Hey, but George, appreciate you, man, tonight. Appreciate you being here tonight singing the good songs that we song. And of course, we come to our our second night of having our meeting and I appreciate you being here. Appreciate you praying for us the rest of the week. Looking forward to what God has for us concerning Jesus. Amen. And so, brother Gary, tonight we preaching, we preaching tomorrow night as well. Tomorrow we have five thirty tacos. for Taco Tuesday, please get in on that. Wednesday, we'll have more food on Wednesday. Brother Jake will be here, Brother Mark Thrift will be here. Thursday, we'll have more food at 5.30, and Brother Mark will be here. Friday, we'll have more food, and then we'll have Brother Mark here. And then Saturday, you can rest, amen? And then Sunday, we're back to the old meat and potatoes. Amen. And so that's just to always say that it's the missionary to Stafford. And that's me. Amen. But anyway, we're looking forward to it. Brother Gary is a dear friend of mine. And we go way back. I remember Gary riding with you down to Arcola and unloading all that furniture you had in that when you first got there. And I worked a couple times with Brother Gary. He's a carpet layer. And And so we've had some good times, Brother Gary. But I have never enjoyed more than just being a friend of yours as a pastor. And I talk to Brother Gary often. He's a friend. You know, you don't have many friends in life that you can call a friend, a true friend, a friend indeed. And I consider you, Brother Gary, that friend. So you come, you preach to us. I love you, my brother. And we thought he was going to lose him not too long ago. But Sister Brenda saved him. And so we're excited about that, amen? Not salvation, okay? Amen, amen. Well, it is a privilege to be in here and I do love Brother Larry, a very special friend and pastor friend and administrator to me and I call him often. I had me on a speed dial when I had a Bible question. I called Brother Larry. He said, Brother Larry, what do you think about that? And he's always been able to help me. And I thank the Lord for him. And I feel at home. I don't preach out of my church very often. I have preached here a few times. But I love this church and love you folks. Appreciate you and appreciate all the good food tonight. Can't wait till Taco Tuesday. Amen, amen, we gotta speed this thing up, amen. But I don't know about Wednesday, I'll be at my church, so I don't care what you eat Wednesday. But tomorrow night, Taco Tuesday, that's good, amen. But Larry said the theme of the meeting is Jesus, and I thought, well, maybe, maybe, I was talking about building a tabernacle, so no, not really. But we'll look at the theme tonight and the message tonight, the title is just simply Jesus. Lord. Jesus is Lord. We're going to be in a couple of, well, we're going to bring the message from Colossians chapter number one and we'll go there eventually. I'm going to read a few verses to get started with as an introduction. Just let her read a few scriptures. Some of you know, some of you know these scriptures and Romans, you know, the scriptures and book of Romans and chapter number 10. The Bible tells us, if you're able to stand and you want to do that, we do it at our church. We'll read a few scriptures here to get started with this evening. And do pray that God would give us liberty as God would speak. You know, here's what I do believe and I know for sure in my heart, if God speaks, then we'll get something. It's not about the preacher. It's about Him. And it's not about our abilities. It's not about our talents. It's not about our, you know, our abilities at all. It's all about Him. And you could have a child up here today if they knew the Lord and they read the Word of God, you'd be blessed if they was right with God. And so I realized that it's all of him and it's none of me. And I pray that God would just speak to us tonight from his word. He says in that verse in chapter number 10, verse eight, nine, and 10, everybody probably knows these verses. He said, let me see, let me get to, I'm in Corinthians, that won't work, will it? Okay, let me get to Romans chapter 10. All right, he says this. But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, even in thy mouth and in thy heart, that is the word of faith which we preach. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth, notice this, the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth to the righteousness, And with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. Amen. He is Lord. And I'll give you some other scriptures in a moment, but let's pray. Father, we're thankful tonight that we are assembled here, Lord, not to talk about us tonight, not to talk about religion, But we're here tonight, Lord, wanting to hear from you. We want to worship and serve our Lord and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. And I pray you'd help us tonight, give us liberty. There's an anointing, a special anointing, Lord, I can't explain it. Lord, it's not something that man can muster up, but God is when heaven comes down. and uses unworthy vessels like myself tonight to speak the words of life. And what a subject tonight to think that Lord, you are the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings. God, I pray tonight, Lord, we might receive from your word and by your spirit this wonderful truth that, God, you are Lord and there is no other. And we worship you tonight and we praise you tonight for loving us. And we pray and ask you to speak to hearts tonight. For it's in Christ's name we pray, amen and amen. Let me, just you be seated. Let me give you a few other verses about him being Lord. He is Lord. The Bible said, these shall make in revelations, they shall make war with the lamb and the lamb shall overcome them. For he is the Lord of lords and the king of kings. Peter speaking in the house of Cornelius, he said this, he said, the words which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, this, he is Lord of all. 1 Corinthians 9, 1-9 says this, God is faithful by whom we're called and to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord. I mean, over and over again, we find scriptures that speak about His Lordship. I think it's 650 times in the New Testament you'll find He's referred to as Lord. 170 times in the Gospels alone that Jesus Christ is called Lord. Even in His promise of His birth in Luke 2, 11, it says, For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ, what? The Lord, the Lord. The word Lord simply means the supreme authority, supreme in authority. It means the master. It means owner. It means controller. That's who Jesus is. That's who we're speaking to you about this evening. I mean, listen, in Colossians chapter one, if you want to turn there, we'll look at, that's where we'll bring our message from this evening. And I'll say to you first of all that He is Lord of all. He is Lord of all. Look at verse number 14 and 15, chapter 1. It says, And then it goes on to say, Hey man, listen, he is, in the Bible it tells us in 1 John 3, 7, it talks about the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and it said these three are one. In Isaiah, it describes His name as being wonderful, the counselor, wonderful counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. I mean, that's who we're serving today. We're not serving some lesser God. We're serving the Lord of creation. We're serving the one. In fact, the Bible refers to him. It tells us in John 1, 1, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He is Lord. There is no other. There's only one God in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. I told our church the other day, I recently just was able to talk to and witness to some delivery men at my house that, I don't think it was a delivery man, it was some kind of mechanic, but anyway, he was a Jehovah witness. And boy, he just couldn't understand that, you know. I said, he's Lord. He was Emmanuel. He was God in the flesh. He was God clothed in human flesh. He came and tabernacled into this world three and a half years for the purpose of dying on the cross of Calvary And you know what he said to me, Brother Larry? He said, you mean they killed God? I said, nobody killed God. God is spirit, amen. The Lord Jesus, nobody killed him. He wasn't executed. He laid down his life. Amen. And he rose up on the third day as he said he was. Why? Because he's Lord. He's Lord. The Bible tells us he is the Lord of his word. He's the Lord from heaven. He's the Lord of glory. He's the Lord of hosts. He's the Lord and Savior. He's the Lord of righteousness. He's the Lord of His church. And there is no other. There's nothing or no one in this world that can do anything about that. He's Lord over all. He's my Lord. There's a false doctrine even among some Baptists that teach that you can receive Him as Savior but not Lord. That's heresy. That's not the Word of God. Amen, he is Lord of your life if you're saved. He is the master of your life. He is the supreme authority of your life. He is over, he is owner of you. You were bought and paid for with a price and that price was the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. That makes him Lord of your life. I'm amazed. Today, you know, folks talk about that and talk about they love the Lord. But he said, why do you call me Lord and not do the things that I tell you to do? Ain't that a good question? I don't think anybody that lives a life for self and does exactly what they want to do, and I don't care if they're church members of my church or your church or whoever church, if they do not obey the Word of God, they have no authority and right to call Him Lord. He's not their owner. He's not the one that directs their steps, directs their lives. I'm telling you folks, the good news tonight is Jesus Christ is our Lord, if you'll say. He's Lord, amen. And even, and I got news for the lost world. They don't believe it. They don't like it. They ignore it. They certainly don't adhere to it, but one day they will. Amen? One day they will. The God-haters of this world, the deniers of Christ, one day are gonna bow their knees. The Bible says in Philippians 2, 11, that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. One day they will. Amen? I mean, here's a good question, and I mentioned this verse to you, but here's a good question for every one of us today that are saved. If He's our Lord, why don't we obey Him? Amen. Why call me Lord, Lord, he said, and do not the things that I, which I say. What things is he talking about? The things I say. What's he talking about? He's talking about his word. Why do you call me Lord and not obey my word? Amen. I thank God, listen, tonight, this evening, we can call Him Lord because we know Him in truth. Amen. And we know Him as the Lord over our lives. He is Lord before all. Did you know that? Look at verse 17 of our text. He is before all things, and by Him all things consist. Boy, that's a mouthful, isn't it? I wish I was some real smart, eloquent preacher that could do that justice. Amen. But that's who He is. That's who He is. I mean, He is before all, before everything. Amen. In other words, He's the eternal God. He said in Revelation, I'm the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He said to the Jews one time, verily, verily, I say unto thee, before Abraham was, I am, he's the great I am, he's Lord. Amen, he's the great I am. In Exodus, he told old Moses, Moses said, well, who am I going to tell sent me Lord? As he went back to Egypt to deliver the children of Israel. And God told him, just tell them this is the great I am. Tell them that I am had sent me. Amen. He is the great I am. In the New Testament, we find that he is the great I am. I am the bread of life. I am the light of the world. I'm the door. I'm the resurrection. I'm the good shepherd. I'm the way, the truth, and the life. I just preach that. Sunday, I'm the true buying. He's everything is what I'm telling you. He's before everything. Nothing can stop him. Nothing can, you can fight against him, but you're going to lose. Hey man, nothing can fight against him and win. Nothing comes before him. He is the Lord before all and no one, listen to this, and no one can hide from him. He's Lord. Let me add this, if He's before all things and He is, do you think not that He should be first in our lives? Think about that a moment. If He is before all things, amen, if He is, Matthew 6, 33 says, but to seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Who? Seek Him, the Lord, the Lord. He said in Revelation 411, He said, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power, for Thou hast created all things for Thy pleasure. They are and were created. Did you know that? We are and we were created for the Lord, to serve the Lord. God didn't save us to sit down and do nothing. God saved us to serve the true and living God, our Lord, Jesus Christ. He saved us for a purpose, not just to sit on a stool and do nothing and say nothing, but to stand up for Christ and tell the old story to a lost and dying world. He's Lord. I'm not serving some little Jesus. I'm serving the Jesus of the king of kings and the Lord of lords, the good God of glory. Amen. Listen, life is good. Life is good, and you know why it's good, brother? Because He's good. Our Lord is good. And every day we should be aware of His preeminence in our life. Every day, before we begin our day, we ought to stop and say, Lord, thank you, God, for letting me wake up today. Thank you, Lord, for life. Thank you, Lord, for the roof over my head. Thank you, Lord, for, Lord, just blessing me. Thank you for my family. Thank you for the shoes on my feet. Thank you for the food that I eat. Thank you, Lord. I mean, he comes before everything. I know this is where we lose a lot of Baptists, but he comes before our pleasures. He comes before our hobbies. Now, I know this is really tough. He comes before my family. I love my wife of 56 years, but my wife has no problem understanding the Lord's first. Amen. She's first. Yeah, that's the way she wants it, amen. Come before my friends, and I love friends. I love people. I always tell people about my ministry. I was telling a guy the other day, he wanted to know something about me. He sat in my office for two and a half hours, our brother. And I told him, I said, if there's anything I can say about my ministry, it's that I am a people's person. I love people. I'm not a gadget person. I'm not a carpenter. I'm not a computer geek. Boy, I'm not. I can hardly turn this thing on, okay? Every once in a while I have to ask my wife, how do I do that? She has to call my son and ask him, how do we do that? I'm not that, but I'm glad that the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords have put it in my heart, the love for God's people. To God be the glory, not to man. To God be the glory. Because without Him, folks, we would be most miserable today. He's the Lord. Life is good. I mean, listen, He comes before everything. And we lack nothing because of it. I hope tonight that you can say, I'm content in the Lord. I'm content in Him. Some people would say, you know, if I said He's before everything, I mentioned this in my church, some people would say, well, Brother Gary, you're a little radical. You mean you really believe he comes before everything in my life? I really do. You really believe he's before my family? I really do. I really do. Turn that phone off. Modern days, I'm telling you, all right. But I do. And I told my church, you know, brother there, I said, you know, I believe he's Lord over absolutely over everything. He's first. And some might say, well, that's radical. And I would just simply say to you this, that I've been called a lot worse. Amen. And I'll stand on the word of God that he is the Lord over everything. And I would just simply ask you this very question. What are you standing on? What are you standing on? He is Lord, he says in that verse 17, notice, we'll go back to verse 17 again, notice what he said. He said, and he is before all things, and by him all things consist. That's interesting, isn't it? Consist means to stand with, or to commend, even to make in some places, we find that word, consist. By all, it says, by him all things consist. He holds everything together. Amen. He sustains all things. People are worried to death about what's going to happen on November the 2nd. I can tell you what's going to happen on November the 3rd. God is still going to be God. Amen. I don't care if they elect a dog. God is still going to be elected. He's still going to be in charge. Amen. It doesn't matter. And so He holds and sustains everything. He preserves all things. He controls all things. Everything consists by our Lord. Rest your heart in that. Relax. Back off. Lay down. Sit down. Do something. Don't have to worry. Amen? You don't have to worry. I'm telling you, it's in His hands. It consists by His good grace. Or it doesn't consist at all. Amen. I mean, I was thinking about the stars, the moon, the sun. I mean, it's all in the right place. You know what about all of God's creation? Everything consists by Him and everything obeys Him except the human beings. Think about it. Even a dog knows he needs to bark. Everything God created, I mean, every law, the law of gravity, everything works according to God because everything consists by God. The only people that God has any problem with obeying Him is you and I, is the people of God. Isn't that sad? That's so sad, it really is. I mean, the rain He sends, the seeds for sowing He sends, even the dirt belongs to Him. Amen, everything. I mean, the air we breathe, the food we eat, the life we live, all things consist by Him and for Him. Even when we were lost, folk. I'm not a Calvinist. I believe whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But I also believe in the sovereignty of Almighty God. And I also believe with all my heart, even when I was lost, that my life was consistent of the goodness because of the goodness of Almighty God. He let me live long enough to hear the truth. He could have snuffed me out anytime he wanted. Amen. It's appointed unto man once to die, and God knows that date. Amen. People, I was all amazed during COVID, everybody worried to death, well, I might die of COVID. You're not going to die one minute early or one minute late. You'll die when God said that's enough. Time to go home, amen, or time to die. I'm telling you folks, listen, we don't have to worry. Why? Because again, we're serving the Lord. He's in charge. He's got over everything. Everything consists by Him. Our country, our future, our health. And Brother Larry made a joke about it a while ago. My wife tipped me, how'd you say she saved me? Some of you remember, maybe some of your church does. I don't know if you mentioned it or not, but probably did it in prayer. But wasn't long ago when I was in the hospital and it wasn't looking real good. It wasn't looking good at the house. My wife was the one that made me go to the doctor of all things. And the doctor said if I wouldn't have went when I went, that it probably, it'd probably been irreversible. So I thank God for my wife telling me, get up and go to the hospital, amen. But you know what I realized then, as I realize now, as I've always realized since I've been a child of God, my life and my days, my steps are numbered by God. If he wanted to heal me, he could. If he wanted me to go home, then I was fine with that as well. Because we're here in this life serving the Lord by God's good graces. Because God has a purpose for our life. And when God is through with us, when God said it's time to go home, guess what? We're going home. Because he's Lord. By the way, he has the final say so. Not the doctor, not your wife, not your husband, not your family. It's God who is Lord of all. We need to realize that. Amen. Everything consists. by him and for him and for his glory. And so we should be thankful for that. If we wake up in the morning, if you wake up in the morning and you better look to heaven and say, thank you, Lord. Amen. Give me a good night's sleep and you let me get up again. Amen. I'm getting to the place at 76. I'm getting to the place where I say, you know what? My days are numbered. Getting closer to that home stretch. Amen. but it's so good to be able to know that it's in His hands. He's the one that determines because He's Lord. He's determined the length of our days and our purpose in life. He's the one that determines that, not us. We just need to submit and surrender to His will. Say, God, not my will, but Thy will be done and God will use us for His glory. Because again, because He's Lord. He's the Lord of the church. Did y'all know that? Look at verse 18. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He might have the preeminence. I like that, amen. Oh, so many scriptures, and Ephesians tells us, and he gave him to be the head over all things to the church. And 4.15 in Ephesians said, he is the head. 5.23 in Ephesians said, for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church and is the savior of the body. Colossians 1.18 tells us, and he is the head of the body, the church. I mean, someone told me a long time ago when I was a young Christian, they said, you know, if you got two heads in the church, that's a monster. Amen. And I know what they were talking about. They were talking about the under shepherd, but we understand there's one head of the church and his name is Jesus and he's Lord. Amen. He's Lord. The Lord said, I'll build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. He had the authority to say that because he's Lord of his church. God has given the church a guidebook. Amen. The guidebook is called the Bible. Amen. It's a book of instructions. It's a book to live by. It's a book to guide us, to correct us, to direct every step we take. It is a book that God has given to His church, to His people, to govern our lives, to teach us what's right and what's wrong. We need to listen up. We need to be obedient to His Lordship. I mean, He's given us the book, I think, about the seven churches of Asia Minor and their downfall. I mean, they left their first love. They declined their faithfulness and false doctrine and evil teachers and named the living as the dead. The only good one was Philadelphia. And in Laodicea, what a mess that church was in. Can you imagine going to church and the Lord not even being there? That's happening. by the droves right here in America every day, especially every Sunday. Amen, the Lord's not even there. Listen, God help us to always follow the Lord's guidebook, the word of God, and obey it as a church and do what it requires of us. What does it require of us? And that's another message, but sound preaching for one thing. Lordship preaching. Lordship preaching. I mean, it requires that. Repentance of sin, you know, it requires that. That's not an option. That's not a, you know, whether I like it or don't like it. I heard a guy say the other day on YouTube, he said, repentance and lordship salvation. He said, that's not Bible. You're not a Christian. My answer to him. It is Bible. It is the Lord. Hey man, it is his word. That is what he said. And he is Lord and it, you can't change it. Amen. I mean, there again, I think about him and his book and the word of God that he has given to his church as our head, as our Lord. And we need to be obedient. We need to hunger and thirst for God. We need to be obedient to God. There needs to be, we need to live by faith that it needs to be holding some life. We need to evangelize the world. That's our purpose. I believe in discipling. I believe in teaching. I believe in trying to help young Christians grow. But the ultimate purpose is always that we might grow, that we might reach out to the lost community and win them to Christ. Am I right or wrong? What is our purpose? Why do we have a steeple? Some of us have steeples on our church. It points to heaven. That's what it was supposed to mean. We're supposed to point men to heaven. How to be saved. I mean, folks, I'm telling you, not only at church, but I'm talking about every day of our lives. God has saved you for a reason, and that is that you would be that light of the world, and that you'd be the salt of the earth, that you would tell lost sinners about Christ. There may be some out there just like I was, and like some of you were, that grew up without God, without any understanding of God. Never even heard, I tell you, I never even heard John 3, 16 in my life until I was 20-something years old. I didn't know God so loved the world. I didn't know that. Didn't have no clue there was a heaven or a hell. Didn't know that. Knew nothing about God, absolutely zero about God. Kind of like that Jehovah's Witness I witnessed the other day, I mentioned something about being saved. He said, what does that mean? He said, I don't even know what that means, that word saved means. I said, I know exactly what you mean, because that's where I was at before I got saved. what you're talking about. Saved from what? Why do I need to be saved? Man, I've got a happy life. Man, I've got full of life and you know I'm having a great old time. Why do I need to be saved from what? From my condemnation of sin that's going to send me to a Christless grave. From the dominion of sin that's got me locked and enslaved to a life of sin. That's what I need to be. And one day from the very presence of sin. Our Lord did that for us at Calvary. Our Lord came and died to set the captive free, to free us that we might serve the truth and living Lord of lords and King of kings. So the question is, are we doing that? Are we doing that? Evangelize the world. And then finally, let me say, look at verse number 19 with me. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell. Well, there's a whole lot there, amen. He's the Lord of all the fullness of God, the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost. Ephesians 1.22 says this, And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church. And then verse 23 says it like this, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth He is our all in all. I always preach it like that. He is our all in all. If you've ever been truly born to the spirit of God and you're serving him, there's nothing missing in your life. There's nothing that can be added to you. Money, it comes and goes. Amen. Money can't buy happiness. It can't buy purpose of life. But oh, when you know Him and you're right with Him and you recognize who He is and He is the Lord of your heart, there's a fullness of His presence that lives in your soul that makes life worth living, regardless of what happens, regardless of good health or bad health. I mean, even when I was so sick, I was just as content in Him laying in that hospital as I was, as I am tonight. You know why? Because he's my Lord. He didn't quit being my Lord because I was sick. Amen. He doesn't quit being our Lord because we're in some bad times or we go through some rough places in our life. We all have stumbles and we all have battles. The Bible tells us, fight the good fight of faith. Put on the whole armor, God. I mean, listen, walk the Christian life. Live the Christian life and enjoy the fullness of God. The fullness of God, I think about his peace. I think about his joy. I think about the blessed hope we have one day to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Listen, He is our joy. He is our strength. He is our assurance. He is our purpose. Our life is complete in the Lord Jesus Christ. There's nothing, absolutely nothing I need. Somebody asked me at the time, you know, sometimes I really have a hard time for Christmas nowadays. I mean, they say, what do you want? I don't want anything. We need some rain, didn't we? Amen. Amen, we've been needing that, amen. But there's nothing that I need except more of Him. You know what I need? I need the same thing you need, more of Him, less of me. That's what I need. I want to preach. If I get the opportunity tomorrow night, I want to preach on Galatians 2, 20, I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me. That's what I need. I need to die to that old self-life. Amen. And put him on his rightful throne in my heart and let him in his fullness thrill me and guide me and direct my steps. That my life might be pleasing to him. Amen. Not just on Sunday morning or Sunday night or Wednesday night, but every day of our life. Thank God for his fullness. I can promise you this, when you get saved, if you are saved, you know what I'm saying. Maybe everybody here is, I don't know, but I know this, if you're not, if you ever get saved, you'll say, you know what? He's all I need. He's all I need. Amen. You know, we are blessed people in America. I admire your beautiful floor. Especially those altars. There's a story behind that, okay. But great food tonight, great fellowship tonight. Think about the thousands upon thousands upon thousands of Christians living in places where they can't enjoy what we've enjoyed tonight. Think about it. I watched a documentary not long ago, and this was recent time, about a preacher that was locked up over in, I think it was China or somewhere, he was locked up for preaching Christ. And they beat him, and they beat him, and they beat him. And they finally, because of international pressure on him, they finally let him go. But you know what? He didn't have anything to say except praise the Lord. That he counted me worthy to suffer for his name and his glory. His Lord came first in his life. So I'll close by saying this, is he first in our life? Is he the Lord of your life? That means he's the master. He's the controller. He's the authority, supreme authority, only authority. He's the one that directs your steps. Is he Lord? If not, he can be. Let's pray. Father, we do love you tonight. We are thankful for your Lordship. Lord, I suppose none of us in this auditorium, the moment we got saved, understood all of that. Lord, we didn't know hardly anything, but God, you saved us, and Father, you came into our hearts, and you rearranged us, you changed us, you made us a new creature in Christ, and Lord, We've been serving you ever since, and God, we've learned more and more as we study the Bible. God, Father, the day we received you as our Savior and our Lord, how you've taken over our lives. God, how you direct our steps. The unspeakable joy, Lord, we can't even explain how great it is that you give us. The assurance that we have tonight, the peace in our hearts, Lord, and the purpose that you've given us, Lord, in this earth. to declare your lordship to a lost and dying world. What a joy, what a privilege. Lord, may this invitation be the will of God. And may, Lord, people obey you. We pray in Christ's name, amen, amen. Let's stand here tonight. Lord.