Need Meeters

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Need Meeters"

Elevation with Steven Furtick
Date: May 8, 2026
Host: Steven Furtick
Theme: How our needs are met—by God, through people, and by meeting the needs of others

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Pastor Steven Furtick delves into the Apostle Paul's message from Philippians 4, particularly the famous verse about God meeting all our needs. Furtick explores the sometimes misunderstood dynamics of human needs—how we experience them, how we express them, and most importantly, how God meets them not only supernaturally, but through our relationships and acts of service. The episode emphasizes a shift from a self-centered approach (focused only on getting needs met) toward seeing ourselves as "need meters" for others, embodying faith through practical, mutual care.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Context of Philippians 4 and Contentment

• Paul's Gratitude and Perspective Shift
  • Paul thanks the Philippians for their gift and clarifies he has learned to be content in any situation, whether in plenty or in need (03:00–05:00).
  • “I’m not saying this because I’m in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” – Steven Furtick, paraphrasing Paul (04:15)
• Paul’s apparent contradiction: thanking for help, yet claiming not to need anything—showing the maturity in being content regardless of circumstances (04:45–06:30).
• Quote: “I have learned that you can complain but it won’t do any good and people won’t like you. So I’m learning to be content whatever the circumstances.” (05:10)

2. The Truth About Human Needs

• Needs Don’t Disappear With Faith
  • Even after coming to Christ, our core needs don’t go away; they’re simply met in a new and better way (11:45–13:10).
  • “It’s not that I don’t have needs. It’s not that I don’t have wants. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want … It just means I go to a different buffet now.” (12:45)
• Healthy vs. Unhealthy Ways of Meeting Needs
  • Much destructive behavior comes from valid needs being met with the wrong means (13:30–13:55).
  • “You’re not meeting the wrong need. You’re just meeting it with the wrong means.” (13:56)
  • Applies to overspending, addiction, etc.—the need is real, but the fulfillment method is off (13:30–14:55).

3. God’s Provision—“My God will meet all your needs…”

• God Knows and Meets Our Real Needs
  • Unlike people, God both knows what we need and has the resources to provide it (14:43–15:13).
  • “The only one who has what I need happens to be the only one who knows what I need.” (14:54)
• Not About Needs Vanishing, But About God Using Them
  • Sometimes our needs are the very things God uses to reveal his sufficiency and direct our lives (15:14–16:10).
  • “If he removed the need, he would remove the means by which he meets the need…” (15:36)

4. Checking Your “Need Meter”

• Self-Awareness About Needs
  • Many are unaware, in denial, or embarrassed about expressing their needs, even to God (16:30–17:03).
  • Uses imagery: what if everyone had a “need meter” or “joy meter” on their forehead? (16:00–17:00)
• Joy and Entitlement are Inversely Related
  • “When joy is low, usually it’s because entitlement is high. That’s why the most joyful book in the Bible was written in a prison cell.” (17:51)
  • True contentment comes from letting go of what we think we deserve and being open to what God actually gives (18:22–18:58).

5. God Leads With Needs—Acts 16 and the Macedonian Call

• God Redirects Our Plans According to Need

  • Paul is blocked from going to Asia or Mysia; God leads him to Macedonia via a vision—an example of God using “no” to redirect us to greater purpose (20:20–22:27).
  • “When we get too married to our plans, we can miss God’s purpose.” (18:57)

• God Brings Opportunity in the Form of Need

  • Paul’s vision isn’t an opportunity, but a plea for help: “A man of Macedonia … come over and help us.” (24:10-26:52)
  • “Could it be possible you’ve been asking God for an opportunity, and God is showing it to you in the form of your greatest need?” (26:52)

• Sometimes God Shows You Someone Else’s Need to Unlock Your Own Breakthrough

  • “Maybe the way I’m going to get it is to give it. Give shall be given unto you.” (31:06)
  • The transformative power of serving others is emphasized over fixating on unmet personal needs (30:40–32:00).

6. Lydia—The Unlikely Need Meeter (Acts 16:11–15)

• Paul Sees a Man, But God Sends Him to a Woman
  • Despite the vision of “a man”, Paul finds Lydia, a businesswoman, worshiper of God, and the first Christian convert in Europe (43:00–48:23).
  • “What did Paul see in his vision? A man from Macedonia. What did he see when he got to his assignment? A woman. God is not going to do it how you thought he was.” (46:49)
• Mutual Need Meeting
  • Lydia needed a message, Paul needed a congregation: “Somebody who needed the message got together with somebody who needed a congregation. God is a need meter. God is a matchmaker.” (45:26)
  • Lydia responds to the message, gets baptized with her household, and opens her home—her act of hospitality catalyzes the first church in Philippi (48:23–52:00).
  • “The Lord opened her heart and she opened her house.” (54:00)

7. The Takeaway—Be the Breakthrough

• Don’t Wait for Breakthrough—Be the Breakthrough
  • “God told me to tell you, be the breakthrough. Be the breakthrough for somebody else. And watch how God will break through for you.” (56:08)
• Purpose Beyond Ourselves
  • We’re called not just to get needs met, but to let God use us to meet others’ needs; that's when God meets ours (54:00–57:00).
• Call to Action
  • Furtick urges listeners to look for someone to serve, to share the message, to be aware of people in their lives who are “close to the kingdom” and may be ready to respond if someone reaches out (52:00–57:00).
  • “I want to pray that you would have the eyes to see other people’s needs this week.… The only way for our needs to be met are to meet the needs of the world you love.” (57:18)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “It’s not that I don’t have needs. It’s that I eat off a different menu now.” (12:45)
• “You’re not meeting the wrong need. You’re just meeting it with the wrong means.” (13:56)
• “When joy is low, entitlement is high.” (17:51)
• “Once he’s set free from what he expected, he can receive what he needs.” (18:35)
• “Could it be possible you’ve been asking God for an opportunity, and God is showing it to you in the form of your greatest need?” (26:54)
• “Maybe the way I’m going to get it is to give it.” (31:14)
• “Be the breakthrough for somebody else and watch how God will break through for you.” (56:08)
• “The Lord opened her heart and she opened her house.” (54:02)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:00–05:30 – Paul’s contentment and the power of perspective shift
• 11:45–13:55 – Needs remain after coming to Christ; healthy/unhealthy fulfillment
• 14:43–15:13 – Only God can truly know and meet our needs
• 17:30–18:58 – Entitlement vs. joy, letting go of expectations
• 20:20–22:27 – God redirects plans, the power of “no”
• 24:10–26:54 – The Macedonian call: Opportunity disguised as need
• 30:46–32:00 – Shift from “give me” to “show me”—serving others
• 43:00–48:23 – Lydia’s story; God uses surprising people in surprising ways
• 54:00–57:00 – The call to “be the breakthrough”; practical application and prayer

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Final Takeaways

• Shift your focus: God often meets your needs as you meet the needs of others.
• Obedience opens doors: Follow God’s leading, even if it’s unclear—He knows what you (and others) need.
• God uses surprises: The answers may not look like your expectations.
• Be a “need meeter”: Ask God to open your eyes to others, and trust Him to meet your own needs in the process.
• Pray and act: Don’t just pray to “get” from God—pray to see, serve, and bless.

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For Those Who Haven't Listened:
This episode encourages listeners to re-examine how they see their own needs, others’ needs, and God’s provision. It draws a direct line between serving others and encountering God’s sufficiency in our own lives, using vivid biblical narrative, humor, and practical challenges to send you out as a “need meeter” and a vessel for God’s work.

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For next steps and reflection:
Consider: Who around you might be a “Lydia”—someone unlikely, but open to God’s message or love? Where is God leading you through needs—yours or someone else’s? How can you shift from praying “give me” to “show me”?

(For full experience, listen to the original episode and reflect on the personal stories and energy in Pastor Steven’s delivery.)

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[Steven Furtick]

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Music app Kind of unintentionally went into a miniseries From Philippians I want to share from Chapter four Holy Spirit, give me accuracy and precision to speak this word. May it get through my mouth, but may it come from your heart. In Jesus name, amen. Philippians chapter 4 I want to link this message with the other Messages from Philippians 1. I'm not going to be dragging anybody across the stage in a chain this week. I figured it's a bad pattern. I do want to go to this great passage of Scripture that was originally like a P.S. paul put in his letter to the Philippian Church. He just kind of tagged it on at the end to thank them for the gift they sent to help him with his defense, his legal defense from a prison cell, he writes, and he's full of joy, which is counterintuitive that you'd be in jail and have joy or lose your job and still trust God and call him your provider or be single, but still know that you're not alone. Or maybe be wronged, but know that God is even using that to ultimately bless your life and to use you. All of this is taught in the book of Philippians, but I find myself coming back to this section, which is like a P.S. not only a postscript, to use an old letter writing term, but also it's a perspective shift. So we're going to see the power of a perspective shift today. Philippians 4:10 19 I rejoice greatly in the Lord that you at last renewed your concern for me. I was laughing when I read that. He's like, thanks, I got your gift. It's about time. I didn't think that was very good etiquette. Thank you note etiquette. I got the gift finally. But then he clarifies, indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I'm not saying this because I'm in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. Just touch the person Next to you and say, I'm good. I promise. I know what it is to be in need and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content. I wasn't born this way. I was born screaming my head off. I was selfish when I was two But I'm maturing and I have learned to be content. I've learned that you can complain but it won't do any good and people won't like you. So I'm learning to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need. I know what it is to have plenty. I've learned the secret of being content in any and every situation. Whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty of or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. I call that the international bench press verse, where you see these posters in every Christian school weight room all over the world. But it has a little deeper meaning than that. It's about the sufficiency of God's spirit in every situation. I just feel good today. I feel relaxed and happy about this message. Verse 14. Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only you were there for me. You were there for me, and I won't forget it. For even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need. It's kind of confusing because he keeps going back and forth like, I don't need anything yet thank you for meeting my needs, but I don't need anything. I'm like, well, Paul, if you don't need it, can we have it back because we need it. Look, not that I desire your gifts. What I desire is that more be credited to your account. I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They're a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. And my God will meet all your needs. I wonder if Paul was just saying this to the church at Philippi, or will he say it to Elevation Ballantyne today, too, and Elevation Toronto. My God. In fact, I wonder, would you say this to the person next to you? My God will meet all your needs. This part is important according to the riches of his glory in Christ, because I don't have what you need. And I can't always be what you need, because I have my own needs. That's why I'm tired all the time and is because people want me to meet their needs. I have so many of my own.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

If you only knew how much I needed, you would leave me alone.

[Steven Furtick]

How many want to say this to your kids every once in a while?

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

Not me.

[Steven Furtick]

I love my kids. They're delightful. But I think that's the most misunderstood verse in the whole book of Philippians. I want to spend some time with it today. My God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. See if we can get a fresh hearing for this verse in Paul's presence. I want to speak to you today about need meters. Some things you learn about your spouse very quickly after marriage. Some things you know going in. Some things you find out progressively. I will never forget on our honeymoon learning. I learned a lot about Holly on our honeymoon, but in church. The thing I learned about her that I wanted to tell you about today is we have very opposite vacation personalities. When she gets relaxed, she gets quiet and boring. When I get relaxed, I get playful. Some would say silly, some would say obnoxious, but I say playful. The reason I knew this was going to be interesting in our relationship is because I thought she was mad. I thought she didn't like the cruise ship. I was like, well, I know I couldn't afford the balcony room, but at least it's a Princess Cruise. I was proud of it. Proud of the Princess Cruise? No, but she was happy. She said something to me. I just remembered it when I was preparing this message, when I was jumping up and down on the bed in that little room they give you on the cruise ship. Jumping up and down on the bed, maybe wanting to arm wrestle and making animal noises. She looked at me. I've heard her say this to our kids, but this was the first time I heard her say it. She said, do you need attention?

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

You know what I want to say publicly, Holly? Yes, I need your attention. Your affection, your tender mercies. I need it.

[Steven Furtick]

All of it.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

I need it all.

[Steven Furtick]

I don't know what I need. That's one thing I know at age 38 that I didn't know earlier on. I don't even know what I need. I don't. She wants to be a doctor. So she's like, well, where does it hurt? I don't know. It hurts. She'll ask me this, what kind of headache?

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

The kind that hurts.

[Steven Furtick]

She wants to know, what do you need? The frustrating thing about it is somebody can really love you and want to meet your needs. But two things. One, if you don't even know what you really need, how in the world would they know what you need and meet your needs you don't even really know? I can see we've got some work to do today because some of us

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

want to act like we have no needs.

[Steven Furtick]

I almost thought that's where Paul was going. I don't need it, but thanks.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

I don't need it.

[Steven Furtick]

Some people, you can't even compliment them real good. It's terrible to try to compliment certain people. They'll make you feel so awkward, especially in church. Good sermon.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

It was God.

[Steven Furtick]

Wow. It wasn't that good, Pastor. It was just okay. When we come to Christ, there's often an expectation, unrealistic expectation, that he's going to take away our needs and he doesn't. In fact, if you are a Christian, you still have the same needs now you did before you met Jesus. The same needs, but they are now met in a different way. In other words, you still have the same need for approval, but now instead of trying to get it from another human who doesn't even fully like themselves, you are getting it from the all sufficient, all knowing, all seeing, ever present, ever living God who gives you bread and who intricately knit you together in your mother's womb. It's not that I don't have needs. It's not that I don't have wants. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. That doesn't mean I never want anything. Never need anything. It doesn't mean my appetite went away. It just means I go to a different buffet now. Amen. That means I eat off a different menu now. Sometimes we are so focused on people's behaviors, we can't discern the needs that drive the behaviors. A lot of Christian teaching and preaching is focused on condemning behaviors without understanding the need. There is no need you are currently meeting in your life that is an evil need or a bad need. Many of us who have various addictions need to hear this exact point. Maybe you can even leave after I say this, because this may be the whole reason God brought you here. You're not meeting the wrong need. You're just meeting it with the wrong means. This applies to overspending, overeating, over talking, over bragging. And yes, I hear you, Facebook oversharing. It applies to every sexual addiction. There's a certain shame that comes with sexual addiction, but there shouldn't be because all the addiction is is a valid need trying to express itself. It's a need for connection which is very good and very God. It is not good for man to be alone. But loneliness, if left untreated, becomes lust.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

All lust is the need for connection

[Steven Furtick]

being met through something that has no ability to satisfy the need it is trying to meet.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

So it becomes more and more and more and more and more.

[Steven Furtick]

Paul says, my God shall supply all your needs or meet all of your needs not according to your resources, but according to his. I'm glad about it. I'm glad that the only one who has what I need happens to be the only one who knows what I need. How many are glad about that? Let's give God five seconds of praise

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

for knowing what we need and for

[Steven Furtick]

being what we need.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies, came upon me, even they stumbled and fell. He prepares a table for me in the presence of my enemy. No, he doesn't take the need away. He becomes what I need. He meets my need. Some of us are waiting for God to remove the need. But if he removed the need, he

[Steven Furtick]

would remove the means by which he meets the need to remind you that he is what I need. He not only gives it, he is it. Let's back up a little bit and let's talk about your need meter. Spell it different. If we'd spell it like this. Not that meter, but the other one need meter. How needy are you? What's your meter read? If we could read the meter on your need today, if it was right there on your forehead when you came in the house of God, what would we see if we could read your meter? What if we could read your joy meter today, not your happy meter. Happy meter might be just caffeine. Starbucks can make you happy, Yet there's this joy, this contentment described in the scripture. Oh, don't let people smile confuse you. Because some people's bone structure is just arranged in their face. They look like they're smiling. Some people just have resting, blessed face and they just look happy. But it's covering up a lot of stuff. Don't worry about that.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

I'm saying

[Steven Furtick]

the thing we can't see. If we could see it. If you had a peace meter on your forehead today and we could see your peace meter, would it be like. Or would it be like the gas gauge of a 16 year old who fills up $5 at a time filling up $5 at a time, a click at a time, a like at a time, a comment at a time. If we could see your meter. I'm going to help you next week. And triggered. I want you to come back and we'll discuss all of this in depth. Here's what I've learned about this. When joy is low, usually it's because entitlement is high. That's why the most joyful book in the Bible, according to many, was written in a prison cell. Because Paul has come to the point where he says, I don't need it. I don't need it. He really means it. It's not like the one preacher who got up, you know, I don't preach for the praise of men.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

Amen.

[Steven Furtick]

Amen.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

Amen.

[Steven Furtick]

He's really found a place. He's really found a place of freedom from what he thinks he deserves. Once he's set free from what he thinks he deserves and what he expected it to be. Ooh, that's good. That's good. God just gave me that for this particular worship experience. I didn't say it any other time. Once he's set free from what he expected, he can receive what he needs. Sometimes what blocks us from receiving what we need is what we expected we would get. When it doesn't show up like we expected we can't receive what we need. Can I move a little deeper into this teaching? Are you good? Okay, Find Acts, Chapter 16. If you can find it in your Bible or if you want to look it up on your phone, I always have a backup plan on the screen for you just in case. In case it was hectic getting out of the house, It'll come up on the screen. We're flowing with last week's message and we're linking that message of how sometimes God uses a no in our life. I know yes sounds better, but sometimes the no is more important. Sometimes what God doesn't give you and what God won't allow is just as important as what he has given you and what he does give you permission to do. That was a really, really interesting message. Even I could feel it as I was preaching it, this resistance to receive God's no with this same faith that you praise him for his yes. When we get too married to our plans, we can miss God's purpose. God does something unusual in Acts 16 as Paul is taking the Gospel out. You have to understand that Paul isn't writing the principles in Philippians in a vacuum. He's writing them in the context of historical relationship with People in a church, and he loved them. He's writing, saying, thanks, got the gift, going to use it, don't need it. What I'm excited about is how God is going to use your gift to bless you. That's what he's saying. It goes all the way back to how he met them to begin with. How many would say, some people in your life right now don't understand you properly because they don't know your background. They expect you to be farther along in certain areas. But you're like, if you only knew

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

how good I'm doing to even be as far along as I am. I mean, I still cuss, but I used to beat people.

[Steven Furtick]

Why I think we really do Philippians 4:19 A disservice is because we strip it of its context. So I want to take you through something. Hopefully it won't be boring. But one thing I love about you is you let me lay a foundation when I teach. I don't feel the pressure to perform antics to keep you engaged. I thought we needed to look at this real quick to understand the stuff we shout over my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches. I'm sad, but that verse sounds great. So I'm going to shout over top of my sadness. It's because we don't understand the means. Let's go back several years earlier. Paul is trying to get somewhere. When they came to the border of Mysia, he has Timothy with him. They tried to enter Bithynia, but the spirit of Jesus would not allow them to

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

allow them to preach about Jesus. Jesus stopped his own PR campaign.

[Steven Furtick]

That's very, very, very unusual. Very difficult for me to get my mind around until I get to the next verses.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

Sometimes you do not understand at all

[Steven Furtick]

what God is doing in the moment.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

Graham is so funny.

[Steven Furtick]

We were coming to church today and a lot of our staff kids went to camp last week. We had a staff advance last week and I was sharing with the staff all weekend. It was just a family event and family affair. Graham got to play Joseph in a skit in a small group at camp. So he had the story of Joseph, the Old Testament Joseph on his mind. They sent me a video of him down on the ground. When Potiphar's wife is accusing Joseph. Potiphar's wife is called Hatifer. She was accusing him of trying to make advances and Graham was on the

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

ground saying, no, I didn't do it.

[Steven Furtick]

But Grandma asked me something, said, do you think when the Bible says God was with Joseph, do you Think Joseph felt that way at the time? I don't know. It doesn't say how he felt. It states the fact after the fact. But you can't really know what God is doing until he has done it. You don't really know what you need until you get what you want and find out it isn't even what you thought it was. Paul wants to go to Asia blocked. Paul wants to go to Mysa blocked. He does something you have to learn to do when you don't know what to do. Instead of going home, he goes into the place of active waiting. It means God. I'm not just waiting for you to do something. I'm waiting on you. We used to not call them servers. It was waiters. I'm waiting on you, God. What would you like me to do in this season? I'm praying for a new job, but I'm being nice at this one. Y' all don't want to help me preach. I'm praying for my kids behavior to improve, but I'm not going to exemplify the exact behavior I'm trying to correct by going off on them and demonstrating anger. While I'm trying to correct anger, I'm actively waiting. This place is called Troas. The Bible says since they couldn't get into Mysia, they went down to Troas. This is a place of transition. It's a port city, Asia Minor one side, Europe on the other. Where are we going? What's God doing? I don't know, but I'm not going home. I don't know, but I'm not giving up. I don't know, but I'm not losing sight. I don't know, but I'm not going to go into despair.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

I don't know.

[Steven Furtick]

I thought it was God and I thought it was this. And I moved to Charlotte or I moved to Raleigh or I moved to Winston. And I had this idea and I had this plan. But God's purpose is greater than my plan. So I am in the place I'm positioned to hear God's voice. God speaks to Paul in that place. I believe he's going to speak to somebody here today too. During the night, not in the daytime when everything is pretty and you can see what you're doing during the night. This is a theme in scripture. Some of the greatest stuff God will show you will be when you can't see with your eyes and when you can't feel with your emotions and when you can't understand with your mind. During the night, Paul had A vision of a man. A man of Macedonia. This big region in Europe with people who were not yet reached by the Gospel. There were a lot of Jewish people in Macedonia, but not many believers yet and certainly no church. Now I understand why God told Paul no. Because God knew the real need. The plans of a man are in his heart, but his steps are ordered by the Lord. God has a purpose and you have a plan. And sometimes he has to do away with one to get to the other. I'm preaching right to your heart today, trying to get you to see this vision Paul saw. It was a man of Macedonia. A what of Macedonia? A man of Macedonia standing and begging him, come over to Macedonia and help us. Paul was looking for an opportunity. God showed him a need.

[Graham (possibly a family member or co-speaker with Steven Furtick)]

Could it be possible that you've been

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asking God for an opportunity and God is showing it to you in the form of your greatest need? Would you be willing to receive that?

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Maybe the way God is speaking to

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you in this season is not by

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what you feel and not by what you think and not even by what you want. When you try to figure out your life and how others should act and how it needs to be. Have you got to the place like Paul, where you say, I don't know what I really need. I need you to lead me, God, Lead me, Lord. I don't want to lean on my own understanding. I need God to lead me. I don't need to lean on what I think I need because I'll think I need one thing when I really need another. That's how I gained weight. When we got married, I thought I needed an Oreo and I really needed exercise. Sometimes we think we need food. We really need a nap. Sometimes we think we need another person. What we really need to do is pray and ask God to get our minds right. Sometimes we think we need people to treat us different. When what we really need is to see people not as trees for us to pick the fruit from, but for soil for us to sow in. God speaks to Paul and says, do you want an opportunity? Here it is.

[Steven Furtick]

It's in the form of a need. God is trying to lead you through your need. My God will meet all your needs. How? With a need. God is God. He meets needs with needs. He's better than Christian mingle. God is a matchmaker. He's better than farmers only and Christian farmers only. God is in the business of meeting needs with needs. Has your joy been low lately? Has your focus been off? Is your meter reading? Need, need, need, need, need, need. Need, need, need, need. Maybe God is going to show you a need, need that you can meet so you can see what you had all along that you have not been using. The plot thickens. Now Paul is like, God, give me an opportunity. God, give me wisdom. You know the prayers we pray. God, give me. God, give me.

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God, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me.

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God, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me grace, give me mercy.

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Give me chill bumps. Give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me.

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Like this song, God, Paul, there's no evidence that he's praying that. But I'm imposing what I would be doing on Paul. I'd be praying, God, give me, give me, give me, give me direction. God gives him a need of a man standing and begging him, come over and help us. Paul needs help. So God, help Paul. The way God helps Paul is by showing him someone who needs help. Y' all are quiet. Y' all want me to get back to.

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And my God will meet all your needs.

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Paul wasn't saying that about himself. Paul was in prison thinking about somebody

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else's needs because he knew if I focus on my needs right now, I'm going to be depressed because I am going to shrink my spirit to the size of my situation. So God, instead of focusing on what I need, what I think, what I want, what I don't, give me, give me, give me, give me. I'm changing my prayer. Show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, show me. Show me what you're doing in the world. Show me what you put in my kids. Show me what you're calling me to be in this season. I'm in. Show me who I can bless. Show me who I can encourage. Show me 10 people I can text and tell them, you got this. I'm waiting on somebody to tell me you got this. But maybe the way I'm going to get it is to give it. Give shall be given unto you good measure. Press down, shake it together and run it over. If you want joy, rejoice. If you want purpose, give praise.

[Steven Furtick]

Give it if you want it. I don't mean to holler at you. Sit down. Caught up in the moment. The man came in the dream. Then it makes an interesting turn. How many of you love the little details we slow down and point out in the Bible? When you read this thing slow and stop skimming, you'll be amazed how it will Come alive. You can't read this like buzzfeed. The Bible is not buzzfeed. When you treat it like that, you miss the blessing of it. Slow down and watch what's happening here. Watch what's happening here. Verse 7. When they came to the border of Mysa, that's where they wanted to go. Look at verse 10. After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready. Why did he shift from they to we? This is when Luke, who wrote the book of Acts, got on board with the mission. When Paul saw the vision. What got me was it took faith for Paul to go out on a mission after seeing a vision. How much more faith did it take for the people who didn't even see the vision Paul saw to go with him. Sometimes it's hard to follow something you can't see for yourself. Luke is like Paul said. He saw a man in Macedonia. So we packed up and went. We didn't debate how many of you would have at least asked God for one confirmation before you got back out on the sea. Paul, you had a dream. I think there's a blessing in immediate obedience when we set straight out and just give. I don't understand people who I'll meet and they'll go. I've been coming to the church four years. Do you serve? No. You're in a brute? No. You invite your friends? No, I don't usually ask them if they give. It's a little too personal. That's a weird thing to ask, isn't it? But then they'll say, let me know if you ever need anything. I'm like, do you come? Do you see the people God is bringing each week? Do you see how some of them come in with a look in their

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eyes

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like they might not make it? Do you see how God is unifying this church from so many different backgrounds?

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Not just skin color, but even belief system ideology, and how God is centering us on Christ in a culture that has never been more divided. Do you not see the need? The harvest is here and the Lord laborers are few. What do you mean? If I need anything, it's right in front of you. Let's go. Let's do this. Let's build a church.

[Steven Furtick]

Have you brought a friend with you in the last couple months? Invited somebody to come with you to share it with you? God is not going to meet your needs independent of you. He's going to meet your needs through your willingness to meet someone else's. I want to spend the rest of my life preaching like this to help us see that my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches. Paul said that after he thanked the Philippians for meeting his needs, he said, now that you've met somebody else's needs, God is going to meet yours. I just couldn't get over it, how they had the faith to go out to Macedonia. There are like 300,000 people in Macedonia. Paul saw one man in a vision. He's like, let's go. Let's go find that man I saw in my vision. How tall was he? I don't know. This is eye color. I don't know. God will show us when we get there. Verse 11 describes it. From Troas, we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothras. The next day we went to Neapolis. God doesn't take you there all at once. It's little stops along the way. Is this it? Is this it? Is this it? Is this it?

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How many can testify?

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God doesn't just take you there all at once. Once.

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And he doesn't meet every need all at once. Because then he knows you'd start thinking you didn't need Him. So what he does is he leads you step by step. A little bit of light. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet. Watch me walk and a light unto my path. Next step.

[Steven Furtick]

Next step. Next step. Next step. I'm going to bend down and buckle my shoe back because that's going to annoy me. It's probably been driving somebody crazy on the front row. It's just the little things. And God speaks through the little things. And he meets big needs.

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Watch this through small acts of obedience.

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We went here.

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We went there. What are you looking for?

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Paul.

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I saw a man in Macedonia and I'm looking for him. And they end up.

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Watch this. From there we traveled to Philippi. Philippians. That's the city. That's the place. That's where the first church in Europe or the Western world was started. This is how it started. This right here. Through someone you've never even heard of. I know you've heard of Paul. I'm really not here to preach about Paul. Today I'm going to show you somebody who doesn't get listed. Samson. All he ever did was get a haircut. And we preach about him all the time. No. I want to introduce you to a woman. Let's hear it from the women. This is the ultimate women's Bible. Holly, write a Bible study about this. The Bible says they traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony where a lot of the Roman generals would Go to retire. About 20 to 30,000 people lived in this one city. Then there are four districts of Macedonia. So Paul is really looking for a needle in the haystack. There are not a lot of Christians. If there are any believers here, they're hiding. And there are not that many Jews either. I'll show you how I know that in a moment. But he gets there, and God uses a need to lead him there. Lead me, Lord. How did God lead? With a need. How is God going to lead you into what he has next for your life? With a need? How is God going to choose who he uses through the people who are broken? He can't meet a need through someone who doesn't have a need. He will often use you to alleviate the same pain you yourself are experiencing. Because God leads with me. God is leading me. What do you mean when you say that? You mean you feel good about it. Jesus didn't get to the cross feeling good about it. In fact, he prayed. Father, if it's possible, take this cup from me. I don't want to do it. I don't feel like doing it, but leave me, Lord.

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If this is what they need to

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be redeemed, then let's do it.

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If you need me in Philippi, I wanted to go to Mysia. I wanted to go to Asia. I wanted to be married. I didn't want to be in this. This situation. I don't even like this right now. But God, lead me. Show me the need, and lead me

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through the valley of the shadow of death.

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God being my leader doesn't mean I won't go through anything. It means he won't leave me alone, and there's a reason I'm going through what I'm going through. God knows what I need,

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He says. We ended up in Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia, and we stayed there several days. He doesn't talk about what they did over those couple days. I wonder, what do you do when you get to Philippi? There are 20, 30,000 people in the town, and you saw one man in a vision. Do you walk around looking for him?

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Like, hey, I saw a man.

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Are you him? What do you do? One time, me and Buck went on a mission trip. And Buck's on staff now. He's been on staff, I guess, about coming up on eight years on staff. But we've been friends since college. We were on this mission trip. Buck's a funny guy, but he doesn't like to show it a lot. He reminded me of this guy that we went on the mission trip with this dude was country. Oh, no, I don't mean Moncks Corner country. This dude was from Louisiana and he was big country. He would walk up and talk to anybody. He had these little country sayings. I still don't know what they mean. We'd be getting ready in the morning and he'd be like, you ready? He'd say, you're waiting on me. Backing up. The first part was understanding what he actually said. Please say that again. And then he'd say what? He said, if you're waiting on me, you're backing up. I still wouldn't know what it meant, even though I understood what he said. I had this flashback, preparing this message. We were at a gas station and there was another guy named Clint who was on the team. He was from Australia, but he wasn't with us at the time. There they were somewhere else, a van full of people rolled up. This guy, I'm going to call him Bob in case he watches. He's a pastor now. Bob would just walk up and talk to anybody. They didn't understand a word he was saying, but he would just walk up and talk to anybody. And he's walking up to them.

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Where are y' all from?

[Steven Furtick]

They said, australia, mate. He liked that. To him, that was exotic. A van full of foreigners. I just got back from Australia, so that's the best accent I can do. If you want to do Australian accent, just leave off random syllables all the time. There's. They just leave crap off all the time and shorten everything. Australia, mate. He said Australia.

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Hey, Australia. Y' all know a guy named Clint from Australia?

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The poor guy driving the van goes, australia is a pretty big place, mate. There's more than one Clint. Macedonia is a big place. Paul sees this vision, but he's not exactly sure. Have you ever noticed how many times you're not exactly sure? You sense God is leading you to do something, but it's a needle, a needle in a haystack. I'm here, but I don't know what I'm looking for. I'm raising these kids, but I don't know if I'm doing it right. I'm trying to discipline them and be their friend. Sometimes I don't know which one to be. At Eat Witch Time. I want them to love me, but I need them to fear me. So I don't know which one to be right now. I'm trying to be patient, but I'm also trying to be proactive. Sometimes I don't know what's waiting on God and what's pushing ahead. Because I hear both. I hear her step out of the boat and I hear her stay in the boat. And I don't know what to do with the boat. And boat. I don't even have a boat. I don't even like the water. So you have to look for a synagogue, right? That's where Paul would always start his preacher. To have a synagogue, you need. Everybody say, you need. You need 10 men at least. But there are not 10 Jewish men to form a synagogue in Philippi. That's how desperate the city is for what Paul had. That's why God had to tell him no about Mysia and no about Asia. Because there was a more desperate need somewhere else. I wonder if God told you no for a reason. I wonder if God left you there for a reason. Paul is looking. Have you seen Clinton? Clint? It's a big place, mate. I saw a man in a vision. They go out one Sabbath and watch this. Since they knew there wasn't a synagogue on the Sabbath, we stayed outside the city gate to the river where we expected to find a place of prayer. You'll find what you're looking for, by the way, if you look for a place God is working, you will find it in every situation. Ask Lanny if God will show up in a hospital room. Ask him if God will show up in a desperate situation. Oh, yeah. God will show up at a custody hearing. Oh, yeah. God will show up in a bankruptcy. God will show up in a divorce. God will show up in a broken heart. God will show up in a season of despondency. God will show up in a crisis. God will show up in national turmoil.

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God is here. I'm just looking, looking for it. So Paul says, I didn't find what

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I expected and I didn't get what I wanted. But my God will meet all my needs.

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Now, here's what God knew.

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I've been waiting all week to show you this. So please be merciful if I'm too excited and you don't like my level of energy because I've had all week to get ready for this. There was a woman. Let's hear it for the women one more time.

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Who was the Old Testament called a God fearer. A God fearer is a gentile who

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believes in the Jewish God.

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So she's ready to receive the message about Jesus Christ, the Messiah. But she needs somebody to explain it to her. Well, good news. There's somebody in Philippi who needs somebody to preach to. So somebody who needed the message, got together with somebody who needed a congregation. God is a need meter. God is a matchmaker. God knows how to put you where you need to be to release what he gave you to care. Don't leave yet. I'm not done.

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Some of you needed this word today. That's why you almost didn't get to church. That's why you almost.

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I don't know, I could catch it online. No, you needed this Word. So you got in your car and you got to this church because you have a need. Well, God gave me the Word and he gave you the need. I declare that my God shall supply all your.

[Steven Furtick]

We expected to find a place of prayer, but I bet they didn't expect this. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. What did Paul see in his vision? A man from Macedonia. What did he see when he got to his assignment? A woman. God is not going to do it how you thought he was. It's not going to feel like you thought it would feel. He's not going to do it through the people you wanted him to do it through because then you'd worship them, not him. No synagogue. Let's find a place of prayer. That's where they could gather informally. And they would do it by the river. Let's go to the river. Let's go to the place we didn't find what we wanted, but God is going to give us what we need. Can I do a Bible study with JJ Real quick? I want you to preach the sequel to this. Next time you're in the pulpit, do it from 1 Kings 17. Do it from the widow at Zarephath. Elijah needs food, she needs food. He sends somebody with a need to somebody with a need. When he gets there, he says to the widow, meet my need. She said, no, you meet mine. Then Elijah says, something we can learn from. When you meet my need, God will meet your needs.

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Doesn't that sound like Philippians 4? And my God, I got what you sent. I got what you supplied.

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Now my God is going to meet your needs because you stopped thinking so much about your needs and focused on somebody else's. My God will meet all your needs. There's one woman, and we need to put her in the list. Good for Daniel, Good for Noah. That old drunk. Boat building drunk. Let's put Lydia in the list. Because one of the people listening, there's always somebody listening. You never know who's listening. You see how I'm preaching today? Like I'm fighting something Because I never know who's listening. I never know who's listening. This week, somebody very famous was texting me about a message I preached. One of my kids was like, how cool is that? I was like, it's really cool. You never know who's listening. But it might not be a celebrity God wants to speak to the most today. It might be somebody I'm not going to ask you to raise your hand, but If I did. 90% of this church has never heard a sermon about Lydia yet. If it weren't for her, there would have been no church in Philippi. It was just as important who was listening as it was who was preaching. We have to do away with the celebrity culture where God only uses people who have a certain number of followers or who have reached an elevated status

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in the world's eyes. We are not all Paul. I'm not Paul. You're not Paul.

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But there was a woman named Lydia. God was showing me this week in my study. You have a church full of Lydias.

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Some men, some women.

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But they're unlikely. People who see themselves as unlikely, but they are the missing link. When they begin to see themselves as a vessel and not just a receptacle, when they begin to see themselves as the conduit through which I want to bless the people around them, the earth will not be able to contain the increase of the measure of the glory of the Lord. God is looking for Lydia. God shut down a whole apostolic tour because he was looking for Lydia. Paul didn't know her name, but he went where he thought he was supposed to go. Sometimes all you can do is obey the best you know how. Let that set you free. Paul didn't even know what he was looking for, but he was doing his best to be obedient. Are you? Because if you will, you'll always find a Lydia. Lydia was a woman. From the city of Thyatira, formerly known as the Kingdom of Lydia. Her name probably wasn't Lydia, but that's where she was from. And that's how they often referred to women in those days. She was a dealer in purple cloth. So purple is the expensive stuff. If you deal purple cloth, you make bank. I know it's cringey, what I just said, Elijah. I don't even need to hear about it. After the sermon, Lydia didn't need money. She needed a message. Paul had the message. She had the money. When his need and her need met, the church in the west was born. God is a need meter. But God does not meet needs independently of his people. He uses us. There's a tendency in a church this size to look around and go, I don't think they need me here. So then you get all focused on yourself. How was the sermon today?

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Yeah, a little long.

[Steven Furtick]

It was all right. What did he talk about? Some guy named Philip. But there's a perspective shift. There's a P.S. paul said, My God will meet all your needs. He said, I didn't even need the money. You needed the message. Paul shows up. Lydia is sitting down. He saw a man in the vision, but he sees a woman by the river. God shows up how he wants to show up. Through disappointment. Sometimes through what seems to be a setback, sometimes through unexpected people. A dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God or a God fearer. She was close. Do you know there are people in your life who are close to the kingdom and they're waiting on somebody who would have the willingness. There are people in your circle who need the presence of God and God put you in their life. You're part of a church. At many of our locations, we have so many seats available. Everybody could bring somebody. Next weekend we'd be full. If everybody found one person who needed Jesus last week, our church would double in one week. Not even thinking about the impact of our efam that's watching online. I mean, we use social media to spread everything. Why not the message of the only name that saves? Why would you sit on a message?

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Why would you sit on something that has the power to save? Paul took the message across the sea.

[Steven Furtick]

And sometimes I'm burdened that we just come to get our needs met. We don't get them met because God doesn't meet your needs through thinking about your needs. You have to get outside of yourself and outside of your customs and outside of your traditions and outside of your expectations and outside of your entitlement. Paul said, it's not even about me. This woman, Lydia, I don't know a whole lot about her, except I'm thankful for her. I feel like there are many Lydias watching me today whose names may never be known, but whose purpose is important. Watch what happened when Paul's need to preach met her need to hear. This woman who was sitting by the river says the Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message. That means she decided to become a follower of Christ when she and the members of her household. It's never just about you. It's not just about you. The first thing she did when she was touched by the power of God was To think about somebody else. God, who have you connected me to that needs you, that needs hope, that needs Jesus. I love the language. It says, after those who were in her household were baptized, the people closest to her, she invited us to her home. If you consider me a believer in the Lord, she said, come and stay at my house. And she persuaded us. The Lord told me like this. He said, I opened her heart and she opened her house. Some of the people you've preached to, I've opened their heart and I've blessed them, but they haven't opened their house yet. They're in this big church just thinking about me and my needs. And it's so easy to do, and I do it all the time. So we sing about breakthroughs and blessings. And it's good. It's good. I promise, man. I helped write the song. I know a breakthrough is coming by faith. My God, God told me to tell you, be the breakthrough. Be the breakthrough. Be the breakthrough for somebody else. And watch how God will break through for you. Be the breakthrough for someone else. It's time to turn to pain. You've been rehearsing it over and over again. It's time to release it and ask

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God to use it.

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God let you go through that for something.

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God didn't just keep you through all of that so you could just be a survivor. You are to be an agent of change. And the world needs what we have, but we have to give it.

[Steven Furtick]

God is looking for. Lydia, I want to pray for you right now. I was intentional about this message going into my new series because it's going to be so helpful for people who are fighting demons they don't even know they're fighting, they don't even know how to name. But the best thing we can do is not just come and get our needs met, but ask God to open our eyes to the needs of those who are around us. The harvest is plentiful. I want to take a moment as the pastor of this church. This is not a performance. This is a partnership. I'm going to say it again. This is not a performance. I can't do this by myself. This church was built on sacrificial people. Dan Horner and Eric Miller and guys have been with me for a long time who are willing to open their lives and say, yeah, there are people in my life who need Jesus, and there are things I have and there are resources. The answer is yes. I want to stand you up right now with no one leaving and disrupting the moment for someone. I want you to get someone on your mind at every location. Campus pastors, I want you to get near the stage so you can agree in faith with this prayer. I want to agree with you in faith concerning someone in your life who needs Jesus, someone who needs the Lord that God has put you in contact with. I want to pray that you would have the eyes to see other people's needs this week. That this week God would open your eyes. Oh God, forgive us. We've been praying meet my needs and you've been trying to open our eyes to see the blessing we already have in you. The only way for our needs to be met are to meet the needs of the world you love. God, we ask you now to use us. We want to see what you can do through us. We've seen what you can do for us and we lose sight of it when we close our hearts. So we offer ourselves to you as instruments. God put somebody on their heart this week, somebody they work with or live next to or something in maybe they'll have to ask a few times, but would you bring people here next week for this new series who need you and use us? We can be a link. We could be a Lydia. We ask right now that you would do a great work through us in this series, that you would supply and meet every need according to your glorious riches. Thank you for joining us. Special thanks to those of you who give generously to this ministry. It's because of you that this ministry is possible. You can click the link in the description to Give now or visit Elevation Church for more information. And if you enjoyed the podcast, you can subscribe. You can share it with your friends. You can click the Share button, take a screenshot and share it on your social stories and tag us evationchurch. Thanks again for listening. God bless you.

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