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hi my name is Bri and I have the
privilege of serving as Chief of Staff
here at Transformation Church at TC our
vision is to represent God to the lost
and found for transformation in Christ
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let’s jump into today’s message all
right are y’all ready for the word
today thank you three people who are
ready I’ll appreciate to
you the rest of y’all just in here no uh
we have been in a series called damage
but not destroyed everybody say damage
but not
destroyed desty and um we made a shift
the last uh two weeks to talking about
we are going to end in Triumph somebody
say end in Triumph end in Triumph we
have made an intentional adjustment that
we’re not just focusing on the trauma
that we’ve experienced but we’re
shifting into experiencing Triumph that
we’re not just going to focus on what
we’re it wrong and this can be so easy
to happen in today’s time and culture
people can get focused on their trauma
and in a beautiful heart we’re talking
about the importance of counseling and
having a therapist and talking about
what you went through but if you’re not
careful you will get stuck in Old
stories and that become your
narrative you you’ll get stuck in who
wasn’t there for you and what you didn’t
have and and how it didn’t go your way
and all those things are true but if
you’re not careful and intentional you
will get stuck in a lens of trauma so
now anybody who reminds you kind of of
that one person that didn’t call you
back now everybody don’t like you nobody
see nobody likes me everybody talks
about me and I just sometimes we be in
meetings sometimes at church this
happens all the time we’ll be like you
know people are just saying I’m always
gu like who who who was it how many
people well you know like just a couple
people where are they though like what’s
their names because sometimes without
doing the work we just generalize whole
groups of people when my family don’t
like me they all talking about me really
cuz it’s really just that weird cousin
that you don’t even really like anyways
but for some reason y’all been
competitive since y’all was eight so
their word means a lot to you all a
sudden not everybody you got to be
intentional to deal with and understand
okay I’m going to acknowledge my trauma
I have to do something about it but at
some point I have to shift my
perspective to Triumph is in front of me
there is greater in front of me than
there is behind
me so we made that decision the last
couple weeks and uh Pastor Michael
preached a sermon called a sudden switch
that there was going to be something
that happened in our heart in our spirit
and he talked about this idea that a
sudden switch often happens with a
subtle switch something small in a
mindset something small in your
discipline something small in how you
manage your money something small in
communicating in your marriage then last
week there is triumph in trying again if
there’s going to be a switch at some
point you got to try as at some point
you got to we this I just thought of a
story my my son he’s four years old and
literally this is yesterday I’m thinking
about this real time and yesterday I go
into uh the bathroom and he’s like Dad I
need you to help me and I’m like all
right buddy I’m going to help you and
this is a little TMI but we all got kids
up here we grown he’s still learning how
to wipe his bottom so he be we be having
to help so I’m like buddy I’m going to
teach you he’s like I can’t do it and
I’m like baby our Daddy’s here to teach
you he’s like no I promise you I’m not
going to be able to do what you’re about
to say I like he’s so my son he has like
such an articulate he’s like whatever
you’re about to say I’m not going to be
able to do
it he literally I’m like just grab the
toilet paper and he’s like ah and then
he just rips it off and starts smacking
his but he’s like see look it’s not
working we just had to call it a wash we
were just like okay we’ll revisit this
had another time clearly your emotions
are too high to learn how to wipe
yourself
um but at some point you got to try you
got to decide some of us that’s how we
feel come on I’m going to teach you how
to be pure God I can’t do it look how
goodl looking he
is I’m going to teach you how to
communicate I can’t
communicate at some point God’s like
okay calm down take a deep breath let me
teach
you and we’re talking about these ideas
and today I told you this but I believe
the Holy Spirit has given me um such a
clear um next step in that and so I want
to start off today uh with a statement
the statement if you’re taking notes
you’re going to want to write this down
this is I’m going to give you the whole
sermon and one statement and then I’m
just going to prove to you over for the
next 35 minutes and 50 49 seconds
um why this statement has the power to
change your life forever now I have to
warn you this is a dangerous statement
this is a statement full of expectation
this statement is not not for the subtle
of heart this statement is not for
people who are really connected to their
past and their fears and their failures
and their this is not for people who
want to live in trauma I’m going to warn
you if you want to live in trauma you
can ignore me but if you might want to
step into Triumph if you want to live
with an expectation every day if you
want to live believing that God is still
God and he can turn any situation around
if you want to wake up in the morning
and say you know what I got breath in my
lungs so I believe God’s about to do if
you believe you are damaged but not
destroyed this statement is for you here
it is I had to make it big can you put
it on the screen for me I’m just going
to read it off the back I got my Bible
over there uh that’s the title of my
sermon don’t tell them that yet but it’s
okay don’t everybody close your eyes it
was a
surprise all right I’ll just read okay
here we go today could be the day that
changes all your
days thank you for the golf clap I’m
about to prove it what if let me PR the
statement as a a question what if
today on what what’s today’s day dat the
17th what if on December 17th could be
the one day that changes all of your
days I want to present it to you not
tomorrow not Christmas not New Year’s
Eve not once you get more money not once
you get married not once you have
whatever you feel what if God wanted to
do something
today what if God wanted to break the
pattern today what if God wanted to ro
renew your mind today what if what God
wanted to dry up the cancer on the
inside of your body today what
if now a statement like this is hard to
grab on to because some of us have lived
so long with low expectation that this
statement feels
dangerous I get it our trauma has
trained us it’s safer to not believe
that if you don’t have high expectation
you can’t get
disappointed if you don’t expect nothing
then when you get nothing you’re
good but does that sound like the reason
that God went to the cross and went into
the grave for three days and defeated
death hell is that why he died for us is
that the life that supposed to be
attractive to our co-workers and our
neighbors you know me just living with
low expectation I serve God but I don’t
want to expect too much that way if he
doesn’t come through you know I don’t
look bad he doesn’t look
bad that really sounds like the people
who turn the world upside down and act
it really sounds like a church that’s
going to take ground and have dominion
is a church just with some nice medium
expectation and we would never say it
that way but the way we live is with
this statement ah just another
day you know it’s just it’s just it’s
Sunday I got my routine I got my plan
and I just I don’t want to mess anything
up so let me not get my expectation too
high the only problem is is many of us
when it comes to dealing with our trauma
we have been in it so long that we have
always pushed our expectation and and
the change in our life to tomorrow I’ll
get around to you know tomorrow I’ll
deal with that tomorrow I’ll go to
counseling tomorrow I’ll say I’m sorry
tomorrow but what if today what if you
said you know what I don’t need another
day I don’t need no more time I don’t
need a special date on my calendar I
don’t need whatever magic dust we think
happens on New Year’s Eve but today
could be the day that
changes all my
days what if I didn’t wait to become who
I knew God called me to be what if I
didn’t wait to be the husband God called
me to be what if I didn’t wait to write
the book he told me to write what if I
didn’t wait and there are so many many
different things that we put up in our
life when it comes from going to trauma
to Triumph that is all about
tomorrow well you know it’s already
12:00 what I once you depending on how
long you preach I may not be out even
home for a while you’ve already made
plans stuff you was going to do today
you’ve already pushed it to
tomorrow you already have decided ah I
don’t know if I’m gonna get around to
that and I want to submit to you today
that as a follower of Jesus Christ to
live with the expectation
and hope and here’s what I really mean
the entitlement of
tomorrow I know that now this this is
going to be this is going to be tight
but it’s going to be
right as a
Believer some of us feel like we are
entitled to
tomorrow because we ain’t read all the
scriptures in your Bible you got
Jeremiah 29 I have a hopeful plan for
you absolutely yes all those things
and the Bible’s very clear don’t worry
about
tomorrow tomorrow’s got enough worries
on ourselves in Psalms it says teach us
to number our days so that we can
develop a heart of wisdom the Bible
talks all throughout scripture of the
importance of
today and today I’m coming to submit to
you that maybe you haven’t been able to
turn the corner of trauma to Triumph
because you’ve been banking on becoming
the vers of yourself you’ve always
wanted to become not today but
tomorrow I’m I’m I’m going to I’m going
to do that but just when I get around to
it tomorrow I’m I’m going to I’m going
to I’m going to go to counseling I
promise and you’ve been saying tomorrow
for 25
years I feel you we’ve all done it this
is not like a oh man what I’m just
saying what if what if you woke up with
some expectation like you know what I
think today God wants to do something
I think today God wants to do something
in my heart I think today God wants to
shift something in my spirit I think
today God wants to this is an
expectation I’m telling you what would
happen to your life how would you show
up to work how would you show up to
parent your kids how would you show up
in your life if you really believed
today might be the day that changes all
of my
days now I hear some of us because some
of us feel like you know that’s just
hype that’s just living and a false
reality and you call it hype the Bible
calls it
hope and because we have S gotten so
critical and pessimistic we have lost
our ability to Hope we’ve lost our AB
you want to know what sounds like hype a
man coming to people who ain’t got no
house no money no proof of nothing and
he stands up on a mountain and says I
have true riches for
you the whole story you believe is all
around stuff that with a bad attitude
with a pessimistic mindset you could say
the whole thing is hype well why would
three kings get on donkeys and travel to
go see this little baby that’s supposed
to be the king of the world that sound
like hype to me or it sounds like God’s
plan from the beginning of time to send
a savior into the
world keep your bad attitude if you want
to keep your half glass half empty
attitude if you want to but as for me in
my house and I would submit to you today
for your house we choose to live with
the expectation God you want to do
something today God you want to use me
in some way
today I want to read you a scripture of
why today is important why today God
wants to do something why today he wants
to change something in your heart why
you could leave today deciding who
you’re going to be why you could leave
today you know what saying you know what
if nobody ever sees my value I’m going
to keep doing what God told me to do I’m
not waiting on nobody I’m not waiting on
no one’s approval of me today might be
the
day here’s here’s the thing um whether
you realize it or not that mindset and
that idea happens to the entire
world one day a year every single
year in about 19
days people around the world regardless
of race religion or background are going
to live with an expectation for New
Year’s Eve we going to stay up all night
we’re going to have parties because the
whole world regardless of what you
believe decides that something different
is going to happen
tomorrow this is why people are making
lists this is why people have New Year’s
resolutions is because for some reason
we believe at New Year’s Eve something’s
going to change I’m going to start
working out even though I ain’t touched
the weight in 80 6 years I’m going
to we completely forget our old patterns
come on go with it you completely ignore
how you’ve been acting for 20 years and
you say but tomorrow something’s about
to happen it’s New Year’s
Eve how come we have more
expectation for a random calendar date
change than realizing you have the god
of the universe the Bible says it this
way the same spirit that raised Christ
from the dead lives on the inside of me
so I’m not waiting for the calendar to
tell me what I’m capable of but because
I’m breathing y’all okay I’m about to go
preach to this wall back here I don’t
know if you asleep I’m trying to remind
you of Who You
Are God put something down on the inside
of you that you don’t have to wait for
other people’s approval you don’t have
to wait for New Year’s Eve but you can
decide today I’m acting different today
God wants to move today there’s going to
be a healing I expect the impossible
because God is on my
side today not tomorrow not Christmas
not when I get more money not when fill
in the blank
today what what do you have to lose cuz
I see everybody you you you so closed up
I just don’t know if I could do what do
you have to lose cuz at the very least
you still got what you
got you still going to be exactly where
you are so what would happen if you
decided you know what happen if I put a
little hope in what God could do
today what if God could could come
through in a way where somebody God was
speaking to somebody else and the exact
amount of money I would short for
something that God would bless me
through what
if what if forget forget cuz some of us
got that’s the first time you clap this
whole Su yeah some money okay great yeah
what if today God could give me a
million dollars that million dollars
would ruin your
life what if today
God could give you the
discipline where he could trust you with
the million
dollars what if today God could give you
the ability to not keep faking like
you’re okay and admit you don’t know
what to
do see that would be one of the most
transformative things let me talk to the
men for a second that would be one of
the most transformative things that
could happen to your marriage is you to
tell your wife I don’t
know to my man laughing he’s like
absolutely not that would be the worst
[Applause]
thing you keep yourself so put together
absolutely I’m going to do this and I’m
going to work my plan and I’m going to
do this these plans is all stuff you
made up let’s keep it honest brother you
just made that up the truth is you need
help you don’t know what’s going on you
don’t know how to deal with that teenage
child that you adopted because you
wanted to show up you don’t know what to
do when they lay you off your job and
one of the most beautiful things that
you could happen is for you to say I
don’t
know but
today God could give me the wisdom I
need today he could shift something in
these children’s heart that I’ve been
trying to pour into
today I was SP y’all don’t see my title
now so I’m going to go ahead and say it
here’s what I’m going to give you today
what if you deci and they really ruined
it man that stuff
God it’s like a magic trick it’s like
he’s like yeah the rabbit’s in his hat
just it’s like God
okay that’s like actual stuff you’re
seeing me really throw a fit up
here next year starts
now I’m
not I’m not waiting on New Year’s Eve
I’m not waiting on no special moment
next year starts now I’m going to be who
God told me to be now I’m going to live
with Integrity now I’m going to see
Miracles
now next year starts now for me I know
everybody else waiting on New Year’s Eve
but next year starts now for
me cuz guess what would happen many of
us you have you have plans right now
that you already know you need to be
doing and instead of starting today
you’re banking on starting January
1st you know you already know I need to
be drinking more water you know what
in two and a half weeks I’mma start
drinking
water okay yes I think that’s great and
what if next year started
now what if on January 1st when
everybody else is saying starting to the
gym you are posting day 20 of going to
the
gym you missed what if all of the stuff
you have pushed to tomorrow cuz here’s
the thing about the year we all get
stuck so much on on Janu I’m going to
deal with my trauma in January I’m going
to go from trauma to Triumph in January
let’s just get through Christmas let me
just get through this hard stuff God did
not die for your mindset to be let me
just get
through what if you made a decision
today I’m going call them
today cuz here’s the thing what you do
today is not a matter of ability it’s a
matter of value
if I told you hey I need you to call
your mama and I’m going to give you $10
million you would not be like I just on
my schedule and it just I was going to
get canes after this so I’m not
sure because all of a sudden the value
of that meant something that made all of
a sudden today be the most Prime day for
you to do it but there are so many
things of value got to hey why don’t you
call them because you have no idea how
I’m trying to use you to get to
them
today look what the Bible says in James
it’s a beautiful piece of scripture and
there’s Old Testament for this there’s
New Testament for this but I want to
read James
4 verse 13 look here you who say today
or tomorrow we’re going to go to a
certain town and we’ll stay there a year
and will do business there and make a
profit how do you know what your life
will be like
tomorrow he stops in the middle of I
know you made plans for tomorrow but
quick question when did you figure out
what tomorrow was going to
be how do you know exactly what’s going
to happen tomorrow this is what it says
your your life is like the morning fog
it’s here a little while and then it’s
gone what you ought to say is if the
Lord wants us to we will live and do
this or that otherwise you are boasting
about your own pretentious
plans such boasting is evil remember
it’s a sin to know what you ought to do
and then not do
it I know we have our list of stuff
that’s a sin and oh they doing this and
they living that and they slept with
that person and they smoking this and oh
they talk you see how they fa oh my gosh
well I heard I know you got your list of
sin yeah now now before we go into this
because this is again I want to be very
clear this is not a a sermon of
condemnation this is a sermon of what
could God do with
today the word sin it’s an archery term
it means to miss the mark the scripture
says it is missing the Mark if you know
you need to do something and you don’t
do
it it’s missing the Mark if you if if
you know you need to apologize to your
kids and you don’t do it it’s missing
the Mark if you know you need to do
something different and you just say ah
I’ll get to it
tomorrow this sermon is not a an
attitude or a perspective of oh gosh
what could happen tomorrow so I better
do it all today the perspective is oh
gosh what could happen
today it’s not fear of tomorrow but it’s
faith for today it’s not fear of oh gosh
I better do all this stuff you know
because the says that I don’t even know
what’s going to happen tomorrow you’re
right I don’t know what’s going to Happ
no no no no that is not the perspective
the perspective is with God on my side
if he is for me if that Spirit raised
Christ from the dead what could he do
today how could he move today what could
shift in my children
today what could God do in your life
today because what I’ve realized is as
long as you are banking on tomorrow it
is very hard to be present
today as long as you are holding on to
the promise of what will happen then and
here’s the mark of the belie the
believer we absolutely because another
thing I want to clarify because so we
can um understand this correctly you
100% the Bible is very clear you should
have vision for your life as a Believer
you should be full of so much vision of
what God’s about to do you should oh
God’s about to do this and I see he’s
going to do this and he’s preparing me
for that 100% that is true but where we
could have gone wrong as the church is
gotten so focused on your vision that
you have no value for what you do today
to get
there so it’s all about woo God’s about
to use me I Pro once I graduate school
God’s about to open up doors yes and
will you be ready to walk through the
door by what you did
today I know God your your husband is on
the wayi I believe it for you you but
have you lived in a way where you ain’t
mad at somebody for your own issues
[Applause]
today we have to realize that these are
not enemies it’s not tomorrow or today
and I got to pick one no no no they work
together yeah I set a vision for my life
that I prepare for today when God came
to know and said hey it’s going to rain
and I need you to build a boat he wasn’t
like woo man God told me I’m about to
build a boat W this boat it’s going to
be big it’s going to be it’s it’s going
to be at some point he had to say I
don’t know here’s here’s the beautiful
thing thank you Holy Spirit I don’t know
when it’s going to start
raining so I better start
building I’m telling you that is a word
for somebody you don’t know when it’s
going to start raining so you better
start building you don’t know when that
friendship you’ve been praying on is
going to show up in your life so you
better start preparing you have no idea
a when your child’s going to come to you
and say I have a couple questions about
my future and I’m trying to decide if
I’m going to live for God you better
start building today you have no idea
when God is going to start opening up
doors that no man can shut so you better
start bu you have no idea what he stands
ready to do so you better start building
now I’m not waiting the scripture says
now
Faith not tomorrow faith not no now
Faith God wants to do something
today what if you woke up and your first
confession was not just another day it
was what if God today could be the one
day I know I’ve been trying to pour into
this relationship over and over again
and they’ve never received it but God
what if today is the day it
clicks I know I’ve been trying to show
love to this teenager over and over
again and they’re not making the right
decisions and they keep ignoring me and
they won’t let me talk talk to them and
they’re not being honest but what if
today what if today is the moment that
it clicks what if today they realize
they’re beautifully and wonderfully made
what if today is the day God does
something what
if here’s the problem with just another
day it’s literally not true at
all name another December 17th
2023 it’s not just another day it’s
liter the only day like this that has
ever been or will ever
be it’s the exact opposite of just
another day it’s the only day and in
fact the Bible says today is the day the
Lord has made so to ignore today banking
on tomorrow is to say God I know you
uniquely handcrafted this day together
and your sovereignty brought all these
relationships into my life and you woke
me up with breath in my body
but
tomorrow
and God’s sitting there thinking I
brought all I I did all of that for
today matter of fact there’s a scripture
in Lamentations 3 can you put it on the
screen for me this is this is so
beautiful and it’s so much more powerful
than New Year’s Eve you want to know
what the Bible says the steadfast love
of the Lord never ends and his mercies
come never come to an end they are
new every
morning you want to know why you can
wake up with some expectation because
the the Bible’s clear no matter where
you are no matter what you’re going
through no matter what’s happening to
you you can wake up and say you know
what I got new Mercy for
today I got I’m not waiting on a new
year I got new Mercy I’m not waiting on
a new month I have new
Mercy his mercies are
new every
morning I know this is a simple idea I
keep saying it over over and over and
over again but I promise
you your life would look completely
different if you woke up saying God
strategically gave me the exact Mercy I
needed to do everything he’s called me
to do
today I have
expectation that God wants to do
something he’s never done before today
it’s so powerful to think
about what could
happen if there was a church full of
expectation of what God could do today
yeah yeah what if you walked into your
workplace with the mindset God how do
you want to use me to transform
someone’s life
today you walk through those cubicles
looking for somebody who need
encouragement but you need encouragement
your head down let me tell you good
news what you you feel a little
discouraged oh my gosh can I tell you
something I’ve been thinking of today
might be the day that changes all of
your days you’re in a business meeting
man we’re down 5% and you know the the
the the pitch didn’t go how we wanted it
to and we’re feeling a little unsure hey
guys can I say something I don’t know
why I feel this way but I have an
expectation we’ve been putting in the
work we believe in this product I
believe today could be the day that
changes this whole
company I get it you don’t want to look
weird that would just be weird if I you
ever you some of us we feel like we be
those people you ever met those people
that feel like they just a little too
excited about life like it’s like you so
excited you might have had some illegal
help to get that excited
like I’m just submitting to you do you
want the life you
got in every single
area she said no
no I
don’t what sets before you to be gained
with a perspective shift that next year
starts
now because here’s the thing about
whenever you decide to take control of
something whenever you decide to step
into something whenever you decide to go
from trauma to Triumph I heard Pastor
Craig oelle say it this way it may not
have been your fault but it is now your
responsibility
yeah I feel you I want to stop and
acknowledge the stuff that happened to
you the traumas you experienced wasn’t
your fault should have never
happened should have never happened to
you that way they should have never
talked to you that way they should have
never done that to you they should have
never left you that way I want to stop
and acknowledge that it’s very
real I would also like to submit to you
that you have everything you need on the
inside of you to change something
today that today could be the day that
you no longer walk insecure because of
what people said about you that today
could be the day that you no longer walk
around trying to please everybody else
because you’re not sure of who you are
that today could be the day that you
walk around knowing that God chose you
for a purpose and that you are here for
a reason that today could be the
day today might be the
day I’m not sure I got a lot of
questions there’s a lot of stuff I don’t
know about but today might be the day I
I’m going to give you uh four things
this is the title and we’re going to
close this thing
out how to live tomorrow
today everything you was banking on
doing tomorrow we G to do it today not
not everything you know what saying
because you got a rest you got a Sabbath
you get the idea some of y’all just take
these somebody going to hear cint be
like that doesn’t even make any sense
okay calm down all these Tik Tock
theologians all of a sudden
got like you are 16 how do you know
anyways you need gas money okay let me
stop I
just all right back to the word of
God how to live tomorrow day first thing
you need a
vision where do I want to be you need a
vision where do I want to
be there’s something I know that I’ve
been putting off for tomorrow but I know
there needs to be something that changes
on the inside of me I’m going from
trauma to Triumph I’m stepping out of my
comfort zone I’m shifting something on I
need a vision I need something worth
dedicating to I need something that
means something to me I need something
that means more than my current
situation and I’m willing to do it
enough to get out of where I am today I
need a vision now I want to I want to
use a a clarifying definition for vision
many of us have vision for some areas
and then if we were honest some of us
just have good
ideas let me let me submit it to you
this way if you came to me and said you
know what I I got a vision of spending
Christmas in the the countryside of
France oh that sounds amazing so are you
willing to sell all the Christmas
presents you just bought tell your
family you’re not going to be here for
Christmas go on the 10-hour flight and
he said
no so you don’t have a vision you got a
good
idea a vision is something that means so
much to you you are willing to sacrifice
whatever it takes to achieve that
Vision so let’s be honest do you have a
vision of being healthy or you got an
idea oh no now I can’t say
nothing I’m just saying just be honest
cuz if you have a vision that means
you’re going to have to adjust some
stuff in your life you’re going to have
to commit to some discipline you might
have to go to bed earlier so you wake up
earlier there’s a lot you can’t just
Uber Eats McDonald’s at midnight like
there’s just some
stuff so it would be better for you to
say you know what that’s just an idea
for me right
now I’m Ser this sounds so hilarious but
I’m here there’s a book called The Speed
Of Trust by step cuvy and he says this
the biggest place people lose trust
first is not in the relationships it is
in
themselves here’s what he submits as the
study for this he says many people start
off the day not trusting themselves you
want to know why cuz they set their
alarm for 6:00 a.m. and snoozed it 10
times so if you can’t wake up to what
you said you was going to do why you
think you going to do that anywhere else
he submits it would be better for you to
set your alarm for 8 and wake up at 7:30
cuz you would wake up the day with some
motivation thinking man I did better
than I thought I was going to
do I know some of y’all this sound like
semantics but you got what you got right
now because you don’t believe you’re
going to keep your own word to
yourself This is why it’s hard for you
to decide I’m going to be disciplined in
this area because you said you were
going to be disciplined before and it
didn’t work out what I’m submitting to
you today is why don’t you set a
vision that is worth sacrificing for so
instead of you where you are now
physically and you say you know what I’m
I want to have a six-pack and I want to
be shredded and I just want instead of
doing that why don’t you say you know
what I got a vision
of me working out five more minutes a
day than I am right
now that’s a that could start to build
some trust in yourself that could start
to say you know what I I might go for
eight minutes today hold on I’m feeling
kind of
good and now you’re building the
discipline now you’re building something
in you I know it’s not impressive and I
know you want to be able to post your
before and after after three months and
it look like you transformed in Christ I
feel you I believe you can do that but
it’s going to start with a small
decision
today you have to have a vision that
you’re worth sacrificing for the next
thing you have to have is is a matter of
value what has to change
today if I have a vision of being
financially
free there is some values that have to
change
today this is a real conversation me and
my wife we’re talking about all this
stuff we want to set up for the kids and
where we want to be financially and all
this so as what has to change
today how I relate to money how we use
our money how we spend our money how
does that have to change
today cuz I can say I want to be a bless
to be a blessing and I want to be able
to give this much money and I want to be
able to to to help these needy people
and I want to be able to to show up for
friends who weren’t even expecting it
all of that is great but if you don’t
change the value if you don’t change how
you are disciplined in the area if you
don’t address the value the vision is
just an
idea what would have to change
today if I want to have a marriage that
is
safe what would have what value would
have well here’s what would have to
change the value for my opinion over
theirs because you have a vision of a
safe marriage but every time they say
something you be like that’s
dumb oh well that sounds very inviting
to talk to you about their nervous ideas
right you have a vision of being friends
with your children when they’re in their
30s but right now they’re 20 and you
still talk to them like they
two the vision and the value doesn’t
make sense what would have to change you
know what even though I feel like I know
better even though I feel like I’m grown
even though I feel like they’re going
the wrong way do I want to be have a
relationship and still have the ability
to speak into their life or I do I want
them to know that is not the best for
your life and we did not raise you to be
that way okay but maybe they already
feel enough shame because they know that
already what if today could be the day
where you say you know what no matter
what you do Mom and Dad will always love
you no matter where you find yourself no
matter what questions you have about God
no matter where you are right now we
will always love
you what if that day was the day that
changed everything you have to have
Vision you have to address your value
the next one you got a voice it you got
to tell
somebody hey here’s the vision I have
for my friendships I want to have three
to four trusted friends matter of fact
one to two cuz I don’t know these haters
out
here you start with a win you know what
I’m saying three to four woo man one to
two I could do that I want to have one
to two friends so the value that’s going
to shift through me is I’m going to try
to be more open I’m not just going to
sit at the corner and look at everybody
sideways at the New Year’s Eve party and
then be mad talking about nobody want to
talk to
me well you look mad sweetheart so maybe
put a smile on your
face but tell your friend hey I’m trying
to shift something today in my life so I
need you to keep me
accountable I when you see me sitting in
the corner looking at everybody sideways
going and my woe is me attitude I need
you to grab me and say this is my friend
Sarah and she was sitting over the corn
you know them extrovert friends that you
kind of mad at some of y’all introverts
need tell your extrovert friend you
trying to
grow you’re trying to get out of your
comfort zone and I know I know you
showed up for like a rama like Angels
flying word but I promise
you if you did today what you was
betting on doing
tomorrow you if you showed up today
thinking today might be the day that
changes you have to have Vision value
voice it the last one go with me
invest you have to invest if I went to
Bank of America right
now and I walked in one of the tellers
was like hey how can I help you and I
was like I am here to withdraw
$80,000 today that’s what I’m talking
about Mama clo
today they would look at me and say you
ain’t getting nothing today
because it would be unwise for me to
expect a
withdraw somewhere I’ve never
invested I ain’t got no money in Bank of
America I never put no money in Bank of
America so why would I
expect to see a withdraw in an area that
I’ve never invested
in why do we have such a big expectation
for our friendship ships we haven’t
invested in why do we have such an
expectation for stuff to be different if
we haven’t addressed our patterns and
invest it in a new
one I’m submitting to you today that if
you want a different vision for your
life if you want to stand and sit in
this service next year thinking this is
the best year everything is completely
different it’s going to take some
investment and that you don’t have to
wait to invest tomorrow
you don’t have to wait to invest till
New Year’s but what if
today practical thing what if there’s
one thing you left service today I’m
going to give you some homor even though
growing up in school I loathed homework
my mom didn’t let me say hate I strongly
disliked make C house you couldn’t say
hate I don’t know why but
anyways what if there’s something you
know you was planning on doing tomorrow
and you decide to do it today
I just want to submit it to you for your
confidence for your ability to build
trust in yourself what if and I’m not
talking nothing big because some of
y’all went immediately to I’m going to
go stand up and tell my boss that I am
worth more than this and you must it’s
like okay that’s great I was more so
talking about like airing up your tires
like you know what I’m saying like
something cuz you know when it get cold
your tires get low and you just ride
with them
low
what if
today team ban y’all can come back up um
I’m going to close out with this thought
if I came to
you and I said hey um I want to make a
deal with
you I’m going give you
$86,000 you got 24 hours to spend
it at the end of those 24
hours I’m going come you’re going to
have to give back to me what you did not
spend I want you to spend it to further
your
family spend it to further your current
life maybe invest it in a way that pays
off for you but whatever you do not
spend
$86,000 I’m coming to get how many of
you feel confident in your ability to
spend
$86,000 in one
day come on if I was coming back for the
rest of it some we got the second wave
of hands you know like I I could
probably like I might be able to do make
something
happen what if I told
you there’s
86,400 seconds in a
day and every 24
hours is
86,400 little buckets of
Mercy that God laid out for you
and what the scripture is saying is this
Mercy only lasts for
today I got plenty for tomorrow so don’t
worry about tomorrow I got mercy upon
mercy upon mer like this ain’t a
shortage this ain’t a poverty mindset
but I set out for
you
86,400 moments of my
mercy and some of us are leaving a lot
of Mercy on the
table there’s some beautiful
conversations that would be some of the
most healing things in your
life that you’re betting on doing
tomorrow that you’ve actually got Mercy
for
today I know it’s super nerve-wracking
to imagine yourself calling that
parent and telling them how you really
feel but what if you saw that there’s
86,400 B buckets of Mercy for that phone
call I know it’s crazy
crazy here’s another one that’s a little
different to set a boundary this
Christmas and say hey we’re actually
going to do Christmas at our
house we’re not mad we’re not frustrated
you know we’re just trying we’re just
trying to build our family this year and
you know we love you so much and cuz
some of us it’s not some of us we will
we all up in Christmases that you don’t
need to be
in some of y’all spouses y’all still
trying to please one of the other
parents and your spouse mad at that
Christmas the whole
time but what if you had enough
Mercy what if you had enough Mercy to
tell your friend I screwed up last night
and actually I’ve been messing up for
like the last two
months but I was stuck in so much shame
and pain I didn’t want to tell anybody
but I just realized there’s enough Mercy
for
today and here’s the beautiful thing
about Mercy it’s kind of a trick cuz
it’s not just new every morning it’s new
every
moment there’s something that when you
live with an expectation that next year
starts now when you live with an
expectation saying today might be the
day that changes all of my days let me
show you a magic trick that can happen
you know what something I be doing with
my kids I be thinking there and we be in
it and I’m telling you right now I’m
being honest I’m trying to develop
patience with my children you know I
grew up my dad he’ be chill chill chill
and they be like Charles and he like s
you know you come into linan right there
you hit the
like and I was like I will never yell
and Abby be telling you I be yelling all
the
time I do I really be like you know be
like you know God and then what happens
is is I come home from work and they
have ran my wife wild and they just
beating her up and punching her and
running by and like hitting her in the
calf you know just like horrible they be
got they got Tricks and setting up traps
for us and I feel like I’m on episode of
Indiana Jones when I come home I’m like
and so I see her stressed out and I’m
like you Ain not going to stress out my
wife everybody be quiet sit down right
now no talking for two
years Abby will tell you I’ll say the
most dramatic stuff if anybody talks
again right now you literally won’t
eat nobody’s eating and I’m literally
taking all of your toys all was like I
have a question this is not a place for
questions there will be no questions yes
I mean every toy I will go find every
action figure and I’ll throw it in the
trash
i’ I’ve said all of those things before
that was not an
exaggeration and then I got these
articulate kids in my AR those like
really every sing like all dad do you
even mean my my Dusty crop HPP yes the
Dusty crop Hopper it’s out of
here that was just a whole skit for no
reason literally in those
moments I can’t wait on the mercy for
tomorrow in the
morning I have to go in my
room okay you’re not going to you’re not
going to throw away all the
toys that doesn’t make any
sense God give me patience to be the
dad that Fosters a
home where these children feel safe to
ask questions and safe to be
themselves thank you for your mercy hey
buddy I did this
yesterday it was during nap time hey
buddy you know how the other day Dad
yelled he said yes I remember that Dad
said I was hoping you
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didn’t today hey Daddy’s really going to
try to be
patient and Daddy’s trying to figure it
out I’m trying to
learn but today I would love to sit down
and talk and hear whatever you want to
talk
about this was the other day Abby was
out at the grocery store for like I
think it was 6 days I think she was
gone she I’m going to run to the grocery
real quick and she comes back and the
kids are teenagers it’s
weird
but I sat there I was like oh so Arlo
what you working on he’s like what do
you mean I was like I don’t
know I had to grab Mercy for the
moment I want to encourage you what
could happen if you live with the
perspective today might be the day that
changes everything today could be the
day where i’ I’ve lived in trauma but I
step into Triumph today might be the day
where I’ve been stuck in depression but
God transforms something in my heart and
I have joy again today might be the day
where where I say that thing to my
spouse and they receive
it today might be the day that
changes all of my days everyone standing
all over this room I’m invite the
worship team back up we’re going to
close our
service I want to take a moment I’m to
pray for two groups of people we’re
about to be out of here we’ll be I’ll be
done you’ll be released to your car and
4 minutes 4 minutes It’ll be
12:50 if you’re in this room and you
need to realize recognize and own your
mercy for
today maybe there’s been things you’ve
been putting off there’s been things
you’ve been worried about there’s been
things you’ve been banking on tomorrow
maybe you’ve been betting on becoming
somebody tomorrow that you just realized
maybe God gave me mercy today if you
need if you need the ability if you need
empowerment if you just need the hope
some of you this whole thing this whole
message was really about living with
expectation and hope for every day and
you realize that your trauma has stolen
your hope if you need hope today I just
want to pray for you I want to take just
two minutes and pray for you if you
would just lift your hand right now you
say you know what I need I need to
realize the mercy for today there’s an
area of my life there’s a relationship
there’s a
friendship so many hands lifted here all
around the world I want to pray for you
Lord God you see us and we’re admitting
Lord God that we need to to realize and
recognize the mercy for
today God I thank you right now for
those of us who have lost hope for those
of us who have lost our ability to
believe for those have who have
forgotten Lord God the opportunity of
today for those of us who have missed
out on moments Lord God because we’ve
been betting on tomorrow would you
supernaturally give us the ability to be
to be exponentially and supernaturally
present that’s what I’m praying for
right now Lord God that our hope and
expectation for today would allow us to
be so present so here I thank you Lord
Jesus even for these holidays that this
would be the most present we had ever
been that we would be sitting in these
moments with our family that we’ll be
present in the moment with our
friendships that we’ll be present in the
moment with
you and I thank you so much that today
you want to do something every head
still bow every eyes still closed
there’s people in this room that today
is the day your life changes today is
the day you give your life to to Jesus
the the gospel the good news of Jesus I
read it in Matthew 28 the good news is
that Jesus lived a perfect life and he
died so that we did not have to it’s so
that we could have a clear relationship
with God with the god of the universe
when we mess up when we make a mistake
that’s sin you feel it since you were a
kid it’s those feelings of Shame it’s
that stuff that makes you feel small
it’s that stuff that makes you not be
who you know you were meant to be can I
tell you there’s a better way you don’t
have to live with the weight of that but
there is a a person named Jesus and he
came into this Earth and he lived and he
died and he is truly alive he walks with
you he’s been with you every single day
of your life and if you want to accept
him into your life if you want to open
the door of your life if you want to
surrender and say I can’t do it by
myself I need Jesus I’m going to count
to the count of three and if you’ve
never accepted Jesus in your life or
maybe you want to rededicate your life
to Jesus this is going to be your moment
some of you already prayed for you and
you have your hands up you can put your
hands down this moment is going to be
for those who are accepting Jesus for
the first time I’m going to count to
three and I want you to lift your hand
boldly you don’t have to worry who’s
around you in fact when you lift your
hand we’re going to celebrate and cheer
because this is the best decision you
could ever make one he loves you two
he’s proud of you three lift your hand
right now if you want to accept Jesus as
your lord and savior I see you over
there I got you on the top I see you
right here bro I’m so proud of you oh
come on people are making I see you I
see you so many oh come on can we
celebrate hey I want everybody everybody
repeat this prayer out loud for the
benefit of those who just raised their
hands everybody repeat this prayer say
dear God dear God thank you for loving
me I admit I ad I’ve made mistakes i’
made mistakes save me change me
transform me I’m yours in Jesus name I
pray amen can we give it up for people
who just made the decision everybody
watching
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online Hey listen if you just made that
choice it’s the best decision you could
ever make we’re so happy for you we
would love to be um a resource to you if
you scan the QR code that’s on the
screen there’s one right below me right
now if you’re watching online please
scan that and uh we would love love love
to empower you and help you as you come
to follow Jesus the one thing I would
ask you is just keep coming back to
church there’s a lot of questions what I
got to change what I got to do you don’t
have to figure that all out tomorrow
commit to get in a lifegiving church I
promise it’ll change your life if you’re
here in the room and you gave your life
to Jesus we would love to give you a
gift in the lobby there’s two big areas
that say represent you can go there we
got a Bible for you a gift for you just
to tell you how proud of you we are Hey
listen we’re about to get out of here
the worship team is about to sing I’m
going to invite some of our prayer team
to come down if you need prayer for
anything anything at all this there’s
some holidays coming up maybe you’re
just tired maybe you whatever it is
nothing too big nothing too small you
need prayer for anything I’m going to
ask the prayer team to come down right
now and we’re going to be right here
ready and willing to pray for you and
we’re so grateful for you listen we love
you so so much next week is Christmas
it’s Christmas Eve services 11:00 a.m.
bring somebody with you what if that day
what if today what if today you left and
say next week you come to church with me
and I’ll bribe you I’ll buy you some
food after hello somebody
listen bring somebody with you for
Christmas service it’s going to be an
amazing time we love you so so much go
out and live a
transformed life we love you guys we’ll
see
you thank you so much for watching this
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