Hey, this is Stephen Fertig. 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.

We've got a very important message. Those who are here, you can just take a seat right

where you are in your home. I want you to do your best to clear out distractions because

I think this is going to be a very, very significant message today. Why don't you go ahead

and get set up behind me? I asked them instead of bringing out my pulpit today to bring out

two chairs because I'm not doing this alone today. This is a very, very, very strategic

moment. I've asked my friend Pastor John Gray to come and help me bring this message

today. Before he comes, and really I'm just stalling to give them time to set this

up, or I'd call them up right now, but look at these chairs they brought for us. This

is serious. The reason I wanted two chairs to be up here is because I was noticing one

time in Scripture how Jesus stood for people that others didn't stand for. He stood by

people that others didn't stand with. In a moment where our nation is collectively

reeling from the atrocity of the murder of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis,

Minnesota, in this nation at the hands of a law enforcement officer, I thought it was

time for us. In fact, I knew it was time because the Holy Spirit spoke to me that it was

time for us to sit down. Sit down and have a conversation. Today's message will feel

little different than the typical message because there comes a time where in order to

take a stand first, you have to take a seat. I think the reason that Jesus was able to

stand with people and stand for things that mattered to the heart of his father is because

he sat with people to understand situations. Today I wanted to bring Pastor John who I

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