Give It All You Got

when Stephen and I got married there was this evangelist who offered Stephen a job well it wasn't it it wasn't a paying job um anybody ever had a a offered a non-paying job it was an opportunity it was a Comm and be a part of my Ministry and I'll recommend for you to speak at any of the events that I can't take that kind of job and so we proudly accepted the job and we've moved to the most random Place Shelby North Carolina and I had just gotten my teaching certificate so I got a job teaching fifth grade and when we got there Stephen also secured a paying job leading worship at a local church now we knew before we moved to Shelby that we were called to start a church one day we knew that when we got married but we didn't know when and we figured that that we might as well do ministry while we were waiting for God to give us our next Direction and the church that had offered Stephen the job they understood that we were going to plant a church it was all clear and and and they said it's fine it's fine it's fine just come and Minister here while you can now Shelby was not necessarily the town that I had been dreaming of moving to but when we got there we found some of the most wonderful people in that town yeah and Stephen fdick went to work the only way that he knows how he gave that little church everything he had he built a worship Ministry he found and recruited band members he went to colleges he went to high school choirs he was he was having lunch with everybody because he had to build a praise team and a choir and he needed a drummer and he we got all of us together and he wrote songs for that church we recorded two albums in the three years that you were there with no in three years that we were there you've probably never heard of those albums they were called Everlasting and everyone everywhere I'm not sure it's on iTunes um it would be a their songs are great but they might be a little dated I think I have some footage of the our first recording okay oh look there we are there's me go we were boldly wearing yellow and orange and black and the day Stephen and I were um on a little road trip and while he was voice texting back and forth about the songs that we were going to record here at elevation in the upcoming week we started somehow talking about Christ's Covenant and and those songs and and we started listening to some of the songs and I'm telling you I could feel the presence of the holy spirit in those songs just like I can from the ones that are coming from our church today just because we weren't going to be and shall be forever did it mean that there wasn't time to plant and harvest some fruit it was in Shelby North Carolina that we met chunks and Amy and we began to Dream Out Loud for the first time about the church that we felt like God was calling us to plant and what it would look like and what we would call it and one of the names that that we were throwing around was church alive because it's worth the drive aren't you glad we've landed on elevation but you know I am 100% that the fruit of Elevation Church was planted in the soil of Shelby North [Music] Carolina and I want to tell you there are seeds that God wants to plant in your situation today I know it's not permanent I know this isn't your Forever job or your forever home or whatever so anointed but you don't H know how long it's going to be you don't know so build the house plant the garden Jeremiah goes on to give Israel one of the most encouraging verses in the entire Bible just a couple verses later we find Jeremiah 29:11 he says for I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord he's saying this over Israel and he's saying this over you I have plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you a hope and a future and there are things in your life right now that you didn't plan for but God is the one who holds the master plans of your life he has a hope and a future for you you're just the Packer and the planter he is the planner wow so while you wait for the next move God is saying you to do today plant a garden give it everything you've got hey thanks for watching I hope that encouraged you today make sure that you like subscribe and hit that Bell to turn on notifications so that you don't miss out on other videos just like this one and I'll see you back here next time

Channel: Holly Furtick

Views: 2,641

Keywords: Motivation, Christian Faith, Trust in God, Overcoming Challenges, Hope and Future, Staying Rooted, Spiritual Planting, Expect Miracles, Life's Surprises, God's Control

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Length: 5min 29sec (329 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 27 2024