There’s power in the story you tell yourself. The devil wants to keep you rehearsing fear so you get weary and forget the faithfulness of God. You can defeat the devil today. Talk to God about your worries and let Him show you the way. This is an excerpt from “God’s Got Your Back Part 2.” To watch the full message from @elevationchurch click here: 
• God’s Got Your Back Part 2 | Pastor S… #faith #peace #hope #stevenfurtick #elevationchurch Chapters: 0:00 – You’re Not Weak, You’re Weary 2:08 – Give The Devil A History Lesson 4:18 – Are You Following Fear? 6:24 – Stuck In A Conversation With Yourself 10:02 – Why You’re Stuck Scripture References: 1 Kings 19, verse 14
you’re not weak you’re weary
and with every step that he took by
himself without talking to the God who
brought him this far
the devil was able to delete
different things
that could have been in the story
it said that Ahab told Jezebel
everything Elijah had done and that’s
why she threatened him
Ahab goes home and tells Jezebel
this dude
don’t mess with this dude you better do
something about him he’s going to yank
your whole Idol worshiping Kingdom out
of your hands he’s going to send you
back back into phenicia this dude is
crazy he had him cutting up Bulls this
dude had this dude told them to take
water in a drought four jars of water
and pour the water on the wood three
times and then called for fire this is
not exactly a strategic Mastermind but
he is a spiritual giant he was wetting
wood
and praying for fire
that’s what Ahab said
that’s what Ahab said
his enemy
was doing a better job telling his story
than he was
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I mean Ahab wouldn’t shut up he said he
told Jezebel everything Elijah had done
he didn’t leave out any details and then
he got the Bulls and then he started
taunting them and then he was like hey
maybe you should call louder maybe bills
in the bathroom he told everything
Elijah had done
he told how Elijah had told him in for
chapter 18 where where he said there’s a
cloud
the size of a man’s hand
and his servant said I don’t see
anything and Elijah said well the
problem isn’t with God’s word it’s with
your eyes go look again
he sent that poor servant remember when
I had you running up and down the stairs
one time preaching this passage yeah
yeah I sent him back and forth seven
times the most cardio he had ever done
in his life
and then I sent him back and forth and
talked about the frustration of faith he
told Jezebel all that happened the enemy
did the enemy did because the enemy is a
better Storyteller than most of God’s
children
he’ll tell you stories here’s how good
he is here’s how good he is he will just
make up stuff that might happen
that might happen
and then he will emphasize the
hypothetical
as you forget the historical
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so all Elijah really had to do was give
the devil a history lesson
all Elijah really had to do to stop
himself from going in the wrong
direction from sinking into the depths
of Despair to be saying I’m suicidal I
don’t want to live I don’t want to do
this they’re trying to kill me all he
had to do while he was walking was
stopped for one moment and tell the
story like it really happened cause I
thought I was solely one but my God is
Yahweh I stood on that mountain all
alone I called down fire I wet that wood
and God came through I went to the brook
Club Terrace and the birds brought me
food I went to the Widow’s house and I
multiplied her oil
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you keep deleting all the stuff that God
did and adding stuff that the enemy
might do and running from your purpose
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that’s Jezebel
see because you can have Jesus in your
heart
and Jezebel in your head
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oh yeah I’m saved and going to heaven I
got Jesus in my heart I believe you I
really do all you got to do is ask him
and he’ll come in
that’s not the hard part
the hard part isn’t getting Jesus in
your heart that’s my grace anyway
and then like you did so much good stuff
he’s like okay cool this is a five-star
hotel I’ll come live in your heart
no no no no your heart your heart is
nasty
your heart is filthy your heart looks
like a college dorm room looks like a
frat house been torn apart your house
looks terrible and he came in anyway
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that’s not the hard part
hey hey hey if you believe and repent
and turn to him he’ll come in your heart
but if Jesus is in your heart
and Jezebel’s in your head
you won’t follow him
you’ll follow fear
and fear watch this makes you forget
every step he takes away
he’s telling himself this same
story
and with every step he takes away from
what God has brought him into
you know what I mean when I say that or
do I need to break it down
it’s when God has called you to be
really present really invested really
faith really take the next step don’t be
afraid to look like a fool just do what
he gave you to do God has called you
he’s given you a gift and every step he
takes away from that
and he rehearses
the wrong story
it becomes so solidified that by the
time he gets to the cave
he’s got this story down
not even the earthquake
the windstorm
or the fire
can reverse what he’s rehearsed
not even
the greatest act of God
so God
Camaro
so God’s like
I know what to do come here come come on
stage come on upstairs
God’s like I know what to do
okay
since I got your back you know
since I know you since I made you since
I called you
I’m a Whisperer
because I’m right here
what are you doing here Elijah
Elijah’s like
I have been very zealous for the Lord
God Almighty
now now here’s here’s why here’s why I
think here’s why I think Elijah’s
speech sucks
that’s why I think his story is trash
put it back up verse 10 or 14 doesn’t
matter they’re both the same stupid
story
[Applause]
the same stuff over and over again you
know how you get when you get stuck in a
story
we used to say in in my house that’s my
story and um
all right let me tell you something new
your mama didn’t tell you this one
that’s your story and you’re stuck in it
even in God blessed the cave apart now
there’s no real cave for you to stand in
but you still trapped in that
conversation
in your head
what Jezebel said
so anyway he’s like I have been very
zealous for the Lord God Almighty
the Israelites have rejected your
Covenant
torn down your altars
and put your prophets to death with the
sword
[Applause]
that is why
the story
stopped
because of what he started with
I
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I
I
I
wherever this story goes next
it is going to be confined by
the point of view
of the narrator
you can’t narrate by faith in first
person
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in fiction they have what’s called a
third person narrator
is when the character isn’t saying I did
this and I did that and I went here and
I went there so basically like the way
we live our lives what do they think of
me what are they saying about me why
didn’t they invite me why don’t they
like me what’s wrong with me I I I third
person narrator is different it
describes the event watch this because
remember Holly has a book club
and then they have third person
omniscient this is a narrator that knows
stuff that they have no business knowing
and they say stuff that the characters
in the story can’t see
so God said you have been stuck in first
person frustration
but when the third person you missed it
the father
the Sun
and the third person of the Trinity the
Holy Spirit when the spirit speaks when
the spirit tells your story when the
spirit interprets your situation when
the spirit quickens you when the spirit
of God shows you what’s up when the
spirit of God tells you I still got
something for you to do when the spirit
of God speaks when you speak to God
through spirit and he speaks to you
through Spirit something happens and the
angels come
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so so Holly Holly I’m not gonna holler
at you I’m
let you know I’m right here with you
and we could talk
we can talk we can talk about this talk
to him talk to him about it talk to him
about what you’re afraid about don’t you
go 40 days trying to figure it out in
your own strength starving your soul
starve in your spirit eating junk food
wondering why you’re weak I’ll tell you
why you’re weak you can’t go 40 days
telling yourself stuff that starts with
I
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because
I’m gonna tell you what the kids taught
me they taught me that in video game you
have an NPC that’s y’all know this this
term the what’s it called non-playable
character that’s the people that’s just
there over to the side
they don’t do anything they’re just
there
and then of course you’re the main
character
y’all that’s a boring game when
everything else in your life is NPC and
you were the only character that matters
what about what God wants
what about what he wants to do through
you
I
have been very zealous true
for the Lord God Almighty
they give me give me verse 10 verse 14
verse 10 verse 14.
the Israelites I know what’s wrong with
us now I saw it in the text I saw what’s
wrong with me I saw why I’m stuck in my
story
because it says I and them
I have been very zealous
they have rejected your Covenant
torn down your altars and put your
prophets to death with the sword wait a
minute Elijah you killed 850 of them
yeah I’m not going to tell that part
don’t even have per down
be very suspicious of any story that has
self-pity
be very suspicious of it
anytime that little voice inside you
start saying stuff like nobody
appreciates you call it into question
that’s probably not true
she’s getting fired up now I’m getting
her ready for reflect off I’m getting
her ready for a flag
because I want you to know when when you
go to prepare to preach to the ladies
Friday God’s voice won’t be the only
voice speaking to you
Jezebel be telling you stuff too who do
you think you are to preach this you
don’t have anything to say nobody wants
to hear from you you struggle with all
this same stuff too you hypocrite
by the way Jezebel will be the loudest
voice you’ll hear
watch this
Jezebel’s trying to attack you from the
outside
Jesus is empowering you from the inside
oh God
I feel somebody getting set free today
I feel you will hear a voice
behind you saying
this I want you to raise those kids this
is how I want you to do great stuff for
your husband be really nice to him he’s
wonderful
the Lord says stuff like this
just for example
and I want you to understand
our
of the story
that you tell yourself
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