How has this message challenged your view of expectations? ^EC Team

Im legit playing this sermon just loud enough for my boyfriend to hear this ya'll pray for us

I just want to appreciate everyone at Elevation who work to ensure that we have these services available here on KZfaq. I appreciate you for bringing your church closer to us who are far and I thank you for allowing yourselves to be vessels of God in your own capacity. Thank you Pastor Steven for another amazing word. I feel blessed in my spirit.

What if God isn’t meeting my expectations because He wants to EXCEED them?! My God!!!!!! 🙌🏾

"I thought You were gonna" ...... I believed my husband would be healed of stage 4 pancreatic cancer. When he died, I was terrified that although I had loved and followed Jesus since I was a child, maybe I didn't know HIM after all. BUT Father God is loving, patient and ALWAYS GOOD.... In the midst of the deepest darkest pit of grief, Holy Spirit delivered me to see the Savior as I never knew before. 5 1/2 yrs later I see, agree and declare........God's purpose is greater and HIS plan is bigger!

"When you don't understand someone's expectations, you can't make sense of their disappointments." - 3:37 "Expectations is contagious." - 8:20 "The same thing that made him so great, got him in trouble." - 18:40 'You are not the message, you are just the voice." - 19:11 "John is in a WTF moment (Where's The Fork?" - 27:33 "What if God didn't wanna meet your expectations because he wanted to exceed them?" - 28:37 "The way he grows my faith, it's usually to disappoint my expectation." - 28:51 "I'm doing it, just not like you wanted me to." 38:36

When i feel like giving up,depressed,i always listen to your preachings and i always get encouraged and motivated ,God put something special for you to give to the nations...God is so real People

THIS GUY,, if I lived closer I can almost gurantee that I would be sitting front row err sunday.

This message is piercing my soul. I'm meant to be getting ready for work but I'm crying on my knees. Scared. Disappointed. Scared to let go of my expectations 😢 Disappointed because sometimes I feel God should have at least ...... Lord set me free from the need to control my life. Help me to let go. Set me free from this disappointment messing up my faith and trust in you. Set me free from the torment of fear. Father God your daughter is scared and tired and has little or no fight left. Set my heart alight again because there's no other God but You. I cannot see or understand the 'bigger picture' and this is why I'm tired and anxious. Thank You Lord for Your word. Amen. God bless Pastor Furtik and Elevation Church for these messages.

THIS has to be one of my favorite Elevation sermons, today i was feeling extremely down because I had an expectation on how God was going to deliver me from depression and before i watch this i prayed that even if things don't go my way, i will still praise him. After i watched this, i felt like God was definitely speaking to me through Pastor Steven! Telling me not to rely on my thoughts, feelings or emotions but to know what God has prophesied about me, his child! i feel a million times better than i was!! i praise God, he's so amazingggg!!!

Thank you for this:-) When I thought God was gonna... make my brother breath after a car accident. He didn’t, when I asked God why didn’t he take him in another accident before he had his children, He told me that was what he was here for. Peace and comfort was with me. God was with me. He never leaves.

Right now I’m in pain, anxious, depressed but still going. I’m trusting God in this season that I’m in. I may never understand why what happened had to happen. I’ve stopped trying to blame myself and just do what I can. I’m letting God direct my life now and I know He will bring me thru it.

Being unemployed is getting the best of me.. Please pray for me. Im expecting a job but everytime its a no.. but im always gona stay expecting

I want to move to Charlotte for this church. "Wtf- where's the fire?? 😂😂 God fulfills his promises not our preferences"💗

I had lost my hope on humanity. Looking at Elevation Church, Pastor Steven, my best friend, and the Church of Jesus Christ in general and also other Pastors and Leaders, my hope is being restored. Thank you.

There is a purpose that is greater, there is a plan that is bigger in The Mighty Name of Jesus!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

The message is straight up fire. And the man that yells “amen” with his very distinct voice in so many of Furtick’s sermons makes me so happy. No reason. Just does lol.

My expectations need to be in line with God's character.

‘ There’s A Purpose that is Greater , There’s a Plan that Is Bigger .’

We paint the walls with a smile...but live behind bars on the inside!! Bless the Spirit of the Living God for the preached word and revelation bought forth out of it!!

yesterday I attended a Bible Study session where I learnt that life is spiritual. After listening to this I realized sometimes we miss God's will because of having Physical expectations.

FURTICK ON FIRE!! Thank you Elevation Church for all that you do to make things possible. Thank you Pastor Steven for such a powerful word! God bless the ministry. Love from Cape Town, South Africa.

Amen..prasie amen the light of lord lives in me.......yes he has n contiue.amen... my brother..mr pastor steven FURICK Amen faith is expection I GOT SECURITY..AMEN🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

My husband and I watch every weekend pastor!!!!

"God uses disappointments to develop your faith." A few months ago i commented on one of your sermons requesting prayer about my medical issues. I've had 4 surgeries and was met with disappointment and that made my faith waver a bit. I've prayed so much since then and put all my trust in God. I had my 5th surgery today and things look great so far! It's most likely the last. God really is wonderful! I'm hoping that I'm on my way to a full recovery this time. Thank you for all the prayer! ♥️

Thank you HOLY SPIRIT for revelation!! A sermon from 5 years ago! So good to me!! 🥹🙌🏾💛

My addiction of late...these sermons..my God

I've been healed in the past from severe migraine head aches in church and healed of a damaged hand (caught in a printing press roller) in my apartment with only my best friend praying for me and finally a traveling evangelical pastor through a word of knowledge told me I was healed of vertigo. I currently suffer with an essential tremor, terrible back & sciatic pain and also depression and anxiety. I've been waiting for God to use one of the above mentioned ways to heal me so I'm very grateful for this message God is working -I don't know how but I know who!!!!!!

God is using me to fight battles for my children & my children's children, my generation is blessed through me, thank you Jesus

Hello friends, for so long I was so disappointed that God didn't do things the way I wanted, it made me upset and question Him, but now am glad that He didn't. Am so glad about who am becoming, I know that the future is blest and safe, not because of myself but because of who He is. You are chosen not because of who you are today but because of what He has called you to be.

“Get around other people who are EXPECTING” love it!

I'm currently in a battle with addiction. One I denied for years and buried under other addictions. I've been having trouble because I've been wanting God to heal me on my terms, on my time, and my needs. I've learned that releasing the control I think I have to God, He will heal me in ways I could never see before.

Thank you.. Its You .. I know it is .. I feel it , i hear it. Yes Lord as this word has confirmed throught Steven everyday all day. He I know is you. Thank you lord for letting me see and feel your love. Thank you for breaking my chains. Yes Lord it's you, I trust you Lord .

I need to be set free from my expectations... I’m so frustrated and disappointed now... I want to be set free and embrace what God’s doing now.

So many of my expectations in this past year or so have failed to pass. Life is not like I thought it would be. Yet, I'm trying to focus on how God is good. It's hard, but this sermon was so enlightening.

live life...God jesus pray for us my family n my loves ones...n myself me your daughther.....no bitterness...betterness set us free...me free.amen. fredom to control my life..amen...i am

It's alright to love Jesus to lift up my eyes to the hills from where my help comes from⬆️

I am learning to let go of my expectations and let God do what God does best......meet my needs and not act like a child

20yrs. ago God came to me when I was a child and told me that when I turn 32yrs. I will go through the most difficult struggle I would ever experience in my life. Then even after that struggle, there will still be some hurt and pain that I will still be trying to get pass. But soon after all of that, I will experience a happiness unlike I have ever come across in my life. Then he told me I won't be able to understand it now(child me) but when I turn 32 I'll quickly understand what the struggle is that I will be going through. Sure enough, the day after my 32 birthday, the struggle became a reality. It's been almost a year since then and I'm still hurting but not like I was. I kept making so many assumptions of how he was going to help me through all of this but nothing would happen in the way I kept expecting. And then after all the intense struggle, I finally reached the lesser pain that he had mentioned. The struggle is more calmed down. So because of that, I keep expecting this ultimate happiness that was promised to me, only to keep getting disappointed when it still hasn't happened yet. These past 5 weeks I straight up gave up. But these past few days, there's been this pull in my heart to not give up yet. So I've been struggling with myself to not give up and just believe what god has promised me. When it comes to my own life I seem to put a great limitation on what I believe he wants to do for me. Not that I believe he can't, just that maybe he just doesn't want to. But lately I've come to realize that he wants all his children to be happy and on top of that, he literally came to me and told me himself that he was bringing happiness to me. So, This evening I prayed and he said " Now I'm coming to set you free.'' About a half hour later I saw this sermon. Not long after starting through this struggle, I came across this pastor's sermons. This has helped me through this hard time so much. This message was truly so powerful. My mind was blown. All of them are great! But I truly needed this one ! Thanks so much! I hope in a couple of months I can come back to write what this ultimate happiness will end up being. I've waited 20yrs. so what's a few more months of waiting on this. There's also another promise he gave me 12yrs. ago that I'm also waiting on. Crossing fingers and trying hard to keep on believing in those wonderful promises that he has for us all!

Walk into something dark and light it up because of my faith! Wow

I truly believe that God is using pastor Steven to change my life.

I am happy to know that God delivers from every prison even the invisible ones.Hallelujah.

Do you ever have questions for God and he answers in multiple platforms - each time communicating the same thing. THIS was for me.

Am speechless, Lord you are mighty, please have your way. God bless you Pastor Steven.

Iam expecting to be around people who have high expectations of God

This brought me to tears. Something recently happened unexpectedly and it caused me to doubt and even feel like I was being punished or something... it hurt really bad and have been feeling lost. This brought soooo much perspective. Thank you! Will listen as many times needed to shake this feeling off!

That's crazy!! I literally had a conversation on ME needing the power of God to show up in MY life, as it did for Elijah today. And wow! I picked this sermon, not prompted my anyone else. And BAM! I get hit with truth n revelation. Good stuff God

Pastor Furtick this message didn't fall on deaf ears here. I have set so many expectations for myself and for other people; so I have lived in a prison of resentment and bitterness in my mind my whole life, until the Lord Jesus came into my heart and gave me liberty. Therefore goodness and Mercy does follow me all the days of my life. May God continue to shower you with his wisdom. understanding, grace, and favor. He makes you a blessing to be a blessing and every sermon you preach administers grace to my ears. I continually praise God for your service!

There is a purpose that is greater and there is a plan that is bigger👐

I have been so caught up on what I want for myself and my life that I don’t see what He is doing for me already. The miracle is there, it’s just that I don’t see it because it’s not the miracle I expected. I go in with MY expectations that when things don’t go the way I thought it should go I begin to question everything. But He has His own expectations for what will happen in my life. And i should not question it!!! This sermon spoke life back into me. I will reevaluate my life and see where He is working and see where He has blessed me with the things that He sees I needed, not the things that I wanted. THANK GOD ALWAYS!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ This message was for me! I won't let my faith rest on me.. There is a purpose that is GREATER! LOVED THIS PASTOR YOU ARE SO REAL, WE LOVE YOU GOD BLESS YOU!!

am walking around rhe park and.wild...yes i can. walk with ➕ AMEN praise the lord amen

Elevation Church is number one on my bucket list!

6:38 kind of off topic, but Pastor Steven has got the freshest lineup I've ever seen on a pastor.

You’re working, You’re working, You’re working within us and through us Holy Spirit ✨🔥

God bless us with faith like a child.

5more times to watch... I moved in @Elevation from Uganda 15Months now. I am home🙏

Letting go of my need to control things and how my deliverance should look like 😭 It’s you I’m looking to Jesus... have your way!

I'm walking into work listening to this people think I'm nuts because I am clapping and amening. Sooooo Good

My motto this year is let go and let God. I was tired of doing it on my own, so in 2019 I decided to follow God's lead in each and every area of my life.

Thank you Jesus!!! Thank you for using Pastor Furtick as a messenger for me and all who are seeking you Lord. You speak to me and help me through my difficult times. Thank you for your grace and mercy! Oh sweet Heavenly Father, I believe in you and trust in you! Have mercy on me and my loved ones! I need you God! Please set me free! Much love to the Elevation family! Praying one day I can attend these services in person. Until then, may God bless each and every one of you for helping each other in our mission in serving Christ!

Blessed is he who does not trip over the way you thought it was going to be! !!!ahhhh !!!! **Doing Bicycle kicks in the air**

This sermon is going down as One of Pastor Furticks ALL TIME BEST SERMONS. Now time for me to listen again!!

it you god it yiu it you lord it yiu lord it u lord. looking. foward...it your grace n help my trust is in your name Lord..amen

Yessss heavenly Father it has alwayssss been you💞💞💞💞💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏here I am your humble servant🙌

These past 2 years have been the hardest in my life, these sermons are the only thing that keeps me focused on God and reshaping my perspectives. Thank you so much!

Trust God that he will give you the words to say and however he wants to use you

Yes Lord,👏👏👏 I've got security. Goodness and mercy. He who began a good work in me is able to complete it. My faith is an expectation and it is contagious 👏👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌

Unrealistic expectations are what I have had, for about 9 months now. I now realize I should never expect another human at all, in relation to myself moving forward in life. Maybe other individuals are only here in our lives for a little while. Maybe they are just a part of my milestones. To help me with a roof over my head and to help me stay the race of sobriety. I have 10 months sober on the 19 of this month. I was lost for 9 years to meth.

I’m not 20 minutes in and everyone is turnt up! I love it.

I’m expecting my breakthrough, Amen 🙏

This message was for me. Wow, thank you for saying YES to God and tell your wife thank you for saying YES also.

Pastor Steven I just want to say thank you for your teachings. I've been watching you for 2 months straight everyday, and I've been to different churches and heard other pastors but You have been such a blessing in my walk with the Lord. Your messages hit me every time and the fact that you break down these parables from the bible and the power of your prayers and the Holy Spirit just washes over me every time I listen and watch you. I love you so much and elevation is so amazing! Praise God for bringing you into my life right now that I needed Him more! Hallelujah!! 🙌🤍👑 He crowned me his princess and j learned a woman of Faith Walks with Authority here on Earth. I've had breakthroughs, revelations and his graces are upon me. Thank you Jesus! I love Jesus ❤

Furtick bumping Hezekiah Walker on Sunday morning got him LIT like whoa!

I love this sermon so much. Man, Invisible prisons is the most amazing sermon of all time. I have an invisible prison in my life. In a way, it is a safety but in another way it is a harmful thing because with it in my life, I can't move forward. It made me believe that what I believe in and What I love is burden. It is time for me break out of it because I need to reach my goals and dreams. I want to be a KZfaqr, I said it. I want to be an influencer because not just I want my story to be heard but everyone's story is deserved to be heard as well. I want to thank God to keep pushing me to be the man I want to be. God is good, he truly is. I pray that he keeps believing in me, pissing me, reassuring me and even motivating me. I love you Elevation Church.

God tell it on the mountain over the hills and everywhere 🎶

Preach Pastor Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper....

Ahh, so timely! God gave me "imagine" as my word of the year. Ephesians 3:20: "Glory belongs to God, whose power is at work in us. By this power He can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine."

What if??? O my God, what if??? I cant wait to see you what God is going to do!

Just in time! Debt after debt bill after bill Time is going by so slow cause im still broke looks like theres no way out.. Lord are you gonna get me out of this Lord where are you?! ❤ Thank you lord!🙏

God's continued blessing on this Ministry, He is exceeding our expectations in ways beyond understanding. I always felt deeply that the religious world was missing something, yet He is proving that He will fulfill His purpose in spite of that. All praise to the Kingdom of GOD.

This was so powerful for me. I started dating after 2 years of being single; and the guy I started dating seemed perfect. Just 2 months into the relationship he got transferred and did not want a long-distance relationship, even though he was only a 2-hour flight away. I know now that even though he seemed perfect, God allowed him to be removed from me for His greater purpose. I don't know what that purpose is, and at first I was angry because I could have rather gone longer before dating someone instead of dating the wrong one for a short period. But I know now that all things work for the greater good and the bigger plan. I was meant to meet that guy, but it was not for the reason that I thought. God is in control, not me. His plan is bigger than my understanding. I will no longer be a prisoner to my own expectations.

Thank you for this powerful message!! Last night I prayed long and hard. I was bursting in tears of grief and sadness but after waking up and watching this sermon this morning I was bursting in tears of gratitude and relief. The more you spoke the more I began to feel the weight of my expectations that I set too high or too low lift off my shoulders!! Thank you Steven for your honest words and thank you god for answering my prayers in such an unexpected way and broadening my mind. “There is a purpose that is greater, there is a plan that is bigger!! Zoom out, zoom out, zoom out, zoom out” ......... I TRULY felt that!

There is way more depth in everything that happens in our lives than we realize.

Jesus Jesus Jesus, Thank you for this service I’m watching. Holy Spirit brought me here! Hallelujah

This pastor is blessed by God and he's getting better and better keep up the good work Rev...

I’m Expecting Something 🙏🏽❤️

It's you Lord for everything l am counting on and nobody else . Praise the Lord . Thank you for this wonderful message team Elevation Church.❤️

Thank you past Steven whatever you preach we can believe Jesus is our Savior and the son of God we come to took our sins away so that we are really children of the Father amen Maggie NZ

The 4th part of Maybe God was so powerful. I watched 4th time and learn each time something new. I was on my tears when Pastor Steven said: The way God grows my faith it is usually to disappoint my expectations. It is so true because sometimes I am praying for something but The opposite just appears. And I will be in that place where I am questioning God or just give up. My prayer today is That Please God set me free of my invisible prisons 🙏🏽

LOVE THIS PASTOR AND THIS INCREDIBLE CHURCH!!! 💚💚 THANK YOU PASTOR STEVEN!!! ❤ FROM 🇦🇹

God please set me free from my prison of depression. Disappointment my dad dementia losing my earthly inheritance. Help me to accept your way .there is a bigger picture. I trust u lord

I almost want to move to where pastor Furticks church is at there aren’t any preachers in CA with the passion that Steven has.

He is sooooo much greater than that"

I gotta make that trip to Charlotte! His energy ! His word ! 🗣👌🏽 ✍🏼

There is a Purpose that is Greater there is a plan that is BIGGER ❤

😭😭😭😭😭😭I am 60 in July. The spirit of the living God from this messenger!!!! Hallelujah Hallelujah!!! Yrs of constantly asking......."why God? Again??"... knowing I'm too old to start over and too wise to want to. I almost can't breath. 🙏🙏🙏

This series is blessing my life. Learning and unlearning things

Expecting something???? I know it! I feel it! Amen!

Yes Lord I am expecting that my husband Carlton to receive Jesus as his Lord and saviour and deny worshiping mother Mary and other saints he will receive a breakthrough from Catholicism bondages in the mighty name of Jesus christ amen and amen thank you lord for answering prayers and all praises to Jesus alone amen