The Cost of Your Calling

This is the last segment of the notes from Thr3e in Charlotte, NC at Elevation Church by Pastor Steven Furtick.

• The difference of where you are at and where God wants you to be is the price/pain you are willing to endure.
• There is a level of uncertainty in every certain thing from God.
• Gethsemane - "Olive Press" Before Jesus died, he went through the "olive press."
• Your greatest oil/anointing of your life is AFTER you are presses/broken. The only way for the oil to pour from our lives is to be pressed.

Every church leader/planter will go through 3 types of "press."

Emotional Press

• Revelation brings isolation. When you hear from God, you and only you may hear it. You may be the only one who hear a fresh vision from God.

Physical Press

• Figure out what you need to do to stay healthy and not burnout. The church needs you to be healthy. It needs you in the game!
• Find balance in your day-to-day ministry.
  

Relational Press

• Your destiny is not tied to anyone that needs you.
• Have the gift of "goodbye." Don't be afraid to cut those who are not on board with your vision.
• Some people will walk away from you. TD Jakes says: "Let 'em walk!"

Three Applications:
1. Receive God's Activity - Jesus received the "cup" in the garden.
2. Remember what God has done for you and how He supplied for you.
3. Respond to God's new direction in your life.