and know that I am God.” And we’ve turned teenagers in the big tent. The worship was just And then I just felt the Lord say, “No, I want you
it into “be loud and know that I am God.” And finishing, and as I was about to do the talk, to say it now.” And everything in me recoiled. It
actually, sometimes to still our hearts, it’s in this thought came into my mind that there is was like, “oh no, what if I’ve got it wrong, what
that place where we can hear His voice and someone here who is not a Christian. And the if there is no Sam”? What if there is a Sam and
discern. There’s always the place of faith, there thing was that the night before, two hundred he doesn’t want to walk forward in front of eight
is always the place of, “I think this is you, Lord. young people came forward to give their lives thousand strangers? I just felt the Lord saying,
This sounds like You, this sounds like the God to Jesus, and we were rejoicing in two hundred “Are you going to trust me?”
of scripture, it sounds like the way you would new Christians. So the thought came into my speak. There are certain things that we know head the next night, there is someone here who So, I actually tried to start giving the talk,
from scripture about Your character and about is not a Christian, who was brought by a friend, but I knew I couldn’t because I was being
Your personality. I think this is You, so I’m going and who had said to his friend earlier today, “If disobedient. So, I said, “Forgive me folks, I
to step out of the boat, and I’m going to see they make an invitation for people to become think there might be someone here… I think
what happens.” And that’s where the miracles Christians tonight, I think I might go forward.” your name is Sam. Sam, why don’t you come
happen. The miracles happen in our place of Then I just felt the Lord say, and again it’s just a forward now? He’s waiting for you. We’ll wait.”
trusting Him and in our place where we’re a thought in my head, that his name is “Sam”. My And then I stood there, and eight thousand
little bit out of our beds. For most of us, we’ve thought was, okay, I’ll put that on my shelf and pairs of eyes were staring at me, and I wanted
learned to be a little bit in control of our lives, after my talk I’ll say, “If anyone didn’t become to die. At first nobody moved, and I thought,
but it’s about giving over control, and it’s about a Christian last night who is ready now, then what have I done? How do I get out of this?
learning to trust. come forward. And, by the way, there might Then after a while, to cut a long story short, this
be someone, your name is Sam, you said to young lad from the back, stood up and walked
Now, that’s just the theory, I could give so your friend earlier if we made an invitation you forward down the aisle, and when he came just
many examples, and I’ll give you one. A would come forward. Would you come forward in front of the stage I saw he was trembling, he
few years ago, I was about to speak at our as well?” was shaking. And I said to him, “Are you Sam?”
summer festival, and there were eight thousand
He nodded, he said, “Yes”, and I said, “Did you
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