You all have to stay. Amen. Brother Clark, come preach to us. It's been a blessing. I did wake up this morning thinking it was Thursday. Anybody else do that? You know? In fact, one of our staff members said they went home and turned the TV on and there was football and they're like, why is there football on a Wednesday night? I'm like, oh, that's right. This is only Monday. It's Tuesday. Amen. Somebody asked me, are the roads paved where we're going? Yes, they are. I just want to make sure everybody knows that. Amen. you pray for us as we do move to West Virginia this part of West Virginia it's it's an old coal mining town and there's a church there that God has called me to and I'm excited a great group of people and I know they're watching tonight so hey guys how you doing and I love you I'll be back home soon and but I'm excited about what God's doing in my life and I'm excited about what God's doing here it's just awesome to see that even though we're in different states not state of minds but we're in different states Some people think we're crazy, but we're in different states. We're doing the same thing, and that's what's so amazing. Getting the chance to travel all over this country, and even in different parts of the world, there are Christians trying to do the Lord's work. They're not all giving up, amen? And so I'm thankful for a church that stands upon the word of God. Church, don't ever lose that. I know with your pastor, you're never gonna go away from that, but I'll tell you one thing. to put this aside and do what the world tells them to do to get a crowd. And I'm telling you, it's not working. The only way that it's gonna work is if we go by what God says. The old time religion still works today. Jesus still saves and he still saves the same way that he did many years ago. He still does it the same way today. And so you keep on keeping on for the Lord. If you have your Bibles tonight, Luke chapter 19, you pray for me. I think I've got a frog in my throat that's been with me all day long. I don't know where I got it from, but that's why I didn't sing with this group tonight. Not to mention I didn't get an invitation. But good music, good godly music. I tell you, I love it. I love to hear those young people get up here and sing. I love being able to just preach to the young people. Thank you so much for allowing me to just preach in the school and everything. It's been a blessing. It's been a huge blessing. The US produces, listen to this, 268 million tons of waste each year. That's a lot of waste, isn't it? Wonder who weighed all that. I was thinking about it. I began to look at all that, and I was thinking, 268 million. Is there somebody out there that's just weighing all this waste, weighing all this trash? I don't know. But they came up with this number, and it's reported that 4.5 pounds of trash are produced on average each day by one person. Now in my house, that might be a little bit more. But in this article I was reading, a question came up. What can we do to limit our trash production? Now, those of you that are visiting tonight, don't worry, I'm not gonna go into trash production. And some of us are thinking, what is this? Is this gonna be talking about some green message or something? No, that's not what I'm gonna be preaching on tonight. But I begin to think about waste as I was reading that article, and I was applying it to my own life. And as a human, we only have one life to live. I'll never forget as a young boy, I had a chance to grow up when they did not have video games. You know, I grew up during the era when they didn't have any of that. And then as I grew up, they came into fruition. And I'll never forget actually playing the first video game. And the first video game that I played, I only got three lives. Well, I didn't last very long because I'm not technologically inclined. And so I lost those three lives very quickly. Well, a few years ago, I was playing video games with somebody. I don't do it very often, but I was just doing it because I wanted to, you know, just talk to this young man. And we were having a good time right there playing those video games. And I noticed that there was unlimited lives. So I could die as many times as I wanted. So I was like, well, I like this because if it doesn't work the first time, I just reset and I get these unlimited lives. Well, you know what? That's not reality. We don't live two lives. We don't have three lives. We don't have nine lives and we don't have unlimited lives. We only have one life to live. Now I begin to look at this life and I begin to look at the measurements of what I have. I've got 24 hours in a day to live. seven days a week, which has 1,440 minutes per day. It's got 10,080 minutes per week, 524,160 minutes per year to live in this life. Now, depending on how old you are or how many years you've been on this earth, I'm 50, so I've had around about 26,208 minutes I've lived on this earth. Now, that's a lot. Some of you may have less. Some of you may have a lot more. I don't know. But that's a lot of minutes when you start to look at the statistics and the actual numbers. These are the minutes. These are the time. This is what I have been given. One day, I'm gonna give an account for the life that I live. Every minute that I live, every breath that I take, every word that I say, I will give an account to God. To waste something means to never get it back. And I begin to think about the life that we're living, and I can't help but look at what we're dealing with today and even the revival this week, and I'm telling you, I see a common denominator and a common theme all week long. And I believe that God wants us to have a sense of urgency, number one, to live right according to the Bible. That's number one. But also, we need a sense of urgency to get out the gospel of Jesus Christ. Folks, we have the greatest news on planet Earth, and yet we are so quiet about it. We've got the answer to people's eternity. There are people in the media that are saying that there's more than one way to heaven, and there's a lot of people that are believing that lie. There are many people out there that believe there's two or three ways in order to get to heaven. But the Bible, God's holy word, tells us the truth. And those of us that have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and we've gotten saved, we know that truth. We've experienced the fact that there is only one way to heaven. So we can rest assured because of the grace of Almighty God that we know that there's only one way to heaven And that's through Jesus Christ. It's not through Buddha. It's not through Muhammad. It's not because I'm a church member. It's not because I'm an independent Baptist. It's not because I'm a preacher. It's because I accept The biblical way, listen to that, the biblical way of salvation. So I've got the greatest news on planet earth. I've got a chance to tell everybody about Jesus. So who has a chance to be saved? The Bible says, whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. So what does that mean? That means anybody can get saved. Oh, you mean Brother Mike, somebody in another country can get saved? Oh, yes. You mean somebody down the street can get saved? Oh, yes. You mean any nationality can get saved? Oh, yes. Why? Because our God who loved us gave his only begotten son to pay for our sins and he did it for all of us and all we have to do is accept it. That's some pretty good news, don't you think? How many of you are excited that you're saved tonight? I tell you, when I got saved at the age of 16, I've never gotten over it. Never will I ever get over it. I've been a changed life for all eternity. And sometimes we as Christians, we have salvation. We forget about the fact that we're gonna live eternally somewhere. Yes, we have a life on this earth. Yes, we do have to be responsible with the life that we have on this earth. but it means so much. The Bible says in Romans chapter 14 verse 12, so then every one of us shall give an account of himself, listen to this, of himself to God. In this passage, Paul is talking to the believer and he warns us this life matters. There's many people who think, well, I'll just go ahead and I'll get a do over once I die. There is no do over when you die. Christian, those of us that are living, and we know that we're saved, we have a responsibility to listen to the Holy Word of God, and there is a sense of urgency that we need in our lives, in our families, in our homes, in our churches, to live according to what the Bible says, not according to what the religious movement says, not according to what the popular movement says, but what thus saith the Lord God. Are you seeing the similarities in the messages throughout this week? Are you starting to see that God is trying to prick the hearts of the Christian to get right with him, to live according to the scriptures and stop listening to the lies of this world? He says, so then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God. You know, the days that I live on this earth will soon pass. I don't know how much longer I'm going to live. I may live to be 99 years old. If I get to 99, I hope at least I get to that hundred because I want to see one zero zero with all those. I'm going to get a hundred candle candles. I really am. I want a hundred. If I reach a hundred, I better get a hundred. I don't want three candles that say one zero zero. I want a hundred candles because I want to see that many. But you know, I may not live that long, but whatever life that I live, The only thing that's gonna last for all eternity, listen to me tonight, and listen very closely. The only thing that's gonna last for all eternity is what I do for Jesus Christ. It's not what I do for this world. It's not what I build up in this world. It's what I do for Jesus Christ. Father, I just ask you tonight to help us. Lord, we get so comfortable in our lives that we forget that we need to have a sense of urgency to do what's right and to share the gospel. And so, Father, tonight I pray that you will help us tonight to take note and to listen to your Holy Spirit speak to our hearts. Lord, if there's someone here that does not know you as Lord and Savior, Lord, may tonight be their night of salvation, that they can leave here with the same joy that we carry, the same peace that we carry that passes all understanding, knowing that if we died right now, we'd go straight to heaven. But Lord, maybe there's someone here tonight that does not know you as Lord and Savior. They've never accepted you yet. Lord, may tonight be their night of salvation. Lord, speak to our hearts. Use us in Jesus name. Amen. Now in this passage of scripture in Luke chapter 19, you'll see the beginning of it. You'll see the story of Zacchaeus. I got a chance to preach to the elementary kids and I got to talk about this tax collector Zacchaeus. I had a lot of time. I had a lot of fun doing that. I was able to be a little bit more animated and everything. So I won't be as animated tonight. I'm not gonna talk about Zacchaeus, but I had a good time. But then when you get down to verse number 11, you begin to see that Jesus is going to give a parable. Jesus Christ is the son of the living God, and he's about to give a parable. A parable is a earthly story with a heavenly meaning. And Jesus was gonna use this to teach a very important biblical principle to be able to help. And this principle was not just for that period of time, But it was also for 2023. I thank God tonight that the Bible was relevant back in the biblical times. It's relevant in 2023. It's the only book that I can actually say that will be relevant as long as we are alive. In fact, it will be relevant for all eternity. The Bible will never end. The words will be in heaven for all eternity. And I thank God that we can look at that tonight. But here we see this is Jesus Christ and he's given this parable here. Now if you begin to look in verse number 11, we see that there is a nobleman, a leader of a country. He is a leader of this empire and he's about to go somewhere and while he's gone, he's going to expect something of his servants. And then when he gets back, he's going to ask them to give an account of what they did with what the nobleman gave them. So look at verse number 11, the Bible says, In verse number 12 it says, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. Here in verse number 12 you start to hear the voice of God begin to speak. I wish I was there and I could actually hear his voice right there but here he's actually speaking here and he says a certain nobleman went to a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. In verse number 13 it says there, Now you'll see in the first part of verse number 13, you begin to see an equal opportunity for these servants. Here this nobleman gives the servants and he gives them something of equal value. He gives them a pound. He gives them something that they all have the same value. Nobody gets more. Nobody gets less. and they all have the same value. And so he goes and he decides he's gonna gather these 10 servants and he's gonna give each one of these servants a pound. And then he goes on and he begins to give them all equal instructions. In this passage of scripture, just in verse number 13, you'll see that he says, Now here, this occupy till I come was a very, very specific instruction. I remember as a kid, I listened to my teachers and they would give me very specific instructions. And if I listened to those instructions, if I was obedient to those instructions, chances are I would do well in school. Now, did I always listen to my teachers? No, I did not. There were some times when I didn't and I regretted it later on. But those instructions are given for a reason. I remember I was building a model one day and I had all of these instructions. Have you ever built a model and you've got these 12, 15 pages of instructions? Well, I looked at that and I looked at the picture and I thought to myself, what in the world do I need these instructions when I can just use the picture? I mean, I opened up the box and it said it had 1,200 pieces in it. And you know what I thought to myself? I don't need 1,200 pieces to make this look like the picture. So I got into the model and I was trying to make this airplane look like the box, look like the front of that box. And instead of picking up the instructions and going one, two, three, four, I started looking, I found the biggest piece. I started with that, and I made the outside at least look as close as I could to what that model of the picture looked like, but I found out later on, well, I was missing the engine, I was missing the seats, I was missing all the people inside, I was missing all kinds of things in that model, so that model was never complete. Well, here this nobleman was giving them specific instructions. He not only gave them specific instructions, he gave them direct instructions. Now, these were not suggestions. These directions, these instructions were actually a command. He said, occupy till I come. He didn't say, hey, listen, guys, let's get together. I'm gonna each give you a pound. Hey, if you feel like it, if you want to, when I come back, let's see what you did with it. No, this was not a suggestion. This was a command by the nobleman. And so he said, occupy till I come. Now that word occupy means to multiply. It means to invest. It means to be a good steward. He also gave him a specific time period of when he was gonna come back. He says, when I come back, he says, till I come. So what I want you to do is I want you to take this pound. I want you to multiply it. I want you to invest it. I want you to do something with it. Be a good steward of it till I come. So here we see the equal instruction. Now as we see and we begin to look at this, we begin to see the individual accounts of what's gonna happen as the nobleman comes back. And so here in verse number 13, we see that the nobleman leaves. In verse number 14, but his citizens hated him and sent a message after him saying, we will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, when he commanded these servants to be called unto him to whom he had given the money that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. So here the nobleman had gone out, and now this time period, I don't know exactly how long it was, but this time period transpired, and all of a sudden he comes back, and now it's time for them to give an account. Let me tell you something, Christian. One day Jesus Christ is going to come back. It's going to surprise us. You know, there's a lot of people out there that think they can manipulate and figure it all out. They think they can put this mathematical equation together to figure out when Jesus is gonna come back and take the church home. No, they're never gonna know. No man knows according to the scriptures. One day that's gonna happen, and we ain't gonna be able to fix the things we've done in the past. We're not gonna be able to clean up our lives, and we're gonna give an account to Jesus Christ. And that time is gonna come, and it could come at any moment. at any time. In this passage we see the nobleman has come back and they're about to give an account and he's going to go up to those servants and look what the Bible says there in verse number 16. Then came the first saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. That's not bad, is it? I mean, how many of you invest? Anybody invest in here? Okay, that's good. Wouldn't you like that as an investment return? You put one pound in, you get 10 pounds back, I think that'd be a good investment, don't you? Well, look at that, he got 10 pounds, so look what happened to him. In verse number 17, the Bible says, Again, he only got one pound, he didn't get no more, no less than anybody else. Since you've been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities." My goodness, he had authority over ten cities. I'd like to be authority over one city, wouldn't you? I mean, I'd change this world if I could at least tell these people what to do in these cities, amen? I'm not running for anything right now, but it sure would be nice. I'd love to bring some biblical values back to our cities, wouldn't you? My goodness, I think about this and I think, wow, this is awesome. This nobleman was being generous here. He was giving them a reward and all they did was take that one pound and they did something with it. They were good stewards of it. It meant something to them. They didn't just throw it away. They took it seriously. You know, folks, it's so important that we as Christians, that we take our life seriously. and understand that God wants us to do something with it. I look at this and I was like, wow, 10 cities. I'd like to be just a head over a few at least, but here he did 10 pounds, so he got 10 cities. And then you get the second account. Look what the Bible says there. He said unto him, Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in very little, have thou authority over ten cities, verse 18. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. That still ain't bad. I wouldn't mind him being part of my investment team, would you? I think that'd be okay. I mean, one pound, they all got the same amount. Same chance they all had the same value and now they're coming back and they brought this five times value now It's not too bad. It's the second account five pounds. Let's see what happens to him He said likewise to him be thou over five cities That's not too bad, is it? I mean, you got two people here now, two people over 15 cities because they chose to listen to their master. They chose to do what's right. They chose not to waste their time. They chose not to waste that pound. So they made a specific decision in their own life and in their own heart to do something for their leader. You know what we need today? We need Christians who will determine in their hearts that they will do something for their God. Not their country, not their nation, but their God. Not their friends, not their families, but their God. Not this world, but their God. If we would just choose to do something for God, then God will use our life to multiply, to see other people saved, to see those rewards in heaven, to be able to do something for Jesus Christ that will last for all eternity. And I'm afraid when we get to heaven, there's going to be some regret. There's going to be some time when we get there and we start giving account and we're going, Oh man, I wish I had given more to the Lord. There's a man in our church many years ago. I think his name was Richard Brown. I can't remember exactly, but I'll never forget. He had throat cancer. He was dying of throat cancer. And I'll never forget, as he was dying, his testimony was, I wish I had done more for Jesus. He was only 30-some years old. He had some kids and a wife. It was devastating for him because he felt like he was losing his life too early because he didn't have enough time to go back and fix his life before because he hadn't done enough for Jesus Christ. And in his dying breath, that's all he kept reiterating. I didn't do enough for Jesus. I wish I had done more for Jesus Christ. In my dying breath, I don't want to say that. I don't want to sit there and live a life of regret because I didn't do enough for Jesus. I don't want to sit here and say, well, the world distracted me, God. The world put me over here and I just fell into their trap. I don't want to say that. I wanna say I did everything I could for you, Lord. I tried my best. I know I made mistakes, but I tried my best. I wanna be like that man that took the one pound and produced 10 pounds. I wanna be like that one that had one pound and he produced five pounds. I wanna be that one that takes the one life that God gives me and I do something with it. But then you begin to see another person that comes to the picture here. And Jesus Christ again is speaking here. He says in verse number 20, and another came saying, Lord, behold, what's it say there? Here is thy pound. which I have kept laid up in a napkin. Oh, he took that same pound. He had that same opportunity. He had that same value that the first one did and the second one did. And here he looks at the nobleman, he says, hey, I've still got that pound, but this is what I did with it. I took that pound and I laid it in a napkin and I folded it up and I put it in my pocket. And that's what I did with it. Now, was that servant obedient to his master? No, he was not. So the Bible says there in verse number 21, for I feared thee because thou art an austere man. Thou takest up that thou layest not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. I don't believe for one minute he believes that statement right there, because if that servant had truly, honestly believed that that nobleman was a strict man, guess what? He would have been obedient. Let me tell you something, folks. Our God is a strict God. And when he tells us to do something, when he gives us a command, he does it for a reason. God doesn't just tell us to do things and there are suggestions. He doesn't tell us to do things just because it feels good. He gives us specific instructions of what to do with our life. And guess what? Then the choice is up to us. What are we going to do with it? Are we going to waste it like this guy did? Are we going to do something with it? Are we going to go out there and tell people about Jesus like we're supposed to? Are we going to take this life and make sure that it's right with the Holy Scriptures that God has already given us? Or are we going to waste it? I mean, this man wasted it. Look at what the Bible says there. For I feared thee, the Bible says, because thou art an austere man. Thou takest up that thou layest not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. In verse number 22. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taketh up that I lay not down, and reaping that I did not sow. Wherefore? Then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. When I began to look at this, I realized that this man wasted an opportunity to do something great in his own life. Now, I understand we're talking about money in this passage of Scripture. I understand that this is earthly treasures that we're talking about. But there's a heavenly meaning, there's a biblical principle that I believe that God wants us to get tonight. And I don't believe that Christians are getting this. I believe they're wasting the life that God has given to them. They're not out there knocking on the doors. They're not out there giving out the tract. They're not out there inviting people to the revival. Let me ask you this question. Is there any stack of revival flyers on the back table? I don't know if there are or not. But if there are, let me ask you this. Are they there because we ran out of people to give them to? Is that what happened? Is that probably what... Are there tracks on the rack because we've run out of people to give them to? Is that what's happened? Folks, I don't think that we're serious about the life that God has given to us and we are wasting it. You know what we're doing? We're laying it up in a napkin. You know, I begin to think about how much of my life I've wasted. I begin to think about all the things that have taken the place of what God wants me to do in my own life. That's what revival's all about. Looking into the spiritual mirror of your own life, and seeing the reality of where you are, not where somebody else is, not where the preacher is, but where you are according to the scriptures. So I began to think about all kinds of things. And I have some napkins here. And I wrote a couple of things on them tonight. And I began to think about my life. And I began to think about the time that I would fold up in a napkin that I could have used for God. and I just set it down. I think about the challenge throughout my life that I've given so many excuses to God, oh God, I can't do that bus route, I can't do that Sunday school, I can't do this, I can't do that, I've got this, I've got that, I've got responsibilities. Just folded it up, put it in a napkin, and wasted it. The finances God gives us, you realize the finances are a blessing from God. Without God, we'd have nothing. The world doesn't give us the money, God does. When I surrendered in evangelism, one of the hardest things that I had to get over was myself thinking, well, how am I gonna do, I don't have a salary to take care of my family. God says, you don't need a salary, you have me. But how many times have we taken our finances, and we've just folded it up, not used it for God, and we wasted it. What about our salvation? Oh man, the greatest gift God's ever given to us, our salvation. How many people have we told about Jesus? I haven't told enough. I wish to God we all at least tell five people. How many of us, I don't want us to raise our hands tonight. How many of us have even led somebody to the Lord? Have we taken it? Taking our salvation. Oh, it's mine. But you know, I'm not gonna tell anybody about it. I'm not gonna share it. I'm just gonna lay it up in a napkin. I'm gonna put it down. What about God's love? This world is filled with hatred right now. They are filled with hatred. And I'm telling you folks, they need to know about the wonderful love of Almighty God. I'm talking about the scriptural love of God. I'm not talking about the feel good. I'm talking about the scriptural love of almighty God that we experience every single day. When was the last time we told somebody about the love of almighty God? What about his word? Wow. You know, I, I look at the word of God and I, I'm just in all of all, all the things I don't know. It's not about what I do know. It's about all the things I don't know. You know what I've done in my life sometimes? When I could be spending more time with the Lord, getting to know God, I've just taken his word. Lord, not today. Lord, I'm too tired. Fold it up, put it in a napkin, set it to the side. I am thankful that I didn't do one thing, and that was to take what Jesus Christ did for me and fold it up in a napkin. But you may be here tonight and you've never accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. If you died right now, you have no idea if you'd go to heaven. The most tragic thing that could ever happen in a soul's life, your never dying soul is, that would you take your soul and say no to Jesus Christ, and you'd fold it up, you put it up in that napkin, and you waste your soul. and you perish without Jesus Christ for all eternity. Oh, you may be here tonight and you say, well, Brother Mike, you know what? If I die, guess what? I'll have somebody buy me out of hell. There is no buying out of hell. Oh, well, somebody will pray me out of hell. There is no praying out of hell. The minute we close our eyes in death, folks, our address for eternity is stamped forever. There is no going back. And so if you were here tonight and you don't know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, if you do not accept him and you die without Jesus Christ and we don't know when we're going to die, we have no idea how many more breaths we're going to breathe. We don't know how many more times our heart is going to pounce. We don't know how many more times our lungs are going to take another breath. But I'll tell you one thing I can guarantee, that if this body dies right now, it's going straight to heaven because of what Jesus Christ did for me. But let me give you some really good news tonight. If you don't know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, guess what? You can know that same peace tonight too. And you can leap, you may say, oh brother Mike, you're smiling. Yeah, you're right, I'm smiling. Because I know that no matter what happens down here, no matter how hard it gets, no matter how difficult it gets, No matter when things don't go my way, it's okay. Because I have a home in heaven because of what Jesus Christ did for me. So guess what I want to do? I don't want to hold it up. I don't want to take that salvation and fold it up in a napkin. I want to tell everybody the good news of Jesus Christ. I want to proclaim it. I want to treat it as special as it truly is. And Christian, you and I must understand it is the most special thing on planet earth. It's better than a new car. It's better than a new house. It's better than some old movie. It is better than anything we could ever have. And that's the salvation that God has given to us. Oh, would to God us Christians just get a little bit excited about our salvation. Oh, would to God us Christians would put a smile on our face out there knowing that it doesn't matter if things don't go the way it's okay because my soul is set in stone. And I have a mansion in heaven because of Jesus Christ. I've got a home in heaven because of Jesus Christ. And one day, this old body's gonna die. This old earthly life is gonna pass. And then I've got eternity that will never end. And I'll get to enjoy heaven. No more pain. Anybody dealing with pain? No more suffering. No more evil. No more temptations. None of that bad stuff I gotta deal with no more when I get to heaven. But if you die without Jesus Christ, then fear will be the new norm. Pain and suffering will be for all eternity. And it's not because Jesus Christ wanted you there. It's because you chose to take your soul, fold it up in a napkin, and say no to Jesus Christ. Christian, it's time. It is time that we get a revival of a sense of urgency, yes, to live according to the scriptures, but also to tell people about Jesus Christ. Stop leaving the tracks on the track rack. I mean, wouldn't it be great, Pastor, if the church, if you kept seeing them and you're like, man, I can't get them in fast enough because people are out there giving all the tracks out. They're trying to reach people with the gospel of Jesus Christ, and we can't keep enough in here. We've got to find more people to produce the track. Wouldn't that be wonderful? Wouldn't it be wonderful for us to have a time when we're just rejoicing because of the souls that we've been able to lead to him. It's all going to take us not putting our life in a napkin, not wasting it, but seeing the value, seeing how precious it really is. Father, I thank you tonight for the precious value of our life. Lord, I know that you have a specific plan for all of us. And God, we've wasted it on so many different occasions. Lord, we've taken it, we've folded it up in a napkin. God, forgive us Christians for doing that. Lord, our finances, our time, our talents, your holy word. Oh God, I just say, Lord, forgive me for doing that tonight. So Father, I pray that you'll help us to get right with you. With every head bowed and every eye closed, I wanna ask you a question tonight. I'm not here to embarrass anybody here whatsoever. But maybe you're here tonight and the Holy Spirit is pricking your heart and you're just like, you know what? If I died right now, I don't even know if I'd go to heaven. And maybe that's you tonight. Nobody's looking around. I'm the only one that's going to see it between me, you, and God. I'm not gonna come get you. I just wanna pray for you. So maybe that's you tonight. You're here, you say, brother Mike, I'm not even sure that if I died right now, I would go to heaven. I want you to pray for me. If that's you tonight with the quietness of every head bowed and every eye closed, would you just slip up your hand real quick and put it up and then put it back down? You say, brother Mike, I'm not even sure that if I died right now, I would go to heaven. Anybody, anywhere. Christian, let me ask you this question. How many of you would be honest before God like I have tonight and say, you know what? I've wasted a lot. And that's you tonight. Would you raise your hand as a testimony before God? We wasted a lot of time. There's souls in hell because I've wasted time. I understand that. I've come to grips with that. You can put your hands down. I've come to grips with the fact that it's time for me to stop wasting all of what God's given to me. So tonight the invitation is this, it's time for commitment time. That's what revival is all about. Committing to God, Lord, I'm done wasting. I'm ready to use my life for you. Father, thank you for speaking to our hearts. Lord, help us to respond to you. In Jesus name, amen. Amen. If you would stand with your heads bowed and eyes closed as the pianist begins to play. God spoke in your heart, will you come? Someone has rightly said that we should not fear failure. We should fear succeeding in that which does not matter. There's a lot of success in this world that's wood, hay, and stubble in heaven. So often we fall in love with what we think is important in this life. But are we living this life for what is important in the life to come? If we hear, well done thou good and faithful servant, when we stand before our savior, it won't be because it happened by accident. If you're here tonight and you don't know Jesus Christ as your Savior, we'd love to show you from the Word of God how you can know that heaven's your home. Heads are bowed, eyes are closed, Christians have come. Why don't you step out? Why don't you come up here and take me by the hand. Allow someone to take you to a private room and show you how you can know Jesus. Don't gamble with your soul. Let's take our hymnals, turn to 480 to close this evening. It's a tremendous hymn that's being played. Let's allow this to be a prayer from our heart to God as we meditate and think about what has been preached this evening. Only one life to offer. Let's sing together. Only one life to offer, Jesus my Lord and King. Only one tongue to praise Thee, and of Thy mercy sing. ♪ Only one heart's devotion ♪ ♪ Saviour, O may it be ♪ ♪ Consecrated alone to thy matchless glory ♪ ♪ Yielded fully to thee ♪