Are You Getting Closer to God? | Steven Furtick
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- It’s easy to feel like we’re not where we need to be or that we should be farther along by now. But what if you’re exactly where God positioned you to be?
Pastor Steven Furtick uses Luke 24 verses 31-33 to show us that God will meet us in the middle of whatever we’re going though. He’s not waiting on your perfection or for you to get your life together. He will meet you in the middle of your mistakes, the middle of your pain, and the middle of your darkest night. THAT’s where God will show up.
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Section Titles:
0:00 - I’m Not What I Want To Be
2:18 - Why You Don’t Feel Like You’re Growing (Luke 24, verse 31)
4:30 - You’re Exactly Where You Need To Be
5:58 - It’s The Same Grace
6:44 - Your Purpose Is Not Finished
8:15 - God Shows Up In The Middle (Luke 24, verse 32-33)
10:47 - God’s Grace Is Right Here
Are You Getting Closer to God? | Steven Furtick
“Stop running from what god saved you from and start running toward what god saved you for” Im not crying 😭 you are lol ❤️❤️❤️❤️
same
Wow what an incredible statement.
God I need your strength 🙏🏽
@@efrain.g8778 haven't yet reached the end or reached that part but I feel like as if she made mistake...I think it's "stop running to what God saved you from and instead run towards what he is saving you for".....makes more sense to me 🤗
Yes and yes!
I. Will. Not. Quit. In. The. Middle
I'm not quitting I have God's encouraging words
God is good
I don't know why i'm watching this, and i know i've strayed further from God, so i wanna know how to get close to him.
I just want to thank God for giving me my life back on May the 15th 2016 i had a massive drink and drugs overdose ended up in hospital with total failure had to have 9 major operations in 9 weeeks to save me was told I will be on dialysis the rest of my life was told I might not make it in in my weak and desperate time in my hospital bed I called on the name of the lord he heard my cry and plea and toke up my challenge im now restored kidneys healed no need for dialysis and the cherry on top of the cake free from the bondages of drugs and drink completely clean HALLELUJAH and when I got out of hospital I got baptised and got a bible im like the prodigal son I've came home im now saved and a child of God it's all thanks to my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ thank you for what you have done for me I love you with all my heart AMEN to that
Amen!!! So happy to read how our lord transformed your whole life. Blessings
Amen!!! May God bless you always ❤️🙏🏻
God is so good
AMEN. Christ lives in you and loves you. You are stronger than you could ever know. 💛
Glory back to the Almighty🙏
I normally don’t watch this right after they’re posted, but I felt like I needed to watch this as soon as possible and I’m so glad I did.
Thank you Pastor. Just what I needed at the right time. God bless you Sir!
Right
Omg same
Me too!! I'm so glad I did!!!
Same
"I need a gap that makes me grateful and a gap that make me grow!"
Me too.
I’m in the middle. God is with me and will go the rest of the way with me. Only believe
Pray this prayer to be saved from the bottom of your heart plzzz
Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior.I receive it and Believe it in
Jesus Powerful Name, AMEN‼️‼️❗️❗️❗️
@@jesusisreal2604 just prayed that prayer, God bless you
I met Jesus when I was 15. It was great. It changed my life. However, after a few years I felt like my faith was shaken. I was indulged in the mud of sin. It made me feel that I got dirty again after being cleansed. Through the years, I have been committing the same mistake over and over again. I really feel guilty and sad about it. I am praying for restoration in my life. I want to be an instrument of God to bring back my family to the church. Please pray for me. I hold on to His promises. He will make a way for sure. He is what I needed the most in my life.
It’s crazy the amount of things that tried to keep me from hearing this message today but I felt such a strong pull to make the time for it. So glad I did, it was exactly what God needed me to hear to help me keep going! Thank you so much! ♥️
I feel the same
Pastor Furtick is the best preacher of our time. He keeps on blessing me!
Go watch seekingwisdom ministries, helped me a lot. God bless.
He's actually one of the worst.
@@andrewcramer9200 I don't understand why you are on this channel if that's how you feel.
We all have a right to our individual opinions.
God Bless You Brother.
I hope you find what you are looking for.
Pastor, you literally make my day, I'm a 15 year old teen from India, and due to lock down ,we cannot go to churches. But here I am each single day receiving blessings through your videos! Oh man, you're my biggest inspiration ever! Love you so so much! God bless you my dear! ❤
God be with you
IT'S JUST THE MIDDLE IT'S NOT THE END❗️
When we all get to heaven , what a day of rejoicing that would be , when we all see Jesus , we will sing and shout the victory ... Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,
sing his mercy and his grace;
in the mansions bright and blessed
he'll prepare for us a place.
Too bad only 144,000 people are going there
Tiff you don’t know that
Praise The Lord
@@tiffanywright6653 I'm sure there are much more people than that figure
I'm not where I once was🙌🏾
I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BREAKTHROUGH I WILL NOT QUIT IN THE MIDDLE THANK YOU LORD FOR TAKING ME THIS FAR AND NOT LEAVING ME 🙏🙏🙏
I Am Not What I Was Especially During This Cornoa. I've Learned So Much Since Everything Is Closed. I Can't Run From My Thoughts Or My God And Now I Know I'm Right Where I Need To Be.👏👏👏👏👏❤
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🙏🏿God
You can only be right where you need to be when your right with God not in the middle. There is no movement in the middle. Its a lukewarm character in the middle read REVELATION 3:15,16....findout what the Lord says about such kind of christians who are confortable in the middle.
I am in the middle!!!! It is 4am where I am. After watching another one of Pastor Steven Furtick's messages it clicked that I am always hungry at 3pm and go to the bathroom then look at my phone at 3am. So I decided that I would take the time to watch a sermon at 3 am because of the significance. This was an AWESOME word!!! I have been watching a sermon a day. I cant believe I have cried so much. He is cleaning me up and renewing the right spirit in me while i am trying to stay clean and not get coronavirus. I am taking my steps and then to top it off he used my go to bible parable and it got me again.🥺😭🙋🏾♀️👐🏽🙏🏾
A sermon a day! Wow, I'm so inspired❤️❤️❤️
The enemy is so cunning, BUT GOD!!! I read the title and thought to myself, yes I’m getting closer to God and started moving on. The Lord said go back...lol...Whoooo!!! Won’t He do it!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I am so glad to be in the middle. As long as my eyes are set on Christ, I cannot fail. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Amen
Salvation is a gift you must grow into
I need a gap that makes me grateful and a gap that makes me grow
7:15
13:20
I NEEDED THIS SO MUCH ! ITS THE 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF LOSSING OUR 2 BOYS. WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT, BUT STILL REACH FOR JESUS.
I T S. J U S T T H E M I D D L E !💝
Am sorry to ear you losing your son
Bless your soul ❤️🩹
May god be with you till the end
Perfect timing
GOD didn't get them out, He joined them right there, In The Middle!!! 💪🏽🙏🏾💪🏽🙏🏾🙌🏽
God never joined them in the fire...he was already in the fire...if he joined them there, they would be dead already....hey christian wake up and understand the scriptures and God....
Tell me something who was first in the den of lions God or Daniel? Who shut the lions' mouth?
God doesnt meet you in the middle you find Him ahead when you seek Him with all your heart mind and soul.
10:20 stop running from what God saved you out of. Start running toward to what God saved you for 🙌💗
Amen! it was really a blessing, many times we become discouraged. But, what if you’re exactly where God positioned you to be?
In the Middle!! It's where God shows up and God's grace is Right here.
God is with me in the middle. ✋🤚🖐👆
Thank you man of God... I'm in middle I'll stay with God no matter what He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ..❤🇬🇾🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
What a word!😭🔥🙏🏽♥️
Love from Johannesburg, South Africa 🌍
He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it. Whatever you're going through, I want you to look at the cross again.
God bless everyone!
To whoever is reading: God loves you. He has a great plan for you. You are going to make it! Amen.
10:21 amen stop running from what God save you out of but run towards what God save me for
His grace and salvation is in the middle
Gap of gratefulness and gap of growth. Amen!!!
Just this morning , right before I picked up my phone to listen to this, God said to you’re right where I put you! God will meet us in the middle of the pain and the process. Pastor Steve, God put you right in the middle of Elevation Church to do this.....Amen! Thank you Elevation Church. God will fill the gap!
This message was right on time for me Pastor Steven. I am in the middle and God is with me even through every storm 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥
I feel the presences of God along he preaching
The presence of The Holy Spirit 🎉
I really needed this in this season :)
I found you at 333 this morning... I'm in the middle, taking leaps of faith.
So this message came up on my timeline when I was honestly about to watch Paternity Court while I’m working. Started to skip by but something said no, watch this first. Glad I did... this was confirmation for me. Been feeling discouraged for a long time and almost ready to stop caring... I need the gap between grateful and growth. I cannot quit in the middle. I heard you Lord! 🙌🏾🙏🏾
My Purpose with God is to enforce peace and dismantle chaos!
I don't remember who said this, but I remember one pastor said "Our job is Today and God is in our tomorrow" and it leads to Matthew 6:34. (: God bless you!
So God is with me always!!! In the middle of it all and ahead in the future! WHAT AN AWESOME AND MIGHTY GOD😊🙏🏽💗🙏🏽💗... so generous and compassionate 😊💗🙏🏽 seek him, He loves us all.
I need a gap that makes me grateful and a gap that makes me grow 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I really needed this ! God bless ❤ !
You dont need this you need Jesus a christ who is ready to recieve you for all your effort of knowing him not just being motivated for some day break.
Grateful for the growth n God didnt leave me in the middle ..its not in vain it's not wasted what I went through for my brothers n sisters..they will be free ...its just the middle I press forward
This for me because GOD is for me GOD is here GOD is with me
Amen n I will not b stuck in the middle I will move with God's grace
Thank God I found this video. I actually felt that I was not doing enough, that I was lacking but this showed me I am not and I AM DOING WELL. THANK YOU GOD ❤❤❤
Whoooooosh. Hallelujah 😊😊😊
My God guys 🙏😊😇words can't describe how I am feeling right now, all I know is he is Amazing ❤️
I love these short sermons they are perfect for my ride to work
Wow... this man is completely enthroned in the Realm Of the Holy Spirit! He’s sincere about not just his soul/his family’s soul(s) yet, he is concerned and accepts all creeds nationalities! He sees the heart not the outer appearance! And he also seems as if he will call your card if you come with Tom foolery... preach on pastor preach on!
Thank you Lord for the grace in the middle. Gracious Father!
What a powerful message to start my day! The middle makes so much sense right now. We are sometimes so eager to move to the goal that we forget or lose focus on the process and what God is doing for us in the middle. I will not quit!
This is just the middle. I will not quit in the middle.
I am iin the middle... stepping forward in Jesus name. Lead me father, use me, transform me. But then again the attacks seem to be much more frequent and getting stronger. Lord give me the strength to continue. I will not quit!!!!
I need help and prayer. How do I know when to move and when to sit still and wait for God? Pastor Steven pray with me. Ii want the grace of God.
Great word thank you Jesus for your grace and mercy Lord thank you pastor Steven for this word shalom shalom shalom
Dang he a rock star preacher. Never thought I’d see that lol
“You need a gap that makes you GRATEFUL and a gap that makes you GROW.” I felt very confused where I was at in the season I’m in right now. I felt I should be more grateful for the things I had but also wanted to find ways to help get back up on my feet. I wasn’t happy with where I was at because I felt I wasn’t making progress and thought being in the middle was bad. But this made me realized being in the middle is where God’s Grace is at.
"What 'was' is GONE, what 'will be' is UNKNOWN"
Thank you pastor SF for always bringing us closer to God! May God use you more to minister and encourage people! Praise God!
Thank You for encourage me - get up - keep walking ! Right here !
Grace and this gap is Grace again! Amen
Wow God really just spoke to me I really was just crying for a couple of mins telling Jesus how sorry I was man! I really felt his presence it was like not other! It was so loving and I couldn’t help my self but cry and I couldn’t stop!
I need God to meet me in the middle , everything I'm working toward seems like is getting further and further away.
Some where along the way, the only thing you can lean on is Faith.
It's the same Grace 🙌🙌 Don't be discouraged because you're still in the middle
Just the middle! Just what I needed to hear today!
So timely 😭 for the past few days I’ve been feeling the gap. Praise God 🙏🏾. Honestly I’ve been in a confused middle which I couldn’t comprehend but I kept telling myself it’s a new level. 😭
What a BLESSING this message was, JESUS is my LORD and SAVIOUR AMEN.
Amen I needed this message today. I'm no longer looking at my past
That's the greatest thing to hear
I don't regret listening to this message today. I want to thank God for my life...I really need his mercy in my life
I AM NOT WHAT I WAS ONCE! BUT IM NOT YET WHAT I WANT TO BE!
I need a gap that makes me grateful and a gap to help me grow!!!!!! AMEN!!!! Preach it, Pastor!!!!! 🔥 🔥🔥
"It's JUST the middle"
Amen 🙏
Thanks for the strongest message ....god is with me amen....🙏
That was truly a blessing and beautiful! I wondered why I feel like I was not growing, now I know, I'm growing but will not pass some "finish line". I will continue to keep growing. God is above all! Amen!!
God is so proud of us...we're moving forward and He's drawing us closer ❤
Love you paster Steven Im here in Trinity Florida and my holy fire feels everything your saying id love to meet you and I’m sure most people do but if I don’t see you here I’ll see you up there
This touch my heart at 5am in the Morning!!!! 🙏🏽
Stop running from what God saved Me From and start running what he saved Me For!! Thank You God! I always look at my Past but no More on this Day! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊
Glory to God thank you for change. Amen
Thanks 👍 for the glorious massage.Jesus bless you ur family n the church.Mukul Anty from India Bhopal.Keep us in ur prayers.
I'm staying in the middle 🙌
I may not be where I want to be but by the grace of GOD I am where I need to be
I have to stop running away from my past. Instead I need to start looking forward to where God is taking me.
I am in the middle of pain and hurt. I need him right now. God I am on my knees asking you to please hear me out. Don’t abandon me lord.💔
Ashley, we are praying for you.
Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in time of trouble."
^SF Team
Official Steven Furtick thank you so much! God bless!
God is in the middle of every situation in my family Amen
My faith is in a battle right now
I never catch his videos right after uploading on TH-cam. But it’s crazy that it’s the first video that shows up on my recommended on the main page of TH-cam but Last night I was discouraged that God is not working on me hard enough. I’m so drawn on looking around seeing what he is doing for everybody else that I can’t even see what he’s doing for me. But today I declare that He who started a good work in me he will be faithful to finish it. I will not fall into depression again.God cannot perform miracles without faith. So today God as hard as it is I give you all the faith I have to expect the change I want to see. I desire to be in your presence like never before. In Jesus name amen !
Thank you God . God bless you. God should always anew your thinking and give you more word of him(God) to give us
Man I needed this MONTHS AGO but it came on time
Thank you for the timely word of encouragement as Coronavirus postponed my plan of executing a dream, but praise God for his perfect timing for everything!
This sermon inspired this poem I wrote today. Just want to start sharing😊
What goes on between A and C
Is B
B is in the middle
Be
In the middle
And see
The Alpha behind the A
Because now there’s no ego standing in your way!
Praise God! Hallelujah.. i believe i’m in the middle.. thank You Lord for the grace of salvation, for letting me out of the past and for the unknown future to come. God Bless you Pastor Steven. 🙏
Just what I needed!!! God help me get through the Middle!!! The past is in the past the future is unknown! Please God!!
I was blown away by this message. God is sufficient for us. I am not in paradise ; I am in a process.
Thank God that his grace is in the middle- the middle of my storm, the middle of my fire and the middle of my battles.
Praise God.
Amen God walks with me
Amen Glory to God Hallelujah 🙌🙌🙌
Thank you Pastor Steven 😇 Praise GOD for you🙌🙏
P.S Happy Father's Day 🎉
COME ON PASTOR STEVEN!! 💯❤️🙌🏻 THANK YOU JESUS!! 😭🙌🏻👏🏻