Win Before You Begin (Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr.)

Elevation with Steven Furtick

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 15.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Winning starts long before the battle does. When your thoughts are grounded in God’s truth, fear loses its hold and peace takes its place. You walk in victory when you let God’s Word shape how you see your situation.

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Scripture References:
Deuteronomy 20, verses 1-8

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:06.0	Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.
0:07.2	I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, and this is our podcast.
0:10.3	I wanted to thank you for joining us today.
0:12.6	Hope this inspires you.
0:14.1	Hope it builds your faith.
0:15.3	Hope it gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life.
0:18.3	Enjoy the message.
0:24.7	How good it is to be in God's house today.
0:30.7	Anybody thankful to be in the Lord's house on this Sunday morning? Clap your hands. I want to welcome you to church right here. I'm at the Ballington campus, but all of our friends on the
0:36.8	eFAM and really all over the world,
0:38.7	all of our locations, we're so grateful that you're tuning in.
0:40.9	And I'm just thinking about the psalmist as he says, oh, I want to magnify the Lord.
0:46.9	Let us exalt his holy name.
0:50.4	How many of you know that whatever you magnify in your life gets bigger?
0:55.3	There's something about as we begin to worship God, we start making the name of God bigger and bigger in our situation.
1:01.4	You might have some problems, but come on, your God is bigger than every problem you have.
1:05.0	Come on and give him praise.
1:08.8	Today, I think it's powerful that you're in church. The psalmist says, let us, let us exalt his holy name. You know that faith is not just individual. Faith is communal. That we need each other. And today, as we've gathered in God's house, I believe he's right here with us. And he's going to minister. He's going to speak to us. Can we thank God for just the best
1:28.0	worship team ever? Shout out to Leland in the house, my friend Leland. Leland sings like he's in heaven.
1:39.8	I don't know some of those notes that he is, but I'm like, dear Jesus, dear Jesus. My name is Rich, if we've never met before. I hail from Miami, Florida. I lead a church called Voo Church. And what an honor. Thank you so much. What an honor it is to be with you today. And if you've got a Bible quickly turned to the book of Deuteronomy. We're going to read God's word from a standing position this morning. Deuteronomy chapter 20, I want to give you one verse, and then we're going to look at about eight verses today. And as you're turning there, it is always such a great privilege and such a great honor to stand behind this pulpit. I thank God for this house and I thank God for the ministry, the life
2:19.1	and the leadership of Pastor Stephen and Holly Ferdick. It is Pastor Appreciation Month.
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