 --> 00:03:39,226 I was sitting in the living room, 92 00:03:39,226 --> 00:03:40,387 and I told Mae, I said, 93 00:03:40,387 --> 00:03:43,596 "Mae, I'm going to go out on the front porch 94 00:03:43,596 --> 00:03:47,438 and pray once more for James." 95 00:03:47,438 --> 00:03:48,840 I can remember it so well. 96 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,344 I walked out on the front porch 97 00:03:50,344 --> 00:03:52,314 and I got on the right side of the porch 98 00:03:52,314 --> 00:03:53,895 where I could see the heavens, 99 00:03:53,895 --> 00:03:55,856 and I got down on my knees before God, 100 00:03:55,856 --> 00:04:01,780 and I said, "Father, God, You are Lord over all, 101 00:04:01,780 --> 00:04:03,065 and You do as You please 102 00:04:03,065 --> 00:04:05,485 and no man can command You or tell You what to do. 103 00:04:05,485 --> 00:04:07,611 Lord, if You kill my own son 104 00:04:07,611 --> 00:04:09,877 and put him in hell tonight, 105 00:04:09,877 --> 00:04:12,219 You would be just in doing so. 106 00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:14,531 You have that right, but Lord, if You would, 107 00:04:14,531 --> 00:04:16,834 would You save him? 108 00:04:16,834 --> 00:04:20,165 You could save him. Would You save him?" 109 00:04:20,165 --> 00:04:21,960 And the Lord spoke to my heart 110 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,433 as clear as I've ever heard anything. 111 00:04:24,433 --> 00:04:28,961 "I've heard your prayer." 112 00:04:28,961 --> 00:04:31,083 I came back in. I said, "Mama, 113 00:04:31,083 --> 00:04:33,081 God's going to save James." 114 00:04:33,081 --> 00:04:35,986 You remember it, Mae? 115 00:04:35,986 --> 00:04:41,167 You remember it? 116 00:04:41,167 --> 00:04:42,524 God's going to save James. 117 00:04:42,524 --> 00:04:48,266 I don't know when and I don't know how. 118 00:04:48,266 --> 00:04:51,293 But the Lord's going to work. 119 00:04:51,293 --> 00:04:55,754 The next day at noon, the phone rang. 120 00:04:55,754 --> 00:04:57,614 At noon. We were both home, 121 00:04:57,614 --> 00:04:59,156 in the living room. 122 00:04:59,156 --> 00:05:02,523 Guess who was on the other end of the line? 123 00:05:02,523 --> 00:05:06,042 James. 124 00:05:06,042 --> 00:05:10,158 "Daddy, would you pray for me? 125 00:05:10,158 --> 00:05:13,935 I've got to get right with God." 126 00:05:13,935 --> 00:05:19,140 The next day! 127 00:05:19,140 --> 00:05:24,302 "I've got to get right with God. 128 00:05:24,302 --> 00:05:27,688 Would you pray for me? 129 00:05:27,688 --> 00:05:32,775 I went out today and bought me a Bible. 130 00:05:32,775 --> 00:05:36,780 And I've started reading it. 131 00:05:36,780 --> 00:05:41,181 My life's falling apart. 132 00:05:41,181 --> 00:05:44,583 I need the Lord. 133 00:05:44,583 --> 00:05:46,110 Would you pray for me?" 134 00:05:46,110 --> 00:05:54,135 I said, "Sure, James. I'll pray for you." 135 00:05:54,144 --> 00:05:57,056 He called me back the next day. 136 00:05:57,056 --> 00:05:59,758 He said, "Daddy, the Lord hasn't saved me, 137 00:05:59,758 --> 00:06:01,621 but I'm reading the Scriptures." 138 00:06:01,621 --> 00:06:06,215 And he had met a girl over in Tennessee 139 00:06:06,215 --> 00:06:09,981 which invited him to a charismatic-type church, 140 00:06:09,981 --> 00:06:11,391 and he went to church. 141 00:06:11,391 --> 00:06:12,980 In fact, he'd gone to church 142 00:06:12,980 --> 00:06:15,479 that particular past Sunday. 143 00:06:15,479 --> 00:06:18,927 When the Lord started putting him under conviction, 144 00:06:18,927 --> 00:06:20,159 he told her, he said, 145 00:06:20,159 --> 00:06:24,556 "I don't need this hooping and hollering, 146 00:06:24,556 --> 00:06:26,247 I need to go to a church 147 00:06:26,247 --> 00:06:31,572 where somebody will tell me something I need to hear." 148 00:06:31,572 --> 00:06:33,240 See, he had been raised under 149 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:34,623 the preaching of the truth 150 00:06:34,623 --> 00:06:36,923 and he could discern the difference 151 00:06:36,923 --> 00:06:38,865 between what was being preached 152 00:06:38,865 --> 00:06:41,063 in this other group. 153 00:06:41,063 --> 00:06:45,410 I said, "James, surely there's some place over there 154 00:06:45,410 --> 00:06:47,447 that preaches the Gospel; 155 00:06:47,447 --> 00:06:49,997 some place over there that you can hear the truth." 156 00:06:49,997 --> 00:06:52,347 He said, "Yeah, that's what I told Shelly." 157 00:06:52,347 --> 00:06:55,660 He said, "We've got to find a church that preaches something." 158 00:06:55,660 --> 00:06:57,951 Sad thing, again, it's a burden. 159 00:06:57,951 --> 00:07:03,085 So, he said, "would you have the people, 160 00:07:03,085 --> 00:07:04,842 Wednesday night, would you have 161 00:07:04,842 --> 00:07:06,315 a special prayer meeting for me 162 00:07:06,315 --> 00:07:07,748 that the Lord would save me? 163 00:07:07,748 --> 00:07:10,138 I want you to ask the people in the church 164 00:07:10,138 --> 00:07:11,011 to pray for me." 165 00:07:11,011 --> 00:07:12,883 I said, "Sure, James, we'll pray for you. 166 00:07:12,883 --> 00:07:15,645 You just keep reading your Bible and seeking the Lord." 167 00:07:15,645 --> 00:07:18,842 Because we both knew that this thing of being saved 168 00:07:18,842 --> 00:07:21,043 was not just saying a little prayer 169 00:07:21,043 --> 00:07:24,164 and it was not going through an A-B-C solution, 170 00:07:24,164 --> 00:07:27,048 that God had to save you; 171 00:07:27,048 --> 00:07:30,034 that God had to do a work in your life and change you. 172 00:07:30,034 --> 00:07:32,976 He'd gone through the little routine 173 00:07:32,976 --> 00:07:36,236 and knew that that didn't work, as it were. 174 00:07:36,236 --> 00:07:38,030 He had to have God save him. 175 00:07:38,030 --> 00:07:39,518 He said, "Pray for me." 176 00:07:39,518 --> 00:07:41,548 That Wednesday night in our prayer meeting 177 00:07:41,548 --> 00:07:42,801 our flock had gathered. 178 00:07:42,801 --> 00:07:44,469 Here's what's so unusual, that day, 179 00:07:44,469 --> 00:07:46,288 we were in a study - 180 00:07:46,288 --> 00:07:48,468 something pertaining to Christian life 181 00:07:48,468 --> 00:07:49,908 and Christian living. 182 00:07:49,908 --> 00:07:52,051 That particular day, the Lord moved upon me 183 00:07:52,051 --> 00:07:54,721 and gave me a message from 1 John 1:8-9 184 00:07:54,721 --> 00:07:56,956 and I couldn't understand why. 185 00:07:56,956 --> 00:07:59,299 "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves 186 00:07:59,299 --> 00:08:01,251 and the truth is not in us, but if we confess our sins, 187 00:08:01,251 --> 00:08:03,634 He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 188 00:08:03,634 --> 00:08:05,912 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 189 00:08:05,912 --> 00:08:07,990 And the Lord just put upon me heavily 190 00:08:07,990 --> 00:08:10,269 a message on the forgiveness of sins, 191 00:08:10,269 --> 00:08:12,398 and how that if we'd be honest and faithful 192 00:08:12,398 --> 00:08:13,762 to confess our sins, 193 00:08:13,762 --> 00:08:15,636 God was faithful to His Word 194 00:08:15,636 --> 00:08:16,597 and would cleanse us 195 00:08:16,597 --> 00:08:18,221 regardless of what our sins were, 196 00:08:18,221 --> 00:08:20,489 regardless of how deeply wicked they were, 197 00:08:20,489 --> 00:08:23,059 He'd just cleanse us for the sake of His Son, 198 00:08:23,059 --> 00:08:24,506 the Lord Jesus. 199 00:08:24,506 --> 00:08:27,199 And I had that and I said I don't know why... 200 00:08:27,199 --> 00:08:28,536 but I'm going to preach it 201 00:08:28,536 --> 00:08:30,054 because that was what was on my heart. 202 00:08:30,054 --> 00:08:31,816 Well, I had just finished telling the people 203 00:08:31,816 --> 00:08:35,044 that Wednesday afternoon, 204 00:08:35,044 --> 00:08:40,353 "Folks, James called and is under conviction. 205 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:41,767 The Lord's dealing with him. 206 00:08:41,767 --> 00:08:43,744 And he wanted you to pray for him. 207 00:08:43,744 --> 00:08:45,058 Praise the Lord!" 208 00:08:45,058 --> 00:08:46,620 And they said, "James?" 209 00:08:46,620 --> 00:08:48,979 People said, "James?" 210 00:08:48,979 --> 00:08:53,579 "You've got to be kidding! James?" 211 00:08:53,579 --> 00:08:57,628 "Wants us to pray for him?" 212 00:08:57,628 --> 00:08:59,537 I said yeah, James. 213 00:08:59,537 --> 00:09:01,711 And I just no sooner shared 214 00:09:01,711 --> 00:09:04,255 the fact that he was under conviction 215 00:09:04,255 --> 00:09:08,136 and that he was trying to find a church. 216 00:09:08,136 --> 00:09:10,805 I was still standing there. 217 00:09:10,805 --> 00:09:13,395 We had had prayer. 218 00:09:13,395 --> 00:09:17,247 And in the front door walked James. 219 00:09:17,247 --> 00:09:19,936 He had driven 6 or 7 hours straight 220 00:09:19,936 --> 00:09:24,286 to be in church with us that Wednesday night. 221 00:09:24,286 --> 00:09:25,933 He came in the church. 222 00:09:25,933 --> 00:09:27,558 He had long hair. 223 00:09:27,558 --> 00:09:28,722 Looked rough. 224 00:09:28,722 --> 00:09:30,591 Had been living a rough life. 225 00:09:30,591 --> 00:09:32,659 He came in and sat down by his mama 226 00:09:32,659 --> 00:09:38,654 and put his arm around her. 227 00:09:38,654 --> 00:09:43,543 My heart just swelled with praise. 228 00:09:43,543 --> 00:09:46,313 It expanded with worship. 229 00:09:46,313 --> 00:09:50,580 My heart was overjoyed. I couldn't hardly talk. 230 00:09:50,580 --> 00:09:52,759 But I poured out the message 231 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:55,095 that God had given me on the forgiveness of sins. 232 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:56,307 Just a simple message. 233 00:09:56,307 --> 00:09:58,245 How God could forgive the deepest 234 00:09:58,245 --> 00:10:00,160 and darkest and ugliest of sins 235 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,042 because He loved us so much 236 00:10:03,042 --> 00:10:05,523 that He offered His own Son in our place. 237 00:10:05,523 --> 00:10:07,936 And He was so pleased with the sacrifice 238 00:10:07,936 --> 00:10:09,905 and the suffering of His own dear Son 239 00:10:09,905 --> 00:10:12,207 that He could cleanse any sinner 240 00:10:12,207 --> 00:10:15,706 who would be honest and would come 241 00:10:15,706 --> 00:10:18,402 and lay his life before Him. 242 00:10:18,402 --> 00:10:20,223 And James just looked 243 00:10:20,223 --> 00:10:22,384 and I'll never forget the look on his face. 244 00:10:22,384 --> 00:10:23,745 He was like a starving man 245 00:10:23,745 --> 00:10:25,459 wanting a piece of bread. 246 00:10:25,459 --> 00:10:26,740 He was like a thirsty man 247 00:10:26,740 --> 00:10:29,175 wanting a drink with all desperation. 248 00:10:29,175 --> 00:10:31,737 He just drank in every word. 249 00:10:31,737 --> 00:10:34,984 When the message was over, 250 00:10:34,984 --> 00:10:37,324 he got up and began to hug everyone in the church 251 00:10:37,324 --> 00:10:39,136 and say, "pray for me." 252 00:10:39,136 --> 00:10:40,019 "Pray for me." 253 00:10:40,019 --> 00:10:41,188 He kept me up that night 254 00:10:41,188 --> 00:10:42,456 to the wee hours of the morning 255 00:10:42,456 --> 00:10:43,620 wanting to talk about how you could 256 00:10:43,620 --> 00:10:44,726 know if you were forgiven, 257 00:10:44,726 --> 00:10:46,247 how you could know if you're saved. 258 00:10:46,247 --> 00:10:49,513 He wore me out. I was just exhausted. 259 00:10:49,513 --> 00:10:51,030 I was so tired. 260 00:10:51,030 --> 00:10:52,178 We finally went to bed. 261 00:10:52,178 --> 00:10:53,472 We got up the next morning, 262 00:10:53,472 --> 00:10:54,755 he had to go back to Tennessee - 263 00:10:54,755 --> 00:10:56,613 it was a job-related thing. 264 00:10:56,613 --> 00:10:58,815 And he said the Lord hadn't saved him. 265 00:10:58,815 --> 00:10:59,842 We had prayer and he said, 266 00:10:59,842 --> 00:11:01,780 "Dad, keep on praying for me." I said, "I will." 267 00:11:01,780 --> 00:11:04,210 He said, "I'll keep on seeking the Lord." 268 00:11:04,210 --> 00:11:06,070 A few hours later, he called me. 269 00:11:06,070 --> 00:11:11,629 He said, "Daddy, somewhere around Memphis, Tennessee, 270 00:11:11,629 --> 00:11:16,047 the Lord saved me." 271 00:11:16,047 --> 00:11:18,138 And he said when the Lord came into his life 272 00:11:18,138 --> 00:11:20,918 and saved him and gave him peace and forgiveness, 273 00:11:20,918 --> 00:11:24,320 he had a stack of CD's on his dash - 274 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,462 worldly, wicked, rock & roll, 275 00:11:27,462 --> 00:11:30,111 hellish, rebellious music. 276 00:11:30,111 --> 00:11:32,994 He grabbed that whole stack 277 00:11:32,994 --> 00:11:43,540 and flung it out the window. 278 00:11:43,540 --> 00:11:48,394 Now that's not what saved him, folks. 279 00:11:48,394 --> 00:11:53,966 That's what he did because God saved him. 280 00:11:53,966 --> 00:11:56,646 The real proof in the pudding 281 00:11:56,646 --> 00:12:00,110 was a few months later, 282 00:12:00,110 --> 00:12:01,998 we had opportunity and time 283 00:12:01,998 --> 00:12:09,367 to go over and visit with him in Tennessee. 284 00:12:09,367 --> 00:12:13,774 He wasn't the same James. 285 00:12:13,774 --> 00:12:18,509 He was nothing like he had been before. 286 00:12:18,509 --> 00:12:21,221 Old things have passed away. 287 00:12:21,221 --> 00:12:24,461 All things have become new. 288 00:12:24,461 --> 00:12:27,764 The life of God shown in his soul. 289 00:12:27,764 --> 00:12:32,273 The countenance of peace was in his brow. 290 00:12:32,273 --> 00:12:34,506 The joy of the Lord was in his heart. 291 00:12:34,506 --> 00:12:39,513 The high praises of God were upon his lips. 292 00:12:39,513 --> 00:12:41,604 Mama and Daddy, don't ever tire 293 00:12:41,604 --> 00:12:44,745 of praying for your children. 294 00:12:44,745 --> 00:12:48,867 The last chapter's not written yet. 295 00:12:48,867 --> 00:12:52,370 Keep calling. 296 00:12:52,375 --> 00:12:57,796 Keep hoping. 297 00:12:57,796 --> 00:13:00,857 Keep pleading. 298 00:13:00,857 --> 00:13:05,980 One day, you may have the fortune 299 00:13:05,980 --> 00:13:12,653 to hear the word, "I've heard your prayer." 300 00:13:12,653 --> 00:13:14,592 Praise God. 301 00:13:14,592 --> 00:13:17,338 I praise God for you people. 302 00:13:17,338 --> 00:13:21,026 I praise God for you, Bob and Clint. 303 00:13:21,026 --> 00:13:27,310 I thank the Lord for knowing you. 304 00:13:27,310 --> 00:13:28,920 We may never meet again. 305 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,819 This may be my last time at Sedalia. 306 00:13:30,819 --> 00:13:33,743 I may go home and fall over from a heart attack, 307 00:13:33,743 --> 00:13:38,252 or you may too. 308 00:13:38,252 --> 00:13:40,300 We've got a great day coming. 309 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:49,011 We'll be together again. 310 00:13:49,011 --> 00:13:51,494 Let me recommend to you if you're not a Christian, 311 00:13:51,494 --> 00:13:53,417 get in on this. 312 00:13:53,417 --> 00:13:55,975 Don't miss this. 313 00:13:55,975 --> 00:13:59,116 Don't miss this great joy. 314 00:13:59,116 --> 00:14:04,312 Salvation can be yours today too. 315 00:14:04,312 --> 00:14:06,869 Believe it. 316 00:14:06,869 --> 00:14:09,329 You can be forgiven this very day. 317 00:14:09,329 --> 00:14:11,736 You can leave this house today 318 00:14:11,736 --> 00:14:15,575 a new creature in Christ Jesus. 319 00:14:15,575 --> 00:14:20,553 Bow your heart before Him. 320 00:14:20,553 --> 00:14:24,823 Give yourself up to Him. 321 00:14:24,823 --> 00:14:29,289 Ask Him for what you need most. 322 00:14:29,289 --> 00:14:32,448 See what He'll do. 323 00:14:32,448 --> 00:14:33,924 Let's pray.