A Problem For My Problem (Jonathan Rivera)

Steven Furtick (0:01)

Hey, this is Steven Furtick. 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 as moving in your life. Enjoy the message.

Steven Furtick (0:18)

Church, stay standing for a moment. Been thinking a lot about this moment, and before I do anything else, and before I preach the Word of God, I want to take a moment to just honor your pastors and honor your church. There's some people that you know from afar. You don't know them up close, but even though you don't know them, they have an impact on you. Like, I remember when Kobe died, and I cried like if a family member died, because even though I didn't know him, he had made an impact on my life. Recently, I went to the movies and watched Spider-Man, and I cried a lot, because I felt like even though I don't know Spider-Man, and he is real, but I felt like even though I don't know him, I know him, and he's made an impact on my life from afar. And I can't tell you the kind of impact that Elevation Church and Pastor Steven and Holly Furtick have made on my life. I can't talk about my relationship with Jesus. I can't talk about my ministry. I can't talk about my life without talking about Elevation Church and Elevation Worship and Pastor Steven and Holly Furtick. If you love your church, if you love your pastors, can you make a little bit of noise today?

Glad you came to church. After that, you can go ahead, take a seat, take a seat, take a seat.

Does anybody happen to be in God's house today? Can we say thank you to the worship team that's leading us today? Come on, if you love my friend, Graham Furtick, can you make a little bit of noise today?

Got a word that I've been praying over and preparing, and I really feel like it's gonna be an encouragement to somebody in this room today. But before I go into the work, can I introduce you to my family really quickly? Yeah, yeah, yeah, this is a picture of my wife.

SPEAKER_4 (2:22)

Where was that picture at?

Steven Furtick (2:23)

I got a picture of my wife. I promise it's a good one. When it shows up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_4 (2:30)

Your boy did good.

Steven Furtick (2:32)

Your boy did good. He gave me a Colombian queen. Someone say hallelujah.

Now I'm about to show you a picture of my son. When I show you this picture of my son, I need you to absolutely lose your mind. Are you ready? This is my son Tobias. Come on, put that picture up on the screen for me.

Steven Furtick (2:48)

Yeah, that's my boy.

Steven Furtick (2:50)

That's my boy. Also, the last thing that I'll do, I need to give a special shout out. I am a proud Puerto Rican from Orlando, Florida. And so shout out to Elevation Orlando, shout out to Elevation Melbourne. So thankful for what God's doing in our city and in our state. Is anybody ready for the word of God today?

Need you to do three things for me. Number one, I need you to take some notes. I heard y'all take notes at Elevation Church. Is that true? Show me your notebook, show me your notebook, show me your notebook. Does anybody have a Bible in the room? Show me your Bible, show me your Bible, show me your Bible. I like big Bibles, and I cannot lie.

Today I need you to take some notes, write some stuff down, because you can't remember what God told you if you don't remember what God told you. You're going to want to go back and remember what God spoke to you today. Somebody say amen. That's the second thing that I need you to do. I heard that at Elevation Church, y'all talk back to the preacher. Is that right? Now I want you to know, you don't talk back to the preacher because we just like to have ruckus and noise. When you talk back, when you say amen, it's actually an expression of faith saying, God, I received that word from my life. Somebody say amen. Come on, where's my amen corner today?

SPEAKER_3 (4:01)

Where's the people who are saying, is it over here? Is it over here?

Is it over here? Is it over here? Is it over here? No, it's over here.

SPEAKER_4 (4:10)

I feel like it's over here.