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.

Hey, you can remain standing for just a few more seconds. By now you've figured out

that I'm not pastor Stephen. My name is Larry Bride, but everybody calls me LB. I'm usually

up at University City. How we doing? You see? Love you. Miss you. And I'm excited to

open up God's word with everyone today. And it's less of a sermon and more of just kind

of like an insight into my journal for what God's been doing in my life. You see about

a year and a half ago, pastor Stephen preached this incredible series, Work Your Window.

How many of you are here to work your window? Like, incredible series. He was in week three

of it, the power of potential, power of potential. I could take you to the seat I was sitting

in when God spoke to me through the voice of our pastor. And he spoke to me, said, you

have forfeited way more potential than the devil will ever steal. He said, you'll give

it away before he'll take it. Specifically hiding behind the shadow of shame. And for the

few minutes we have together today, I want to talk on the subject of shame because I think

way too many of us are being dominated in the landscape of our life by the shadow of

shame. And I am here to tell the devil he is unnoticed. No longer will you steal. No longer

will you cause God's sons and daughters to hide behind that place. Today is the day

that we're coming out, out from behind it. Every one of you have is or will struggle with

shame. This universal doesn't care about your bank account or your address. It's an equal

opportunity implorant. It will enslave every single one of us. And the character that I

want to look at through her life is this woman named Rahab. We find her story in Joshua

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