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Elevation with Steven Furtick

It Is What It Is But It's Not What It Seems

Elevation with Steven Furtick

iHeartPodcasts

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.815.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

“It is what it is” is a common phrase people use when faced with a difficult situation. To a certain extent, it’s true. Yes, this is what we’ve been dealt. But have we started accepting disappointment as the norm without questioning if God is at work?

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:05.7

Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, and this is our podcast.

0:10.4

I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

0:12.5

Hope this inspires you.

0:14.1

Hope it builds your faith.

0:15.3

Hope it gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life.

0:18.3

Enjoy the message.

0:21.0

Well, I'm very respectful of the presence of God, so I want to transition right into

0:25.0

the word because I believe that he desires to speak to you in a profound way.

0:29.5

And I want to move into Romans chapter 4 and speak a message of faith and inspiration over

0:35.8

your life today.

0:37.6

We're continuing a teaching on functional faith.

0:41.5

What I really pray that these messages are doing is that they are showing up after you hear

0:48.6

them in another form.

0:52.0

That as opportunities present themselves to you, for you to be full of doubt, that something that

0:58.7

you've heard, you know, the word of God is seed.

1:02.3

And so I'm praying that it's breaking through the surface and helping you to experience

1:06.4

God's presence in a new way.

1:08.6

Would you just tell about five people around you that the presence

1:11.5

of the Lord is here? Just make sure that they know if they didn't get the memo, the presence

1:16.0

of the Lord is here. And what I want to do now, I want to plant the seed of the word

1:26.8

in the soil of your heart.

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