Text for sermon in "The Deejay's Dilemma"

Hello, there, I'm the Rev. Bobby Pin, and I'd like to welcome you to our first broadcast of the "Sunday Sermon" program. Thank you for joining me, and I'd like to invite you to think with me on the subject, "How To Find Happiness."

Many people today are looking for happiness. They're looking to the left, to the right, and they're scanning the horizon for something to satisfy their soul. But they can't find it. Perhaps this describes you, my friend. You may be involved in sin in your attempt to find happiness. The Bible says there is pleasure in sin... but it only lasts for a season. It's reward, however, lasts forever. But, the thought of being accountable to God for your sins disturbs you, and you try to distract yourself with things of the world, the sins it offers.

For example, many are enslaved by the bondage of pornography and illicit sex. This may be briefly stimulating, but is degrading, dangerous, and will ultimately lead you to hell itself. That's right, I said hell. It's an unpopular word today. But Jesus spoke of it as being a place of fire and torment, apart from God, from which there is no escape. Destroy this sin before it destroys you. I urge you to turn to the Lord now, while there is still time, before you enter those fires. Christ says, "He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."

Then there are those that turn to the use of artificial stimulants in a vain attempt to escape life's difficulties, and to try to find satisfaction. But drugs, such as marijuana or others, are not an escape. Drugs promise enlightenment, happiness and a taste of heaven, but that's not what they deliver. They will lead you only to the destruction of your body and soul, in the fires of hell. I pray that God lets you feel a little of the fire just now, and that the taste of hell discourages you from going there.

If an effort to forget the impending fires of hell and their earthly troubles, many try to drown their worries in the depths of alchohol. But pickling your brain in booze doesn't make you happy, it only drags you down to hell itself! Drinking kills, my friend. It can't give joy, only take it. Jesus said, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

My friend, God has not created you for such a life as this. Are you frustrated with everything you have to face? Are you pacing back and forth, trying to figure it all out? Are you scratching your head, wondering what to do? Perhaps you are wondering, how does this preacher know my situation so well? Can he see me, somehow? No, I can't but God can. His eyes are upon you right now.

Do you feel as if you are going around in circles, as if someone is chasing you? The one chasing you is God. And he says to you right now, Stop in your tracks. Stop running and turn around. Take a step toward Him. He's reaching out to you. Reach out to Him. Jesus said, Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Wouldn't you like to accept Christ into your heart, right this very minute?

Then, my friend, to make Jesus your savior, follow me in this prayer, and mean it from your heart.

Dear Jesus, I know I'm a sinner. I know I'm lost. But I am asking You to come into my heart and save me. I believe that you are the Son of God, that you died on the cross for my sins, and rose again. Forgive me of all my sins and save me, Dear Jesus. Heavenly Father, I come to You through Your Son. Accept me now, and someday, take me home to heaven to be with You. Amen.

My friend, if you have prayed that prayer with me, and meant it, your name is now written in heaven, and you are a child of God. For the Bible says, But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

The next thing to do is tell someone about your new faith in Christ. For we read in Rom:10:10: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. God bless you as you begin your new life in Christ.

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