10/02/2026
SERIES OVERVIEW — ANNOUNCEMENT
This Sunday at Elim House of Worship / Elevation Community Church NYC, we continue our new pastoral teaching series:
FIVE FACTORS THAT CAN DESTROY A PERSON
And God’s Medicines to Heal What We Have Allowed to Become Sick
A teaching series born from THINKING OUT LOUD, where our Apostle Dr. Carlos R. Torres will lead us in confronting five patterns that, when left unrecognized and uncorrected, can affect our character, marriage, family, relationships, leadership, ministry, and purpose:
Excuses • Pride • Self-Deception • Bitterness • Isolation
The purpose of this series is not to teach us how to identify what is wrong with everyone else. It is to allow the Word of God to first place us in front of the mirror and lead us from confrontation to responsibility, from responsibility to healing, and from healing to restoration.
THIS SUNDAY — MESSAGE 1
THE MIRROR BEFORE THE WINDOW
FACTOR #1 — EXCUSES
When We Stop Being Accountable to Reality
This Sunday, we will begin with a question that can confront every one of us:
Am I using my circumstances to explain what happened, or am I using them to avoid the part of the responsibility that belongs to me?
From Adam and Eve to Cain, David, and the teachings of the New Testament, we will see how excuses can prevent us from acknowledging what needs to change. But we will also discover the biblical medicine:
TRUTH → RESPONSIBILITY → CONFESSION → REPAIR → RESTORATION
Sunday, October 4
8:30 AM — Doors Open
9:00 AM — Prayer & Intercession
9:20 AM — Worship
9:40 AM approx. — Apostolic Message
Elim House of Worship
602 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10009
Also joining us online through Facebook Live — ElimHouse Of Worship_ Elim Casa de Adoración NY.
Don’t come thinking about who needs to hear this message. Come ready to say: “Lord, search me.”