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An excerpt from tonight's thing:

When you accept Jesus into your life, you immediately find out what your real name, what your real identity truly is: it’s child of God. Jesus Christ did not die on the cross just for me. No, he died for everyone. Everyone in this room has a name in store for them; it is waiting there for you to pick up. And that identity is child of God. The Bible says that “if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” The day you choose to follow God, He gives you a new name, a new identity. And just like Cassius Clay doesn’t exist anymore, your old identity no longer exists either.

If you’re not a Christian, my friend, I’ve got some great news for you. You can be somebody, you can have an identity, you can belong, you can truly, truly belong. And you don’t have to earn it. And you don’t have to work for it. At the end of Napoleon Dynamite, Pedro wins the election and celebrates. Do you know that all of the angels of Heaven will celebrate if you turn over your life to Jesus? That’s what the Bible says. They are waiting for you to change your life. All you have to do is do what I did. Answer that nagging feeling in your heart. Answer that feeling in your heart that you don’t feel complete. Tell God that you want to belong to Him. God has already paid your fine. He is looking for you to accept His gift. Because He’s looking for you, He is looking and looking for you.

Who do you want to be?