I appreciate the Lord for another opportunity to be back at your way of listening. I'm thankful for His mercy that renews every morning and His compassions that never fail. I'm thankful I can always depend on His Holy Spirit, His presence, His love towards me. I'm thankful He loved us all. That's why He left heaven. That's why He left the splendor of heaven and died for every man, boy, woman, and girl that would ever call upon Him. with a broken heart and a contrite spirit. That's all he asks of you. He don't want your money. He don't want your fortune, your fame, everything that comes along with being famous and whoever you may be, poor. He don't care who you are. All he wants to hear is being broke, being contrite that you sinned against him. He loves you. He wants to save you more than you want to be saved. And that's the way I was. Unfortunately, I ran away. I knew how to get saved. I knew I needed to get saved because if I didn't, in the condition that I was in, I was headed straight for hell. The devil had my mind very strong. He worked on me on a daily basis. Just about every minute of the day, he was there showing me to go try this, go try that. Try this a little bit. I get tired of doing the one thing he told me to do. I go try something else. You know, he had me like a leash. He had like a little baby. You give him a pacifier. They shut up for a minute, you know, and they get hungry. They start crying again. You give them food. And then they want to sit down and settle. You give back their pacifier. It's just back and forth, back and forth. That's the way the devil had me in my life. He had my mind going back and forth, even though I knew the truth. It was in my heart. It was in my mind, in my ears. But I knew, I knew better. You see, I'm going to be accountable for all the time that I wasted. I wasted seven years. I knew the word of God. I knew what it meant to be saved. I heard of God called man, a preacher that preached to me all the years of my life since I was just a little baby. From far as I can remember, I remember him preaching, going up and down the aisles. I remember his hair was messed up at the end of the service. I remember all the words that he was speaking about how to be saved and how to be a Christian, what Jesus did for me, how he shed his blood at Calvary, how he died for me. How he just paid the price, he made the way, he already paid the price. It's not by works, it's a gift of God. It's free and I'm thankful for that. I'm thankful that his sheep have eternal life and no man shall ever pluck them out of his hand. I'm thankful to be one of his sheep today. I just apologize every day to God that I waited so long. Because of how wonderful this free gift really is. It gives true peace. Something you look for in this life. That's what my soul was looking for. That's what my being was looking for was something to satisfy me. Something to fill the empty longing inside of my heart. We all have it. We all have that emptiness on the inside. We all have that spiritual cancer that we need to be healed of. But I'm thankful the word of God came again the second time. It didn't have to. I didn't deserve it. But the word of God did come the second time because of all the prayers of the saints, the prayers of the preacher that preached me all those years that I've wasted. He was still there standing in the gap, making up the hedge. It's good to have a real God-called man to be able to hear, be able to go to, and be able to eat what he gives. Whatever God gives him to speak, that's what I want to eat. And I suggest today that you do some eating yourselves. I really pray that you open up your heart today. Really let God speak to you. Receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your soul. The only way to get to heaven To be you got to be born again. You got to be saved You got to give God your heart all your life really mean business be determined enough to give him everything Usually what stops you is your own self-will and your pride your dreams your ambitions. The devil has your mind He had mine too. I know what I'm talking about. I've been on both sides. He made me so miserable so troubled I was just poor I was needy I was just Just way down and out. I feel like a refrigerator was on my back I had so much weight upon me so much trouble on the inside, but I'm thankful that word of God was precious It came again the second time it started dealing with me I started listening because I think started happening in my life to get my attention because I was on a road of destruction I was on the broad way the wide way that led to destruction and many there be that go in there and I was one of that many that was going straight to that gate and And I thank God, I started praying, I started seeking God's face, I started listening in church. I was in church all my life, don't get me wrong. But you see, I wasn't listening, I wasn't really there mentally speaking, but I was there physically, but I wasn't really listening to the word of God. But see, I had the word of God for over 26 years, since I was a baby. And I just, I remember just as a little boy, I was remembering the word of God coming forth. I remember the love coming from the man of God. If somebody really loves you, If you really have a God called man, he's gonna love you no matter what you do for him He don't ask for money. My preacher don't ask for money. He don't care about that. There's no ATMs in the churches He don't he made his own money making a living going out and doing his own work The Bible said you should not eat but by the sweat of your face You see, there is a due order in everything in this Bible. It's all precious. It's all perfect. It's all wonderful. And I want to eat more of it every day that I live. But I'm just thankful to be saved today. I suggest you do some praying. I want you to be saved. I want to see you in heaven. I want God to get alive in your soul, just like he is in mine. I wish I could open up my soul and really let you see how beautiful and how wonderful he really is, how precious my best friend is. I'm just thankful to be here, thankful to be saved. I know I have nothing. I'm not trying to sound good or look good, but I'm here to lift up the name of Jesus The Bible said if I should lift if they lift me up I shall draw all men unto me that is Jesus and I'm thankful for that There's none of the name given among men whereby we must be saved. No Buddha. No Muhammad. No other God comes before Jesus There is no other God but Jesus to save your soul. That's the only ticket into heaven is what God already paid for He sent his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have Everlasting life he sent us not his sin not his son into the world to condemn the world But the world through him might be saved you see it's a do-or-it's a precious gift. It's something you can't merit something You don't deserve you can't work for that's not being baptized in the water. You can't just turn over a new leaf You can't do this good thing and good deed here and give your homes You know your alms and gift to the homeless and help this person and help that person and go to church put it on the church roll get your name on there and have a prayer with a preacher all that's good and Fidandi, but none of that will get you saved The only thing that will get you saved is having a broken heart and a contrite spirit Being sorry and remorse that you sin against the Almighty God You see he sent his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life That is the one of the most popular scriptures that people know and it's very true his only begotten Son you see a picture that we can see an illustration of Abraham, you know, he believed God and it was imputed unto him for righteousness. He had his son Isaac in his old age He believed God he believed the promise that God gave him that he was gonna bless His seed and multiply his seed in that land that he knew not you see he saw it afar off He's just the pilgrimers and soldiers passing through. We're just pilgrims on this earth passing through but see Abraham was a faithful man he believed God that God was gonna bless him with that son and multiply his seed across the earth across that land of Canaan and He believed God, but Sarah didn't believe it at first because she chuckled he said what what's you know? What's funny so to speak and she said I wasn't laughing, but he said oh, yes You were but see you know that's but that's part of this pride. That's part of this flesh We try to hide what we're doing we try to hide all the lies and all the things that we're doing our life But God sees all there's nothing in the darkness that should not be brought to light so I suggest you get honest about yourself There's none righteous No, not one. We've all come short of the glory of God. There's none of us. Not one of us are righteous. God is the only one that was righteous, Jesus himself. Had to die for us because he was the only sinless one he for he was you know, he was bruised for our iniquities He was chastised of our peace was upon him and by his stripes only can we be healed? Thank God for the healing and the Holy Spirit But see Abraham was a man a faithful man and he took him to that mountain He took Isaac to that mountain and God said go up there I want you to make a fire and I want you to burn your son on that on that fire make a fire get some wood together and Chop it up and put him on that wood tie him down and and take a you know Take a knife to him and he raised that knife up Abraham did all that God told him to do he went a space by himself Him and his son alone and he took up that knife when I was about to slay his own son You see he had faith in God that he was gonna deliver him right there. He knew it that God had a plan He knew he had faith in God that God was not gonna make a mistake If he had to slay his son, he would have that's how much love he had for God. That's how much faith this man Abraham had. You see if I had just an ounce of that faith, but see when that knife raised, you see God said stop them right there. He said do your son no harm you see. He said don't do anything like that, but see look behind you. for the sacrifice that I was gonna give you. You trusted me, you had faith in me, you believed in my word. Now turn around, and there was a bullock, and it was wrapped up in that briar, in that bush there, and God provided a sacrifice. Thank God he provided a sacrifice at Calvary. When he sent his son down into this world, He died for every man boy woman and girl. Thank God for his Holy Spirit when he died on the cross He said he told his disciples and apostles said I'm gonna send back a comforter and it's gonna be with you even unto the end of the world You have to worry about you know dying in your sins and going to hell. I'm gonna send a comforter You see I'm gonna send it but there's one thing you must do and that's repent of your sins or you will all likewise perish you see I'm going on and He said, you should be happy that I'm going on to heaven to be in a better place. And one day after a while, I'm going to come back and receive all my children. He's going to have that rapture that's going to take place. And he's going to take up his church. And so shall we ever be with the Lord. We're going to meet the Lord in the air. Thank God the dead in Christ shall rise first. And those that live and which remain shall be caught up together with the Lord in the air. And I'm thankful for that. I have that comfort on the inside. I'm just thankful to be a part of this great and wonderful salvation. Suggest you do your praying today. Don't like the devil beat on your mind about what's being said I know you want to turn off the radio station of the YouTube wherever you may be hearing this or the internet Websites wherever it is. The devil wants to take you down to hell don't listen to his lies all that He's trying to take you through just Listen to the God's call listen to the message today and receive with me these thing crafted word, which is able to save your soul It's your ticket to heaven. Don't let the devil take away your ticket You see this the only way to get to heaven is being born again. He told Nicodemus You must be born again. Nicodemus knew the law like the back of his hand. He was a mighty man He was a captain. No doubt. He was in charge of a lot of people and He didn't understand what God was talking about when he said being born again He thought he might have meant getting back in your mother's room, but he knew that wasn't possible He said you must be born of water, which has already happened. You must be born to the Spirit as well That's what he's talking about. That's the Holy Spirit that is sending back that comforter on the inside that God gives you when you get born again, when you get saved. If you never had this experience, this personal experience in your life, then evidently you haven't been saved. If you're being convicted inside your heart right now, you don't really understand, you're getting a little bit antsy, you're getting a little bit wiggly in your pants, you see, you must not be saved. You must be missing something on the inside because if you were saved and born again, you would love what I'm preaching, you would love and enjoy it, you'd be eating it up. You'd be taking it home with you wherever you are. You'd be praying, going back to Bethel to renew your vows, whatever may pertain to you. If you are a Christian today, if you do remember praying that prayer a long time ago when you were younger, to go back to Bethel and renew your vows, there's plenty of time to get your heart right. You know time is short, but God will bless you right back to where you was before He'll bless you in a mighty way if you're out of the will of God all you got to do is be remorse be Contra I'd be sorry that you send against them that you ran away from his voice that you've been out of his will for so long all you got to do is pray and and pray and pray and God will hear your prayer. Prayer bells of heaven, oh how sweetly they ring. Thank God there's a place of prayer. Thank God we can go to God's precious feet and bring every burden and leave them there. Appreciate God's amorous, amazing grace. How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now I'm found. Was blind but now I see. Thank God he opened up my eyes. That old scale of the devil was in my eyes and he had me blinded for so long. He had me going down a broad way that led to destruction, but thank God he's not in charge. Thank God he delivered me from the demons of hell. He gave me that true peace and joy on the inside, and I've been the same since. The old man died, a new man was born in me. Thank God for his Holy Spirit of God. I can never repay him for all that he's done for me. How precious and wonderful he is to me. He's the best friend that I've ever had. He's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me, that ever will happen to me. It's the greatest miracle, the greatest gift known to man. He's the best thing that ever happened to you. I suggest just give your heart to God. That's the best thing, that's all you need, all that you're looking for. Maybe the drugs, maybe the alcohol, maybe the sex, maybe the fame, the money, the fortune, all that you're looking for and you're dreaming of, that's not what you need. That's not what your soul is looking for. You're looking for the Holy Spirit, looking for God to bless you in a mighty way. The peace I give the world cannot give. Thank God for his Holy Spirit, the gift that he gives, the peace, the joy, the happiness, the satisfaction on the inside. I can never ever repay him for all that he's done. The price is already paid. Just really pray to God. I really can't stress enough how important this is. This is literally life and death. This is heaven or hell. You choose today. God gives you a choice just like he did to Adam and Eve. He gave them a choice to not eat that fruit of good and evil. He told them not to. He said you can eat every tree but that one and yet they chose the wrong way. You see, most of us choose the wrong way. I did for seven years, but I see my time's about gone. Make the right choice today, sinner friend. I love you today. I'm praying for you that God would save you so you can get to heaven and save and help your family get saved. Do some praying today. I love you. May God bless you all. In Jesus' precious name, amen.