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Elevation with Steven Furtick

I’m Not Trapped, I’m In Training! (The Basin)

Elevation with Steven Furtick

iHeartPodcasts

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.815.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

What feels like disappointment right now might actually be development. Today, you can take a step toward what you’re wishing for. You’re not trapped; you’re in training.

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Scripture References:

1 John 5, verses 14-15 1 Samuel 27, verse 1

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm coming to you now from the Basin.

0:03.8

This is a special bonus teaching that I recorded just for you.

0:09.0

To break it down a little more, to take it a little deeper.

0:12.8

I hope you enjoyed this overflow message. Let me know. Let's go.

0:22.1

I promised you that I would do a bonus teaching from the Basin. Here I am.

0:27.8

Here's my Bible.

0:32.0

Digitally. I got a big, I got a big taper Bible too. So don't worry.

0:40.2

Put this in the chat right now. I'm not trapped.

0:45.2

I'm in training. Put it in the comments. Take a moment.

0:52.1

Write it down. I'm not trapped. I'm in training. That was one line that I said in my sermon Sunday.

1:06.5

One line. And I promise you that it is taking me a lifetime, a lifetime to learn that perspective.

1:19.6

This is not something that I naturally am inclined to think. And I'll tell you why.

1:26.0

I think I am hardwired for pessimism. I am not blaming anyone. I am not blaming my mom, my dad,

1:36.4

their parents, or my babysitter when I was seven. I'm not blaming my fifth grade teacher.

1:43.1

I'm not blaming Putin. I'm not blaming the president. I'm not blaming the senator.

1:48.9

I'm not blaming anybody but me. That over time, I have developed a tendency to tell myself

2:00.0

that I'm trapped. I do it in big ways. I do it in small ways. I'll give you a small example.

2:06.8

Then I give you a big example. Then I give you a scripture. And then we'll unpack it together

2:12.0

in this bonus teaching from the basin. The sermon was called delayed praise. Go watch it right now

2:19.2

on television, church, YouTube. If you haven't yet, and then come back to this because this comes from that.

2:26.1

This comes from that. This comes from that. Put that in the comments too. This comes from that.

2:31.2

And if you saw the sermon already, you'll know that kind of has a double meaning.

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