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And we need to get more serious about really turning our lives over to God

and saying, here I am Lord, do whatever you want to do with me.

I surrender, I give myself to you completely.

And I want you involved in everything I do.

We're going to get right into the Word this morning.

And I just want to say before I start that I never go anywhere and just pull out a message.

I always try to say what I want, what I believe what God wants you to hear

because I do believe that God has a Word and do season for each person that He brought here today.

I believe our steps are ordered.

I don't think that we just accidentally show up places.

So if I'm here today and you're here today, then there's a purpose in it.

And so I want to talk to you this morning about getting serious.

It's time to get serious with God.

And of course, I'm not saying you're not serious with God, but no matter how serious you are with God,

I'm sure you could come up just a little bit higher, just like I could.

And so I need this message even if you don't.

And I was in church for a long, long time before I got serious with God.

So you see, just the fact that you go to church doesn't mean that Christ is the center of your life.

And that's what He wants.

He wants to be the center of everything and He wants to be invited into and involved in everything that you do.

And so many people think, well, I go to church.

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