Hey, this is Stephen Ferdeck. 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.

Are you ready for the word of God?

You sounded about 30 percent as ready as I need you to be.

Let me ask y'all, are you already for the word of God?

LP Skinner has come into preaching just a moment. Hang on.

Before he comes.

This is an epic warrior for Jesus Christ. Larry Bride.

Larry and Janet were two of the original core team members of our church.

They've been with me all the way. They believed in this church when it was nothing more than a sonogram.

Janet told me because she was my dental hygienist at the time. I said I'm going to plant a church.

She said have fun with that. I would never go.

15 years later she's on the front row.

But I'll get out of the way because I want to give him the pulpit.

I just wanted to say that this ministry would not be possible without this man.

I was from the time that he almost rammed the gate with his truck at a storage unit to get our equipment.

We could have church at the Providence High School atrium in the early days.

To the day that he almost broke the window out of my Jeep Cherokee so I could have a prop for a sermon illustration.

As you can see he's got an anointing of violence.

I love him for it. He hails from Minnesota. He is a former NCAA Division I national champion wrestler.

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