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David Wilkerson

David Wilkerson (1931 - 2011). American Pentecostal pastor, evangelist, and author born in Hammond, Indiana. Raised in a family of preachers, he was baptized with the Holy Spirit at eight and began preaching at 14. Ordained in 1952 after studying at Central Bible College, he pastored small churches in Pennsylvania. In 1958, moved by a Life Magazine article about New York gang violence, he started a street ministry, founding Teen Challenge to help addicts and troubled youth. His book "The Cross and the Switchblade," co-authored in 1962, became a bestseller, chronicling his work with gang members like Nicky Cruz. In 1987, he founded Times Square Church in New York City, serving a diverse congregation until his death. Wilkerson wrote over 30 books, including "The Vision," and was known for bold prophecies and a focus on holiness. Married to Gwen since 1953, they had four children. He died in a car accident in Texas. His ministry emphasized compassion for the lost and reliance on God. Wilkerson’s work transformed countless lives globally. His legacy endures through Teen Challenge and Times Square Church.
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In this sermon, the speaker shares his personal experience of surrendering his life completely to God. He acknowledges that there were areas in his life where he thought he had given everything to God, but God revealed to him that there were still areas that he was holding back. The speaker expresses his desire to fully surrender to God and be in a place of intimacy with Him. He emphasizes that true love is based on truth and encourages the audience to stand before the Lord and listen to the Holy Spirit speaking to their hearts.
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He's got it now. There were two other areas in my life I thought he'd given, and I hadn't. God said, I want it all, and he's got it now. He may show me something else tomorrow. I don't know, but I'm ready to say, God this time I want all of you. I want to be in that place Father Bob was talking about because he wants to take us into the Holy of Holies and reveal himself. Hallelujah. Reveal his glory to us. I don't preach like this because I hate anybody or mean, I love you, but true love is truth. True love is truth. Hallelujah. I want you to stand quietly before the Lord in his presence. Now Jesus, I don't know what's going on in the hearts of those who heard me tonight. I don't know what's happening up in the balcony, but people are being spoken to by the Holy Ghost. And all these that stand before me in the lower auditorium, Lord, hundreds of people here in front of me, Jesus, I don't know what you're saying. Holy Spirit, I know you're talking. I know you're saying at least this, now, seeing that all these things are going to be dissolved, now will you give me all? Now will you rise up in faith? Now will you come to a fixed position? O Jesus, root this church, ground it. O holy God, holy God, righteous God, holy Savior, soon we're going to stand before your holiness. Soon we answer, God, O God, convict of foolishness and stupidity and self-centeredness and materialism and the hoarding and the hiding and the foolishness. Lord, soon it's all over. We're so close, Lord, and it's going to be so easy for some to backslide. Many are going to backslide just at that moment. O God, don't let it happen here. Don't let it happen to our beloved ones in this house tonight. O Jesus, help me. Lord, I've tried. I've honestly tried. God, what's it going to take? God, what's it going to take? I feel what Jeremiah said, my bowels, my heart pounds, God. We've been so deceived and so blinded by the world, we don't even know, God, where we are sometimes, break it. O God, there has to come a breaking that will not be repented of. There has to be repentance that's not repented of. O God, I feel so helpless. I don't know how to move people anymore, Lord. I don't know how to break your conviction, O God, but I have a fear for some in this place. They're going to be lost. They're flirting, O God, with disaster. They're heading the wrong way, and they're blind, O God. Open our eyes. I want us all to raise our hands and repent. Would you raise your hands and repent? Repent with me. Lord, we repent. God, we have to have repentance that's genuine, a repentance that goes to the soul, a repentance, O God, that prides down to the depths of our being. Lord, we want you to forgive us. Lord, bring true repentance to our hearts, godly repentance that will not be repented of. Bring a fixed position to our hearts tonight. God, change us for eternity. Change us for eternity, O God. O God, change us for eternity. Let's repent, folks. Let's repent. I repent, Lord. O, we repent. We humble ourselves. We cry out to you, Lord. We repent. We repent. True repentance before you, God. Holy Spirit, come down upon this church. Holy Spirit, descend upon this church. Descend upon us. Fall upon us, Holy Spirit, convict of sin and of judgment and of righteousness. Convict us, O God. Holy Ghost, fall on this church. Fall on this church with conviction. Now, there are a number down here tonight. If you feel you need to step out of your seat and come down here and cry out to God, lay something down, do it. Just get out of your seat, the balcony in here, the main floor and come and just, if you want to kneel or stand, whatever you want to do, but don't let this moment slip by without going deep in your heart. O God, let it go deep. Don't let us off. Don't let us slip by. Some of you are not right with God. Some of you need to get right with God. Some of you need to lay down that besetting sin. Some of you need to cry out, O God, I hear you. Turn me around. Lord Jesus, speak it to our hearts right now. Speak it to our hearts. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. You that are down here right now, you that are at the front right now, just raise your hands to God right now and say, Lord Jesus, here I am. Cleanse me. Sanctify me. Take away this habit. Take away this sin. Lord, I don't want it anymore. I want to be free. Raise your hands and cry out to God. Lord, here it is. Take it. Lord, I believe you have the power. You are the victory. Jesus, get a hold of me. Get a hold of my heart. Lay a hold of me tonight. God, get a hold of hearts tonight. Dig down. Get a hold of every heart. Christian, let's pray that God will do that right now. God, get a hold of every heart in this place. Get a hold of everyone here. Lord, do it. Jesus, break through and bring power. God, break through every heart. Jesus, break every chain. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Hallelujah. Glory to God. We're redeemed by the blood. Redeemed. Redeemed. Set free. God set free. Break the chains that bind. Hallelujah. Bring up freedom and rejoicing because the sin is broken. The sin is broken. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Glory to Jesus. Glory to God. I'd like to have all you at the altar stand, please. Everybody that came forward, stand with me, please. Will you stand? Will you just raise your hands to the Lord. The Bible said, I will man everywhere. Lift holy hands. Lift your hands. Right now. Pray it with me right now. Jesus, I know you hear me. And I know you'll love me. And you called me here. You convicted me. I obey your call. I hear you speaking. I confess my sin. I lay it down. I refuse to give in to the devil. By faith, I am going to be free. Take me, Jesus. Fill me with the Holy Ghost. Now, I want you to thank God for doing that right now. Lord, thank you, Jesus, for your faithful. God, you are a faithful God. You are faithful. Hallelujah. Glory be to God. Glory be to God. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Glory to God. Hallelujah. We exalt you. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I tell you what I feel God's put in my heart. I'd like everybody in the building to stand with us, if you will now. I want to tell you, Satan, here's where we fight. Here's where we are soldiers. We resist, in Jesus' name, any attempt by the enemy to stop the fountain of praise that God wants to open. He's going to open tonight a fountain of praise. And do you know you can praise after there's true repentance and God's laid hold of you? That is the time to praise, and that puts every demonic power to chase. Believe me, when it's a godly praise, when it's a shout of victory from repentance, there's glory in the house. And I want you to stay with us tonight. We're going to praise God, truly praise God. We have a right to praise Him. And beloved, if you'll join us, if you'll just join in and really praise Him with everything it's in you. Lift your voice and your heart and praise God. He will give you an assurance like you haven't had in a long time. He'll assure you, I love you. I believe many of you that would not have been saved otherwise have been saved tonight. Truly saved by the blood of Christ. Hallelujah.
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David Wilkerson (1931 - 2011). American Pentecostal pastor, evangelist, and author born in Hammond, Indiana. Raised in a family of preachers, he was baptized with the Holy Spirit at eight and began preaching at 14. Ordained in 1952 after studying at Central Bible College, he pastored small churches in Pennsylvania. In 1958, moved by a Life Magazine article about New York gang violence, he started a street ministry, founding Teen Challenge to help addicts and troubled youth. His book "The Cross and the Switchblade," co-authored in 1962, became a bestseller, chronicling his work with gang members like Nicky Cruz. In 1987, he founded Times Square Church in New York City, serving a diverse congregation until his death. Wilkerson wrote over 30 books, including "The Vision," and was known for bold prophecies and a focus on holiness. Married to Gwen since 1953, they had four children. He died in a car accident in Texas. His ministry emphasized compassion for the lost and reliance on God. Wilkerson’s work transformed countless lives globally. His legacy endures through Teen Challenge and Times Square Church.