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 fate.

Hope it gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life.

Enjoy the message.

Second Kings 13, 14 through 20, this parable in action where we have been looking at an object

lesson.

And from this simple little archery instruction where the prophet Elisha pulls out a sermon

prop and makes me feel better about all the props I've used over the years because here the prophet

Elijah, one of the most powerful preachers that the Bible has ever recorded the life of,

he, instead of speaking to the king about what he needs to do, he shows him.

Because sometimes actions speak louder than words.

And sometimes it's not in what we understand or declare, but in what we do that our measure

of success is determined.

This passage is cool because he uses a bow and an arrow.

Earlier today, they were playing some old clips of my preaching and showing me with a water gun,

and I had some grown men on a seesaw one time to talk about giving weight to God's Word.

And how many of you were there for that when, yeah.

And I love how our teams through the years when I think of something crazy, They don't look at me crazy. I said,

I need a seesaw for my sermon. And Joe and the team built a seesaw, and we've done all these

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