Elevation Church Wisconsin Podcasts

● David stayed off the front-lines of battle and lost the battle with his eyes! ● David lost his edge to confront! ● The enemy of success isn’t failure. It’s comfort! ● Comfort-based decisions is where you choose to level off. ● Meditate on REWARD to put growth mindsets into motion. Question To Ponder: WHAT IS THE BEST THAT CAN HAPPEN?

● Jesus creates an empowerment culture that allows for mistakes! ● The disciples have some ‘great ideas’ like: ○ Determine ‘Who’s The Greatest!” ○ Calling out the “Them” crowd because they are not with “Us!” ○ Call down fire from heaven! ● Jesus responds and shapes them, then promotes more into the culture. ● Jesus creates permission to fail FORWARD! Question To Ponder: Is your culture at home, wo...

Wisdom IS: ● Expressed with excellence, character, and creativity. It is released by the Lord to impact cities, not elevate our agendas. ● God is also talking to entire cities and His nature in the earth is to cities, not just individuals. Example: Geneva Geneva was infiltrated by John Calvin and others and transformed it and it became a magnet for excellence. Stunning. ● The reformer wanted Genev...

● God hides things to be found! ● Jesus used parables to illustrate truth and HIDE truth. ● Revelation increases responsibility to steward truth. ● He conceals truth in stories so that the hungry get it. And those who aren’t don’t. ● He doesn’t want to increase the weight of the glory and accountability on those not ready to receive what He’s saying. ● We couldn’t bear up to what would be released...

Message: Fundamentals - Part 5 Hardwired For Worship Speaker: Ryan Kibbe 02/20/2022 Sunday Service: 9:00 am Every human being is hardwired to worship. Someone or some thing. You cannot be neutral. You will become like and manifest what you worship. In Part 5 of our “Fundamentals” series, Ryan Kibbe reveals what authentic worship to the Lord is and isn’t, and the incredible power that is released b...

UNDERSTANDING THIS TEXT: ● David - IN HIS MIND -- isn’t anywhere close to the PALACE - ● He’s in the enemy camp - surviving --- on the outskirts… ● He’s not attacking Saul - but he’s been warring against enemies of his enemies ● DAVID refused to self promote and take the throne from Saul by force ● His team comes back home from to find their city ravaged… ● This is DAVID’S WORST HOUR YET.. David h...

● Thoughts and events often create a RECURRING EMOTION ● Rehearsing and nursing it strengthens emotional bond to it, whether it’s trauma or triumph! ● You don’t build a path in a forest walking through it once. You reinforce it over and over again and the path becomes easier to follow. ● You are not a victim to your emotions! Question To Ponder: ● What you believe about yourself and your emotions...

● Emotions take you on a destination! ● Emotions affect how you see! ● Emotions affect your atmosphere! Action Step: Find an activity, or a space and place that cultivates and celebrates joy. Work it this week!

● Dr Caroline Leaf, Cognitive Neuroscientist: “87-95% of all illnesses that plague us today are a direct result of our thought life. We we think about affects us physically and emotionally. It’s an epidemic of TOXIC EMOTIONS! ● Average person: ○ 30,000 thoughts a day-75% negative Action Steps: ● Don’t worry ● Pray ● Be specific ● Thank Him ● His peace guards you!

Pandemic stressors ● Anxiety - pandemic itself (sickness, unknowns) ● Lack of inner peace with God ● Income disruption ● Job situation uncertainty ● Personal finance stress ● Isolation Buffers ● Hope in God ● People to count on ● Connection to family/friends ● Church support/resources ● Physical health ● Call to service Question To Ponder: ● Do I really believe it’s God’s heart to prosper my soul?...

Message: The Pathway Forward Speaker: Ryan Kibbe Date: 02/13/2022 Sunday Service: 9:00 am In a world that needs Jesus and doesn’t look or sound like Him, His humility and His purity is our pathway forward. For those inclined, feel free to come early before our 9:00 am service at 8:30 for a special pre-service prayer time in the sanctuary. Full eKidz Ministry available: Birth-5th grade ONLINE: Sund...

● The first step is often the most difficult step. ● Don’t overlook and overreach the little things right in front of you! ● Attaching big faith to small things is the seedbed for big outcomes! Question To Ponder: ● Am I paralyzed by fear to ‘start the new thing?’ ● Do I compare other people’s ‘highlight reels’ to my ‘behind the scenes?’ ● How can I renew my mindset to celebrate the little wins?

● Hopelessness about a problem is a bigger problem than the problem ● Every time we believe truth our hope increases. ● I know I’m believing a lot of truth if I have a lot of hope. ● My hope level is the indicator of whether I’m believing lies or the truth. Question to Ponder: ● What is one small thing you can do in a great way to create momentum?

● High level influencers have high level beliefs about those they do life with… ● It’s not ‘Us and Them’... ● It’s Us and Him! QUESTIONS TO PONDER: ● How have disappointments from the actions of ‘others’ affected your beliefs in others? ● What is one empowering thought about others that you can ‘practice’ and put in motion this week?

● To go higher, hear something higher than your experiences. ● Gideon living in a “God has abandoned me”-mindset. ● Gideon heard something higher. ● If we are only hearing things that are in agreement only with the things we have experienced, then the chances of us getting out of that experience are slim!!! ● The GREATEST STRONGHOLDS blocking the purposes of God are NOT principalities and devils -...

● The kingdom of God isn’t advanced by good conduct. It’s advanced by great belief! ● Your life is shaped by your beliefs about God, yourself, others, and your circumstances! Question to Ponder: ● How has your view of God shaped your decisions?

Live with Guest Speaker: Gary Batt February 6th, 2022 ABOUT GARY: Gary Batt has been connected with Elevation Church since it’s birth in October of 2012, serving Pastor Ryan and Pastor Hope as they navigated the waters to plant this church. Gary has also been a vital friend of this house, ministering powerfully over the years here and bringing wisdom and counsel to Ryan and Hope. Gary has been in...

● Lone Rangers make great movies but in real life they don’t win battles and shift culture without others! ● You are only as strong as the team that goes with you! #We-Ology Question To Ponder: Who have you asked to stand and delivers with you?

● You ‘cheat’ your gift by spending less time on the thing you are best at! ● Do your best ‘thing’ when you at your best when you are best at it! #AtYourPeak Question To Ponder: Inventory your top giftings and passions. What adjustments are needed to work it ‘At Your Peak” for Peak Performance?

● We can make EXCUSES or make PROGRESS..but we can't make both!!! Action Step: Where are you making sure Jesus is completely aware of your lack? Identify at least ONE mindset in your personal or professional life that you have made excuses that start with your lack. Give Him something to work with TODAY!

1. The “Secret Place” isn’t a concept. It’s His ‘COVERING!” 2. This is thinking in heavenly places. ● Leadership principles without the “Prince” will lead you to run on empty! Question To Ponder: Am I living off someone else’s private breakthroughs with God?

Action Step: Where is the place, or space that ‘recharges’ your battery? Make an intentional step to prioritize this in your life!

● Choose To Cheat! ● Present Doesn’t Mean You Are Present! ● Priority Shapes Your Relationships! Questions To Ponder: ● Who are the key relationships in my life? ● How do I cultivate deeper and richer, not wider?

● If You Don’t Have Breathing Room To Connect With God, You Won’t Know How Good He Really Is! ● To “Know” Him Is To “Experience” Him! Questions To Ponder: ● When and where do you ‘best connect’ in time and space with Jesus? ● Are you cultivating and chronicling your history with God?