I appreciate the Lord for another opportunity to be back at your way of listening. I'm thankful that God's mercy renews every single morning and His compassions never fail. I can never thank Him enough for all that He's done for me, for His grace. for the blessing of life to live and to breathe for good health that I have. I know I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy to be here preaching God's word. I'm not worthy to be saved. But I sure am thankful for all that he's done for me, for giving me real peace and joy, something I can never find in this world, this chaotic world, this violent world. They don't know their left hand from the right. I was the same way. But the one thing I did have that a lot of people don't, And that's the real word of God, the preaching of the word of God. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. That's what gets you saved today. That gospel, the truth, the simple gospel is how to be saved. That broken heart and that contrite spirit. That's the only thing, the only one, the message, the most important message that you could ever hear. As being broken and contrite to God. Being sorry that you sinned against God. Not sorry that you have consequences. Not sorry that something caught up with you and you gotta go pay your dues. I'm talking about being godly sorrowful. You know, sorry after a godly sort. That's what the Bible talked about. Being sorry that you sinned against the almighty God. The one that sent his only begotten son. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. I'm thankful the Bible also says when you do get saved, My sheep have eternal life and no man shall ever pluck them out of my hand. I'm so thankful for that comforting scripture He's been Jesus down the cross. He told his disciples that he would send back the comforter That would always be with them even unto the end of the world who say grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby we're sealed Unto the day of redemption when he comes back to her his body for his church. I Redeems us and calls us up to this to meet him the air and the skies and I'm so thankful I'll fly away on that old gospel ship. I'll be one I'll be gone one day after a while. It may be tomorrow. Maybe in a week It may be in a few several years from now. I don't know. We don't know tomorrow. I just try to live by faith I try to have my trust and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm just thankful to be here thankful to be saved I want you to know him as your personal Savior just like I do just like I did almost it's been almost seven years now and This October will be seven years that I've been saved. Seven years trying my best to live for God. I've always made mistakes. I always fall short. I'm not anything special. I know I'm nothing. I'm just an open vessel today, trying to yield myself to the Holy Spirit and letting the Holy Spirit bring the message. The Bible said he'll give us in that hour, the exact hour, what needs to be said. And I'm trusting God that he'll give what's needed today. I know I'm a nothing. I've not come to sound good. I'm not come to look good. I'm not come to just to have some people to pat myself on the back or make myself feel good. I'm just here to lift Jesus Christ up. The Bible said, if you shall lift my name up, I'll draw all men unto him, unto me. That's what the Bible said. That's what Jesus said himself. There's none other name given among men whereby you must be saved. He also said himself that you must repent or you will all likewise perish. You see, it's very important to get saved today. If you don't get saved before you leave this world, Like I said, it could be tomorrow. You'll die in your sins and you'll go straight to the devil's burning hell I say that so so, you know, so try to be so playing with you so you can understand What i'm trying to say what i'm when i'm talking about you see it's very important to get saved before you leave this life That's the most important thing in life to do. It's calling out to god with that broken heart That contrite spirit. That's the only thing that's the only sacrifice that God would not despise is when you're really sorry God already knows you you can't fool God. You can't have a little pitiful prayer see mom was pitiful But what I'm talking about is oh, you know hear me lay me down asleep I pray my lord my soul to keep if I should die before I wake I pray my lord my soul to take that's just a prayer that somebody had made up You know, just a prayer here and a prayer there. Oh God, have mercy upon me. You know, I don't want to die yet. But I do want to go to have a party. I do want to go to the bar still. I do want to go to these clubs. I do want to have sex with this girl. I do want this alcohol and all these other things in life. I want the money. I want the fame. I want the fortune. I want all of this. But I do want to get saved. I don't want to go to hell. But see, that'll just take you right to hell. There's no good work. There's no things that you can bargain with God. You can't bargain at all with God. You gotta bring your whole life, your whole being, your whole heart to God. It said, with a heart men believeth under righteousness, and a mouth confession is made unto salvation. He don't wanna hear all your mouth confessions before you get saved. He wants to hear it coming from your heart. That's what's important. You gotta pray with all your heart, that broken heart and contrite spirit. Be remorse, be sorry that you sinned against him. You see, that's exactly what I did over six years ago. I was so tired of living the way I was living. I was tired of feeling the way I was feeling, so empty on the inside, so depressed, so angry at the world and myself and the devil working on my mind every day. He wanted me to kill myself. He put the worst thoughts in my mind, but I thank God the prayers of the saints, the prayers of the church were praying for me. They went up before me and before God and they were answered. After those seven long dreadful years that I partook of the devil's habits the devil's lies. I listened to him He had me on the end of a fishing line. He had me on the hook He was taking him one thing to another he had that spiritual pacifier in my mouth Why don't you go try some of this and when I got tired of that I? He said go over here and try this and I was just like a puppet He had his hand behind my back and just moving me along trying from one thing to another But I'm thankful those prayers were answered. I finally came to myself I finally got tired of living the way I was living tired of feeling so empty So depressed and so upset at life so troubled on the inside and when I finally did cry out to God this poor man cried and he heard my cry and delivered me out of every trouble that I had and He helped me he delivered me from the grass with the devil from all his lies from all his tactics, but he always is there He's still there today, but I'm thankful. I have peace. I have the overcomer on the inside All I gotta do every morning is put my whole armor of God the shield of faith the breastplate of righteousness my feet child the preparation of the gospel of peace the helmet of salvation that sword of the spirit with that I can go and fight the devil that is the Word of God and That I can pray, that I can study, that I can pray to God with. I can just speak to Him. I'm so thankful He speaks to us. If I didn't have His Holy Spirit, I don't know where I would be right now. I would probably already be in hell burning today because that's exactly what I deserve to be. You see, I knew better. I knew what it meant to be saved. I knew what God did for me. I knew what Jesus did for me at Calvary. He shed His precious blood. He died for every man, boy, woman, and girl that would ever call upon Him with that broken heart. and contrite spirit. You see, he died for you, he died for me, he died for everybody. There's no multiple gods, he's the only god. There's none other name given among men whereby you must be saved. You try to believe on any other god other than Jesus Christ, you'll go straight to hell, you see. Jesus is the one. He's the only one that can save you. He's the only one that can deliver you from the grasp of the devil, from that, you know, your destination. He's the only ticket to heaven. Straight is the gate and narrow is the way and few there be that find it and wide is the gate and broad is the way and many there be that go in there and God can save you just like you are. There's nothing you can have done already that you can't get saved from except the blasphemy of the Holy Ghost, you see. You can send innocent murder. He'll even forgive murder. He'll forgive rape. He'll forgive all these things, you see. All you gotta do is call upon him with that broken heart and contrite spirit. This world is so chaotic. This world is so violent, you see. You need some peace in your life. You need some happiness. You need some joy. You need some satisfaction on the inside. That's where it has to start. You can't have peace on the outside and work its way in. It's gotta start on the inside and work its way out. You see, that's where it started with me. I remember just like it was yesterday. I was in my church. I was so depressed like I talked about. I was upset. I was stressed out. I was troubled on the inside. I was overwhelmed by the devil and sin and Satan and my rotten flesh. But I'm thankful the Word of God I could still listen to it. I was still there I was finally listening for the first time except my I was always in church, but see my physical body was there But my mental state was somewhere way out there, but I'm thankful God got my attention I started really listening my head was so heavy my back my heart was heavy my head was bowed and I could barely lift up my head as the Word of God was going forth and I was sorry I was praying Throughout the church when he had that altar call I couldn't get out of my seat I was on the knees of my heart praying to God. I didn't care who saw me crying I was just crying out for mercy begging for forgiveness of my sins. I needed it I knew as my last chance to get saved. He's already told me that the Holy Spirit is You see, when I was 13 years old, the word of God came to me. He started dealing with me. He tried to save me there, but I wasn't ready. My rotten, stinking attitude, my flesh, my pride got in the way, and I went the wrong way that leads to destruction. The devil took my mind so strong that day forward for those seven long, dreadful years, but I'm thankful the word of God came again the second time, and when it did, Thank God I've cried out to him with that broken heart and that contrite spirit and I was determined that day and after I left church that day I got in my pickup truck by myself and I prayed and I prayed and I was determined to get saved that day and I got by my bedside when I got home I started crying out to God and that's when the tears stopped flowing and I knew right there that something happened on the inside I was overwhelmed with peace and joy but then the devil came just like that just in the very instant just like a whirlwind from heaven and He came and said, no, you didn't get saved. You didn't have nothing happen to you. Look at you. You can't even cry no more He was lying to me just like he always had before but I knew something happened on the inside So I kept praying and praying for two weeks and at the end of that two weeks My dad came up to me and wanted to have a talk because he saw something was different on the inside he saw something different about me and when he said that he said he want to talk and I felt the Holy Spirit overwhelmed my soul. I said, I believe I got saved. I know I got saved I went up to the pastor's house, which is my grandfather and I said I got saved and he looked at me He started tearing up. He knew exactly what happened to me is his spirit bear witness with my spirit He said, start praying and start studying. That's exactly what I've been doing. I've been trying to pray and study and put God first, early first and foremost, above all things. Like I said, I make a lot of mistakes. I fall short every day, but I pray to God to forgive me my sins, my attitude, my eyes, my heart, my affections, always on things above, not on things beneath. I ask him to forgive me of all my sins, and he sets me right back down at his table. What a merciful God that he is, and I pray to God that you get saved today. Pray that you would have that prayer that I did over six years ago. I was so determined, but I felt that Holy Spirit I started telling people I couldn't help but tell everybody what was going on It's when you can really get born again when you really get saved You can't help but share how wonderful and how precious it really is to you. It's overwhelming Holy Spirit on the inside It's something you've been looking for. You cannot find this peace in this world the peace I give the world can't give that's what the Bible says and You can try everything in the book. You can go to alcohol, you can go to drugs, you can go to fame and fortune and money, sex, just everything in this world. You can try everything as many times as you want, but you'll never find the peace that you find in the Lord Jesus Christ. That's the cold truth today. That's what you need to hear. If you die in the condition that you're in, if you have never been saved, you never had a time where you call out upon God with that broken heart, you were sorry to sin against him, you never felt the Holy Spirit dwell on the inside, then evidently you've never been saved. Don't let a day go by without getting saved. The devil's gonna take you in on a broad way. He's gonna take you through the rocks. He's gonna take you through the mud. You don't have to do that. You don't have to be tempted by Satan. You see, you can get saved today and you can have the overcomer on the inside. that helps you and speaks to you. He'll strengthen you every day. He'll give you what you stand in need of every single day. It's the best thing that could ever happen to you. It's the greatest miracle known to man. Even the angels desire to look into how God can get alive in man, how he can help us, how he can bless us, how he can use us, how we can pray to him and study his precious holy word of God. I can never repay him for what he's done for me. I'm just thankful to be saved today. I'm thankful to have the calling to preach. This is not something that I went to college for. This is not something that some preacher told me to do. This is something that God put in my heart the day I got saved. He started speaking to me. It didn't come right away, but I started seeing scripture. He wanted me to be a watchman, to watch and just tell him what I see. He was training me up. He was practicing. I was practicing through prayer. Through study he would use me the pastor would call on me and other people would call on me in the nursing homes And I would start praying and I could feel the Holy Spirit moving in me like I never understood I know I wasn't worthy, but I was just feeling so good I was feeling like it was a fire shut up my bones, and I couldn't help but preach I couldn't help but pray I couldn't help but to spread the good news of the glorious gospel and to the lost and dying world and ever since then it's been getting better and better, sweeter is the name of Jesus. Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. Every day with Jesus, I've learned to love him more and more. He's the lily of the valley, the bright morning star. He's the fairest of 10,000 to my soul. I wish I could open up my heart and open up my soul and show you how wonderful he really is and what you're missing out on today. I pray that you would get saved My prayer to God is that the devil won't take the word of God out of your heart today. It was planted today Just do something about it open up your heart receive with meekness thing grafted word, which is able to save your soul You'll have that piece that you've been looking for you'll have that joy that satisfaction on the inside God will bless you and more than you can ever understand, but I see my time's about gone do some praying today We love you. May God bless you in Jesus precious name. Amen