I can’t stand to do something that’s just good enough.
It torments me when I feel like I pass with a C+.

Like the other day, in a production meeting, we were looking over the coming Sunday’s service.  It was a good service.  Good enough.  It wasn’t great, though.
And we knew it.  We could have gotten by with it.  But we only have 52 Sundays a year.  They’re our most valuable commodity.

What did we do?  We scrapped the service, our creative department huddled up, and created a new emergency service from scratch.  A great service.
God greatly blessed that service, with over 400 people placing their faith in Christ.

I’ve trashed sermons before on Saturday afternoon because they were good enough, but they didn’t burn inside of me.
Jesus didn’t die so I could preach good enough sermons.  I want to bring Him my best.

Reject mediocrity.  Don’t hand in the rough draft.
Mediocrity never inspired anyone.  And I just can’t believe it brings honor to our great God.

Pastor Steven is going to be taking a little blog break this week.  But that doesn’t mean what happens here at stevenfurtick.com will shut down.

Check out the creative side of the blog all week long by clicking the blue tab to the right to see what’s going on in the creative world…you never know what you might find over there.

Lori Black, Assistant to Pastor Steven Furtick

I told our team the other day:
We’ve got to become more comfortable with controversy!

We’ve learned how to tolerate it and move past it.  Now it’s time for us to learn to view it as a gift, and use it to our advantage.  Controversy is a sign of progress.  Controversy is a sign of impact.  Controversy is a precursor to promotion.  And a training ground for greater things.

If you want to be like Christ, expect controversy.
And when it comes, don’t fight it.  Ride it.  Pray through it.  Learn from it. Celebrate it.
And watch God use it to elevate you to your next level.

Recently, the Charlotte Observer wrote a news article about Pastor Steven and what God is doing in Charlotte through Elevation Church and this past Sunday, the story made headlines on the front page!  We’re excited about the platform God is giving us to reach this city.

Check out the article,

Lori Black, Assistant to the Lead Pastor