We’re throwing it back to a powerful message from Pastor Steven Furtick that reminds us that our joy is not a byproduct of our circumstances — it is a result of our perspective and priorities. This is an excerpt from “Controlling Your Emotions”. To watch the full message from @elevationchurch , click here: 
• We Are We Label | Pastor Steven Furti… #faith #peace #hope #stevenfurtick #elevationchurch Chapters: 0:00 – The Great Emoti Con (2/8/15) 3:26 – The Hard Work Of Happiness (7/10/22) 6:30 – It’s Mine To Manage (11/25/17) 7:49 – We Are We Label (10/23/22) 10:00 – Backseat DJs (1/13/19) Scripture References: “My job is my job” is more than just a mindset; it is backed up by scripture. So we’ve put together additional scriptures that will challenge you to shift your perspective on joy. In order to guard your heart, you have to own your emotions. Proverbs 4, verse 23: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” There are some decisions you can make in dry places that will lead you into a place of supernatural happiness. Psalm 126: “When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Restore our fortunes, Lord, like streams in the Negev. Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.” God gave you a promise, but it’s your choice how you respond. Psalm 118, verse 24: “This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.” When you want to be more joyful, what do you need to believe to be it? Abraham believed and so became. If you want to be more joyful, maybe you need to believe joy doesn’t come from circumstances. Romans 4, verse 18: “Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’” You cannot choose joy; you can only choose your priorities, and your priorities control your joy. Psalm 16, verse 5: “The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.”
today I want to talk to you about how
God wants to use you in two ways that he
wants to use you in the church in your
family in your
business in life in general these two
areas that I’m going to talk about God
using people you may find
yourself absolutely being used mightily
of God if you’ll be open into what I’m
going to share the first one is in 1
Chronicles 4 and verse 23 and this is
what it says it says there were The
Potters everybody say The
Potters and they were the ones who dwelt
among plants and
hedges there they dwelt with the King
for his
work if you read that verse in its
entirety that I wouldn’t take time to do
but it lists all these important people
these powerful people these Mighty
people things that they were doing that
were so uh incredible and visible and
notable and and and and all struck
struck things that they were able to do
and right toward the end of it I love
that the word of God
notices simply The
Potters and notice they dwelt among
plants they were in the background they
if you wouldn’t even know they were
there you could just see the ball cap
working behind the Shrubbery or they
were they were among the plants and the
hedges kind of hid and then the other
verse that I want to share is in Ezekiel
27 the
Ancients of jabal and the wise men
thereof were in thee thy caers and then
he starts talking about the
ships strange that the Bible’s so
detailed it’s interesting that when you
read the Bible you begin to see that
Israel when they would move forward to
take the promised land there were 12
tribes and the first tribe that was
commanded every time God set an order
and they had to follow the strict order
that when they were moving into new
territory it was the tribe of Judah that
went first and Judah means praise so
when Judah goes first when Judah goes
out first then Victory when judah’s on
the way Victory Is On The Way
and when Judah would go everybody would
see that they’re coming into the
promised land and they’re doing great
things but I’ve often thought about the
second or the third or the fourth tribe
and maybe after a few hours after you
know everybody made a big deal about
Judah and Judah is the praise they’re
the worshippers they’re the singers
They’re the people on the platform
they’re the people that everybody
sees but what about that pitiful 12th
tribe seven s hours later there’s only a
few people still clapping and they’re
showing up and it’s the tribe of
Dan but it’s important that somebody has
to be in the back of the line somebody
has to be back there for the weak and
the feeble and the worn out the
stragglers that are about to give up
somebody has to be at the back of the
line saying you can’t quit you can’t
give up you can’t fail here get up and
keep going you’re going to make it and I
thank God for the people in the back of
the line we need people we need danites
in the church in this church who are
encouragers to people who are about to
fall out of the way encouraging your
family to not give up encouraging people
everybody is important in the Kingdom
not just the preacher not just the
singer you’re important to Revival
you’re important to soul-winning and
every single person is important and God
said I want there to be two kinds of
people always present in families in
homes and in churches I want
Potters Potters Potters who begin to
take the Next
Generation your children your family and
you put your hands on them The Potter’s
job was to find the clay and once he
found the clay he would be to mold that
clay he would take water and he would
begin to smooth out the clay and get the
lumps out and put it on the wheel and he
would begin to work and make that clay
into a vessel that could be used at the
king’s table who are The Potters The
Potters are youth workers in the
church that see young people and man and
their moms and dads who still believe in
their teenagers when they mess up
because they will do dumb things and
they’ll do it over and they’ll do it
over and they’ll do it over and over
again but you just keep putting your
hands on them you’re the Potter in their
life and you keep shaping them and you
keep molding them and you keep pouring
into them you keep believing in them and
you keep encouraging them don’t you give
up on them you keep loving them you keep
telling them you’re special I’m telling
you God’s got his hand on your life
we’re called to be
potters and then he said in Ezekiel he
started talking about beautiful ships I
didn’t have time to read it it said they
were expensive and gorgeous and
beautiful ships with call them
Yachts he said the sales were so
expensive they were made out of material
the best material from
Egypt and the and the boards of the ship
came where the sea cheaters from Lebanon
that been imported and oh these gorgeous
ships and he’s talking about the captain
and he’s talking about the pilot which
is the captain talking about all these
powerful important people and then he
says but he also appointed
caulkers down in the hull of the ship
nobody sees
them they’re not up there with the
wheel doing Instagram pictures they’re
down in the bottom of the ship
and they’re caulkers y’all know what a
cauler is now they told me I don’t I had
never used one of these and I was trying
so hard to get that part off I wanted to
illustrate I was going to shoot it if it
was shoot I didn’t know what it would do
and they said you cannot do that because
if you want if you want to ruin your
outfit I said oh no Sharice will kill me
don’t do
that but this is a
cauler right is that what it’s called a
gun gun a conquer
gun and this is and this is what we’re
supposed to be
too because it doesn’t matter how
beautiful the ship is it doesn’t matter
how beautiful the marriage is it doesn’t
matter how beautiful the home is it
doesn’t matter how beautiful of a life
you have
built you better learn that you have to
have
caulking
because because they understood the ship
is beautiful and it’s what we build is
incredible but it has to be maintained
and so they had people down in the
bottom of the ship and all they did was
look at the Cedars of Lebanon and they
looked at those boards and every once in
a while it would begin to seep with
water and they would caul it seal
it they would seal it up from
leaking they would seal it up
because they
understood that if the ship starts
taking on water it doesn’t matter how
beautiful it looks outwardly if it’s
leaking on the
inside it’s a matter of time before it
goes down the caulkers were men wise men
in the
ship and they said oh no this ship is
going somewhere and so I I need to I
need to stop the
seeping of things from coming in that’s
what happened the Noah God told him to
pitch the Ark on the outside and the
inside in other words I want you to
pitch it I want you to caul it on the
outside to keep some bad stuff from
coming
in but I also want you to caul it on the
inside to keep the good
stuff from going
out and and I we’ve heard a lot about
caulking on the outside so that the bad
stuff can’t get in and I’m all for that
sometimes you need to go through and you
need to C what’s on the internet what’s
coming in what’s on the TV what’s coming
in what kind of music is coming in what
kind of friends are coming in you need
to call that you need to be on top of
that we need some daddies who will be
caulkers we need some mamas who will be
caulkers we need some saints who will be
caulkers that if anybody wants to gossip
and cut down and
criticize
what I gotten the Revival is too
precious to let you get around me and
leak it out amen I’m going to C your
mouth we don’t need gossip we need to
quit criticizing people I don’t know
what’s going to happen in the election
but we’re not going to bring the
election in here we’re going to call
that stuff and say we’re gathered under
one name the name of Jesus we don’t want
that in here we’re here for
Jesus come on and give me a big
amen we need some cers don’t you talk
about my
preacher Franklin Jensen is a good
man
Nehemiah Nehemiah built the walls of
Jerusalem in 52 days Miracle built the
walls back in 52 days
incredible but then he started noticing
there’s a lot of stuff coming into this
city
this is Jerusalem this is a holy city
man they’re bringing everything they
letting everybody in and then he said
shut the
gates he said I got a new
rule he said don’t open the gates until
the sun gets
hot because I can’t see this foggy
stuff there’s a mist and there’s fog and
we can’t tell what we’re letting in so
we need to be
careful to not just let anything thing
come in I could see one of those
Gatekeepers say well the little little
town down the road they they they let it
get
in he said well we’re not that little
town we’re
Jerusalem we’re a holy
city and we’re not going to let just
anything come in here I don’t care what
other churches say it can come into the
church now we we we we’re not going to
ordain immorality we’re not going to put
it in the pool pits we’re not going to
be a part of that I’m not ugly not mad
at anybody I’m just telling you we’re
going to stick with the word of God we
we’re going to go with what God says and
I don’t know do you understand what I’m
saying there’s a lot of false doctrines
and things that are trying to come into
the church a rainbow flag does not
belong on a real church that loves Jesus
I I love the people the people can come
in but we’re going to talk that one
we’re not not going to let that Spirit
come in to our
church well I’m going to withhold my
tithe well you wouldn’t be the
first and you won’t be the
last we need some
daddies who will caul the
ship we need some masas who will CAU the
ship
I’ve been serving the lord for over 40
years and I want you to listen to
me I still need to be
careful and that’s why I CAU the ship I
don’t wait till it gets Knee Deep I
don’t wait till it gets waist
deep and you see things seeping into
your life you better cult that ship if
you see it seeping into your children’s
life do everything you can to cult that
ship in that
boat stand
up C the boat these are perilous serious
times I don’t care how beautiful your
family is the enemy would love to kill
steal and destroy but if there’s
somebody that’s careful I guess what I’m
trying to say is you still need to be
careful you still need to to to be at a
place where where you where you where
you just are Discerning right from wrong
and being very conscious of
God we need
caers we’ll wait till we know what is
right getting weak is not the answer and
letting up is not the answer and backing
down is not the answer the boat will not
float if you don’t keep a spirit of
caulking caulk
anger caulk
unforgiveness catch it quick don’t let
it simmer for weeks and months and years
caul
it caul bitterness caul addiction caul
anything that’s taken over your life
seeping in starting to change who you
are you better
it that’s my sermon it’s real
simple but the ship
floats on because there’s cers down
there this boat needs more than a
captain at the wheel I’m the captain and
I’m under the shepherd
Jesus but it needs
Potters who are
daily shaping Little
Lives raising up a new generation and
this church needs
desperately not me with a list of things
a little list of this is going on in the
that’s going on but you with
discernment and the fear and the love of
the Lord stand and anything you see in
your
life you start caulking that area with
the word of God you sealed it you know
there’s a verse in Ephesians I want to
close
with it says after you’ve heard the word
of Truth The Gospel of Salvation in whom
you have
believed you are are
sealed you’ve been
caught with the Holy Spirit of
Promise how long has it been since you
let the Holy Spirit touch
you how long’s it been since you let him
caught some things that you’ve gotten
loose
with it’s not a game in times like
these I think about the young couples in
this
church so many of you are
struggling just like Sharice and I have
struggled in our marriage from time to
time especially in the younger
years especially when our family had uh
something going on it brings stress from
every direction or the church and
everything would seem to hit it once
many times and I can remember not
knowing who to turn to not knowing what
to do
but I can tell you after 36 years of
being with
her that there are there are Potters in
this
house for your
marriage and there are caulkers in this
house who if you’ll listen to them their
Elders their wives they have the counsel
of
God and they’ll help you seal up some
areas where Satan keeps coming in at at
his own
will and if you’ll just let the hands of
some of these Believers that have been
through it and let them lay their hands
on you and let them pray for you and let
them counsel you let them shape you let
them mold you into that vessel caul up
any of the The Broken
Pieces I’m so glad he’s not just the
Prince of Peace he’s the prince of the
pieces and he says if you’ve messed up I
can put it all back
together I’ve got a plan for your
life and I felt led just to do something
different this
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morning but God can use
you God can seal
you God can take and form you if you’ll
become the clay in The Potter’s hands
and I’m going to ask our
leaders our pastors and I’m going to ask
those that are 40 and above to come and
stand down here in front of the
congregation and face them we’re going
to do something different this
morning if you’re a leader in the church
and alar worker husbands and Wives come
on come on 40 and
above hurry the King’s business takes
haste thank you Lord thank you Lord
thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you
Lord I want
couples come on that’s it come on come
on beautiful beautiful beautiful
beautiful you
see these badges mean we trust these
people we know these people these people
have been schooled in the word of God
and they know how to
pray and if you’re in in this room today
and you’re a young
couple you’re a family going through a
struggle you got children right now
that you saw the Revival maybe even the
Lord touched how powerful would it be
maybe you’re a teenager maybe you’re a
college
student I believe that there are potters
and I believe that there are
caulkers and I believe that God can use
this ministry through the power of the
Holy Spirit to seal you and what God
seals the enemy can’t steal so I’m going
to ask you to stand all over the
building and I’m going to ask every
person in this room every couple in this
room who needs God to touch you you say
well I’m not going to walk down there
people that think I have a problem no no
everybody’s got a problem every family’s
got a problem so if you have a need I
want you to get out of your seat and I
want you to let these Elders lay their
hands on you and pray for you maybe
you’re seeking the will of God maybe
you’re seeking God’s plan maybe you
don’t know maybe you need that touch
this morning you’re in the right service
at the right time come on come now
they’re coming come on come quickly come
quickly come from the back come from the
front come from the Overflow wherever
you are whoever you are I want everybody
in this rooming to raise your hands and
sing this song with
him
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you take my hands Lord and my
feet touch my
heart it’s beautiful come on they’re
coming they’re coming and and those of
you in the altar pray for people pray
for one couple and then move to another
couple
move to another couple it’s not aone
prayer it’s just the laying on of hands
and ministering to people in their need
come
on come on that’s it keep coming praise
God praise God praise God praise God
take my hand Lord my touch my heart
touch my heart
speak if you can anything
you
can everybody pray this prayer say
Jesus I give you my
life I Surrender completely to you
here’s my heart’s my heart here’s my
hands here’s my Feet’s my feet use
me make me a Potter make me a Potter and
make me a coner make me AER teach
me how to help people to teach me how to
keep my own
boat
afloat I receive this I receive this I’m
forgiven for I’m washed I’m cleansed by
the blood of Jesus
Christ the church said
amen before I go I really want to thank
you for supporting this ministry
financially we can’t preach the good
news to over 200 Nations every week
without your support and we can’t create
and produce all the faith-building
materials and the tremendous outreaches
that we are able to seow a lot of
resources all over the world because of
you we have multiple projects even as I
speak going on right now in the nation
of isra Israel we need your help the
latest project is the eshal resilience
center it’s being created to help treat
Jewish victims who are suffering
mentally and going through psychological
trauma due to the attacks the continual
bombardments and Terror that they have
faced it is the number one need that
they said they have right now and I tell
you I thank God that the very City that
I’m talking about we as a Ministry
started investing in over four years ago
not knowing that that would be the most
important and biggest entrance the
terrorist would come through and that’s
why we’ve committed one million dollar
to bless this entire Community this year
with our help and they need it in so
many areas and we’re going to come with
even more than that before the year is
over but our next project the resilience
center it’s desperately needed it’ll be
built with fortified walls and will
serve also I’m sure as a shelter in
times of need but beyond that it’s going
to be a place where trauma is treated
and people he said Comfort my people God
said Comfort my people when you see them
under attack when you see them
terrorized when you see them outnumbered
when you see them surrounded Comfort my
people we pray about what God would have
you do to help us rebuild that City that
the enemy tried to destroy in the Holy
Land I can only tell you when you get
interested in what God loves and what
God says he cares about like projects in
Israel God will pour out his blessings
like you have never seen before I have
seen him do it in this ministry and I
believe he’ll do it for you and for your
family and for your business praise God
this is going to be a blessed year don’t
you we we don’t we don’t read the
newspaper and determine what kind of
year we’re going to have we don’t watch
the news and determine I hear the Lord
saying victory for my people victory for
my people and I need your support so
here’s my
announcer to tell you how you can be a
part of a miracle in
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Israel hello hello
over the past 5 years friends and
partners of Jenson Franklin media
Ministries have worked to help build an
amazing Kingdom play school four
fortified bomb shelters and a fire
station for the eso region in southern
Israel near Gaza thankfully we can
report that these shelters and projects
played a vital role in protecting
Israeli families from this terror attack
together we have stood shoulder toosh
shoulder with the brave people of these
communities for years that’s why we’re
partnering with the Jewish National Fund
to help build the Jensen Franklin media
Ministries eshal resilience Center here
Jewish men women and children who suffer
from PTSD anxiety disorders and other
emotional trauma will find
state-of-the-art facilities and
treatments in light of the devastating
circumstances here in ashol on October
7th the need for psychological support
is critical more than ever thank thank
you Pastor Jensen and all your partners
we know that you have our back yesterday
today and in the days to come thank you
let’s Stand United with Israel build
resilience and bring Comfort to those
who need it most call or go online today
to see how you can get
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