Hi friends! Below you’ll find my notes for Pastor Ben Graves’ sermon First Things First. This message is from Elevation Church on July 12, 2026.

Please remember that these are my own personal notes that I took while listening. Context is needed. Click here to watch First Things First on YouTube.

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Sermon Notes : First Things First

• Not living up into the title as an ambassador to God. 
• Don’t just simply be a pointer outer. 
• God wants to use me. 
• Judges 6:1-26
• No human being is the answer to the condition of their heart. 
• We can’t fix this but God is sending someone who can.
• Am I hiding?
• Hiding in 2026 is boujee, easy and accessible because all you need to do is pick up your phone. 
• Hiding where I’m called to lead. 
• God is not afraid of caves. 
• If you’re called to it, you are already equipped for it. 
• When operating in fear you can be doing the right thing but it’s not making sense. 
• A lens of fear changes how we operate. 
• Fear is just imagining a future without god in it. 
• Stop being so focused on what’s in front of you that you forget who is above you. 
• You’ve got turn down the voice of the lies in your mind and turn up the voice of God. 
• God speaks our identity. 
• There is no way you can operate in freedom if you see yourself as a slave. 
• God knows exactly who you are. 
• Get your confidence back. God has placed you in this moment. 
• God speaks to who you are becoming. 
• Stop obsessing over why god can’t use you. 
• You + God is all you need. 
• Am I keeping a hold of the bondage for the next generation?
• Cut down the false altar and build a new one to Jesus. 
• The war is not out there, it’s in my heart. 
• What am I passing down?

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