The 3 Habits For Here // Here Is Holy (Part 3) // Michael Todd

God doesn’t bless who or where we pretend to be. He blesses who and where we really are. When we acknowledge where we are honestly, the natural suddenly becomes supernatural. The ordinary becomes extraordinary. Here becomes holy. Join Pastor Mike as he shows us how to take an assessment of where we are and how God moves in that honesty.

welcome to transformation church it’s

anniversary sunday is anybody excited

amen amen amen well we are in week

three

of a series we are calling everybody

help me here is holy say it one more

time here is hope now look down

are you where you want to be

that’s the question i got to ask you

today are you where you want to be and

the truth of the matter is for most of

the answer is what no somebody i’ll be

like hell no

and some of y’all ain’t

look the boujee people’s like oh my god

of y’all not where you want to be okay

let’s be honest how many people in this

room are exactly where they want to be

watching online how many people

are not where they want to be hands

lifted in the chat is going crazy okay

cool

but what if i told you

that you’re exactly where you’re

supposed to be

see when you start walking on this

christian life

your wants become less and less

important

i’mma say something to you that your

mama should have told you it don’t

matter what you want

it matters what god wants for you

and what if where you are right now

everybody say here

what if here

is exactly the tension that god placed

on your life for the destiny that he’s

trying to prepare you for

and this is not a sexy word

this is not a word for the people who

want three points and a poem to go home

feel better and go live the same way

this is a message today in week three

this is the big boy table grown-up food

get your steak knife and your fork not

the little one for the salad get it out

because we about to cut through this

thing because i may have some offensive

news for you

here

was a part

of the place

that god ordained for you to be

what if when he wrote your life

he said and i’m going to allow the

betrayal

no jesus would never do it in his own

pack

he had judas

now if anybody could have avoided

the betrayal

but why would he ordain a judas

judas did what he had to do

to see nobody likes this part of

scripture but what if judas was right in

the will of god

y’all got to read your bible again

it literally tells us when judas did

what he was supposed to do

it was the only way they could find

jesus

so that he could go and be the

propitiation for our sins and pay our

bill for eternity what if

them leaving you

was a part

of the plan

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see all of the crap i’ve been through

the past seven years getting here

everybody shouted me here

the more and more i walk with god

i see

that it was not

attack

it was an assignment

what happened three weeks

three weeks ago when the spit hit the

fan

that was set on assignment for my life

to be able to develop something in me

and to be able to extract some things

out of me

that could not go

into my eighth year of ministry y’all

missed it

as we stand here on the precipice of of

a threshold of seven being the the the

completion of a thing and eight being

something that is a new beginning this

is an end of an era

and everything that happened to me

was on assignment

well god would never

do that to you hold on

if he didn’t do it

he will use it

and some of us have been so

fixed on what happened

that we won’t let god take

what happened

and use it

to turn you into what he has seen in you

from the very beginning there’s nothing

bad that can happen to me

it can’t because of who is for me

if it looks bad it just means i’m in the

middle of it

[Applause]

if it looks bad it just means it’s not

over

but somehow

mj not being able to speak until six

years old is working out for our good

now some of y’all don’t believe this you

only believe portions of scripture but

romans 8 tells us

[Applause]

all things

are working

it didn’t say all things worked

it’s a verb it’s it’s at this moment

here it’s

working

for my good

and so i just need

i need you

in this series is god given us a phrase

for the year here is holy some of y’all

this is hard to swallow because you’re

waiting for me to be like so god doesn’t

work here and then he gonna go there

there’s next year

i’m just going to be very clear if you

want us to move from here

go somewhere else

for transformation church

the thing we’re focusing on right now

is what here

but what can god do here a whole bunch

if we would let him work on us

here

and and and one of the most practical

examples of that is when i’m somewhere

and and somebody’s trying to get me to

where they’re at a lot of times this

happens with my brother brent i’d be

like brent uh where are you at and he’ll

be like where are you at and i’ll be

like well where are you at if you tell

me where you at and then he’ll say this

little thing drop a pin

come on and and on my cell phone it geo

maps me because of all of the

satellites and the different things that

are happening it geo maps where i’m at

and that pin where i actually am

is able to allow brentum to be able to

navigate to me or for me to be able to

navigate to him

the only problem with a pen

is that you can place a pin on a map

where you are not at

you can literally go into your phone and

drop a pen

anywhere on the map

and it not be where you’re at

so now what i have sent to my brother or

to god or to my future is a false

thank you lord

i’ve sent him a false locator

to my real situation

and most people when we come in here to

praise and to worship

when people get us in a small group and

they ask us how we’re doing

we drop a pen

somewhere we’re not actually at

i’m blessed and highly favored you lying

you just said in the car i don’t know

how much more of this i can take

well god’s moving you don’t believe that

you just told everybody you moving

i’m leaving here

and my question to you

if here is holy

have you been identified here

have you brought definition to where

here is for you

not here for everybody else that’s why i

tell everybody god does not bless who

you pretend or where you pretend to be

he blesses who and where you actually

are your blessing is here

and many people i’m finding out that

they would rather put up the facade

of faith

and the facade of faithfulness

than to say god you know what

last few weeks i just ain’t been feeling

i’m done

with the church they started shouting i

didn’t feel nothing

and god honestly i’m here out of

obligation

and i actually

don’t know if i want to keep

serving you

do you know how anointed

that moment of here

because it’s not fake

it’s not phony it’s not inauthentic and

god is saying to you

so where are you really

everybody say here

as you’re here i’m insecure about my

future

but i’ll act like everything’s okay

somebody say here

my identity has been in my children but

i’m not sure who god’s called me to be

somebody say here

i’m describing some things that maybe

will bring detail

to where you’re here is because if you

do not added

if you do not identify here

god cannot ever do the work he wants to

do for you here

somebody say here

i have to be the life of the party but

i’m tired of performing

somebody say here

i have more money than i know what to do

with but there’s still something missing

somebody say here

i’ve been in church all my life but i

don’t feel god’s presence anymore

somebody say here

i’m taking you somewhere what i’m trying

to do is break down the layers of lies

the church has tried to make us feel

like we need to have to be acceptable

before god

he does not need your covering

or your coding

or your cover-up

he wants

you

the real you

the naked and understand you the you

that cusses at home

y’all so fake

he wants the you that watches the real

housewives of atlanta

but you only do it when everybody’s

asleep because you don’t want anybody to

think you actually like that show but

you have it saved

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because you don’t want the perception

that people think of you to be different

but it’s actually something that is

itching a scratch in you

the real somebody say to real me

i’m telling you i’m about to undress

this religious spirit

that’s been on the church

that keeps us on sundays

everybody say here

i’m the first one in my family to ever

graduate college but now i feel the

pressure to be successful

somebody say here

i’m everybody’s friend but no one’s

companion

those hears are starting to get real

somebody say here

i got the keys to my dream home

but i’m not happy

here

the drink used to be a choice but now it

seems to be necessary

somebody say here

we’re trying to hold it together for the

kids

but i don’t think we’re gonna make it

another year

somebody say here

this is the most holy place you can be

this week if you do nothing else i want

you to write

a declaration of here

here’s where i am

i’m satisfied in this area i’m

discontent in this area my marriage

feels like this and i’m really more

concerned about my bid i want you to be

honest about

here it’s the most holy thing you could

is to figure out where here is

i’m frustrated that we’re not in our

building

but i’m excited and expected that we’re

back at 15 19 with green chairs and

green carpet

i’m

here yeah yeah

i want my son to develop but i am i am

seeing the work god is doing in me and

patience right

i don’t know

what our future holds

but i’m standing here full of faith

asking god to give me direction

right here

where are you actually at

because without that pin dropped

god can’t direct you anywhere

so you thought it was about god coming

to you no

he’s trying to take you somewhere but

you have not defined

here

i’m a workaholic and i want my kids to

appreciate things

so i give them everything but none of me

i’m right

here

that is more holy

than anything you could tell me on an

instagram post

i’m sick

of my body

but i emotionally eat

so every night at 10 o’clock i have to

have something that fills my flesh to

make me go to sleep

i am

here

what would happen

if the church would actually

identify

where we actually are

somebody asked me

how did you feel when all these

different people

were talking about you and this and all

that other stuff

and i couldn’t tell them where i was

[Music]

cause i didn’t trust them enough

see you got to be smart

you got to be very intentional but when

i was on that balcony

with my community

i told them where i was

i told them how it made me feel

i told them i said i don’t know if i

should preach sunday

because i’m a fighter

and i know that if i stand up on that

platform with venom in my heart

i give it to people

but i do know that i’m supposed to stand

up on that platform on sunday because i

got to lead my people

so what i’m asking you is to pray for me

here this was thursday i had to preach

on sunday

pray that god would do a creative

miracle in my heart

so that cause i’m here right now

i’m not about to faint with you i want

to rip

i want it quick with your words

what you do is i can tell you what you

can do with spit

but where i was at

i had to be honest with where i actually

was

and can i tell you within 48 hours

my heart went from a place that was

hardened and had venom in it

to a place where i was praying for my

enemies

was asking god please let him watch

please let him just see or hear god plea

like i what

not because i was a perfect man

it’s because i was a progressive man and

i dropped my pen

where i was actually at

somebody shot at me here is holy

and i’m coming against a religious

spirit

that is in pulpits

that is in boardrooms

that are in exercise fertility

facilities in schools and even breeding

in your home

that is teaching people to be

unauthentic with where they are because

it makes you feel uncomfortable

if your child

is in gender confusion right now

let them say it to you

you can’t help them after it has already

cemented in their heart and in their

mind that this is who i am and they’ve

gone to people who think and agree you

don’t even have a say because you

wouldn’t let them be where they were

here um i know i’m about to i’m about to

offend a lot of people

but at the end of the day

i don’t want somebody else

through television and social media and

somebody who would accept it because

they couldn’t be honest

with who they were

here is the place god will transform you

so this is our confession all year i

want you to say it with me i am here

and because god is here

here is holy

say it again i am here

wherever that is

how however confusing that is

however hurtful that is everybody say i

am here

i hate it here i don’t want to be here i

wish i was somewhere else but i

here

and because god is here with me

he’ll never leave me or forsake me

i can stand and declare in this moment

here

holy so my question to you this week

will you drop a pin

everybody say drop a pin

see the thing about a pin

is when you drop a pin

it identifies you

it tells you and everybody else

where you at when god asked adam and eve

where are you in the garden

he didn’t lose them

he was asking them do you know where

you’re at

he’s doing what i’m asking you to do you

know where you’re at

everybody say drop a pin

ahead and just drop a pin on me real

quick

and like

when a pin is dropped

that means every step i make if i go

this way if i make a step

if i if if i make a step

i am located

god is saying his holy spirit

wants to give you the ability to step

and god know exactly

i’m still addicted to some things but

god knows exactly oh i’m about to preach

this

i’m still struggling in some issues and

some trauma from my past but god knows

exactly

drop a pen

this week

if you don’t hear me say anything else

drop a pen

sometimes

when i want to backslide

and i want to go to a different

direction and i try to outrun god

when i’ve already committed and

submitted my life to him

the pen is on me

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see when you dedicate and consecrate

your life to god

he said you can run

but it met me

y’all don’t hear me right now

the reason god is saying

use the rest of this year and act like

i’m not speaking to you

run away from me

and my love

and my grace

is chasing

you

somebody say drop a pin

every step i take

every move i make

every prayer i pray

everybody god calls me to love everybody

he tells me to disassociate it from

he’s saying i have your steps doesn’t

the bible say the steps

of the righteous man and woman

their ordered

ordained

predestined

god

what i’m saying to you is

if i act like state keep the pen right

here

if i act like

no no actually keep the pen right there

if i act like

this is where god told me to be

i’m right here serving in ministry doing

what god called me to do

and the anointing

and the grace

and the mercy

and the wisdom the best thing you can do

is get right back under

the place

here

he calls you to

because when i get here

say god here i am that’s what happened

in a best western

when bishop

took me to a fathers and son conference

i was like he want me to be the what

of the who

i literally told him i don’t like people

that much because at that moment

the unrefined version of where i was

did not see myself doing what was

necessary

but god said

you’re okay right here

but get on the floor and say yes

and at two or three in the morning i got

on the floor

and when i got on the floor and told god

yes

here i am

he marked me

he put a pen on me

and he said you can walk

but everywhere you go

you can run you can try

to not

see what i’m doing in your life but

everywhere you go

i got your location

because here

holy

listen to me

as you begin to move in this year

everywhere you find yourself

every single place

is holy

i want to say it that slow

and that methodical because that’s how

it’s going to feel

this year is not the year of the

exciting

it’ll be exciting when you get there

but here

will be about obedience

i told

somebody on my team i got a call two

days ago

to speak at one of the largest churches

in the world

on a last-minute whim

and the holy spirit said

this is a test

you know where your here is this sunday

and you could be there

but you’ll be there without me

[Music]

you better be

here

two days ago

it would have been fine none of y’all

wouldn’t know y’all would’ve thought it

was great

y’all would have thought oh my goodness

anniversary this one

that was explosive and i would have been

disobedient

to what god told me to do right

so are are you aware of where you are

are you able to communicate your

coordinates

do you have language for your location

that’s what i’m asking you to do this

week i am here can you mark yourself on

the map of destiny

i know god’s called me to do this but i

still been in this place god’s just

saying all i need my church to do is be

honest

about where they are

because they don’t have to stay there

if they acknowledge here how do you

spell there

e when i want to go there

it’s spelled

e what god told me he said put the cross

before here

if you just put the cross that’s a t

seek me

first

above everything else

if you would just put the cross here

it’s going to take you

there

put just write it down you’ll see what

happens

he said here

is the substance of there

the majority of the word there

is oh my god

y’all this has been ruining me too long

and we always think that it’s about

there when they see me as this there and

when i have these connections there and

when our church gets to this amount of

people there and god said the substance

of there

is always found in here today while i

stand here and honor bishop and pastor

debbie and honor my parents and honor

bishop pearson and honor pastor filke

and honor tammy and brie and all of the

people pass about why i do that is cause

the only way i stand

here

is because they stood in there here

and many people

are dependent on you focusing on what

god’s placed in your hand now

you will make other people miss they’re

there

because you won’t focus on

here

you trying to get there and god said

dear is taken care of if you would

become right

here

change your speech here

tame your tongue

here

learn humility

here all this platform does is magnify

what’s really in me some of y’all acting

like when i get money all it’s gonna do

is really expose you when you get money

it’s gonna make you more of who you are

if you’re self-centered and egotistical

and prideful get you some money give you

some platforms it’s coming out

and god’s saying that’s why i’ve kept

you in the dark

that’s why i’ve hidden you

so that i can do the work everybody shot

at me here

some of y’all wondering well i have all

the credentials

to do this and god said but you don’t

have the character

credentials without character

always kill something

you’re gonna see it in what i’m saying

to you today because here everybody say

here

i know i sound like a broken record but

i’m coming against

the

all i see in my mind is like quicksand

y’all ever seen somebody getting

quicksand and they’re trying to move and

the more they move through it it feels

like they’re sinking

there’s so much quick singing in our

thoughts

and our theology

around what god wants for me and how

he’s going to move when i get there

and god said all of that is based off of

fear

it’s not based on faith

he literally said you do not worry about

there

when you know who holds you there and

here

most of your anxiety

most of your fear of the future

it comes because you actually hear this

don’t trust god

i’m telling you what nobody will tell

you because they want you to just yell

crazy faith but the truth of the matter

is you cannot have crazy faith here

if you don’t believe that god’s going to

be good up there

and most of us want to play a savior

instead of have one

we would rather organize our way

strategize our way

make moves in the dark and in the light

to make sure that we get to there

and god said you put me on the sidelines

and did what only you could do

is that what you

wanted you can say eyes haven’t seen and

ears haven’t heard i’ve seen this before

this is a rerun of pride

this is a rerun this goes back further

than we could capture it this is a rerun

of people trying to work themselves into

the ground this is a rerun

of self-doubt

and depression and anxiety

i have a better way for you

if you would allow me to do the work on

you where

where how do you spell ware

come on w

e r e how you find out where you are

the substance of where you will be

is found in

god begin to show me

dare

and where

has to do with

hearing

and the church is ready for the future

taking ground

explosion

limping the cords and the stakes in this

and i’m not saying that’s wrong

but how many miracles do we miss

cause we didn’t focus

here

i have so much to say

and i’m not even one page into my nose

because i feel a burden

and i think god’s doing it in me because

i’m the least likely candidate

to care about here

my whole life

i tolerated here

to get there

i don’t i don’t care about who’s here

now

you won’t be able to get in this place

six months from now

and god said you don’t care about who’s

there now

you don’t i gave you 200 people

yeah and all you can think about is 2

000 people

why would i trust you with more people

if you want steward over

some of y’all are believing for a

blessing

that your current blessing is

disqualifying you for

you’re believing for a car

that the way you treat your car now

is disqualifying you want a world-class

staff but you won’t take care of the

three people who’ve been down for you

when you ain’t have nothing

you’re not a good leader either

but they still following you

god said

if you do not care for

here

i can’t trust you with there

that’s the key

it’s all about trusting you

and some of you even my senior saints my

seasoned saints you’re thinking your

best days are behind you

god’s been trying to teach you a lesson

here for three decades

that at some point you said i’m too old

for this

i ain’t gonna have no young man telling

me dude i’m old enough to be here and

that and god said you can die

right

there

if you don’t allow me to do the work

this is different heartbeat for an

anniversary message

but god won’t let me move because

so many of us

have become

obsessed

that’s the word i want to use

obsessed with them

when god

is on assignment

and obsessed with you

right

here

we see this in moses’s life look at

exodus chapter 3 verse 4.

it says when the lord saw moses coming

to take

a closer look at this burning bush god

called to him from the middle of the

bush moses moses somebody say here i am

that was his reply

do not come any closer the lord warned

him

take off your sandals

for you are standing

on holy

ground let me give you three habits for

here

because this is so foreign to us nobody

knows what to do here

we we literally are like ah

okay on to the next

and god said

mike would you just teach him three

habits for here we find it in the

scripture

when this man

says here i am to god somebody say here

i am

that was a sign and a signature of

availability

are you available to god tony

are you of are you available and the

truth of the matter is that most of us

are tolerating god’s suggestions to us

hear what i just

said everything god says to us

is a suggestion

not a command

we can tell by how many times you’ve

obeyed him in the past 24 months

and the truth of the matter is god will

never allow you to do what he wants you

to do if you don’t want to

if you don’t want to

he not gonna make you

all throughout the scriptures

was god presenting people with

opportunities

and either they said yes or no

and when they said no

he said you sure

you really wanna

okay

and then he goes to the next available

[Applause]

you ever been the the the sixth man on a

basketball team

and you know the players that are

actually on the court are so good you

ain’t never gonna get to play

been there several times personally

they’re just bigger they’re just

stronger they got a stroke it’s just

like all right hey good job team like

you just you just become a really good

cheerleader because you’re not gonna

play

until one of them hurts themselves

damaged themselves

or on my team because we’re a bunch of

temperamental young people got an

attitude at what the coach said

and disqualified

themselves and what ended up happening

is the coach would look down the [ __ ]

and he would try to look past me but i

was like

[Applause]

[Music]

the reason i went in was not because of

my capability

[Music]

the reason i got in the game

it was my availability

and what they didn’t know is when

practice ended i stayed

even though they didn’t see my potential

i knew there was something on the inside

of me that if i worked on it

when nobody was praising me or looking

if i got a chance

i would be able to contribute to what

was happening

god is not looking for the most capable

he’s looking for the somebody shot at me

available

and when moses said here i am

that was his commitment

to availability somebody throw your

hands up and say god here i am

do you mean it

cause this week

he’s going to ask for some stuff that

you’re holding on to he’s going to ask

for it back

oh he won’t do that ask abram

after he waited 25 years to have that

son

have the son and then god said give him

back

he still had to be available

and today

i want to teach you a habit for here and

let me tell you something that nobody

told me

being available is not a one and done

availability is daily

when i come before god

today i’m available

and yesterday whoop my tail but today

i’m available again

and god i can’t stand those people

but today

i’m available again

when you say here i am to god

it’s a commitment

for the rest of your life

to say i’m available

i told the team in the back i don’t know

what the future holds

but i’m available

god give me fresh vision

give me a new word pastor mark just

prophesied you don’t even know what you

were speaking to

but what

i had when he planted those seeds from

god’s word in me and natalie’s heart is

availability

everybody say here i am

i’m available god

second habit

for here and that’s where i’m in today

and then i’m gonna next week i’m gonna

i cause i i don’t wanna force feed this

i just feel like you know when the food

is good but they make you eat it

it’s not as good

but when you have

space to chew and talking

you remember hold on what was that

sensation that made me feel good three

minutes ago

it was the meat and you can go back

i’m talking to you about stuff that’s

gonna make you confront you

this whole

month since 2022 started really

god’s kept me here

because being here

makes me deal with who i am

most of us are so distracted

by what’s out there

we don’t look at who we are here

you can’t look at a mirror on the run

mirrors don’t follow you

they stay

here

and you got to stay there long enough

examine me oh lord

show me who i am

what does it look like when it’s on what

does it look like when it’s off what

does it look like

you only get to see that

when you stay

here somebody shot at me here

you’re gonna start to hear this word

everywhere

you’re about to see it everywhere

and god is slowing down your life long

enough

for him to speak to you

here

you’re talking to one of the fastest

thinkers

in the world

and god’s saying stop thinking about

that focus on here

there is something holy that’s going to

come out of

this if you could hear

hold on

what i h-e-a-r

determines how long i stay

h-e-r-e

the only reason i can stay

here

is because

of what i

hear

from god

this is why i’m coming as an oracle to

you

and i’m telling you hear me

it’s not there that god wants to do

something great with you

it’s right

and some of y’all been listening to the

wrong people

who are telling you it’s there

when you move to a new city

when they give you the title

when you get to this metric and this

thing and when the group blows up and

when you have this amount of money and

god’s saying you can either listen to

them

and see how many of their words come to

pass

or you can listen to me

and the sun is still orbiting and

staying in place

from one word i spoke

[Music]

do you know what god told the son

stay

here

you know what he told the ocean

stay

oh god

you can’t go past this

[Music]

remember what the subtitle of this year

is this is the year of intentional

limitation

that is creation

speaking to us every day

they tell us if the sun is one degree

closer we would in everybody and

everything would burn up

but if it was one degree further back

we’d freeze to death do you know what

god said

to creation

stay

here

where i put you

where i placed you what i separate what

if the sun was like but i want to be by

the moon

what if the sun said but i want to go

out there he said no no no no i’ve made

you holy

and i’ve set you apart

and if you produce

what i ask you to produce right

here well i feel the presence of god

it will change people’s lives

for generations

what if

this next season

is not about your capability

the sun could be one to call be one it

could be classified as a planet how big

it is

but it gave it the name it needed

gave it the specifications and told it

stay here

because now you’re functioning in watch

this is the whole thing

purpose

it’s not focusing on pleasure

it’s not focusing on our pain

the reason that we have pleasure and

pain is so that we can be able to

identify with people and live in our

purpose when the sun gets up every

morning before us

it’s functioning in its

it’s holy

it’s completely other than

every other thing in the solar system

are you

exactly where god’s asked you to be

doing what he asked you to do

so that he can use you for his

purpose

somebody say here i am

when he took off his shoes

he took off his protection

so many of us have protected ourselves

for years

and god’s saying will you trust me again

i know you got hurt

i know you were

wrongly accused

but will you let me be your defender

take him off

see when he took off his shoes he took

off his protection

and what he put himself willingly

everybody say willingly

he put himself willingly

in a state of vulnerability

and when’s the last time

you have been vulnerable

no no no willingly

i’m willingly going to tell you how i

actually feel

about

our family

i feel like i’m the black sheep

and nobody calls me unless they need

something

so the reason i didn’t want to come to

christmas this year

was not because i don’t love y’all

it’s cause i feel like y’all don’t see

when’s the last time yeah you took off

no i’m just busy i got extra work at

the i got to get ahead i got to do you

that’s protection

take it off

the reason i haven’t started the

business

because the last time i tried i was

denied six times

and that seed of rejection

goes all the way back to my father who

didn’t want to spend time with me but i

saw him every thursday

so the reason i didn’t start the

business is not cause i’m lazy it’s

because i’m still hurting

that’s where somebody’s here is

and until

you get vulnerable before god and take

off the protection

the problem is the walls you’ve built

don’t just keep people out

they keep god out too

that head you put around your heart

that’s keeping the songs you’re a good

good father

you can sing it

but every time he tries to come open up

the door to your heart

got everything around your heart

why it’s just because you haven’t been

vulnerable

and all i’m trying to do this whole year

which is very uncomfortable for me

because i’ve always been guarded because

i would never let anybody

take my vulnerability or my meekness as

weakness

so yeah i got strength and i’ll use it

on you just so you know

try jesus

come on don’t try me because i throw it

like i like

that that’s that’s

and god said but that’s nowhere in my

word

i told you to turn the other cheek

i told you

i told you to pray for those who

despitefully use you some of y’all got

to divorce this culture that sounds good

but keeps you out of the will of god for

your life

some of these things we’re adopting as

principles to live our lives by

and they are going to get you stuck

this year i’m going to be vulnerable

this year i’m going to cry when i feel

you are a gangster i ain’t going to let

none of those why would you hold back

the natural emotion that god gave you to

purge

some of the things you’re feeling right

now

bubbling

just need a release

just all at me everybody around me cries

everybody my wife cries bree cries

charles always crying if he’s like they

always cry just cry oh god you and i

just feel like y’all all right

and god told me

he said michael

you don’t have to be

strong for them

i’m strong for them

i need you to be weak

towards me

because the scriptures say

in your

weakness

that’s the only place

i get to be strong

and when he was standing in god’s

presence and the soul of his feet

touched the ground what god had created

he for the first time in this moment

had sensitivity

it wasn’t just here i am availability

it wasn’t just i’m taking off my

protection vulnerability for the first

time

he was able to feel where he actually

stood

it was sensitivity

and i came to let everybody know

that god has transformed my heart and

i’m saying something this is worldwide

news right here i would not have

preached this five months ago because it

would not have been real for me

when all of the

the things came out a few weeks ago that

was god

literally taking me through a purifying

process

to give me the ability to feel again

he made me sensitive again

now when they talk about celebrities

i don’t join in

because what i’ve experienced has made

sensitive

some of y’all put your testimony so far

in the back burner

that people can walk up dealing with the

same thing you went through

and you have your protection on

you don’t want nobody to see how broken

you were you don’t want their perception

of you to go down and so you lie about

here you don’t drop a pen and say i’m

actually only three years away from

right where you were yeah i work on a

church staff or yeah god has blessed me

but i know exactly where you are and

they go away burdened

hurting

and ready to give up cause you

were not sensitive

god told me michael you’re gonna leave

millions of people on the table

that will never know me

if you don’t develop sensitivity

floor is way colder

than i thought it was

the only reason i can feel it

is because i took off my protection

your husband

is way more hurt than you think he is

but the only way you’re going to feel it

is if you take off your protection your

kids need you more

than them ignoring you and locking the

door

is telling you

they’re screaming for you

to actually invade their space

but you’re so distracted by giving them

vacations

that you’re not

sensitive

the boss who hates you

actually hates the thing in you that

they see about themselves

and if you would actually love them

when they’re despitefully using you

and be sensitive

you could cause transformation that has

been trying to get to them

for years

the church has been full of passion

but we have been lacking compassion

and i came on this

turning point

seven

completion

we will not be known for our passion

more than our compassion

from eight on

it’s a new beginning

and we’re gonna be humble open and

transparent

if i ever get to the place where all of

this is doing too much

and i’ve lost my way somehow

and i start putting the wrong things

in priority over the things that matter

i’m gonna be sensitive enough to get up

here and y’all might crucify me

y’all might throw me away

the one thing that i have in my life is

i’m marked

the pen has been dropped on me

and so that means i have to follow god

completely

and i might get up here

vulnerable

hurt

i said hey church um

i’m gonna ask y’all to pray for us for

the next two months

i just need i just need a break

don’t let pastors do that

because somehow they’re

superheroes

they got a bull’s-eye on their back

everywhere they go

i might say i just

i can’t

i need to reprioritize

what god’s doing in my life

and i want to stand up here

in purity

and do what god’s called me to do

if i ever do that

i pray that

from today on

we would be fostering a church

that would be sensitive

to the holy spirit

and there would be people that say

pastor

thank you

we were feeling this

six months ago but didn’t know how we’ve

been praying for you we’ve been asking

we’ve been sensitive

to what god is doing

and i’m making a commitment to you

that i will always be sensitive to the

holy spirit

this is the point where many ministries

mess up

we can do whatever we want to do

we got the resources we got the people

we got the this we got the that

and god said michael

come back

here

to the secret place

get in my presence

and i will reveal to you if you put the

cross first

what there looks like

and if god’s calling me back to the here

that he knows he can speak to me he’s

calling all of us

the question is are you available

are you vulnerable

and are you

sensitive

let me say this one thing

sensitivity is a strength

and i need to speak to males and i need

to speak to specifically

african-american males you want a black

history moment

let’s change history

let’s be

men of god

who take off our protection

you don’t cry baby you’re a man you’re a

dick stop raising our sons in

trauma-filled environments

that make us suppress

what we feel you don’t go out for i give

you something to cry about no that

actually hurt my feelings

and even though it wouldn’t hurt your

feelings

i need to express this

or i’m going to begin to express it in

ways

that are damaging why do we live in a

fatherless generation

see i’m talking about stuff don’t nobody

want to touch but the reason why the

reason i got to go have sex with all

these girls is because all of my

emotions have been suppressed and

depressed so i need to get it out some

way

and now i’m raising generations

of fatherless children

because i was never sensitive

and who can you be honest with

where do you go

i want to make this a hospital

for humanity

what jesus said

come to me all of you

who are burdened and heavy lady

and i will exchange you

and i will give you everybody say rest

this next season where we say here is

holy

it’s going to be the most restful season

of our life

why

because god is here

and i am here

so what

here is

holy thank you lord

for getting us here

can somebody just think for 30 seconds

about all god had to do to get you here

[Music]

i’ve been sensitive to your holy spirit

today father there was so much more i

wanted to preach

but thank god for next week

because you’re doing something here

i’m coming back to the heart of worship

hallelujah

where it’s all about you

it’s all about you jesus

i’m sorry lord

for the things i’ve made this

cause it’s all about you

it’s all about you come on this is our

prayer just say i’m coming back to

heart of

worship

where is all right here what you want to

do with me here it’s all about you

gee

i’m sorry

for the things my bad god i made it

about other things but

it’s all about you

come on just lift your hands right there

somebody say i’m coming back i’m coming

back to what you started me

what you started in me a long time ago

as passionate as i was seven years ago

i’m coming back to that god the thing

that didn’t need no money no title

father god i’m sorry god i’m sorry for

making it about likes and clicks by the

garden and platforms and stages god

right now i’m being vulnerable i’m

taking off my protection come on

somebody needs to say that in your own

life i’m coming back

here we are god

at the end of an era

saying we are making you first

forgive me lord i’m sorry for making it

about arenas

[Music]

okay so watch this

so moses goes through all of this

he says here i am somebody say here i am

it’s availability he takes off his

protection and that was vulnerability

and then he’s standing in the presence

of god and that sensitivity

but look what happens when he’s

sensitive i love the word of god

[Music]

he now is in the same position

but what was normal

just became holy ground

[Music]

he didn’t move

but just those three acts

of saying here i am

taking off his protection

and standing in the same place he was

standing before him

his situation didn’t change

but his perspective

was transformed

god took an ordinary place

and turned it into a holy moment

because he acknowledged here

what are you saying to me pastor mike

when you acknowledge here

your perspective can change in the same

position

[Music]

god does not have to give you another

job

to give you a miracle

god doesn’t have to give you another

wife

to give you the marriage that you you

can be standing ten toes down in the

same position

and god will turn

what was regular

into miraculous

because you became available

vulnerable and sensitive

moses didn’t take a step

and god said don’t come any closer

because where you’re standing right now

is holy ground

god doesn’t have to grow our church

anymore

god doesn’t have to add another

subscriber

everything changed

because i change

right

for you

you don’t need more money

you need more availability

you don’t need more friends

you need more vulnerability

you don’t even need anybody to know your

name

you need to be sensitive in the presence

of god

and god can turn a regular here

into a here is

holy

father

thank you

come on hands lifted everywhere

thank you for slowing us down enough

to hear you here

and father any of us

that have been addicted to the theology

of there

i thank you father that you can do a

work on the inside of us right now

that brings us to a place of

acknowledgement oh

that i am here

and because you are here with me here is

holy

[Music]

speak lord your servants have slowed

down enough to

listen hey

whatever you want to do in this year

whatever you want to do in this ministry

whatever you want to do in my life i’m

saying here i am god

[Music]

write the story god i want to be a part

of what you want me to part of dropping

the pin here is my job father but where

we go from here is your job god i will

listen and i will open

because it’s all about you

it’s all about you

so i’m coming

back to the heart

[Music]

if you’re if you’re in this moment and

you’ve never accepted jesus as your

personal lord and savior

i want to give you an opportunity to

accept him not tomorrow

not there but right here

today’s the day of salvation

and the fact that i stand up here seven

years after being handed the baton

to lead this church with all of my flaws

somebody who was addicted to pornography

a liar a manipulator i had so much um

just dark things in my heart from years

of trauma and things i want like and god

said you with all of that

i’m gonna transform you i’ma sanctify

you

i’ve justified you and i’m gonna use you

and i’m gonna set you apart i’m gonna

make you whole i would have never

thought i’d be standing here talking to

you

but god

and today

i want to give you a but god moment in

your own life

i want you to be able to say everything

for real what you really did what really

was going on and then you’re able to say

but there was a moment that god came in

but you got to invite him in he’s not

going to knock

your

your your the door to your house down

you’re going to have to invite him in

they told me

that as of today

in 2022 over 5 000

nine what is it

5943 people have given their life to

just in the last five weeks y’all

glory to god

this is why our church exists if you

don’t get excited about that you got to

move around

[Music]

but what if

that’s what god did back there

and today he wanted to

produce an opportunity for salvation for

hundreds if not thousands more right

here

make the greatest decision of your life

it took me from being all of those crazy

things i told you not to being a perfect

man but a progressing man

to hear my daughters on that little

video

y’all i was a wreck after that part

say that i make time for them and i’m

this and i’m that to them and i’m there

for them i wasn’t that man god has

transformed me

but i couldn’t have done it without him

so today if you’re tired of carrying the

heavy load and the burden by yourself

today

i want you to give your life to christ

right

here on the count of three if that’s you

and you’re saying pastor i want you to

include me in that prayer today i’m

saying here i am somebody say here i am

if you’re saying here i am in your heart

and you want jesus to be your personal

lord and savior on the count of three i

just want you to raise your hand one

you’re making the greatest decision of

your life too nothing magical happens at

this moment but transformation begins to

happen in your life and your name will

be written in the lamb’s book of life

three just shoot your hand up amen it

doesn’t matter who’s around

or what what’s going on

god saw that

you just located yourself

you just dropped a pen

and you said god here i am somebody say

here i am

could you put that pin on me just one

more time cause today i want to pray

this prayer and i want you to see

yourself

this is where god has dropped the pen on

you and said from now on come on bring

the pen over here where the pen at it’s

over here come on bring the pen or do i

need to stand under the pen where the

pen at here we go

where you going you come this way

i’m going to stand here until the pen

finds me lord i’ve been lying about

where i’ve been at god but today here i

am oh

here i am god

here i am

don’t drift away from me lord

you drop the pen

i want you to pray this prayer

wherever you are whatever nationality

whatever country you’re in in

transformation church we’re a family

nobody prays alone

we’ve all made this decision

and so we’re going to pray with you

because you got a new family everybody

say god

thank you

that you have sent your son

just for me

right here

today i give you my life

i surrender

i believe you lived

and you died

just for me

today

i’m getting vulnerable

here i am

use me

change me

transform me

i’m yours

in jesus name

amen can we give god praise right now

brother oh y’all better help me there’s

hundreds of people in this moment that

are giving god the ability to locate

them

and guess what

this location works in the natural and

the supernatural

your name has now been written in the

lamb’s book of life

and your eternity is secure

now we’ve got to live out this history

and how we live out this history changes

everything

today i’m grateful

and i’m honored

to on our seventh anniversary lead you

into the only thing that matters what we

set out to do from the very beginning is

represent god

to the lost and the fount for one reason

what is it transformation in christ and

you just experienced that so if you just

got saved i want you to text the number

on the screen text saved and we’re going

to give you some resources we’re not

going to hound you we’re going to help

you and we want you to be everything

that god’s called you to be go back and

watch some of the other sermons here

start this whole sermon series over go

back and watch forgiveness university go

back and watch relationship goals go

back and watch crazy faith we want to

help you on this journey so you can be

all that you can be i promise you this

will be the best year of your life

if it is your best year spiritually and

you just dropped the pen and said god

here i am so i’m telling you that right

here

here is holy

would everybody just stand up everywhere

cause right here

[Music]

on this day gone right

just declare that right here

[Music]

thank you for letting me and natalie

lead you

thank you for giving us the ability

to be flawed and faithful

this is the beginning of something new

and i promise you on this anniversary

sunday

that you have not even begin to

experience the level of transformation

that is about to happen through this

house

there will be no more fake no more

facade no more just passion

we’re going to be a church led by

compassion

and it’s going to change this world

i love you

i believe in you

and the best days of your life

are right

[Music]

so y’all thought i was about to say up

ahead of you

the best days of your life

are right

here somebody just say it the best days

of my life

are right

here

because here is holy father bless the

people

thank you for getting us here

and i vow in front of everybody to

continue to give you glory honor and

praise for all you’re saying and doing

thank you for all the people who flew in

all the people who sent words and videos

thank you for this church who really it

is the anniversary of all the people’s

lives you’ve transformed hundreds of

thousands of people will be in heaven

because of the yes of bishop and pastor

debbie mcintosh and today we celebrate

them we celebrate this people and most

of all we celebrate you god this is your

anniversary of faithfulness we give you

glory we give you honor and we give you

praise it’s in jesus name we agree

somebody say amen we love you let’s

celebrate all weekend god bless you go

out and live a transformed life

you

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