CHARLOTTE, NC - Steven Furtick has been placed on temporary leave from his part-time lifeguard job at Myrtle Beach after an incident in which he attempted to save a drowning man by "speaking life" over the victim's flailing body.

According to sources, a 28-year-old beachgoer was dragged out to sea by a powerful riptide. Certified lifeguard and Elevation Worship Pastor Steven Furtick looked out just in time to see the hopeless victim thrashing and crying out for help.

"You already are enough!" Steven Furtick cried out across the waves. "Say! That would make a great tweet!" he said as he quickly typed the inspiring message into his Twitter app and posted it. "You're perfect just the way you are!" he shouted out again.

"I can't swim! I won't make it much longer!" said the drowning man.

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