Elevation with Steven Furtick - I’m Going Under (Chet Pete)

Episode Date: April 12, 2026

There’s nothing you could ever go under that God isn’t over. His authority isn’t meant to control you with fear but to lead you with love. In this message, Chet Pete reminds us: When... you trust His commands and surrender to His control, you can rest in His protection.If you’ve just made a decision for Christ, please respond HERE: http://ele.vc/tIepfrScripture References:Luke 7, verses 1-10Luke 4, verse 36Mark 1, verses 43-45Luke 6, verses 46-49See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, and this is our podcast. I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life.
Starting point is 00:00:18 Enjoy the message. We're going to be in Luke chapter 7. Everybody just remains standing just for the reading of the word, and then I'll have you seated here in just a moment. We're going to be in Luke chapter 7, verses 1. through 10. As I was preparing to preach today, we have been in this series, see King Jesus. And pastor said that the series was done last week on Easter Sunday. And I just was like, hey, can I just do a bonus week? Can I just, just, you know, sneak in
Starting point is 00:00:55 because it's been so powerful what God is doing. And so this is just a bonus week. This is just a bonus week. of sea, king, Jesus. We're going to be in Luke chapter 7, starting at verse 1. Here's what it says. It says, when Jesus had finished saying all of this to the people who were listening, now any nosy people is like, what was Jesus talking about? When Jesus saying all of this, what was he saying? Okay, keep that in mind, just for the nosy people, we'll pick that up a little bit later.
Starting point is 00:01:34 And then it says he entered Copernum. There a centurian servant whom his master valued highly was sick and was about to die. Tell your neighbor say he was down bad. Verse three says the centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to ask him, asking him to come and heal the servant. When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him. Hey, listen, this man deserves to have you do this because he loves our nation and has built our synagogues. You know, he's not like them other Roman soldiers.
Starting point is 00:02:15 He's not like that he's been good to us without any back and forth. It just says in verse 6, so Jesus went with him. He didn't catch it, this general, this centurion general that he oversees. about 100 soldiers or at least 100 soldiers. And he didn't grow up learning about God, didn't learn up, learning about Yahweh. He's from Rome. And Jesus didn't bat an eye to go with him to see what he needed.
Starting point is 00:02:50 I'm just slowing down for a moment if you felt like you grew up on the wrong side of tracks and didn't know whether or not God would come for you. I want you to know, that's why he came. That's why he came. If you're like, hey, I don't know all of these scriptures. I didn't grow up and going to Sunday school and I'm still trying to figure this out.
Starting point is 00:03:06 Just like the Centarian General, he came to him without batting an eye. So verse 6 it says, so he went with him. He was not far from the house when the Centerian sent friends to say to him, Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority with soldiers under me. I tell this one go, and he goes.
Starting point is 00:03:55 And that one come, and he comes. I say to my servant, do this and he does it. When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turn around to the crowd following. He said, I tell you, I ain't seen faith like this ever. Never seen faith like this. I tell you, I've not found such great faith even in Israel. Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.
Starting point is 00:04:31 I just have to tell you this. Does anybody got faith that, you see, when they return to the house, Anybody have a return to the house? When I go back home, the thing that kept me up all night, God has authority to turn it around. Tell your neighbor, when I go back to the house, when I go back to the house, hallelujah, thank you, Jesus. They found the servant.
Starting point is 00:04:59 Well, the title of my message today is, I'm going under. I'm going under. By your head, close your eyes. Jesus, we love you. We thank you. You're a good God, you're a faithful God. I ask right now that you would do what you want to do. God, his words come out of my mouth.
Starting point is 00:05:16 I pray you would snatch them at your power, at your authority. And when he hits the ears and the hearts of your sons and daughters, their lives would be changed. We love you. We thank you. And it's in the mighty name of Jesus, I pray. Amen. Amen.
Starting point is 00:05:30 You can be seated. You can be seated. You can be seated. just to set a direction for this message. I'm going to tell you a story, a quick story about a vacation, my wife and I went on. We went on vacation together. Just to be clear, me and my wife went on vacation.
Starting point is 00:05:52 If the kids were going, that would be a trip. Me and my wife were on vacation. And we were having a good time. And one of the couples that traveled with us, they had this bright idea that we would go on in excursion. And this is, we're going to go out into a boat and go out and find a place that we can snorkel. And we're going to go try to find Nemo. And we're excited about it. And so we get on the boat, the captain of our boat. When he gets to the spot, we went out, the waves were a little choppy.
Starting point is 00:06:28 And he takes some time to be able to give us all of the safety protocols. He just took control. He's like, let me tell you what you guys are going to do. And he walks through all of the checklist. And then he says it's time for you guys to go ahead and fasten your life vest. Get your life vest. Go ahead and get those fastened up. And so I look around and I notice that my wife started to put her life vest on. Now, this was surprising to me. Let me tell you why.
Starting point is 00:06:59 My wife's amazing. She's beautiful. She's smart. She's amazing. Me and our boys, we are the background singers too. to the band that we're in. She is the lead 100%. But Whitney can't swim.
Starting point is 00:07:18 So I thought she was going to be the designated social media manager for this duration of our vacation. She was going to be taking pictures and videos. But I look at her, what are you doing? And she said, well, I want to go see Nemo too. So I stepped back to proceed to watch my wife get into this ocean, knowing that she can't swim. I'm in position ready to go safer if I need to, okay?
Starting point is 00:07:47 I'm ready to go. I'm watching. Immediately, I see the life vets start to come over her neck. I see her eyes look like she's about to die. Within seconds, within seconds, the captain of our boat jumps over, swims over, snatches her up out of the water, sits her down. He says, are you okay? She finally gets her breath to say she's okay, and he looks at her and says, you stay right here.
Starting point is 00:08:22 I love that we had a captain on this boat that knew what to do when my wife was going under. What I know in my life is there's times that I've been under pressure. There's times that I've been under attack. there's times I was so overwhelmed and I felt the hand of God snatch me out of harm's way. I don't know if you've ever been drowning, drowning before, under the pressure of this world and you experience the hand of God saving you. I thank God that there was a man on that boat that had authority.
Starting point is 00:09:01 But in my life, I thank God that Jesus has all power and all authority. And there's nothing, there's nothing that our economic. ever go under that he isn't over. Jesus has authority. You see, I love Luke's gospel because Luke, he didn't write his gospel to a Jewish audience. He actually wrote it to Gentiles. He wrote it to Gentiles.
Starting point is 00:09:31 The people that didn't grow up learning about God. And one of the things that he does is he wants you to know, like, Jesus has all power and authority. That the rumors you've heard about him, they're true. The murmurs that were going around, they're true. And one of the ways he does this is he takes time to be able to show when Jesus speaks and things happen. Like in Luke, you see this in Luke chapter four, he comes into the synagogue. There's a man that's possessed with an impure spirit.
Starting point is 00:09:59 And Jesus speaks to that demon tells him to come out of this man. And immediately he comes out of them. And when you go to Luke chapter 4, verse 36, look for what the people say. They said, all the people were amazed and said to each other, what words are these? With authority and power, he gives orders to impure spirits, and they come out. Jesus heals Peter's mother-in-law. She had this fever that wouldn't break. And Jesus takes a moment, and he speaks to her, and she's healed in an instant.
Starting point is 00:10:31 You see, Jesus has authority. Then when you get to this storm in Luke chapter 8, Jesus is sleep in the bottom of a boat. Wind and waves are blowing from left to right, and their, They're overwhelmed, they're scared. Jesus steps to the top, to the tip of the boat with all power and authority and says to the wind, peace, be still because he has all authority. You get to Jaris's daughter. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus, this little girl that had lost her life. But Jesus closes the door behind him. He says, child, my child, arise. And she gets up because Jesus has authority. Jesus speaks to demons and they obey because Jesus has authority over every demonic force that could ever come against you. Jesus speaks in sickness has to obey because Jesus has authority over every virus or illness that could ever attack your body. Jesus speaks in the wind and waves have to obey because Jesus has authority over every element that could create a storm in your life.
Starting point is 00:11:37 Jesus speaks in death obeys because he rose with all power. and authority and he has authority over death, hell, and the grave. My God has authority. My God has authority. But I set you up. Here comes the sucker punch. Why is it that demons obey God and you and I, we struggle with disobedience? I said we.
Starting point is 00:12:22 Demons obey God. wind and waves obey God. But you and I struggle with obeying the voice of God. It's been like this since the beginning. Adam and Eve, y'all had one job, one tree. Moses, I've called you to deliver the children of Israel out of Egyptian slavery. I don't speak well. I'm not the one. I'm not the one. Jonah. I need you to go to Nineveh. Nineveh. I'm going to Tarshish.
Starting point is 00:13:20 There's this one passage where Jesus heals this man with leprosy. And he tells him, he tells him, he heals him. And he says, hey, listen, don't tell anybody about this. Don't tell anybody about this, okay? Because Jesus knew that the moment words started to spread that they were going to try to kill him. He knew that this was coming. And so look at this at Mark chapter 1, verse 43. This has me cracking up.
Starting point is 00:13:44 Jesus went to him and said, once with a strong warning, see that you don't tell this to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing as a testimony to them. 45. Instead, he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news as a result. Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but stayed outside in lonely places. The more that I wrestled with this text, I realized that many of us, we've surrendered our lives to Jesus, but we're struggling with submitting to his authority.
Starting point is 00:14:31 Today, my plea to you is to go under the authority of God. you want his love but you reject his wisdom didn't just want to save you he wants to lead you he wants to guide you and so today i wanted to slow down for a moment to just charge you in this in this season of your life to make a decision and say i'm going to obey the voice of god i'm going to do what he said to do now just for a moment there may be someone in the room that's like hey, I've never heard God speak to me. I don't even know what you mean when you say that.
Starting point is 00:15:11 I heard a pastor say this once. I'm going to try to give this to you really quick about hearing the voice of God, just for a moment, because I think it'll help you in this journey. We know that God is in three persons. God, the Father, God, the Son, and the Spirit, right? All right. And we know this.
Starting point is 00:15:26 We know this. In John, chapter 1, it says, in the beginning was the, and the word was with God. And the word. So when I always, Open up my Bible. I am interacting with God the Father.
Starting point is 00:15:39 He wants to speak to you. So you can't just come to church on Sunday, and that's the only time you talk to them. Open up your Bible on Monday. Open up your Bible on Tuesday. Figure out a Bible reading plan finder or something. I'm just open up to spend time with them. The second thing is it says the word became flesh and dwelt among us.
Starting point is 00:16:01 God will use Jesus in the flesh with someone around you to speak to you. You ever been thinking about something and five people came and start talking about it? And you're like, what are you doing? How did you know that? You ever showed up on a Sunday morning pastor's preaching? He's like, he's been following me. What is going on? I can't get it.
Starting point is 00:16:27 God will use Jesus to speak through someone in the flesh to confirm. what he wants to speak to you. And last we have the Holy Spirit that dwells inside of you. This is still a small voice. There's sometimes that the Holy Spirit gives me just a supernatural peace that I know on where I'm supposed to be. And then sometimes there's just an unsettledness that it makes me feel like I got to move.
Starting point is 00:16:51 Something's changing, something shifting. So the only way that you get more and more sensitive to this is to spend more time with him. And so I just wanted to take a moment to help someone that maybe is struggling, but like, how do I hear God's voice? Read his word. Get into a community where God could speak to some people. And have some time where you're silent, where the Holy Spirit could give you peace,
Starting point is 00:17:16 could make you restless, could make you move, could comfort you. There's a lot of things you know to do you just haven't done. Love your neighbor. You don't have to pray about that. You don't have to. It's in the book. That's the, that's the God, the father talking. That's it. He has all authority. And so let's go for a moment and talk about what it means to go under the authority of God. The first thing you have to do, write this down is you have to go under control. Under control.
Starting point is 00:17:56 You need a cup of water if somebody can get me a water. Under control. As I was thinking about this, I realized once I wrote down the word control, many of you would have got mad. She's like, I'm a grown man. I'm a grown woman. Ain't nobody controlling me. I do what I want to do. I go where I want to go.
Starting point is 00:18:30 You see, I love the series. It was C. King Jesus. And when we talk about kings, kings rule territory. And when you made a decision to get a decision to. give your life to Jesus, your life became his jurisdiction. And this is you making a decision to say, I am now under the control of King Jesus. But here's the thing that I know to be true is that some of you need to renew your relationship with authority. That when I say control, when I say
Starting point is 00:19:05 authority, your mind goes back if you're from some generation to when you went out and had to go get a switch. That's where your mind goes. That's where your mind goes. Or you know this. A hearthead means a you see. You see what I mean? You need to renew your relationship with authority. Because here's what I know to be true. If you see authority through the lens of anger, your relationship with God will be driven by fear. If you see authority through the lens of anger, your relationship with God will be driven by fear. Let's go back to the text, because I don't see anger in the text. This centurion general is giving a picture of what the authority of God really looks like. Go to verse one. It says, when Jesus had finished saying all of this to the people who were listening, he entered
Starting point is 00:20:04 Copernum, they're a centurian servant. Watch this. Whom his master valued highly was sick. Whom is master valued highly. The master values you highly. I went and looked up that phrase, and it's a phrase, intimos, intimos, intemose, held in high honor, prized and precious. You see, I don't see anger in this authority. I see love.
Starting point is 00:20:38 When you see authority through the lens of anger, your relationship will be driven by fear. But if you see authority through the lens of love, your relationship will be driven by appreciation. You'll say, thank you, God, for your word over my life. Thank you for correcting me. Thank you for challenging me. Can I talk to the students for a moment? Your parents, grandparents, whoever, they love you.
Starting point is 00:21:04 You're youth leaders. They love you. When they correct you, don't see it. They're just mad at me. They're just hating. Negative aura. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. What if you saw it through the lens of love?
Starting point is 00:21:19 They're challenging me because they want the best for me. They're raising their voice because they're like, no, stop that because it's hurting you. Turn. This is where you need to go. I talk to the youth, but y'all needed it too. So you make a decision to go under the control. of God and just to give you a little illustration. My boys are 14 years old now and we are in this season of starting to think about what it means to get learners permit and start to drive.
Starting point is 00:21:59 I need you to pray for us. I need you to, I need you speak in tongues. I need you to go to the holy place for us. Can you do that for one of your pastors here at the church? Okay. So we took the boys out to drive for the first time in the church parking. lot. If you've had that experience, wave your hand at me. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Now, we get in the car, we get in the car, close the door. And you can ask my voice, I closed the door and I looked at them. I said, be quiet. I said, I'm God. What I say do, do it. Ask no questions. Don't say a word, just nod. I immediately was setting the toe to let them know that they were, I was in control that they were under my authority.
Starting point is 00:22:56 And so I got a little quick video, a little quick video. I want to show you. They're going to throw it up right now. A little quick video of this moment where we're on the road. Check this out. Start turning. Turn, turn, turn, turn hard. Break.
Starting point is 00:23:19 Break. All right, keep turning. Keep turning. Keep turning. There you go. Now start letting it straight up. There you go. Now you can start gassing and go forward a little bit.
Starting point is 00:23:31 My son Carter was driving, but he was under my direction. He was driving the vehicle, but what you heard was my voice. Turn. Turn. Turn. Some of you aren't shifting when he says shift. You aren't moving when he says move. Turn.
Starting point is 00:23:59 Turn. Turn. Some of you, when he says turn left, you say, I'm going to turn right. And I'm saying, no, turn. Turn. Turn. When he said turn, he was turning you away from trouble. When he said turn, he was saying turn away from tribulation. When he said turn, he was leading you to a land flowing with milk and honey. I'm just trying to slow down and up. He was in control. So you won't crash. Break. Break. You're about to go over a cliff. You're about to destroy your life. Break. Stop it. Right. now. It's ruining your life. Break. Break so your life won't be broken. You're driving. He's directing. Did you notice how quiet it was? The only voice you could hear was mine
Starting point is 00:25:08 because I was in control. You have to make a decision to say, I'm going under his control. After you get that right, you're like, hey, I made a decision. He's king. He's king. He's king. What he says, I do. Then you go undercover. You go under cover. You go under his control. Now you go under cover. Many of you watch too much Netflix and all you're thinking about being a FBI agent going under cover. I'm talking about the protection of God. and in order to receive his protection, there has to be a level of trust. Like, I trust that he will cover me. I trust that he's over all of my life.
Starting point is 00:26:00 He's over what I'm dealing with. He has a different altitude. I'm covered. And so when you go to verse 8, listen to this, he says, for I myself am a man under authority with soldiers under me. I tell this one, go and he goes. I'll tell that one, come, and he comes. I say to my servant, do this, and he does it.
Starting point is 00:26:25 Did you see the cadence? No back and forth. I say this one, go. I say this one, come. I say this one, do this. He does it. God tell us, go. Where?
Starting point is 00:26:45 Who going to be there? What time do I come home? Because you know I don't drive at night. Just for the sake of some levity, I wanted you to see how we we reject his commands, but we love his covering. The more that I walk with God,
Starting point is 00:27:15 I realize they go together. I can't have his covering without his commands. This is, again, we want his love, but we reject his wisdom. We made a decision to surrender. God, I'll give my life to you. But I won't submit. But protect me, God.
Starting point is 00:27:42 Cover me, God. The covering was in the command. The covering was in his word. The covering, the protection that you needed was in you being obedient to what God told you to do. Another illustration for you. I just want this to stick. I want you to remember it this week. I was thinking about Che.
Starting point is 00:28:06 She's on our leadership team and helps lead so much with the worship team. And she drives a Jeep. And I had this picture in my mind of like, Che's amazing. She keeps us together on a lot of different things with communication. She's brilliant. She's so brilliant. I would have thought she lost her mind if this was her. Imagine there is a hellstorm.
Starting point is 00:28:34 There's a hellstorm. and Shea's driving her Jeep with a top down, windows down, and I'm talking a hellstorm. And I just had in my mind, Shea driving down the street with her Jeep, just getting hit in the head with hellstones. I had in my mind the river mirror just getting crashed with hell. I had in my mind the interior of the car but getting a disaster. And I had it in her mind, I'm like, that's what some of our lives look like. We're riding around, elements is tearing up our lives when we had an opportunity to be covered. What would it look like for you to say, I'm not living my life exposed to the elements.
Starting point is 00:29:23 I'm not living my life out here. Now, I'm not saying wind won't come. I'm not saying rain won't come. I'm just saying I'm covered. I'm covered. Tell your neighbor say, I'm covered. I'm covered. I feel God on that.
Starting point is 00:29:38 I'm covered by the blood of God. I'm covered. My family's covered. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus, because I made a decision to follow him. My kids won't experience the same pain that I experience because I'm covered. Is there anybody that would take a minute to say, I thank God for covering me. I didn't do everything right, but he covered me.
Starting point is 00:30:04 I messed up time and time again, but he covered me. Thank you, Jesus for. Covering me. I'm under, I'm under cover. Hallelujah, thank you, Jesus. Tell five people, I'm under cover. I'm undercover. I'm under cover.
Starting point is 00:30:22 Thank you, God. The last one, you make a decision to go under the authority. You go under construction. You see, in the text, I noticed what, this centurian general, what he, what he said. go to verse, go to verse six. It says, it says, so Jesus went with him. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to him saying, listen to this, Lord, don't trouble yourself. For I don't deserve you to have to have you come under my roof. That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come out to you, but say the word and my servant will be healed.
Starting point is 00:31:22 for I myself and a man under authority. He said this, he says, you don't have to come under my roof because everything under my roof is under your authority. That's what he said. That's what he said. You don't have to come under my roof. Just say the word because everything under my roof is under your authority. Remember earlier I said, um, uh, Jesus had said all of this. He said all of this and it was like the nosy people.
Starting point is 00:31:50 What was he, what was he saying? Well, we're going to go back now to see. the context of this. I really believe it's going to bless you because watch what Jesus just got finished saying. Watch what Jesus just got finished saying. This is Luke chapter 6 verse 46. Why do you call me Lord Lord and do not do what I say? Right like right before he's teaching, gets done teaching, walks up, then he meets the centurion. Why do you call me Lord Lord and do not do what I say? As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. They are like a man building a house who dug down deep and laid the rock on a foundation, the foundation on a rock.
Starting point is 00:32:42 When a flood came and the torrent struck that house but could not shake it because it was well built. I want a life that's well built. I want a life that's well built. I want a marriage that's well built. I want a ministry that's well-beat. Can we thank God for the church that God is building in his place? He is building his house. I love it.
Starting point is 00:33:11 Pastor told us, he said, the blessing of our church isn't because of how talented we are. Is it because, no, no, no, it was because we were obedient. We were crazy enough to do the things that God said do, scared, trembling. I want a life that's well-built. But then he says in verse 49. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built the house on the ground without a foundation.
Starting point is 00:33:44 The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete. Another way of saying its destruction was complete is it saying it went under. The destruction of the business was complete. They went bankrupt. Lost it all. The experience went under. Here's the thing that I want to encourage you with is I thank God that we see a picture of King Jesus, not only speaking, but we see him being a carpenter. So even though there's some damage that may has occurred, I thank God that my life, because I'm under his authority, I'm under construction.
Starting point is 00:34:31 He knows how to put some pieces back together. He knows how to fix what was broken. He knows how to mend those places that only he knows that's hurting you. I want to thank God that because I'm under his authority, his skilled hand has the ability to put some walls up that need to go up, to tear some walls down that need to come down, to be able to make sure that my life will be built on a foundation that would last. I want you to make a decision today.
Starting point is 00:35:12 See, I'm going to go under the authority of God. I'm going to make a decision today to put my faith in Jesus. And no longer will I hear words that come from God. And I just do it my own way. Do it in my own strength. Do it in my own ability. I love if everybody could stand on your feet. Many of us in the room have made a decision to give our lives to Jesus.
Starting point is 00:35:56 We've surrendered to him. We believe in our heart that Jesus is the son of God. And we've confessed with our mouth that God raised him from the dead. We've surrendered. Many of us right now in this moment, there's a step of obedience that we need to take. for some it might be getting baptized at one of our locations today next week we'll be in Houston if you want to get baptized in Houston go to elevation church.org to sign up maybe that's your step of obedience you know to let everybody know I belong to Jesus I don't know what it is for
Starting point is 00:36:37 you maybe for some maybe it's a husband in the room you need to go apologize to your wife he's already told you to do it he's like I want to take a moment just to pray for you pray for you by your head, close your eyes. There's a step of obedience that God has spoken. You know you need to take this step. You know you need to take this step. It might be something so simple. Phone call you need to make.
Starting point is 00:37:16 The shift you need to make. You've been stressed about your finances and you've been hearing about all of these community groups. And there's some people that can help you put your budget together, but you've been pushing it off. There's a step you need to take. I want God to speak to you just in this. soft steel moment, maybe the Holy Spirit bring something up. I just want to pray for you that you
Starting point is 00:37:43 would have the ability to be obedient. So God, I come to you saying, thank you for your sons and daughters. You're in the room at all of our campuses online today. There's something you've spoken, a shift, move, or maybe a stay still. God, I pray right now that you give them confidence and boldness. to do what you said to do, so that they could experience what it's like being under your authority, under your control, under your cover, under your construction,
Starting point is 00:38:28 that our lives would be well built. God, I pray that even if there's shame in the room that they pushed off decisions for years, we rebuke that in the name of Jesus. Today is a new day. Today is a day that we can turn we love you we thank you it's in jesus name i pray amen now there's one more prayer that i have to do because there may be someone in the room that you've never surrendered your life to christ you've never
Starting point is 00:39:09 taken that step you've never said god my life is yours i will say it's whoever believes in their heart that jesus is the son of god and confesses with their mouth that god raised them from the you will be saved. So all heads out, all eyes close. We're going to say a prayer together. This is a prayer of salvation. This is a prayer of surrender. For the benefit of those that are coming to God.
Starting point is 00:39:36 Some, this is the first time. And then some of you, you're coming back. We're going to say this prayer together. So they don't have to say it alone. Repeat it after me. I believe that Jesus Christ is a son of God. And that he died on a cross. and rose from the grave to forgive me of my sins.
Starting point is 00:39:58 So I give you my sins. I give you my shame. And from this day forward, I'll follow you. This is my new beginning. I am a child of God. With all heads bowed and all eyes close, if you said that prayer, you meant it, making a decision to put your faith in Jesus,
Starting point is 00:40:18 I'm going to count to three. And when I get to three, I just want you to shoot your hand up boldly so we can celebrate this month. moment with you. Here we go. One, two, three. Shoot your hand up if you're making that decision. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Can we give God the biggest shout of praise? Give them glory in this place. Thank you, Jesus. And listen, if someone next to you raise their hand, can you give them a hug from me? Put your arms around them. And listen, we're going
Starting point is 00:40:50 to dismiss together. Somebody just made a decision to give their life to If someone near you raised their hand, give a hug for me. Tell them welcome to the family. Tell them, God bless you. Tell them, God bless you. Tell them we love you. Now, I was thinking about how to end our time together today. And I was listening to our newest Elevation Worship album.
Starting point is 00:41:23 So be it. Have you been blessed by it? And I asked the team, TIF and the team to help. me with this because I'm worshiping and you remember we were in this series. A pastor was preaching and seeking Jesus. We got to see him seeking. We got to see him sitting. We got to see him standing. We got to see him staying. And today I wanted you to see him speaking. The song says when the king speaks a word, it cannot be overturned. It's as good as done. And so I asked him that, show you guys the picture of the album cover. So this is the album cover right here. I want you to see
Starting point is 00:42:09 this. And I thought it was dope. I thought it was cool. I hadn't really like paid attention to it. But I called Corey Pruitt, who helps lead the creative team that put this together. And, and I said, hey, I was looking at this ring and it was really ministering to me. And I looked at it and I saw name. I saw name. I saw name. And, and then I started to research what the Senate ring meant. And And what kings would do is, is they would take a piece of paper, a proclamation, a decree. And they would put their ring inside wax, and they would put it on the piece of paper. And the moment that they sealed the piece of paper, it was law. It meant so be it.
Starting point is 00:42:51 So when the king's ring was stamped on that decree, stamped on that proclamation, it meant so be it. It's done. it's done it's done it's done but i was talking to corey and corey said well i want to let you know that it doesn't only say name it says amen so if you want to walk this out you have the name of jesus with all power and authority saying be it so be it our response is amen so be it god so be it in your life so be it in your family so be it in your school so be it in your school so be it in your school so it's So be it in your home. So be it.
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