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March 9, 2020 5:56 pm
Harvest messages are brought to you by harvest partners to receive free email daily devotions or to become a harvest partners, please visit us online@harvest.org. The father were about to read your words and specifically working the look of these commandments you've given us the were written by your hand your finger in tablets of stone that are so relevant for us in this very moment so helpless to see how they apply to us speak to us from your word, we would ask now in Jesus name Amen what's the big deal with God's name does in the gym the other day might come as a surprise to some of you working out and it was a rare moment because there were two other guys in the gym with me and we all happen to be named Greg. This is a rare occurrence. There's not a lot of Greg's out there.
Are there any Greg exerted a graduate of your Greg C19 okay merely underway 1217 in the balcony. Three.
Any other Greg surrogate now. Are there any Robert Cyr raise her hand. Are there any John Singer. Are there any balls here any Josh is here see the point is, Greg is an unusual name and so we had a great we had a Greg will a great outlaw Greg a pellucid. That's what it was revered from the 60s it was a Greg stop but we laughed for a moment here were all named Greg and nobody's named Dragon and it may be because of what the name Gregory means it means rotting potato that side note, doesn't it actually means watchmen, but there's a lot of the other names were popular names in you people think so long and hard about what to name their children.
I read the other day that the top names for girls right now are Emma Olivia, Eva, Isabella, and Sophia.
The top name for board names or boys are Liam, Noah, William James and Oliver do any of you have kids of those names so these are popular names. Here's a funny thing, a new name that's popular I know is Kyla because of the popularity of Star Wars Kyla Wren when you want to pick a good guy instead of the bad guy. I guess he somewhere in the middle is in the and I know a new thing is up. People like to give their children geographical names like Austin, Dakota, Zaire, Dallas sky Ridge, Brooklyn.
Very popular names I'm wondering is anyone named their kid Riverside yet. That's a good is our son, Riverside, and here is his sister peddling. Maybe it's not the most feminine name we call her peddling and here's our our newborn San Bernardino, but his nickname is bird do Bertie Perdue, and then there are these demented parents that decide they want to torment their children with weird names that have that they have to live with. These are real names. There is a Turner family so would've they need their daughter page hired page turner. Why would you do that to a kid. It's real. They did that to their kid and then there's the case family. So what else are you living your son but Justin so he has to introduce himself as just in case about this. The arm family name their boy Carl so he says hi my name is Carl arm car alarm right crazy and then the bacon family that's already a pretty unusual name vacant so they named their son Chris middle initial P hi I'm crispy bacon right crazy. The Dover family named their daughter Eileen Eileen Dover really people really a lot of people use biblical names of their children. We named our son Jonathan Christopher as well. That's a biblical name of Jonathan is in you my name your son David or Abraham or Moses or Peter or Paul or Nema daughter Mary or Sarah. Those great names greatly have a Bible name, but there's some things you probably shouldn't use for your children, daughter, don't name her Jezebel does when it's in the Bible you have adjustable's evil okay and don't name your son Judas the little boy here. Judy's Judy's middle name is scary.
It's got know that a good idea never name your boy Lucifer ever there's little new to fair, so that's a name for the devil don't use that for your child. Names matter names the finance and God cares about his name a lot, so I want to look at now the third commandment you shall not take the Lord's name in vain. I think this is one of the most misunderstood of the commandments, and it's probably one of the most easily broken commandments because it's so misunderstood one of the obvious ways is profanity. By the way dam is not God's last name. A lot of people will use the Lord's name. That way to punctuate sentences. Ironically, some people claim to be atheists will use that phrase, and even use the name of Jesus Christ a lot and I'm curious to give your an atheist and you don't believe in God.
Why would you use the name Jesus Christ to make a stabile debris was a Jesus Christ fire someone say that all all react to it. I think more than any profanity that is the one that offends me. I note offends God I'll say something like carefully. My Nancy is sometime or all you know him to. He's my best friend, so glad to hear you say his name, but I think in a weird way when a person uses the name Jesus Christ there acknowledging there's power in that name, but using it even if they don't believe remember that. Remember this about an atheist as he is. Lewis said even atheists have moments of doubt right so I think with a username there there acknowledging there's something powerful something special in that name.
In other words, of the Kepler thumb with a hammer they don't say sorry Christian, why not because there is no power in Hare Krishna or they stub their toe. They don't think Bo.bota no no no Buddha is no power in the name of Buddha, but there is power in the name of Jesus Christ because it's a name above all names. Philippians 29 since God is exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus Christ every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the then every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father. So Exodus 20 verse seven says you shall not take the name of the Lord in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain power in the name salvation in that name because the Bible tells us in Romans 1013. Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be say. Listen to this earth healing and that name the book of acts he read the story of Peter and another walking into the city of Jerusalem by a gate called beautiful there sits a man who is not able to walk he's begging for money. Peter looks at him and says let somebody loose paraphrase. I don't have any money but I'll tell you what I do have in the name of Jesus Christ, rise up and walk computer reached down and took the member they had and pulled him to his feet and the men not only walk but he was leaping in the air and praising God. Now you hear a story like that say will that's great for back then, but I don't know that God still heals people today. Actually he does because (James 514 it says are any among you sick, or they should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord, by the way, at the end of the service today. If there is anyone here that is sick that needs a healing touch from God will have some of our pastors, elders and leaders of the front will invite you down here to be prayed for. If that is your knee and you might have other needs that you are dealing with right now.
The Bible tells you to pray in the name of the Lord Jesus said in John 1413. You can ask for anything in my name and I'll do it because the work of the son brings glory to the father. If you ask anything in my name, I'll do it. No course at some carte blanche meaning whatever I pray for in the name of Jesus will happen because God is so loving he won't answer all my prayers in the affirmative I've ever pray for something you realize was a really stupid thing to pray for the leaders of the Lord. Thanks for not answering that prayer the Lord will overrule really needs to but were commanded and encouraging Scripture to pray for these things in the name of the Lord. So why should I not take the Lord's name in vain of the answers given the verse seven the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. This is no idle threat.
It simply a statement of fact. God is laying down and unchanging truth like the law of gravity of I step off a 30 story building. I will fall to my death because of the law of gravity and if I take the Lord's name in vain. I will not be held guiltless with some people go out of their way to take his name in vain they go out of their way to mock God they go out of their way to insult Christians. Maybe you're one of those people you think it's all a big joke.
Careful now the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Reminds me of the story of that boy king Belshazzar. Silly boy.
A sense of the throne assumes all that power and the first thing he does it gives the command to bring in all the goblets and the dishes and the cops there were used in the worship of God by the Jewish priests and he says bring those to me now and so they're simple for the king, and he fills them with wine and he gets all of his lords together and says let's toast are false gods of Babylon. He was went out of his way to mock God. The Bible says what they were doing this. There was a hand scene writing on the wall just to hang in a row. The words many many tackle you Farson which means you been weighed in the balances and even found lacking loose paraphrase parties over your numbers up that night Belshazzar died. Why, because the Bible says don't be deceived, God is not mocked whatsoever a man sows, that will he also reap. So we don't want to take the Lord's name in vain.
But how do we do this one way we do it and we may not even realize it is when we always feel we have to square to God about everything you see in income will believe me up telling you the truth I swear to God it's true right or is very swear on the Bible or even more. I swear in a stack of Bibles even just stacking you have to believe me. Why would you have to ever say I swear to God it's true, probably because you're not known to be a truthful person right so Jesus in the sermon on the Mount in Matthew 537, said you've heard that the law of Moses says don't break your valves and carry out your valves to meet the Lord listen to this. He says I say to you, don't make any valves just offer a simple yes I will, or no, I won't.
That should be enough. If you need to strengthen your statement with a vowel or your promise with the bow that shows something is wrong to let me illustrate just if you say you're going to do it do it. Let your yes be yes and your no be no zone calls up you want to go to dinner. This is not what are your favorite people and jet but they did offer to treat season okay sure you pick a place and then 10 minutes before it's time to meet them.
Your best friend that you hate want to get dinner guests see go back to that other person.
Sorry bro� :-) Moji I'm knocking to make it because something came up you send then he got out of the restaurant to meet your friend and that person you stood up, is there and they are that awkward moment.
You said you would do it.
You should do it. Let your yes be yes and your no be no.
When you commit to do a job, whatever business you're in, you commit to do a job doing well. Christian should be the hardest workers.
They should have the most integrity. They should be the most honest people first. Their last off the job putting in the extra work going the extra mile. I bring this up because I've seen Christians use their faith as an excuse for laziness and where it should doing your job. Adjustable is to be sweeping the floor. Will the Lord just like directed me to pray to the Lord might be directing me to say goodbye to you in hire somebody else in your place. I don't know if you get into it doing well how about marriage, we commit ourselves to that man of that woman, that's a commitment for a lifetime. And if you're not willing to make that commitment for a lifetime. Do us all a favor and stay single but I see even Christians are people that claim to be followers of Jesus peeling out of the marriage when it starts to get hard, listen, every marriage is going to get heart. Every marriage is going to have its challenges. Yeah, you don't understand Greg we have irreconcilable differences. Just shot up okay every couple has irreconcilable differences but the Lord can help you sort through these things. You've made a commitment to honor your commitment read about Pamela Anderson. She married John peters recently. Then they decided to divorce 12 days later. In that short even by Hollywood standards. Okay seriously I talked couple a 12 day marriage. That's it up in an insider who apparently knows Pamela Anderson said, quote Pamela does not operate on the same wavelength as other people. She is a huge heart and she loves big fast and hard. Okay who have would be better if she loved big fast along make a lifetime commitment and single people don't rush into marriage just don't. As Benjamin Franklin said, keep your eyes wide open before marriage and have shot afterwards, but far too often it's the opposite. My eyes or have shot you say he's my project I'm going to fix her don't go to a marriage to fix somebody hate to break this to you are probably going to get worse if you can love them as they are and you want to make them into something else, or to be sorely disappointed. Look for a spiritual person look for a godly man look for a godly girl that's even more important then how attractive they are.
That I get attractiveness and I know that were drawn to each other in that way, but that spiritual commitment to Christ is so important and take your time when making that choice and then what you make it keep that commitment. Another way to when we take the Lord's name in vain is by not mentioning it at all.
You know, maybe someone will come up to us in cement. I see that you're just such a loving husband or wife I see with your kids. I still hard you work on this. You are how compassionate you are toward people in need. I admire you so much. What's your secret you say well I tell you what I drink a glass of milk every morning Sirs Lake when I do drink milk. Greg, that's not why you are that way.
Give God the glory. So thank you Brett saying that the Lord send this to my life right I wasn't always this way. But Jesus Christ came into my life and she's me I'm not perfect but if you see something like that in my life that you admire.
That's the Lord you can take the Lord's name in vain. By not bringing his name up at all. The phrase in vain means it's empty, idle, insincere or fruitful. Don't use the Lord's name in an empty, idle, insincere or frivolous way some people will say the Lord's name over and over without any awareness that there saying it like the say hey I don't I just walking on the street, praise Lord, and then I got a burger praise Lord. And then I was just thinking about you. Praise the Lord that I went into business to stop. Stop. Stop saying that so much will would be praise Lord I'm aware the blood was like okay I'm glad you're praising the Lord but are you are you really praising them. Are you thinking of the Lord God when you're saying that or is that just like empty clich�, you're doing it in in idle insincere manner. Another way we can take the Lord's name and dream.
I just think, oh my God all the time.
It's a default expression only God, oh my God I you text OMG OMG oh gee I just had the most amazing burger OMG you know when Wayne we have the dreadnought into this I mean you really mean to invoke the name of the most high God for your burger right so that's an empty way that sort of a frivolous way. Don't use the Lord's name in a frivolous way. Now something happens you hear bad news or something else music all my God that's different than calling out to God, but some people just punctuate sentences with all my God OMG another way that we do this is by using God's name for personal gain. You know, people start businesses and they want people to know their Christians. This is my gardening services called God's gardening surface.
Okay okay are you any good when it's gone yeah but are you good to do good work, or do you just use the name of the Lord to get business.
I really was his name. I hope you back it up.
Christian carpet cleaners will I don't want my carpet cleaned by nonbelievers ever. Only a Christian should good honey great to good work beyond this.
And sometimes you will use it the name of the Lord to get a sale. I number of years ago was looking at some truck somewhere in the car salesman was cussing up a blue streak.
I mean lots of profanity and then he says me so tell me what you do for living Greg Cinema pastor talks.
And then he literally said, praise the Lord, go pleased this time I like to better the old way, please. You're just being what you were now you're being fake. Hallelujah. Love you Lord spoke to me through my devotions today at guide make a sale to the just stop. Don't use God's name. Don't use it and it insincere or a frivolous way.
There's a whole industry called Christian retailing may have a big convention every year called the CBA Kristin booksellers Association and others.
A lot of great resources out there for Christians. I'm very appreciative of wonderful Christian books and the great Christian music but then people will have Christian versions of things I've actually saw the company some years ago. They had Christian tires do I need Christian tigers over.
They called God here instead of Goodyear.
I don't remember but then I was that I saw this one person selling Christian breath mints, no look. Some Christians do need breath mints okay so that's okay with the idea of abrupt limit to I needed Christian breath mint.
Each one was in the shape of a fish all I don't use those secular search breath mints. I want the godly fish shaped breath mints to me that's a form of using the Lord to sell something and I don't really like it. Okay, here's another way you can take the Lord's name in vain is when you claim to speak for God when you are speaking for God no look. I I take what I do very seriously and I know what I stand up here that I do speak for God, not exclusively, because there are things I say that are just my thoughts and opinions and honestly my my thoughts are opinions on any more important than anybody else's. But when I open the word of God.
I can speak affordably and say this is what the Bible says and so even the apostle Paul when he stood before the believers in Berea. It says they search the Scripture to see if these things were so low that they were checking out the apostle Paul, I know you're the apostle Paul, but I'm of the still see of the biblical that's right. Every Christian should do that.
Never take my word for foreign never take anybody's word at face value check into the Scripture doesn't line up with the Bible. But there are certain things that I can say on the authority of God's word that are significant. For instance, I can tell someone their sin is forgiven. I don't have the power to forgive sin. I can't absolve you from sin like capris claims to be able to do no man the woman can do that but I can say to you if you meet God's criteria to be forgiven. I can tell you affordably.
Your forgiven first John 19 says if we say we have no simile or accident says it will confess her sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness will finally join a prayer not unlike the prayer that we lead people in all the time of the prayer that Don prayed last year to accept Christ if you ask the Lord to forgive you. I can tell you on the authority of Scripture. Your sin is forgiven and you're going to heaven that's on some my view and you can do this to and here's what Jesus said.
He said that we can see the people these things with authority. He said in John chapter 20. If you forgive anyone since her sins are forgiven if you do not forgive them.
They're not forgiven again, I don't have the authority to do it on my own, but I'm speaking for God and that they met God's criteria to that's fine. But then there are people that claim to speak for God.
The Lord told me this. The Lord told me this and he told me to tell you that God just told me to say this to you now careful with the because the Bible warns against those who say the Lord is spoken when the Lord is not spoken at a girl come up to me years ago and say a Greg. The Lord told me I'm supposed to marry you is a let's go talk to my wife about that.
No filigree, so obviously the girl was misdirected. Sometimes it's preachers telling us this is the message of the Lord. This is the prophecy I'm giving you from God. Okay, hold on, let's really test it. According to Scripture. Let's see if what they predicted is true because of what they say will happen does not happen that I think they're called in the Bible, a false prophet, but there are people that say I'm speaking for God of Mosaic God speaks to me every day. Did audible voice every day you live in a Christian 50 years and I don't know that I thank you was a really lame class of you for the way that wasn't even a smattering of applause that was almost like mocking applause like this. I've been a Christian for 50 years for you. Let's just move on from that okay by God's grace right so and I would like to tell you every morning I get up and I shave and God speaks audibly to me hello Greg good morning this is your mission, should you decide to take it was on the mission impossible. Themes claimed were that come from. There's going to be a guy named Joe at the gas station at 1143 today, go tell Joe about Jesus okay pain didn't didn't didn't didn't do that it self-destructs Bible burns up no, we don't want that. Anyone who tells you. God speaks to them audibly all the time. I want to be honest, I don't believe it either. The Lord speak to me, but most of the time God speaks to me. I would describe it more as a very strong impression. There are times in certain verses will sort of leap off the page and speak to my situation. I felt very strongly directed by the Lord to start this church in Riverside. I felt very strongly directed by the Lord to start a church in Orange County. I felt very strongly directed by Lord to marry my wife. It took us a while to figure it out. Honestly, we broke up three times before we did it but so the Lord will direct you would. Here's the reality of how God directs me in general I get up in the morning and I read the Bible and I pray and I asked for wisdom and then I walk in faith and I seek to apply the truths I found in the Scripture that I found myself smacked in the middle of the will of God. Right is not all mystical and audible voices in it is this. But I'm telling you this is more what you're going to experience as a Christian.
The Bible says the just shall live by faith.
So don't take the Lord's name in vain. Another way we do it and this'll be the last illustration of taking his name in vain is when we use God's name in a way that is sincere. Susie insincere or phony only uses name in a way that's insincere or phony.
You may be singing at the top of your lungs. Put your heart and your mind is not engage your singing all the overwhelming never-ending reckless love of God you know and and you're looking at some bruising and I can't believe she's wearing that a church service and really personal with others all pitch like I don't like them at all and is singing them. God's glory in your thinking, you know.
After church we are going to Chick-fil-A though I guess we are because are closed on Sunday.
But the point is is that you're not thinking about what you're saying.
So your drawing near to him with your lips but your hearts can be far from him and we don't want that to happen to us. Let me say that even for people that are profane, and use bad language. The hypocrisy of the church is far worse than the profanity in the street cc somebody over there.
Listen they're using foul words and they took the Lord's name in vain there so evil but appear in church and you're saying all these things the Lord how much you love them and you're going out and contradicting it in the way that you live what you're doing is worth another person over there and the reason it's worse is because they don't know any better, but you do don't take the Lord's name in vain because God will not hold him guiltless takes his name in vain, and the commandment number four and this completes the first tablet is two tablets of the 10 Commandments tablet number 14 Commandments and how to do with our relationship with God. Tablet number 26 Commandments and had to do with our relationships with other people. Here's commandment number four Exodus 20.
Remember the Sabbath, they keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work with the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God in it you shall do no work, no drug under verse 11 for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that sin them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. There. This is probably one of the most misunderstood of all of the Commandments basically insane.
We need to take one day off out of seven and rest and recharge with us on this.
The other point it's also saying we should work because what is it say on the seventh day, we should do no work which implies on the other six days. We should work. This comes as a revelation to some people living the government should take care of them that their family should underwrite them that they can freeload and be lazy and the Bible actually says of a man doesn't work he should needs so there's a place for personal responsibility as a follower of Jesus Christ.
But yes, there should be a day will we just connect because some people go to the other extreme, some don't work when they could or should and others work too much. Their workaholics and they say it's all for their family but they don't seem to have any time for their family and they say they you know they do it because that they have to but sometimes they overwork themselves and they don't understand the goddess set a principal in the place that he wants us to honor the principal is take a day. The disconnect take a day to get refreshed. Take a day to be recharged and for us as Christians.
For many of us it Sunday because the first day of the week when the early church met, we need as well, but we so I don't have time I can't do it. But here's what I'm suggesting to you if you will honor the Lord and say I'm taking this day Sundays.
The Lord's day.
I'm in a worship with my family were going to spend time together. I'm been a disconnect from all the things that distract me.
I'm telling you whatever you're doing God will bless you for that. He will bless you with the trend among some is attending church less often what we know goes much as we used to. There's just so were so busy busy busy or didn't go last Sunday's Super Bowl Sunday. Why did you even highest holy day on the American calendar AI. What about next Sunday. Well, you know were going to be golfing okay wait.
Don't you want to take time for the Lord for his people for his word. I think it's a really good thing to do. Here's another thing a lot of this neglect.
We don't remember to give to the Lord, the Lord promises if you will honor me with the firstfruits of your increase in bring the tide to me. I will rebuke the devour for your sake and open up the windows of heaven and pour a blessing on you so great you won't be able to contain it.
Can't listen to this should filet speaking of them have built an entire business model on being closed on Sunday. Who does that. To be honest, I wanted to eat Chick-fil-A on Sundays and I'm not so happy as I've gone there in Sundays and said oh you write close on Sunday, but they're America's number one fast food restaurant so that says something on the Lord what his word says these are not rules. As I said earlier that are like the bars of the cage to keep us in there like barriers of protection to keep our mouth their given to us for our own good but we all break.
You know, as I teach them the 10 Commandments is a joyful short their rifles for this other one. We've all broken these commandments, and when we get to the final six are very clear, shall not steal. You shall not while you shall not commit adultery.
Should Dr. covered what belongs to another who of us have not done that and if you break one commandment. The Bible says you're guilty of all of them.
The Commandments were not given to make me righteous.
There were given to show me I'm not righteous. The Commandments were given to show me. I need Jesus because he's the only one who ever lived by all of the 10 Commandments, because we have broken those commandments out a while ago I was driving and I ran a red light. I went through an intersection, it wasn't intentional. I wasn't paying attention, but I rather redlined ID all know I ran a red light and right as I was coming through it. Another red light appeared with a siren. I ran a red light with a cop behind me.
He pulled me over blown it. So I got out my driver's license my registration. I rolled on my window. The officer came up as an officer. I am sorry I was wrong. I wasn't paying attention and it's my fault because I think he was a little stunt like he looked at me for a minute and said okay well you know what I'm looking to give you a ticket today. I said really officer wife said because nobody ever tells the truth about these things so for so I'm giving you a warning and I said yes.
Then I said, praise the Lord that's good time to say, praise the Lord.
So keep this in mind, don't run red lights. But if you do tell them the truth because cops know because people lie all day long to police officers in there pretty good knowing when someone is telling the truth or not. And so, but here's my point. I was given a second chance, so to speak, because I admitted I didn't blame it on somebody else. I didn't say it wasn't my fault or the sun was in my eyes I just said I shouldn't of done that that was wrong.
I apologize and that's how we get right with God.
Instead of gleaning people with numbly folded so where was Ray's it was my.
Since it's my children. It's the cat is always the cat. The cat mean he do it somehow. You blame all these things then you do see this a lot I'm a sinner and I broken your commandments and I'm responsible for what I did and it was wrong and I'm sorry and I ask you to forgive me and God will God will so there may be somebody here today who thought while you know what this hit home, and I've done these things broken this commitment. I have taken the Lord's name in vain. I applied I'm stolen. I've committed adultery.
I've done so many of these things will you need to be forgiven.
That's why Jesus died for you on the cross and shed his blood for you.
He took the penalty of the 10 Commandments upon himself and face the full wrath of God so you don't have to if you will turn from your sin and believe in Jesus you can walk out of here a forgiven person is or somebody listening to me here right now that means forgiveness. If so, I'm going to extend an opportunity for you as we close in prayer to ask God to forgive you of whatever sin it is. You need forgiven. Let's all bow our heads and father I pray for every person that is here. If they don't know Jesus yet they haven't been forgiven of their sin help them to come to you and believe in you and have Christ come and live inside of them. We ask this in your name the letterheads about their eyes are closed. How many of you would say today. I need Jesus.
I I need his forgiveness.
I'm not sure that I would go to heaven when I die, but I want to be. I need the Lord of my life right now that your desire. If you want Christ to come in your life if you want him to forgive you of your sin if you want to know that you will go to heaven when you die wherever you are, would you just raise your hand up, let me pray for you today. You want Jesus in your life you want his forgiveness today. You want to read a personal relationship with Christ razor again. Apply what I can see that operate for you.
God bless you. God bless you to bless you up of the balcony got bless you guys up there. God bless all of you up there quite a few of you in the balcony wherever you are.
Raise your hand apply. Let me pray for you right now if you need Jesus in your life a whole roll of people there got bless all of you got bless you down toward the front.
Got bless 91 every one of you that is, raise your hand if you would please send your feet nominally join a prayer of commitment to Christ, so you then raise your hand stand up right now to stand up nominally join this prayer stand up.
Don't be embarrassed. Others are standing you're not alone stand up to bless you maybe did not raise your hand you want to make this commitment or recommitment to Christ. Stand up.
When we pray for you right now pray with you. God bless all of you standing.
But if you of your standing away one more moment. You need Jesus in your life are you messed up as a Christian, you need to recommit your life to Christ. Stand up and let me pray with you right now.
Anybody else stand up bless you anybody else stand no all right all of you that are standing.
I want you to pray this prayer out loud after me again as I pray you just pray this prayer out loud right we are standing in.
This is a prayer of asking Jesus to come in your life. So as I pray, pray these words after me. Pray these words Lord Jesus, I know that I'm a sinner but I know that you're the Savior who died on the cross for my sin and rose again from the dead. I'm sorry for my sin. I turn from it now. I received your forgiveness and I choose to follow you from this moment forward in Jesus name I pray. Amen. God bless each one of you. God bless you. So let me say to you on the authority of the word of God you that just pray their prayer God just forgive you of all of your sins is not great enough