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Elevation Church

Reverse The Ripple

Pastor Steven Furtick

September 15, 2024
34min. read
eGroups

Sermon Highlights 

  • Respect your calling enough to take responsibility for your ripple.

  • Instead of starting with what you see, start with what God has said.

  • An event is not your identity.

  • You can’t fix the ripple until you find the rock.

  • My stones will tell my story.

  • God removes to reveal. He reveals to restore.

Scriptures

Sermon Discussion

Conversation Starter 

  • Pastor Steven talked about “the ripple effect.” Share something you're grateful for this week that’s the ripple effect of something that has happened earlier. 

eGroup Highlights

  • What’s your highlight from this week’s sermon?

Discussion Questions 

  • “You can’t fix the ripple until you find the rock.” What is an area in your life right now where you are trying to fix ripples without addressing the rock that caused them? 

  • “My stones will tell my story.” Share a stone from your life that is a part of your testimony today. 

Additional Questions 

  • “God removes to reveal. He reveals to restore.” Share about something God removed that led to restoration in your life.

  • “If you start with your strength you end in defeat.” Where in your life are you currently depending on your own strength but need to lean on God?

Prayer Prompt

Ask this question to your eGroup and include it as part of your closing prayer:

Pastor Steven said, “Take responsibility for your ripple.” Based on our discussion, what will you do this week to reverse the ripple you’re dealing with?

Pray that God will reveal the stones that your members need to address. Pray that God will give them the wisdom and guidance to make decisions today that will have a ripple effect in their testimony later.