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Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even<\/i> the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
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Remember the day… In five days, it’ll be twelve years to the day that I came forth out of the land of Egypt. That’s the day I got saved. I got born again. I passed from death unto life. I got regenerated. I got born from above. Bless His holy name! I remember the day. I remember almost everything about it. I can take you to the 12″ x 12″ tile, in the bathroom, in the parsonage, at the Bible Baptist Church, on Highway 77 outside of Odem, Texas that I bowed my head and from the bottom of my soul cried, “Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner!”<\/p>\n

I remember the numbness of mind the night before. I remember the man of God preaching about hell that night. I remember that\u00a0uh-oh<\/em>\u00a0feeling when he asked, “Does the Holy Ghost live inside you?” I remember the doubt percolating into my mind as I breathed the words to myself, “I’m lost.” I remember waking up the next morning confessing to my wife that I was lost. I remember for the first in my life ever being certain about something. I remember the fake, the phony, the whitened-sepulcher full of dead man’s bones. I remember my wife telling me to ask the Lord to show me myself. I remember confessing again what I was. I remember her taking me by the shoulders and looking me straight in the eyes and saying, “No. Ask the Lord to show you what you are.” I remember asking the Lord to show me what I was.<\/p>\n

I remember what God showed me when I got underneath the running water of that bath. I remember when God turned the lights on in my soul. I remember the darkness. I remember the terror. I remember the devils. I remember the emptiness. I remember the screaming. I remember the crying. I remember the horror. I remember my wife dressing me. I remember my wife dragging me to the car. I remember the swine running across my lawn. I remember my wife driving me to the preacher. I remember the shame. I remember Brother Janow. I remember Sister Rita. I remember Brother Biggs. I remember the praying and the praying and the praying. I remember the singing. I remember I must tell Jesus I must tell Jesus. I remember Preacher Allen on the phone at Cracker Barrel praying for me. I remember nothing happening. I remember I knew how to get saved. I remember knowing this was the only chance I was gonna get. I remember knowing it was now or never. I remember it was saved or madness.<\/p>\n

I remember everybody was hungry. I remember the bathroom. I remember the huge mirror. I remember the wretch in front of that mirror. I remember the shame. I remember the disgust. I remember the tears. I remember I was a sinner, lost and on my way to hell.<\/p>\n

Oh, but bless the Lord! Praise his holy name!\u00a0Glory to God! Yes! Yes! Yes! I remember when God leaned all the way down from heaven and whispered in my ear, “But I still love you.” I remember knowing that God\u00a0loved me and wanted to save me. I remember knowing what I had to do. I remember the descent down to my knees. I remember, “Lord, help me!” I remember my heart getting ripped out. I remember my face hitting the floor. I remember, “Lord, have mercy on me a sinner!”<\/p>\n

I remember the storm stopping. I remember “Peace be still.” I remember looking at that tile and thinking, “I just got saved.” I remember Brother Janow smiling. I remember hugging Brother Biggs. I remember SHOUTING! Yes. I remember the day that I came forth. I remember the day I was birthed in the family of God. I remember when I took my first breath as a child of God. And I want to remember it all the days of my life. It was the greatest day in my life. I met the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

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