Speak Up
First Things First (part 3)



Spending every waking hour finding new ways of talking God up to anyone who’ll listen. 
Luke 24:53 WSV




So What’s the Big Deal?


And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere.”  Mark 16:15 NLT

Help people commit 100 percent to my way of life.               Matthew 28:19 WSV



 * I Know People Who Are Lost and Separated from God

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 	Matthew 9:36 NIV

The Son of Man came to look for the lost and save them. 	Luke 19:10 NIrV

But God was merciful! We were dead because of our sins, but God loved us so much that he made us alive with Christ, and God's wonderful kindness is what saves you. 	Ephesians 2:4-5 CEV


 * I Know What God Has Done for Those Who Will Receive

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes 	Romans 1:16 NIV

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 	Romans 5:8 NIV

He didn't, and doesn't, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. ...But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him. 	Romans 5:6-8 Msg



 * I Trust That God Prepares People

He doesn't want anyone lost. He's giving everyone space and time to change. 		2 Peter 3:9 Msg

For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. ...Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. 	John 6:40, 44-45 NIV

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 	Romans 10:13 NIV


 * I Speak Because God Tells Me to Be Involved

I don’t miss a chance to brag about the great news. Why? Cause it works. ...It’s life-changing.	Romans 1:16 WSV

But how can people call for help if they don't know who to trust? And how can they know who to trust if they haven't heard of the One who can be trusted? And how can they hear if nobody tells them? And how is anyone going to tell them, unless someone is sent to do it? 	Romans 10:14-15 Msg

We are Christ's ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you. We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, "Be reconciled to God!" 	2 Corinthians 5:20 NLT




He does all His marketing through us.
2 Corinthians 5:20 WSV

























































God has put us together as Ridgewood to:

Get Out the Good News
Gladly Glorify God
Grow More and More Godly
Give Our Gifts Generously
Gain Genuine Grace-Filled Friendships