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Sunday November 27, 1995...ole Rick Sane had 25 years of booze and drugs under his belt. And as i sometimes do...the stories i tell of all the insanity and chaos...the wickedness and evil that goes with that lifestyle living each and every day for the devil on a road of distruction that would freak most folks totally out. In hind sight just how many times that i laid on that fine line between life and death...and im talking a bunch in many different ways and yet apparentily thinking i was indestructible mixed with equal amounts of stupidity and apparently just not caring . Physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually i was beyond a train wreck...yet...every day i would get up and beat my head against the wall and do it all over again and again and again...for 25 years. Then on that same November day in 1995...for so long thinking that i was dying...so sick and tired of waking up sick and tired...all hope lost for ever seeing another sober day on this side of Hell. That night around 11.00 p.m. wasted as i always was...i got down on my knees in my bedroom and cried out for Jesus to forgive me and save me and i cant be sure but shortly after passed out and although i had had blackouts for many years. I awoke the next morning and i remembered what i had done and even though i was wasted when i ask Jesus for forgiveness that night He knew i was finally at rock bottom and that i meant it from my heart and on that blury Monday morning when i woke...i was a changed man and i tell you...i knew it...i now had the Holy Spirit living in me...right? You see folks....when Jesus comes into your life.....He changes you. Its out with the old and in with the new. You truly are born-again! The man writing these words this morning is the same man from years ago...the only exception is the old Rick was living for satan and the new Rick has Jesus in his life and that is what makes all the difference in the world. On the outside the difference is im looking older...on the inside...ive been washed white as snow and will stay eternally young. Yes...the Holy Spirit comes to live in us when we accept Jesus into our life and from that day forward the very spirit of God is with us every breath of everyday while we walk this earthly journey. It is then and only then...through our awesome living God inside us that we will start to find true happiness, peace, joy and contentment in our life. A loving personal relationship with Jesus is the only satisfying hope we have while we are living in these earthly bodies. So this morning...for whatever reason...maybe you have a problem with drugs or alcohol as i did for 25 years. Or fill in the blank of whatever is going on in your life that is tearing you apart...that has stolen your happiness your peace your joy and contentment. That list can almost be endless at problems and burdens that can effect us but im here to tell you the good news this morning. I want to tell you this morning that the Jesus Christ who set Rick Sane free is the Jesus Christ who will set you free. Our freedom in Jesus isnt the privilege to do what we want. Instead it is the glorious, abundant, supernatural power to do what we ought to. It is saving grace that sets us free. It is sustaining grace that keeps us free. Now pay attention...im not saying that you are going to become problem or burden free. Im saying that the transformation that will take place in your life through the awesome sustaining love of God is...Awesome! And im not saying that suddenly you will have it all together....Ive been walking with Jesus for 29 years now...and i still have some rough edges...i still mess up...and yes mess up means sin. But God has not given up on me....God is still trying to mold me into the likeness of Jesus until that day i enter heaven and im made to be who God desires me to be. So...if you have not been saved...not yet born-again...ask Jesus from your heart to forgive you and surrender your life to Him...right here right now. Its the best decision you will ever make and ill guarantee you that you will never regret it!.....i promise!

I Have No Regrets About My Past...My Past Is Who I Am Today...Born Again!.....
Rick j Sane