Let's mighty cardiovascular baby we pray towater earth three days a week,
You'll wait forever
Our hearts are from the heavens
And on the earth they'll die
The earth they'll die
And you'll not be alone, girl, we'll be
Through the center of the wind
Through the blood-soaked sea
Through the sun, for this I give you
Take the right to be free from the cold
I do want you with my hands
Our hearts are home, our hearts are feeling well
You're the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not take your own, no, we're in
The eternal love, the one we love
The one we love
You do not take your own, no, we're in
The everlasting God
You'll wait forever
Our hearts are strong, we'll learn to love
You're the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not take your own, no, we're in
The center of the wind
Through the heart, for this I give you
The everlasting God
Alright, we're going to pray together at this time
and then very shortly, I'll tell you how we end out
and we'll be back hopefully before the end of the service
after that conversation takes place.
Father in Heaven, we recognize
having heard it from your word
having felt the testimony of the voice
buried in our hearts when that's true
for those of us who have
we recognize that you are a sovereign God
that you are in charge of all things
you see the past, present, and future
indeed you are present in the past, present, and future
you are on the throne, ruling over the earth
you set the times for seasons and wind and rain
you have allowed it to be so
for the things that are going on in the earth right now
even in the kingdom of God, because of your grace
there is room for people to get into foolishness
for people to choose things that are not right for themselves or for others
Lord, at times we recognize that we have done that
we too are once an obvious of wrath
there may be somebody in this room
who has not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior
and they are still an obvious of wrath
that means that you oppose the course they're currently on
you're trying to help them find the right way
trying to push them in the right way
and that this is one that they don't necessarily see the right way
or if that's any one of us
Lord, I pray that that person
will open their hearts, open their eyes
look towards you, look towards the love that you have for us
and of course you're trying to do
Father, we thank you for this place
and the miracles that you've done for us over here
and I know you've done the same thing in Lambertville Lord
the miracles that you've done for that church over here
we thank you that they have a heart to live
to reach people to gospel
to grow
I pray that that really is true
prove to them that it's true for us
if we get involved with them and help them Lord
that through that you can grow us
you can make us better and better people
stronger and stronger Christians
faithful followers
bold in speaking out
quick to cut out the things that so easily hold us back
and rightly divide in the word of God
and living according to your will
the best we know how in times that
maybe the best word to describe it is tumultuous
there's a lot of activity, a lot of energy
a lot of things popping up here and there and everywhere
and people are doing all kinds of things
and a lot of folks just want to keep on like it was
want to keep indulging in the entertainment activities of people
of the world
you cannot
we want to be focused on you
we need your help to do that
Lord we pray for the church of Lamb
we pray for ourselves
we pray that you would intervene the way that you want
we pray that you would be able to lead people to Jesus
we pray that Jesus would have his way
which is to save all who have come to him
all who have received
we pray that you would have your way
that is if the word gets out
believers are baptized and discipled by Jesus
and trained by us
and we raise them up
to be a bigger, better, stronger
more actively in love
church of God
bless the music
bless the instrumentalist
bless the singers
bless the preacher
bless all that goes on here today Lord
as you see fit
speak well of us in the heavenly places
let all the angels see
that your people love you
more than anything on the earth
that's what we want to do
we want to love you
more than anything on the earth
let it all pass away now
as we focus our eyes on you
we pray all this in Jesus name
Amen
Thank you very much
Alright, I need everybody to stand up
It's the stand up song
I apologize in advance for a rhythm section
because I'm going to irritate them
I need two children volunteers
that will participate in the next song
and pay attention the entire time
There's noise involved
Tyler and Caleb, come here
You don't have to stay up here
You can take back to your seat
Okay, so in the chorus of this song
we're going to sing crazy the Lord
and then clap clap
Caleb and Tyler are going to be louder
You need to clap louder than their instruments are
Amalia is going to show you how to do it
So follow her
It's going to be a challenge
because they're pretty loud
Everybody stand up
Clap louder when you're standing
I don't know that that's true
but you can sing louder when you're standing
That is true
Here we go
Music
Awesome job
You can set those back up here
And then children, if you're tired to do motions
do the front please
Music
Don't worry, you know this one
Not a B4
Music
Sorry, why not
Alright, well apparently we passed the dance line
I didn't know you were laughing
So what have you read or seen that inspired you?
Music
Are you okay?
Amoey?
I told you to turn back
I thought we could make it
We?
I thought I could make it
We can fix it
It was made by the gods
You can't fix it
Next time we'll be more careful
Tikal was stuck on the barrier island
It's lava, it can't go in the water
We can find a way around
I'm not going back
We still have to restore the heart
My hook is cracked
One more hit and it's over
Amoey, you have to restore the heart
Without my hook I am nothing
That's not true
Without my hook I am nothing
We are only here because you stole the heart in the first place
We are here because the ocean told you you are special and you believed it
I am Mauna of Motului
You will board my boat
Goodbye Mauna
Stay all across the sea
I'm not killing myself so you can prove yourself that you are not
Restore the heart of Tempiti
The ocean chose me
It chose wrong
Why did you bring me here?
I'm not the right person
You have to choose someone else
Choose someone else
Please
I'm not the right person
It inspires me that
After that part she dies out
The ocean takes the heart
And she believes in it
And her grandma will pop up
And she will remember never to give up
I hug on your bed
And it tells me that you are believing in yourself
Very good
Alright pray
We are going to start pious and offer and then we will get back to the worship
Okay
Come on
Lord Father in heaven thank you for this day, thank you for this opportunity to come together as a body
And a body that you have assembled Lord
We know that Jesus is our head
Anything is possible
And that we can accomplish many great things all in your name
Please Lord bless the tithes and offerings so that we may accomplish many great things in your name
For you, through you, and by you
Lord please bless this time we have here
Bless our days and bring the message
I pray that Dan and Tony will have a safe trip
And that they'll spark a huge revival in that body Lord
That they would be so filled with your spirit and move
That they would become on fire for the Lord
God please bless us here
Help us to hear from you today
Help us to absorb what we hear
And put it to use in our lives
In Jesus name we pray
Hello
What did you say?
Oh
Oh, you feel better about yourself now
I want to see you
In the eyes of my heart
I want to see you
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see you
See you
I'm a student of the devil
Shining in the light of your glory
You rise above in love
In the evening while we only know you
See you in the eyes of my heart
Shining in the light of your glory
You rise above in love
In the evening while we only know you
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
I want to see you
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see you
See you in the eyes of my heart
Shining in the light of your glory
You rise above in love
In the evening while we only know you
See you in the eyes of my heart
Shining in the light of your glory
You rise above in love
In the evening while we only know you
Holy, holy, holy
You are holy, holy, holy
I want to see you
Is it time to go yet?
I don't know my love
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
Not my love
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
Sometimes it can hide your vision
The flaws of her has shamed you down
You think I've forgotten all you're dreaming of
But how can I forget the one I love?
And it's not my power
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
Not my love
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
When we've found that shall we renew
Our wills when you're holding on
And what I promised shall be done
It's not my power
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
I can see your heart is tired
When the courage has worn thin
I wonder how long do I have to hang on
When my love comes in
When we've found our land
It's not my power
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
Not my love
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
When we've found that shall we renew
Our wills when you're holding on
And what I promised shall be done
It's not my power
Not my love
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
Not my love
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
When we've found that shall we renew
Our wills when you're holding on
And what I promised shall be done
Not my love
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
Not my love
Not my power
But love in my spirit is a roar
Not my spirit is a roar
We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Convert from evil to good
Convert for family protection while we sleep
We pray for healing
We pray for healing for prosperity
We pray for your mighty hand
To ease our suffering
All the while you hear each spoke in me
Your love is way too much to give us less a thing
Cause what if your blood seems not to redraw
What if your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand slainless lives are what it takes
To know you're near
What if trials of this life are your first days in the sky
We pray for wisdom
We pray for your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel you near
We pray for your love
We pray for your peace
We cry in anger when we cannot feel you near
We doubt your goodness
We doubt your love
As if every promise from your word is not enough
All the while you hear each desperate plea
As long as we have faith to believe
Cause what if your blood seems not to redraw
What if your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand slainless lives are what it takes
To know you're near
What if trials of this life are your first days in the sky
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win we know
The pain reminds us part
That this is love, this is love
Love
Cause what if your blood seems to come through redraws
What if your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless lives are what it takes
To know you're near
What if my greatest disappointment
Or the aching of this life
Is not revealing all the greater thus
This world can't satisfy
What if trials of this life
Are rainless storms, the hottest nights
Are your mercies in the sky
What if my greatest disappointment
Is not revealing all the greater thus
Well, we tried to just, you know, set stuff on top of it and nothing we had was even remotely
close to enough weight.
So I brought up the genius idea of, okay, well, let's set a car on top of it.
So we had the car on a lift with just the front two tires up, we slid the plow blade
under there and we started setting it down on the plow blade.
What happened is, is the middle of it started to bow up.
So we're like, okay, well now we need something straight, big enough that's going to handle
the pressure to be able to sit on top of it.
So we went out to the barn behind our shop and found a pole from a sign that they had
put up and it was like probably seven foot.
So we set that on the plow blade and then we set the truck on top of that.
Nothing sketchy about that at all.
But we knew going into that, that, okay, this was a really bad idea, but we had no other
options and while the car and the stuff is sitting on this plow blade, me and Joshua
under there with a torch and a welder heating this piece of metal up so it can form to the
shape and he's welding, trying to make sure it stays that way.
It was great.
It was, it was funny, but it was, it was one, it was one of those moments where we both
knew, okay, this was a really dumb idea, but we're going to do it anyways.
So in today, what I've found is for one, it's not really that moment that matters that much.
It's what happens afterwards.
So if you have one of those moments where, okay, well, you know, it's a bad idea, but
you do it anyways, and it turns out to work out really good, like luckily in mind of my
coworkers, it worked out great.
That's a good thing.
So we're happy.
We're like, okay, cool.
We did it.
We got it fixed and life went on.
However, that could have catastrophically failed and that car could have fell off that
beam that was sitting on the plow blade and crushed one of us.
And it's the same with when you unintentionally do something that turns out to be a bad idea.
When you do something like that, what matters is what's after that idea or whatever that
scenario happens.
So if you do something and you immediately realize the bad idea, do you try to do it
again or do you try to do it a different way?
Usually if it doesn't work out, you try to do it a different way, right?
You know, because that's the definition of insanity is trying to do the same thing over
and over again, expecting a different result that that is insanity.
So instead you try to figure out a different way to do it or ask others how, hey, maybe
they can help.
But either way, what happens after is a lot more impactful than the actual situation you
might be in.
And like I said, I got that because of what Moses does in these couple of verses and the
stuff I found in between.
So we are going to look at Matthew chapter four, verse 21.
Thanks, Ron.
So it starts off by saying, now the Lord was angry with me on your account and I swore
that I would not cross the Jordan and that I would not enter the good land, which the
Lord your God is giving to you as an inheritance.
So Moses already knew he wasn't going to get into the promised land.
He knew he wasn't going to cross the Jordan because of the stuff that happened with Israel
before they ended up in the wilderness and while they were in the wilderness.
So Moses already knew that he wasn't going to make it in the promised land.
So it shows how God held Moses accountable for what he was doing.
Look back to when Moses struck the rock for water.
That's not what God told him to do, but that's what he did anyways.
And he knew that that was not the right thing to do, but he did it anyways.
And now he has to pay the price for it.
And it's the same with us.
When we do something, we end up facing the consequences for whatever we do.
And it just goes to show how God will hold us accountable for any, anything we do.
God is going to hold us accountable for that.
Then 22 says for I will die in this land.
I shall not cross the Jordan, but shall cross, but you shall cross and take possession of
this good land.
And right here you can see how Moses humbles himself admitting that, okay, I'm going to
die here because this is what God told me was going to happen.
And he accepts that it's also, you can also see how no matter where you stand, no matter
your title, whatever you are accountable by God for what you have to do.
If God tells you to do something and you decide to not do that, you will be held accountable
that it does not matter what your title is.
Moses was a very, what would be considered a high ranking person.
He had a lot of authority.
However, he did not have authority over God.
So God held him accountable for everything that he done.
And right here you can see how he realizes this and he's pretty much come to acceptance
with okay, this is, this is how it is now.
I'm going to die here.
I'm not going to see the promised land.
I'm not going to see the good land that you guys are taking.
And instead later you'll see that that's Joshua most probably already know that, but it's
Joshua that ended up taking them over.
But he admits that he knows he was accountable for the sins that Israel made and he made.
For chapter four, verse 22.
Yeah.
I may have, if I did, I'm sorry.
I meant Deuteronomy.
If that's what I said, my bad.
I have a note right here that says Matthew and I was looking at that when I said it.
So it's highly possible that's exactly what I said.
All right.
Anyway we are going to continue and verse 23 says, so watch yourselves that you do not
forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you and make your make
for yourselves a driven image in the form of anything against which the Lord God has
commanded you.
So right here, Moses tell, he warns them, he's warning them, Hey, don't forget the promise
you made with God and don't forget the promise God made with you.
This is really important because we make promises all the time and there's a lot of times we
don't keep those promises because stuff comes up, something gets in the way.
So we can't stick to our commitments right here.
Most is telling them to remember that what they have, that relationship they've had
with God through the whole time they were in the wilderness, because the whole time
they were there, that 40 years, their clothes didn't wear out.
They never had to worry about food.
They never had to worry about water.
Their livestock was taken care of.
So although they sinned against God, God still provided for them because he promised that
he would take care of his people.
And right here, most is telling them, look, this is what God promised.
He promised you guys this.
This is what's going to happen.
You guys need to not forget the reason why we're here.
He also warns them not to make an idol of anything that God forbid.
So God is supposed to be at the very top, right?
Anything we put at the top, either whether it's next to God or above God, that is not
the right place for it.
Everything needs to be below God because ultimately he has the power.
He's in charge.
He knows everything.
So nothing can be put up there with God.
And obviously when Moses was making, when God was making the 10 commandments, they made
an idol of a calf and they were worshiping that and Moses came down and broke it.
Because we need to remember that God is the head of our life.
This also brings up the Matthew 5 37.
It says, but let your statement be yes, yes, or no, no.
Anything beyond this is evil.
So when you make a commitment, you have to stick to that commitment.
No matter how hard it is, you have to stick to that.
And God is like that.
When God tells us he's going to do something, it's going to happen.
Now it might not happen when we want it to happen or when we think it's going to happen,
but it's going to happen.
So when you sin against God and you go against what he said, you may not get a punishment
right away.
It may not look obvious right away, but eventually you're going to be held accountable for everything
you've done.
I mean, just think back if we were still, if Adam and Eve didn't sin, where would we
be?
We'd probably be in a garden as beautiful as Adam and Eve was in and have no worries
and have everything provided for us.
But we can't do that because sin.
And then the last verse is 24.
It says, for the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
So we are not spared from the mistakes we've made.
Adam and Eve got kicked out of the Garden of Eden because they sinned against God.
So they paid for their mistakes, just like we do.
If you go out and you murder somebody, you get put in jail, you pay for your mistakes.
And if you're a Christian, you are held to a much higher standard.
You are supposed to be consciously living for God every day.
Therefore you are not supposed to be purposely sinning.
I'm going to go to Hebrews 12 28 real quick.
Glad I have it on my phone.
It's a lot faster that way.
Then in Hebrews 12 28 it says, therefore we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken.
Let us show gratitude by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence
and awe for our God is a consuming fire.
What does God give us all the time?
Grace.
Exactly.
God gives us grace all the time.
It's always there for us.
When we mess up, He gives us grace.
He forgives us for our sin and life goes on.
When we mess up, what happens?
Feel God's wrath.
We pay for that.
So all the stuff that's happening in the world right now, if you can sit there and for sure
say we don't live in an unstable world, there's something wrong with you.
We live in a very unstable world.
There's so much bad and there's still good and there's but when it all boils down to
our world has gotten so messed up because of the sins people make.
So you can see how sin is also a consuming fire.
Sin will spread.
But however God's grace is the same way.
If we show grace towards others and we forgive others, that spreads.
And this is like a little bit of what Sherri was saying earlier.
This is why I don't think we have as much good portrayed as we should because people
are not willing to show people grace anymore.
They want to dislike people just because they don't believe something instead of just moving
on but also people aren't speaking up about the good things anymore.
If we could actually speak up and show people how God's grace works, that would be the consuming
fire on the other side of it.
It would spread like crazy.
And let's be honest, we need a revival in this world today.
We need people to understand that God's grace is here for us.
I mean look at what he did for the Israelites for that 40 years.
He showed them grace for all that time they were in the wilderness.
Even though they still deliberately sinned against God, he still showed them grace.
He didn't wipe them off the face of the planet.
Even though he wanted to, but Moses told him not to.
And then they still were given the essentials they needed because of grace.
And something else to see here is we are a part of a kingdom that cannot be shaken.
Nothing on this world, nothing that can happen in your own life can shake the kingdom of
God.
If you are fully in and live for Jesus, nothing you do will shake that.
You are there, you are stuck there permanently, nothing can take that away from you.
Our relationship with God is our stability in an unstable world.
So if you ever feel like your world is falling apart and things aren't going right and everything
is crashing down around you, you stand on what Jesus says, you will be able to be stable
through all of that.
Have any of you guys ever experienced an earthquake?
You lived over there.
I was in California a few years back for the military and we had an earthquake on the base
and it was the weirdest thing I've ever experienced in my life.
And it wasn't even that bad of one, but it was the weirdest thing ever.
And everything starts shaking and you feel real off balance.
That's how our world is.
And if we stand with God, we can completely ignore that because our stability comes from
Christ.
That's it.
You want a good stable life, you want to be able to be secure in your position, you got
to understand that the kingdom of God is that.
Exactly.
We also have to serve as though we were working for God.
Everything we do in our life has to be for God, whether it's your daily job, your ministry
or whatever.
You have to do that as though you were doing it for God, which kind of goes into this first
point here.
We have to understand, we have to come to the realization that in our ministries, we
are replaceable.
If you are not doing what God tells you to do, he will replace you.
He replaced Moses with Joshua.
You are replaceable.
If you are deliberately not living for God, even though you said you want to, God is eventually
going to replace you with somebody that will.
Moses understood this because he even said, in this land I will die, I will not cross
the Jordan with you.
He understood that he was going to be replaced.
It all boils down to what he was being held accountable for what he did.
If you make a promise to God, you have to understand you are making a vow to do the
right thing and God is making that same commitment with you.
He will give you the strength, he will give you everything you need in order to do that.
The second thing is, you are not spared from sin.
No matter what your title is, your sins will be accounted for, but we are not free from
death.
Eventually we are going to die.
Everyone in here is going to die, everyone has an expiration date.
What happens after that death?
Hopefully, if you are saved, you go to heaven.
But you think when you get there you are still not going to have to account for everything
you have done?
Look at what it says in the Bible, you will be judged on that day, you will be held accountable.
The last thing, we need to understand that we are part of a kingdom that cannot be shaken.
We are in the most solid kingdom, the most solid thing you could ever think of if you
are a believer in Christ.
You no longer have to worry about the worldly things and what is going on outside the world.
You no longer have to worry about all the negative stuff the media portrays or social
media or whatever.
You don't have to worry about that anymore because where we stand in God, all of that
is nothing except fuel for us to go out there and do God's work.
That's all it should do.
You see all this stuff on TV or whatnot about how people get murdered and everything, then
you do God's work.
Don't sit back and just go, oh, I really wish somebody would do something about that or
somebody really needs to fix this.
God has called us to do his work.
If you truly look to Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you have everything you need.
Like I said, we will be able to see the grace of God spread like a wildfire, but it's up
to us as Christians to stand up and say something instead of sitting down and just taking it.
Look at how many churches now openly accept gay marriage because that's what they were
forced to do or how many churches shut down when COVID happened.
We have to be able to be standing on... Remember that we stand where nothing can shake us.
If we go out there and do the work of God, then God's kingdom will grow more.
I was approached by Dan when all that started, when all the stuff with COVID started and
churches were shutting down.
He asked me if one person from my family would go to church every Sunday, even if they banned
us from going to churches.
I said, yeah, with some hesitation because if I get thrown in jail for going to church
because they wanted to close churches down, then that leaves my wife and my kids alone
by themselves.
But I knew that God would take care of them, although it's here the crap out of me to think
that that was actually a real possibility.
But this is the kind of stuff we're going to face.
We have to realize that there's so much against the church and it's getting worse.
The problem is because we aren't standing up for our rights, our belief.
That's what we need to do.
We need to be able to stand up and tell people, look, I'm going to do God's work whether you
want me to or not.
That's just how it is.
I tell my kids all the time, the only time you're ever allowed to disobey me is if I
tell you to do something that God specifically told you not to do.
I was like, that's the only time they're allowed to disobey me.
And Jason actually called me out on it once.
Not going to get into that because it's a long story, but he actually, it was really
funny, but he called me out on it once.
But it goes to show again, how God's kingdom works.
I said, Moses knew all of this when he was standing on the other side of the Jordan.
He knew the responsibilities, his accountability.
He knew all of that and it is shown to us.
We have the examples in the Bible of countless examples in the Bible of how we can see how
grace is and how God's wrath is.
We see it throughout the whole Bible.
So short, sweet and to the point, in conclusion.
So if you ever tried to do something bad and you did it and you didn't get caught, stole
something, snuck something into your room when your parents told you not to snuck on
TV.
I've done, I've done plenty of things where I'm like, yeah, I didn't get caught and I
just did that.
So how do you, if you think about that, how would it make you feel knowing that God knows?
You may think you didn't get caught, but God knows.
But the best part is, is God still forgives you.
Even when we don't deserve it, God still forgives us.
We need to understand that we are called to something and we need to do it the best of
our ability.
We also need to be humble in our situations.
We need to realize that we're not better than anyone.
I mean, I'm no better than Aaron.
I'm just a guy.
Aaron's just a guy.
He may know more things than I do, but I know more things than he does.
So we're not, we can't put ourselves on this high pedestal.
So if you're a part of the kingdom of God and you know this and you know where you stand,
you know you're a believer, you've accepted Jesus, then you need to look in your life
and realize, are you still deliberately sinning against God?
Because if you are, there is a problem.
We should never be willingly sinning against God.
I'm not saying that accidents don't happen.
I'm not going to sit here and say you can never sin against God because that'd just
be ridiculous.
However, I am confident enough to say that we should never purposely sin against God.
Instead we are to honor God.
We are to obey God.
So in a way of closing, I'm going to have, I guess a short sweep to the point.
But in a way of closing, I want the music team to come up here.
We're going to sing a song, but I want you guys to look in your own life, in your own
heart and realize that every sin you commit, God is going to hold you accountable for that.
You will face God's wrath.
But also on the flip side of this, understand that we have the grace of God because he loves
us.
He chose us as his own people.
So we have the grace of God to forgive us, but you can't keep purposely intentionally
sinning against God when you're saved.
It just has to stop.
This is me too.
I'm talking to myself here.
As Christians, we are called to a higher standard because we are chosen by God.
Just like Israel, just like Moses.
We are called by God to do his work.
Therefore we have to do his work.
And if we get to a point where everything seems to be falling and nothing's going right,
just remember you stand on the solid rock of Christ.
You cannot be pushed around.
You cannot be shaken.
You stand on the most solid foundation ever given to us and that is Jesus.
So keep pushing forward and realize that we are loved and cherished.
And just like Moses did with Israel, we are still held accountable for everything.
Jesus, I surrender all to him my freely give.
I will love the love and trust him in his presence in the air.
I surrender all, I surrender all to be my God and Savior.
I surrender all.
Thanks for listening to this podcast by New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church of East
Toledo.
New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church of East Toledo was a Southern Baptist Church plant
and ultimately settled at 255 Hefner Street in Toledo, Ohio, which is the old Hefner School
building given to us by TPS through the city of Toledo due to their recognizing just how
awesome New Heights is.
Well, okay.
They saw our impact on the community and they saw a building that was going to waste and
they put the two together and here we are blessed to be in this building.
We're a relatively young church looking for people to come and join us.
Would you consider coming to plug in?
Send your family, send your friends.
Let's reach New Heights and Jesus together.
You've been listening to Brother R.J.
Sho preaching from Deuteronomy 4 as we've been working our way through the book of Deuteronomy.
Pastor Dan was out of the service today after announcements visiting a church in Southern
Michigan that's looking at trying to revive and come back to life and they're interested
in New Heights possibly joining them.
So would you join us in prayer?
That church remains unnamed because we don't have that permission yet, but would you join
us in prayer that they would indeed decide to pursue growth in the kingdom of God and
that we'd be able to help them?
Look forward to many events coming from New Heights.
We've got book bags being circulated through our pantry for all the Saturdays and Sundays
of August as long as the book bags last, which I don't know how long that's going to be.
So if you want to come to the pantry and get groceries if you're eligible and you can come
get book bags for your students, students do need to be present for that.
And we're supporting the Southside Life Station.
Southside Life Station is a food and clothing pantry that is a ministry of Northwest Ohio
Baptist Association here in Toledo.
We'd love to have you support the Life Station with us.
You can do that through donations of gently used and clean, ready to be given away clothing
or other odds and end miscellaneous household items.
Nothing bigger than a microwave please because we just don't have space for it.
You can do it by volunteering to deliver or to pack groceries for delivery or for pickup
or for people who need it.
We've got hundreds and hundreds of boxes and bags that can be packed pretty much every
day.
We could always use help with that.
Opening and hanging clothing sorting by age and gender in our clothing pantry.
You can also do it by recruiting others to help us.
You can be an enlistment partner enlisting folks to donate or enlisting folks to come
and serve or spread the word so that we can help people and let them know that we can
help.
We do deliver to the entire city of Toledo and we have folks come and pick up from our
front door as well.
We are facing a $60,000 deficit for the fiscal year 23.
So if you know someone who is interested in giving financially any little bit will help
and spread the word.
When you go to your doctor, when you go to your dentist, when you go to the store, whatever,
let people know that they have the opportunity to give to the Salus.life station and the
awesome work that the life station is doing.
You can read more about it on LifeStationToledo.com.
Encourage you to download our app, Life for Toledo.
It's in the app store regardless of whether you're on Android or iOS.
And then you also, from there or on your own, you can get a free subscription to Right Now
Media for the next year or so.
I think we're ending at the end of June next year.
Our church has arranged for free subscriptions to Right Now Media for anybody who is interested
in looking in our general direction.
And that is basically like a streaming service similar to Netflix or one of those.
And it has 20,000 plus Bible studies on there and 2,500 plus kids shows all family friendly
and many of them Bible based.
And you can get that for free.
You can text NHFBCT, as in New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church of Toledo, NHFBCT to 49775.
So you just go in right where you'd put a phone number in if you were texting and put
49775 and then you text NHFBCT and it will send you the link.
Then you click on the link and then you go in there and put in your email address and
choose a password and you're ready to sign into Right Now Media and start watching free
programs, Bible studies and kids programs and all kinds of good stuff on there.
You also can do it via the app, the bottom link on the front page I think it is, the
bottom button if you push that button it says Right Now Media and you get it that way.
That's in our app Life for Toledo.
So there's a lot of good stuff going on and that's just the beginning of it.
Obviously you already know about our podcast because you're listening to it but please
spread the word about that.
You might not know about the Life for Toledo podcast which is a podcast of two minute encouraging
messages and then also a wide variety of other things will be showing up on there.
At New Heights we've got a bunch of ministries that you can plug into.
If you happen to be a Christian gamer you can plug into our Christian games ministry.
That's cards, board games, board games, role playing games, all kinds of stuff like that.
We have our arts and crafts ministry that needs folks as we can do some arts and crafting
in groups and also in decorations, decorations for events that we have, some art contests
that are regularly going on and so on.
One of those is going on even as this podcast is being posted.
You can make a 30 second thank you video or just a fun video talking about the Life Station
in some way and as soon as we get seven of those we're going to give away a $50 gift
card to the winner.
So you're welcome to kind of come up with an innovative way to either thank or just
promote the Life Station and you can win a $50 gift card to I think it's Walmart but
can't quote me on that but it's a $50, it might be a $50 Visa gift card but it's anyway
it's a $50 gift card.
Please connect up with us any and every way and spread the word.
It is July 25th, 2022.
You've been listening to the sermon from July 24th, 2022.
You might be listening to this years later and so some of what I've just said may not
be current but I would love to connect up with you.
As long as I'm still serving the Lord I would love you to come and serve with me, alongside
of me as we serve Jesus.
Let us reach new heights in Jesus.
Wherever we are you may live thousands of miles away.
It's okay, do it right there.
Enjoy our podcasts, enjoy connecting to Right Now Media and overcome evil with good right
where you live and then plug into a local church near you and begin to serve and give
through that body and maybe you can connect our body to that body.
That would be great.
Anyway, God bless you today.
May the Lord shine down on you his many blessings and fill you with his Holy Spirit and lead
you in the paths of righteousness down the highway of holiness.
There will be sorrow and sighing but ultimately all that will be gone and we'll be with him
in glory and I'll see you at the tree as we worship our sovereign God eternally.
God bless you.