The Paradox Of Progress | Pastor Steven Furtick
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- We can't always see our progress when we're making it; this is the paradox of progress.
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Comment Below: What part of this message challenged your perspective of progress? ^EC Team
Elevation Church 26:50 this message is so deep it’s amazing thank you all for what you do!
I've been reading the bible a lot these past few days, and I never felt more unworthy and in awe of God. I felt strong and more trusting towards God, but at the same time like I am worthless, or I might receive God's wrath for all the smallest things which I never cared about before. I realise how stupid "worthless" sounds while writing this but it's true.
I was confused, foggy and stayed as though in blind denial of my overwhelming unworthiness, continuing to love God. God has gievn me assurance throughout so that I may not give up, but staying in a daze and being unsure isn't nice when it comes to our God.
This message hasn't changed my perspective but rather put s o much into perspective. Even the message about importance and impression. All of it.
I often get scared about receiving wrong but convincing messages about God, but I dont have that fear when it comes to Pastor Furtick and his staff!!
May God bless you all so much. Thank you all so very much for being messengers of God and working to make the gospel clearer to us all. May the Almighty God bless you all and your families.
Before the message, I genuinely felt myself growing closer to God but didn't feel any progress in all of my doings including my spiritual health , I will remind myself to do what is more important to me , rather than what is impressive, thank you so much, God bless
Thank you for your obedience Pastor Steven. At the moment my life is at a standstill in the physical (cancer), but the changes that God has brought within me , I can not begin to put it into words.This is confirmation of what I believe I am experiencing. Glory to God for your ministry🙌🏽
I have been seeking fervently God's hand in my life, yet was not feeling Him the way I used to. Now I see perhaps I am looking for the wrong things. I am progressing. Thank you so much for all you do, I watch the sermons every day.
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 !!
yeahhh. I feel the same
Amy Marais
Awesome revelation you just gave !!! You are exactly correct!!! God's strength is made perfect in our weakness!!!
Oh WOW!!!! Sooo amazing to know I’m not the only one who feels this way
I recommend you to go see francis chan sermon :)
Amy Marais these were my exact thoughts! Wow!
EVERYBODY PLEASE READ
1- JESUS loves you
2- GOD bless you
3- You are beautiful, smart, worthy, and loved
Nowelia Blake and so are you 💛
THANK YOU, NEEDED THAT TODAY ♥
"when people stop complimenting you, that is the highest compliment" Very well said
Love it!!
@@shantereed q
where does he say that?
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. ❤
I'm also 27.
Good for you! There should come a time in every person's life when they make the choice not to be ppl pleasers, but God pleasers.
@@sageblsm27 indeed!
Amen ❤
@Raven 4321 thats awesome. I feel better without it already. 😊
"If I could explain it, I wouldn't have to have faith to believe it." woooo.. yesss.. I needed that reminder
Rianna Babb JESUS loves you
Today is a very sad day for me. I lost my middle child yesterday. What's worse is that I hadn't seen him in 3 years. I'm in AR and he was in Colorado. I am really struggling with it!!😞😞 Please pray for me and my family as we go thru the upcoming days as it will be a very difficult time!! Thank you all for your 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Will continue to pray for healing.
Seek God always because he is soooo much closer to us than we can ever think!
You are amazing and Seek God for answers because he has them all.
Don’t ever give up because God won’t ever give up on you ❤️🩹🤍🕊
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU'RE FAMILY THRU THIS TRAGIC TIMES ❤❤❤
Phenomenal message. Four pages of notes. That spoke to my spirit. When your plans get disrupted, you might be getting closer to God. When you feel your weakest, that is when God is working his hardest. But at the same time, it takes you thinking you've got it to know that you don't have it at all. But it's ok, you just have to trust him to get to where you wanna be. Life will fight back when you're your getting the closest you've ever been to him. It's a beautiful paradox. I just taught myself something in the midst of this comment. Wow. 💆🏾♀️
Paroled April 2nd from ironwood state prison thank GOD for your sermons and the messages delivered through you God bless you Steven furtick........
Congratulations, I pray you stay with your faith, and never forget God loves you even when your faith is difficult.
Logan Sweet thank you n GOD BLESS
Glory to God, may he continue to empower you to walk by faith every day of the rest of your life in Christ, in Jesus name. Who the Son sets free, is truly free indeed!
Frank, glad to see you're out. I used to DJ a morning show on KNLB and the guys at Ironwood would listen to the station. A guy named Steven Price and many othera were very interactive with our ministry. God bless you.
Frank Reyes JESUS loves you
I love this church I pray I get to visit one day! I may just move to North Carolina!!!!!!
Yeah, come to Charlotte. We got a lot of jobs! And a few Elevation campuses.
Me too me too me too
i live in Wilmington NC, considering getting a job in charlotte when i’m done with college haha
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.
No matter our age, God loves to grow us in spiritual maturity and wisdom. We are glad He is speaking to you through the sermons! ^EC Team
I was conviced I was in a loosing season... 🙏🏿🤔😲...
Greetings from Germany!!!!
God bless you all
What part of Germany?
Stuttgart!!! South east
"The closer you get, the further you feel." That speaks VOLUMES to me in this season!
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.
You really dragged me. This taught me to focus on the day-to-day progress that I enjoy instead of worrying about flashy one-time events that others may be stunned by.
Also, “the closer you get, the farther you feel” 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Rache Nyakaana-Blair
I was literally thinking to myself I need to delete instagram just a second before you said “I feel the Holy Ghost telling 50 people to delete Instagram before you take another note” WOW.
This is why when your faith grows,Sometimes you want to give up on it.Wow! This is a paradox of progress. Thank you Lord for pastor Steven. This message come right on time. I'm bless.🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤
Sometimes the best move for you through God are not the things that people compliment
This message was articulated so wonderfully! God definitely used you to speak into my spirit, and has been since my rededication in 2016. Thank you 🙏🏾. To God be the Glory in Jesus name.
I honestly feel like there was a conversation about me between God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit and Ps Furtick...
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." 🙇
The treasure of knowing who I am in Christ. Walking in my purpose for a purpose with a purpose. That just hit me. I have been feeling as though that is what this season is for me right now. Learning what my purpose actually is....my calling. To be honest it makes me excited. I look forward to everyday when I think today is the day things will be revealed. Gods plan for my life will be shown to me. The faith I have today compared to what I had 5 days ago, 2 months ago, 3 years ago is mind blowing to me. God has shown his presence in my life so many times for me not to have faith. This message is what I needed today! Thank you for your word!!
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.
Thank you for this message... May God seal what he put in my heart (yes I took notes... but besides revelation I need more of Jesus in a way that I cannot explain, and that only God knows...). Be blessed y'all!
DyDy xoxo JESUS loves you ✝️
Nowelia Blake I know, thank you 🙏🏿😊
“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things, and
by your will they were created and
have their being.”
Revelation 4:11 Jesus We Love u ❤️
If I could not praise the Lord the rocks will cry out. Here I 'm Lord use me for Your glory. So my life glorify You! Open up the eyes, of heart Lord. So I can be the messenger, of Your word. So people will want what I have. Us me Lord, until You use me up. Hallelujah Lord!
Watching from Marysville Ohio. I'm grateful to you for your sermon.
Thank you for being my “spiritual coach” 🙏🏻
God have mercy on us all
All of the sermons speak to me... but this one.... "to live like jesus died.... to die and be resurrected..." again and again and again..... amen! Thank you for this!!!
Every week new hope is delveered to my Spirit through these sermons ...God works in mysteries ways... Thank you elevation. A grateful soul in Stockholm...
I'm not at a loss. I'm a at a new level. Hallelujah!
Pastor Steven thank you for preaching and speaking the truth of Gods with passion, truth and boldly. Blessed and changed by the word
We are so glad this sermon spoke to you, Denise! ^EC Team
WOW SPEECHLESS ❤️ I had chills throughout the entire service. God is amazing, this message found me right when I needed it most, thank you!
Congratulations on 1,000,000 subscribers! 😀🎉🙌🏼
Ready to move to North Carolina 🙏🏽👐🏽 your videos never fail ! Thank you , Thank God For You.
Such a powerful message. This is 100% the way I’ve been feeling since the beginning of the year.
On my morning walk, before hearing this word, it came to me that we're all looking at the wrong stuff. We build buildings that house "fun" of whatever nature.....go outside at look at the wildflowers blooming for a season....watch the sun rise....
We need this even more at this time, with a pandemic sweeping the world. Blessings from Australia, Dot
You don't need validation from people when you are consistent
How have I been blessed from the day I found your church. God knowing all things has blessed me so greatly, fulfilling his promise of doing so much more in my life than I could ever imagine, through this ministry. Thank you
Knowing who I am in Christ..With a purpose to serve GOD
I been feeling so far away half the time I don't know what I'm doing. Just kinda surviving. But I'm so far from were I started! It's finding a new me in Christ. Tha k u pastor furtick! Your msgs always hit, and are so understandable
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I usually watch the sermons. But Jesus sent this one directly down my street and it BANGED on my front door! I received it in my spirit. Such a blessing. God bless you and your family Pastor Steven!
Let's just appreciate that we are able to serve the LORD. For HE is faithful.
The closer you get the further you feel. Asking the pertinent questions that’s are deeper for better understanding. This is so on time, I’ve been feeling like this here lately. You need to do this more, you need to do that more because GOD needs all of your words and time. In retrospect yes, however after this message give GOD your all while being honest and true but still live your life according to HIS word. The LORD knows our hearts and minds and spending all your waking hours praying is not necessary.
The closer you get to your purpose the further you get from your plan
We know who we are we know where we came from we know where we're going it will be worth it for sure
Thank you so much, pastor furtive! Your message brings me to desire more close to LORD. Best!
4 years later and here I am again. This word was powerful
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!!!
When Paul said he wanted to participate in Christ's suffering, he is not saying he wants to die like Christ died but he's saying he wants to live like Christ died. Constantly living the cycle of death and ressurection. Wow, this is new to me 👍❤❤
That’s why even though I’m dealing with tons of challenges right now, I have faith that He’s using all of it for His glory and purpose and will bring a harvest to me.
I watch Holy Spirit filled Pastor Stephen from Harare, Zimbabwe and I am elevated. I want to be more like Christ. Amen
Can't wait for church tomorrow!
I PRESS ON!! Praise GOD! Amen
Impressive < Important... the paradox of progress. Amazing!! God bless you for this message.
The closer you get the more questions you have
The answer that once satisfied you no longer fill the Void and the new answers don’t come so easy
The part of this message challenged my perspective of progress is when Pastor Steven said: What's most important is often least impressive means as a society, most of the time we celebrate all the wrong stuffs. Wauuu this was my revelation and thank you Pastor Steven for always reminding us the word of God in very simple and powerful ways. God bless youu
God bless you Pastor Furtick.
Thank U, Luv Your messages, always so heartfelt and inspiring in such a chaotic and depressing stressful world! Sometimes it's hard to find the energy and motivation to keep going forward day after day when there is so much depression and discouragement in our daily lives, and it feels like it will NEVER get better, and like we are just drowning in quick sand, basically circling the drain. Your messages are encouraging and give me strength and hope! I don't know what I would do without you and this Ministry ♡
Kitty,
Thank you so much for sharing your heart with us. We are lifting you up in prayer and hope you know that you are not alone in this journey, in this walk.
^ECteam
Great Sermon, Really helped me step into prayer with the Lord. Thank you
His ways are higher than my ways, thoughts higher than mine.
Amen & Amen, Sara! Thank you for sharing with us what blessed you from this message. Jesus loves you & He knows exactly what you need in life. We believe that as you continue to trust Him, you will see God's Exceedingly Great & Precious Promises come to pass in your life!🧡
"The closer you get to God,the further you feel" I felt it!! Thank you Holy spirit I know you brought me here just for this,i needed this. Thank you Jesus😭🙌🏿🙏🏾
So good, God spoke to me through this today. Philippines 3:16 really challenged me, I'm not letting go of shallow desires because God will love me more. But I'm letting go of the old to pursue God in a deeper way, to put on my new self that Jesus died to give me. "No longer striving and straining but trusting and believing." So true
This. Is. AWESOME!!!!! I will never look at this passage the same again!!!
Am bless.
Love you pastors Steven
More grace sir
We have to humble ourselves so God can fix us
I don't know how many times I watched this sermon, but every time I do the louder my soul shouts with praise. I've never felt weaker. I"ve believed for a long time that Christianity is weighed based on my ability to be disciplined and know HOW or WHAT to do, but the weaker I became, the more God has space to take over. I'm glad I don't have to have it all figured out, and I can just trust Him.
Such a great message! You spoke to me, Ps! Thank you for sharing the Word with us. Bless you 🙏
Speaking the truth in love can build bridges to understanding. 💗✝️
Dear Pastor Steven, God responded to your prayer in my life by giving me this sermon as a glimpse of my progress! God bless you 🙏🏻🔥💖
I have been getting closer to GOD and I’ve the battle everyday and I’m noticing it every single day
Just what I needed to hear! Ah, so many stumbling blocks, barriers, hurdles; but I am moving forward in ways like never before!
Instagram is the only way that I can see my grandbaby in England and to me and to God that's important but I will definitely delete my Facebook I don't really have a lot of activity on Instagram anyways I just keep it active so I can watch my daily videos from my grandson. Thank you for the sermon all of your sermons are amazing and just know that whenever you're out there saying I don't know who this is for but I know it's for somebody so far it's been for me every time! So thank you God and thank you pastor Furtick ❤❤❤❤
We're glad the sermons have had a great impact on you, Dawn! We're praying you get to reunite with your family in England soon! ^EC Team
Powerful and I love it! My God is worthy to be praise and I thank you Lord for this word
Thank you holy Spirit thank you Pastor l receive it in Jesus name
It's not a goal but a gift. I've been in tears this whole message and it's the Word I needed to hear today.
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This message is so on point for me. More anointing Pastor Steve.
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.
Complimenting Consistency!! So true! 🤯🙌🏻
I love the sermons.. I respect you Sir. This please explain. Blessing
Belkis Perez what is it that you want explained. Faith? Trust? The paradox of A perfect God wanting us?
Why wouldn’t he! I would love to answer your questions.
“Need” isn’t as the world has become to defined it. Need is purpose. “To have need of it”...means to have a purpose.
The closing prayer....... In awe!
Thanks Pastor Steven
What a message! Thank you God for your vessel💜
At 26 bought a house we had newer vehicles 2 kids and money to do what ever. I was not rich but was good. I am now 40 and between the age of 32 and now I lost every single thing I ever gained in life to drug addiction. But thru Jesus even when My back seat of my truck that has 350,000 miles and is now my closet I am in such a better place. I had to share that with a young girl I crossed paths with this evening we will call her J. Could you say a prayer with me for this girl who feels there is no hope left for her after losing her child and is addicted to heroin but desperately wants her life back.
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...
Watching this live and here I am again. This message speaks directly to what I’m struggling with right now. Thanks Pastor Furtick !
Oh he laid it down on this one! Pastor Steven keep walking in the Spirit! Bless you!!!
SO GOOD🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥I needed this today!!!!!🔥
Charlotte watching from Marysville Ohio
Wow. I pray we all see in ourselves what God sees in us. I pray we all remember what God has done in our lives so that in moments of doubt, Feeling unseen, unloved, or unappreciated, the memory of his grace will enter our hearts so strong that we will be sent into praise instead of sadness and depression.
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
SO GOOD!!! Cried so many times. I could write a bunch of things here, but man.. the paradox of strength in weakness. It is weird, but it's true. This is the story of my life. I am the older son in Luke 15. Now when condemnation comes to me, I will rejoice in His faithfulness and his promise, that his grace is made perfect in my weaknesses. Now I can live from the love that He has demonstrated. Thank you Jesus!
I thank you God for Elevation Church, infinity times thanks! 🙏
Every part of this sermon is speaking to me. Thanks Pastor Steven Furtick
This is just as good 2 months later. Thank you. I needed this 😭😭.
what a great sermon God spoke to me,every time i hear it get something new out of it .Thank u LOVE from India.
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!!!!
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.