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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.

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You know, I'd heard about mom guilt,

but no one ever told me about dad inadequacy. And that feeling sometimes we have his dad's feeling

like, not only are we not doing enough sometimes, but I know some of us feel this condemnation

from the enemy, sometimes telling us that

we're not enough. And I just felt led to just prophesy over the dads today and ultimately just

remind you that before you were a father, you were a son. And there's something so powerful about

in those places where we feel like we're not enough reminding ourselves that I was a son first.

Chris was just sharing in the back about the prodigal son, about the younger son who came home.

But I love what the father spoke over the older son. He said, my son, everything that I have,

it was already yours. And when you can wake up every day and remind yourself that I'm a son first,

it's an opportunity

to recognize that everything your father has is available to you. So I just speak life over you today

and the blessings of your father in heaven over you today. In the name of Jesus, we honor you.

We honor you.

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