Face to Face

Hey, this is Mike Zwick from If Not For God Podcast, our show.

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This podcast is titled Face to Face. I would like to open up with this prayer first. It's a prayer releasing the power of the blood of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, and the one who I came face to face with in a Texas prison, sitting at a cold, hard, steel table, fully surrendered to him. Releasing the power of the blood. I cover my mind and thoughts with the blood of Jesus Christ. Cover our minds and thoughts of the Lord God. Cover our doorposts and possessions with the blood of Jesus. Help us overcome the devil through the blood of Jesus. Heavenly Father, sprinkle the blood of Jesus on us as we receive multiplied grace and peace from the Prince of Peace.

Hallelujah. We are made perfect through the blood of the everlasting covenant. We have boldness to enter into the presence of God through the blood of Jesus Christ. Our conscious is purged from dead works to serve the living God through the blood of Jesus. We eat the body of Jesus and drink his blood in our holy communion.

Hallelujah. We have redemption through the blood of Jesus, and we are redeemed from the power of evil over us. We rebuke all spirits of torment and fear because we have peace through the blood of Jesus Christ. We receive the benefits of the new covenant through the blood. We receive healing and health through the blood. We receive abundance and prosperity through the blood of Jesus Christ. We receive deliverance through the blood of Jesus.

We receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit and the anointing through the blood of Jesus. The blood of Jesus bears witness to my deliverance and salvation. Hallelujah.

Thank you, Lord. The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. Jesus resisted unto blood, and his blood gives us victory every day as we live and walk in him.

Hallelujah. We rebuke and cast out all spirits of guilt, shame, and condemnation through the blood of Jesus. We break the power of sin and iniquity in our lives through the blood of Jesus. My heart and our hearts are sprinkled and purified by the blood of Jesus from an evil conscience.

Hallelujah. We rebuke Satan, the devil, the accuser of the brethren through and by the blood of Jesus Christ. We command all of our accusers to depart through the blood of Jesus. We rebuke and cast out all spirits of slander and accusation through the blood of Jesus. And finally, we release the voice of the blood against demons and evil spirits that would accuse us and condemn us every day by the precious blood of the lamb. Hallelujah.

In Jesus' name. In this podcast, I would like to talk about something that happened to me when I was in prison that changed my life forever. On May 19, 2013, I was arrested for six felony counts of theft and sent to prison for one year. I'd been on a three-month drug binge, smoking crack cocaine, and shooting methamphetamine into my veins. This day that I was arrested, I call this day the day I was captured by God. Because to pay for the drugs that I could not stop using, I was stealing things of value from stores and people, so I could trade them for drugs and continue getting high.

And I just, I wouldn't stop. I stole so much. And the police were after me.

They had my license plate number, and they had my description, and they were out looking for me because I was stealing from stores and from people every day, all day long, and late into the night in the mornings, 24 hours a day, I was doing this. My life was in shambles. I was running hard and fast, high on drugs, headed for my absolute destruction. I had abandoned my children and was living out of my car using drugs, selling drugs, and being a thief and a robber.

It was disgusting. It was a horrible way to live. I was at the lowest point of my life, and I thought the only way that I would ever stop using drugs was if I died. So I was trying to get as high as I could, hoping that I would meet my end rather sooner than later. I had an I don't care attitude, and I was living a reckless and dangerous life. I believe I was about to do something very bad, or something very bad was about to happen to me. I was almost in that place of no return.

But God had another plan than that, to let me destroy my life through drugs and riotous living and sinful living. I was arrested and sent to prison where I had an encounter with Jesus Christ one night in the prison chapel during a worship service. I was standing there weeping and crying with tears streaming down my face, asking Jesus, Where are you? At that point, I was desperate and I was crying out for the Lord to save me, but I could not feel his presence. And I did not know where he was.

I asked again, Where are you? Then a sweet voice answered me in my soul and said, I'm in your tears. That completely broke me. I was I was so overcome when the Lord spoke those sweet words to me and I was able to tell to connect with him for the first time in my life on such a deep and profound level. He was in my tears. That means he was in all my sadness and all my hurt and all my destruction. He was always there with me. When I didn't think he was there. He was there.

And he was in a place that I wasn't even looking, which was in my tears, which was inside my sadness. Hallelujah. He's not a God that's way out there that you have to see for and look for. He's right there.

He's right there. He's right there with you and with me is with me in that moment that I was crying. Hallelujah to him.

Hallelujah. Well, that completely broke me when when the Lord spoke that sweet word to my soul. And I found myself falling on my face on my knees on the prison chapel floor, begging Jesus to save me.

And you know what he did? He met me in that place of surrender. I swear to my life that day to Jesus Christ on that prison chapel floor. As I finally found my godly sorrow for the first time in my life. Second Corinthians 7 10 through 11 says for godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted, but the sorrow of the world produces death. For observe this very thing that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, what clearing of your cells, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication. In all things you proved yourself to be clear in this matter.

What incredible words that speaks to me. Well, shortly after that chapel service, maybe a couple of weeks after I had this encounter with Jesus Christ, I was sitting at a table in dorm 12. See, that was the dorm that I lived in at the Travis unit, Texas State Prison. And one of the younger brothers came up to me and asked me a question. He said to me, coach, how do you know when the Holy Spirit is here? You see, he called me coach because that was my nickname, because I coach football, and I would, I would talk about it a lot. So the guys just naturally started calling me coach. I was a very successful football coach, youth football coach before I went to prison, as well as being a very good football player when I was a young man.

Very successful in college, and I was drafted into the Canadian Football League as a professional football player. So that's how I got that nickname, coach. But he said, coach, how do you know when the Holy Spirit is here? You know, when I was in prison, I began crying out to Jesus. And I read the Bible all day every day, and went to all the chapel services that were available to us. The men in prison knew that if anyone was going to talk to coach, or talk to me, they were going to be talking about Jesus, because coach was all about Jesus.

Hallelujah. And at that point, I was just all about Jesus. And so the young man felt comfortable to come and ask me. And he, I guess the Holy Spirit moved him to come and ask me to let him know how we would know if the Holy Spirit was there. So when the young man asked me that question about how do you know when the Holy Spirit is present, I answered him and began giving him some fancy response and elegant description of how it's like the wind blowing in your soul, it comes upon you, and you have these feelings. And, you know, as I was given this description, or try my best to describe how that we would know the Holy Spirit is there, I heard a voice, a soft, still voice speak to my spirit saying, and it said this, why don't you just invite me to the table?

And wow, that one just kind of shook me to my core. And it was so sweet and such a nice tone. And, and it spoke so softly to me that I stopped what I was doing immediately. I stopped what I was doing. I stopped with with what I was saying, and I began to pray out loud. And I prayed for Jesus to come to sit at the table with us.

I invited him to sit down at this steel table in the middle of a prison dorm. And in an instant, the Holy Spirit invaded us, invaded our table. We just felt it come in like a, like a flood.

It was the most incredible movement that I've ever experienced in my life. And we both found ourselves in the presence of Almighty God in Jesus Christ. When this happened, both of us froze. We, we, we couldn't do anything.

We just froze it. All we could do was sit there and stare at each other with our mouths open. It took all the words from us and even our breaths away. I will never forget this moment because it was at this moment I was filled with the Holy Spirit, power, fire, and an unending, amazing, reckless love that I cannot describe with words. I later wrote a poem about this experience called Face to Face that describes this event. And I'm going to share that with you at the end of this podcast. But just that moment also reminds me of this song that's real popular that's out right now.

It's called Reckless Love. And I'm going to read some of the lyrics of this song because it describes what I was feeling in that prison at that moment. And it, and this song touches my heart now. And every time I hear it, it reminds me of this time that I had with Jesus in prison.

And the song goes something like this. It says, Before I spoke a word, you were singing over me. You have been so, so good to me. Before I took a breath, you breathed your life in me.

You have been so, so kind to me. Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God. Oh, it chases me down, fights till I'm found, leaves the ninety-nine. And I couldn't earn it, and I don't deserve it. Still you give yourself away. Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God. When I was your foe, still your love fought for me. You have been so, so good to me. When I felt no worth, you paid it all for me.

You have been so, so kind to me. Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God. Oh, it chases me down, fights till I'm found, leaves the ninety-nine. And I couldn't earn it, and I don't deserve it.

Still you give yourself away. Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God. There's no shadow you won't light up, mountain you won't climb up, coming after me. There's no wall you won't kick down, lie you won't tear down, coming after me. Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God. Oh, it chases me down, fights till I'm found, leaves the ninety-nine. I couldn't earn it, I don't deserve it.

Still you give yourself away. Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God. Hallelujah! Well, that was my best attempt of singing that song, and I love it so much. I hope you're blessed by that. I'm not musically inclined, but I always say Jesus loves when I sing to him.

Hallelujah! You see, this song speaks to my spirit, my soul, because it's a reckless love. It's an unending love. It's an amazing love that met me in that prison and delivered me from addiction once and for all. You see, when I was out there high on drugs being destroyed by the things of this world and the lust for the drugs in my flesh, I was that one Jesus left the ninety-nine to come and find.

It says, oh, it chases me down, fights till I'm found, leaves the ninety-nine. Jesus, who is love, left the ninety-nine to come and find me. Hallelujah! That day that I was sitting there at that cold, hard, still table was the day the Lord had made for me to have a life-changing encounter with him, and I will forever rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day that I received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, singing at a cold, hard, still table that was set on fire.

That day I began praying in tongues and being filled with new revelations and truth for my life. My hope for you now listening to this podcast, if you are struggling with addiction or any other sin as you separated, that has separated you from your purpose in God, do not give up. Please, brothers and sisters, friends of mine, do not let yourself be destroyed by your sinful acts, sinful thoughts, or the lusts of your flesh, or even the pride of life, or the things of this world that you are searching for to bring you happiness, and it never comes. So I want to read this scripture that speaks to that very thing.

It's in 1 John 2, 15-17. It says, Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it. But he who does the will of God abides forever.

I'm going to say that again. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it. But he who does the will of God abides forever, lives forever, lasts forever.

Hallelujah. That day sitting at that cold, hard-stilled table set on fire, I encountered the fullness of the love of the Father when I came face to face with Jesus Christ by the power and majesty of the Holy Spirit of promise. Now, I want to tell you right now, I promise you, that if you surrender your life to Jesus Christ like I did, make him your Lord and Savior and repent of your sins and turn away from them, he will change your life like he did mine. Whatever you are suffering from or having difficulties managing in your life, help is coming. I promise you, surrender now and give your life over to the one who created you and knitted you in your mother's womb. The beginning of your change happens at the end of your surrender, a full white flag surrender of your heart, mind, and soul to the King of Kings, Jesus Christ. First Peter 5 10 says, but may the God of all grace, who called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. Help is coming. I promise you, you've suffered for a while and your suffering will only last until your surrender. Hallelujah. Once you surrender, then the Lord can move on your life and come in and bring you up out of your distress.

Matthew 16 24 to 25 that Jesus said to his disciples, if anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. Surrender your life, give your life up, your old addicted life or your old sinful life, give it up. Let the old man die and let the new man come alive. Let the old woman die and let the new woman come in its place. All things are passed away. All things become new.

Those who are in Jesus Christ. Those of you that are listening to this podcast now, I want to tell you something profound. It's about when I went to prison. You know, a lot of people that go to prison are saying, this is the worst day of my life coming to prison.

And I want to tell you, that's not how it was for me. The worst day of my life was not the day I went to prison. The day I went to prison turned out to me to be a good day. I know that may sound odd that you go to prison, but it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me in my entire life. That first day I stepped foot in that prison. Because I want to tell you the worst day of my life I came to realize was not the first day that I went to prison. But it was the day before I went to prison when I was out in the streets using drugs and stealing from people and found myself in complete and utter darkness. I was one step away from eternal hell that day and I could feel it all the way into my bones. I want everyone to remember right now, no matter how bad you think your life is, no matter how bad this day or the ones to come may be, there is a good day coming soon.

Sooner than you might think. Remember, God is in control. He is a sovereign God. Let him have his way in you like I did when I was in that prison. Give your life over to him now. Surrender yourself, your life and your will to him, the one who created you. Allow him to right your direction and set your feet on a new path like he did to me.

Hallelujah. I am convinced that God prevented me from hurting or killing myself or someone else by having me arrested. If I had spent another day out in the world, out in those streets, high on drugs and desperate for more, I might have killed someone or even died in my sins and my soul would have gone to hell. But God loved me so much that he had me arrested for my own protection. He sent me to prison for my good where he knew I'd finally slow down and be able to listen to him and his truth. God knew that I was at the point where I was finally ready to surrender to him, his will and his way.

He is a perfect God and this was his perfect plan for my life. You see, I was a very stubborn man and I was tough as nails from my days of being a football player and just having to fight and train to fight through games and things. And I had a whole lot of fight in me. It was this stubbornness, toughness and ability to keep fighting just like I was trained to do on the football field that kept me from surrendering to God.

But this training and mindset, it actually kept me locked in my addiction trying to fight something that there was no way I could ever defeat without Jesus. Well, God captured me and put me in that prison. The day, May 19, 2013, I call that day when I was arrested for six felony counts of theft. I call that day the day I was captured by God. God captured me, put me in that prison so he could slow me down and put me in a place where I would finally receive his word of truth that would do a good work in me and change my life from bad to good.

Thank you, Jesus. Once I was captured by God, it was now time for me to surrender and for me to go through the Godly punishment and chastisement. Only that prison that I was sent to could do. This chastisement is Godly discipline intended for my good, and it helped me be set free. I know that some of you may have to face some things here in the future to help you come up out of your sins or out of your addiction or something like that.

Whatever it is, you're going to have a decision day. You're going to have to go through the fire. You're going to have to go through the storm, and I say go through it. Just face it and go through it and be able to accept that chastisement or whatever type of Godly discipline that there is because it is for your good. Hallelujah. Hebrews 4, 12 through 16 says, in your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, my son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline and do not lose heart when he rebukes you because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.

What a great word that is. Once God captured me and put me into prison, he moved on me like I've never experienced in my life. My life had been ruined. My soul had been tormented for so many years, my spirit was broken, and my mind was polluted and shattered.

And I've lost all hope. I was at a point in my life that I believed I would be better off if I was dead. Then my sweet Jesus stepped into my despair and reached into the depths of my darkness and grabbed me by my hand and saved me from myself and from the enemies of my soul.

Praise Jesus, my creator, King of the universe, King of kings, who has the unlimited power and authority over all things in heaven and in this fallen world here on earth. God revealed to me the truth in Jesus Christ and my Lord and Savior showed me that I was predestined as his chosen child to serve him as his disciple for the rest of the days of my life and to never again serve the world, my flesh, the devil or his wicked weapon of addiction. That prison that I was in became to me a proving ground and a hot fiery furnace. It was a place where God began to shape and mold me and rebuild me and make me the man of God. He created me to be the man of God that I am today sitting here on this podcast speaking to you that that prison was my ground zero. That was where the rubber met the road, so to speak. The old saying goes, let go and let God.

Well, I did just that. And I let go of everything I ever tried to hold on to in my life that I was tricked into believing was somehow going to bring me some kind of happiness that I was searching for. I let go and I gave everything to God, all of me and left nothing that was not under his control. I submitted my whole being to the one who created me to have his way in me and to do with me as he wills for his plan and purpose.

There was a time when I lived in Tucson, Arizona and my addiction raged out of control during those years. And I used to drive down a street, it was 22nd Street, and on one of the corners as you drive down, I think it was 22nd and Campbell, for any of y'all that know Tucson, Arizona, over by the University of Arizona, there is a wall at that corner and it's a white wall and in their words and a saying is painted on that wall real big. I looked at it so many times I read it, but I never truly knew what the saying actually meant until I finally surrendered my life to Jesus Christ. On that wall in Arizona, it is written, these words, happiness is submission to God.

And now I know exactly what this means. In my unconditional surrender to God and Jesus Christ, I had to finally admit to myself that I was a weak man of my own flesh and carnal mind and I was unable to effectively manage my own life without causing chaos, sadness, loneliness, and ultimate destruction. I realized that my best faking and greatest efforts always landed me addicted to alcohol and drugs and in rehab, mental hospital, jail, or prison. In this acknowledgement and understanding, it's where I began to walk my road to freedom. I was finally able to unhook myself from the dependence on myself and this world to bring me happiness and success. You see, my happiness is my submission to God for His will and plan to be activated into my life and for me to follow that plan and that will and be obedient to His word and His plan for my life. And my success can only be found in the eternal saving grace of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Mark 836 says, for what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? As a child of God reborn in the Spirit, I can entrust my life and everything into God's faithful hands and submit to His will instead of trying to govern myself with my own will. In this submission to God and His plan for my life, I'm able to live out the life He created me to live and do all the things He created me to do in Jesus Christ. This is what I call my new sweet spot in my life when I'm in God's perfect will, doing what He has called me to do. Hallelujah. Jesus Christ is the beginning and end of all things and I am complete in Him. Colossians 2, 9 through 10 says, for in Him, that's Jesus Christ, dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And you are complete in Him who is the head of all principality and power. You want some power in your life? Put Jesus in your heart. Hallelujah.

It says right here, He's the head of all principality and power. In that prison, at that cold hard steel table, the Lord showered me with His amazing love and understanding and continues with this each new day. As I stay surrendered and submitted to Him, each day I wake up and I have a decision to surrender my life to Jesus that day and submit to His ways, His word and His ways. I have found that this is the love that brings me happiness. When I'm in this sweet spot, when I'm in this place of submission and surrender to Him, that's when I am happy. This is what I'd always searched for in the things of this world but could never find. This is the love I searched for my whole life and it always just gave me until I surrendered to the love of God, the reckless love of God which is the truth in Jesus Christ. His love is so pure and amazing and it takes the place of everything in my life that I ever put trust in to make me happy but always eventually let me down.

Jesus Christ who is God manifest in the flesh, created the universe and is now in control of my life. Isn't that the greatest thing? Oh my goodness! The Creator of the universe is in control of my life. They say, Jesus take the wheel. Jesus don't just take the wheel, take the whole car, the wheels and even the road we're driving on. Hallelujah!

Jesus Christ, I love you so much. I tell you what, God's Spirit dwells in me. Not only is God in control of my life but His Spirit, Holy Spirit dwells in me. I am His precious child who has been reborn in the Spirit and I will see the kingdom of heaven.

Hallelujah! God did not create me to be an underachiever. God did not create me to be a failure in life. God did not create me to serve worthless idols.

God did not create me to be a drug addict or a prison convict and He certainly never created me to live in the defeat of something. God revealed to me in Jesus Christ the truth that I am victorious in Jesus Christ alone and I am His precious, wonderfully made child. Psalm 139, 13 through 16 says, for you formed my inward parts.

You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are your words and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in secret and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Your eyes saw my substance being yet unformed and in your book they all were written the days fashioned for me when as yet there were none of them. How wonderful is that word, speaking of my Creator, the Father. Oh Father God. Hallelujah! God also revealed to me the truth about my addiction in all of this. He showed me that it's just the same old lie that Satan told Adam and Eve in the garden to separate them from His love and that I could overcome that lie by believing and receiving Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and being reborn. Hallelujah! Old things pass away, all things become new. Hallelujah! The old addicted man is dead and gone and in his place is the disciple, evangelist Michael Bowen.

Hallelujah! This is exactly what I've done in my life and in that prison when I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ and I came face to face with my God. First Corinthians 13 verses 11 through 13. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face, now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also have known and now abide faith, hope, love, these three, but the greatest of these is love. I tell you what, I am a man now. I'm a man of God and I have the love of Jesus Christ in my heart that I am to share with this world. Hallelujah!

And that's the will of God in my life. I want to read this point that I wrote about sitting at that table when that young man asked me, how do you know when the Holy Spirit is here? And I'm going to read it to you now.

It's called Face to Face. Two prisoners sitting across from each other, one silently pondering things unseen. I am the one lost in my own thoughts, cold, still table, hardness it always brings.

In a dorm full of chaos, iron doors, cement walls, echoes of fear. A question is asked by one, how do you know when God's Spirit is here? In that sacred moment, the promising question asked, I ran through my mind. Surely I can come up with a good answer.

Some are riding around in my head, a smart word I can find. Searching for this savory morsel of knowledge, some sweet nugget tasty and fresh, my mind takes me inside a picture, the place where humanity was eternally blessed. Standing in all of my surroundings, lost in my mind, found at the foot of the cross, unable to put into words the price my sweet Jesus, it cost. His innocent blood spilled with great abuse, pain upon pain, relentlessly repeated misery delivered by the hands of wickedness, the place where sin was triumphantly defeated. Our heavy burden that day was lifted, his pierced body sadly lowered from the cross, the day the world eclipsed darkness on Calvary, evil and wickedness as lost.

Unknownly they have killed their king, they have slain almighty God's only begotten son, the one and only savior in him is eternal life for all who will ever come. For me, I was pulled from a darkness, the hand of Jesus reaching into a stinking pit, pulled from the burning fire of my addiction and freedom at a still table now I sit. He delivered me into this prison, here he knew I'd finally listened to his voice, he led me to its chapel, in him there I learned to rejoice. He taught me the meaning of praise and worship, through his spirit a better way I have been shown. He brought me into his righteousness, covered me with it like a beautiful new flowing robe.

He gave me a newfound confidence to betray all my old filthy clothes. His love walked me into freedom, he gave me new seed to sow, life giving water to nourish and new songs streaming sweet melody from my mouth. His word hot seared burned into my heart, how great is our God I began to scream and shout, more exciting than scoring the game winning touchdown, much better than winning the lottery one lucky day. Having discovered Christ's unending love, nothing of this world can compare to his way for his way is so lovely, his burden is ever so light, his yoke I've taken upon me put an end to this life's meaningless fight. Sitting here in this prison, true freedom in Jesus I've found, his love for me endured at the cross throughout my soul, his sacrifice abounds. Sitting here at this cold hard still table, face to face the question asked by my friend, how do you know when God's spirit is here? I began to tell him it's like the wind, then in my ear a silent whisper, his still soft voice resting over me, Jesus said invite me to come sit at the table, I will open your heart so you can clearly see. I stopped with my fancy description immediately in prayer, I asked Jesus to come in like mighty rushing waters invading a wave of holy love by the whirlwind, he did sin. Glistening down rain pour of his Holy Spirit, showering down upon us, we were totally consumed, taking all words and our breath from us, it seemed like just the two of us were left in this once crowded room, grace abounding in the moment, our spirits lifted on wings of light from above, white flag full surrender our hearts surrounded now by his blazing unconditional love, resonating holiness throughout my inner being, my spirit dancing in rhythm with my glorious king, God gave us the gift of his holy presence, the true reality, my best explanation could never bring, cold hard still table set on fire forever capturing my once bleeding heart, this the moment I fell in love with Jesus in prison at a table today, his holy love gave spark, he ignited our bosoms with consuming fire, burning hot love bright light light into our souls, now as we're able to speak off our tongues, no words able to roll, sitting in golden silence only our eyes able to speak the truth, God sent his Holy Spirit to answer over our table, his blinding love he let loose, love me tender forever, love us sweet saving Holy Grace, the day I fell in love with Jesus in a prison at a cold hard still table, I came face to face, I love you all and I pray that you too can find the freedom that I have found in Jesus Christ, Jesus breaks the chains and restores lives that have been made ruins, he is my Lord and Savior and the master builder of my life, this is the greatest life I've ever lived living my life in Jesus Christ, God bless you all in Jesus name I pray, amen. Thank you for listening, for more information on Michael Bowen's ministry, Sons and Daughters of Thunder, visit sonsanddaughtersoftunder.org and remember there is no addiction in Jesus Christ, Jesus breaks the chains. This is the Truth Network.