Rick Lawson had lied on his security clearance at work, and he wanted to make it right, no matter what it cost.

The paperwork fit in a number 10 envelope, and I filled that out, took it to work again, and it took me about three tries to walk from my desk down to the security office. And I would be thinking thoughts like,

Rick, you know, if there's no God,

then you're going to throw your life away, and it's unrecoverable.

It's Wednesday, October 31st,

and this is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Lee DeMoss.

Music Lee DeMoss.

Yesterday, Nancy talked with Rick Lawson, who experienced revival at his church.

Now, when he experienced this revival, something began to bother his conscience.

Five years earlier, he had applied for a job in the defense industry and lied on his security forms about past drug use. The penalty for lying?

A maximum of 10 years in jail or a $10,000 fine. So I took a day of vacation, actually, from work, came home, filled out all the security

paperwork again.

If you check yes in those boxes, then you have to give an account of everything that you

did.

I was fairly heavily involved with that kind of thing in college, so it took me a while to

fill out the paperwork.

The paperwork fit in a number 10

envelope. And I filled that out, took it to work again. And it took me about three tries to walk

from my desk down to the security office. To turn it in. To turn it in. I would walk down that

hall and I would be thinking thoughts like, Rick, you know, if there's no God, then you're going to throw your life away and it's unrecoverable.

And I would turn around and go back to my desk.

The conviction would not leave.

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