This is an I-Heart podcast.

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.

Are you excited for the Word of God today?

I sure am grateful to preach and share this with you.

Thank you, worship team.

If you want to look at Joshua chapter 2 today with me for a moment, very interesting

story in scripture, Those of you at

our uptown location and our Melbourne campus, you heard me share from this scripture.

You heard me share from this scripture at our vision nights over the last few weeks.

I want to share this with the church today. And it's a

subject that I think will be relevant for each of us. And I pray that you'll hear this personally

for yourself. By the way, what an awesome advantage it is when everyone in the church is leaned in

to hear the word of God. I was telling one of the

people who helps me on the weekend how exhausting it is when preaching feels like mixed martial arts.

And I don't want to be like Connor McGregor up here. And it's not like that, you know.

It's not even a performance when we do this.

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