Hey, this is Stephen Fertake. 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 thought I would take a moment and just illustrate how sometimes where something shows up is not where it started.

This sermon that you hear today came from a note that I made last year.

And sometimes where something shows up isn't where it starts.

By the time you hear the sermon, it's already been hopefully in the process of me thinking

about it for a long time, because I don't want to just think of something Saturday and say it on Sunday.

I even realize that about your life.

You showed up today and I'll see you but I don't really see what it took for you to get here or

You know what if what is affecting your mind as I preach.

Sometimes people would say,

that's the best certain that you ever preach.

And I'll say, that's just the best you ever listened.

It wasn't that good.

But the sermon starts before it starts. I always tell the parking

team like hey help me out when people are coming in, smile at them, wave at them

put them in a good mood. It'll make my job easier because the sermon starts before it starts. It starts

checking in your kids or starts. So make sure that you get as good of a start as possible.

And this time a year we're so focused on new beginnings, but the longer you live, the less you really

believe in new beginnings.

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