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The Bible says don't be drunk with wine, wear it and it's excess, but be filled with

this spirit.

Pastor Greg Laurie points out, we can choose who or what exercises control over our lives

and we need to choose well.

I don't want to be under the influence of an intoxicant.

Be it drinking, be it any other drug of any kind that is controlling me, I don't want

to be controlled by the spirits, I want to be controlled by the Holy Spirit.

That's a precious thing.

This is the day when the lost are found.

This is the day for a moment again.

Amazing grace, how sweet the strong.

But can you hear the Holy Spirit?

This is the day when life begins.

Imagine sitting in the driver's seat of your parked car and you start disassembling your steering wheel.

You loosen the nut that holds your steering wheel in place.

Now the steering wheel is barely connected to your front wheels.

Are you willing to hit the open highway without that control?

Only if you like ditches.

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