And they come back an hour later, and there's five accordions in there. Amen. Amen. I've been preaching for a while now with Brother Mike Carpenter, and it's been a blessing. And up until tonight, he's always preached out of King James. That's been a blessing. Amen. But I don't hear real well, but if I heard right, he said, Paul put two sticks on a fire and a leper bit him. Amen. That's what I heard. How many of y'all heard that? So I don't know what version he got. But you gotta watch them lepers, they're poison. Amen. All right, it's good to have, there's nothing like good friends. And I'm nothing like a good friend of him tonight, amen? Now he's my buddy, I appreciate Brother Mike. I'll tell you one thing. Hey, can I borrow that till I get through with this? Well, anyway, it's a blessing to have y'all here. Your care of us has been outstanding and just above and beyond what we deserve, that's for sure. And thanks to all the folks and your kindness. And to see all you folks, I almost never see some of it, but when I see you, it's like we never was part. It's just it's just good friends. You know all my Navajo buddies around through here, man I love them and their families and all you folks whose churches around what we just had a good camp together didn't win It's just it's been a real blessing being around if you got your Bible first Kings chapter 17 I think I preached what the Lord wanted me to preach while I was here Two sermons, so I think he's gonna let me preach this one and it won't be very long at all I get out of here have been Like they say, Elizabeth Taylor's fourth husband, I won't keep you long. Amen. I heard two old farmers fishing. I've told you this, but One of them, they're sitting there fishing, and a frog hopped up on the boat while you're turning there. And he hopped up on the boat, and that frog looked at that old farmer and said, if you'll kiss me on the lips, he said, I'll turn into a beautiful princess and I'll be yours forever. Boy, he looked at that frog a little while, he took that frog and put it down in the middle of his overalls and went back fishing. Other old guy said, what in the world? He said, I heard what that frog said. Why didn't you kiss her? And he said, man, at my age, I'd rather have a talking frog. All right. That was enough of that nonsense, but it'll do you good to laugh. Church ought to be the happiest place you go. It ought not be a funeral home, amen? You go in a funeral home and everybody is sitting there, they look so nice. Hi, how are you? You doing okay? Church ought not be like that. Amen. All right, if you've got your Bible there, I Kings 17, we'll pray. Father, thank you for your mercy. I do thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I pray, dear God, Father, you've been so kind to me. I pray, Lord God, thank you for the good message we heard. Father, if we went home right now, we'd have to say we heard from heaven. Dear Lord God, help us to change the world's mind. Help us, dear God, to be a witness and an influence out there in this wicked world. I thank you for the good preaching we've already heard. Thank you, my friends here, Brother Jordan and all his folks who've made us so welcome. Dear God, we don't take it lightly. In Jesus' precious holy name, we pray you'll give us the words to say. And I pray, dear God, you give us the power to say it. In Jesus' name, amen. First Kings chapter 17, it's an old familiar passage, or it ought to be familiar. I hope it's familiar to all of you. Hope it's not strange. But 1 Kings 17, nine says, arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongs to Zidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. So he arose and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks, and he called to her and said, fetch me, I pray thee, a little water and a vessel that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch, to fetch it, he called to her. Here's a little P.S. on the end of that. They'd been in a famine years now. Everybody in the city just about starved to death. And said, as she was going to fetch it, he called to her and said, bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise. And behold, I'm gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die. Amen. They better pray, putting them two sticks on the fire, they don't get bit, amen. And Elijah said unto her, fear not, go and do as thou hast said, but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For thus said the Lord God of Israel, the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the crews of all fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. And she went and did, according to the saying of Elijah, and she and he and her house did eat many days. Everybody ate of that for a long time. This is one of the greatest miracles in the Bible, as far as I'm concerned. Her story is written in God's book. What she did is forever settled in heaven. I mean, God thought enough of it to put it in a book. She's our example. She's a hero of the faith. She had faith to do what God said to do. And girls, do you know what she was famous for? What she famously did? Baking. How about that? I want to do big things for God. Why don't you try cooking first? Wouldn't that be a lovely place to start? You say, well, I don't have time to cook. Nobody has time to cook anymore. Nowadays, when Mama hollers supper time, all the kids go get in the car. Amen. Say, it wasn't the bacon, Brother Jim. It was her faith. That's why she stood out. Yeah? But what if God told her to do something she couldn't do? What if he told her to do something she didn't know how to do? Man, you better learn to cook. God might call on you one day to bake a cake. Girls should learn how to cook at home. They say beauty's skin deep, but I mean, meanness goes right to the bone, amen? They say, I want a beautiful girl. Well, thank God for her, but I'm telling you, there'll be a day you'll get hungry. Get you one to cook, amen? There's a day come that cover girl won't cover that girl, amen? Get you somebody that can cook. Let me ask you, if God needed cake baked tonight, could he count on you? If God said, go bake me a cake, would you know what to do? Would you know how to do it? Heard a guy said his house, his wife couldn't cook. He said they prayed after they eat, amen? He said the flies had the spiders mend the hole in the screen door, trying to save their kids. Amen. Amen. I like the guy who said, my wife made us some marble cakes, he said, but the whole family took it for granted. Amen. Amen. Amen. There's a Greenville newspaper that said, I think this is right out of y'all state, a Greenville newspaper that said a happy woman will gain 16 pounds in the first 13 years of marriage. Just from the joy of cooking. And amen. Something you've done real well, amen. But the cake right here is only part of the story. Her faith to step out and believe God. That's the story. What we used to say when we was kids, I guess everybody used to say it, Brother Charlie, but they'd say, the old ladies would say, if I knew you were coming, I would have baked a cake. If I knew you was coming, I would have baked a cake. All the old folks used to say that. She stepped out and tried it. Well, listen, he's coming. The Bible said when the Son of Man cometh, will he find faith on the earth? He is coming, amen? Now's your chance. Now's your chance. Let me ask you, he asked her to do something she couldn't really do. She couldn't make him a cake, she didn't have enough for herself and her little boy. Matter of fact, he really asked her to do the impossible. But certainly he asked her to do something sacrificial. He said there wasn't enough for both. And if she made him a cake, then she had to sacrifice her and her son's life to do what the man of God said do. But buddy, you're talking about sacrifice. You're talking about stepping out. She stepped out on faith. And she tried it. Let me ask you, when's the last time you tried something sacrificial? When's the last time it really cost you to serve God? David said, I'm not going to sacrifice to the Lord without any cost. He said, if it don't cost me something, I'm not going to sacrifice. This could have cost her and her boy's life. And he said, go bake a cake. And she went and made a cake. Had a handful of meal. When's the last time you tried to do the impossible? Hey, nobody escapes tonight. I don't care if you're eight years old or 95. Nobody escapes tonight. You say, well, brother Jim, I ain't got that much. I'm old, I'm feeble, I can't do this. Oh, come on, you got a handful of meal, ain't you? You got two sticks, don't you? Tell me you can't do anything. You can do something. When's the last time you stepped out and tried to do something? that you don't think you're capable of doing. She didn't think it was possible, but she still stepped out and tried. When's the last time, church, that you stepped out as a church and tried to do something impossible? How about as an individual, when's the last time you stepped out? You couldn't do it, you knew you couldn't do it, but you tried anyway. Say, Brother Jim, I like that. The Lord likes that too. The Lord likes to look down and see people try to do something. You say, well, I want that kind of faith, Brother Jim. Well, if you're going to do it, you better hurry. Because he's coming. I'm going to preach the honesty of goodness. I'm going to preach about 15 minutes on. If I knew he was coming, I would have baked a cake. If I knew he was coming, I would have baked a cake. Amen. I want you to notice, number one, her problem. So what's her problem, Brother Jim? She was not the best candidate. Matter of fact, she was probably about the worst candidate in town to step out and do something big for God. That was a big deal that she did. She was not, say, what was the problem, Brother Jim? Her past was against her. Notice she ain't got no husband. Verse 12, she ain't got no husband. If you read verse 18, her son was probably a bastard. He said, if you come to call my, she said, if you come to call my sin to remembrance, taking my son, if you come to call my sin, and her husband was gone, I don't know why, maybe that's why he's gone. Maybe he couldn't deal with it, I don't know. But she wasn't in good shape, she wasn't the best candidate in town. Matter of fact, probably just about everybody in town was a better candidate than her, so don't give me this stuff, you don't know my past. Don't give me this stuff. If you don't know where I've been and what I've done, she's not the best candidate either. But boy, God sure used her. Don't you think tonight your past disqualifies you? Well, brother Jim, I've done this and this, and your past does not disqualify you if God tells you to bake a cake. Well, the Baptist preachers say I shouldn't tell them to take a hike. You can find a Baptist preacher who knows everything. You can find a Baptist preacher who can tell you everything. Mind your own business. Amen. Don't disqualify you. Most of the proper women in town probably wouldn't have done it. Amen. Mary, that anointed Christ, wasn't the best candidate to do that. But God let her do it, didn't he? The woman at the well. He said, no, you ain't got a husband. You had five husbands. One you got now ain't the right one. She wasn't exactly the best candidate either, was she? But God took her. Paul was a terrible man when God called him. God called Paul one day to bake a cake for him. He said, step out and try this for me. He said, man, I've imprisoned your people. I've killed your people. I've enjoyed it. I held their clothes while they killed Stephen. He wasn't the best candidate either. This woman wasn't either. God calls sinners. God uses sinners, thank God. That's what the old folks, the old preachers used to say, God don't call the qualified. He qualifies the called. Amen. Not only that, but she was broke. Probably the poorest woman in town. You think you're too poor? Or do you think your poverty disqualifies you? You think you're disqualified because you're what you used to be? Oh, brother, sister, if God gives you an opportunity to do something, put something in the oven, boy. Mix up something. Get something started for him. God says you can do it. You can do it. I don't care how many times you've failed. I don't care how many times you've messed up. You say, well, it's my fault. Probably was. It probably was your fault. God gives you an opportunity to do something. Start mixing her up, boy. Get you a bowl. Not only that, she was alone. Like I said, I don't know if her husband died or if he just took off because of that kid that probably didn't belong to him. I don't know, I'm reading between the lines. You don't know either, so I might be right. But I know this, hard times are harder when you're alone. Why don't she do more for God in the church, Brother Jim? She ain't got no support at home. He won't even come to church with her. She gets a custody, she's 15 minutes late. You don't know where she's been. She's by herself trying to serve God. Give her a chance. Hard times are harder when you're by yourself. I mean, and I understand no Christian will ever be alone. Christ in you, the hope and glory, I understand that. But you know what I mean. You've walked that lonesome valley a few times. You've been by yourself a few times. You know what the doctors say? They say loneliness is the most damaging factor of death. What hurts more than anything else when someone dies is the loneliness that leaves behind somebody's heart. That's tough, boys. We got them in our church, man. That is tough. Dr. James Lynch of Johns Hopkins University is reported to say that the number one physical killer in the world is loneliness. eats up more people's hearts, eats up their mind. This woman was alone. God said, why don't you do something for me? She said, I'll try. I'll give her a shot. I ain't got no help, but I don't need nobody but you, Lord. I'll give it a try. My prayer for our folks was, Lord, help them through lonely times. I see them in their pew. I see them in their pew, Brother Jordan, in our church. Like I said, we lost six people during COVID, and all of them people you couldn't do without. And I see Miss Barbara sitting in her pew there by herself. I see Miss Jeanette over on this side by herself, boy. I mean, their husbands was faithful, never missed a service. I mean, people you can count on all over our church building. I see this one sitting there by herself and him sitting by, Brother Brumfield sitting over here by himself. Man, I think, I say, God, please don't let him be alone. God, please be there close to them. I see them at the dinner table by their self, sitting in the living room by their self, going to bed at night by their self. You know, people will almost never be there when you need them the most. That's just people. They will almost never be there when you need them the most. You better learn to count on God. You better learn to stick with a friend who's sticking closer than a brother. Whatever. And what can I do, Brother Jim? I'm alone. I don't really have anybody much. The only people I see is at church. I'm alone. What can I do? Well, if I was you, I'd just stay busy. I'd mix me up a batter. I'd step out and try to do something for God. By myself, if I have to, I'd give it a shot. I'd get busy. That'll help you down the road. This woman right here is the one God chose to use. She was unqualified by anybody's standard. But God said, that's the one. I've already picked her out. I've already picked out a widow woman that will sustain you when you get into town. Woo! You can't tell God who to use. Try it, my Baptist brother. You can't tell God who he can use and who he can't use. You little Protestant popes. You can't do it. You tried, it won't work. God'll use who he wants to. I'm for rules, I'm for standards, I'm for all those things, but you can't disqualify people from serving God. He'll use who he wants to use. And he won't ask your opinion. Honest to goodness, brother, we got churches up home. There really ain't nobody good enough to go to them. Ain't nobody good enough to go to their churches. They won't put a dress code on lost people coming in. No. Notice her problem. She wasn't qualified. Notice the preacher's prescription. Verse 13, let me read it again. Elijah said, fear not, go and do as thou hast said, but make me there of a little cake first, and bring it unto me. Yeah, you and your kid are gonna die. People die. Yeah, y'all gonna die, and yeah, you need a cake, he needs a cake. He needs a cake, you need a cake, you need, but make me one first. That's the preacher's prescription. You're talking about arrogant, selfish, Heartless Baptist preacher. That's him right there. You say, Brother Jim, how arrogant. That's where most people get off the bus right there. A preacher preach like that, they're done. I'm out the door. Who does he think he is? I'm not putting anybody in front of my family. I'm not putting any preacher in front of my kids or my spouse. I'll find a better church than this. Arrogant devil. And he's just what God ordered. Perfect message. God's perfect will. Let me ask you this. Have you ever put God ahead of everyone? What a request, he said. Make me a cake first. You know what I pray for our people? I pray God, I pray that our people in the church, I pray they would love you better than anything or anyone on this earth. I pray they'd love you better than family, love you better than anybody. That's my prayer for them. Hope it's for yours. What a request. He said, go make me a cake. She said, I don't have a cake. I ain't got a cake, preacher. It's not enough for us, and we're gonna starve to death. We're gonna burn these two sticks, and then we're gonna die after we eat it. He said, okay, but make me one first. Most people get off the bus right there. And you know what? Most people will never see God's glory. Most people would never see what she saw for the next several months. Her and him and her whole family ate out of that barrel of meal all the way through, all the way through the famine. Say, well, no preacher talked to me like that. No, and you'll never see the glory of God either. Amen. Amen, preacher. He didn't say, hey, he didn't say, since you got a hundred pound meal, make me a little cake first. That's not what he said. He didn't tell Brother Earl Hughes. He didn't say, Brother Earl, since you got a big old fine, nice Cadillac, why don't you go up and down the road and preach for me? Brother Earl didn't have a Cadillac. He didn't have a car. He didn't own a bicycle. God told him to start preaching. He started hitchhiking. They called him the hobo evangelist. Honestly, God, he slept under bridges everywhere else. Went and preached. God said, he didn't say, well, since you've got all these nice cars and trucks in your garage, why don't you take one of them and run down the road? He said, no, you ought to go like you are. And he went and soul saved and lives changed and churches helped all over the country preaching to Brother Earl Hughes. He tickled me one day. He said his hitchhiking boat is starting to rain. And said a guy picked him up in a brand new Cadillac and said, where are you going, sir? He said, man, I'm an evangelist. How do you like that? I'm an evangelist. I'm enjoying God's blessings out here. He said, I'm going to preach a message. And that guy looked up and the guy was lost. The guy looked at him and said, huh. He said, if God called you and you're an evangelist, he said, what are you out here walking in the rain? Why ain't you got a car? He said, hasn't God been pretty rough on you? He said, oh, no. He said, God's been good to me. He said, today, he gave me a brand new Cadillac and a chauffeur to drive. Amen. Woo! People would have never seen the glory. Most people wouldn't. He didn't tell the widow, look, since you got 100 mites, how about putting two mites in the plate for us today? He told the widow, he said, you put in the only two mites you got. Impossible. That's all she had. She couldn't go no further. She's at the bottom, you're talking about the bottom of the barrel. She's at the bottom of the barrel. That's all she had. God didn't say because you got a sack of money, put a couple pieces in the plate. He said put in all you got and see what I'll do with it. Amen. Most people never see the glory of God. God says bake a cake, give it a try. Step out and do it. He didn't tell Miss Gayle, sitting right over there, where is she? There she is back there. She's kind of been keeping a low profile nights since her partner, Angela, got beat so bad in cards today. You can hardly see her back there. But he didn't tell Miss Gayle, hey, since Jim has a nice car. And a nice job waiting on him in Pensacola. And a nice house to live in down there. Why don't y'all go to PBI and go to Bible school? That's not what he told her. He said, Jim, I want you to go. You know what he told her was, I want you to follow him. And him didn't have a car. Boy, she married a loser, didn't she? Boy, you're talking about bottle to barrel girls. They say men fall in love with what they see, women fall in love with what they hear. Well, she's pretty, she still is. And I am a good talker. That's the only way you can explain me getting her. Jim didn't have a car. Jim didn't have a job waiting on him. Jim didn't have a house in Pensacola. We got on a Greyhound bus. And she went with me to Pensacola. I think we had $300 to our name, and that was to get a place where we got there and everything. We moved into a trailer out at Beulah with no electricity in June, about 180. Moved out there, and I hitchhiked 20 miles a day back and forth to work and school. We hitchhiked to school, caught rides with people at school. Finally, God gave me an old car, a 64 Chevy Nova with three on the tree. Amen. Got it for $100. And I had to pay him in four payments, Brother Charlie. You talk about marrying a winner, boys. She married a winner. He didn't say, Gayle, because Jim's got all this and I've got him set up and you're ready to go. I want you to follow him to Bible school. He said, no, I want you to go where I call him and go with him without complaining. And she got in the car without complaining. We got on the bus without complaining. And, man, have we had a ride. We've seen souls saved. We've seen lives changed. We've seen churches built. We've seen the glory of God. We've seen Him supply. When we moved up to where we're at right now, we had moved 23 times since we got married. All we ever did was rent. That's all we could afford. But we moved into that house up there. It was our 23rd move up there. We got a little farm, 10 acres. And now we've got everything. And everything we got's paid for, brother. We don't owe the world a cotton-picking thing. Except a small motorcycle payment. God didn't say because you got so much. You're a perfect candidate to step out and do something for me, because you've already got everything you need. No. No. He said to some of you that don't think you've got anything. Some of you think you have no talent. Some of you think you have no ability. Some of you, the poorest candidates maybe in the building, God said, would you make me a cake first? Would you make one for me first? Amen. God was about to bless this woman beyond her wildest dreams, boy. But you know what he told her? He said, put my man first. I know what you're talking about. Some of you have been beat to death with this man of God thing. But he still is a man of God. And he's the man God gave you to follow. I've seen some preachers wire people out, I'm the man of God, the man of God. If you have to keep telling everybody you're the man of God, you probably ain't. You got to keep telling everybody you're head of the house, you're probably a mouse. Amen sleep on the end of the bed with your head under your wings or handpicked Amen he said put my man first, you know how she was saved during tribulation By taking care of God's man By taking care of God's people Anybody can do that Notice she didn't hesitate She never said well, let me pray about it preacher He never said, well, okay, let's talk the budget and finance first. Let's see if we can afford this, preacher. I mean, yeah, preacher, I know you got big plans for our church, but let's talk the whole budget and finance first. Let's don't go too far. Let's don't go too fast. I'm not sure we can do it. That's probably time to do it. Why don't you step out and go ahead and mix you up one and put it in the oven. Amen. I'll say this last, look at God's provision. Not only look at her problem and the preacher's prescription, but look at God's provision, boy. Verse 14, 16, man, she ate and ate and ate. You know, God keeps His promises. And you know what I don't believe? Brother McAfee, I don't believe this. Brother Clardy, I don't believe this. I don't believe, brother, I don't believe she ever went to that barrel, and I don't believe there's ever more than a handful in there. I don't believe she ever went to a barrel that's full, but I think every time she went in there and got a scoop, whoo! Praise God, there's always another one. I've found that to be the case ever since I've been in the ministry. Ever since I've been saved, there's always another scoop in there. You'll never wear out the goodness of God. Never wear it out. I believe every day she went there, there's enough. Some of you say, Brother Zim, God got us by yesterday. Boy, it was a close call. We barely made it. Thank God we're here, though. But I'm kind of worried about tomorrow. Listen, there'll be enough tomorrow. And there'll be enough the day after that. And the day after that, brother and sister, every day there's enough. Brother Jim, I look at what I got, and it ain't much. I ain't got much talent. I sure don't have much money. I don't even have much time. What do I do? Oh, you got a handful of meal. You, hey boys, you got two sticks. Mom and dad, you got enough to bake a cake. So I don't know if I could ever make another. Well, let's make one first. You've got enough to do that. I think it was Nelson or Nansen, maybe it was, the Arctic Explorer. They had to have 3,500 fathoms, I think it was, of depth to run the ship line through that ship line and everything. They'd have a guy out there with a big long cable and he would sound to see how deep they were. And then he got up there and danced and said, is it enough? He had to have 3,500. He said, is it enough? He said, oh, Captain, he said, 3,500 and deeper still. Woo! It's 3,500 and deeper still. Say, has God been good to you? Yeah, he's met all my needs. He's having great mercy and deeper still. You'll never wear him out. Never get to the end of his mercy. Never get to the end of his supply. We've been to that bar up my church a thousand times. Church offerings, always enough. Church camp, always enough. We spent, you know, we spent almost $25,000 week four last for groceries for camp. $25,000 before we started spending anything else. Was there a problem? There's always enough. There's never not been enough. Say, how in the world you pay 20, oh, 25,000 he supplied and deeper still. Much deeper still. I'm about to have me a runaway here. Build a new church, yeah, weekend, and deeper still. Missionary support, plenty, and deeper still. Helping Brother Calvin with the Indian Church? Yeah, we'll put money in it. I won't say how much. But a bunch. But deeper still. Deeper still. You say these things, and people get mad at you who say these things, because you always sound like you're bragging. And by God's, God knows I'm bragging on him. But we started helping Brother Calvin build that church, they put the foundation in, and we was gonna have to spend several thousand dollars. I told our church, I said, let's do it. They said, do it, preacher. Not one person complained. They said, let's give it a try. We put that in there, and when we started building that church, we had $220,000 in the bank. And that's deeper still. And after a year, and we spent lots, I can't tell you how much, it wasn't 100,000, but it's close. But we spent all that money after a year getting that thing just about ready to go into now. And I asked our secretary, I said, well, how are we doing? We're blowing money like a drunk sailor. She said, Brother Jim, we have $510,000 in the bank. after one year of giving it away, after one year of giving everything to God, giving stuff away right and left, and there's plenty and deeper still. I hope and pray to God you'll never walk out of here and claim I'm bragging on our church for that. If you do, you'll just be wrong. I'm bragging on the Lord for that. Brother Lake's church camp, it's deeper still. Every need supplied, Brother Jimbo, and deeper still. You say, Brother Jim, I want that for my life. I do too. I'm not preaching some kind of wealth and prosperity thing here tonight. I don't give a quarter if you give a dime. To see a nanny, to bail, hey, it don't make me no difference. I don't care. I'm not after your money. We're after your heart and your hide. I want that for my life, Brother Jim. then I'd say maybe you ought to volunteer to bake a cake. Before your spouse, maybe put it before your kids, maybe put it before your job, maybe put it before your grandkids or your desire. Do something sacrificial for him. Something you think you can't do. Something you don't even think you're qualified to try. Volunteer, that don't mean God will take you. Volunteer. I got the news on Saturday morning that my mother was dying in Tennessee, and they said, what are you gonna do, Brother Jim? And I thought about it and prayed about it, and I stayed Sunday and preached, because I thought that's what the Lord had me do. I didn't know, but I knew God called me to preach, and I knew I was supposed to preach, and I know if I asked my mama what she'd say, she'd say, preach, son, don't bat an eye. If I'd asked my daddy, he'd say, preach. It ain't even a question, you go preach. I knew what they'd say, so I stayed and preached. And my mama died before I got there Monday to see her. Boy, I wanted to see her. Thank God I did get to spend Christmas with her before that, but I didn't get to see her before she died. But I still stayed and preached, and I preached that Sunday like I was supposed to. And you know what happened that Sunday that I stayed and preached? Nothing. Nothing. Nobody got saved. Nobody's life got changed. It wasn't no big outstanding service. There wasn't anything special going on. But I really believe the Lord was pleased. He tried to do something just for him. Let me ask you tonight, who'll step out? Jim, I don't know what to do, but I volunteer. I'll try to bake a cake. who will say, Lord, you first. Church, maybe you. Maybe you want to step out as a church. Maybe your church needs to step out. I don't know. But you know he's coming. And you can't say if I'd known you were coming, I would have baked a cake. Why don't you step out and try tonight? Let's stand. Just come volunteer. Lord, I'll try. I want to. Go ahead, brother. You want me to do it? Listen, let's all stand. God spoke in your heart. You said, brother, Jim, I really don't feel qualified to do anything. Oh, come on. All God wants is you want to, right? Is you want to, right? That's what God's after tonight. Would you come? Is there anything about the Lord that still moves you?