well, okay, misery, hangovers, being full of bitterness, resentment, unforgiveness. hating people, you might need to give that up somewhere down t road, but there's none of that that you even have to give up right now tonight. all you need to do is just receive, receive, receive, receive, receive. receive the love of god, receive a new nature, receive the righteousness of god. i'm not inviting you to join a religion. i am inviting you into an intimate, personal relationship with god, intimacy with god. you see, we might say that although god is everywhere all the time, we might say officially that he lives in two places. he has a throne in heaven, but he wants to come and also live in your heart. you become, and this still amazes me--the bible says that we become the home of god. how beautiful is that? we become the home of god. so maybe you've never made this commitment, or maybe you're a backslidden person and you've tried to serve god and you're walked away from him, and you're ready to really make a commitment. maybe you understand it better after hearing what i