Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, and this is our podcast.

I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your

faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life. Enjoy the message.

We're looking at the seven last words of Jesus Christ, what he said before he died, how it

applies to our lives, taking some things that we might be very familiar with or may not

have been familiar with at all, but really owning them personally and incorporating them into

our lives of faith on our personal journey with Jesus.

And it is a journey.

And sometimes on the journey you become so familiar

with things that you don't notice them. They can just be right there. I grew up 30 miles

from Charleston, South Carolina. And I love going to Charleston with Holly when we want

to get away for a weekend. Typically Typically we will sneak away to Charleston.

And by the way, if it's a vacation, that means there are no kids. If the kids are there,

it's a family trip. Vacation is me, Holly, a hotel, and some shopping. Maybe some carbohydrates

too, but we go to Charleston a little bit, and it's only three and a half hours from Charlotte.

And she asked me one time the first time we went, she said, what was it like growing up?

So close to such a historic and beautiful place, I said, never thought about it.

When I was a kid, it wasn't a thing. Just,

you know, it was Charleston. We never really made it past North Charleston. That's where the mall was. And I never really even made it downtown, the place that I pay now, to go and spend the night I never

even drove to.

It was almost too close to notice until I got away from it.

Even the other day, y'all, I was eating with the family.

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