@amymarais
When Pastor Furtick said “the closer you get the further you feel “ - I felt that . I’ve been more disciplined in my prayer & bible life than ever before YET I feel like I’m further away from where I need to be . I thought progression would feel different. Thought that the closer I got to God , the stronger I would feel BUT ACTUALLY the closer I get to God the more aware I am of how weak I am & how much I don’t actually know ! This message really changed my perspective on what progression LOOKS and FEELS like . Super blessed by this word ! Thank you !!
@penguinfox838
Amen I actually got rid of my facebook last week. I was tired of focusing on things that were just not important. And also it was not healthy when it tempted me to be envious of everyone around me. Seeing everyone living their life. But I haven't. So I was like no demon. I'm done with this. I might get it back later on when my heart is more like Gods. And when I can stand strong. But right now all I need is Jesus and a few friends. I don't have snap chat or Instagram. Or anything now. It does feel awkward because I'm so use to checking my fb every 5 mins. But I'm glad I got rid of it. I'm a nobody. And I'm greatful for being an invisible nobody to the world. Because that means the one who is noticing me is God. And that's all that matters. ❤
@dotcassilles1488
God is teaching me to look at life from His perspective.... To look at not just the outcome but the process that occurs in the moment to moment living of an experience. He is also teaching me about how my thoughts and feelings affect the results and how i perceive what happens. This message seemed especially pointed towards my life right now as the COVID19 pandemic changes our daily lives. Thanks for these messages, im a new subscriber from Australia and am learning so much from Elevation church. God is helping me to record the lessons im learning for future use, reminding me of lessons ive learnt in the past and building on them. Blessings to Pastor Furtick and his family, the staff and congregation of Elevation church, from south eastern NSW, Australia. Dot
@FrankyB.1290
Paroled April 2nd from ironwood state prison thank GOD for your sermons and the messages delivered through you God bless you Steven furtick........
@a_coleman11
24:18, 27:02 explains so much.
@heyjdhere
10:32 - What’s more important is often least impressive 11:52 - I gave up what was impressive in order to reach towards something that was actually important 12:18 - When you get consistent at something people stop complimenting you about it. 12:24 - The best way to get compliments is to only do the right thing occasionally 14:03 - If people have stopped completing you that is the highest compliment Luke 19:30-31 23:57 - To know him, Paul said; I had to go into partnership with his sufferings to experience closeness 24:20 The close you get, the further you feel 28:02 - He was crying because they were celebrating the wrong thing. People thought Jesus was coming to fix it but he was coming to fix them. 29:12 - The closer Jesus got to his purpose, the further he got from their plan 33:46 - The paradox of progress, it’s the paradox of Jesus hanging on the cross and he’s never been more powerful and he’s never looked weaker 34:33 - I want to live like Christ died. That means I’m constantly having to die to shallow desires so that he can give me the desires of my heart 35:41 - people will think I’m losing but really I’m winning 37:07 - what you are reaching for is already yours
@angelafortner1603
I'm grateful to be reminded of God's Beautiful Love. He loves us for how we really feel in our heart.I don't have to have the best of everything.. He loves me for me... Also what the Pastor just said on how the closer you get to God the further away he seems. That makes me feel a peace inside cause I have been more close to God than I ever have been... I have always believed an had faith, but it would take all day to explain all the trials an losses I have been through in a year... Nightmare's for most of it. So I have been drawing closer to God.. Things haven't changed at all. At times even harder. However I feel in my soul that Great Blessings an clarity are on the way.
@Deba7777
Pastor Steven! This. Helped. So. Much!!! It clarified several things for me in my walk; it clarified the losses in my life that seemed like contradictions, but were paradoxes! I'm going to listen to this over and over until it sinks in deeply and share it with others. Thank you for your humble delivery of this message! God bless you and your family's and your ministry's sox off!
@noweliablake9394
EVERYBODY PLEASE READ 1- JESUS loves you 2- GOD bless you 3- You are beautiful, smart, worthy, and loved
@lisafedigan6887
I think alot of friends and family when given the thought of physically dieing they decided they didn't love god. I don't know this but I wonder because of the 180 some did. Is it bitterness I don't know. I pray for them and I know god has them in his mighty hands that can save anyone. I'm just a speck of dust in a windstorm. Amen let things go. Amen I feel like I'm losing its a storm. Searching for the lesson! Amen gods unconditional love.amen if you have painful memories from the past write them down and promptly burn them up and don't think about it anymore move on! Live in the present. Amen I don't care about having pride or what others think. Only gods opinon matters!
@Chosen2Abide
I've been going through the Experiencing God study with a small group. The deeper we get into it, the further away I feel, and the more negative thoughts I have had. So much so that for the past week and a half I have gone to sleep with your sermons playing through the night, trying with everything in me to fill myself with the things of God, even subconsciously. Yet something inside me just wants to cry. This morning I woke up to this sermon so I decided to watch from the beginning and I thank God Almighty that I did! The part where you said, (I tried to get it word for word, paused it about 5 times), "If you are currently going through something that you are not understanding... And you feel like you are going through a losing season. It's not a loss, infact, it's a new level. It's you going deeper into the things of God, to understand His heart at a level you couldn't before. " Please forgive me if I misquoted, but that, that has changed everything for me. Maybe not the way I've been feeling but it has given me a new understanding. It has enabled me to not give up, to keep pushing forward and to allow God to do whatever it is He's trying to do in my heart, in my life, in my mind, and even these emotions! Thank you for allowing God to use you, and for your honesty about your own struggles and flaws! God bless you.
@nicoledeleon4888
I needed this... JESUS!!!!!! I been crying out I feel lost... Pastor, The LORD constantly uses you to preach to me... I feel like that lost one. Thank you Jesus for loving me enough to meet me where I'm at!!!!
@dreas657
I love how God works!!!! He is so amazing He knows me as no other and I am just in awe with Him! I just want to celebrate God who loves me in a way I’ve ALWAYS wanted to be loved, in the way I’ve always yearned to be loved and what lacked in my life... it’s so exciting to be on this journey with you, even though you never left me my WHOLE life, for if it wasn’t for YOU I would not be here! As footprints prayer said when there was only one set of footprints it was then you were carrying me.... I’m in no rush because I was in the dark for so long, because I was unclean for so long, to FINALLY hear you thru sermons, to finally have a relationship with You, I’m in love for the first time in my life KNOWING I will not be hurt having full faith and trust in YOU, that ALL that has happened was and will be used for purpose! Thank you for setting me free, thank you for saving me, thank you for allowing me to use all the storms, all the pain, and start working on it and use it for good, I know I will not only make YOU, my Father proud, but my daughter, continue to Rest In Peace my little baby, mommy finally sees the light and one day we will meet again...
@curtisnelson7030
I just discovered you last week. I have to say with 100% sincerity you have opened my eyes in soooo many ways through the 5 sermons I’ve listened too. I listen every day. Such wisdom and words from the lord. Thank you.
@travish2108
I found this when I was dealing with some emotional stress from my past, asking questions about my pain. It was the first sermon I clicked on... best part is I just started the book of Phillipians yesterday, my questions answered and my pain is healed instantly. Thank you father for hearing my prayers and showing me your grace.
@SharingWhat
I am old as dirt. I have listened to a lot of different pastors. I watch your teaching and I am moved to tears during pretty much every video. I can relate to the things that you say. It moves me to the point that during one video you said the message was for someone and I honestly felt in that moment that you had been personnaly speaking to me. I gotta tell you, someone attacked me verbally and my instinct was to fight back, but.... I let it go, and walked away, and then the next day I clicked on another one of your teaching on youtube and it related to it. I may be old as dirt but.... watching you videos help me to be more mature as a person, and more humble. Thank you.
@lisafoster3494
That was so deep!!! And EXACTLY what I needed to hear today! My life was going in a specific direction and God closed every door moved me to a different state and put me in an RV and has shut all doors here too but He showed me I was not putting Him First I was putting people first. I will forever be grateful!!!! I feel like Im being recalibrated for something and it has been HARD real hard and it feels just like you said Pastor Like I am losing in all areas but God is my Source and He is Faithful!!!!! He has been taking me to a deeper level then ever before!!! It feels like Im Jonah in the belly of this metal whale and Im in Gods boot camp!!! Dont give up if your life is a mess God s Got This!!!!Thank You for being Faithful to Gods calling on your life!!!
@irisgonzalez4608
Thank you, Pastor Steven ✨👑✨ for this message. Daily I thank God for you, your family and this ministry. Amen ✨ " To know Him... The King of weakness Who is the source of my strength." 🙇
@TheLv1234
I watch Holy Spirit filled Pastor Stephen from Harare, Zimbabwe and I am elevated. I want to be more like Christ. Amen
@elevationchurch