0:00:00.340,0:00:02.708 And we're being called upon to walk worthy 0:00:02.708,0:00:07.450 of the calling that God has called us to. 0:00:07.450,0:00:10.606 This is the question! 0:00:10.606,0:00:14.208 Are you decided to succeed? 0:00:14.208,0:00:16.009 And it doesn't start right now. 0:00:16.009,0:00:18.774 Are you decided to take the message 0:00:18.774,0:00:20.655 you heard in the first hour 0:00:20.655,0:00:22.420 and say you know what? 0:00:22.420,0:00:24.202 That convicts me, but I don't want to 0:00:24.202,0:00:25.516 just go out here convicted, 0:00:25.516,0:00:33.450 I want to go out of here changed. 0:00:33.450,0:00:36.886 My wife doesn't really know this happened, 0:00:36.886,0:00:39.983 but a couple weeks back 0:00:39.983,0:00:42.615 I'm driving down Commerce Street. 0:00:42.615,0:00:45.700 And I'm coming up on a street light 0:00:45.700,0:00:47.112 and I've got a green light. 0:00:47.112,0:00:49.103 And the guy comes up the other way 0:00:49.103,0:00:51.193 and he makes a right on red, 0:00:51.193,0:00:53.113 but I don't think he even stopped. 0:00:53.113,0:00:54.754 He just kind of went through it, 0:00:54.754,0:00:56.596 and I was really close to him. 0:00:56.596,0:01:00.179 And you know, I didn't over-break. 0:01:00.179,0:01:03.957 I just kind of flew up [br]real close behind him. 0:01:03.957,0:01:05.784 And my wife said something 0:01:05.784,0:01:09.744 about just doing that [br]because you're trying 0:01:09.744,0:01:13.011 to punish the guy. 0:01:13.011,0:01:18.910 I mean, she was mildly rebuking me. 0:01:18.910,0:01:24.480 And I thought, well, that's [br]exact what I'm doing. 0:01:24.480,0:01:30.516 And I thought I am not going [br]to do that any more. 0:01:30.516,0:01:32.403 There have been various times 0:01:32.403,0:01:35.129 my wife has said you know [br]this is what you're doing, 0:01:35.129,0:01:38.484 and I've said like when she's not looking 0:01:38.484,0:01:40.076 I turn to the Lord and I say, 0:01:40.076,0:01:42.011 Lord, that was exactly what I was doing 0:01:42.011,0:01:47.290 and I don't want to do that any more. 0:01:47.290,0:01:48.798 But I hope you're like that. 0:01:48.798,0:01:51.452 That's the way we've got [br]to approach Scripture 0:01:51.452,0:01:53.892 where it's like something [br]is pointed out to us 0:01:53.892,0:01:58.795 and it's like yes, I'm going [br]to put forth an effort. 0:01:58.795,0:02:00.285 This may not happen perfectly, 0:02:00.285,0:02:02.387 but I'm going to draw a line in the sand. 0:02:02.387,0:02:04.830 It's like I'm not going there any more. 0:02:04.830,0:02:06.205 And if I find myself there, 0:02:06.205,0:02:07.897 I'm going to repent just like that. 0:02:07.897,0:02:12.184 I'm going to back off of that. 0:02:12.184,0:02:15.196 Are you decided to succeed? 0:02:15.196,0:02:18.699 And like I say, it takes being honest. 0:02:18.699,0:02:20.335 You've got to be dead honest. 0:02:20.335,0:02:22.763 James could sit here and tell you 0:02:22.763,0:02:24.900 this convicted me. 0:02:24.900,0:02:27.048 Yeah, and I was squirming over there too. 0:02:27.048,0:02:30.473 And I can tell when my wife - 0:02:30.473,0:02:32.574 she's nodding and I'm thinking, yeah, 0:02:32.574,0:02:36.366 she's thinking about me. 0:02:36.366,0:02:39.661 But if we don't admit where we fail, 0:02:39.661,0:02:43.483 you're not going to do well. 0:02:43.483,0:02:44.737 We've got to be honest - 0:02:44.737,0:02:47.454 honest with the Lord,[br]honest with each other. 0:02:47.454,0:02:51.351 Because look, we're all in the same boat. 0:02:51.351,0:02:52.793 We all are. 0:02:52.793,0:02:55.567 We're a people that need to be saved. 0:02:55.567,0:02:58.022 We need the grace of God.[br]We need the help of God. 0:02:58.022,0:02:59.588 We need the power of God. 0:02:59.588,0:03:02.373 This except was taken from the full sermon 0:03:02.373,0:03:04.564 "Worthy of God's Calling."