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Guaranteed Human.

Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

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 is moving in your life.

Enjoy the message.

I want to share with you from a scripture that really demonstrates something that I think is difficult to do in our lives, but will be so helpful to us. We're in a season called Game Changer. It's our year-end series. We're taking a moment to pause, reflect,

and respond to God's goodness in our lives. And so from the scriptural foundation today,

I want to help you see something that I think will help you to carry forward with you into the

next season of your life, momentum for what God has already done is something

significant and what he wants to do is even greater.

And I believe that.

I believe that with all of my heart for myself and my family and for you and your family

and for our church.

And so with that spirit of faith today, let's go to the Word of God.

Joshua chapter 4 verses 1 through 9.

And as I read this story to you over the next few moments, I want you to pay attention to the details of it, okay?

Because on the surface, this story is really very simple.

The people of Israel are crossing into the promised land. They haven't fought any battles yet, but it's already theirs, because God has promised to give it to them. So they're

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