1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: and this is our podcast and I wanted to thank 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: it builds your faith. Hope it gives your perspective to 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: see God has moving in your life. Enjoy the message. 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: I'm so excited to preach to you guys today. You 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: can have a seat if you're here with us. It's 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: been several months since I've been on stage and gotten 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: to speak to you all. But in that time, our 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: pastor has been preaching his heart out. Not only has 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: he preached almost every weekend for the first half of 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: this year, but what you don't see is that in 13 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: the meantime he's writing songs in his spare time, and 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: he's producing albums that we're playing in our headphones and 15 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: in our cars and in our homes on repeat. And 16 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: we got to hear all those songs first here at Elevation. 17 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: Well most of them of them were like surprises. But 18 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: in the sermons of just Been, we are so spoiled 19 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: type it in the chat, let me know where you're 20 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: watching from, and this type spoiled, rotten, And I know 21 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: My husband already said this, but I want to say 22 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: Happy Mother's Day in the United States. But you know 23 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,559 Speaker 1: you're at elevation. We take this day as an opportunity 24 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: to celebrate all of the women who have impacted our lives. 25 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: I know that Mother's Day isn't always the easiest day 26 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: for a lot of us, but on this day, I 27 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: want us to come and be able to celebrate the 28 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: women who have quietly led and prayed and modeled their 29 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: own faith while they were nurturing hours. And I was 30 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: actually talking to a woman this week, and she was 31 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: telling me her story how she was raised in foster 32 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: care and how she came to know Christ as an 33 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: adult because someone brought her to church. A woman brought 34 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: her to church. And then years later, in another town, 35 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: she met another woman who said, oh, you know God here, 36 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: you need to come to my church. And then when 37 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: she went to that church, the pastor's wife, she said, 38 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: she just took me under her wing, and she taught 39 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: me about what faith looks like in everyday life. These 40 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: are the mothers that we celebrate today, the grandmothers who 41 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: prayed for us, the moms who dragged us to church, 42 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,399 Speaker 1: the youth pastor's wife, or the small group leader who 43 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: said the same things that our moms were saying to us, 44 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: but we thought it was so much better when they 45 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: said it. The woman who showed you how to be 46 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: a godly mom, or the college Bible study leader, the 47 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: prank coworker, like all of these women who had shaped 48 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: our faith. That's who we celebrate today. So it was 49 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: invited to a gathering for women in ministry back in March. 50 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 1: And while we were in the middle of worship, and 51 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: we were singing, and it was it wasn't a lot 52 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: of people, but we were worshiping, and I just all 53 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: of a sudden, I felt like the Lord said to me, 54 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: I want you to preach on the widow with the jars. 55 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: And so I was, well, okay. And the song wasn't 56 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: about anything, and I was like, okay. So I got 57 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: off my phone and I made myself a note Widow 58 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: with the Jars Mother's Day. And so later when I 59 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: was remembering that, I thought, well, let me look, where 60 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: is that story the woman with the jars? And so 61 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: we got out my Bible and when I saw that 62 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: it was in Second King's four, I remembered all of 63 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: the amazing sermons that Pastor Steven has preached on this passage. 64 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: And I was like, good, really, are you sure? And 65 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: so I just said a prayer and it went something 66 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: like this, Dear Lord, please give all the people this 67 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: weekend temporary amnesia and let them forget every sermon that 68 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: Stephen Verdick has preached on this passage. Amen, like you've 69 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: never prayed for a parking space or a test that 70 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: you didn't study for. It's all right. God hears. He 71 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,119 Speaker 1: doesn't always say yes, but he hears. He hears our cry. 72 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: So let's get to the scripture and let's read Second 73 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 1: Kings chapter four. Let's look at this woman, Second Kings 74 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: chapter four. You know, she doesn't even have a name. 75 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: The Bible just calls her the widow. She's also a mom, 76 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: and I'm praying today that this will inspire not just 77 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: the moms, but the women and the men, all of us. 78 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: Let's read it together. The wife of a man from 79 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: the company of the Prophets cried out to Elijah, your husband, 80 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: my servant is dead, and you know that he revered 81 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: the Lord, but now his credit is coming to take 82 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: my two boys as his slaves. Alisha replied, to her, 83 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: How can I help you? Tell me? What do you 84 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: have in your house? Your servant has nothing there at all, 85 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: she said, except a little jar of olive oil. Lord, 86 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: we come to you on this Mother's Day and we 87 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: just want to take a minute first, God, to just 88 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: thank you for all of the faith filled mothers that 89 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: you have brought along our paths. Without them, we would 90 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 1: not know you. Without their faith, we would not have 91 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 1: our own. Thank you, God that you provide exactly who 92 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: we need at every single stage of our lives. We 93 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: open up our hearts. We want to hear from you today. 94 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: Open up our eyes, let us see the things that 95 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: you want to speak to us. Holy Spirit, Come speak 96 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: to us in that intimate personal way that you always do. 97 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:01,679 Speaker 1: It's in Jesus name. I pray Amen. So my mom's 98 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 1: here today, Happy mothers, say, Mom, I love you. I'm 99 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: about to talk about you. Have you ever thought about 100 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: all the weird things that you picked up from your mom, 101 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: things that seem to be like embedded in your psyche 102 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: that you can never change. Like okay, so here's when 103 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 1: my mom never pays full price for anything, Like she's 104 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: that woman that shops the sale cart at the grocery store, 105 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: and she just taught me how to find a good bargain. Now, 106 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: this could be a good or a bad thing, depending 107 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: on how many bargains you find. But that's just one 108 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: of the things that my mom taught me. Another thing 109 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: that my mom taught me was how to rationalize my fears. 110 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 1: We grew up in Florida, and in Florida there's really 111 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: bad storms all the time, and I remember, even during 112 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: a hurricane, feeling like my mom was not afraid. I 113 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: felt safe because my mom was not afraid. She might 114 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: have been afraid, I don't know, but she didn't show it. 115 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: And she taught me how to handle my fear and 116 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: how to really think through practically about the things that 117 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: I was afraid of. But there's one thing that I 118 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: got from my mom that's caused a little bit of 119 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: friction in my marriage, and that is my inability to 120 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:29,559 Speaker 1: notice when my gas tank is getting low. You see, 121 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: Stephen never lets his gas tank drop below a corter 122 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: of a tank, and really he never lets his phone 123 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: drop below fifty percent. I don't know how he does it, 124 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: but he just likes a full tank of gas and 125 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: he just loves it. And every single time that I 126 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: have been with him getting gas in the twenty plus 127 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: years that I have known this man. He gets back 128 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: in the car, he shuts the door, and he takes 129 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: a breath, and he goes there's nothing like a full 130 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: tank of gas. And he's not trying to make me laugh. 131 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: I mean, he just really it's just extremely satisfying to him. 132 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: Am I joking? He says it every single time. So 133 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: then me, on the other hand, I just I don't 134 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: get it. I'm just perfectly fine with driving after the 135 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: gaslight comes on. I get it from my mom. I 136 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: have a picture to show you of the van that 137 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: my mom drove when I was a kid. Anybody else 138 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: did your parents have a family car like this? There 139 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: are so many great things about this picture. Okay, I 140 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: just want to leave it up here just so we 141 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: can soak everything in. Here. Are my parents looking actually 142 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: quite stylish, and your tennis shoes are really white. It's 143 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: about nineteen ninety and we are on one of our 144 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:53,319 Speaker 1: epic camping vacations. Okay. On this particular family vacation, we 145 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: drove from Miami, Florida to Glacier National Park in Montana, 146 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: pulling not pictured a pop up camper that my dad 147 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: bought for a couple hundred dollars. And they also thought 148 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: it was a good idea to bring along our family dog. 149 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: You can't really see her at start, but she's even 150 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: in the picture. But this van, it's all about the van. 151 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: This van was epic. Inside of the van, there were 152 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: two captain's chairs. There were curtains in this van, and 153 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 1: in the back there was a table, not a table, 154 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: a bench that folded down into a bed. But the 155 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: really special thing about this van and had two gas tanks. 156 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: Why do you need to put two gas tanks in 157 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: a vehicle, I'm not sure, but this car had two 158 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: gas tanks. And I have vivid memories. My sister's in here. 159 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: Both my sisters are here today. They will attest to 160 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: this of my mom driving in city traffic and saying, oh, shoot, girls, 161 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: we're on empty. And then she would say, let me 162 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: switch over to the other table, and she would pull 163 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 1: this lever. It would go good, and and but that 164 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: take was always empty too, and she and so then 165 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: she would she would she would turn off the AC 166 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: and we would have to roll down the windows and 167 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: just pray that we made it to the nearest gas station, 168 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 1: but I do the same thing. Recently, my gas light 169 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: came on, but I was running late. Another thing I 170 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: think my sorry mom. I was running late to take 171 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: one of our kids to a game, and I was like, 172 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: we ain't got time to get gas, and so I 173 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: kept driving and the field was like way out in 174 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: the middle of nowhere, and so I dropped the cand 175 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,439 Speaker 1: I was like, you got to get out. So I 176 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: dropped them off and and I kid you not, I 177 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:45,439 Speaker 1: turned off the A C. I don't even know if 178 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: the AC uses gas, but that's what my mom did. 179 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: So I turned off the AC and I just prayed 180 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: that I would make it to the nearest gas stations. Today, 181 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you about running on m D. 182 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: Have you ever prayed your way to the end of 183 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: a day and then just felt like you have to 184 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 1: do that all over again. If you ever felt like 185 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: you cannot be everything that everyone needs you to be, 186 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: like you just have nothing left to give. And it's 187 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: not just moms who feel this way. We all have 188 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: people in our lives who need us. Some of the 189 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: people in our lives need us to meet their physical needs, 190 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 1: some of them need us to meet their emotional needs. 191 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: Some people depend on us to bring energy. Some people 192 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 1: depend on us to bring that spiritual insight. Some of 193 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: the people in our lives need food and transportation, and 194 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: sometimes they need us to do all of that and 195 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: provide financially at the same time. And meanwhile, we're fighting 196 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: our own battles and we're wondering how we can make 197 00:11:56,080 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: ends meet, and we are I'm on that doing enough? 198 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: Am I enough? And all of these feelings can be 199 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 1: really overwhelming, and you can just feel drained. There are 200 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 1: days where I feel empty. I feel like I've spent 201 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: the day leading and working and trying to be creative, 202 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: and then I pick up my kids from school and 203 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: I have to figure out what we're gonna eat and 204 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: who has what activities, and if Steven takes Abby to softball, 205 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: then I can take the boys to their e groups 206 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: and I'll take Graham first, and then I'll get Elijah, 207 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: and then tomorrow we have this and this and this, 208 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: and at the end of the day, I'm just I'm 209 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: just shot. That's one kind of empty. But then there's 210 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: another kind of empty, and that's the kind where on 211 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: top of all of those things, you're carrying an extra weight. 212 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: Maybe you have a health issue, and you just you 213 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: have migraines. You have to just push through all the time. 214 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: Maybe you're grieving, maybe you're going through a divorce, and 215 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,719 Speaker 1: you just wake up every morning and you open your 216 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: eyes and you remember the pain of the season that 217 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: you're in and you can pretend that everything's okay for 218 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: a little while, but you're just not sure how much 219 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: longer you can even do that, and the emptiness suddenly 220 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: makes you aware of your loneliness. That's where our widow is. 221 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: Her husband, a good man, is dead, and she has 222 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: become the thing that women of this period of history 223 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: dreaded the most. She's a widow. Becoming a widow meant 224 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: the loss of your livelihood, and your best hope was 225 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,719 Speaker 1: for one of your sons to care for you. Her 226 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: sons were too young to care for her, and now 227 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: she's going to lose them too because she can't pay 228 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: her debts. These boys needed her and she was failing. 229 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: Have you ever felt the weight of other people needing you. 230 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: She's out of money, she's out of ideas, she's out 231 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: of time, And then, not to mention a long time ago, 232 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: she ran out of joy and hope and strengthen. My 233 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: heart just goes out to this woman. This was not 234 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: the way she thought her life would go. She married 235 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: a prophet, a man who had devoted his life to God. 236 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: And when you give your life to God, bad things 237 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: are not supposed to happen to you, right. I don't 238 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: know if she was angry, but I'm angry for her. 239 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: She was faithful, but she was suffering, and she knew 240 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: things were about to get a lot worse. Have you 241 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: ever been faithful to God and felt like you were 242 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: still just coming up empty? How do you keep going 243 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: when you feel like you have nothing left? And this 244 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: is what I've been wrestling with God this week. What 245 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: do I do when I feel empty? Maybe your situation 246 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: isn't life or death like hers, but you know what 247 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: it feels like to be a the end of yourself 248 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: and to have people depending on you. You know what 249 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: it feels like to have tried everything, but your life 250 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: feels like a never ending loop of wake, work, sleep, 251 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: and you have no joy and you have no hope left. 252 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: And I want you to know this today. God does 253 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: some of his best work when I feel the most empty. 254 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: So today, if you're like me and you feel empty, 255 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: I want to walk you through these seven little verses 256 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: and share with you what the Lord showed me to 257 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: do when I feel like I'm running on empty and 258 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: here they are. I'm going to give you all three 259 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: up front. Cry out, reach out, pour out, cry out, 260 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: reach out, pour out. Let's look back. The first verse, 261 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: the wife of the man from the company of the 262 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: Prophets cried out to Elisha, your servant, my husband is dead, 263 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: and you know that he revered the Lord, but now 264 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: his creditor is coming to take my two boys as 265 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: his slaves. When you feel empty, first thing you have 266 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: to do is cry out to God. Seems really simple, 267 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: but for some reason, this is not the first thing 268 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: that we do. I'm just gonna be honest with you, guys. 269 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: Sometimes when I feel empty, I don't cry out to 270 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: God because I'm too too busy pretending like everything's okay. 271 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: And at first I'm like, I'm pretending to myself. You know, 272 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: it's fine, it's fine, everything's good, everything's good. And I 273 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: think subconsciously, I make my life more full so I 274 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: don't have to feel the emptiness. You ever done this, 275 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: And so I say yes to the extra sports team, 276 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: and I say yes to the wedding shower, I say 277 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: yes to organizing the neighborhood garage sale. But the thing is, 278 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: busyness does not remedy emptiness. It might mask it for 279 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: a little while, but in the end I only feel 280 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: more empty. And now I'm also over committed and tired 281 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: and irritable and feeling like no one wants to help 282 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 1: me with all the dumb stuff that I said yes to, 283 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: And then everything everyone else says just gets on my 284 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: nerves and so I isolate myself even more. Am I 285 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: alone up here? Let me know? Because now I'm isolated 286 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 1: and I'm pretending like everything is awesome because I just 287 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: I just I just don't. I don't want to, I 288 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: don't wanna, just don't want to deal with everything. And 289 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: so when somebody sees me and they're like, how are 290 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: you guys doing, I'm like, oh, we're great, because deep 291 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: down I don't really even think that they care that 292 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: or maybe maybe just not that they don't care, but 293 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,400 Speaker 1: they maybe they can't. I don't think they can relate. 294 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 1: But then I start believing that no one cares, and 295 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: now I feel empty and alone. I don't know, I 296 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: just wonder if this, if this woman tried to pretend 297 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: like everything was okay. How long did she keep that up? 298 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: Everyone knew that she was struggling. Her husband had died, 299 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: so they all knew that, But at least for a 300 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: little while, she had been able to meet make ends meet. 301 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: We know she had debt. Maybe she borrowed money after 302 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: her husband died, thinking that somehow, some way she would 303 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: make it up. We can even infer that she sold 304 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: off everything of value in her home, but maybe she 305 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 1: was able to do that and hide that too, because 306 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: she's trying to protect her family from shame, trying to 307 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: protect her children from fear, and she's carrying everything on 308 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: her own two shoulder. She's trying to be a mom 309 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 1: and a dad and failing at both. And so one 310 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: day she comes to the end of her rope and 311 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: she cries out to the prophet Elijah. And so many 312 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: times in the Bible we see this phrase, cry out 313 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: to God. And Peter was walking on water and he 314 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 1: began to think. The Bible tells us that he cried 315 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: out to Jesus when the blind man wanted to get healed, 316 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: he cried out to Jesus. And every single time what 317 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: happens Jesus responds Psalm thirty four. David said, the poor 318 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: man cried out, and the Lord saved him out of 319 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: all his troubles. But why is it that crying out 320 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: to God is the last resort instead of my first resort. 321 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: I think one of the reasons that we don't cry 322 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: out to God is maybe at our court we don't 323 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 1: believe that he can or maybe not can, but we 324 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: don't believe that he will do anything for us. And 325 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: maybe you prayed before and things got worse. Maybe you 326 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: ask God to change the situation and it is still 327 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: the same, and because things didn't turn out the way 328 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: that you had hoped this time, maybe you'll you know 329 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: what this, I'm just gonna do it myself. I'm just 330 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: gonna muscle this situation. I hate it when I do this. 331 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:29,440 Speaker 1: I hate it because I end up becoming that manipulative, controlling, 332 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 1: complaining woman. And then I wonder why nobody wants to 333 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 1: be around me, and nobody wants to listen to me, 334 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: and nobody understands me. The problem with me trying to 335 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 1: find in people what I'm supposed to find in God 336 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: is that it just makes me more disappointed in the 337 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: people in my life and it's not their fault. So 338 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: now I'm frustrated with my situation and I'm disappointed with 339 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: the people around me because they don't understand me. And 340 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: then I wonder why I feel lonely. It's because people 341 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 1: were not meant to take the place of God in 342 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 1: our lives. There's a space in your life that only 343 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 1: God can fill when you cry out to him. I 344 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 1: told you one of the verses in Psalm thirty four. 345 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: But Psalm thirty four seventeen says the righteous cry out, 346 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: and the Lord hears them and delivers them from all 347 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: their troubles. The Lord is close to the broken hearted 348 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: and saves those who are crushed in spirit. God hears 349 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: your cry. Just let that sink in for a minute. 350 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 1: He hears you. He's not ignoring you, and He is 351 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: going to deliver you. It may not be the way 352 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: that you imagine, it may not be when you want 353 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: it to happen, but He will deliver you. And sometimes 354 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: I think that I prolonged my deliverance simply because I 355 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: just I'm just being stubborn and I don't cry out 356 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: to God. He hears you. He stands by waiting to 357 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: deliver you. You know why. Because he's close. What did 358 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: to say? He's close to the brokenhearted? Here's you. Because 359 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: he's close, he hears you, because he's with you. You 360 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 1: may feel alone, but you are not alone. A couple 361 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: of years ago, we were going through a struggle within 362 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 1: our family, and people knew that we were struggling, but 363 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: they didn't really know how painful it was. And I 364 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: remember sitting in our living room on the couch crying, 365 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: not crying out to God, just crying. And I started 366 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: journaling about it. And I got out that journal the 367 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: other day and I wrote some things in that journal 368 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: that were really wrong. I told God that I was disappointed. 369 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: I told God that I was scared. But also in 370 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: those pages, I would get a verse and I would 371 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: write it down and I would pray it over the situation. 372 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: And I said things in that journal to God that 373 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: I didn't say to anyone else. And then I just 374 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: got up and went about my day, drive my tears 375 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: and kept going. And in the middle of the valley, 376 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: it didn't necessarily feel like God was with me. I 377 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: didn't necessarily feel his presence. But this week, when I 378 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: was reading through the journal, I was just flooded with 379 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: gratefulness and the realization that he was right there with 380 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: me in that darkness. He was listening to me. I 381 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: was poor, bring out my heart. He was giving me 382 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: those verses. And he's with you too. He's close. If 383 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: you're broken hearted today, he's close. Look at verse two. 384 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 1: Elijhah replied to her, how can I help you? Tell me? 385 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: What do you have in your house? Your servant has 386 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: nothing at all, she said, except a small jar of 387 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: olive oil. When she cried out to the prophet. He 388 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: asked her two questions. Did you see them? The first one, 389 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: I like, how can I help you? Well, God, it's 390 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: like I said, my husband's dead. They're coming to take 391 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: my sons away. I need help. I need provision. More specifically, 392 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: I need to pay off my creditors. You know what. 393 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 1: It's okay, And actually it's important to get really specific 394 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: with God because sometimes I think we cry out to 395 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 1: him and we don't even you know what we want. 396 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: What can I do for you? He said? Second question, 397 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: I don't like as much, what do you have in 398 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: your house? I think one of the hardest lessons that 399 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: I've had to learn in my walk with God is 400 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: that when I do cry out to him. The first 401 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:29,959 Speaker 1: thing he wants me to work on is me. And 402 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: the craziest thing is when I work on me slowly, 403 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: I start to see my situation change. I learned this 404 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 1: in my marriage. When I change me, I change us. 405 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:53,360 Speaker 1: And then I found out it works in all my relationships. 406 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: It works in my job. When I change me, I 407 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 1: change us. But most of the time I'm lazy and 408 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: I just want God to fix my problems. I don't 409 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: want to participate in the process. God just fix him, 410 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: fix her. I need a new boss. That's just not 411 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 1: how God works, not in my experience. This widow, she 412 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 1: cried out she needed provision, provision vision. God wanted her 413 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: to see what she already had, even if it was 414 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: something that seemed insignificant to her. You are always a 415 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: part of your solution. What do you have in your house? 416 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: Elijah said, go around and ask all of your neighbors 417 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: for empty jars. Don't just ask for a few. Okay, 418 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: So she cried out to God. Then then she reached 419 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: out to others. Some of us are really great at 420 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: reaching out, but we forget to cry out to God first. 421 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 1: Others of us will cry out to God all day long, 422 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:34,400 Speaker 1: but reach out none of your business. Now. I want 423 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:38,880 Speaker 1: to qualify what reaching out actually means because we live 424 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: in a very strange world and social media has gotten 425 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: us a little mixed up. Don't don't don't hear me 426 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: say the wrong thing. Okay, you can put your prayer 427 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:58,239 Speaker 1: updates on your page, but the real people who love you, 428 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 1: who for you and support you and ask you how 429 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: your appointment went. Those are the people that are with 430 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 1: you on your journey and they are a part of 431 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: your healing. People will comment on your post, but comments 432 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 1: do not replace conversation. I don't believe that this woman 433 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: went out into the streets of her neighborhood and shouted 434 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: any jars, give me all your jars. How do you 435 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: think she got those jars? She went around and she 436 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: knocked on each door. Maybe she made up a speech 437 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: and said the same thing to every single person. That's okay, Hi, guys, 438 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: I know this seems kind of odd. You know, my 439 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 1: husband died and you might imagine I'm having a hard 440 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: time anyway, the Elijah Elisha asked me to go around 441 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 1: and ask for any extra jars that you might have. 442 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: I know this seems weird, but do you have any 443 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: lying around that you don't want. Reaching out means sharing something, Yes, 444 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: even if you say the exact same thing to everyone 445 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: who asks. Reaching out does not mean sharing everything. When 446 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: you cry out, you say everything. She told the prophet, 447 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: everything down to the fact that she had the only 448 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: thing of value that she had in the whole world 449 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: was a little bit of jar, a little bit of 450 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: oil in a jar. But she went around to her neighbors. 451 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: She reached out, and she asked for some jars. I 452 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: think one of the things that the enemy has tried 453 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: to steal from us during this last year is community. 454 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: One year ago, we went inside our houses, we shut 455 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: the doors, and the only thing that we had to 456 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: connect with people were glass screens. But you cannot stay there. 457 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: If you stay on screens, you're just shouting for jars. 458 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: Affirm me, compliment me, agree with me. That's not reaching out. 459 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: Earlier this week, I ran into a really really good 460 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: friend of mine that I hadn't seen since Christmas, and 461 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: we've been friends for fifteen years, and I knew through 462 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: Instagram that they were going through a really tough season. 463 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: This couple has three biological children and three and two 464 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: foster children, and I knew that recently the husband's mom 465 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: had been diagnosed with ALS, and I knew that they 466 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: were helping care for the mom. So this past weekend, 467 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: we run into each other at our kids' sporting events 468 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 1: and we hugged and I looked her in the eyes 469 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: and I said, how was it going? And she looked 470 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: at me and she said, well, mom has moved in 471 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: with us. She needs round the clock care. And honestly, 472 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: this is the hardest thing that I have ever gone through. 473 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: But we're good. And you know I didn't I didn't 474 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: offer any words of wisdom. I just listened to her. 475 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: I told her that she was one of the strongest 476 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: people I know. And now I know how to pray 477 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 1: for them, and now I know I need to check 478 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: on them, bring them dinner, send them door dash, whatever 479 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: floats your boat. We need face to face interaction with others. 480 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: There is no substitute for that. And you might not 481 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 1: need it now, but have you ever thought that maybe 482 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: somebody else might need it from you right now? And also, 483 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: there will come a time in your life because into 484 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: every life the rainfalls at some point and you're going 485 00:31:56,240 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 1: to need to lean on the support of others. They 486 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: don't need to know everything. But if they don't know anything, 487 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 1: how can they offer support? And then you're just going 488 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: to feel alone. Do not let the enemy tell you 489 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: that you're alone. You're not a one that's a lie. 490 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: What do you have that's a little bit of oil 491 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: and some neighbors? Verse four. Then go inside and shut 492 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 1: the door behind you and your son's pour oil into 493 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: all the jars, and as each is filled, put it 494 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 1: to one side. You see, it's important to reach out 495 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: and ask for jars. But there comes a time in 496 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: your life and in your healing process where you have 497 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 1: to shut the door and let God work a miracle. 498 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: The neighbors knew what they didn't know. You know, you 499 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: can be vulnerable with people and still have privacy. I 500 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: get it. Not everyone needs to know everything. Some of 501 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: you need to hear that. Not everyone needs to know everything. 502 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: But there are some people in your life that you 503 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 1: can't hide from. Who was with her when she shut 504 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 1: the door, her sons, her boys, And I wonder how 505 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,480 Speaker 1: much her boys knew about their situation. I wonder how 506 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: much she tried to keep from them. But the thing is, 507 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 1: the people close to us, the people who are closest 508 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 1: to us who are watching us fight a battle, what 509 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: looks you know, what feels like weakness to us, it 510 00:33:56,080 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: looks like strength to them. In her weakest moment, she 511 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: was building their faith. She left him the prophet, and 512 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 1: shut the door behind her and her son's They brought 513 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,759 Speaker 1: her the jars. They brought the jars to her, and 514 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 1: she kept pouring. I thought I would have my boys 515 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:28,720 Speaker 1: come up here and illustrate this. Guys, bring me my jars, 516 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: cry out, reach out. Now it's time to pour out. 517 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,239 Speaker 1: Let's live in this for a second. All she had 518 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 1: was a little bit of oil, and if you think 519 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: about it, it wasn't enough to do anything with. But 520 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:03,360 Speaker 1: it was all she had. And when you're in survival mode, 521 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:10,799 Speaker 1: your instinct is to hoard everything you have, every resource, 522 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: every dollar, every minute, every word. You keep it to yourself. 523 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 1: But the prophet said, poor. Okay, So this is my 524 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 1: son Elijah. He's almost sixteen, yeah, taller than me. This 525 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 1: is our middle child, Graham, he's thirteen and also taller 526 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: than me. I have heels on, but I think you're 527 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,359 Speaker 1: still taller than me. Okay, such a weird thing when 528 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,320 Speaker 1: your children get taller than you. I just can't explain. 529 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,839 Speaker 1: So Elijah, you're gonna stand here and you're gonna hand 530 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 1: me the jars. Graham, you're gonna stand here and you're 531 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,880 Speaker 1: gonna take the jars from me and put them on 532 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,879 Speaker 1: the shelf. I love these boys, I love them more 533 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: than I ever thought possible, and I would do anything 534 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 1: for them. But pouring out is scary. What if I 535 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: pour out and I have nothing left for myself? What 536 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 1: if no one recognizes me? What if no one appreciates me. 537 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:27,920 Speaker 1: If you're waiting for to be appreciated, you're gonna be 538 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 1: waiting a long time. The prophet said, keep pouring. And 539 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 1: sometimes when we feel empty, it's because we feel lost. 540 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:48,520 Speaker 1: We feel like maybe we have nothing to contribute. A 541 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, ten years ago, to be exact, 542 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:57,280 Speaker 1: I was feeling lost. We had planted our church fifteen 543 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: years ago, and when we did that, I involved in 544 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:05,480 Speaker 1: every single detail. We didn't have enough people, so it 545 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,560 Speaker 1: was all hands on deck. I was a worship leader, 546 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:11,720 Speaker 1: believe it or not, I was a teacher and e kids. 547 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,440 Speaker 1: And in the very early days of our church we 548 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,440 Speaker 1: had stopped meeting at my kitchen table. I knew everything 549 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,400 Speaker 1: that was going on. At our church. But as the 550 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,680 Speaker 1: church grew and we were able to hire more people 551 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:28,319 Speaker 1: who could sing, and you know, we were able to 552 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,360 Speaker 1: buy a table and get an office space for our staff, 553 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 1: and our family started to grow. I gradually began to 554 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 1: step away and take care of our family, and I 555 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:42,319 Speaker 1: love being at home with our toddlers. But I felt 556 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:46,440 Speaker 1: left out. I felt like everyone else was having a 557 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:50,080 Speaker 1: blast without me, and like I didn't know anything that 558 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 1: was going on anymore. And I just felt like I 559 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:59,720 Speaker 1: had nothing to contribute, and I wanted to be asked 560 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:04,160 Speaker 1: to do something like lead something, or organize something, or 561 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:08,320 Speaker 1: maybe be on the worship team again, which never happened. 562 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:15,040 Speaker 1: And I started to have a pity party because no 563 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:19,800 Speaker 1: one was picking up on the hints that I was dropping. 564 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 1: I've never been there before, and I remember one day 565 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:28,560 Speaker 1: just realizing, wait a minute, I mean, I don't really 566 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,040 Speaker 1: have that much time anyway, But I could do what 567 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,799 Speaker 1: we're asking everyone else in the church to do right now, 568 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: which was lead an EE group. I did have a 569 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,120 Speaker 1: lot of time, but I had one evening a week, 570 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 1: so I started an EE group for young married women 571 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:52,680 Speaker 1: here Graham and I started to pour every day. I 572 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:56,800 Speaker 1: was wiping noses, and I was cutting food into tiny 573 00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,959 Speaker 1: little pieces. But every Tuesday night, I was pouring into 574 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,319 Speaker 1: the women in my homes. You got two and we 575 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,200 Speaker 1: talked about how to be a godly wife, and we 576 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,799 Speaker 1: read books together, and we memorized scripture together. It was 577 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 1: just a little thing, but I kept pouring. And that 578 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,120 Speaker 1: group came to an end. So I started another group 579 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:21,240 Speaker 1: and I poured into them. And then I started another 580 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:28,120 Speaker 1: group and I poured into them. And then what I 581 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,680 Speaker 1: had been teaching all those years, I turned it into 582 00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:35,000 Speaker 1: a little Bible study for the women of our church. 583 00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:40,360 Speaker 1: That one was a little bit more. And you know, 584 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:45,640 Speaker 1: sometimes we go through seasons with the emptiness. So it's 585 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:50,120 Speaker 1: more than just it's more than just the feeling that 586 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:54,000 Speaker 1: we don't have purpose. Sometimes it is the feeling that 587 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,360 Speaker 1: you don't have enough to make it. And I know 588 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,920 Speaker 1: that some of you un the sound of my voice. 589 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 1: You're like my friend, and you're going through the hardest 590 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:11,560 Speaker 1: thing you've ever been through. You're fighting for your life 591 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:15,600 Speaker 1: and the word of the Lord for you today. Just 592 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:23,640 Speaker 1: keep pouring. You have to keep pouring, because the miracle 593 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:30,239 Speaker 1: only happens when you move, because it's while you pour oh, 594 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,000 Speaker 1: I'm out of jars. It's while you pour that you 595 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:37,279 Speaker 1: experience God's strength and his grace and the joy that 596 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:44,440 Speaker 1: only comes while you pour, because now you're pouring with 597 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:51,080 Speaker 1: a purpose. She was pouring for those boys, but she 598 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,960 Speaker 1: was never pouring from a full jar. She was pouring 599 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,680 Speaker 1: from a jar that only had a little bit of oil. 600 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:06,040 Speaker 1: And if you wait, thanks, guys, if you wait until 601 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:10,680 Speaker 1: you feel full to pour, you will never experience the 602 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:15,399 Speaker 1: power of God in your life, and you'll never experience 603 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:20,200 Speaker 1: the miracle a feeling my God is just pouring through you. 604 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:26,480 Speaker 1: Sometimes when you pour, it does feel like a sacrifice, 605 00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:30,560 Speaker 1: a sacrifice that no one will ever see. You know 606 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,720 Speaker 1: what Jesus said in Luke six point thirty eight. He said, 607 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:38,480 Speaker 1: give and it will be given unto you a good measure. 608 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:43,960 Speaker 1: Press it down, shaken together, Get that jar full, because 609 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:48,720 Speaker 1: it will be running over into your lap. Jesus said, 610 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:54,360 Speaker 1: you just keep giving and I will pour into you. 611 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,080 Speaker 1: Our instinct says, hold on tightly to everything you have, 612 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:03,959 Speaker 1: But Jesus says, just keep giving. Be generous with your love, 613 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,879 Speaker 1: be generous with your time, be generous with your encouragement. 614 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:21,719 Speaker 1: When you feel empty, just keep pouring. So here's how 615 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:28,920 Speaker 1: the story ends. When all the jars were full, she 616 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:33,880 Speaker 1: said to her sons, bring me another one, but he replied, 617 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:38,080 Speaker 1: there's not a jar left. Then the oil stopped flowing. 618 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,600 Speaker 1: She went and told the Man of God, and he said, 619 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:45,520 Speaker 1: go and sell the oil and pay off your debts. 620 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:49,399 Speaker 1: You and your sons can live on what's left. Can 621 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,360 Speaker 1: I give you a bonus point? Live on what's left? 622 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:58,000 Speaker 1: See when you're in a pouring season, that season where 623 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:02,640 Speaker 1: you're fighting for your life and you just keep your 624 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:07,240 Speaker 1: head down and you keep pouring. You pour when you're tired. 625 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,520 Speaker 1: You pour when you feel like no one notices. You 626 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:15,040 Speaker 1: pour when everyone else's kids are acting right, but yours. 627 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,839 Speaker 1: You poor when your friend gets pregnant by accident, but 628 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,919 Speaker 1: you still can't get pregnant on purpose. You pour when 629 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,399 Speaker 1: someone else gets the promotions. You pour when you need 630 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:29,399 Speaker 1: a healing in your own body. And the next thing 631 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:33,000 Speaker 1: you know, you made it through another day. You don't 632 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:38,200 Speaker 1: know how, but you did. And one day you turn 633 00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:44,120 Speaker 1: around and you've got a pantry full of oil to 634 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:56,600 Speaker 1: live on. Live on what's lest. Remember Remember that Bible 635 00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,640 Speaker 1: study that I wrote for the women of our church 636 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:04,040 Speaker 1: when we were in the pandemic. My husband and I 637 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:06,959 Speaker 1: were just praying about how we could help people during 638 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,839 Speaker 1: this time, Like what else could we do? I said, well, 639 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:15,640 Speaker 1: I have this little Bible study. So we sent out 640 00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:23,399 Speaker 1: a message on Facebook and thousands of women from all 641 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:30,600 Speaker 1: over the world responded and for eight weeks, every Tuesday 642 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:36,120 Speaker 1: night they joined me live and we studied how to 643 00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:43,359 Speaker 1: be a godly wife. Somehow you made it through those 644 00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:50,960 Speaker 1: dark days. But now you see all along, through the 645 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:57,400 Speaker 1: pain and the confusion and the heartache you've been stockpiling. 646 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,759 Speaker 1: She lost her husband. She's not going to get her 647 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:06,080 Speaker 1: husband back, but she had something left to live on. 648 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:10,319 Speaker 1: Oh oh, here's that friendship that I made sitting in 649 00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:14,880 Speaker 1: chemo treatments. And here's the verse that God gave me 650 00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:20,480 Speaker 1: when I was crying on the couch. And here's here's 651 00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:25,799 Speaker 1: the song that I listened to every single day for months. 652 00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:28,719 Speaker 1: And every time I hear that song, it just reminds 653 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:33,480 Speaker 1: me of the faithfulness of God. And oh oh, here's 654 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:37,200 Speaker 1: that gratitude journal where I learned how to look for 655 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:44,640 Speaker 1: the little blessings. Now I get to live on what's 656 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:56,239 Speaker 1: left a million little miracles. Don't be afraid of the 657 00:45:56,320 --> 00:46:04,680 Speaker 1: empty spaces, because empty is where God does his best work. 658 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,040 Speaker 1: When I look back at the times when I felt 659 00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:16,880 Speaker 1: the most empty, those were the times when my faith 660 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:23,000 Speaker 1: grew the most. And we get so afraid of being 661 00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:32,640 Speaker 1: empty that we failed to realize that that's exactly where 662 00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:38,680 Speaker 1: God wants us to be. God's like, oh, you feel empty, 663 00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:46,799 Speaker 1: Let's get to work. What do you have now? We 664 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:51,879 Speaker 1: can work with that. There's a song on the new album. 665 00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:55,040 Speaker 1: You might not have gotten to it yet because it's 666 00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,480 Speaker 1: after talking to Jesus and wait on You and shall 667 00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:00,600 Speaker 1: not Want, so you maybe haven't gotten that far in 668 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:04,520 Speaker 1: the album yet. It's called come Again, and I ask 669 00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,480 Speaker 1: our team to come and sing it because I have 670 00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:11,960 Speaker 1: literally had it on repeat for the last two weeks 671 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:16,880 Speaker 1: because there's this line in the song that says, this 672 00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:24,480 Speaker 1: empty space is what you want it all along, So 673 00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:28,880 Speaker 1: I thought this song might minister to you too. God 674 00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:32,040 Speaker 1: wants to fill that space in your heart today that 675 00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:39,279 Speaker 1: only he can fill. He's here, He's right here in 676 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:45,480 Speaker 1: this moment. Starts with just crying out. He hears our cries. 677 00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:53,120 Speaker 1: He's with us in our most desperate and our most broken, 678 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:59,520 Speaker 1: in our most disappointed moments. He doesn't need you to 679 00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:02,719 Speaker 1: get it together for him. Does it need you to 680 00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:06,080 Speaker 1: have a full jar of oil? He wants to comfort 681 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:10,080 Speaker 1: you where you are right now. He wants to restore 682 00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:16,000 Speaker 1: your joy. He wants to heal your heart. It starts 683 00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:20,640 Speaker 1: when you cry out thank you for joining us. Special 684 00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:23,520 Speaker 1: thanks to those of you who give generously to this ministry. 685 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:26,799 Speaker 1: Is because of you that this ministry is possible. You 686 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:29,280 Speaker 1: can click the link in the description to give now, 687 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:33,640 Speaker 1: or visit Elevationchurch dot org slash podcast for more information 688 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:37,319 Speaker 1: and if you enjoyed the podcast, you can subscribe. You 689 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:39,400 Speaker 1: can share it with your friends. You can click the 690 00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:41,719 Speaker 1: share button, take a screenshot and share it on your 691 00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:44,719 Speaker 1: social stories and tag us at Elevation Church. Thanks again 692 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:51,880 Speaker 1: for listening. God bless you