Hey, this is Stephen Fertig. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your

faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God as moving in your life. Enjoy the message.

I don't know what it's been like for you in the last year as we've all been like renegotiating

our lives, not negotiating with God, but just trying to figure out where our life is pointed.

And just bring it down just a moment. There may be a lot of you who are going through something

that's very disorienting and that may be very negative. There may be some of you that are

going through something and it's actually been a positive change for you. And one thing

that I know for all of us is that we don't always get the chance to brace for impact

when changes come in our life. Positive or negative. And that's what makes it really

challenging. So I want everybody in this room to stand and if you're able right where

you are, I want you to stand. And I want to read my scripture for today because I'm so

excited what God gave me for us to study together for our Bible lesson. The scripture is

Acts chapter 3 verses 1 through 16 and I'll give you a moment to find that. And just be

open. Just be open. Be attentive. Be respectful. God doesn't waste words. So really value

what he gives you today. He might say one thing that changes everything. I'm just telling

you I've had that experience before and sometimes it wasn't even when I was looking for some

dramatic thing from God and just whack, thud, kappao like the comment book used to say.

Acts chapter 3 verse 1. One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time

of prayer, three in the afternoon. Now a man who was laying from birth was being carried

to the temple gate called beautiful where he was put every day to beg from those going

into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.

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