[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by notofworks

I can't say I got a whole heck of a lot out of Bible School....much of which was my fault, not theirs.....but one of the most monumental moments of my spiritual journey was the day Dan Segraves taught about this very thing. Jesus said, "He that comes to the Father, I will not cast out" and Bro. Segraves said, "This picture that has been painted of the altar call countdown or God will be finished with you is a lie!!!", and he would yell it. "As long as you have the ability to call upon God, He will always have the ability to respond!"

There are no words to describe the relief I felt. As an 18-year-old who had never drank, smoked, no drugs, a virgin, about as well-behaved as you can get at that age, I was still often convinced that I had sinned away my grace, because of the scary sermons we often had to endure.

To suddenly realize that God wasn't counting down my chances, but was instead, simply waiting for me to turn to Him......WOW!!!

As Carmen sang "The desire is the confirmation, the destination is there" spoke to me at this time on this very thing, at a time I needed to hear it.