Welcome to the Elevation Church podcast.

Today, Paul Dordy, lead pastor at Victory Church in Tulsa,

Oklahoma, has a message just for you entitled, The Master Key.

Thank you for joining us. We hope you enjoy this message.

Come on, let's give God praise this morning.

Lord, we thank You. You are so good.

You are so faithful. Jesus, we worship You.

We praise You, God.

Lord, what an honor to be here this morning.

Elevation Church, it is such an honor to be with you this morning.

I've been watching you for many years, and you guys have made a huge impact on Victory Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

They're watching this morning, but you guys have changed our church.

I discovered your church 10 years ago during a very discouraging season in my life.

My father was sick with cancer. I didn't know I was about to lose my father, and he was about to pass away.

During that time, I was overwhelmed with doubt, discouragement, self-doubt, questioning the future.

That's why I was so impacted by Demetrius' testimony during the baptism.

Was that not powerful of just seeing the full circle in her life?

I can relate to her all the campuses out there.

I remember going on Google during that time, 10 years ago, and I typed in young pastors to follow.

I'm kind of a nerd.

I found Stephen Fertig right at the top of that list.

I started listening during that time, he was doing a series called Purple People Leader.

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