SM161211/The Power of Forgiveness

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 schoolteacher that was talking to her class about the topic of forgiveness and see Sissy with concluding the kids what does a person need to do to receive forgiveness from God is a moment of silence, a little boy codefendant Lee said you have to sin. That's pretty true. You have to sin and most of us qualified well let me restate that all of us qualified. I suggest we sin more often than we think we do have ever gone through a day and actually got yourself you I don't think I sin today even once you're probably sending as you say that to yourself is called the sin of pride.

I suggest you use it more than you realize that you do so, yes, we have to ask God to forgive us.

Most of its believers as believers understand that he graciously gives his forgiveness to us. Though we don't deserve it and he tells us in first John 19, we will confess our sin, he is feeble and just to forgive us of our sin and cleanse us from all on righteousness. So that's amazing. We understand that for the most part we accept it. But here's where it gets tricky for some forgiven people should be forgiving people.

We have received the forgiveness of God. Therefore, we should extend that same forgiveness to others, especially those who have wronged us.

It was CS Lewis who said, quote everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely thing until the of someone to forgive." As natural. It's great in theory but it's much harder in practice. I read about a study that was done on the topic of forgiveness and revealed that 75% of those who were surveyed believe the God and forgiven them for past sins, but of those were pulled only 52% had forgiven others." Take Houston we have a problem if Logan asked God to forgive us. The Scripture says we should forgive others why because life is filled with hurt and disappointment is net we get hurt in life we have people who hurt us. And guess what, there are people that you have heard as well.

So we need to learn how to apologize. I we need to learn how to forgive note some of your thinking, no way to second grade you don't know what people have done to me you don't know what I've had to face in life and you know I don't. But I'm just telling you this is what the Bible says and I'm a tell you why you should forgive. I'll give you a few reasons. But here's number one in the most important reason, you should forgive people who have hurt you because God commands you to only we need any other reasons, but there are few others. Why do I say that because Ephesians 432 this is becoming tenderhearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ has forgiven you, then Colossians 313 says bear with one another and forgive one another.

If anyone is a complaint against another, even as Christ forgave you, so also you must do listen to this to failed to forgive can bring your prayer life to a halt. Let me say that again the building forgive can bring your prayer life to a screeching halt.

Jesus says in Mark 1125 when you're praying first forgive anyone your holding a grudge against so your father in heaven will forgive your sins to bottom line. As I said forgiven people should be forgiving people, so we been hurt in life and we have a choice.

We can rehearse what happened. We can release it. Let me say that again we can rehearse what happened or we can release it.

We can go over it again and again and again justifying our anger and our bitterness. Or we can just release it and you know what I think this is especially important at Christmas. Let's peel away from home at the veneer of hot cocoa and cozy fireplaces and Jack Frost nipping at our heels and let's get real for a minute. Christmas can be hard and people can do things that irritate you. You know, just start with Black Friday, you know they murder each other these days trying to get the sale items, but more than that there's family members that you're probably going to get together with and they hurt you last year or something's happened there some friction going on, and so there's a lot of tension often will be gathered together with family and sometimes with coworkers at that office partier at this other event number with people were not comfortable being within this can take a festive time inserted into well.

A real downer. So we need to look to theology now look to the great theologian Taylor Swift but to give us this advice.

Shake it off and you know why you should shake it off because players gonna play play play and haters going to hate hate hate hate so Shake it off. Forgive, let it go green. Also tell us that let it go. But what is it mean to forget. Listen to this.

What is it mean to forgive. It's not condoning or dismissing someone's bad behavior. I think sometimes we feel qualified forgive them. It's like I condone what they did know. Forgiving is not condoning someone's bad behavior. It's not dismissing it. It's not even necessarily reconciliation because that's not always possible there might be someone that's done something mean to you. You forgive them for they still don't want to be reconciled to you so I'm not even talking about that little I mean when I say to forgive. Listen to forgive means I'm surrendering my right to get even I'm surrendering my right to get even means I will not pay that person back what they may indeed deserve, instead I'm going to put it in the hands of God, because (Romans 1219 it says never take vengeance into your own hands, dear friends, stand back and let God punish if you will, for it is written, vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord is different words used in the Bible to describe forgiveness 75 in total. The mean word that we find in the New Testament that is translated into the words forgiven. Forgiveness is one that means to release to release to let go of something to free yourself from something another word that is used to describe forgiveness in the Bible is canceling as in canceling a debt I mean you have to just keep a short account and this is really true of marriage.

Okay I mean if you want a marriage that is happy if you want to marriage that lasts better learn how to forgive because you're gonna hurt and be heard in marriage. I love the advice of Ruth Graham, the wife of Billy Graham who said a good marriage or a successful marriage is made up of two good forgive her, so we should be willing to forgive other people because it comes on the desk when I forgive someone I set a prisoner free myself because I can be the prisoner.

When I failed to forgive. I can be the one who's getting hurt more to withhold forgiveness is detrimental not only to the person I'm withholding up front, but harmful to me as well.

Spiritually as well as physically. One study was done among resentful people and it was revealed that they took resentful people 25% more medication than people who practice forgiveness. So if you want to save money at the drugstore.

Forgive, if you want to be a happier person.

Forget if you want to be a healthier person. Forgive, and most importantly, if you want to be an obedient Christian, then you must for jet. It isn't giving into another person is getting free of that person.

My friend Craig Rochelle put it this way, the first to apologize is the bravest, the first to forgive is the strongest the first of forgive Susie mess that up. Start over again as I want to get this right does is good. Okay the first to apologize is the bravest, the first of forgive is the strongest the first of forget is the happiest and I like so just put it in your rearview mirrors. It will why you talking about forgiveness will because word part three of the life of Joseph and before is now in the book of Genesis is one of the most amazing examples of forgiveness and all of the Bible. The only story that really eclipses it in my estimation is Christ thinking on the crossing father forgive them for they know not what they do.

Here is Joseph a man who is been so wrong in life extending forgiveness to his brothers, the very brothers who abandoned the trade for all intents murdered him. This would've been a great moment in the narrative for him to deal in a little bit of payback with one word. He could've had them all executed becomes an because it comes into a position of great prominence as will see Joseph good is said to his brothers either very particular set of skills skills I have acquired over a long career skills that make me a nightmare for people like you because of the words of Liam Neeson and the taken film. By the way, after someone kidnaps his daughter right.

That's what Joseph could have done, but he didn't do that instead he forgave.

Now let's consider the fact that Joseph's life can be divided into three sections. Remember what they are. They are start struggle and success. Number one there start that would be birth to 17 years for first introduced to the young Joseph that we find a young boy 17 years old with a supercooled called his dad made for him and that his father favored him above the other, brothers, sisters, resentment, Joseph made matters worse by tattling or ratting out his brothers when they were misbehaving. Also, Joseph had these amazing dreams of other people bowing before him, though, are in reality from God. But as I said earlier, sometimes it's best to keep your dreams. Do yourself because of brothers just thought it was kind of a braggart a bit spoiled and maybe he was but that he certainly didn't deserve the treatment that they gave him because section number two of his life's struggle. They sell their 17 year old brother to a group of slave traders are 20 pieces of silver probably never thinking they would see him again while he is purchased by a guy named Potter for who is the chief executioner under Pharaoh meant that he was in charge of all executions and he was in charge of the Secret Service of Pharaoh. If you will, very powerful man. He put Joseph in entry-level job at Joe's was such a hard worker, so full of integrity, and as the Bible reminds us, because the Lord was with them. He elevated Joseph so soon, Joseph was running Potter verse entire estate.

All Potter had to think about was what he was going to eat for lunch part of her had a wife who put her lustful eyes and young Joseph to the Bible tells us was very attractive, handsome, well-built, and she started hitting on him day and night, and he resisted her advances, and finally one day she just got tired of being subtle and grab them and yank them down on the bed and basically just said have sex with me and he ran out of there as quickly as he could and she falsely accuses him of rape and now we find Joseph sent to prison, bringing us to section 3 of his life success as he sits in prison.

In the event city goes through to prepare him for what was ahead very important detail is given to us in Genesis 3921 about Joseph in prison. It says the Lord was with Joseph to know is now is in the dungeon worse situation imaginable, but in typical Joseph fashion.

Because of his hard work and because the Lord was with them.

He's running the place. Enter the Butler and the Baker they work for the fair and they were both sent to prison. You wonder how tobacco down the Baker come up with a ruling over cook decent loaf of bread.

The Butler served it. Is it going to present whatever it is, in this case, literally. The butler did it right so there no incarcerated and dying. Here's Joseph a walk around started taking care of people, and he sees his two fellow inmates noses. One day the very prosthesis a guys or the long face with what's wrong and they begin to tell him other troubles know it's an interesting thing to me.

Here's Joseph, he doesn't deserve to be imprisoned and yet he thinking about others. Which reminds me of a cure for depression. I came across recently know people get depressed this time of the year, often, and so I have found a 10 step solution for curing depression you're taking notes you might want to write these 10 things down step number one do something for someone else with greater needs and you do something for someone else with greater needs and you step number two Pete step number 19 more times. I know it's oversimplifying it. I understand there's clinical depression I'm not really addressing. I'm just talking about those times in our life we get a little bit down in the dumps because we didn't get what we wanted for Christmas or something didn't meet our expectation get a little perspective know sometimes you may not be feeling well but you go and make a visit to someone in a hospital and you see while their whole lot worse off than I am and I have to tell you I've had situations where I visited people in hospitals were terminally ill I wanted was all said and done they minister to me more than I ministered to them, but also put my problems in perspective. As I walked out and said I was complaining about having a cold and that person is dealing with stage III cancer other trusting the Lord you don't have all the material things you wish that you had will go and take one of these trips we have done to skid row at the Fred Jordan mission and look to the coming Christmas. These folks are having right now so as I see others who are suffering may be a lot more than I am. It puts my problems in perspective, but I love the fact that he was thinking of others above himself, so he stopped with these guys and they both had these dreams and they said all someone's car alarm is going off here okay and it's never because someone's breaking and they probably lost the car they're trying to find it isn't that how we all find our cars especially in malls this time of year but anyway so he meets the Butler in the Baker signal.

So what's a problem okay we bother these weird dreams last night and freak us out. What were your dreams okay well one of them says I dreamed this is the Butler. Now he says I dream of a vine growing up with three branches in the three branches were clusters of grapes and so I took the wine from the grapes and I put them in the Kings cup and serve them to the king what is entry me… It is good to anybody the Lord to show me that that means you're going to get out of here before you know it to be serving wind of the king. Yes, so the biggest my term I turkey what was your dream because is a case I this dream about three baskets of why bread I had him up all my head and in the top does cover some special big treats for the Pharaoh. And so that's why great. What is it mean Joseph is a not so good are your dream means that you're going to be headed. And they're going to hang you on a tree, and birds are getting eat your brain. Sorry to break that to you but that was the honest interpretation of the dream you know it it's hard sometimes to tell people the truth is that you know we love to share the gospel of the good news that God forgives and you can have personal peace and joy in all the great attributes of the Christian life, but a person may say what if I don't believe in Jesus. What if I reject him. What happens in me well you know we have to tone the other part, but there is a final judgment. There is a hell, God doesn't want anyone to go there but you gotta tell people the truth.

Joseph did that so now the boat was good to get out. He says no Melissa.

Many going to do me a favor.

I did this for you. Remember your buddy Joseph when you get out okay and the butler said yeah I'll never forget you.

You never heard from and so now he's just sitting there for two more years. He was forgotten. In fact, the Bible tells us in Genesis 4023. The butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot ever feel that way is of God is forgotten, you think Noah felt that way often around on the water with a bunch of stinking animals for all that time anyone. It is the Lord forget about us. I mean, I know he saved us, but we been here a long time in the Bible says, but God remembered Noah God remembered no Jesus said your father knows about every bird that falls to the ground.

Don't you think he cares about you what you can eat what you're going to drink what you gonna wear God never forget you. Sometimes we forget God but he never forgets us in the Lord had not forgotten Joseph she was just whipping them in the shape because what was about to happen to Joseph was going to fulfill his dreams and time people were literally going to be bowing before him, but he wasn't quite ready. So the Lord needed two more years to come. To get some iron in the soul of this formerly spoiled young man and turn them into the man of God. He needed him to be. Maybe you feel like you're in a dungeon right now you're in a prison. Maybe it's a really bad marriage.

Maybe it's a really tough job.

Maybe it's some kind of an illness or disability you're dealing with. And then you feel like what's going to happen to me. God is in control of your life and you just watch and so now here is Joseph sitting in prison.

Not knowing how the stories been in. Meanwhile, the most powerful man on the face of the earth, the Pharaoh of Egypt as a troubling dream and in his particular dream he sees seven that healthy cows in front of the Nile River and then after them came seven scrawny shriveled up cows in the seven skinny cows ate the seven fat cows will cover boy said not to be that Egyptian pizza last night.

What is this me. Then he falls asleep and he has another dream.

This time it's 70 heads of grain, strong and healthy growing from a single stock and then seven heads of grain also stop at their sort of scorched and withering and the scorched ones ate up. They hopefully one of the Whigs of this is mean. So he calls in all of the astrologers and the wizards in the experts in advisor cc he had them on staff. They were on the payroll.

There were supposed to help them interpret things and give him messages from God's messages from the stars. By the way, the Magi of the Wiseman we call them who brought gifts to the child Jesus.

That was her job.

They were astrologers/astronomers and they look to the stars and Godhead sender started direct them to the one who had been born. Call the king of the Jews, the Lord Jesus, but these guys had no answers they could make sense out of Pharaoh's dreams. And then there's a Butler East End and there is nothing in oh why, I remember that Joseph guy so he says in the Pharaoh. I met this guy in prison and he interpreted my dream. Also, the dream of your former Baker and I believe God's given him disability the process get him up here right now. So, meanwhile, down in prison there sits Joseph Sears will be going to really long long beard become in yourself you to go meet the fair today will give you shame and Erica. Let's go. The next thing he knows he's in the presence of the Pharaoh Genesis 41 by the way was another longest introduction ever. I was even show verse 14 Pharaoh sent for Joseph in one city was brought quickly from the dungeon. After a quick shave and a change of clothes.

He went in and stood in Pharaoh's presence.

I had a dream last night. Pharaoh told in none of these men can tell me what it means, but I've heard that you can interpret dreams and that's why I have called for you.

I love Joseph response for 60 is beyond my power to do this the Pharaoh's heart probably sunk with anyone on the safe.

But God would tell you what it means no such you these now that took courage.

And so now the Pharaoh tells him his dream and Joseph says okay I got it. Lord showed me his enemies was fat cows getting eaten by the skinny cows that's talking about seven years of planning another word you to do really well and grain reserves in food for seven years which have seven years of famine. Following that see a better stock up now to get some reserve in place. So when the famine comes, you'll survive it.

By the way, you got to get a really good person over this to administrative and all the Pharaoh soothsayers, wizards and magicians are safe.

Me me me, the Pharaoh looks at Joseph and says, next thing you know, Joseph is the second most powerful man in the world is gone from the prison to the palace kid gone from rags to riches. Now it happened just as he said it was the famine came, but Joseph was doing the work of God and given him to do and he had two sons. At that time, Manasseh and Ephraim in the names of each of his sons pretty much sum up the way he saw things Manasseh means God is made me forget all of my hardship, he was able look back at all that he had gone through anybody know the Lord was in control and have been able to forgive and I've been able to forget and then Ephraim means God is made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. So here I am in this place for God has blessed me in every way know if the story ended here. It would be an epic story, but it doesn't.

It continues on and gives us one of the most amazing demonstrations of forgiveness found anywhere in the Scripture, as I already said elixir to set the stage before we read from Genesis 45 you might start turning over there.

Genesis 45 so many years of past the famine is in full swing.

People are coming from around the world to get through because Egypt is the only one that is prepared for the future because of Joseph's interpretation of the Pharaoh's dream one day a Jewish family shows up now. They don't recognize Joseph for starters, I never thought that see McKinley thought he was dead. Secondly, he's an older man. Now he's changed. And thirdly, he doesn't have his hair longer is beard brought out like he used to. His head was all shave you probably were island are likely doing those old Egyptian drawings.

He can move around like this all the time and does so they never thought they'd see Joseph again so they didn't recognize him, but he recognize them encompasses family and he's looking at them in his heart is beginning to just burst.

It's been so long is thought of them so many times in this amazing scene unfolding has to tell them who he is. Genesis 45 verse one reading from the new living translation. Joseph could stand it no longer get out of here. All of you. He cried out to his attendance. He wanted to be alone with his brothers when he told him who he was. He broke down and wept aloud his sobs could be heard to the palace and the nuisance quickly carried the Pharaoh's palace.

I am Joseph, he said to his brothers.

Can you imagine how they felt when they realized he was alive and powerful. I am Joseph sub sub's probably a good in the beginning we are dead dead dead dead dead so dead dead dead now I'm jealous because on the things my father still alive.

The brothers were speechless. They were stunned to realize Joseph was standing there in front of them.

Come over here you said they came closer and he said I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold in the Egypt all she remembers don't be angry with yourselves that you did this to me.

For God did to me that underline for God did it. He sent me here ahead of you to preserve your life way I would've understood it. If Joseph said don't be angry with yourselves because God allowed, but Joseph didn't say God allowed it. Joseph said God did it were to define the grace and the mercy and the perspective to see such a thing. Couple of things you might want to write down Joseph understood number one God is sovereign God is sovereign, not the fancy theological word we are thrown around a lot and you know people know to be Joe God sovereign. What is that mean I'm going to you sovereign will he say God is sovereign.

Here's what were saying we think God is in control of all things.

God is aware of all things we are saying we as a Christian say God is when we say God is sovereign were think God is in control of all circumstances surrounding my life and I'm saying there is no mere lot or chance in my life. God is firmly in control. Okay, that's good. But if you think God is angry or God is against you is kind of scary to know he's in control, but that's true, that he is sovereign but it's also true God is good he is good. That means that things he allows in my life are ultimately for my benefit and the benefit of others. Joseph said to his brothers, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, because Joseph love God no matter what came his way. No matter how wicked its origin, God turned around for good, and then he extended his forgiveness to them that a lot about stuff to they sold him as a slave number two. He was falsely accused by the wife of Potter for number three, he was forgotten by that stupid Butler affair whole set there for another two years. That's a lot to forget what he didn't hold grudges.

He let it all go. Can you let it all go. Is there someone you can think of right now that is hurt you, someone who is wronged you, someone who is not harm to you or someone that is said something cruel about you and it hurts and it makes you angry and you would like to see them destroyed. In fact, at times you find yourself thinking about ways to get back at them to remember that some of forgiveness is forgiveness is for giving forgiveness is forgetting. Forgiveness is canceling a debt.

One image given in Scripture. Forgiveness is like taking a clay pot and smashing it into a thousand pieces or more. That's what it is, just put it behind you. I don't even think about it any longer.

I told you the story before Corrie 10 boom, a remarkable lady. She is now with the Lord, but she survived the concentration camp during World War II. Corey and her family.

The 10 boom family lived in Holland and when the Nazis began to persecute the Jews. This wonderful Christian family took these folks into their home in hid them from the Nazis and the Nazis were aware of this and warm the 10 boom family if they continued to do this they would be sent to a concentration camp. But to continue to protect these Jewish people that were being persecuted so one day the Gestapo showed up arrested all of Corey's family or father Casper in older man was sent to a concentration camp and very quickly died, her sister and her sister was Betsy were sent to Robbins Brook and there they suffered greatly. Watch people around them died with the reached out to the other prisoners sharing the gospel with them, having a Bible study or them, but then set up. Betsy heard very godly saintly older sister also died in Corey was freed on a clerical error was actually a mistake but as we said God sovereign. He was in control.

She got out, so she spent the rest of her life traveling around the world as a self-described frame for the Lord and her message was there is no PIP so deep that God is not deeper still and she would tell her audiences about all that she had gone through and how she was able to forgive. Well one day her to be one night after a church meeting in Munich Germany. A man walked up to her and he said of Fräulein 10 boom.

I too was at Robbins Brook.

I was one of the guards and she looked at him and is playing close you had a flashback to humanist Gestapo uniform. She remembered him well. She remembered the skull and cross bones insignia on his collar. She remember the especially cruel treatment.

He came toward her and her sister and she just filled with rage and anger and he says, and I'm asking you, would you forgive me and he extended his hand.

Corey just left that hand hanging.

She said I couldn't shake his hand. I could do it but then I remember that God had forgiven me and I remembered that forgiveness is not an emotion. It's an act of the will and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart, so she writes that she reached out her again and Woodley shook his and said I forgive you my brother with all of my heart. And then she writes I never knew God's love so intensely as I did a great Corrie 10 boom said God is taking your sins. He stole limited the sea of forgetfulness that he has posted a sign that says no fishing allowed. What I love about this story is its practical, you know, we might single one of these days if I can find it in my heart.

I'll forgive the person know you need to do it this day. Not one of these days I don't try to find it in your heart because you never will know you need to do.

It is an act of obedience would've a good feeling that man who cares if you're feeling it. Just do it because it's the right thing to do and I believe that your emotions will follow in time to go to that person that hurt you.

I think I forgive you. What am I doing I'm free myself of this. You see, that they may never accept my apology, but that's their issue. I'm doing this because the Lord is show me to do it okay for us for many years that Corrie 10 boom is a much older lady. She's traveled around the world telling people how to forgive and she had a couple of Christian friends that she worked with and that they had pulled hurt her back in her estimation had betrayed her, but she forgave them and a friend was visiting from the United States. She was over in Europe at this time and the friend said while coria those girls that are working with you. Now the two that hurt you. She said yes but then she gets very smugly I said, but I've given them forgiveness. This is all that's great that they accept your forgiveness that they apologize. She said no, they actually said they didn't think they did anything to deserve to be forgiven of anything to be forgiven up so that's just the way it ended up Jesus. But I have information I've kept the records and she reached into her desk and pulled it out and said I have it right here in black and white.

I have all the letters that prove what they did to me in the mid said Corey.

You're the one who came up with a statement God's taken our sins enthronement of the sea of forgetfulness and is posted a sign that says no fishing allowed.

She's like oh no, here's this woman who was able to forgive on not seen for what he did to her and her family and yet she was still harboring a grudge against these two Christian friends so she says I took all of those letters in a Truman of the fireplace and never thought about it again.

That forgiveness is just getting rid of the record. It's letting it go and there's no greater example of forgiveness in the Bible than Christ himself hanging on the cross. After Jesus was crucified.

After they ripped his back open with the Roman with after they pulled the beard from his face and he hung there at Calvary. He gave seven statements in total in the first one was you know it well.

Say it with me. Father forgive them for they know not what they do. Those Roman soldiers deserve forgiveness of those religious leaders deserve forgiveness. No, but he gave it anyway and that's how God feels toward us. He loves us and he will forgive us if we will turn from our sin, looping back to what I said earlier about the little boy and send this quote what you need to do to be forgiven.

You have to sin. We've all done that have God can forgive you of all of your sin right now and I wonder if you cannot come here to the service today or you're watching the service and and you feel there's a barrier between you and God. Maybe it's affecting you forgiven someone maybe is a certain sin you've committed, but I'm telling you right now. God can forgive you of that sin and take that sin and as Corey wrote thrown into the sea of forgetfulness, never to be remembered again. But you have to say to him. I have send and I'm sorry and if you will say that to the Lord. He will forgive you right here right now. If you've never asked Jesus Christ to come in your life. I like to give you an opportunity to do it and if you have maybe ask Christ to come in your life and maybe you fallen away or you found yourself involved in things you should not be doing as a Christian, you need to recommit your life to Christ.

This would be a great time to do it. As we close in prayer the top of our heads. Father, thank you for loving us so much he sent Jesus Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for our sin and taking God's judgment upon yourself and thank you for your gracious offer of forgiveness to all who would call out to you and now we pray for the Lord. Help them to see their need for you help them to be forgiven by you. We ask it in your name. Ella heads about and her eyes are closed and were praying.

How many of you would say today Greg, I need to be forgiven of my sin because I don't know if I'll go to heaven when I die, I don't want to go to hell.

I want to know God in a personal way. I want to know him as my friend free for me. If that's your desire. If you want Jesus to come into your life if you want him to forgive you of your sin if you want to go to heaven when you die, would you raise your hand up right now.

Let me pray for you wherever you're sitting.

God bless you you you compass each one of you is raise your hand while pray for you accomplish. Hands are going up all over. I hope yours is one of, if you need God's forgiveness today.

He loves you and hope forgive you. You don't have to do a bunch of things to get the forgiveness you need to just say I'm sorry I turned from the floor. He's paid the price for your sin but you must reach out to You maybe watching the screen right now but you need Christ that you raise your hand to just say yes I need the Lord wherever you are. Raise your hand. Let me pray for you. All right, Naaman asked everyone a beautiful if you would please if you raise your can see anyone Jesus to come in your life how much of the stand your feet nominally join a prayer. That's right, stand up, you want Christ to come in your life you want him to forgive you of your sin, you want to go to heaven when you die, you fallen away from the Lord want to come back to again stand your feet nominally join a prayer and as you pray this prayer meeting God in heaven will hear you and forgive you of all of your said to stand up to wait another moment.

What if you are standing. I hope you're one of them publish, use, or anybody else stand up you're watching the screen.

There stand up right there you have a prayer together, you'll be glad you did this away one more moment to bless all of you stand anybody else stand now, are you the understanding of want you to pray this prayer out loud after me.

This is a prayer where you're asking Christ to come in your life again as I pray pray this out loud after me. Pray this prayer. Now, Lord Jesus, I know I'm a sinner but I know that you're the Savior who died on the cross for me. I turned from my sin I choose to follow you.

Thank you for calling me and accepting me and for giving me in Jesus name I pray