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When Jesus really has come into your heart, everything should be open to Him.

Pastor Greg Laurie points out if we close our hearts to the Lord, He's really not our Lord.

When we invite Him to be our Lord, we invite Him into the center of our lives.

You open your heart, you open your home, you open your resources, you open your future,

you open everything up to Him and say, Lord, I'm glad to have you in here.

Tell me what you want me to do and where you want me to go. That's right.

This is the day when the lost are found. This is the day of a moment beginning. Amazing grace,

how sweet the snow. Again you can't hold me, I just don't see no.

This is the day the day when I was living.

We like to put our best foot forward. It's a cultural thing.

We keep certain things to ourselves. If we just pass the check or we're in over our

head at work or there's relationship stress, we stay silent on those subjects.

But today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie points out,

when Jesus makes his home in our hearts, we give him permission to explore the hidden issues

we're keeping to ourselves. Including the one you're thinking about right now.

Let's get some good and critical.

This is the day the day when life begins.

So question, have you ever been in a situation that looked utterly hopeless?

There was no way out that you could see and it was like a worst-case scenario unfolded

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