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Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

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

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I hope you're blessed today.

Good morning.

Wow, one more time for the Lord.

All right, praise God.

You can be seated.

Love you too.

You know, we tell each other we love each other all the time, but I really, really do love Holly and Stephen.

And it's kind of funny, you have connections with certain people, and I met him, I don't know how many years ago, at a Hillsong conference in Australia.

And there was just like an immediate bond.

And so it's an honor for me to be here today,

and I want to teach you something that will you'll enjoy, have fun with,

but it will also make you come a higher because we're living in a day

that really to be honest we talk about how hard it is but god chose us for this time we didn't just

end up here in 2025 accidentally.

We're here for a purpose, and the world is very dark,

but we have the privilege of being lights in a dark.

And I think we need to shine a little brighter than what we are. Amen.

And you know, everybody, you all have a pulpit. Maybe it's not this one. It might be your backyard fence or your desk at work, but you've all got a pulpit. And most people that will come to the Lord will come through somebody like you,

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