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So I'm simply saying I surrendered and

submitted my will to God’s will. I gave up

my rule, which is self-rule, and I submitted

myself to God's rule. In other words, I

turned myself over to the Lord in the sense

that my life was put into His hands. My

allegiance changed that day, May the 15th,

1972. I was no longer my own Lord and

charting out my own destiny. Jesus Christ

became my Lord; He became my owner;

He's the one who became the substitute for

my salvation; He became my Lord and

Savior. I didn't know a debate existed. I

didn't know the terms, but this is what

happened the day that I came to saving

faith in Jesus Christ. And I did bow the knee

there that day aboard the USS Lexington in

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