Amen. If you turn your Bibles tonight to Matthew chapter number 14, Matthew chapter number 14, I pray that you want the will of God in your life this week. And I pray that you are searching for the will of God. I pray that you are searching to do more for Jesus Christ. So I'm going to ask you the question tonight. Do you want to do more for Jesus? You know, that's something that it's very easy to say yes. It's very easy for this voice, this mouth to just proclaim yes. But it's harder for this life to say yes. So I ask you the question again, do you want to do more for Jesus? The second question I ask you tonight is why? Why would you want to do more for Jesus? You know, I think that there are so many things in our life that keep us from having revival that holds us back. Sin is one of the major things that hold us back from revival. Our lack of desire for drawing closer to God, that keeps us from revival. The lack of importance of seeing what revival really is in our life, that keeps us from having revival. And I believe most of the times we hold ourselves back because we get stuck in something. We get stuck. We get stuck with the things of this life. We get stuck in sin. We get stuck in compromise. We get stuck in doubt. We get stuck in fear. We even get stuck in bitterness. And it stops us from having revival in our own lives. So tonight is a time for us to examine ourselves and ask ourselves, is there something that we are stuck in that is keeping us from having revival? Because I believe that every single individual in this auditorium tonight and every single individual that's listening can actually have revival if they're a Christian. They can have revival in their hearts. They can have revival in their lives. I believe that we have access to that revival, but sometimes we stop it. We get stuck in something. We don't get to the point to where we are having revival in our lives because we are stuck. And so tonight, I want us to look at a passage of scripture and I want us to ask ourselves the question, is there something that is keeping us from revival tonight? And I pray that you're asking yourself that question. Don't ask it about your neighbor. Don't ask it about your mate. Don't ask it about your kids. Ask it about yourself. Is something in my life keeping me from revival? Let's pray. Father, I thank you so much again for the opportunity to be out here on a Monday night. Lord, I thank you for all these people that have come out. Father, I pray that you will cleanse me of sin. Lord, I pray that you will help me as I preach your holy word. Lord, I pray that every word that comes out of my mouth will be yours. And Lord, I pray that tonight that we will examine ourselves. Lord, I know that you want revival in our hearts. I know it. Lord, your entire word is just relating to that. And Lord, I just pray tonight that we will search our hearts and ask ourselves, Lord, speak to my heart, Lord. Show me some things that I can do to better myself for you. Lord, I want to do more for Jesus tonight. Lord, I don't want to just talk about it anymore. I want to do more for you because you did everything for me. Lord, you held nothing back for us. You gave your entire life for us. Lord, help us to see the importance of giving our entire life for you. Lord, we love you. We praise you in Jesus name. Amen. I want to make a statement for us to think about. There's a storm raging in our hearts that keep us from having revival. There's a battle that goes on within us that keeps us from having revival. I want revival now. I don't know about you, but I want revival now. And in this passage of scripture, We see someone who was willing to step out, and I believe he experienced something that was miraculous. I believe he experienced something that was something that I would have wanted to experience, and I began to think about this passage as we talk about Peter walking on the water. I remember as a kid, I began to think about that, and I remember we went up to Lake Gaston, and we went up to AmeriCamps, and we always tent camped, and if you never tent camped, you ain't camped. Some people say, well, I only camp at a camper. Well, that ain't real camping, amen. Until you've been in a tent camp with all these bugs that it gets to the point that you feel like they're talking to you, they're buzzing in your ear so much. But I remember we're sitting there, and we're in that tent, and we're camping on the shorelines of Lake Gaston. And I'll never forget, I'm sitting there, and I'm looking at the water, and I remember the Sunday school teacher talking about Peter walking on the water. And I thank God for Sunday school teachers that teach the Bible, amen? So if you're a Sunday school teacher, thank you for what you do. And I thank God that the Sunday school teacher taught me that because I'm sitting there, and we're just sitting by the campfire, and I'm looking at Dad and Mom, and we're looking all around, and I'll never forget just thinking to myself, hey, you know what? I bet you I could walk on water right now. I mean, there's the water right there in front of me. It's kind of smooth. It's not rough or anything. I bet you if I get a good enough run, I can go really fast and I can get really far on walking on that. And this mind was going. I mean, I was thinking to myself, I'm gonna get at least halfway out in the water at least before I start sinking. I mean, as a young person, you got a lot of faith, amen? You think that you could do anything as a young person. Well, I'm looking at my dad, I'm looking at my family, and I'm thinking to myself, hey, you know what? I could actually walk on water. Now, none of them looked at me and said, hey, you can't walk on water. I wish they had of, because of what's going to happen next. You know, I'm sitting there thinking to myself that I can do it, and they look at me and say, hey, listen, if you think you can walk on water, Michael, go right ahead. And so I'll never forget, I said, OK, fine. So I got as far back as I could. And it was kind of an incline. And I'm running as fast as I can. And I get out to the water thinking to myself, I'm going to at least be on the water for a short period of time. Guess how far I got. Not very far. I sunk really, really fast and I got down in the mud and I got down and there was some grass that was growing underneath the water and I found out that I could not walk on the water. So you know what I'm gonna do when I get to heaven? I'm gonna say, Lord, please let me walk on water. I just wanna experience that of being able to walk on water. So I was looking at this passage of scripture And I really love this because I see that Peter was willing to walk out on faith all because of Jesus Christ. So look in verse number 22, and let's begin reading and look at this story in the Bible. Now, this is a story that actually happens, so look at what it says there. And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitude away. And when he had sent the multitude away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray. And when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves, for the wind was contrary. So here we see, as you continue to read in verse number 25, and in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went into them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, it is a spirit. And they cried out for fear. So first of all, we begin seeing the challenging storm here. This was a challenging storm for the disciples. They're in this boat. The wind is contrary. It's going all over the place. Maybe they were fearful for their life, thinking that maybe the wind will keep going. It'll keep getting worse and worse. I don't know. If you've ever been on a boat in the middle of the storm, it ain't no fun, is it? I've been in the middle of a boat. There's been a storm going on, and your boat starts rocking all over the place, and you start getting worried, don't you? You start getting worried. Hey, listen, is this going to be the end of my life? I don't know if it was that bad, but they may have gone to think about that. But here they are. They are in this boat. The wind is contrary. The Bible says the wind is going all over the place. And then all of a sudden they begin to look out and they see someone walking on the water. Now, I would be fearful if I saw someone walking on the water. If I'm out there fishing in the middle of the night, or I'm out there fishing in the evening time, if I'm trying to catch a fish and I see somebody walking on the water, guess what? I'm gonna be fearful. I'm gonna be a little scared. And so here the disciples are in this boat and they're looking out, the wind is already contrary, the boat is rocking back and forth, and all of a sudden they see this. So this was a challenging time for the disciples. And so here they are, they're all scared. In fact, if you look at verse number 26, the Bible says they cried out for what? Fear. They were scared of the situation. They weren't sure what was going on. They were worried about the situation. And then we begin to see, as they're worried about the situation, some calming words come out. Look in verse number 27, the Bible says, But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer, it is I. Be not afraid. Oh, these are calming words. These are words that are supposed to bring peace. These are words that are supposed to bring joy. And so when Jesus Christ was speaking here, He was speaking so that He could bring joy and peace to the heart of those disciples during that time. I'll tell you, in my life, there's been some challenging storms where I needed to hear God's voice. There have been some times in my life when things seemed so overwhelming where I needed God's voice to help calm me down. I don't know about you, but I need God's words to be able to help me through this life. And sometimes we get through this life and we start to worry, worry, worry, and we forget there are some calming words that God wants to give us in his holy word to be able to help us. to be able to encourage us, to be able to help us through that. Well, these were calming words. And then we see in verse number 28, we see him, Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou bid me come unto thee on the water. I love this because this is Peter looking out and he hears something. Now I want you to get this very carefully. He hears a voice that sounds familiar. He hears a voice that sounds familiar. He's like, wait a minute. I've heard the voice of that person before. I've heard the voice of that man speak in my ear before. That voice sounds so familiar. Hey, that's gotta be my Lord. That's gotta be the Lord Jesus. And so finally we see there in verse number 28, he calls out and even calls him Lord. He says in verse number 28, Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou bid me come unto thee on the water. Now, I always thought this was kind of strange at first, thinking to myself, well, Peter, why don't you just say, hey, Jesus, come on over here? But he was so impatient. He was like, no, I want to come to you. I mean, that just shows you his love for his savior. It shows you his love for Jesus. It shows you his love for the voice of Jesus Christ. He was so excited to think to himself, well, hey, wait a minute. That's my savior. That's the one that's been with me for all of this time. So you know what? I know he's got the power to let me go on that water and walk around with him. That was the faith that Peter had. And then we get to verse number 29 and we start to see there's an invitation that's given out. It's a confident, and there's a confidence in this invitation because look at what verse number 29 says. And he said, come. So Jesus told him and said, okay, come on out here. Come on out in the water. If you want to come on, if you want to do this, you come on out. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, what does the Bible say there? He walked on the water to go to Jesus. Man, I wish I could have experienced this. I mean, in Lake Anna, I wish I could have kept walking, but I'm thinking to myself, man, here he is. He sees Jesus out there. He hears a voice that's very familiar, and he looks out, and Jesus says, hey, come on out. And so what does he do? He gets out on that water, and he starts walking. Man, I would be excited. And you know me, I get a little bit excited. But I'm really excited, and I'd be looking all around, and I'd be running all over the place. I'd look at the guys in the boat and say, hey, look at me. I'm running on the water. Look what Jesus did. If you heard Peter, he's walking to Jesus Christ. And Jesus is in the water. on top of the water and he's walking on the water. And then the Bible says in verse number 30, but when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid. You see, there was a storm going on. The storm hadn't stopped yet. The wind was still boisterous. The boat was still rocking. And so all of this was still going on when Peter got out of the boat and he started walking on that water. And so as he's walking on that water, he starts to look around. And he starts to see the waves a little bit big, and he starts to think to himself, well, wait a minute, these feet ain't very big. I'm gonna sink really fast. And guess what? He starts to get really nervous. He starts to get scared. And so he looks around and he says, wait a minute, I'm starting to feel this being afraid. And the Bible says in verse number 33, in verse 30, and beginning to sink. So here he is. He's walking on the water. He's on his way to Jesus. He's looking at Jesus. And then all of a sudden he looks around. He sees the waves. He sees everything around him. He starts focusing on the storm. And guess what happens? He starts to sink. But I think it's interesting that he knew exactly who to call. He didn't call the guys in the boat. Hey, guys, throw me a rope. No, he knew exactly who to call. He knew the one that gave him the power to walk on the water in the first place. So he looked at him and he said, look, he says, and beginning to sink, he cried, Lord, save me. Now the Lord could have looked at him and said, oh my goodness. Don't you have enough faith? No, he could have let him sink for a while He could have let him wallow in that but the Bible says in verse number 31 and immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and caught him and said unto him O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt? I mean, here Jesus Christ has this carrying arm of help that he reaches down and he sees Peter go down. And as Peter's crying out, Lord, save me, Jesus Christ's hand is immediately, the Bible says, is right there to pick him right up and to pull him up out of that mess. And he saves him. He didn't let him drown. He did say, oh, ye of little faith, why'd you doubt? He did say that, but he saved him. He brought him up out of that. You know, I think that's amazing to see that the God, Jesus Christ, was right there ready to help even when Peter's faith was weak. Do you realize that your God is there ready to help even when your faith is weak? He's ready there to pick you up when you fall down. He's there ready to help you when you get involved in that sin and you're sorry for that sin. Guess what? Jesus isn't gonna just kick you to the curb. God's not gonna say, I don't want anything to do with you. When we repent of that sin, when we try to get ourselves right with God, when we allow that revival to work in our hearts, guess what? That loving arm is there to help pick us up and God will walk with us. God will carry us and he will give us the strength to do what God wants us to do. Oh man, this is a beautiful picture. This is a beautiful story. As I begin to look at this and I begin to think of what God is doing there. And then we get to verse number 32. Remember the picture here. You've got Jesus out there in the water at first You got all the disciples in the boat and Peter gets out and he starts walking to Jesus. He begins to sink Jesus saves him. So you got the picture now you've got Jesus and Peter on their way back to the boat Now I want you to think about this because when they got back to the boat something happened. I It's very interesting what you see here in this passage. Look what happened in this passage. The Bible says in verse number 32, look at the verse there. And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Hey, the storm stopped. No more storm, no more rock in the boat. They didn't need dramamine anymore, amen. They didn't have to worry about getting sick. I'm sure some of those disciples were probably puking over the side of that boat because it was going back and forth. I don't know about you, but I would get sick really quick. But here they are. Jesus and Peter, they get into the boat, and then all of a sudden, the wind ceases. Oh, man, that's awesome. That's great. But then you begin to see these men in the boat, and you begin to see what happens to them. The Bible says there, came and worshiped him. Look at it. Look at this saying of a truth that thou art the son of God. Well, let me ask you this question. Was he the son of God when he was out there on the water all by himself? Was he the son of God when he was walking all the way to the boat with Peter? So here they are, they're worshiping God when they should have been worshiping God out of the boat. Oh, I believe that, I believe with all my heart that Peter was worshiping God when he was saved from that sinking. I believe he was all excited. I believe that he was worshiping God because he got to experience the power of Almighty God. And I believe with all my heart that they were worshiping God only because he was right there and the storm was over. You see, it's easy to worship God when the storm's over. It's easy to worship God when the wind's not blowing, isn't it? When things are good, that's when we, oh, I can praise your name. When there's enough money to pay the bills, oh, praise God. When everything is going good at church, oh, praise the Lord. But boy, when those storms start to pound, when those winds start to howl, when that rain starts to turn sideways and it turns our world upside down, guess what we do? We start forgetting he's still the son of God. We start forgetting who he is. We start forgetting that he still has all the power. We start forgetting that we don't have to wait till the storm's over. We can worship him before the storm, we can worship him in the storm, and we can worship him after the storm. Why? Because he's God. He's our God. He's all powerful God. He's the amazing God. There is no other God but ours. And so when I looked at this, I was like, wow, you know what this is? This is a final convincing, but it's also a miss blessing. You see, I began to look at this and I start to look at Peter as he's in the water and he starts to sink and Jesus saves him. But then I start to think to myself as Peter and Jesus are walking back to the boat, how many people got out of the boat that day? Put it up in the air. Just one? So that means you had all these guys that are in that boat and they're sitting there and they're watching Peter experience the power of Almighty God. Now let me ask you this question. Do you think that Jesus has enough power to allow all those men to get out of the boat and start walking around? Oh, I believe Jesus could have had the boat floating all over the place. I believe he could have had it floating in the air. They could have been spinning on one finger and they could have all been just going all over the place. He could have had the water go up in the air. I mean, this is God. He had the power to do it. So if they knew he was a son of God because they began to worship him when he got in the boat, why didn't anybody else get out? I was like, if I saw Peter get out, I was like, okay, He ain't the only one that's gonna experience this. I'd be walking on that water because I wouldn't want somebody else just to experience that. This is too awesome. This is too amazing. You know, as a Christian, I'm really tired of being a spectator of the power of God. Did you hear me? I'm really tired of being a spectator of the power of God. I wanna experience in my own life. I want to see it in my church. I want to see the power of God work in my family. But you know what it's going to take? It's going to take me getting out of my comfort zone. It's going to take me getting out of something that I am stuck in. It's going to take me analyzing what I'm not doing right in my life. It's going to take me saying, God, you say you want me to do that, so I'm just going to have to step out on faith. I'm going to have to do exactly what you want me to do. so I can experience the power of Almighty God. You know why we don't have the power working in our country the way we should? Because there's too many Christians stuck in a boat. They're too comfortable. They're in their Christian lazy boy sitting back going, I'm going to heaven. My soul is gonna live for, I've got a mansion in heaven. Victory in Jesus is mine. And that's great. And I can claim that. But folks, there is a millions and millions of people that are dying. I always think about this. There's 160 some thousand people who die every day. They go into eternity. So I asked myself the question, what's being flooded, heaven or hell? Oh, I'd love to be able to say preacher heaven's being flooded. I wish I could, but I don't believe that. I believe hell is just expanding its boundaries. I believe hell is being flooded with souls that will perish for all eternity because Christians are too lazy. They're watching people. They're watching other churches. They're watching other countries. And they're saying, wow, look at the power of God work over there. Isn't that beautiful? When all they gotta do is say, you know what? I wanna do the same thing. You see, I can't do more for Jesus sitting in a boat. I can't love Jesus the way I need to sitting in a boat. I've got to get out of that boat so that I can get closer to Jesus. Who was the closest at that point? Peter was. He got to feel the hand of God. Reach down and pick him up. And he walked back, I mean, oh man, I wish I could have been a fly on the wall just listening to the conversation of Jesus and Peter as they're walking back, as they're talking. And the Bible doesn't record it, but I'm sure there was some type of conversation, because I would have been talking, and I know Peter was a talker. You look at him, he was a talker, and he talked a lot. I mean, he was one of those guys, he's like me, he just kept going and going. I know why he was a preacher, because he couldn't shut up, amen? But I can't imagine the conversation that he must have had. But none of those other people got a chance to experience it. Why? Because they just wanted to be spectators. So I began to look at this and I began to think, well, God, am I stuck in something? You know, the reason why people get stuck, you know, they get stuck in the boat of bitterness. Oh, well, such and such hurt me, so I can't do anything for God. I had somebody the other day, they were like, well, the church hurt me years ago, so I just can't do anything for God anymore. There's a bitterness that is built up inside. They're stuck in that boat. So guess what? They don't get to experience the power of God. They don't experience the blessings of God. Oh, I don't have enough faith preacher. Well, that's a boat you're stuck in. Oh, I've just got this anger inside of me. That's a boat you're stuck in. There's a boat of lust. There's a boat of addiction. There's a boat of selfishness. And that's where a lot of us are today. It's all about me. That's why we have these mega churches out there and people come in and they listen to the preacher, preach about prosperity and how they can make a million dollars. I mean, I heard one preacher talk about how you could go just claim a Cadillac in the name of Jesus. And you go up to the dealership and you look at them and say, hey, in the name of Jesus, I'm claiming that Cadillac. Yeah, you can claim any name you want as long as you pay for it. That's exactly what the dealership would tell you. But there's a lot of people sitting in pews that are believing those lies. Why? Because it tickles their ears. It tells them what their flesh wants to hear. It tells them how to build up their flesh. And so it's all about me. Many years ago, we were at a church and there was a family that came in and they said, well, we just want to visit this church and make sure that this makes us feel good to be here. Well, I'll tell you what. I don't always feel good when I'm in church. You know why? Because there's Holy Spirit conviction sometimes that steps all over these toes. And that's God Himself trying to help me to get right with Him. And when I leave sometimes, I'm humbled to know that my Savior was trying to help me. I'm humbled to know, and it's my responsibility to ask myself, am I gonna get out of this boat when God says to do it? Or am I gonna stick myself in it and just refuse to be blessed of Him? Boat of selfishness. the boat of sin. You know, Christian, I wish, you know, I got a chance to speak to the young people this morning, and I love young people. I was a youth pastor for 13 years. I told them that's why I don't have much hair left. And then I had two teenage girls. That's where the rest of it's going. But you know, I see potential in our young people to be able to do something great for almighty God. I don't see a lot of adults doing much anymore. I wish I could. I wish as an evangelist, I got a chance to travel all over. And, you know, there were some little churches doing some stuff, but most of them aren't doing much. They're not knocking on doors. They're not giving people tracts. They're not sharing the gospel. They're too scared to preach the whole word of God because they're afraid they're gonna call some news organization to come in and shut them down. They're scared. They're fearful. They're stuck in this boat. You know what the devil's doing? He's laughing. He's saying, we want you to stay in the boat. Me and my things, me and my evil minions, we want you to stay in this boat. We don't want you to get out of this boat because we know that if you get out of that boat, then wow, God's power is gonna just show. And you know what God's waiting for? He's waiting for a church. And I believe that because I want revival in America so bad I can just taste it. And I believe he's waiting for a church to say, collectively, let's all get out of the boat and let's do more for Jesus Christ. You see, I can do more. You can do more. It's just a matter of fact. Are we willing to do more? Sunday school, bus ministry, teaching, whatever the case may be, knocking on a door, giving out a track, just doing a little bit more for Jesus Christ. Is he worth it? So I ask you the question, like I asked you earlier, do you want to do more for Jesus tonight? Because revival is all about doing more for Jesus. It's about changing your life and giving yourself 100% being sold out for Jesus Christ. But you know what we have? Well, we have a lot of Christians that are renting themselves to Jesus. Oh, Jesus, I'll rent myself to you for a little while, but then I take myself back. You know what we need we we need Christians that say I want a hundred a hundred percent just be sold out for Jesus Christ You see that's what revival will take Because when we as Christians say we want to be sold out to God guess what we'll do. We'll get out of the boat and and we'll be closer to Jesus. Jesus will be closer to us and we'll get a chance to experience instead of watch other people and see the power of God work in our own lives. Do you want that in your life? Wouldn't it be great for this place to see the power of God work? Do you desire it? Do you want it? Does it even matter to you? Oh, I pray with all of my heart because I believe one day we will desire it. We will wish we had desired it on this earth and we'll get to heaven and we'll look down and we'll think of our lives and we'll think of all the things we didn't do and we'll wish we had done more for Jesus. When we look into those eyes that gave us everything, that held nothing back, I mean, he got out of the boat completely. He gave his entire life for us and he did it all. And when we look into those eyes, one day we'll say, oh, I wish I had done more for Jesus. I wish I had given another track for Jesus. I wish I had given more for Jesus Christ of myself because everything that I do for him, is just a chance to say, I love you, Jesus, for what you've done for me. So maybe you're tonight, you're stuck in a boat. Guess what? You can get out. Maybe you're stuck in bitterness. You can get out. Maybe you're stuck in lust or an addiction or selfishness or apathy or pride or anger. Maybe you've just got a lack of faith. Get out. Do more for Jesus Christ and allow the power of God and just oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. Father, I just thank you tonight that you want to do something great in our lives. God, I just, I wanna see something big happen. Not because we wanna put ourselves on a pedestal, but because you are worth it tonight. And so Father, I pray that you'll help us. Lord, I pray that every soul is thinking about it right now in this room. We can do more for you. Lord, sometimes we don't do enough because we're fearful. We don't do enough because there's something else that we love more than you. We're stuck in something. We're stuck in a boat spiritually, Lord. God, I want to be like Peter. I want to be able to get out of this boat. I want to be able to feel your hand help me through this life. And I want to see your power just work. So Father, tonight, I pray that you'll speak to our hearts. With every head bowed and every eye closed, I want to ask you a question tonight. No one looking around. Christian, let me ask you this question. How many of you be honest before God? Not the preacher, but before God. And you would honestly say, I can do more for Jesus Christ. Raise your hand. You know what tonight could be? A revival of commitment. Revival of saying, Jesus, you're worth it. Jesus, I'm gonna need your help on this commitment. and then do it. You see, those of you that raised your hands, you know what that thing is. You know exactly what you can do, just like I know exactly what I can do. So here's what I'm gonna ask you to do. During this invitation time, when we stand and start to sing, you come to this old-fashioned altar and you just have a revival of commitment to say, Jesus, I want to do more for you. Whatever the case may be, whatever the significant thing is, the specific thing is, just commit it to God tonight and put it on the altar and say, God, this is what I'm gonna do for you. And I'm telling you folks, when you get out of that boat and you start doing something for God, you're gonna experience the power of God in your life and it's gonna be amazing, it's gonna be wonderful and God is going to use you. Father, I thank you tonight for speaking to our hearts. Lord, I pray that we will respond to you tonight. Lord, thank you that you want to use us in the first place. Lord, thank you for giving everything for us. Lord, we love you in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. If you would stand with me, heads bowed and eyes closed. Scott spoken to your heart this evening. Would you come? Would respond to the Holy Spirit. You know what I think is amazing today is concern has never been greater. Every week I have conversations with Christians and we are concerned about our nation. We're concerned about the morality. We're concerned about what we see in homes and lives. Concern has never been greater and yet consecration has never been. less. I'm not sure today that we even really have a true glimpse of how to even live holy. Those two things ought not to be where we can have such concern and lack such consecration to God. 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 14 and 15 says this, For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then we're all dead. And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again. that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves. Oh, I think we're guilty of that. Living our lives for ourselves. We're consecrated to the American dream. We're consecrated to materialism. We're consecrated to position, to influence, to pride, but not to Jesus Christ. We are content to sit in the boat and watch others experience the power of God. I believe this folks, I believe that God could use this church to change Chesapeake. I believe we have enough Christians in this room to make a significant difference for eternity. But we're gonna have to fall out of love with ourselves and we're gonna have to fall in love with Jesus more. We sang a song tonight, I was looking back in the hymnal, I'd Rather Have Jesus. Boy, it talks about a number of things that you'd rather have, fame and fortune, houses and lands, and we sing that song so flippantly. But the theme of the American life is I'd rather have materialism than Jesus. Where are you? Where are we? What boat are we content to sit in?