In this sermon, the preacher addresses the struggle of a young man in his marriage and his difficulty in communicating with his wife. The preacher emphasizes the importance of worship and seeking God as key elements in developing a life's message. He highlights the need for believers to have confidence in the face of enemies, drawing inspiration from the example of David. The preacher also discusses the various ways people try to deal with their sin and bondage, such as covering it up or comparing it with others, but emphasizes that true change comes from seeking God and worshiping Him.

Let's do differently, let's begin in 2 Corinthians 3 and mark that place in your Bible, 2 Corinthians chapter 3, and mark that place and we'll come to that last, and then go back to Psalm 27. You should have marked 2 Corinthians chapter 3, and then you're back with your Bible open at Psalm 27. It's really exciting to me to see how the Lord is tying this part of the conference all together. I can see what God laid on my heart for the session this afternoon, and then what God laid on Ralph's heart, and even one of his latter scriptures, Psalm 27, is what we're picking up on here. Doug's sensitivity to God sort of bringing us together in the spirit of worship, and then what Brother and Sister Pugh shared with us about their center. And God is saying something to us, and I'm very, very thankful to see the Lord bring the meeting together like this by the power of the Holy Spirit. The topic that has been assigned to me for this particular evening is how to develop your life's message. I thought about that some because I do believe that, in fact, I have a little message that I give that many times we feel like we're called to a ministry when all the time God is developing a life's message. And it's through that life's message that really we are able to transfer that with the Holy Spirit's done in our lives and see other lives changed around us. But how do you develop your life's message? How do you really do that? How is a life's message developed in an individual? How is it developed in you as a pastor, you as a layman, you as a pastor's wife, you as staff people? How is a life's message really developed? And I thought about that, and I prayed about that, and I really believe it boils down to one word. And I'm going to treat you like the old black preacher who was teaching homiletics to his black preacher boys. He said, now boys, when you teach preaching or when you start preaching, I want to tell you how to do it. He says, first of all, you tell them what you're going to tell them. Then you tell them. Then you tell them what you told them. And so that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to tell you what I'm going to tell you. How do you develop a life's message? One word, I believe, is worship. Worship. And if I could give, and I was sort of forced to do this as I prepared for this, if I could write out my life's message in one sentence, it would be this. A believer, talking about a truly born-again person now, a believer is taken from faith to faith as he worships in the presence of a holy God. And I especially like the emphasis that Danny gave about teaching faith to faith. That's how we're developed, really. Our faith is stretched, and we grow. But how does that happen? I believe it happens as we worship in the presence of a holy God. Now, I don't mean, although the emphasis tonight is going to be what we would commonly call devotions. I like to call it more than devotions. I have some men in my church, or our church, where we were working with them and discipling them as faithful men, and one brother admitted to me, he said, devotions to me are a real drag because I think of them as homework. And I used to hate homework as a kid when I was in school. I really believe devotions were meant by God to be more than just homework. And I'm not just talking about that devotional time. I'm talking about worship as a way of life. I believe that God wants all on the altar. If we have a rebellious child, He wants that on the altar. He wants us to worship Him in His presence with that need lifted up to Him. If we have a heavy schedule that day, I believe He wants to be worshiped with that heavy schedule. If we have a particular decision that we're going through, and a struggle that we're having in our life, I believe that He wants to be worshipped with that. So I see worship as a way in which the child of God needs to constantly live in the presence of a holy God. It doesn't mean we go around with a frown on our face and a heavy look, you know, and this gray cloud over our head, but it's an attitude. Lord, I'm going to worship you with this, and enjoying our God. But I do believe, I am convicted in my deepest heart, that a person's life is changed as he willingly brings himself with an attitude of worship in the presence of a holy God. In 1974, my life changed drastically. I had been saved in 1965 when I was 19, and then I lived, finished college and three years of seminary, and then two years in the pastorate. At the end of those two years, I found myself in the pits. And that's when I entered into my personal revival with the Lord. It was at that time also that this point of worship was emphasized to me, and all of that was done by tape from a message by a man named Joseph Carroll. Now, if they have a book table out tomorrow, Joe's book will be on the book table, How to Worship Jesus Christ. I would encourage you to get it. In fact, you'll find one of the illustrations that I used tonight in that book, because it was in listening to Joseph Carroll teach on the subject of worship, and my life in Christ, and Christ's life in me, and our worship before him, and our attitude as a servant. In listening to Joseph preach that day in my car on the tape, my life was transformed afresh and anew. As a believer, I was changed. And that was in 1974. And ever since then, I have seen God strategically change my life from day to day, from faith to faith, if you were, as I am faithful to worship him in his presence. I found that every man of God in the Bible, every man of God, and this is all introduction, I'm just kind of talking to you now. Every man of God in the Bible, no matter how holy he was, was changed, drastically changed, when he came into the presence of a holy God. And I have illustrations. Moses is one. Daniel is one. Ezekiel is one. John is one. The beloved disciple John, when he saw the Christ glorified, he fell at his feet as dead. And then, of course, Christ touched him with his right hand and told him to raise up. But Isaiah was a drastically changed man. When he came into the presence of God, and I heard one of the sisters talk about worshiping God and his holiness in her prayer, even earlier today. And Isaiah, the preacher that he was, when he came into the presence of the Lord, his attitude about himself was changed. He understood the forgiveness of God, and he also was motivated in his life. Here, my Lord, send me. And all of that happened. His life was changed because he saw God for who he was. And I am convinced, in Brother Ralph's first point, about where does revival begin? Most of the message begins with a high and lofty attitude about who God is. Our God needs to be enlarged. And so I see that every man in the Bible, even godly men, were mightily changed as they came into the presence of God. And then, I say with Vern Frompke, Vern Frompke wrote the book Ultimate Privilege and Ultimate Intention. He calls worship and fellowship with God life's ultimate privilege. And I agree. And I believe God created us and saved us and brought us into his family that we might worship him and have fellowship. One time I was sitting in a restaurant with one of our fellows who had gotten a divorce. His wife left him. And as it is with divorced people, oftentimes they wonder where they fit in the body of Christ. And so he was sitting with me across the table. I'll never forget it. He was crying. He was a great big huge man. And he said to me, he said, Pastor, what is left in life for me? You see, we all live for the American dream. A wife, children, two-car garage, you know, home, job, all those things. That's the American dream, to get settled in like that. And he was looking at that part of his life and he said to me, What is left in life for me? I had told him to remain single until God delivered him from that in a special way. I was admonishing him to do that. And that's why he said that to me. He looked at me and here I've got a beautiful wife and four children and a home and a ministry and all those kinds. Here he was feeling like a misfit. And that's what he said. What is left in life for me? I remember that question. I turned to him. And I have a gift of mercy. And so I always want to ease the pressure, you know. And I struggle with that. I'm not a real good disciplinarian. And I have to really depend on the Holy Spirit to make me really be the disciplinarian at times that I need to be. And I'm not good at holding people accountable. And so I always want to just pat people on the back and say, Hey, you're doing great. But I looked him in the eye and God gave me grace to say this. I said, Bill, the same thing is left in life for you as it is for me. He said, What? I said, Worship Jesus Christ. I said, That's why you're created. That's why you exist. And so I believe that. I really do. And I'm talking from a heart of conviction tonight about this matter of our lives, our life's message is developed as we get serious about the matter of worshiping God in his presence. Let's ask the Lord to just speak to our hearts now as we get into these texts just for a little while. Heavenly Father, I pray that Thou, Lord, would speak to our hearts about this matter of worship. I know we can become very, very busy. We can be busy about your work. And we fail to realize that our priority work is worship. Father, I do ask and enter into your grace now to serve you with this message to be a minister and a servant to these who have come to listen. And I trust the Holy Spirit to speak to me, speak through me and speak to those who listen. And Lord, we worship you with this message. May this whole meeting be a sweet smelling sacrifice to you. We offer it up to you. Change our lives. In Jesus' name, amen. R.J. McQuilken was the past president of Columbia Bible College. And students who knew him, and I had the privilege of meeting some of the students who knew Dr. McQuilken, said about him that he was a man who was recognized as a constantly victorious individual. And he wrote a book, Always in Triumph. I wonder, are there any folks here who have read that book? I don't even know if it's in print now. But Dr. McQuilken used to say this in the first part of his book. He said Christians normally struggle with three problems. Number one, he said they struggle with the up and down Christian life. Up one day, down the next. Up the next day, down the next. And then he said they struggle with besetting sin. Something in their life, something in their closet that bothers them that they really wouldn't like to tell anybody, even their closest friend. But they struggle with a besetting sin. And then thirdly, he says most Christians struggle with no lasting fruit. They really never ever see anyone come to know Christ through their life. And they look at their lives and they wonder how much fruit they're bearing. And Christians become in terrible bondage. And I appreciated what Brother Ralph said earlier. He said, I think many believers are not so much troubled with sin as they are hooked in bondage. And they don't know how to get out of that bondage. And Dr. McWilkin was addressing the same problem. Up and down Christian life, besetting sin, no lasting fruit. And we have seen people try to take care of their bondage in all kinds of different ways. We've seen people try to see their lives changed in all kinds of different ways. One of the ways we found is by covering up their bondage or just covering up their sin. Another way is by ignoring it and just trying to believe that it's really not there. Another way is by comparing it with others. Well, my sin and my bondage is not as bad as his sin and his bondage. And then a fourth way we've seen people try to cover up their sin and bondage is simply by working it off. We have many spiritual workaholics in the church because they have something in their hearts that they've really never dealt with. And they're trying to cover it up and make up for it somehow by just working. And they become very active in the church. We find that true about many people. But nevertheless, it's still there. It still eats away at their soul. And I am an example of that. When I was two years into the ministry, I found that I had all three of those bondages in my life. And I tried all those ways to take care of it until I began to realize that there was a way in which God wanted to deal with me. I'd like for you with that in mind to see Psalm 27 and see David's attitude in the first four verses of this psalm. David begins and he says, The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though wars should rise against me, in this will I be confident. In the first three verses of that psalm, we see tremendous confidence. David is very confident. Now, he's not like that in every psalm. But in this one, he is. In other psalms, you'll find him weeping and crying out to God. In other psalms, you'll find him repenting and confessing his sin. But in this particular psalm, David shows himself as being very, very confident. He's on top. He says, Though the enemy comes, I'm not going to be afraid. Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. And so, we look at David and we say, David, you have tremendous confidence. But why do you have that confidence? And you know, I found in dealing with any bondage, in dealing with any sin or any problem in my life, there are two parts. Now, listen to this. There is God's part. And there is my part. I have a responsibility. And I understand the truths of revival. And I understand that Jesus Christ lives in me. And I live in Him. But I have a responsibility. And the Bible is filled with that kind of balance, as you see it in the Scriptures. Delight thyself also in the Lord. That's my part. And He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. That's His part. And so, you see that. Lean not to thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him. That's my part. And He shall direct thy paths. That's His part. Proverbs 16.3 is a great verse that George Mueller used to use. He said, Commit thy work unto the Lord. That's my part. And thy thoughts shall be established. That's God's part. And I see that in the Christian life. And so I'm saying, How can I change? I may be up and I may be down. And I may have this secret in my heart that I don't want any of you to know. And I may be living with no lasting fruit. But how can I change? I have tried to change myself. I have worked hard. I have served in the church. I have given my tithes and my offerings. And over and above that, I've given. How can I change? I still find myself the same. How do I change? How has that life's message changed? What can I say to my Jason when he says to me, Dad, how can I have victory over the lust of my eyes? What can Dad say to Jason? And I want to share with you, I really don't believe that we have much to share until we're able to speak with authority that God has changed it in us. What do I say to the young man who says, I'm having a struggle in my marriage and I don't know how to communicate with my wife? How can I see him changed? How can I say God has changed me? How can I transfer that message of how God changed me to him? What can I say? Are we just a community of people who have made a right decision about eternity but absolutely have no concept about how to live on earth? Well, David showed tremendous confidence. And my question is this, David, why are you so confident? In the face of enemies, why are you so confident? And I believe the answer is in the fourth verse. Let's see it. David says, One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to do what? To behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple. I see little David playing on his harp with his eyes focused on God. I see little David with his sling with his eyes focused on God. I see David the soldier with his eyes focused on God and beholding His beauty and I see his life growing and developing. I see David as king. I see David writing songs about the glory of God. Because the one thing that kept David's feet on the ground and the one thing that consumed his life was this desire to be in the presence of a holy God and to behold His beauty. Now in this verse, I see three words that really help us to understand how that confidence in God and that glory of God and that beauty of God can be attained and seen in our lives. The first word I see is the word desire. I believe in order for this kind of confidence and this kind of worship to take place, there has to be a genuine God-given hunger. I like Matthew 5, 6 that says, Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Somehow I was looking forward to sharing in this meeting because many of you have traveled hundreds of miles to be here and you spent extra money. You're here in this place. You've made sacrifice to come primarily because you're hungry to meet God. There's a specialness about a group like this when they go to that kind of trouble to meet with God's people and to worship the Lord. But it takes a hunger. And I like Psalm 42, 1 that says, As the heart pants after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God. It takes a hunger. And I say to you, if your meetings with God and your times of worship of Him have waned and you begin to lose that hunger, you say, how can I get that back? Let me suggest to you that you begin to ask God for that hunger. That you begin to let Him develop that in you and go in His presence and let Him begin to develop more of a hunger. Tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to show you a circle of how it kind of all fits together and keeps building one on the other. But it starts with a hunger. Then I see a second word here. It's the word seek. One thing have I desired of the Lord, and that will I seek after. I've often said, and I believe it, and I still believe it, that the only consistent... Now this will help pastors. The only consistent Christian activity is seeking God. Our church changes. We may change time of services. We may change form of services. We may change types of programs. There are all kinds of things that we're changing about our church. The church ministry and outreach and all those kinds of things may change. The way you structure your outreach. The way you structure your Bible studies. The type of music ministry that you have may change. The shapes the service take may change. But there's one thing that remains consistent, a consistent Christian activity, and that is seeking God. There's a verse that I'd like to share at this time. It's Hebrews 11, verse 6. And most of you know it. If I begin to quote it, you'll pick up on it. It goes like this. Now listen. Fill in the blanks. But without faith, it is impossible to please Him. For he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Who does God reward? God rewards that one who diligently seeks Him and is consumed with seeking Him. And I notice there's a third word here that I just want to point out. After we've looked at the word desire, it takes a hunger. After we've looked at the word seek, then we see the word dwell. It takes time. It takes a hunger. It takes diligence. It takes time. One thing of my desire to the Lord, that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple. I would say to David, David, what do you love most in your life? David, do you love being a shepherd? He would say, Oh, I love being a shepherd. I love to be on the hillsides and watch the sheep and look up and see the starry heavens and it reminds me of God. I love to be a shepherd. But there's one thing that I love more than being a shepherd. David, how do you like being a soldier? David would say, I love being a soldier. I've seen God move in and I've seen the armies in place and I never will forget that day in the valley with Goliath to see God take that stone, my word, and drive it into his forehead and see him drop to the ground. And I've seen God work in war and I love being a soldier. But there's one thing that I love more than being a soldier. Well, David, you've had a lot of experience as a statesman. How do you like being a statesman? I love being a statesman. God's called me to be king. He's anointed me to be king. And I've loved being king. And I've seen God win our battles. And I've seen God raise our nation. And I love being a king. But there's one thing I love more than being a king. And then I could say, David, you've written a lot of psalms and we read them today. And you've written songs. Do you like writing songs? And David would say, I love writing songs. God gives me songs in the night and I write them down and I record them. And to think the Holy Spirit has placed them in His Word. I love that. But there's one thing I love more than writing songs. I love to take time and not be in any hurry. And I'm fortunate because I am a king to have a scroll. And I love to call for the scribes and we unroll that scroll and I read God's Word. And I wait before Him. And He speaks to my heart. I could spend the rest of my life doing nothing but worshiping God. That's at the heart of David. But it takes time. Here's something practical. I don't know how you worship God. I don't know what your schedule is. I know you can't stay up every night and watch the late movie and get up early and worship God. I know that. I know you can't stay up late and run around and get involved in a lot of activities and have time in the morning or whenever to worship God. But I tell you what helps me worship God. I take a pen and a notebook and a hymn book and a Bible that has big print so I can read it. And I have another Bible that's got all four translations in front of me and I lay my other Bible on top of that. I have that. And I have a table and I have a chair where I sit. And I've got a nice light over my head. I'm able to sit there without falling to sleep in the early morning hours. That's the best time for me. And the first thing I do, I say a short prayer like George Mueller recommends. And then I sing a song. I take my hymn book and I open it up and I sing. And I'm going through our old worship and service hymnal right now. And I'm singing through Great is Thy Faithfulness and O God, Our Help in Ages Past and all those songs that were so boring to me as a kid. And I'm singing those songs and I'm saying, Lord, and I don't sing too loud because I'd wake up the family, but I just sing. Great is Thy Faithfulness. And I sing to Him. And I may sing another song. And then I open the Word and I say, Lord, I just want to see You. I've come to meet You. I've not come to get. I have come to receive from You. I've come to be before You. You speak to me as You choose. And then I start to read. And right now I'm reading in Bill McCloud's Bible Study Method. I'm reading about five, six chapters of a morning. I have a notebook over to the side and I have a pen that's in good writing order. And I write and I make notes. And there, morning after morning, I meet God. That's my worship time. And I say to our men that I personally live out of that worship time. Now, I don't know how regular you are at that. And I don't know how hurried your schedule is. But I promise you, your life's message will come as you are willing to seek and dwell, take time, and be diligent about the matter of worship. So that's my part. I get a hunger. I be diligent. And I take time. Spurgeon used to say this. He said this to his Bible study boys, to his preacher boys. Spurgeon would say, Fellas, read your Bible. Read your Bible. Read your Bible until your blood is bibling. Read your Bible. Read your Bible. Read your Bible until you're able to view life and people through chapter and verse eyes. Read your Bible. Now, I'm not looking for a mystical experience. I'm not looking for some vision in the sky. I'm looking for the Holy Spirit that indwells me to give me a rhema, a meeting with God in His Word, on a regular basis. You say, Pastor, do you feel something every day? No. But I have found that the Word of God is alive. It's a living book. I have found that the Holy Spirit is God living in me. And I'm finding that as I expose myself to the Word of God, it's just a little bit like atomic fallout. It changes me and I don't even know it. The Lord I love went on ahead to make a home for me. He said He would come back again and He, O gracious love, He wrote to me. He told me things that all earth's wise men and its kings have never guessed. Yet I foreknow if I but read His Word and oh, the depths of love on every sheet, my soul is trembling at His feet. What would He think if when I saw Him, I should say, I was too busy, just too busy every day to read what Thou didst write to me? So that's my part. I want you to turn to our closing verse in 2 Corinthians 3. I want to show you the exciting part that God has. And here again I'm talking about that glorious, unseen, miraculous ministry of the Holy Spirit that indwells every believer. 2 Corinthians 3, 17 and 18. Now, the Lord is that Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face, beholding as in a glass or mirror the glory of the Lord. Isn't that what David loved? Lord, I want to behold You and Your beauty in the temple, to inquire in the temple, as we behold His face. Look what happens. We are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Isn't that what we want? Don't we want to be changed? Don't we want that up and down Christian life to change? Don't we want that besetting sin to begin to melt away in the presence of a glorious God? Don't we want that fruitless life to begin to take fruit and begin to turn green and bud and sink down roots and bring forth fruit in due season? Isn't that what we want? Don't we want release from that bondage? Don't we want the consistency that comes? Is that not what we want? Do we want to be changed? I suggest to you that your life and my life is changed by the Spirit of God in a miraculous, unseen way, many times even unnoticed by us and unnoticed by others, but day by day, precept upon precept, step by step, moment by moment, the Holy Spirit is transforming us and changing us on a continual basis while we take the time to behold the beauty of the Lord and inquire in His temple. And let that be the supreme love and the supreme work of our lives. Now, as a pastor, I can do lots of things publicly. And most pastors, their value is measured by what they do publicly. How well does he speak? How well does he administrate? How well does he handle finances? How well does he counsel? Does he get along well with people? Is he personable? Does he know how to keep the books? Does he know how to disciple deacons? Does he know how to keep the organization running? All those things. That's how we evaluate the pastor. But this pastor is no good if he does all of those things and is failing to be changed by the Holy Spirit because he's not worshiping. I must worship. And I would say to you, I entered into a revival experience that to me was glorious in 1974. Now, listen to this lesson. I walked in that experience for two years. I told everybody about it. I mean, the lights came on in my spirit like I'm sure many of you have experienced and I experienced. I had a real, genuine, wonderful experience with the Lord in revival. In my car, alone with God. It was akin to getting saved all over again. I don't know what to call it. But it was a blessing. And I walked and lived in that experience for two years. I told everybody about it. I told my friends about it. I told our assistant pastor about it. I told Diane about it. I told people wherever I went. I went back to the seminary. I told them about it. I testified about it for two years. But at the end of two years, I was back in the pits. You say, wow. Why? Fortunately, that day when I was very depressed and crying out to God for help, I said, Oh Lord, is this going to discredit everything that I thought I had? Someone graciously sent me a pamphlet. I don't know what it is today. I can't tell you who wrote it. Only thing I know, it was green. And inside, I was reading about a brother, a statesman in the faith, who had the same experience. Glorious experience with God. Entered into revival. And two years later, he was in the pits. I said, God, this man is just like me. And he said, I've never forgotten it, he said, God was telling me it was time to get back in the Word. Our revival will not last if we are not people of the Word. You can talk about all the experience you want to. And your experience may have been glorious, and it may have been real. But God wants us back in the Word. He has exalted His Word above all of His name. And I believe God wants us to get specific verses. I believe He wants us to go to bed memorizing and meditating on the Word of God. I believe He wants us not only to get the Word, but He wants the Word to get us. And I believe He wants us to be able to give our definitions with a solid biblical base like we get in the teaching from this revival team. It's one of the things that I love about the team is they give us a solid biblical base. But He wants us to worship Him in the power of the Holy Spirit and in the Word of God. And He wants to change us day by day through that supernatural exposure through the Word. Well, Peter was just about ready to graduate from his practical Christian training with Jesus. And I'm going to just play on this just a little bit, if you will. Jesus could have said to Peter, now Peter, we've come into your comprehensive exam. I'm going to ask you a few questions and see if you've learned the ropes. You've spent three years with me. And I've got some questions to ask you. And Peter, perhaps, oh, well, I want to take this down. The Lord says, no, just no pen. No paper. Let me start. Peter. Yes, sir. Do you love me? Will you? You know, Lord, you know we're real close friends. You know the Word changed, don't you, in John 21? Second question, Peter. Peter. Do you love me? Well, kind of, but Lord, you know we're real close friends. Then Jesus said, Peter, are we even real close friends? And that's why the Bible says that Peter was grieved because Jesus said to him the third time, not because he repeated it three times, but because he even lowered the word used. You see, that's the issue, isn't it? It's do I love the Lord enough to spend time with Him? Charles Spurgeon said, I would to God there would come a day when I would lift my hands and my voice toward heaven and say, oh, God, I love you. And I could hear a voice coming back from heaven that said, yes, Charles, I know it. That's the goal. And I believe that our lives are changed as we worship God in His holy presence. Let's bow in prayer. Father in heaven, we do thank you for this time to be able to give this emphasis. How do you change us, Lord? We believe it comes through that supernatural exposure to your word by the power of the Holy Spirit. And those changes come. We are led from faith to faith. We grow. We are transformed. We become stable as we worship you in the beauty of holiness. So let us be consistent. Give back to some of us that holy desire to be in your presence. Somehow wake us up early or let us go to bed early or something. Change our schedule that we might keep life's ultimate priority where it ought to be. With every head bowed and every eye closed, I realized we had prayer rooms available and I found that the victorious Christian life is a life of new beginnings. And perhaps while someone comes to the piano and just begins to play something that would speak to our hearts to this, that we would have a number of you who would like to just slip to the prayer room and get on your knees and say, there have been things, schedules, a hurried pace, or just neglect that's kept me away from that personal worship. And I feel it. My family has felt it. My church feels it. My friends, my ministry publicly is waning because my worship privately is at best inconsistent. And we're just going to ask you while Diane plays just something appropriate, just to slip from your seat, go to the prayer room as God has dealt with you. Get on your face before the Lord and deal with that matter. I believe that this is necessary for us to ever carry on any kind of public ministry. So if God's dealt with you, feel free just to slip to the prayer room right now. Get out of your seat and go as God would lead you. And have time there alone with the Lord while we wait quietly before Him. I will ever love and trust Him in His presence daily live. I surrender all. I surrender all. All to Thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all. Let's stand and sing a verse again just for a change of position. If God's dealing with you and you need to go to the prayer room, we're going to sing it through one more time. I'm going to turn it over to whoever's in charge next. And just let God deal with that area. Simply crying out to God that we might be worshipers. And when Jesus was talking to the woman at the well, He said the Father seeks such that worship Him. The Father loves worshipers. Let's sing it. Just that verse. Go to the prayer room as God lays it on your heart, okay? All to Jesus I surrender all. To Him I freely give. I will ever love and trust Him in His presence daily live. I surrender all, my blessed Savior, I surrender all. Let's go away from here tonight at least praying for each other that we might be consistent in these matters. I know you're all busy people. We're all busy. And I believe the devil loves to snatch away those precious worship times. And let's remember that it's not only just those times in quiet which I think are vital and crucial, but it's worshiping God with everything in our life, both the negative and the positive. We are to be a community of worshipers. And I believe like Brother Pew said, that it's out of that and healthy revived Christians that souls will be saved. I believe that. And so may God bless you. Thank you.