The Person You've Been Avoiding: Your Jerusalem

About this episode

Pastor Sam Weitman discusses the importance of sharing the message of Jesus with those around us, emphasizing personal challenges and community connections.

The most important message in history was not meant to stay inside church walls — it was meant to travel through you, into the lives of the people around you. In this message, Pastor Sam Weitman unpacks Acts 1:4-14 and issues a personal challenges: 💔 The people closest to you — your friends, your family, your coworkers — may be waiting for something only you will bring them 💔 What do you do with the people who've hurt you, betrayed you, or want nothing to do with what you believe? 💔 There are people right in your neighborhood — people you drive past every single day — who have never heard that God loves them and wants to redeem their story ⚡ And... there's a power available to you that makes all of it possible This message isn't just for the "religious." It's for anyone who's never considered that the good news about Jesus might actually be for them too. You don't have to be extraordinary. You just have to be willing. 🤍 Acts 1:4-14 On one occasion, while He was eating with them, He gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift My Father promised, which you have heard Me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized…

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Sam Weitman

Topics covered

• personal challenges
• community outreach
• forgiveness
• spiritual empowerment
• Christian message

Keywords

• Jerusalem
• Holy Spirit
• God's love
• redemption
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Acts 1:4-14

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