What’s Holding You Back? | Pastor Steven Furtick 

There is no body can unblock my grace.if you beleive me give Me one like

Lord, I need You to unblock my heart. Cleanse it and take away the pride and selfishness I carry inside. I can't try to fix it anymore by myself, I need Your mighty power to save and heal. In Jesus' mighty name, amen.

I am a Hindu from India and I love watching your videos.

Jesus Christ healed me! This is my story about my healing!I was extremely ill! I had diabetes and kidney failure, which urgently requires dialysis! I prayed to God to heal me, not for me, because I don't deserve it, but for my little children, who were left without a mother! in exactly that day, in which I prayed, the Lord healed me! I suddenly felt the pain in my kidneys go away, as well as the dryness in my mouth (diabetes). I'm a new women now! I thank the Lord for His mercy and love for us!

God's power is never ending but we with our unbelief block it from entering our lives, we need to unblock this unbelief in our lives

I love these "short" sermons. When I am at work and the day isn't going well, I take a break from it all and listen to these. It helps to put me back in the right way..Gods way. Thank you!!!

John 14:6 “ I am the way the truth and the life. The only way to the father is through me”- Jesus Christ❤️🙏✝️

If you ever feel lonely, always remember that we ,your brothers and sisters are here to pray for you,YOUR NOT ALONE ,YOU CAN DO IT NOT BECAUSE OF YOU BUT BECAUSE OF GOD THE LOVE OF GOD WITHIN YOU

Hey...i m from India.. I m a Christian And I love watching your videos ❤😀

The blessings of Unblocking God in my Life and Thankful, I am.Amen😍 !!

I just prayed to the Lord so that I be can put his words in my mouth so that I may speak God’s word to my friends and those I know who don’t know the Lord. I came into safari thinking about watching a game or something but the Lord sent an angel to put a word in my head. That word was “sermon” so I searched up sermon and then redid my search within Christian sermon. Sir I believe Jesus put this on my heart so that I can get the log out of my eye before I take out the splinter in my friends’ eyes. I needed this and this word, I believe, was also meant for my friends. Thank you sir and may God bless you fully and give you an annointing across the whole of your church!

I am a teenager who loves hearing these messages because it encourages me to be bold for God’s kingdom . These sermons remind me that I have a God who can do all things as long as I submit and surrender to Him ❤️

At the lowest time of my life after accepting Jesus Christ as my personal savior im feeling the happiest at my lowest. Thank you pastor your preaching are one of the reasons that makes my day go smoother

Put Jesus on your “favorites” list ❣️ 👊🏼😁

Am a muslim but am here. Love and respect to all religions ✊🏻

I love this preach! God bless you! Pray for youth to unblock their hearts and receive the power from Jesus to abstain from sins !!

I needed a second job so I applied at Waffle house. Right after I watched this video I began to praise the Lord for all of what he has blessed me,with and what He is doing and where he is putting me. They called me and had a time slit open for me. It gave me enough time to drive from my current job to the interview location. I needed this job to pay my ex boyfriends half,of the bills. Got right with God and He is steadly makinf a way. He is always good and gracious. Why do I worry? I believe now God is making a way always as long as I honor Him with my life and the words I speak. Awesome timing! Thank you!

Every person on the planet NEEDS to hear and receive this message! Unfortunately, many won't.

Michele Allen’s Testimony: I was born and raised in a wonderful home. When I was 17 years old a friend of mine showed me in the Bible that “We must be born again to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I went to a Evangelical-type church and church camp. There,I felt the presence of God for the first time in my life!! It was truly amazing! I sincerely repented and cried rivers of heartfelt genuine tears of sorrow for the life I had been living. I was told that I was “born again” But for the next three years I experienced feelings of the frustration of not being able to live for God. I felt unworthy Bc I kept failing Him. I could not seem to grow in God like the Bible talked about and continued to revert back to a sinful lifestyle. I felt utterly defeated Bc I could not stay faithful to God, His Word or His commandments. I could not tell you how many times I was “born again”again at the altar of repentance. It wasn’t until I was almost 20 years old, walked into an Apostolic Church and got a Bible study that the truth of salvation began to be come to light: The gospel indeed is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ: (I Corinthians 15: 1-4). The best thing I ever learned was how to rightly divide the word of truth. The four Gospels which are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John talk about Jesus and His earthly ministry. In the book of John, Nicodemus came to Jesus in the night and Jesus told him unless a man be born again...so they talked ABOUT being born again JOHN 3:3-5 (except a man be born of the water and of the spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven) but no one was actually born again anywhere in the 4 gospels. Before Calvary they were still under the law but after Calvary they are under under grace. No one could be born again until Jesus had been glorified. (John 7:37-39) This is why the thief on the cross was able to be be with Jesus in paradise. It isn’t until you get to the book of Acts, after the resurrection and when the 1st century church started on the day of Pentecost that you actually witness people being born of the water by being baptized by immersion ONLY in the name of Jesus. And where they saw and heard them be filled with the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. So if you want to find out HOW to be born again, the Book of Acts is the only place anyone was ever actually born again. Acts 21-4,2:38,3:19,8:12-18,8:35-39,10:43-4816:30-34,18:8,19:2-6 In John 3:8 and Acts 2:33 Speaks of how you cannot see the wind but you know that it is moving because you see the branches move and you hear the wind through the leaves. And so is every man that is born of the Spirit. You cannot see the Spirit if God (John 4:24) but when it enters a man you can see the tongue move and you can hear the utterance of them speaking as the Spirit gives the utterance. Whenever God gave a promise he always gave the sign to that promise. In the old testament he made a covenant promise with Noah He would never flood the earth with water again and the sign to the promise was the rainbow. Then God made a promise covenant to Abraham that he would be the father of many nations and the sign of that promise covenant was circumcision. In the new testament God promises us the Holy Ghost and tells the disciples to tarry in the upper room for the promise Bc since Jesus can no longer get be with us He now wants to reside in us. The promise is the Holy Ghost and that sign to that covenant promise is tongues. In James 5 it says that the tongue is the most unruly member of the body. When God has control of our tongue it shows we have submitted our entire being to Him. The Holy Ghost and Fire/Tongues of Fire. The evidence of the Holy Ghost is speaking in tongues. (Matt 3:11-12, Luke 3:17-18, Acts2:1-4) He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. Receiving it will keep you out of the eternal flames of Fire! 🔥 Then the Epistles are from Romans to Jude. They are letters written to the churches of Saints that have already been born again...Letters written to born-again believers that have already received the Acts 2:38 message. In some places in Acts and even in the epistles it says to just believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Well, believe what? The Gospel! What is the Gospel? I Corinthians 15:1-4 t 1. death, 2. burial, and 3. resurrection of Jesus Christ. How do we OBEY (action word) the Gospel? 1. repentance (death to self), 2. baptism in Jesus name (burial) and 3. receiving the Holy Ghost (Resurrection) with the evidence of speaking in tongues in Acts 2:38-39 and John 3:3-8. The Death, Burial and Resurrection/Repentance, Baptism and Receive the Holy Ghost theme is thread throughout the entire Bible. In Exodus when the children of Israel were in Egyptian bondage God told Moses to tell them to strike blood of a spotless lamb door post of the HOUSE 🏡 THREE (3) times and then the death Angel would pass over them and the firstborn in their house would not die. It’s the same for us: When we 1. repent 2. Get baptized 3. Receive Holy Ghost The blood 🩸 of Jesus is applied to us each time Bc in Ephesians 2:22, I Corinthians 3:16 and Romans 8:9-11 it says that we are the house of God when He comes to live inside of us. In Leviticus when the Priest went into the TABERNACLE/TEMPLE to perform the ritual for the children of Israel to have their sins rolled ahead one year up till Calvary. The PRIEST applied blood on his body 3 times and he also applied blood on the 3 pieces of the furniture. The Bible says in first Peter 2:5-9 that we are royal PRIESThood . (I Corinthians 6:19) The Bible also says that our bodies are TEMPLES of the Holy Ghost. So it is the same for us: when we 1. repent 2. Get baptized 3. receive the Holy Ghost. The blood of Jesus is applied to us. Obey is an action word. We can believe all we want the light will turn on but unless we walk over and turn that light switch on the light won’t go on. (Ephesians 2:8-9) We are saved by faith and not of works lest any man should boast. I was almost 20 years old when I went down into the waters of baptism in Jesus name for the remission of my sin. When I came up out of the water I could hardly breathe because I felt like a brand new baby!! (at this moment, in a natural birth, the water, blood and baby is there but until the you hear the baby cry after taking in that first breath of air it could be still born. So you wait for the cry to know that baby is alive-so is everyone that it’s born of the Spirit) I began to speak in other tongues and could not speak English. It was the most amazing, the most powerful and the most enlightening and cleansing experience I’ve ever had in my entire life!! It wasn’t until at that moment I was truly born of water and of the Spirit. I was finally filled with the power to help me live a victorious life and to conquer many temptations that came my way. (Romans 13:14) When you are baptized you are covered or have put on Christ (Gen 3:21-God clothed or put on the coats of skins of a bloody animal to cover the sin of Adam and Eve), (Romans 6:4) you are buried with Him in baptism, (Acts 2:33, 3:19) you have your sins remitted, (Acts 4:12) you take on His name in baptism Bc the only way anyone was ever baptized was in the name of Jesus. (Matthew 28:19-The name is the Father is Jesus (John 5:43) The name of the Son is Jesus (Matthew 1:21) The name of the Holy Ghost is Jesus (John 14:26) When you take on His name you become his Bride. When you speak in tongues that is the evidence of Jesus living inside of you. (Romans 8:9-16) You are then adopted and become the sons and daughters of God. The Holy Ghost is just a portion of our inheritance. If we do not have His Spirit dwelling in us we are none of His and we will not be taken in the rapture. Those three years between the ages of 17-20 I was living on a repentance experience. “ Leaving Jesus hanging there on the cross” so to speak. (Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:16, Acts 2:14-41, Acts 8:37-38, Acts 10:47-48). I was not obeying the command to be buried with him in the waters of baptism and I had not received the Holy Ghost So I could be resurrected to walk in newness of life. Therefore could not live an overcoming Christian life.

I’m Hispanic pastor in Fort Worth. I love this ministry and hope someday the Lord will open an Elevation’s Campus in Spanish. I’m already praying about that... love you guys ...

I discovered these sermons in a time of utter chaos in my life. They’ve help me everyday. I know no one is perfect except Christ Jesus. I just hope and pray that the Lord opens my heart and eyes to what he wants in my life. I’m still in my storm but I can see Jesus walking on water and I know this isn’t the end. 😭

I think my comment can't fully describe the power and liberation that comes with these messages. They are blessing and changing lives worldwide! The church of Christ is marching on and the gate of hell can not prevail against it!

Amen thank you God for the word ,God am unblocking your word in my heart and I am unblocked Al the unbelief in my heart

Dear Father in Heaven l pray that everyone here finds your peace and gets closer to you Lord and you cleanse their heart mind and Spirit in the mighty name ofJesus Christ Amen

You know what you are teaching in these sermons seems unquestionable. No matter what side the person listening is on.

I have not been to church in so long, but recently i've been studying the Word and trying to get closer to God. I am so thankful for these messages. Praise the Lord

Power ! Thank you for this. Very needed in this season

The purpose of God cannot be stopped. but your unbelief can block it from your unbelief

Lord, I need you lord. I need to know what to do. I need to be forgiven for my sins. I want my transgressions to be blotted out of your book of life.

Woke up needing the word of God so bad. Thank you Jesus.

Stop holding back because the past is just the reflection of what is today..God wants us to move on as we receive Him as our Lord and savior we are now a new creation..

I am innocent and I want God to change my life.

I am watching your video for the first time. The impact it created in me will live for the rest of my life. I just unblocked Jesus to come into my life. All the praise and glory to god. Amen. Thank you brother for showing my own fault. Love from India.

I have 5 kids and my second oldest son couldn't go to bathroom praise God for unblocking my heart to see my 5 blessings 👍

We have started unblocking by praising him. Praise jesus

During the whole corona virus, I have lost faith in myself because of how depressing this is, I know that with every downfall god has a plan for after.☺️

This is my first time hearing Pastor Steven Furtick! What a blessed man of God...I will be listening more....May the WORD OF GOD GO FORTH brother! AMEN!

I love how well he modernly communicates with his congregation without just telling people what they want to hear

I've been really lost lately. Up all night last night talking to a friend about how I block Jesus from my life because I want to do what I think is best or "fun" it felt as if God was telling me to watch a sermon and I listened to His voice. I randomly searched "Christian sermons" this was first to pop up. As I listened I was in awe of how this is what I've been struggling with. Blocking Jesus. He knows my struggles. Man, He works in wonderful ways. Jesus knows what we need and He never ceases to provide me with the answers

This message put me in tears because I’ve had the lord blocked for years and I’m finally just now starting to open up i accept Jesus Christ into my life and I’m a fool for not realizing. i can’t wait to get back into church and be the man god wants me to be.

The word of God is coming we should not block it. Amen

Lord cleanse me! I GIVE YOU MY EVERYTHING TO YOU! MAY I BE A BLESSINGS TO OTHERS ! ✝️💖🙌🏼🙏🏼

5:30 “we keep blocking the blessing of God. We blame our lack of giftedness for our lack of growth.” Some of you have been blocked. As the church grows, the faith increases, Paul wants to go BEYOND, now they’ve been reached they don’t want to go beyond. But the essence of blessing is that it always looks beyond itself. The blessing of God is not that it will Flow to you but THROUGH you”

This word spoke to me, mainly because it reminds me that we have spiritual blind spots but the Lord doesn't change.

Lord, help me love you more to the extent that thinking of blocking you will never cross my mind...Amen.

Thanks pastor watching here in israel GOD BLESS YOU💖

Lord, please help us all to keep reaching and to not block You from operating freely in our lives. Amen! Thanks for the message, it was much needed. 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

This is the answer. GOD IS AMAZING! This is not a coincidence that I've watch this. I KNOW GOD LEAD ME THROUH HERE.

This word is speaking to me.We are so picky with what God says and then wonder why our lives stay stagnant.Thank You God for this message.

Dang this dude was really lifted by the holy spirit. He shredded those demons holding him back and deadlifted all that weight holding him down. Now he's on stage sweating and flexing all that spirit; no excuses, you can find the time to work out what you need to do to find room for Jesus in your heart. And in your gym.

You have changed my life in so many ways pastor Steven. I wasn't a true believer until I came across your church. I'm truly grateful for you opening my eyes. I can't wait for my meet and greet next weekend!

This hit home today. Sometimes we forget the promise of God and we let fear blind us. This was definitely a reminder

I DECLARE AND DECREE THAT THE LORD GOD JESUS IS REAL AND ALIVE AND THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN JUDGE ME SAVE ME AND PROTECT ME. AMEN MAY THE FAITHFULNESS OF LORD BE POURED ON ALL HIS SAINTS AND ANOITHED WITH A DOUBLE PORTION .AMEN. HALLIJUA ALL GLORY AND HONOR TO THE LORD OF JACOB THE KING OF KINGS AND JUDGE OF JUDGES THAT HATES THE WICKED AND LOVES HIS MANY PEOPLE SELAH. FOR HIS GRACE AND MERCY AND FAITHFULNESS ARE SUFFICIENT AND ENDURE FOR US FOREVER MORE AMEN. HALLIJUA SELAH. THANKSGIVING TO JESUS LIGHT OF THE WORLD .MAY THE LORD GOD JESUS add to my prayer decree. Amen.

God bless you Pastor Steven and the all the team that makes this online sermons happen, watching from Africa, Kenya

Look I forsaken most of my life, it makes me so very happy to see all of you so happy!!!!!!! 😊😊😊 Life is hard KEEP THE FAITH AND KEEP FIGHTING!!!¡!

Just remember the next time you block someone that jesus has called us to forgive others so that he will forgive us

Sorry Father God I have blocked You for to long and I praise You today for putting this message in me and opening my heart to hear it even though I've been blocking You, You have never blocked me instead You call out to me to remind your sheep who it's Sheppard is!!! Thank you Pastor for the word how i needed it!!!! 🙏🙏🙏👐👐👐

You’re blessed, Steven, I’ve been through a difficult situation but I started watching your videos and I can say that I have felt the power of Jesus working on my problem. My faith has increased a lot and I do know that God is gonna make the miracle I’m waiting for. I’m from Dominican Republic and if you see my comment and want to pray for my difficult situation, I would be grateful for. Thanks, Steven. God bless you and keep doing the hard work 🙏🏾

nothing can stop us from the promise of God 🙌

I realized as I watched this that my unbelief was blocking me from being used by God. This was so encouraging I had goosebumps the whole time. I refuse to let my unbelief and circumstances block me for God any longer. Absolutely love how God is using you to reach others. All praise be to God.

Reminder to me that God is not dead no matter the situation or circumstance.

I have a bad habit of blocking God voice bc of my fear of doing something outside of my understanding

This is simply confirmation of God's words. I've been praying and seeking God's face about a situation that seems impossible. I have been weeping and seeking. I've been pressing into God's word. This morning I heard Him say to my spirit, it is time to enter into thanksgiving (praise). Isn't it amazing how God works. I stumbled upon this video, and instead of blocking it by moving on to another video, I listened to the end. And there it was, the answer: Praise!

Great video! Sometimes I block Gods word. It is sad because I know he wants to do something great through me for his Glory. Faith to unblock my unbelief is what I need!

James 4 : 10 " Humble yourself before God and He will exalt you."

I never ever okay once or twice subscribed to a channel. Enough said.

Oh how this helped me today. I will now commit to letting god set the temperature of my heart when I enter a space and no longer let the space set the temperature in me.

Please pray for my family, that's my wife and myself, please pray that no one will put us asunder, people are trying, I dont understand what joy it brings them, please pray for protection for my family. I do pray every second praising and thanking my Lord, but prayer from a group is effective, cause the Lord said when 2 or 3 are together I am amidst them. Amen.

Its 2:40 AM and this word just blessed and encouraged me! Learned so much about myself--Lord help deliver me from my unbelief! Un block it!!

Thank God for working through Pastor Steven Furtick's sermons so I can understand & apply the holy word in every area of my life.

I can be so influenced by my atmosphere, and complacency is a huge barrier when I struggle through my high paced, tiring work day. I'm praying the Father changes me so I will stop allowing the atmosphere from determining my attitude in defeat! Thank you Steven, for ministering to us in obedience .

Here is just a testimony, experience, story, whatever you would like to call it. I love horror, scary, and dark things but I realized that I’ve been too absorbed into it so I decided to watch videos that were positive. I decided to watch a motivational video to improve myself. But while I was watching a video, I felt angry and annoyed. I had no clue and I was trying to figure out why. I realized it was because I was debating what positivity I could watch and I first thought of a sermon but I decided not to go through with it. I think it was the Holy Spirit getting me worked up so I searched up sermons for teens and about change. This called out to me and I started crying. For the past 2 years, I’ve been dealing with so many things and feeling stuck. It’s because I block God and everything else. I’m so stuck in this negativity that I’m not seeing the light. I’ve been choosing not to work on my struggles by myself and I can’t anymore. I don’t want to be stuck in the negativity or acting like a big baby. I need change

I know this is 2 years late but watching this video helped me realise that I have been blocking God my whole life and now I choose to unblock him and not blame others for my own faults.

God I am stubborn, help me to open my eyes to the work you are about to release to me. Help me to praise you God even in the thickest of doubts

When pastor ask why they're blocking God, I also ask myself why am I blocking him when I'm always seeing the miracles He did in my daily life.. What a fool I was. Thank God for He is so forgiving.

Dear Lord I want to attend Elevation church oneday 🤲🏼

“Did you know that you’re blocking a blessing when you play the ‘blame-game’?”

Lord I need you to compose me to unblock every great gift you have in store for me.

My only side note on this sermon is we should not lock jesus in our hearts. He should flow through us. Even if we run empty sometimes. There is always a reserve on standby.

My name is Wilson and I am from Brazil. Your way to see and talk about God it is giving me peace. I was thinking that I was some kind of squizofrenic guy, or thinking in a overrated way about God... But now I can see why is that... Really thank you

Thank you,am moving from mustard seed faith to unwavering faith,I purpose to reap a hundred times more,a thousand times more,restoration is my portion for I will go before him everyday with Your Prophets Said...

Steven I am at the bottom of my life. I am going through really bad times. My husband is in some real bad trouble, and i am dealing with something on top of trying to keep my 2 teens and a house hold together... I am seeing your videos for the first time, but I want you to know that you have impacked me in a way that no other pastor has ever been able to. I understand you, I feel the power of what you are saying that I know Jesus does love me.. I have blocked him to the point that I am on a course of destruction. It was just a matter of time before I was at the point of no return.... I want to thank you for showing me what I have been doing not only to myself but to God and others that love me and have been trying to pull me out of that hole that I dug.... Not Jesus Me!!! Thank you

Father God have mercy in my family, show us your path of righteousness in jesus name Amen.

Part that spoke to me is how we indirectly block God from entering into us/working through us. I pray God that we may Unblock our hearts and minds, and stop caring about the crowd says or about our self conscious let us learn to have faith in you while you work through us, as we praise you day in and day out🙌 amen.

Trust + Believe = Blessings. Thank you, Pastor.

Forgive me God iv blocked ur light on my self and everyone around me deliver me Oh Holy One forgive me lord this is all my fault every single thing negative iv offended you strip me of myself Allow me to be effective courageous ,an live a life that brings Glory To you Holy king. Thank you father i love you amen

One year ago yet I am blessed. That's the power of God's word, it never loses it's power.

Wow pastor when you told "I'm more concerned if i offend god by not challenging you to the level of the standard that he called you to "...so powerful so deep !!!we want it!!

The past ten years have been hard on me. No doubt made that much harder by my constant struggle with unbelief of Gods willingness. Even now after an intense season of loss I am made to wait on God. Hoping and praying that his promise to me will come to pass and that it lives up to the hype....

Not blocking, standing in faith saying, "send me, God" just like Isaiah!!!

I needed this. Struggling within myself and questioning my stance in faith. Thank you for the spark of light.

If you are a true believer you will be able to do this.Everyday when you get up go into your prayer closet all by yourself with the lights off , get down on your knees and raise your hands to heaven and worship the Father Yahuwah and worship his son Yehusha , pray for the body around the world , that the principalities and powers that hold back the knowledge of the one true God will be destroyed .Pray that you will be guided by the holy spirit and you will have all the fruits of the spirit evident in your life. That people will be able to see the fruit in your life , you will have faith ,discernment to know ,who you should listen to and who you should run from . go to torah to the tribes for great teachings.

Lord please unblock all things that's keeps me from your purpose form me

Awesome message Pastor Steven, Yes, God's power cannot be blocked, nothing can stop the purpose of God, Lord increase our belief in Jesus, unblock Lord, deliver your word and fulfill your plan and purpose through us for your Glory and Honour and Praise, set us free Father in Jesus name I pray amen and amen.

Nothing can stop the purpose of God hallelujah ,I'm blessed

You are an amazing preacher Steven. May God keep on using you

My ego lies to me, telling me the career I am pursuing is too small and unimportant to forward God's mission. But I know God sees everything large and small as equally important. Please help me to conquer this fear. For those who humble themselves will be exalted and those who exalt themselves will be humbled. -Matthew 23:12

Pray for me and my family living with mother in law ain’t easy.

Let me quest. Pastor is at the gym 3 to 5x a day. Healthy body with healthy spirit. I wish i could too.

We must be faithful to our srevice to God because He is faithful to His children..thank God we have faith like a mustard seed