Ring the Bell Page #6

- Leave it all behind

- Chains of rejection

You can leave it all behind

Leave it all behind

- All the guilt that weighs you down

- Leave it all behind

Just leave it all behind

and come to the well

Yeah, God is good.

So, I want you guys to know

that before you got here, tonight,

all the tour, all the bands,

all the crew, we all gathered in here,

and we walked through these chairs

praying for you before you got here,

praying that this would be more than just

another Christian family fun night.

Because some of you know

as good as I do, you know,

a song might change your afternoon,

but it's not going to

change your life.

It's going to take something

way more than feeling good

and feeling better

to change your lives.

I can't live by what I feel, but I live

by the truth God's word reveals.

And when I stand before God one day,

he's not going to ask me how I felt.

He's not going to ask me

what church I went to.

He's not going to ask me

how many good things I do

and how many bad

things I stopped doing.

What he's going to ask me

is what did I do with Jesus?

Because we're all

in the same boat down here.

No one's here any more

of a train wreck than

the guy standing up here

with a microphone right now.

We're lost, we're broken, we're fallen,

and we can't fix ourselves.

So, don't come to a concert

and hear this, and then think,

"I need to go get good and come

back to God," because you can't.

It's way too late

to get good. Yeah?

I've gotta realize I'm broken,

and I've fallen,

and I need Jesus.

And God says in his word

that if we confess with

our mouths that Jesus is Lord,

and believe in our heart God raised him

from the dead, we'll be saved.

Listen, confess with my

mouth that Jesus is Lord.

Lord is not a nickname for Jesus.

Lord means King.

To be his is to confess

with my mouth that Jesus

is the Lord and King of my life forever,

and I will follow my King forever,

and I believe in my heart

that the same God

that raised Jesus from the dead

can raise me from the dead.

That's so much bigger

than trying to be better.

It's realizing,

"Lord, I need You."

I'm desperate, and I lay

my life at Your feet.

I turn from the sin in my life,

and I'm following You, to be Yours."

That's good stuff.

You can do that, tonight.

If you feel like you're still

on the outside looking in,

when it comes to

a friendship with God,

Jesus himself said, "No one comes to

the Father unless the spirit draws him."

So, if it's even on your

mind and in your heart,

right now, to take a step

towards the Father,

please know this is very personal.

He's not waving his hand

over a crowd right now.

He's calling you right now,

and you can lay your life

at His feet tonight.

Can we just pray together?

Let's just bow our heads

and close our eyes.

There's nothing magical about it.

We're just getting

our mind off everybody else

and asking God to show

his truth for us.

Father, if anyone in here needs You,

they already know it.

You've been moving in their lives

long before they got to this room.

So now that we're here,

it would be a tragedy to come this

close to the well and go home thirsty.

Lord, if anyone needs you, let them

lay their life at Your feet now.

Draw them to You.

Guys, if you're here, and you want

to know Jesus, just tell Him.

Say, "Lord, I'm Yours.

Take my sin, take my junk,

take all the garbage.

I lay it at Your feet,

and I'll follow You."

If you're here, tonight,

and that is what your

heart is crying out,

I want to pray with you.

There's some pastors in

the area that have been

praying for this event

long before you got here,

and they'd love to meet

you down here in the front,

just pray with you before you go.

Because as cool as this moment is

in here, life isn't like this,

all quiet and tidy,

while we get our thoughts together.

We've got to leave this

building and know how to live,

and we need to walk with Jesus

in a church that will love us.

I'll meet you right down here.

As the pastors come forward,

you come down.

Meet us down here,

and let us pray with you guys.

You come.

If you want someone to come with you,

you bring them with you.

Just come down here with us.

Father God, thank you

for being so real to us.

Thank you, God, that you didn't need

any of this to go on to talk to us;

but, Lord, you've used

this moment to draw

some brand new brothers

and sisters to You.

Lord, thank you for what

you're doing.

God, I thank you that

You are the reformer

and the reshaper,

the transformer of our lives.

We love you, and we thank you.

In Jesus' name, amen.

You run

You run as far as

you can run from love

You run to the ends of the world

To the ends of the world

To the ends of the world

To the ends of the world

Hey buddy, did you have fun?

How was it?

How is he?

Great news.

His mom's going to be okay,

and they located his uncle

in the next town over.

That is good news.

Thank you so much.

Come on, let's go.

I told Daisy I would pray.

God, I...

I know you're up there.

I know you're real...

because I've seen You.

I've seen You here...

in this place.

Thank you for letting me see this.

Hi, mom.

No, I'm fine.

Everything is okay.

I will.

I just called to say hi.

No, no, I'm not laughing at you.

I will.

Yeah, I know.

I know you're praying for me.

That's what moms do.

I will.

I love you, too, mom.

This is Rob.

Rob, where are you?

- What?

- The guys are waiting for you.

- What time is it?

- It's 10:
00 in the morning.

Did you just wake up?

Maggie, I need

to borrow your bike.

That's not a good idea.

No, really, Mr. Decker,

that is not a good idea!

Bring it back, Mr. Decker!

No, stop that!

No, no, no! Come back, come back,

come, come back!

Thanks, Maggie!

It doesn't have any brakes!

Oh, boy.

- Are you kidding?

- This isn't going to end good.

Are you kidding me?

You all right, buddy?

Rob, look who

showed up in my backyard.

Mr. Cy young over here,

Rick Sutcliffe.

Remember the '93 Phillies team

I was telling you about?

This is Jon Kruk.

Mr. All star over here,

Ben Zobrist.

Man, the performance

was great, but,

the dismount and

landing was terrible.

Kruky, what do

you think about that?

A couple of things.

With the bike, first of all,

are you kidding me?

Did you sleep in the clothes?

Well, at your age Sut,

you wonder why our careers

are in the toilet right now?

That's what represents us.

Yeah, you can all laugh,

you can all laugh.

If you're gonna eat,

you'd better eat quick,

because I'm here to see some of that

Florida heat I've been hearing about.

Go get 'em, Scooter.

All right.

Sut, it's on.

Oh, not me.

I'm the pitcher.

Obviously, he's not going anywhere.

Go get 'em, Big Ben.

It's all up to you, buddy.

I'd love to.

All right, batter up!

Let's go, Ben.

How you doin' Ken?

All right.

We're gonna die.

You want to take a few first?

I'm good.

I love it.

That's not good.

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