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.

Welcome to the Praise Party. I said, welcome to the Praise Party. All over the world,

we'd like to welcome you into our home. This is our family. I pray that whatever campus

you're watching on, the presence of God is permeating that atmosphere like it's permeating

this one. There is a sense of hope, eagerness, and really a purity of faith that is in this

room tonight is the kind of atmosphere that makes it easy for God to move because he doesn't

have to try to get our attention. He already has it. And so now that we're here and now that

we made it, let's really seize this opportunity to go into the Word of God and to see what

he would speak to us on this occasion. I might as well let you know up front because I believe

in being honest and direct that I am absolutely ready and prepared for you tonight. I heard

that you were coming and I cooked something. I feel like that I know exactly what God wants

me to say, what he wants us to do, and what he has said that he will do for us if we

will do what he's going to tell us to do that he already told me that I'm going to tell you

over the next few moments. To me, this is a very precious night. I started having the praise party

in 2013 right around the time that Holly and I got so old that we were having trouble staying up

and watching the ball drop. I said, this is pitiful. What we need to do is start our year with some

other people that are having trouble staying awake and if maybe if we all caffeinate together and

come together and seek God together, we can start the year with a disposition of belief

and an expectation of greater things. I want to say thank you to the church family that I pastor.

I know there are many guests here and our e-fam around the world, but I wanted everybody to hear

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