1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,940
This is Pastor Daniel Stevenson. I'm pastor of New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church and

2
00:00:03,940 --> 00:00:07,460
director of the Southside Life Station. You're receiving this message because you opted in

3
00:00:07,460 --> 00:00:08,460
to be encouraged.

4
00:00:08,460 --> 00:00:13,100
The Lord took me back again this morning to Acts chapter 4 verses 1 and 2. There Peter

5
00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:17,020
and John are witnessing about Jesus and it said, and as they were speaking to the people,

6
00:00:17,020 --> 00:00:21,020
the priest and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came upon them, being greatly

7
00:00:21,020 --> 00:00:25,140
disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection

8
00:00:25,140 --> 00:00:28,860
from the dead. There were people among them that didn't even believe in life after death

9
00:00:28,860 --> 00:00:32,460
and they're not very happy about Peter and John talking about Jesus coming back to life.

10
00:00:32,460 --> 00:00:35,980
They're not very happy about Peter and John talking about Jesus in general. And I realized

11
00:00:35,980 --> 00:00:39,780
as I was reading this that during witnessing you're going to have to make yourself available

12
00:00:39,780 --> 00:00:42,940
for people to come up to you. Some people who have questions or want to hear what you

13
00:00:42,940 --> 00:00:46,620
have to say and others who may not like what you have to say. People may use the world's

14
00:00:46,620 --> 00:00:50,500
system to try to get you to stop talking about what you know about Jesus or living according

15
00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:55,180
to what you know about Jesus. It does happen, happens even today. And maybe when it happens,

16
00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:58,580
instead of us being intimidated, we need to realize that it is confirmation that we are

17
00:00:58,580 --> 00:01:01,700
living the way we are supposed to be living and speaking the way we're supposed to be

18
00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:06,900
speaking. So speak up, live up for Jesus. Maybe you're one of those people who ask questions.

19
00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:10,100
We're available to answer those questions the best we know how. But the bottom line

20
00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:14,340
is you can turn your life over to Jesus today. You can say, okay, Lord, forgive me of my

21
00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:17,940
sins and help me live for you for the rest of my life. And so doing God will make you

22
00:01:17,940 --> 00:01:21,340
born again. And you'll be in that position where you will then need to talk about what

23
00:01:21,340 --> 00:01:24,900
it is that God is doing in your life and live for him. Maybe you want to do that through

24
00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:29,220
New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church of East Toledo or another local church near you. Please

25
00:01:29,220 --> 00:01:34,180
get started. New Heights is having a Grand Prix. We're having a Pinewood Derby race on

26
00:01:34,180 --> 00:01:38,780
March 11th in the afternoon. We need racers to come and make Pinewood Derby cars. And

27
00:01:38,780 --> 00:01:42,620
we need fans for that day to come and cheer on the race. And we'll feed everyone a hot

28
00:01:42,620 --> 00:01:48,740
lunch. You can RSVP at New HeightsFolishipChurch.org or ChurchToledo.com or in the Life for Toledo

29
00:01:48,740 --> 00:01:54,300
app. Join us at the Grand Prix to opt out of receiving future messages from this group.