It’s hard right now, but by the power of the Holy Spirit, be encouraged that you’re going to find your fight. When something was placed on him, he found the fight that was always in him. He didn’t realize there was anything on the inside of him that made him ready to stand up. When he was a kid, he didn’t have anything worth fighting for. When Charles became a father, he found his fight. There’s something that’s about to rise up and you’re about to realize that you were born for this moment. If you’re looking at 2020 and thinking that your plans have changed and they’re not going how they should, know that there’s another fight on the inside of you. Charles just needed the right thing to be put on him for it to come out. When he became a father, when the burden of being a father was placed on him, he realized that there was another fight. He was honestly ready and prepared to fight people, anyone. Conversely, when Charles became a father, something switched. When people would try to pick on him in sports, he would have a come back like, “what’s up?!” However, when he realized that they were actually going to fight him, he would back down, and say things more like “listen bro, it’s cool”. When Charles was younger, he had ‘fight’, in that he would run his mouth, even though he was small. Illustration: People say that you can have either ‘fight’ or ‘flight’. May God’s grace be with you all.įatherhood changes a lot. 21 Some people have wandered from the faith by following such foolishness. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so-called knowledge. Then no one can find fault with you from now until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.ġ Timothy 6:20-21 New Living Translation (NLT)Ģ0 Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. 13 And I charge you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you obey this command without wavering. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses. 12 Fight the good fight for the true faith. Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. He knew that in a time of tension, in the middle of a pandemic, in the middle of racial injustice, and one of the hardest times, He knew that relationships, our relationship with him, and our relationships with others, would be importantġ Timothy 6:11-14 New Living Translation (NLT)ġ1 But you, Timothy, are a man of God so run from all these evil things.The Holy Spirit is so amazing that he knew that in this time, we would need to be talking about relationships.God ordained this moment before you were born.The sermon series was so impactful, that he felt the need to place it into a book, entitled “Relationship Goals,” which became a New York Times bestseller in 2020 for 13 weeks in a row, the top-selling book in the “Religion” category for 2020, and landing as the #9 bestselling non-fiction book of 2020 industry-wide.įind Michael Todd sermons, such as his youth group series titled Purity, as well as leader guides and social media quotes in the resources below. In 2016, Pastor Michael taught a sermon series entitled “Relationship Goals.” By winter of 2017, that sermon series went viral gaining influence and the ability to reach hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. They live in Tulsa with four beautiful children-their daughters, Isabella, Ava, and Gia and their son, Michael Jr. They aspire to reach their community, city and world with the gospel by placing Christ in the middle of culture. Their personal philosophy and driving passion is re-presenting God to the lost and found for transformation in Christ. They were entrusted with Transformation Church by the founding Pastors, Gary and Debbie McIntosh after 15 years of operation. Pastor Michael and Natalie are the Lead Pastors of Transformation Church based in Tulsa, OK since February 2015.
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