1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: All right, we're going to get into the message very soon, 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: but first an important message for you. This is our 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one year end offering. I love this time 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: of year, an amazing time of year because every year 5 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: we end with appreciation for what God has done, expectation 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: for what He's going to do. This has been a tradition. 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: Like right now, they're going to put up a few 8 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 1: graphics of all the offerings we've had through the years. 9 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: I can't even remember them, all Game Change or Waymaker beyond. 10 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: But this year, you don't even know the word that 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: God gave me. I don't. This is not stage. I 12 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: should reveal it to you. Yeah, this is not scripted, 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: and we're doing our own camera work, so I apologize 14 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: at the angle is off. But this year the Lord 15 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: led me to the word better. Everybody say better, better, 16 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: like put it in the chat. And we don't mean 17 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: better than another person, or we don't necessarily mean that. 18 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: You know, we're never content, And what we mean by 19 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: that is is Hag II two nine says that the 20 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,119 Speaker 1: glory of this present house, what God is doing, will 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: be greater than the glory of the former house. We 22 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: believe God is always doing something greater. We just have 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: to see it. So I want to thank you in 24 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: advance for your gifts. Those of you who already support 25 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: this ministry, you're the reason. You're the reason we get 26 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: to preach the gospel. You're the reason that thousands of 27 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: testimonies that we hear in this ministry are made possible. 28 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: And for those of you who are beginning to give, 29 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: either through a one time year end donation to help 30 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: us with our expansion, or the best way really through 31 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: recurring giving, through putting God first with the tide, or 32 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: maybe an above and beyond offering to say thank you 33 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: to Him and believe Him for better things in faith, 34 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: we want to say thank you, and we're standing with 35 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: you right now as we begin this season of giving 36 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: called Better Now through the end of the year. Yeah, 37 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: thank you so much. Every time you give, it helps 38 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: us to spread the Gospel to the world and beyond, 39 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: and we are so thankful for your partnership with us 40 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: in the gospel. It's going to be an amazing holiday 41 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: season and I can't wait to hear more about better. 42 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: It's going to be better. Better than you ask her 43 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: a match if he's just three twenty, We're believing God 44 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: for you. Now let's go well, thank you for being 45 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: here with us at Elevation Church. I mean, what a 46 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: year that it has been. We're so thankful that you 47 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: decided to be a part today, that you've been worshiping 48 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: with us. I know the room looks a little bit 49 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: different right now because we wanted to get together and 50 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: just talk about some of our favorite moments from the year. 51 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: My name is Chazolo, I'm the online pastor. I'm here 52 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 1: with some friends. That's right. I'm Colleen Tunas, I'm on 53 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: the programming team. I'm a name Chid, I'm the pastor 54 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: of our University City campus. And I'm Brittany at Cantilla, 55 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: I'm our Egret's pastor. And like I said, we're just 56 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: thankful that you're here in a part of Elevation Church. 57 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: And as we look back and think about all that 58 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: God has done this year, I think about messages. I 59 00:02:55,320 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: think about significant moments and the the events that we've had. Okay, 60 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: so I think about the beginning of the year, back 61 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: to when Pastor pre beta blessings at the beginning of 62 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: the year and he talked about boat sinking blessings in 63 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: your life. We talked about being built different and sometimes 64 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: we use that time lapse testimony and these are like 65 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: isn't it Like you hear some of these, you're like, wait, 66 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: was that this year? There's unreal that the year reaching 67 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,399 Speaker 1: kept in the dark, it's like one of my top 68 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 1: five ever like ever or yes you yes, yes, yes, yes, Okay, 69 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: in the chat, let us know what your favorite sermon 70 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: was this year, or maybe it was your favorite moment 71 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: Holly with I don't think I'm ready for this and 72 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: Pastor wrapped up there like kept in the dark. These 73 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: phenomenal messages, but yeah, let us know because there were 74 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: so many moments that probably marked very specific times for you. 75 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: When you hear some of these messages, you think back 76 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: and think, man, that was a that was a big 77 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: moment in my life when that reminded me that God 78 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: had everything in control. Or man, that's when this happened. 79 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: Who remembers copy that copy that? Do you remember when 80 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: Pastor brought Graham up on stage and I because I 81 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: was weeping stop crying them green light at the Red 82 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: Sea or this one the god not I think that one? 83 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: I think might be my favorite God who walked around 84 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: doing that? Okay, the last message of the pastor Stephen 85 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: preached this year. I think you've probably been doing this 86 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: when Pastor did this, everybody do this. Something good is 87 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: coming from this. How many times did you do that 88 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: in your life these past couple of weeks? Many it's 89 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: has been a staple in my week. Something good God, 90 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: I know it. I'm belie But really it's not just 91 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: the messages from our pastors that were so thankful for 92 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: this year. We really believe God did so much through 93 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: you through this church, through elevation in our campuses. We 94 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: just know God showed up in home, in workout rooms 95 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: and workplaces and egres spread in rhythm nights with our 96 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: youth and e kids watch parties. I mean, we could 97 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: go on and on about all that we saw God do, 98 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: but really just being the church together, yeah, every single 99 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: week and seeing people join from all over the world 100 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: each and every week, and how God is moving through 101 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: this place is pretty incredible. So let us know where 102 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: you're joining from. We always love to see how this 103 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: family isn't just limited to a building here in Charlotte, 104 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: North Carolina, but it's a global family. And today we're 105 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: going to take a few moments and just share some 106 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: of our favorite sermons, our favorite moments, some clips from 107 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: some amazing messages from this year. Because this year wasn't 108 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: just a better year. You know, we're believing for better, 109 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: but better. It was better than ever ever. Okay, so 110 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna kick it off. This was one of my 111 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: favorite sermons from this year, and it was right at 112 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: the beginning of the year. This one has helped me 113 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: a lot, not just at the beginning of the year, 114 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: but it's helped shape a out of my perspective throughout 115 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,239 Speaker 1: the year. This one is from Same Devil's New Levels. 116 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: Take a look where in your life are you using 117 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: an old strategy in a new season? Where does that 118 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: need to be upgraded? You know, like when you do 119 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: go through the Legend of Zelda. This is a current 120 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: pop culture reference here, Okay for all the young people. 121 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: When you do go through a video game, you got 122 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 1: to pick up all the weapons along the way. And 123 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: now the shame of it is when you're fighting with 124 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: an inferior weapon because it reminds you of Gowiith. You know, 125 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: when you're defensive but nobody's attacking you. That's bad. The 126 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: whole thing of whether David lives or die, the whole 127 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: thing on whether your join lives or die, the whole 128 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: thing on whether or not you make it, the whole 129 00:06:58,080 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: thing on whether or not you live to show your 130 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: kid something different. See, I feel sorry for David. He 131 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: doesn't know how to be a king in this way. 132 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: He had a bad example in Saul. He was only 133 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: the second king that Israel ever had. The whole reason 134 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: Israel wanted a king was because the Philistines were oppressing them. 135 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: The whole reason the Philistines were oppressing them is because 136 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: the Philistines were metalworkers, so they had more weapons. The 137 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: Israelites didn't have the weapons, so they wanted a king. 138 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: But they got a bad king because they selected on 139 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: the basis of hike, not heart. When David came into 140 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: the throne, he had the heart for it, but he 141 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: didn't know how. And that's the thing about the people 142 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: I passed her. I have the heart to be a 143 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: good dad. I have the heart to be a good woman. 144 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: I have the heart to be a good employee. I 145 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: have the heart to make it. I have the heart 146 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: to break these changs. I want to get free, but 147 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: I never saw how. So now I'm out here fighting 148 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: year old giants with fifteen year old tactics, and you 149 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: can't fight grown up battles with teenage tactics. You've got 150 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: to grow into this season. You've got to grow into 151 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: this challenge. You've got to grow into this assignment. You've 152 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: got to grow into the annoying thing that you've had 153 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: all along. It's not automatic. It's not automatic. And whenever 154 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: I face something that scares me, you know what I do? 155 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: They say, say, what is it? New levels, new devils? No, 156 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: when I hit a new devil, I sink back to 157 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: the same level. I go back to the sewer, you know. 158 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: I go back to the dumpster, back when I was 159 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: emotionally homeless and had nothing to eat. I go back 160 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: inside myself and keep counsel with the most unreliable person 161 00:08:53,559 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: that I know, me unchecked. How does it go? See 162 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: all these crazy things preachers say, new levels, new devils. 163 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: So I wanted to show you, on one hand, how 164 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: this is not Goliath. It just reminds you of him 165 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: and that you have grown. But really, what I want 166 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: to show you is what God did for David when 167 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: he was cornered, and I believe He's going to do 168 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 1: it for you. I know what we want to happen. 169 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: That is not going to be what happens we want. 170 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: When David's got a sword to his throat. Remember this guy, 171 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: this Ish. I like how his name starts with ish 172 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: because we're all dealing with some Ish, aren't we. That's 173 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: the part of his name. I can't say. Somebody put 174 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: in the chat new Ish, same God, all right, stop 175 00:09:54,800 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: stop it. He had a sword three hundreds Can you 176 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: believe that that's seven pounds? Can you believe that Golias 177 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: was fifteen pounds six hundred shekels? It was only half 178 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: the size of Golias? Sort? So why couldn't David beat him? 179 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: I should be able to do this. I should be 180 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: able to movement. I always did it this way before. 181 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: And I got up, and you know, my get up 182 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: and go, got up and went. While we're doing cliches, 183 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: you know what's happening right now? Why isn't this working? 184 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: Because it sucks because the moment you mastered the strategy 185 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: of chefs. So like when my oldest became a teenager, 186 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: I'm so proud of him, but I didn't know how 187 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: to raise a teenager. And you know, everybody start telling 188 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: me just give him his space. I says space. So 189 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: let me get this right. This human being that gave 190 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: me no space or sleep for the first two years 191 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: of his life, now I'm Sill's just back afe. That's 192 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: hard to do. Why are y'all looking at me crazy? 193 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: You can't parent a fifteen year old the way you 194 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: parent a two year old. I see people try to 195 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 1: do it, and then I see the kid explode when 196 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: they get out from under that supervision because you did 197 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: not shift the strategy to match the season. Do you 198 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: think pastoring this church now is like how it was 199 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: pastoring when we had nineteen people. Imagine if we imagine 200 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: if we tried to have the cookout on my grill 201 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: after this sermon like we did back then. There's not 202 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: enough propane in North Carolina. Uh huh uh huh huh 203 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: huh huh. So what you have to do is what abashi? 204 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: I want somebody to name their baby that I wish 205 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: I wouldn't name one of my kids. Abashi. It's a 206 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: good name. No, it's a good name. It means father 207 00:11:55,840 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: of a gift. And what I wanted for the Bible 208 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: to say, because when I feel like the enemy is 209 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: closing in on me and I'm tired, and I'm spent, 210 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: and I'm out of ideas, and I'm sick of people. 211 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: I wanted to send me an angel. God did not 212 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: send an angel to rescue David. My goodness, I see 213 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: why that's one of your favorites. I just wanted to 214 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: keep going. I wanted to sitting on this front road. 215 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: It's just over and over that it's God, and like 216 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: that's how we started out the year. We started out 217 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: the year so strong, and I know the sermons have 218 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: been speaking to us all year. And there's one other 219 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: thing that I have to say started out real strong, y'all, 220 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: and that is worship them recorded this year called Old 221 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 1: Church Bases. Yes, good, you know, just a few weeks ago, 222 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: it's been nominated for a couple of Grammys. I'm saying, 223 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: we have Album of the Year, that's right. And then 224 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: we also have two songs Zirah wait on You that 225 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: are also nominated for Grammys. Of course, you remember when 226 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 1: we got to hear wait on You the preview. I 227 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: was right here, yeah, right there, first time we heard 228 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: that song. Yeah, we got a little exclusive look as 229 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: a staff. And if you are not familiar with it, 230 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: or maybe you just want to relive it for a moment. 231 00:13:27,480 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: Take a look at this. Okay, so this is one 232 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: of admittedly one of my YouTube repeats. Yes, oh of course, 233 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: and I want that to keep going. We can't do that, 234 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: just keep playing. And speaking of YouTube, can we talk 235 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: about how YouTube has been ministering. It's the year of 236 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: twenty one playing back all the sermons and we've haven't 237 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: seen two new YouTube channels launched, right, So we had 238 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: Elevation plus plus launch this year and that's where you 239 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: can watch back some of the stories that we're able 240 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: to share in church. We actually go live every Wednesday 241 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: and we're able to dive deeper and talk about the sermons. 242 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: But then we also launched Holly's soup channel this year 243 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: and it's been super fun. It's honestly a really fun channel. 244 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: It really is recipes, there's clips of sermons, all types 245 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: of things. It's also inspirational. She's got devotionals on there. 246 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: It's got everything you could possibly want. That's right. But 247 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: the woman of God, Holly Fredick, has been bringing words 248 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: this year that have been ministering to my soul. Can 249 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: we talk about that for a second. Different she's been 250 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: on another level and she preached one of my favorite 251 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: sermons called running on Empty this year, and Colin, you 252 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: probably remember these. We got these after she preached it. Yes, 253 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: it was awesome. It's literally just like a graphic that 254 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: she made to help us remember, and it says cry out, 255 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: reach out, and pour out. These were the points that 256 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: she preached about, and a little bonus point called live 257 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: on what is left. And so take a look at 258 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: this clip. And you know, sometimes we go through seasons 259 00:15:54,400 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: with the emptiness. So it's more than just it's more 260 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: than just the feeling that we don't have purpose. Sometimes 261 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: it's the feeling that you don't have enough to make it. 262 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: And I know that some of you under the sound 263 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: of my voice, you're like my friend, and you're going 264 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: through the hardest thing you've ever been through. You're fighting 265 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: for your life and the word of the Lord for 266 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: you today. Just keep pouring. You have to keep pouring, 267 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: because the miracle only happens when you move, because it's 268 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: while you pour. Oh, I'm out of dargs. It's while 269 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: you poor that you experience God's strength and his grace 270 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: and the joy that only comes while you pour. Because 271 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: now you're pouring with a purpose. She was pouring for 272 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: those voice. But she was never pouring from a full jar. 273 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: She was pouring from a jar that only had a 274 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: little bit of oil. And if you wait, thanks guys, 275 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: if you wait until you feel full to pour, you 276 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: will never experience the power of God in your life, 277 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: and you'll never experience the miracle a feeling. My God 278 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 1: is just pouring through you. Sometimes when you pour, it 279 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: does feel like a sacrifice, a sacrifice, and no one 280 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: will ever see. You know what Jesus said, Luke six 281 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,439 Speaker 1: point thirty eight. He said, give and it will be 282 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: given unto you a good measure. Press it down, shaken together, 283 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: Get that jar full, because it will be running over 284 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: into your lap. Jesus said, you just keep giving and 285 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: I will pour into you. Our instinct says, hold on 286 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: tightly to everything you have, but Jesus says, just keep giving. 287 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: Be generous with your love, be generous with your time, 288 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: be generous with your encouragement. When you feel empty, just 289 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 1: keep pouring. So here's how the story ends. When all 290 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 1: the jars were full, she said to her sons, bring 291 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: me another one, but he replied, there's not a jar left. 292 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: Then the oil stopped flowing. She went and told the 293 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 1: Man of God, and he said, go and sell the 294 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: oil and pay off your debts. You and your sons 295 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: can live on what's left. Can I give you a 296 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: bonus point, Live on what's left? See when you're in 297 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 1: a pouring season, that season where you're fighting for your 298 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 1: life and you just keep your head down and you 299 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 1: keep pouring. You pour when you're tired. You pour when 300 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: you feel like no one notices. You pour when everyone 301 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: else's kids are acting right but yours. You poor when 302 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: your friend gets pregnant by accident but you still can't 303 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: get pregnant on purpose. You pour when someone else gets 304 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: the promotions. You pour when you need a healing in 305 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 1: your own body. And the next thing you know, you 306 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: made it through another day. You don't know how, but 307 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: you did. And one day you turn around and you've 308 00:19:52,000 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: got a pantry full of oil to live on. Live 309 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: on what's left. Remember Remember that Bible study that I 310 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 1: wrote for the women of our church when we were 311 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: in the pandemic. My husband and I were just praying 312 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: about how we could help people during this time, Like 313 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: what else could we do? I said, well, I have 314 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 1: this little Bible study. So we sent out a message 315 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: on Facebook, and thousands of women from all over the 316 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: world responded, and for eight weeks, every Tuesday night they 317 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 1: joined me live and we studied how to be a 318 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: godly wife. Somehow you made it through those dark days. 319 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 1: But now you see, all along, through the pain and 320 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: the confusion and the heartache you've been stockpiling. She lost 321 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: her husband. She's not gonna get her husband back, but 322 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: she had something left to live on. Oh oh, here's 323 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: that friendship that I made sitting in chemo treatments. And 324 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: here's the verse that God gave me when I was 325 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: crying on the couch. And here's the song that I 326 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: listened to every single day for months. And every time 327 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: I hear that song, it just reminds me of the 328 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: faithfulness of God. And oh oh, here's that gratitude journal 329 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: where I learned how to look for the little blessings. 330 00:21:54,440 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 1: Now I get to live on what's left miracles. Don't 331 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: be afraid of the empty spaces, because empty is where 332 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: God does his best work. Empty is where God does 333 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 1: his best work. Now you see why this was Yes 334 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: my favorites, and I get it. That's why I keep 335 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: this reminder in my Bible. Right at second King score 336 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 1: verses one through seven. Ye, there's a reminder of what 337 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: Holly shared with us, and I remember she wrote, just 338 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: keep pouring, right, and so that's the anthem that I've 339 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: been living through twenty twenty one is just keep That's 340 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: so good. It's such a powerful visual. I think of 341 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,199 Speaker 1: that all the time, of her just holding all of 342 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: their dispers and I actually remember watching that sermon. I 343 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: was like, she's definitely gonna drop on this. She gave 344 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 1: us a jar, he does. I have it on my desk, 345 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: Alli look at it all the time, and it reminds 346 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: me of that exact thing that you just said is 347 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: gone to a whole nother level. That's right, whole nother level. 348 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: And I'm just so thankful for our pasty way that 349 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: they continue to poor, poor and poor weekend and week out. 350 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: And one of the other things that I've loved about 351 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 1: this year is that we were able to sync up 352 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 1: across all of our campuses and online this year, and 353 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: one of those moments was with Race Like Baptism. It 354 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: was amazing to be able to be in these rooms 355 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: again where we've been shut down for so long and 356 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 1: doing everything we can to build again, and to have 357 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 1: this moment. To see people go public with their faith 358 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: in these massive numbers was amazing. You guys got to 359 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 1: go on the road. Our online team got to go 360 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: to nine different states to baptize people, and you got 361 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: to go to tost I got to go to Colorado. 362 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 1: Chad was your baptizing people at Valentine and it was 363 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: just so it was really special to be a part of. 364 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: It's amazing to see people that have been waiting for 365 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: an opportunity to be able to go public in faith 366 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: and this moment representing them leaving pain in this water, 367 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: leaving shame in this water, sin, and so many things 368 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: that I feel like Pastor has been used. God's been 369 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: using Pastor to really preach to throughout. That's one of 370 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: my favorite sermons this year was a troubled Mind in 371 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: an open door where Pastor got real practical around what 372 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: does it mean for us to be able to step 373 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 1: into some of the things that God has called us 374 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: to do. How about we check this clip out now. 375 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: Listen to this what God says to the church at Philadelphia, 376 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: and I believe he might say it to the church 377 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: at Elevation too. I know you have little strength, It's 378 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 1: not about strength. Can I show you something? This is 379 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: really cool. Everybody says strength, now everybody says scheme. Go 380 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: back to Second Corinthians, Chapter two. Verse eleven is one 381 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 1: of those that I've read out of context for years. 382 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 1: I didn't even really know what it meant. I never 383 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: really read it in the context of Paul's conflict. But 384 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: now have and I saw something. He said in verse eleven. 385 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: We got to forgive and get through this in order 386 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: that Satan might not outwit us, for we are not 387 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: aware of his schemes. Now, what was interesting to me 388 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: is he didn't say in order that Satan put the 389 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: verse back up. He didn't say in order that Satan 390 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: might not overpower us. He said outwit us. Because the 391 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 1: battle is not about strength, it's about strategy. Put this 392 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: in the chat. Say it out loud if you're with 393 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: me in the room. It's about the strategy. And Satan 394 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: is not stronger than you. We just read this. If 395 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,679 Speaker 1: God opens the door, nobody can shut it. No devil, 396 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: no depression, no trauma, no abuse, nothing, nothing can stop 397 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: the Gospel of Jesus Christ from going forth in your life, 398 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: in your heart, in your marriage. We give the devil 399 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: too much credit sometimes because we'll say, oh, well, the 400 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: devil is attacking my marriage, the devil is attacking my finances. 401 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: That's where you're feeling it. But that's not where the 402 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: attack is happening. He didn't say in order that Satan 403 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: might not overpower us, because that would make it about 404 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 1: your strength. And we already know from John sixteen thirty 405 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: three that Jesus said peace. I give to you my 406 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: peace I leave with you in the world. You will 407 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world. 408 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: It's not about the trouble in front of you. We 409 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: could have a testimony service about your trouble. What's the 410 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: point we can all line up and blake. Can I 411 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: top your trouble? I have a headache, I have a 412 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: back ache. I don't have a back, I don't have 413 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: a head I'm decapitated. I've seen people do it, and 414 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: we top each other with our trouble. But that's not 415 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: what this is about, is it. It's not about what's 416 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: happening in my life. Satan's not stronger than you. He 417 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: can't make you do anything. If God opens the door 418 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: to freedom, if God opens the sea, you can go 419 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 1: through it. I don't care who's chasten you. God don't 420 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: care who said you couldn't. I don't care how long 421 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 1: you've struggled with it. It's not about who's stronger, it's 422 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:29,639 Speaker 1: about who's smarter. Because you're like, well, that's Jesus. Jesus 423 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: has overcome the world. I'm not Jesus. But first John 424 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: four for says, greater is he that is in you 425 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: than he that is in the world. So he's not stronger. 426 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 1: That's not why you're stuck. He's not stronger. You have 427 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: the spirit of God. He's not stronger. The condemnation that 428 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 1: haunts you at light, in your in your midnight hour 429 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: has been nailed to the cross. The written regulations have 430 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: been nailed to the cross. That's dealt with. That is 431 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: not what is standing at the door. Paul said, I 432 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: had an open door, but I had a troubled mind, 433 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 1: And so he sent Titus with a letter to the 434 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: Corinthian Church because he didn't know if things were going 435 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 1: to be all right. You know, your body can be 436 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 1: one place, in your mind can be another. And Paul's 437 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: at Troaz, and God's given him opportunities and he can 438 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: preach the gospel to a whole city, and he said, 439 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: but I couldn't find Titus, so I left. And it 440 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 1: didn't like he left because he wanted to. When Paul 441 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: says in verse fourteen thirteen, excuse me, I believe it 442 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: is he said, I said goodbye. That's the only time 443 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: he uses that phrase in all of scripture. It's a 444 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: solemn farewell. He's almost embarrassed about it. He's like, I 445 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 1: couldn't get my mind right, so I couldn't seize the opportunity. 446 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: Now that hit me because I'm trying to raise these kids, 447 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: you see, and I know God has given me an 448 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: opportunity to be a great father. Sometimes, if I'm honest 449 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: with you, I'm sitting at the table with them, and 450 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: my body is there. My body is there, but my 451 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 1: mind is on other stuff. And some of it is real, 452 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: and some of it is completely fabricated, of stuff that 453 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: might happen three years from now, maybe, and so my 454 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: mind will drift to the possibly and slip away from 455 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: the present. Now. When I saw Paul, I saw us. 456 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 1: He said, I was intro ass, and so was the 457 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: open door that God gave me, and great things could 458 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: have happened intro ass. But I had to say goodbye, 459 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: not because of the trouble in Troass, but because my 460 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: mind was trouble. The enemy wants to mess with your 461 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: mind so much that you can't even go through the 462 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: doors that God opens for you, that you can't even 463 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: enjoy the moments that God gives you. He wants to 464 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: mess with your mind and scramble your perspective to the 465 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: point where you can't even focus long enough to sit 466 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 1: down and pray about something. He wants to He wants 467 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: to get you so focused on something. And I put 468 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: down four things that spell the word door with each 469 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: first letter. When was the disappointments in your life? When 470 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,360 Speaker 1: was the outcomes that you can't control? That's the oh, 471 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: disappointments outcomes When we mentioned the offenses that you can't 472 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: get over, and one is the regrets of the opportunities 473 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 1: that you can't get back. My God. I mean, I 474 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,880 Speaker 1: just I really love the way that Pastor not only 475 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: preaches revelation and it's a spirit that comes in rooms 476 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 1: to pull you out of out of these dark moments, 477 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 1: but he gives you practical action steps things that you 478 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: can do, and spelling things so that we can remember 479 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 1: remember that yes, I'm just so thankful for the way 480 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: that Pastor and Holly has poured out this year. Yes, 481 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: I totally agree. Pastor Steven has preached some incredible messages 482 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: this year. And there's one that probably only a handful 483 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 1: of people have gotten to here, and that was his 484 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: message for Elevation Nights, and if you don't know what 485 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: that is. We actually got to go on tour this 486 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: year and we got to worship with over sixty five 487 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 1: thousand people in eight different cities across the United States, 488 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: and it was just a surreal thing to be a 489 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,960 Speaker 1: part to go to Atlanta, both of you guys, It 490 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: was blowing. It was amazing wild just to think of 491 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: the beginning of this year just what church looked like. 492 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: Then to fast forward to the fall where we're worshiping 493 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: in full arenas with people singing songs all across the 494 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: United States. The things that came out of our church. 495 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: And so it's always so special for me to see 496 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 1: and get to meet our e fam and for you too. 497 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: We got to meet so many people that came up 498 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,960 Speaker 1: to us and said, like, you have no idea how 499 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: God used your church to get me through the last 500 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,840 Speaker 1: eight years. It did feel so much like family. You know, 501 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: that was the thing. You know. We'd go into an 502 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: arena and it was an empty arena, and then when 503 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: it was full, Yeah, it didn't feel like a bunch 504 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: of strangers together. It felt like family together. And working 505 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: and hearing from pastors was amazing, It really was. Well, 506 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 1: if you didn't get to make it to one of 507 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: those stops or we didn't come near, you, take a 508 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: look at this. Yes, wew you wait on God, you're 509 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: getting strong up. He is a god of yes and 510 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: a men, and he has come through for me in 511 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 1: the pass and he's not gonna leave me now. Comment. 512 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,920 Speaker 1: God doesn't mean anything from you. What's our faith? You've 513 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 1: been in a storm lately, But I see Jesus walking 514 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: over top of your situation. You've been under anxiety. The 515 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 1: devil's been telling you you're not gonna make it. He's 516 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: a liar. And upon this rock Jesus said, I will 517 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: build my church to make you want to go back 518 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 1: a bit. I too, truly, truly. So what's crazy about 519 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 1: this is that we were on the road for our teams, 520 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: were gone for ten days. Pastor Stephen free eight times 521 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: in ten days, and then we got back did we 522 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: get back on Saturday, Friday, Saturday, whatever it was. The 523 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 1: weekend was right around the corner, and Pastor Stephen just 524 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,839 Speaker 1: jumped in with one of my favorite services from the year, 525 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I don't know how he does it, 526 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,320 Speaker 1: but he did it, and it was called stop Crying. 527 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: It's coming. It's unbelievable. Take a look at this clip. 528 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 1: He says after Jesus cried, which is important. You know, 529 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:28,879 Speaker 1: trauma is trauma is real. Seventy years in Babylon will 530 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: make you cry. It'll make you forget to sing when 531 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: you find out what your kids been doing behind your back. 532 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 1: It'll make you cry when you and your husband don't 533 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 1: even look at each other except when you're around people 534 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: so you can fake it real good. It'll make you 535 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 1: cry alone. God doesn't correct the sisters, but glad he 536 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 1: didn't stop there, and you can't either, because in verse 537 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:58,439 Speaker 1: thirty eight John eleven thirty eight, it says, not Jesus cried, 538 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:04,840 Speaker 1: but Jesus wants more deeply moved came, so he cried, 539 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:19,319 Speaker 1: and then he came. Stop crying is coming. I don't 540 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 1: want the old temple to keep me from seeing Jesus. Seriously, 541 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 1: you know how it's said in the verse and Hadi 542 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,400 Speaker 1: that from the day I brought you out of Egypt 543 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,040 Speaker 1: till now, did you catch that really small thing in 544 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:35,480 Speaker 1: verse five? I didn't make a big deal out of it, 545 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: but it is a big deal. Because they thought that 546 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:40,800 Speaker 1: Pharaoh had to let them go for them to leave Egypt. 547 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,840 Speaker 1: That wasn't their biggest problem. Their biggest problem was letting 548 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:49,839 Speaker 1: go of Moses. Because see, Moses gave them the law, 549 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: and they were so committed to that that when Jesus came, 550 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: who is the true image of God to show them 551 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: what God is really like, not to break the law, 552 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 1: but to feel it. When Jesus came, they could not 553 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: recognize better because they were stuck in before. So while 554 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,320 Speaker 1: we're fighting like, hey Pharaoh, let me go, Hey addiction, 555 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:16,400 Speaker 1: let me go, Hey temptation, let me go, God's like 556 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:20,840 Speaker 1: the thing that you're holding onto is the former glory. 557 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:23,880 Speaker 1: I don't know who it is of his three people, 558 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 1: as we're saying, you gotta let go a former glory 559 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:38,120 Speaker 1: to receive present help. Now that means a lot of things. 560 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 1: It means that the same Jesus who cried at the 561 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:46,680 Speaker 1: gate came to the tomb. It didn't stop him from 562 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,960 Speaker 1: doing what he came to do, because he didn't come 563 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,719 Speaker 1: just to cry or give him a Hallmark car. He 564 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 1: didn't just bake him a roast so they could eat 565 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 1: it three days later. He came to show them who 566 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:02,720 Speaker 1: he was. He came to reinvent their concept of God 567 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 1: and to switch their template of truth that not only 568 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:10,319 Speaker 1: am I a healer, I am resurrection. He came to 569 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:14,720 Speaker 1: prefigure what he would do. He came so he cried. 570 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: Everybody say, he cried. Come on, don't tap out on me. 571 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,279 Speaker 1: This is the best part of the sermon. I know 572 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 1: y'all aren't going to listen to a sermon about the 573 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,840 Speaker 1: glory of the Latter House and skip the end of 574 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,200 Speaker 1: the sermon. This is the part I wanted to preach 575 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,440 Speaker 1: us to because he cried, and you've been crying, and 576 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 1: you have a Christ too, criest, so that's fine. He 577 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,160 Speaker 1: will cry with you, But then you have a Christ too. 578 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 1: After he stopped crying, he came to the tomb. So 579 00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:43,000 Speaker 1: he's coming to the tomb. He's coming to the park 580 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 1: that's buried. He's coming to the park that's broken. He's 581 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,560 Speaker 1: coming to the park that's dead. He's coming to the 582 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,360 Speaker 1: park that stinks. He's coming to the park that's rotten. 583 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,520 Speaker 1: He's coming to the park that's given up on. He cried, 584 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:58,319 Speaker 1: he came. But that's not the good part. The good 585 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:02,760 Speaker 1: part is verse forty three. There's forty three on the screen. Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, 586 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 1: And when Jesus has said this, he called. So he cried, 587 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:13,600 Speaker 1: he came. And then he called in a loud voice. 588 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:17,840 Speaker 1: And I hear that voice calling today through the halls 589 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 1: of history, from the pages of Hagai to this very 590 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:28,920 Speaker 1: moment in the house of God, Lazarus, Come for, Come 591 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:35,640 Speaker 1: for he's speaking to your joy. He's speaking to your peace, 592 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 1: he's speaking to your strategy, he's speaking to your spirit. 593 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:48,319 Speaker 1: Come far. So you cried a while. It's all right. 594 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:52,240 Speaker 1: I am convinced that the sufferings of this present time 595 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:56,920 Speaker 1: are not worth comparing to the glory that will be revealed. 596 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:07,440 Speaker 1: Sh did you catch that whole sermon? He cried, he came, 597 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:15,960 Speaker 1: He called. You got to call some things out today. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 598 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:20,880 Speaker 1: yeah yeah. You ain't not gonna come just automatically. You 599 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,840 Speaker 1: can cry over it as long as you want, But 600 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,520 Speaker 1: I believe that something deeper is call him from the inside. 601 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:33,160 Speaker 1: What the prophet told the people was you got to 602 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:40,400 Speaker 1: do the work. You gotta do. The work is wishing 603 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:45,400 Speaker 1: for something that you don't have keeping you from working 604 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:55,719 Speaker 1: with what you do have. I don't know, maybe it's 605 00:39:55,800 --> 00:40:00,879 Speaker 1: just me, but I needed this word that the Lord said. 606 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:07,080 Speaker 1: You can cry, but eventually you gotta come and you 607 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:10,279 Speaker 1: got to call those things that be not as though 608 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:16,279 Speaker 1: they are beneath your feelings. And the promise is it's 609 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:22,239 Speaker 1: a covenant, not a commitment. Commitments can be broken. Yeah, 610 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:27,080 Speaker 1: covenants cannot, especially when one of the parties is the 611 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:36,000 Speaker 1: one who cannot lie. So it's a lot of pain. 612 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,480 Speaker 1: You know. When they laid the foundation, Ezra showed us something. 613 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,040 Speaker 1: Give me Ezra three ten when they got that temple started, 614 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,279 Speaker 1: And I think I'm gonna pick this up next week 615 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:53,080 Speaker 1: for real, y'all, because y'all got one point. It's your fault. 616 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:59,760 Speaker 1: You were shouting and receiving and glorifying Die. I didn't 617 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:05,160 Speaker 1: come to get through my points. I came to give 618 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:10,920 Speaker 1: you this work. Stop crying. It is common, it's common. 619 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 1: This message was so challenging and encouraging at the same time. 620 00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 1: And I think that's just one of the things I 621 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: appreciate the most about it. Yeah, you get both, and 622 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: it was so so helpful. We get that time and 623 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:27,799 Speaker 1: time again all year long, and I hope even just 624 00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,960 Speaker 1: reliving some of those moments stirred up some feelings of Man, 625 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,359 Speaker 1: I remember what God was doing in my life at 626 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:38,000 Speaker 1: those specific moments. Maybe you're new to joining us and 627 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:39,960 Speaker 1: you're like, I want to see the rest of that. 628 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:41,839 Speaker 1: Where can I see the rest of that? Well, if 629 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:45,040 Speaker 1: you head over to Elevation Church's YouTube channel, you can 630 00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:48,640 Speaker 1: catch all of these messages and more finish them up. 631 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,480 Speaker 1: Pastor was saying, I'm going to pick that up next week. 632 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:52,440 Speaker 1: You can see what he preached them last week. And 633 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:56,480 Speaker 1: so what we just really hoped that you came away 634 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,279 Speaker 1: with today is a sense of gratitude of what it 635 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,279 Speaker 1: is that you're able to be a part of and 636 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,160 Speaker 1: thankful for how God is moving not just in a 637 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:08,040 Speaker 1: global church but through you right where you are. And 638 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:09,839 Speaker 1: that's what we love seeing. You know, we didn't have 639 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:14,839 Speaker 1: time to hit some other amazing moments this year. Let's 640 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:21,960 Speaker 1: hit it love. Yes, how many hours too many? The 641 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,920 Speaker 1: people that were impacted by groups? Yeah, yeah, groups, I 642 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:27,239 Speaker 1: mean we could sit here all day and relive some 643 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:30,640 Speaker 1: of the amazing moments that we saw God do incredible 644 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,120 Speaker 1: things in our lives, and we're trusting that it happened 645 00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,520 Speaker 1: right where you are. And I was just stated again 646 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,560 Speaker 1: what I love about our church is that it's not 647 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,239 Speaker 1: just some people here in Charlotte, but it's people in 648 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,400 Speaker 1: University City, it's people in Florida, it's people in GTA, 649 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,919 Speaker 1: it's people on the other side of the world who 650 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,040 Speaker 1: are mobilized to be the church right where they are. 651 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,640 Speaker 1: And so thank you for what you do, and thank 652 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,440 Speaker 1: you to our pastors. Yeah, I mean, we'd be abissed 653 00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:56,880 Speaker 1: to go any further without saying thank you to Pastor 654 00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:01,520 Speaker 1: Stephen and Holly for your leadership, for you allowing to 655 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,400 Speaker 1: God work in and through you and speak through you 656 00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:08,279 Speaker 1: to the world, literally to the world each each and 657 00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,480 Speaker 1: every week. So put it in the chat just as 658 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:14,480 Speaker 1: we're closing up here, how thankful you are for our pastors. 659 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,120 Speaker 1: We're so thankful for you, Pastor Stephen and Holly, and 660 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,200 Speaker 1: thankful for you Elevation Church. Seeing how God is working 661 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,120 Speaker 1: in and through your life has been amazing, even in 662 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,160 Speaker 1: this year end season, seeing how many of you have 663 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:27,360 Speaker 1: stepped up for the very first time through giving in 664 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,239 Speaker 1: this year end offering. So many of you said I'm 665 00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:31,319 Speaker 1: placing God first in the ear of my finances and 666 00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: we're excited to see how God works in your life 667 00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,480 Speaker 1: or maybe some of you, well, we know a lot 668 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,520 Speaker 1: of you went above and beyond and gave thousands of 669 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,480 Speaker 1: you did to say I want to see what God 670 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,640 Speaker 1: can do. Is I trust Him and step out in 671 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,840 Speaker 1: faith and believe for more. And that's what we're believing 672 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,279 Speaker 1: for your life as we wrap up this year and 673 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:51,520 Speaker 1: really look forward to what's next. We're really excited that 674 00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:53,200 Speaker 1: we get to be a part of something this year 675 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,360 Speaker 1: that was better than ever. That's right. I don't know 676 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,360 Speaker 1: what you thought you were coming into this year with. 677 00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,680 Speaker 1: Maybe you were caring some heavy things, but we're just 678 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:01,840 Speaker 1: that it was better than ever. But we don't have 679 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:05,560 Speaker 1: to stop here. We're believing that next year is even better. 680 00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:07,759 Speaker 1: Next year is going to be the best year. Yes, 681 00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:09,680 Speaker 1: So thank you for being a part of the church. 682 00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,000 Speaker 1: Thank you for letting God move in and through you 683 00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:15,319 Speaker 1: from right where you are. Our prayers of blessing are 684 00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:17,759 Speaker 1: on you today. Thank you cheers for being a part 685 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,399 Speaker 1: well if you enjoyed today's podcast, there are a couple 686 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:23,480 Speaker 1: of things I'd love for you to do. Make sure 687 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:27,839 Speaker 1: to subscribe, rate, and review this podcast. 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