WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
PASTOR: TERRY VAUGHAN
SERMON TITLE: THE JUDGMENT IN GODS HOUSE
“FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED. HE THAT BELIEVETH IS NOT CONDEMNED; BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY BECAUSE HE HATH NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.” JOHN 3:16-18 KJV
1 PETER 4:17 “FOR THE TIME IS COME THAT JUDGMENT MUST BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD: AND IF IT FIRST BEGIN AT US, WHAT SHALL THE END BE OF THEM THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD?”
I BATTLED OVER THIS SCRIPTURE THIS WEEK. I KNEW GOD WANTED ME TO PREACH IT AND I WAS UNSURE ABOUT SOME THINGS AND WHEN I’M THAT WAY I DO A WHOLE LOT OF READING AND A WHOLE LOT OF PRAYING AND A WHOLE LOT OF STUDYING. I’M NOT GOING TO GET UP HERE AND SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU UNLESS I KNOW FOR SURE IT’S RIGHT. I PRAYED AND TRIED TO GET GOD TO GIVE ME SOMETHING ELSE. BUT THIS IS WHAT HE LAID ON MY HEART AND I’M GOING TO PREACH IT AS HE SHOWED IT TO ME.
IT SAYS THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR JUDGMENT TO BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD. THAT’S TALKING ABOUT GODS PEOPLE AND GODS HOUSE. IT’S NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH BUT ABOUT GODS HOUSE. WHAT IS GODS HOUSE? IT’S GODS PEOPLE. HE SAID WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED, THERE AM I IN THE MIDST OF THEM. I’M GLAD THAT THOSE THAT ARE SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD ARE GODS PEOPLE AND THEY ARE GODS HOUSE. I WANT TO PREACH JUST A FEW MINUTES ON THE JUDGMENT IN GODS HOUSE AND ON GODS PEOPLE. IF THERE WASN’T ANY JUDGMENT COMING FROM THE LORD WE COULD LIVE ANY OLD LIFE WE WANTED TO. WE COULD COME IN THE HOUSE DRUNK AND TRY AND WORSHIP THE LORD. THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY THAT LIVE LIKE THE DEVIL DURING THE WEEK AND THEY WANT TO LIVE LIKE GOD ON SUNDAYS. BUT I LIKE TO LIVE LIKE THE LORD TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WE NEED TO BE CHRIST LIKE NO MATTER WHO WE’RE AROUND OR WHERE WE’RE AT. I BELIEVE GOD HAD TO PUT THE JUDGMENT IN THE HOUSE OF GOD TO KEEP US IN LINE. BECAUSE IT’S REAL EASY FOR US TO GET OUT OF GODS WILL. THE JUDGMENT IS NOT A BAD THING. IT’S A GOOD THING. A LOT OF PEOPLE HEAR THAT WORD JUDGMENT AND IT SCARES THEM HALF TO DEATH. I’M NOT PREACHING ON THE GREAT WHITE THRONE. THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT IS WHEN THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT JUDGE THOSE SINNERS THAT’S NEVER BEEN SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD. THEIR FINAL JUDGMENT WILL BE THE LAKE OF FIRE ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION. WE WHO ARE SAVED WILL NOT BE PARTAKERS IN THAT JUDGMENT. BUT WHILE WE’RE HERE, WE WILL BE JUDGED BY JESUS CHRIST.
FIRST I WANT TO SHARE THE MEANING OF JUDGMENT. THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE OR DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO OBJECTS. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE TWO OBJECTS ARE IN A CHRISTIANS LIFE THAT HE JUDGES US FOR. RIGHT AND WRONG. THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN. I’LL SUMMON THAT UP WITH TWO OTHER WORDS: GOOD OR EVIL.
ROMANS 7:21 “I FIND THEN A LAW, THAT, WHEN I WOULD DO GOOD, EVIL IS PRESENT WITH ME.”
EVIL IS ALL AROUND CHRISTIANS. THE DEVIL IS ALL AROUND US TRYING TO BRING US DOWN. IT WOULD BE REAL EASY FOR US IF WE GOT IN THE FLESH TO SLIP OUT OF GODS WILL. BUT HE’S GOING TO JUDGE US FOR GOOD AND EVIL.
ROMANS 2:9-10 “TRIBULATION AND ANGUISH, UPON EVERY SOUL OF MAN THAT DOETH EVIL, OF THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO OF THE GENTILE; BUT GLORY AND HONOR AND PEACE, TO EVERY MAN THAT WORKETH GOOD, TO THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO TO THE GENTILE.”
WE’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO NO EVIL THING. WE’RE SUPPOSED TO DO GOOD THINGS. GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE, MERCY AND KINDNESS. WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD CHILDREN.
ROMANS 12:9 “LET LOVE BE WITHOUT DISSIMULATION. ABHOR THAT WHICH IS EVIL; CLEAVE TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD.”
DEPART FROM THOSE EVIL THINGS THAT ARE IN YOUR LIFE. AND LIVE A GOOD LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST.
ISAIAH 5:20 “WOE UNTO THEM THAT CALL EVIL GOOD, AND GOOD EVIL; THAT PUT DARKNESS FOR LIGHT, AND LIGHT FOR DARKNESS; THAT PUT BITTER FOR SWEET AND SWEET FOR BITTER!”
THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THIS THING BACKWARDS. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN GO OUT INTO THIS WORLD AND LIVE ANY OLD WAY YOU WANT TO THEN I’M TELLING YOU, GOD IS JUDGING YOU. IT DON’T MATTER IF I SEE YOU BUT GOD IS WATCHING YOU. HE’S WATCHING ALL OF US AND HE’S KEEPING A RECORD.
THREE THINGS GOD JUDGES US ON. MATTHEW 12:36-37 “BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EVERY IDLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT THEREOF IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. FOR BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE JUSTIFIED, AND BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE CONDEMNED.”
NUMBER ONE: HE’S GOING TO JUDGE US FOR OUR WORDS. THE BIBLE SAYS TO BE YE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONVERSATION. BECAUSE HE IS HOLY. WE’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE EVIL THOUGHTS AND WORDS COMING OUT OF OUR MOUTH ABOUT GODS PEOPLE. WE’RE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK PEACEABLE AND LOVING THINGS. FROM THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKETH. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE INSIDE IS WHAT’S GOING TO SHOW MOST ON THE OUTSIDE. WE’RE NOT PERFECT AND WE HAVE TO GROW BUT I’M GIVING YOU WHAT GOD SAID TO GIVE YOU TO HELP YOU GROW AND BECOME BETTER CHRISTIANS. GOD IS JUDGING US FOR EVERYTHING WE SAY OR DON’T SAY. GOD TELLS YOU TO SAY SOMETHING KIND TO SOMEONE AND YOU DON’T SAY IT, I GUARANTEE YOU HE’S GOING TO COME TO YOU AND FIND OUT WHY.
LET ME GIVE YOU A CLARIFICATION ON THAT. YA’LL KNOW DOYLE RICKS; HE’S ON E OF THE MISSIONARIES WE SUPPORT. I VERY SELDOM CALL HIM AND I CALLED HIM LAST NIGHT TO SEE HOW HE WAS DOING. THE FIRST THING HE SAID WHEN I GOT HIM ON THE PHONE WAS: AT FIVE O’CLOCK EVERY MORNING, MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, I’M PRAYING FOR YOU AND THE CHURCH. THAT BLESSED MY HEART MORE THAN ANYTHING. KNOWING THAT SOMEBODY CARED ENOUGH TO TELL ME THEY CARED. I BELIEVE HE TOLD ME BECAUSE THE LORD TOLD HIM TO TELL ME. IF GOD TELLS YOU TO SPEAK A KIND WORD TO SOMEBODY THEN TELL THEM. IF YOUR CONVERSATION DON’T MATCH YOUR SALVATION THEN YOU’RE IN TROUBLE. HE JUDGES US FOR OUR WORDS.
PSALMS 62:12 “ALSO UNTO THEE, O LORD, BELONGETH MERCY: FOR THOU RENDER TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORK.”
NUMBER TWO: HE JUDGES US FOR OUR WORK. YA’LL REMEMBER THE SCRIPTURES IN CORINTHIANS THAT SAYS SOME MENS WORKS SHALL BE BURNED UP BUT THEY SHALL BE SAVED YET SO AS BY FIRE? IN OTHER WORDS THIS KIND OF JUDGMENT WILL CAST YOU INTO HELL BUT IF YOU’RE SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT CAN NEVER HAPPEN. HE LOOKS AT WHAT OUR WORKS ARE. HE LOOKS DOWN AND WE’RE NOT FULFILLING THESE WORKS. WHAT DID JESUS SAY WHEN HE ASCENDED? GREATER WORKS THAN THESE THAT I DO SHALL YOU DO WHEN I GO TO MY FATHER. YOU KNOW WHY HE SAID OUR WORKS WILL BE GREATER THAN HIS? BECAUSE IT TAKES HIM TO WORK THROUGH US TO GET HIS WORK ACCOMPLISHED. HE USES HIS PEOPLE. GODS GOT A MULTITUDE IN THE FAMILY OF GOD AND WE’LL ALL GET UP AND DO WHAT GODS SAY, IT’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
YOU CAN SET ASIDE SUNDAY. SUNDAY IS A SABBATH DAY AND IT IS NOT A WORK DAY. SIX DAYS THOU SHALT LABOR BUT ON THE SABBATH DAY THOU SHALT REST. SUNDAY IS THE DAY WE COME TO WORSHIP AND GET FED ON GODS WORD. BUT HE JUDGES US FOR OUR WORKS THAT WE DO MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IF YOU GET UP AT 3:00 A.M., YOUR WORKS BETTER START AT 3:00 A.M. HE ALSO JUDGES US ACCORDING TO WHAT WE DON’T WORK. IF HE HAS A GOOD WORK FOR YOU TO DO AND YOU DON’T DO IT: ACCORDING TO JAMES IT’S SIN. IF WE KNOW GODS JUDGING US AND HE IS, WE OUGHT TO BE MORE MINDFUL OF HOW WE WORK FOR HIM. JESUS SAID THIS TO HIS MOTHER MARY AND HIS STEPFATHER JOSEPH: WISH YE NOT THAT I SHOULD BE ABOUT MY FATHERS BUSINESS. HE WASN’T TALKING ABOUT HIS FATHER JOSEPH. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD.
THERE’S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO NEVER EVEN LIFT A LITTLE FINGER FOR GOD MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. BUT ON SUNDAYS THEY WANT TO COME HERE AND ACT LIKE EVERYTHING IS OKAY. THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU DON’T WORK, YOU WON’T EAT. THAT MEANS IF YOU DON’T DO ANY WORKS FOR GOD, YOU WON’T BE FED WITH THE WORD. IN OTHER WORDS YOU WON’T GROW. YOU’LL FIND THAT IN THESSALONIANS.
SIMILAR TO THIS I THINK IT’S 1 CORINTHIANS 15:58 “THEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHREN, BE YE STEDFAST, UNMOVEABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD, FORASMUCH AS YE KNOW THAT YOUR LABOR IS NOT IN VAIN IN THE LORD.”
GOD PAYS US EVERY DAY. WE WORK OUR EARTHLY JOBS AND WE EXPECT TO GET PAID AND IF THEY DON’T GET PAID THEY GET MAD. BUT GOD WILL NEVER SHORT YOU YOUR PAY AND IF YOU DIDN’T GET PAID ENOUGH I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT YOU DIDN’T DO ENOUGH. HE PAYS US FOR WHAT WE WORK IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. IF YOU’RE DOING NOTHING THEN YOU’RE GOING TO GET NOTHING. IF YOU DO A LOT YOU’LL GET A LOT. YOU SAY WELL MY WORK IS DOWN AT WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. NO IT’S NOT. WE COME TO CLEAN THE HOUSE OF GOD AND LAY CARPET AND THAT’S EXTRA BUT WHAT I DO FOR GOD IS MY WORKS LIKE WITNESSING. JESUS WANTS US TO WORK OUT IN THE FIELD. CLEANING THE CHURCH WILL NOT LEAD PEOPLE TO GET SAVED. BUT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS WILL. IF I GOT OUT THERE AND JUST SPOKE TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE WEATHER THEN MY WORKS AND MY WORDS WOULD BE IN VAIN. WE HAVE TO INCLUDE GOD IN EVERYTHING I DO. YOU SAY PREACHER I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND ASK GOD WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING. HE’LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING DO.
JEREMIAH 17:10 “I THE LORD SEARCH THE HEART, I TRY THE REINS, EVEN TO GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS, AND ACCORDING TO THE FRUIT OF HIS DOINGS.”
NUMBER THREE: HE JUDGES US ON OUR WAYS. HE SAID THIS IN ISAIAH “ MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS. NOR ARE MY WAYS YOUR WAYS MY WAYS. BUT AS HEAVEN IS HIGHER THAN THE EARTH, SO ARE MY WAYS HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS AND MY THOUGHTS HIGHER THAN YOUR THOUGHTS.” OUR WAYS AND OUR WORKS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. OUR WAYS IS OUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD. HOW DO WE CONDUCT OURSELVES AS A CHRISTIAN. HOW DO WE APPEAR TO OTHER PEOPLE AS A CHRISTIAN? HOW DO WE SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER PEOPLE. IF A MAN CAN’T TAKE CARE OF HIS OWN HOUSE, HOW CAN HE TAKE CARE OF THE HOUSE OF GOD? IF YOU AIN’T RIGHT THEN NOTHING AROUNT YOU WILL BE RIGHT. I KNOW FAMILIES THAT HAVE LIVED IN SIN THEIR WHOLE LIVES. GODS GOT TO CHANGE SOMEBODY AND THEN GODS GOT TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS THROUGH PRAYER. I TOLD JOYCE ON THE WAY OVER HERE THAT I WAS FIXING TO GET STRICT WITH MY FAMILY. I’M TIRED OF BEGGING THEM AND ASKING THEM. WHEN A MAN OR A WOMAN WOULD RATHER GO DOWN TO THE RACE TRACK ON SUNDAY WHILE THEIR FAMILY AND CHILDREN ARE DYING AND ON THEIR WAY TO HELL, IT’S A SHAME AND I’M GOING TO START TELLING THEM ABOUT IT. I’M JUST GOING TO BE BLUNT. I’M GOING TO SAY THIS: “IF YOU DON’T CARE IF YOUR CHILDREN DIE AND GO TO HELL THEN I’M JUST GOING TO PRAY FOR THEM AND YOU.”
I KNEW A PREACHER THAT HAS SINCE GONE ON TO MEET THE LORD. HE PASTORED AT ROCK BAPTIST. HE WAS A BIG MAN AND HIS BIBLE WAS JUST AS BIG AS HIM. HE WAS PREACHING AT AN ORDINATION SERVICE WHERE THERE WERE ABOUT TWELVE MEN BEING ORDAINED. THERE WAS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE ON THE PRESBATCHER. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT. THEY STARTED OFF IN PRAYER AND THE BUILDING SHOOK. SOME OF THE PREACHERS PREACHED THE CHARGE TO THE DEACONS AND THE OTHERS TO THE CHURCH. BUT BROTHER RUSSELL JOLLY GOT UP AND NEVER MENTIONED THE WORD DEACON OR ORDINATION BUT SAID GOD TOLD ME TO PREACH THIS AND THIS IS WHAT I’M GOING TO PREACH. HE SAID IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ORDAINING YOU PEOPLE BUT IT’S ON WHAT GOD SAID TO PREACH AND THAT’S WHAT I’M GOING TO DO. HE CUT LOOSE AND THE ALTAR FILLED UP. THEM DEACONS SITTING IN THEIR CHAIRS HAD TO GET UP AND GO TO THE ALTAR. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LORD AS HE JUDGES US FOR OUR WAYS. HE DOESN’T JUDGE US FOR BEING SINNERS AS HE ALREADY PAID THE PRICE ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY. BUT HE DOES JUDGE US FOR OUR WORDS, OUR WORKS AND OUR WAYS. HOW WOULD IT LOOK TO YOU IF YOU WERE GOING UP THE ROAD AND SAW A CHURCH MEMBER AT THE LIQUOR STORE. OR HOW WOULD IT LOOK IF YOU SAW A DEACON OF OUR CHURCH ON THE NEWS HANDCUFFED AND THEY WERE TAKING HIM TO JAIL. YOU SAY THAT EXTREME, YES IT IS BUT SOMETIMES ALL THINGS CAN BE EXTREME WHEN A LOST PERSON IS LOOKING OVER THE SHOULDER OF A SAVED PERSON. I’M NOT ASKING YOU TO REPRESENT BROTHER TERRY OR THE CHURCH ALTHOUGH I’D LIKE YOU TO, BUT YOUR REPRESENTING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. HOW YOU PRESENT YOURSELF FOR HIM SHOULD GLORIFY GOD.
NOW A COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES BEFORE WE CLOSE. GALATIANS 6:7-8 “BE NOT DECEIVED; GOD IS NOT MOCKED: FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH, THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP. FOR HE THAT SOWETH TO HIS FLESH SHALL OF THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION; BUT HE THAT SOWETH TO THE SPIRIT SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING.” TWO WORDS I GET OUT OF THAT ARE GIVING AND RECEIVING. WHAT YOU GIVE IS WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO GET. IF YOU GIVE NOTHING, YOU WILL GET NOTHING. IF YOU GIVE 1000 PERCENT, YOU’RE GOING TO GET 1000 PERCENT.
THESE CHRISTIANS THAT FALL ON THEIR KNEES AND SAY GOD WHY AREN’T YOU BLESSING ME? GOD WHY AREN’T YOU HELPING ME? ......GET OFF THE STOOL OF DO NOTHING AND YOU’LL GET SOMETHING. WHAT I GIVE IS WHAT I GET.
JEREMIAH 9:24 “BUT LET HIM THAT GLORIETH GLORY IN THIS, THAT HE UNDERSTANDETH AND KNOWETH ME, THAT I AM THE LORD WHICH EXERCISE LOVING KINDNESS, JUDGMENT, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, IN THE EARTH: FOR IN THESE THINGS I DELIGHT, SAITH THE LORD.” HERE’S WHAT GOD SHOWED ME IN THAT VERSE: LOVING KINDNESS, JUDGMENT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. NOTICE HOW HE SANDWICHES JUDGMENT IN BETWEEN LOVING KINDNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. GOD’S NOT OUT TO DESTROY US.
BUT HE HAS TO HAVE THAT JUDGMENT THERE SO HE JUST KIND OF SANDWICHES IT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN HIS LOVING KINDNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
ROMANS 14:7-12 “FOR NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF, AND NO MAN DIETH TO HIMSELF. FOR WHETHER WE LIVE, WE LIVE UNTO THE LORD; AND WHETHER WE DIE, WE DIE UNTO THE LORD: WHETHER WE LIVE THEREFORE, OR DIE, WE ARE THE LORDS. FOR TO THIS END CHRIST BOTH DIED, AND ROSE, AND REVIVED THAT HE MIGHT BE LORD BOTH OF THE DEAD AND THE LIVING. BUT WHY DOEST THOU JUDGE THY BROTHER? OR WHY DOST THOU SET AT NOUGHT THY BROTHER? FOR WE SHALL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST. FOR IT IS WRITTEN, AS I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS TO GOD. SO THEN EVERY ONE OF US SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF TO GOD.”
YOU AIN’T GOT TO TELL BROTHER SHANE OR BROTHER ED OR ME. BUT YOU WILL TELL GOD THE GOOD THINGS YOU’VE DONE AND THE BAD THINGS YOU’VE DONE. YOU EVER DONE SOMETHING SO BAD THAT YOU DIDN’T WANT TO TELL GOD? GOT NEWS FOR YOU. GOD ALREADY KNOWS. YOU NEED TO CONFESS IT AND REPENT OF IT.
THE JUDGMENT OF GOD IS NOT A SCAREY THING. HE JUST WANTS US TO BE THE CHILDREN OF GOD THAT HE CALLED US TO BE. YEARS AGO MOM AND DAD’S USED TO SPANK THEIR CHILDREN WHEN THEY DID SOMETHING BAD. I KNOW MY DAD DID. MY MOM WOULD CRY AND I’D THINK WELL I’M THE ONE THAT’S FIXING TO GET A SPANKING SO WHY’S SHE CRYING. BUT DAD WOULD SAY: THIS IS GOING TO HURT ME A WHOLE LOT WORSE THAN IT HURTS YOU. THAT’S LIKE GOD. WHEN WE DO WRONG, HE JUDGES US AND CORRECTS US. IT HURTS HIM TO SEE US DO WRONG. BUT WE CAN’T JUST LIVE A LIFE THAT WE WANT TO LIVE BUT WE HAVE TO LIVE A LIFE THAT HE WANTS US TO LIVE. I ALWAYS WANTED TO SING IN A GOSPEL QUARTET. CAME CLOSE BUT THEN THE LORD CALLED ME TO PREACH. GOD OPENED DOORS EVERY WHERE FOR ME TO PREACH AT. GOD SHOWED ME THAT MY PLANS WEREN’T HIS PLANS. I WANTED TO SING AND HE WANTED ME TO PREACH BUT HE DID ALLOW ME TO PREACH AND TO SING WHERE EVER HE SENT ME.
LET US PRAY: FATHER, I HAVEN’T BEEN DOING ENOUGH FOR YOU. I WANT TO GET OFF THE STOOL AND BEGIN A WORK FOR YOU. LORD, SHOW ME WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ME TO DO THAT YOUR NAME MIGHT RECEIVE HONOR AND GLORY AND THAT I MIGHT REAP SOME OF THE REWARDS. I WANT TO LIVE A CHRIST FULFILLED LIFE AND I KNOW THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND PLEASING IN YOUR EYES. I PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN
