Cuffed To Cake // Cuffing Season (Part 6) // Michael Todd

well today we are in week six

of a series we’re calling coughing

season and before you clap

today

is gonna hurt

all that worship we just did

was to prepare you for this whooping

that we all about to get

um

the one thing i love about our church is

we believe in the word of god

not some of it not the parts that are

culturally popular today

we believe in the whole thing

and we look at it through the lens of

jesus and what he did for us in the new

testament through the finished work of

jesus christ

but we use all of it to point us towards

truth

and today

um i’m probably going to talk on a

subject that you’ve never heard a

message on before

so i just want to prepare everybody

you’re not going to be able to

cross-reference this except in the bible

and this week i’ve been studying

i’ve been talking

i’ve been counseling

i’m asking people questions cause this

one is a problem for me too

everybody say me too

that’s what i try to get up here and do

every sunday

is not say look at you

as a pastor as a leader as an imperfect

man that is striving to be like jesus

all i’m trying to say is this is the

truth and me too

like i need the holy spirit help to do

this one too like i know i’m on a

platform but i’m the same as you

everybody’s saying me too

so today as i preach this message i’m

going to approach it

with

the utmost

humility cause me too

and when i tell you the title

some of y’all gonna want to check out

here’s somebody said me too

what i’m asking you to do is for the

next about hour

okay i need you

to hold on

no matter what

like i just need you to lock in

everybody say lock in

it no matter what i’ma step on something

that offends you

hold on

okay cause the truth

even spoken in love

when you don’t want to hear it

is offensive

it’s like i’ve been on this journey of

losing weight

and and there was a couple of people

down the road not enough

but a few that was like hey brother

you’re getting a little you’re getting a

little charged up you’re getting a

little fluffy there

i wasn’t hearing that i thought i was

sexy

because even the truth in love

when you don’t want to hear it

is offensive

that’s why sometimes your wife can tell

your breath stink

and even though you know you just slept

a whole eight hours

and ate onions the night before and did

not brush your teeth before you went to

the bed somehow

it’s still a little offensive when they

just tell you the truth baby back up

you want to kiss right now

i’m just trying to get this in your head

cause the truth

in

some of y’all just be telling the truth

and there’s no love attached to it

so you need to shut up

and sit down the holy spirit says if

you’re gonna do all these things

prophesy and cast out dean is my name

and you don’t have love you’re like a

gong or a clanging symbol

some of y’all just loud with no love

you don’t want to hear that neither does

god

okay let me stop

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so i’m not just talking about the truth

i’m talking about the truth help me

in love

so today i’m going to tell us the truth

in

love

and i’m asking everybody that has been

watching this series

with a closed heart

i need you to open up we’re in week six

there’s there’s only three more weeks of

this

and then we on to something else

for right now

but i’m asking you to not be a spectator

anymore

will you be a participator in what god’s

doing right now

will you just open your hands like

you’re ready to receive right now come

on wherever you are in your house at

your cubicle in the recliner say god

i will participate

with your principles

because if you don’t participate with

what god places in your hand as

principles then you will not have the

outcome he promises

most people want god’s promises without

his principles

and so they mad at god when they skip

the step

you you can’t be mad at god if you do

not do what’s prescribed

so i’m asking you to participate

in the principles that god gives us

through his word so you can have the

everybody say promise

so so last week we talked about um

condemnation

and how many of us are not reaching our

purpose because we’re cuffed to

condemnation and it was one of the most

um complete messages i think i’ve ever

preached in my time of ministry on what

happens to many people after they come

to faith in christ and the reason i had

to preach last week’s message is for

this week’s message like i couldn’t

preach this week’s message until i gave

you the foundation or the framework to

know that when god confronts you with

something after you’ve put your life in

jesus christ

it’s not for

condemnation it’s for say this with me

conviction

write that word down

conviction is not a bad thing

it’s

necessary

for you to be able to be put on the

right path

it’s like the boundary lines

if you’re playing a game they clearly

mark for you where out of bounds is

and they blow a whistle

to let you know when you stepped out of

bounds and when they blow that whistle

your whole pace changes cause you have a

conviction the game is stopped now

because i stepped out of the position i

was supposed to be in

and some of us don’t stop when we hear

god’s whistle

we hear him blowing

stop not that relationship not that

business not in that business don’t

invest there no

and you’re just over there tiptoeing

doing your dance

out of bounds

and god says i want you to have

everybody say conviction

so today

i’m just telling you if you have not

watched last week’s sermon or all of the

other five you need to go back and watch

them

because today i got to go right in to

what god’s called me to talk to you

about

the title of today’s message

is cuffed to cake

cuffed

to cake

the subtitle is sin satan’s

favorite sin

gluttony

yeah

i already have tons of security to leave

today

cuffed

to cake

satan’s favorite sin

just say it with me gluttony

how many people by show of hands have

ever heard a full message on gluttony

in the comments

why in the world

if this is one of the seven deadly sins

have us

some of us being in church for four and

five decades

never heard

a complete sunday morning message

on gluttony

we talk about pride

we talk about sexual immorality

we talk about politics

well y’all talk about politics i’m

pointing people to jesus up here

but you’ve never heard a message

that starts and ends with your mouth

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[Applause]

and so today

i’m gonna tell you

with what most people can’t tell you

because they’ve never given this area to

god

you can preach

prophesy lay hands on the sick and then

leave that environment and commit sin

with a knife and a fork

oh i’m coming for you today cause some

of y’all are judging people

cause of what they do

and the whole time you’re judging them

you’re stuffing your face

with things that are killing your temple

and somehow you think you’re better than

them

because you’re not sleeping in a bed but

something sleeping in the bed with you

[Music]

[Applause]

falling asleep with oreos next to your

mouth

oh

come on

got a whole bag of caramel popcorn next

to your bed

got a drawer full

of candy and chocolate and and

[Music]

look at your neighbor and say he’s

talking about you

ah no i’m talking about you

and and and the truth of the matter is

some of you are more faithful

and committed

and loyal

to your stomach than you are your savior

[Applause]

[Music]

okay let’s level the playing field

how many people by show of hands and

we’re a hot church somebody just put

their hands up they don’t even know what

i’m asking right now they just said me

it’s me o lord standing in the need of

prayer

that’s why i love our church because

we’re a humble open and transparent

church somebody say let’s get hot

how many people love cake

come on what’s your favorite type of

cake yell it put it in the comments

pound cake red velvet cake

chocolate cake

what’d they say

oh carrot cake and

y’all saying stuff your grandma made the

trip of deloche leyche i don’t know that

okay

7-up cake

what’d they say

sock it to me cake it is socking it to

you

okay

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let it be said

that a lot of people like cake and i

know there’s some judgmental people

right there like i don’t like cake

i hate cake

how many people like steak

because cake and steak is the same thing

just different flavors

how many people like seafood

[Applause]

[Music]

how many people like candy

come on what’s your favorite candy

starburst

jolly rancher sour patches

what’d you say

snickers

gummy bears how many gummy people do i

got in the room right now i love gummy

okay

yo how many people like ice cream

[Applause]

now there’s still some people that

haven’t raised their hand

self-righteous

pharisees sadducees

it’s okay

cause cake is not just food

okay

let me just ask this question

how many people have known you were full

and took one more bite

come on everybody’s hands should be up

thanksgiving christmas

last night this morning okay

write this point down

because somebody was trying to figure

out how to simply define gluttony

and i think this is the best definition

i can give

the bite over

is gluttony

if if this is the line

and you know i don’t even need there’s

no reason i don’t even

i’m not even i don’t

but them last 17 bites was so good

[Applause]

and my mama told me

y’all better let go of this poverty

mentality

that has you killing your body

because you don’t want to waste food

so it wastes in you

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the bite

over

is gluttony

and if you have ever

taken one bite

over what was necessary for you to enjoy

and have and eat and taste good i’m not

saying food is bad yeah yeah but the

bite over

is a sin

no no no no

you missed it you thought i said the

bite over wasn’t good

wasn’t healthy

the bite over wasn’t yeah i mean it

wasn’t necessary

the bible says

the bite over

is the same as sleeping with somebody

else’s wife

the bible says the bite over somebody

say the bite over

is the same as murdering somebody

this is the parallel that god gives us

is that gluttony

is the same thing as lying

i can’t be around no liars i can’t stand

liars you better watch a snake

that’s what the devil came as a snake

and that’s what shaquisha is too she a

snake

i can’t mess with a sniper

yet

you love

to be around people

who go over

the line and live in gluttony

matter of fact we celebrate it

and i can’t talk about all cultures but

but but western culture

as well as i’m gonna be even more

specific black culture

we got to find a new hobby

eating is not a hobby

no okay i’ma just get in your business

what do we do when somebody’s born eat

what do we do when somebody dies eat

what do we do to celebrate a promotion

eat what do we do when we feeling sad

eat

when do you not eat

now this applies to mexicans and indians

and white people too but i just i’m just

going

how in western culture

is our

favorite

past time

it’s because we’ve given ourselves over

to a cultural concept and not a kingdom

principle

i’m gonna say it again

we have bowed to the culture of buffet

we have bowed to the idol of big

portions you won’t even go places

no no no we ain’t going there they’re

either

i’m going to give me 14 french fries

uh-uh when i go out to eat there’s a

mission i want to eat here

and i want to eat when i get home y’all

just greedy

[Music]

cause since we were young

we were fashioned and formed

to satisfy an emotional need

through our mouth

okay

gluttony

is usually us trying to satisfy an

emotional need

with a physical

tangible taste

and i don’t care who you are and where

you’re at

because because this thing has proven

out to come

into every person’s life at some point

through something

and that’s why i want to take you to

proverbs 23 verse 20 where it says do

not join those don’t link up with them

don’t hang out with them

who drink too much wine

or gorge themselves on meat

for the drunkard and the glutton

will come to poverty

you thought you was

poor

because of how much money you make

your poverty stems from what you put in

your body

and drowsiness will clothe them in rags

what i eat can deplete

i need to be thinking from now on

what i eat can either nourish me and

give me life

or what i can eat will deplete me food

is neutral

the same way money is

it just depends who has it

if a drug dealer has money

it’s going to be flipped to kill more

people through the substance of drugs

it’s because the motive was decided

before he got the money

what is your motive before you get the

food

i’ma eat

until i’m stuffed like a tick

and then i’m gonna pass out and sleep

the rest of the afternoon i have had

that as my goal

i’m not gonna talk about you i’ve

literally had it as my goal

that i’m about to leave here and eat so

good

that i don’t want to eat till tomorrow

and then i’m gonna sleep

and i’m gonna wake up and think about

how good it was

let me give you a definition for

gluttony it’s getting quieter and

quieter every minute i’m going in the

series and i’m not even past point one

gluttony

watch this

is a limitless appetite

this is what kills anointings

it’s the wrong appetite

it’s a limitless appetite for food and

drink and over indulgence

to the point where watch this one is no

longer eating just to live but rather

living to eat

i just ruined some of y’all’s weekends

cause every weekend where we going to

eat

your friendships many of them are based

around food and not fellowship

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y’all have more conversations around

what we’re dining with

than the things that are going on in

your life

and i’m not saying food is bad i need

everybody to hear me jesus made food a

cornerstone of everything

that he was doing the last supper it

wasn’t the last uh basketball game like

they weren’t playing basketball they was

around the table like like

joining in community there’s food so the

thing is not taking food away

it’s are you cuffed

or enslaved

to the food

and i got to say something because some

of y’all was like i’m good i don’t even

buy that type of stuff i don’t even be

around that type of stuff until you go

somewhere and this is the line for many

people

and the food is free

oh yes

because you were good if it had your

money attached to it

but if you walk into something that’s

paid

for or you go serve on the team and

you and they got free chick-fil-a

sandwiches

take as many as i want

some of y’all

your purse reeks to this moment

[Applause]

from old chick-fil-a sandwiches

because at the moment it’s

free

but free always cost

and the food that’s free

may be costing you your spiritual

freedom

okay let me let me get back to my point

write down another definition of

gluttony the sin of gluttony is watch

this this is heavy this is heavy this

hit me i had to wade through this for a

few minutes

the sin of gluttony is idolatry

it is a choice of comfort and control

through food

i can’t control what’s happening around

here

and out there but i’ma control what goes

in here

and the only thing that goes in here is

what makes me feel good

and what

what i i need to say to some of you

is food may be an idol

it may have taken i know you’re a

prophetess and you pray

and you worship with the angels

but when you come back to earth

let me ask you

what is food to you

i need everybody to answer this question

seriously

fill in the blank

food is blank for me

when i eat

some of us say stuff like this

food

is

comfort for me

food is comfort for me if i if i hit any

of your areas we got to be hot you got

to stay open i know the person next to

you is looking at you crazy but your

freedom is wrapped up in the truth so i

want you to be honest today if food is

comfort for you just slip one one finger

in the air okay

in the chat

somebody else food is peace for me

come on

hands stop looking around does your hand

need to be upset i’ve seen a woman she

said

anybody else okay

here’s another big one food is love for

me

i i don’t know i don’t know about you

but when my mama

like

goes into the kitchen and just

from the depths of my ancestrals

i don’t know to start singing some old

negro spirituals and

and she starts putting chopping up

onions and red peppers and

soaking a ham hock for a day and a half

and starts doing i don’t know it’s just

something about that

it equates to

now you can be faking here

and i’m not saying there’s anything

wrong with it but the first plate at

thanksgiving

was good

but the fifth plate

and then you had the nerve to get the

no no not just dessert

you got a plate to go oh god are we the

same person

you y’all got saran wrap anybody got

saran wrap

it’s okay i’ll just put it in the bag

and i’ll just try this

[Applause]

i know i haven’t took food in just a

sack before i like what is wrong with me

but i found out there was a season in my

life where food

was love

do you know marriages

suffer

because some men

have this idea that the woman is the

only person that’s supposed to be

domestic

i i cannot it’s 2022 i got to go ahead

and say it

and so the reason they’re strifing their

marriage

is because for that man

food equaled

love

not our being faithful

not our providing for you and helping

you reach your dreams and and giving you

all the things that you need

none of that it’s like she can do all of

that but if it does not come with a ham

hawk some fried shrimp

and some garlic mashed potatoes

at least four nights a week

you don’t

love me

i’m talking about things we help counsel

people through

food is what for you

i’m not gonna answer the question i’m

just giving you some suggestions right

now but i need everybody on your notes

to put food is and i need you to fill in

the blank let me give you a few more

examples food maybe

enjoyment

for me

some of us

have

have more delight in our meals than in

ourselves

we take more pictures of our food

oh

come here oh come here i’m coming for

you

[Applause]

we’ve never seen you on instagram

but we see every meal you eat on

instagram

[Music]

but but it’s it’s so much enjoyment that

you want to document it

more than you do your children

okay stop let me stop let me stop

food is for other people safety

because food sometimes was the only one

that was there

through some of the hardest most

depressing seasons of your life

can i be honest

sometimes there were things that never

made me feel better

until

i had that certain

meal

and for some reason that meal made me

feel better even when words didn’t

somebody else food is a friend for me

some of y’all

i don’t need nobody else

god has got me on a journey of being

in his will

by myself

for an appointed time

i’m his strongest soldier

and i’m a little sly and but

you haven’t left ben and jerry zillow

and you have not stopped

going to the chinese buffet

it’s because it’s it’s not just

something that i do it’s something i

need

okay and i need everybody to hear me say

this if food has ever been comfort for

you

it may be an idol because comfort is the

thing that the holy spirit promises to

be

according to john 14 26

he said the holy spirit will be the one

who comforts me if food is peace for you

isaiah 9 6 says no jesus is the prince

of peace if food is love for you 1 john

4 8 says god is love okay i just want to

let you know that it’s taking the place

of god in your life

if food is enjoyment for you i’m not

saying you can’t enjoy it but psalms 37

4 says delight in the lord and give him

the best part of your enjoyment if food

is safety proverbs 18 10 says the lord

is the strong tower

the righteous run to the refrigerator

uh-oh

cause you know the righteous will run

into the refrigerator

i can’t sleep

i bind the spirit of fear

and i activate the refrigerator of god

come here

and you standing naked in front of the

refrigerator just like

does it feel like a cereal night or a

sandwich night what else do we got

y’all know we all do it

there in your 90s seeing what stain you

about to have on that mug

the righteous don’t run to the

refrigerator

the righteous run into the strong tower

and that’s where i’m safe

food is a friend proverbs 18 24 18 24

says jesus will be a friend

that sticks closer

than a brother

let me tell you what the primary reason

for food is and i know this is going to

frustrate some of you but i just want to

let you know because maybe you don’t

know

the primary reason

food

is fuel for me

it should not be love joy peace

patience it shouldn’t be all that

what the primary source of food should

be

fuel

so that this vehicle god gave me

can last as long

as it needs to

to be able to accomplish the purpose

that god sent me here for but every time

i sit down with my knife and my fork

i have a decision that i make today i

present before you life and death

and he says choose

life

but many times

in our humanity

we choose comfort over our calling

that’s why i’m doing this series on on

uncuffing

from the things that have control over

your life other than god

because if you don’t you will let a

cookie control you

okay can we be honest

how many people and this it almost feels

like therapy today almost feels like at

least for me okay

how many people

have gotten out of bed

and gone somewhere

to get something to eat

at a time you should not have left your

house

and there’s about 50 percent of y’all

lying

it’s okay

i have so many things to say right now

and i’m really trying to hold back

the cookie

has control

and if the cookie with oreo has control

the cookie

from your friend that you think is

attractive will have control too

i should have done cuff to the cookie

[Applause]

between the lines read between the lines

here i am here i am do you see the lines

read between them

because god knows if you can’t control

this cookie

[Applause]

i got to just step on it because

you you’re coming to the altar asking

for prayer

[Applause]

cuz because you can’t stop

god messing with their cookie

who got

the cookie

in the cookie jar y’all remember that

little nursery rhyme uh-huh

what what the problem is

being at their house

eating cookies

started

when you was at your house

and you couldn’t stop

eating cookies

god is trying to get us control over the

things that seem little

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so that when you step into a situation

that seems overwhelming

you will have the discipline or the

pattern or the principles in your life

so ingrained that you say oh this is

just the same test just a different a

different class this is not i’ve worked

this muscle before i can say no to this

because i’ve been saying no to this i

don’t have to say yes to this because i

learned how to deny myself right here

but if you cannot deny a rhesus pieces

i have so many my mind is so creative

so many things i want to say

see i i hear all the hangry folk the

hungry and angry folk right now well

what about what solomon said didn’t he

say something about eating and drinking

and being married yes but let me give

you context ecclesiastes 2 24. so i

decided why is this man that ever lived

there’s nothing better

than to enjoy food

and drink

and find satisf satisfaction in work

then i realize

that these pleasures

are from the hand

of god two things i want to draw from

this that i need everybody to see

enjoying food

enjoying drink and work are all

connected

and most of us won’t do the last

you want to enjoy the drink and the food

but never

work

do not ask for the equation to work

if you don’t use all

pieces of the formula

you want to enjoy food do it you want to

enjoy drink go ahead

do you want to go to the gym

the devil

is a liar

so all i’m saying to you

enjoy enjoy work

enjoy enjoy work

enjoy and this should be the pattern

of the believer

so that we can do everything in

moderation

then i realize that these pleasures are

from the hand of god good food is from

god

oh god

just write it down on the point food is

good it just can’t be god

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i’m not coming off i can’t believe what

person might preach about he’s talking

about some blood in me

and he’ll act like he’ll never eat

nothing that he don’t like in a regular

count

i hear you

write this point and highlight it

food is good

everybody say it food is good

it just can’t be god

that’s why when when jesus talks about

this so solomon in the old testament is

talking about this and then jesus the

fulfillment of the word says something

about it in luke chapter 12 verse 22

then jesus said to his disciples so this

is

big jc talking right here okay

therefore i tell you

do not worry about your life got that i

got you god

what you will eat hold on

about your bodies hold on

and what you will wear shopping

for life

is more than food

and the body more than clothes

if your life is about fashion and food

oh man

what are you doing i’m a food blogger

and i’m a fashionista

i’m not mad at how you make your coin

it just can’t be god

and if you have more hours logged

in what saint laurent has put out

and you don’t know no scriptures to be

the sure foundation of your life

something may be out of priority in your

life

i’m just trying to help all of us uncuff

from the cake

because many of us are falling into the

trap

that the enemy loves to use

to get people out of their calling i’ma

prove it to you in just a second

and most of you don’t understand this

because you you’re saying like hold on

like the the corinthians church used to

say the body was made for food and the

food was or the body was made for the

food was made for the stomach and the

stomach for food it’s like we got bodies

we got appetites we hungry we want to

eat but but paul has to address this and

and many of them didn’t know like maybe

you don’t know that there’s three parts

of you

somebody say three parts of me

i want to give them to you so you

understand the priority of these parts

as well the first part is your spirit

your spirit is the first part of you and

the most valuable part of you and it’s

eternal your spirit will last

longer than your body

okay i need everybody to hear me say

that

that’s why i’m not scared of dying

because what i’ve done spiritually

has prepared

my greatest self my spirit

to live with god eternally in a place

with rewards

your second part of your body somebody

say three parts of me

the second part of you is your soul

and your soul watch this

is the most vulnerable

your mind will and emotions are the most

vulnerable because you come into this

earth ready to be programmed

so depending on what family you’re born

into

what environment you’re born into what

the cultural norms are of the places and

the people that you go what college you

go to your mind will and emotions get

shaped or it’s educated

and i want you to know that your soul

because people like i’m my own person no

you’re not

everything that you are is a

conglomerate of what you’ve put in

what tv shows what music what i

ideologies and you got to protect your

soul and you got to have your soul in

health and that’s the second part and

the third part

and the most temporal part

is your body

but it’s important why because it’s

man’s vehicle

okay so your spirit is your most

valuable and it’s eternal eternal your

soul is most vulnerable and it gets

educated but your body is man’s vehicle

and it expires

the saddest truth about our body

is many times our body expires before

god’s due date

you can’t tell me

that what we are doing as a culture

is not taking

years

off of our life

because we’re cuffed to comfort

convenience

and the cake

studies show that over 300 000 people

die every year from obesity

it’s because there’s a difference of

fats there’s fat on the outside and

there’s fat on the inside and this is

why skinny people you religious

self-righteous pharisee you’ve been just

in here the whole time like i eat salad

and kale all the way and listen to me

gluttony is a spirit

so you may have a high metabolism and

you may have genetics and bone structure

that helps you stay skinny but your

spirit keeps grabbing those cookies

this is why we can’t judge by the

outward appearance that’s what samuel

learned when he was looking for david it

says that man judges the outward

but god judges the what heart

so i need to let you know this is a

heart issue

put that on the string gluttony is a

heart issue

i i need you to write that down because

if you don’t understand that you will be

thinking that you doing something

because you don’t look fat

but but what i’ve learned as i studied

is there’s things that there is there’s

type of fat that you’ll never see on the

outside but it wraps around your vital

organs

i think they call it visceral fat or

something like that

and it wraps around your organs and so

you can be in perfect shape

but because of the things that you put

in you because of the dna the exact

coding that god placed in you that that

you’re not supposed to have dairy or

you’re not supposed to have these things

but you don’t care anything about that

you love ice cream

and what you’re doing is you look good

but dying on the inside

you can’t tell me

that every man and woman of god

was supposed to die

at the time that they died but they

happened to be 400 pounds

we shouting down people

that are living

in a way

that’s going to take away the revelation

before time

we

need every man and woman of god

to last and tell everybody that they’re

assigned to i’m not talking about on a

platform

i’m talking about at your job

in your home

we need you to last

but could you be contributing

to the very reason

why somebody won’t know god because you

won’t be here to tell them

[Music]

i gotta take care of this vehicle

i only get one

somebody say my body

is more precious

than i thought

this is not for vanity

this is this is this is not so that i

can look in the mirror and look good

ain’t nothing wrong with that

i’m on my way to getting one ab for

pastor natalie i don’t told her before i

die girl i’mma have one

i don’t know which side it’s gonna be on

and where it’s gonna be found but i’ma

get me one

just for you wow

ain’t nothing wrong with that

but this is not why i’m asking you

to see if gluttony is the thing you’re

cuffed to

it reminds me of a story my dad had this

brown fiat sports car

and um i remember being about eight or

nine

and i heard him telling my mom

you’re just gonna see how my mind works

um

he said i can’t drive the the fiat

because

i need to put some gas in and i don’t

have no more gas and uh it was this

little brown like sports car do you got

a picture of of the fiat i want to show

you this was the fiat right here i

remember it

and

we used to love this car because it

would just be dad and one of the boys

and he would take us on uh

father-daughter not father-daughter

that’s what i do to my my daughters but

he would take us on father-son date days

and we would have this time with our dad

my dad was always so thoughtful like

that he spent personal time with all of

us so i wanted to do something in return

for my dad okay

so so what i did for my dad i was like

i’ma solve his problem

i’ma make sure that there’s some fuel in

his car

so at eight or nine years old

i took a jug

of distilled water

and i went and got a funnel out of the

garage

and i said my daddy he’s just such a

good guy

he needs gas and i just hear it at the

cat

i hear i saw i’ve heard that sound

before

and i poured a gallon

of distilled water

in my daddy’s sports car

that car never ran

ever again

i

destroyed a vehicle

not because of what it hit

i destroyed the vehicle

because of what i put in it

and i’m asking you

there were many more miles and many more

years

and it could have been legacy that car

could have been passed down

[Applause]

but it was not passed down from

generation to generation

because of what was put in it

i’m asking you today

what fuel

are you putting in your vehicle will it

keep you here for victory

so

two great theologians dl moody some of

you all have his bibles and different

things like that d.l moody he was an

evangelist from chicago if you’ve never

looked up a revivalist or an evangelist

this would be somebody really good to

study um um he really looked up to

charles spurgeon he wanted to meet him

and charles spurgeon is another

theologian and over in london

and so one day dl moody said i’m gonna

go meet him so he finds out where he

lives flies from chicago to london

knocks on the door and and and um

charles spurgeon answers the door with a

cigar in his

mouth and d.o moody was taken back

and he literally said

i’ve been mentored by you for years i’ve

read all your writings i know all this

stuff how could a man of god

do that

and uh charles spurgeon was one for

debate so he walked down the steps of

his house

and he pointed

at moody’s stomach

and said

the same way

a man of god can do that

and the reason i have to tell this story

is because many of us

judge people

are you smoking

oh you drink and you this and you that

and you walking around pregnant sir

sir you are pregnant

and not with purpose

and we call it a beer belly that’s more

than beer

we’ve as a culture we’ve accepted

what is killing our calling

and i just got to come and challenge all

of us

could the reason god didn’t didn’t give

you another let me say it again could

the reason god didn’t give you the

platform

is because if he put you up there

it would just further

condone

what you do behind the scenes

that is taking you out and as a pastor

this is something i had to confront

because pastors we do everything around

food

hey doc you want to meet for breakfast

no

if i go to breakfast with you

lunch with somebody from my staff

and dinner with my family all out to eat

how in the world

am i gonna wake up tomorrow

cause of cheesecake factory cheddars and

chilis

in one

i’m telling on myself i’ve had three

to-go boxes

in one day

and was excited

no y’all see y’all gonna play me

i was pumped

that i had food for the next three days

and i couldn’t understand

why people

would leave anything

at the restaurant

would you like a boxing i’d be sitting

no no i’m so sorry

give me another box

i’m just telling you how

i’m being too real today y’all starting

to judge me

okay i

i could

i couldn’t fathom why

you would leave good

thick chicken

tenders

dipped in buffalo

sauce sitting on the table

what’s wrong with you

oh you must be rich huh

you start judging people based on some

maybe they were just exhibiting

self-control which happens to be a fruit

of having

the holy spirit you want to shout

jesus wants you to have self-control

i’ma say it on this side

you want to shout and raise hands and

jesus said a more spiritual act this

week

then you shouting

would be you saying no

to that temptation

mm-hmm

okay

i wrote it down but put it in a point

gluttony is all about the heart

yeah first samuel 16 7.

people judged by the outward appearance

but the lord looks at the everybody say

heart

okay

um

see out of our heart is where we worship

like whatever’s whatever’s there

whatever is in our heart

that’s what we lift our hands to

that’s what we give our time to that’s

what we give our life to and i want to

say this gluttony isn’t a weight issue

it’s a worship issue

[Music]

a lot of people want to make gluttony a

weight issue

it’s not a weight issue it’s a worship

issue

who do you worship

what do you worship

some of us have gotten away

from doing things for god’s glory

do you eat

for god’s glory

passing like that is not even biblical

or scriptural or or theologically sound

first corinthians 10 31

so whatever you

eat

ah

you thought it was due first

he said these negroes are going to think

it’s just about doing

it’s about eating

whatever you saying with me eat

and drink

or

or whatever you do oh i love the bible i

love the bible i love the bible the

bible

i love

that god confronts our humanity directly

he said i can’t just say whatever you do

because they don’t think it’s too

ethereal yeah yeah

let me let me give them three whatever

you eat

eat for my glory

today your spiritual act of worship is

to eat

to glorify god

today everybody lift your hands oh i

feel the presence of god

i have a prophetic word for you

eat to god’s glory

oh

every salad lord

every grilled chicken god

you are the lord of the salmon god

i’m asking you father pour out on the

cucumbers pour out on this tomatoes

pour out on the fruit

god this week we make a fresh comment

man

you ever heard that in church

but we say stuff like i give you my life

not my fork

i’ll give you my soul

not my steak

i’ll give you everything except

my sweets

but whatever you eat

whatever you drink

and whatever you do

so so so i i just put it back on there

because they don’t believe me they think

i made this up first corinthians 10

31 go back and it won’t change no matter

the translation

so whatever you eat

cause somebody let me look this up in

the amplified let me

huh

no he reading that new living

translation where does king j what does

the king say

what does king james say i know y’all

think

they don’t change whatever whatever

whatever if thou eat it

or drink kiss

do whatever yang do’s

[Laughter]

to the glory of the lord is all i’m

telling you

the reason i’m telling you this is

because

because maybe

you stop doing a lot of stuff

but you’ve never started eating for the

glory of god

i know people are starting to sweat i

see it it’s just like uncomfortable

it’s because it’s a the only reason it’s

uncomfortable is because it’s a

stronghold

anything that has control of you

that’s not god

is a stronghold that has to be torn down

and so that’s why when i’m talking about

this to some of y’all your

your biological

makeup is frustrated

as your mind is thinking about it you

you so mad because you had a plan for

what you was gonna eat after church

and all your mind is thinking about

right now is what you was gonna eat

watching the finals tonight

you’re literally having a visceral

reaction do you know what they call that

addiction

okay

[Applause]

the same way

a drug addict

body starts

crying out

for the substance that was put in them

and they have what they call withdrawals

stop drinking coffee for a week

[Music]

some of y’all will have a straight up

exorcism

head spinning the law

you will

[Applause]

[Music]

go without chick-fil-a for a month

not question cherokee

i’m gonna leave it alone cause some of

y’all just got pissed

whatever it is for you

what what whatever whatever it is for

you

and again that’s what i’m telling you

it’s the different body types

that that we all have

that god made

let me say it again we all have

different body types

that god made

that respond to food

differently that’s why this is not about

weight

it’s about worship

we know there’s all kind of reasons

why people may have larger figures

thyroid problems

there’s all kinds of things reactions to

medicine there’s metabolism some stuff

is genetic there’s all kinds of

different things so that’s not what i’m

talking about

what i’m talking about is your intent

i’m talking about when you go to the

cabinet

i know people with diabetes

who they literally tell them stop eating

sweets the diabetes will leave your body

and they cannot

stop

eating

cake

the doctor told you

die

or

double decker chocolate cake

it’s just one bite

it’s just

and to me that

that’s not a knock on them because

they’re human

all it tells me is they’re cuffed to it

and maybe you’ve never prayed about it

i’m just saying the bible says

acknowledge god in

all your ways and he’ll direct your

maybe you didn’t know maybe you’ve never

invited god into the area

of your cake

and the reason i got to tell you this is

cause what i found out studying

scripture

is gluttony

is satan’s favorite sin

because it’s subtle

it’s subtle

it flows under the radar

you to eat prove it to me pastor mike

the two places in the bible

where satan had a chance to end humanity

and end

the savior of humanity

what does he use in

the garden

he used

food

to kick adam and eve

out of the garden

oh god this is

and if you had one chance

to take out your phone for all of

eternity

you would use your most powerful weapon

when jesus is baptized and then is taken

to the desert by the holy spirit

what does the enemy say to jesus if you

really are the son of god

turn these stones into what bread he

tried to use food

to cuff jesus

and forfeit his calling i’m preaching up

here

[Applause]

it’s the devil’s

favorite

sin

because it’s subtle

i got to eat every day

it’s just

what’s

i mean it’s vegan

i mean vegan ice cream i mean this is

vegan

i mean how i mean how

how bad can a pint of vegan

ice cream even be

and we have convinced

and coerced ourself

into believing

that somehow

this life is better

controlled by food

than controlled by god

can you bring me out some food please

i just i just wanna i just wanna let you

know my struggle this may not be you

but but this is me

see i’m cuffed to the cake

shoot there’s one cake

two cakes

seven up cake

peach cake strawberry cake

oh muffins i like muffins

oh seven up that’s good dr pepper rice

krispies host this yeah put these over

here

the hoes love the hostess okay here we

go

dum dums cheetos matter of fact i need

everything come put some of it down here

on the floor because oh donuts

yes we love donuts lucky charm what’s

your favorite cereal huh recent captain

crunch

sugar with a crunch come all mcdonald’s

fries

there is something special

about mcdonald’s fry y’all just come

just start throwing it to me starburst

i can eat

200 starbursts

and no don’t don’t be telling me not to

do it today

cause i’m talking about gluttony oh

oh it started when i was a kid

does anybody

remember

oh

this is cracking a bottle

cookies coca-cola no just throw it over

here get it on me i want it all over me

who can eat just one oreo

and don’t give me no milk and don’t give

me like oreos

oh my gosh

french fries coke cheez-its

lunchables my daughter said daddy give

me a french fry

i don’t know where these sugar cookies

come from that be at the store

but these mugs is from the lord

yeah no just come beef jerky

cherry pies these got me through

goldfishes and my favorite

[Music]

oh

gummy worms oh god i can’t open it jesus

get this open somebody open this could

you please open that cause i’m feeding

[Music]

popcorn

cheetos

chips ahoy oh my god

[Music]

i’m not gonna eat them

[Music]

[Applause]

for many of us this looks like a regular

week

god i’m ready to do your will

but let me pack a lunch

send

me i’ll go

but please let me know when lunch

and dinner is

all i’m saying is some of you are so

triggered

even by the brands

these brands

have a place in your heart

and as i’m sitting here

and i just think about how

for many of us

it would be

easier to give up heroin than it would

be to give up hersheys

that’s an addiction

it would be easier for us to give up

crack than cookies

that’s in it that’s an addiction

it would be easier

for us

to give up gang banging

than to give up gummy worms

why

somebody got it

it’s because it’s

something we’re cuffed to

today i’m asking you

have you been running

to these things

to fill you up for an emotional whole

that only god can heal

it happened to me when i was six

and what was there

the keebler

this little elf

help me through some of my hardest

moments

and don’t put them in the freezer

[Music]

you know the crazy thing about this and

i got convicted this week

then my children came into the world

and then what i had

sometimes

because god has done a work in my

finances

i give to them

consistently

uh-huh

be good

i’ll give you a donut

if y’all if y’all stay good during

doughnut uh date night

i’ll make sure i give y’all some candy

the rewards aren’t even my words anymore

they have a father they have somebody to

speak words it’s not even my words no

more it’s what i’m putting in their

mouth

to now develop an appetite

that when

the reward system comes out

i’m giving them things that may

take years

off of their purpose

and now i’ve programmed them

to not view food as fuel but to view

food as a reward

that’s why when you get a raise

you go to eat

cause somebody gave you a piece of candy

when you got an a

these are principals

that have now been ingrained into our

lives

that were wondering why god can’t use us

at another level and it’s because we’re

still cuffed

to the cake

i want to free you

today i don’t just want to talk about

the problem

we got to talk about the solution

so i need you to just give me a few more

minutes because i know i’ve taken my

time to try to humanize this

because some of y’all tried to turn me

off at the moment i said anything about

your food

because there’s two things you’ll mess

with

people’s kids

and people’s food

but today maybe god

on pentecost sunday

where god gave his holy spirit

maybe he told me to preach this message

because you can’t do this without the

holy spirit

it’s not going to be self-will it’s not

going to be a good effort a valiant try

it’s going to be the holy

spirit

that helps you change what has been a

generational habit

and you’re going to get uncuffed from

the cake all right let me help you real

quick i’m gonna leave this right here

and no

you can’t have none all right here we go

let me let me just say this

say god’s grace is enough

how many people really believe that

god’s grace is enough like okay

so in church we talk about god’s grace

to overcome pornography

god’s grace to overcome fear god’s grace

to overcome depression it’s god’s grace

that will help us overcome alcoholism

god’s grace that will help us overcome

greed so i want to tell you it’s god’s

grace

his unmerited unearned undeserved favor

and kindness that’s going to help you

and me overcome gluttony

yep

so i’m just going to assume maybe you

didn’t know

maybe you didn’t know gluttony was this

big of a deal

i am 35 years old and never heard a

whole message on gluttony

so

so

where i’m still learning stuff about

everything

i’m just going to assume all today this

is the first time we’re hearing about

gluttony and maybe you didn’t know so i

just want to give you the truth of god’s

word first corinthians chapter 6 verse

10

did you not know

no i didn’t know

that your bodies

are temples

of the holy spirit this is pentecost

sunday right

the holy spirit is not just an idea or a

concept

that is a man

a spirit man

that comes to live somewhere

and did you not know

that you are the airbnb for the holy

spirit

you are the holy spirit’s house

oh god

you

are the temples of the holy spirit who

is in you

whom you have received from god

you are not your own

you are bought

at a price

therefore

honor

god

with

your

body

not prayer language

not offering

the first thing that you can honor god

with

is your body

he would rather a sacrifice of praise

in your body

than you coming up to the front with a

hundred thousand dollars

oh my gosh

and in church we’ve been so backwards we

celebrate oh brother sergeant searched

and gave a hundred thousand dollars but

he’s killing himself

and we won’t even tell him that in the

privacy of a one-on-one conversation

because he’s a big giver cut that crap

out

that man is

living

a word a life that goes against honoring

god but you honoring him over and above

here you see brother johnson y’all need

to get like go talk to brother johnson

about his business don’t talk to him

about eating

because he’s not honoring god with his

body

and i just don’t want god

to only be able to send people to me for

certain things

i want god to say you can go talk to my

son right there

about

whatever but whatever

whatever it’s a marital problem go talk

to him

he’s trustworthy he can he he ain’t

perfect he’s progressing

that’s what i want to let everybody know

you can make a progression step

today on this journey joe was about to

go to the buffet at the full after this

service

i’m not saying don’t go to the buffet

one plate in water

fill it

up some of y’all will have the leaning

tower

of pisa you understand what i’m saying

i’m not saying deny

i’m saying temper

y’all hear what i’m saying

go

one plate

only drink water

just try it for a week

i’m gonna eat i’m gonna eat one plate

but i’m y’all gonna make sure it’s a

platter could you bring me

if that’s where you got to start

this whole journey is about what

progression

not perfection

let me add one more thing

one plate

water and a 20-minute walk-after

after every time you eat this week

put on a podcast put this back on

and all i’m gonna do i’m gonna eat what

i wanna eat i’m only gonna drink water

and hit it with the arms too it really

helps with the arm people don’t think

you look crazy but it really does hit

like

progression

not pro i’m not telling anybody to go to

a kale that i ain’t never just eating

kale

the lord has made too many great things

on this planet

but what i am saying is did you not know

you’re the house of the holy spirit

how do you act

when a friend comes over that you don’t

even really know

throw that in the back you putting stuff

in the closet you dusting stuff febreze

and stuff that ain’t even supposed to be

febreze

did you just febreze the tallest thing

why because you’re trying to make a good

impression

on somebody that’s watched coming to

visit

but when the holy spirit says

you your body is my house

i choose to live in you

it’s time for some of us

to make a decision to remodel

[Music]

i want to give you four positive things

about your body around this somewhat

negative

topic of gluttony and i’ve tried to be

funny today i’ve tried to be honest i’ve

tried to make this be able to come down

with with with some type of ease but the

truth is the truth like church we got to

take care of our bodies

so that we can fulfill our purpose

and that means we’re going to have to

uncuff from some of the things that

we’ve been going to so number one

you are a holy place

somebody say that i am a holy place

this year as god has said here is holy

part of the reason it’s holy right here

is because you’re here

wherever i am

there’s on that job there’s a holy place

there

in that marriage there’s a holy place

there

like somebody say one more time with

faith i am a holy place so then i would

encourage you treat your body like it

you are a temple of the holy spirit

and god chooses to live in you

point number two you have a holy person

so i want you to know that the holy

spirit

could dwell in anything

but he chooses

to dwell in me and you

see first corinthians 6 19 he says your

bodies are the temple of not just

anybody

but you’re the temples of the holy

spirit who is in you so if there’s any

question where does the holy spirit live

in you holy spirit come

he’s coming up out of

i just need the holy spirit to work on

this situation

holy spirit

you are in me

and i am confused

and fearful and don’t know what to do

about this situation

holy st spirit stand up on the inside of

me

give me wisdom beyond my ears

the prayer i pray and charles and my mom

name can tell you i literally pray all

the time god give me wisdom beyond my

ears

let me walk in the the knowledge and the

understanding of the holy spirit the

only reason i’m standing here is because

i use the holy spirit that’s up inside

of me he is my advantage we did a series

last year called the upgrade he is the

upgrade why in the world would you go

through this life and only live at

salvation when the jesus promises that

it’s better for me to leave because when

i get up out of here you’re gonna get

the upgrade if somebody came and said mr

todd do you want the upgrade to the

penthouse suite in our hotel and it’s

free there would be no question in my

mind that i would go from the budget

room to the penthouse suite why because

everybody loves the upgrade

if jesus told you salvation

was the door

but you can live in a level

with the holy spirit that’s the upgrade

and it’s better for you

why wouldn’t you accept the upgrade i’m

encouraging everybody to go back and

watch that entire series called the

upgrade and be filled with the holy

spirit

what i’m saying is the holy spirit

chooses to live right here in you so you

are a holy place the temple of the holy

spirit and you have a holy person living

on in the inside of you and and and i

like to think about think about it like

this you’re the headquarters for the

holy spirit

so if the holy spirit’s going to do

something about a situation

he gonna do it through you

stop looking outside of yourself for the

prayer to be answered

you don’t even look at yourself as part

of the solution

there’s stuff going on right now that

i’m saying holy spirit give me an

opportunity show me how we play a part

in that god show me what we can do when

we gave to the to the um hospital um um

that that had the horrific things that

happened this week at ten o’clock that

night they called me to pray on the news

i said holy spirit tell me what i’m

supposed to do i get up out of bed i go

to channel 2 right on the scene and me

and pastor paul we pray together and god

said that’s the first thing and i said

holy spirit what do i say he prayed

through me over the city of tulsa and

then the next day the team was like

we’re going to give to that and whatever

else the holy spirit says to do because

we are solutions

no longer problems

but that means the holy spirit has to do

that inside of you watch number three

first corinthians 6 19 says you are not

your own

that’s the problem right there

i built this

wasn’t nobody there for me

everything i got

i’m s i hate this i’m self-made

really

parents didn’t have nothing to do with

this

your face you picked it out

nobody helped you i’m self-made

that spirit of arrogance

and pride

is a thing that god has repelled from

he said you’re not your own

you were bought

god did something

to purchase you number three you were

bought for a huge price

salvation

i wanted your body was purchased

it would be

the equivalent

of me taking something that somebody

else purchased

that can i see your shoes

my dad always wear nice shoes just come

on up here bishop

you pass me your shoes

yeah give me both of them

the captain these shoes were bought at a

high price

yeah

he’s giving me scriptures too he’s

telling me what to read

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that’s good

that’s good

probably not gonna use it today but

that’s good

these were i know that that’s a snake or

a

what is that what kind of animal is that

do you know he don’t even know he said a

zebra i don’t know i don’t know

it’s gator

now i didn’t ask my daddy what price

these shoes was bought at

i sure did

but the way we treat our bodies

is the way i’m about to treat these

shoes

we act like

the price

now i need to go inside

yeah

i look good

that’s not enough

i don’t know the price

i don’t know the price

i don’t know the price

i i have no idea how much he prayed for

these

but it don’t

it don’t matter at this point

how much you paid for them because i

have an intention for them

and if i asked him to come put these

shoes back on

y’all y’all would think

he’s crazy

to use something like this

[Applause]

yet every day we fill ourselves with

this stuff

not knowing the price

that jesus paid for our body and then we

pray prayers like if you can use

anything lord

[Applause]

you can use me

and god’s like this what you’ve given me

to work with

i’m trying to take you to the red carpet

i’m trying to lift you up and and and if

i be lifted up all men would be drunk

i’m trying to put you in play but you

still won’t give me

the thing that i bought

and regarded in a place of value

when jesus went to the cross

he paid a very high price

so that he could be not just savior

but lord

he doesn’t want to just save you from

hell

he wants to lead you in life

and if you are just worried about heaven

you will end up living your life like

hell

this is where god says let me be lord

let me teach you how to live

let me let you uncover because i already

i mean it’s kind of you kind of mind

i’m the one paid for this

and i’m just asking would you

start

one thing at a time

removing

i know there’ll still be the smell of it

for a while

and i know there’ll still be some

residue and i know some people will only

remember the image

i know i know i know i know cause the

value is still there

even though

it may look like it’d be damaged if this

gets in the right shoe person’s hands

these things will not just look like

they look they’ll be everybody say

restored

that’s better than new i’m about to

preach this right and god’s saying if

you would give me control of your life

mo come take these we got to get these

to a shoe person yeah

and

cause cause these shoes are gonna be

everybody say restored

that’s what god’s about to do with your

life

through your

mouth that’s what god’s about to do this

may be the most spiritual message you

hear all year

transformation church

what would happen if the thing you never

thought you could give up

god got control of

you would indeed be

transformed

last thing

ah

just just just in case you didn’t know

salvation is free but it’s not cheap

do you need everybody to hear me say

that

your salvation is free you can come to

jesus no matter who you are

but it was it was paid for with the

blood

of the only perfect man that

walked this earth

and his name is what jesus okay we like

that name around here

verse i mean number four

um you you don’t just

um you you are a holy place that’s

number one you have a holy person you

were bought for a huge price

but last one you have a heavenly purpose

the reason why god’s asking us to live

differently through what we eat and not

cross the line is because we’re supposed

to do everything again for god’s glory

this is why we have to exercise the

fruit of the spirit of self-control

he wouldn’t have made it one of the

fruits of the spirit if it was just

supposed to be something that’s easy

it’s something that the holy spirit has

to help us with

so how do you beat gluttony three very

practical ways and i want to say this

some of us

because this stuff is tied to real deep

stuff some of us need to go to a

therapist

where the camera

some of us

to be able to do the spiritual work and

the practical work you need to go to a

therapist some people need to see a

nutritionist some people need to go

consult their doctor i’m not telling you

to sit up in your room tonight and die

because you stop eating

all the puzzle box said that we’re gonna

get control over this

and we find you three days from now

passed out because of of of uh what is

it when your blood sugar go down

hypoglycemia i don’t know

i’m asking you to make a decision

that i’m going to eat for the glory of

god

and i’m going to be uncuffed to cake so

whatever you need to do hear me say it

clearly

you need accountability

you need a small group the reason why

some of y’all need to get in summer

small groups

is because you just need to say hello my

name is johnny

and i have a problem with cake

i had to come clean to my wife about my

love affair with blue bell

cookies and cream specifically

that heifer tried to rob me

she tried to take my life

i was looking at pictures

of of of myself a year ago

i was carrying around so much extra

weight

and it was preventing me

from being as available to god

because my vehicle had damage

and y’all i gotta be honest with you the

only i could not have preached this

message to you a year ago

because i’m not gonna get up here and

fake

the only reason i can preach this

message today is because god’s had me on

a year-long journey of becoming

of becoming a disciple

a disciplined one

not just in prayer

in portions

i’ve had to become a disciplined person

i wake up every day and work out i had

to retrain my staff i told them i’m not

doing no meetings until after i work out

and they thought i was playing

until i started counseling cancelling

meetings that they put

before i worked out i said because that

meeting is going to be unprofitable

because there will be 10 000 meetings

like that but if i’m not here 10 years

from now

there’s no more meetings

i have to get my temple does that mean i

gotta work up early yes all this week i

gotta write a book so i gotta wake up at

5 30 every morning this week and i’m

gonna work out five times why because

i’m disciplined

i will not be caught slipping

in a place that god would want to use me

but i’m not available

many of us the thing that god

would do in our life we could not handle

not because of what’s in our mind or our

spirit

it’s because how have we taken care of

his temple

and god told me very clearly in prayer

this is not for everybody i’m telling

you i’m sharing my testimony he said

michael i only can bless the ministry at

the level your body can take it

so you want to be the captain

transformation church keep eating the

cake

and when i think about all the lives

that could potentially be transformed

if our ministry continues to expand and

grow

and get more people a part of serving

and loving and telling people about it

and joining belong groups and god’s

saying no no stop it he won’t stop

eating cookies

stop it

he wants seconds and thirds

stop it

he hasn’t learned how to be disciplined

and can disconnect from convenience and

comfort to answer my call

he ain’t ready for deep things healing

the sick

he don’t want to heal the sick

and this is the crazy thing

as many of us

want to see god do the miracles again do

the miracles again heal the sick

we want the healing through the raising

of dead and the laying on of hands

but god can also do miracles

through healthy habits

you see how quiet it is yeah come on

all right

glory to god

thank you jesus

you would rather it be a magic trick

than a commitment to discipline

god said i’ll heal diabetes stop eating

it

i’ll cancel cancer

and it’ll take the same faith

and the same holy spirit

to walk up out of that that room with

the free food

and still go and have a good attitude

yeah you see cause some of y’all do it

but you mad the whole time

i hate you

cause you can eat nobody’s forcing you

to do anything

this is a choice to live your life

uncuffed and not controlled

by the cake okay

so simple let’s get out of here you got

to say yes no and go say it yes

no

go say it again yes

no

go one more time yes

no

go

this is how we’re going to beat gluttony

you’re going to say yes to the truth

the truth is gluttony is a sin

some of y’all have not i’ve been

preaching an hour and 36 minutes

and you still can’t believe

that this is a sin

the truth

is that gluttony is a sin

my body is a temple

and i have to uncuff from cake

that’s the truth

whether you do anything with it or not

you gotta say yes to the truth i’ve

shown you scripture after scripture i’ve

proven it to you in your word and if i

have a scripture yo the conviction of

the holy spirit

is sitting in your belly right now

okay

everybody say yes

okay then you have to say no

you have to say no to temptation

psa

food ain’t going away

god if you didn’t want me to have it

remove

the temptation lord

that’s what we’d be preparing be praying

we be praying stupid stuff

god if i’m not supposed to have sex with

him lord

just let them become ugly to me god said

no i’ve prayed dumb prayers like that

lord if you don’t want me to watch just

let the tv not turn on

the electricity is gone every time

you hit that power button it’s coming on

i just need to let believers know the

temptation is not going away

your response

in the middle of temptation can

transform

um yesterday my one-year-old uh gia joy

had her first birthday party i showed

him a picture of my baby look at daddy’s

chunky baby right there

now

six six weeks ago

i got on instagram

hyped off of the um first uh message of

this series and decided to get out in

front and lead

the people of god

and i just want to say i over committed

this is an instagram post that many

people didn’t see

but it was just in the middle of the day

at the end of my workout

i was like

let’s talk about uncuffing we uncuffing

where y’all watching from just did a

little instagram live just doing too

much

and i started seeing what people was

uncuffing from and i said you know what

six weeks

no sweets no wheat

that’s what i’ma do

i’m i’ma lead us

six weeks

no sweet

and no we i didn’t really take into

consideration how much stuff wheat is in

and how many things intentionally have

sugar

but when i put it out there

my word

i was like

i i said it to these people that i lead

and i said it’s a god so i’ma do it

i did not consider that half of my

family

have birthdays

in the month of may

my daddy’s birthday my brother’s

birthday i mean extended fam i mean

everybody’s birthday in may

i

every birthday

is around

a mountain

of food

and every

birthday including yesterday

at my wife i don’t know why she would

put me in the den of temptation like

this

there were cakes

what do we have brunch there was there

was

donuts biscuits pancakes eggs she made

grits creole grits she made all of this

food

i became a super host yesterday

i had to keep myself distracted y’all

need anything y’all need anything

anybody need a refill anybody need

anything anybody was there know that i

was doing this

i didn’t care

about what anybody thought about me

i was trying to say no

to the temptation watch that i paid for

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because i almost gave myself an excuse

i bought all this food

and it’s my baby’s birthday

god you must

have uh

and the holy spirit said i’m trying to

teach you

how to say no

to the temptation

i grew more spiritually at my

one-year-old daughter’s birthday

yesterday

than i am in this church service

this is for the edification of the

believers and the truth to be but where

we really grow

is on the court of life

everybody in here believe the same thing

when you go to that job and they hate

you there that’s when you grow in love

when you got to talk to your wife and

she don’t care how much you pray that’s

when you grow in patience and long

suffering and yesterday at jesus first

birthday

i grew in self-control

and we see this in daniel’s life

the reason we call it a daniel’s fast

it’s cause he figured out a secret that

i’ma just give to you we ain’t gonna go

into it but i’m gonna give it to you how

do you kill the beast of feast

fast

how do you get a reset

if you’re used to feasting all the time

you fast

god literally gives us a playbook

on how

to kill this thing in us that once

wants consume

more

go and you can apply this to other

things some of y’all we’ve been talking

about food but you need to fast shopping

okay

you and i’m not just talking about

clothes guys you at bass pro shop you on

nike.com you are all these different i’m

talking about

whatever consume

consume

consume

consume

some of y’all got more tech gadgets

that you ain’t never gonna use

consume

consume

and god’s saying

i know one clear way to kill that

fasting

i’m asking you what can you give up till

the end of the year

somebody almost threw up what just

happened

somebody said

was that a gag reflex

but for real

if that’s your response it may have too

much control

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and it’s so funny that in matthew 6 when

jesus was talking about fasting

he said when you fast

so for a believer it’s assumed that this

is something that we all do

it said when you pray

when you give

when you fail not if

so some of you if you’ve never fasted

and you maybe just joined transformation

church don’t wait for 21 days of prayer

and fasting

like you can start today

okay i’m gonna leave that alone cause

i’m gonna let the holy spirit

yes

no

what was the last one go last one go do

something

go do something

don’t hear all of this and then be like

oh child that was a word

was teaching today

when i tell you girl

what are you talking about girl gloria

adding an extra syllable gluttony

and girl well let me tell

[Applause]

get me

get behind me satan i rebuke you

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[Applause]

me water i must i must cleanse my palate

did somebody hand me some water please

just yes oh god

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rebuke you satan

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but the truth is you only need one taste

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[Applause]

that’s what that’s what that’s why the

bible tells you to flee

don’t consult with lustful youth don’t

don’t consult with the things

see most people when it says

when most people say

uh lustful youth

they think it’s just sex

lust

is things that i desire

that i should not or or or is past the

line

and youth is not using maturity to make

that decision

so what i do is i flee from anything

that is controlled by my immaturity

that i’m desiring

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past the line i’m

so the reason i threw the bag

was because all it takes is one taste

one text

all my other teas have just gone to the

gutter i just

holy spirit help me all right here we go

third one is go do something

go work out go move go walking

go meet with a nutritionist

go get a personal trainer go see a

psychiatrist go see your physician

go

do some

if you hear this word

and do nothing

there is a scriptural word for that

you are disobedient

all i’m saying to you

is that we listen to the word of god

that is our standard not pastor all the

reason i’m doing all these analogies and

stuff is just to help us get it but the

word of god is very clear one of the

deadly sins seven of them gluttony

and he’s saying like let’s do something

about that if you don’t do something

you’re disobedient

james 2 14 faith without works

it’s dead

so don’t come in here believing for

crazy face for a house

and you’re not taking care of the holy

spirit’s house

this has gotten me through my

journey of discipline with my mouth and

my health philippians 2 13 it is my

favorite scripture i probably use it

once a service

because this gives me hope

for god is working in you somebody said

god’s working in me

he led you to watch this sermon today

on pentecost sunday god had you here he

has you watching somebody sent this to

you somebody shared this with you was

clicking on youtube and you just found

it this is a an appointment with heaven

because god is working

in you

giving you watch this

the desire first

and then the power

to do what pleases him

anytime i get overwhelmed i quote this

god

i’m about to go back to my old ways

but today your word says you’re working

in me

and so i just got to believe this

friction that i’m feeling is proof that

something’s happening

you’re working in me somebody said god’s

working in me

and you’re going to give me god what i

don’t deserve

you’re going to give me the desire to do

this

it don’t feel like a desire yet

but but god just just give me the desire

for today

did you hear what i just said give me

the desire not forever because if you

look too far out you’ll get discouraged

give me the desire for today

and father if you would be that kind

would you not just give me the desire

today

i don’t even have the power to do this

so give me the desire

and would you please give me the power

to do not what i want to do

what pleases

father thank you

thank you that you’re working in us

right now

giving us both the desire

and the power to do what pleases you

sometimes the desire starts with

understanding

and maybe we didn’t know god today

thank you for teaching us and giving us

revelation

on gluttony

no longer

will the enemy be able to sift

and snipe us out

with this subtle sin

today he’s been exposed

and i thank you that the body of christ

would become

awakened

to how much you paid

to be the lord of our bodies

god it was a high price

and you thought so much of us that you

would give

your holy spirit

to us and make us his temple his home

what a privilege and honor today god we

repent

for

for listening to culture over kingdom

father today we dethrone food

and we thank you that food

is fuel

so that we can do the work you’ve called

us to do

but god we put you back in your rightful

place in our life as lord and king

our bodies are not our own

so today we say like paul we beat our

bodies into submission

so that after running the race that

you’ve set before us that we might not

be disqualified we don’t want to save

everybody else and die prematurely

we don’t want to bless everybody else’s

family and not be there for our own

god today father

give us the ability

by your holy spirit this is not

self-help

and this is not willpower

this is holy spirit power

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we need you god today we are uncuffing

from the cake

god let this word

have implications to changing culture in

the church

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god i thank you

that we will glorify you in what we eat

what we drink

and whatever we do

it’s all for your glory somebody say

it’s all for your glory

in jesus name

amen

if you’re if you’re watching this right

now

in that same attitude there’s a lot of

conviction that’s going on right now

and and that may be in this one area but

for some of us this ain’t our issue this

ain’t our problem

there something else is

and god’s saying i want that too

i want to take your whole life and turn

it around as a testimony we should in

our bodies in our speech in our life and

our actions in our family be walking

billboards for the glory of god

people should be able to look at how we

do finances look at how we love people

look at how we stand in the gap and see

that person knows god that person must

been with god we should be walking

billboards for the glory of god

maybe

you haven’t been that

i wasn’t

i was a liar a manipulator addicted to

pornography had all kind of manipulating

things in my heart had a felony case for

car insurance fraud i was jacked up

and god looked beyond all my faults and

he saw my need and he said mike if you

would give me your life i can use you

i promise you everybody won’t understand

but i have a plan for you before you

were in your mother’s room a plan that

would prosper you and and give you a

hope and a future but you got to do it

my way

and i remember throwing my hands up and

surrendering to god and saying you know

what

my way ain’t working anyway

i’ma give you a chance and literally at

giving god a chance it transformed my

entire life

i am the man that i am today not perfect

but progressing

because of accepting the love of jesus

and today i want to offer you this free

gift that was paid for at a high price

if you’re saying pastor mike

i want to give my life

to jesus i want to accept

what he’s done for me

it’s very simple according to romans 10

9 10 9

all you have to do is believe in your

heart and confess with your mouth that

jesus christ is lord and by faith

everybody say by faith

you are turning or repenting from your

old way of living and you are putting

your faith and your life in jesus christ

the bible says when you do that any man

that be in christ jesus

he is a new creation

all the old has passed away behold

everything is becoming new

today god wants to give you a new and a

fresh life but it’s your decision

so on the count of three we’re about to

pray

and if you say pastor i want to be

included in that prayer today i want to

give my life to jesus christ i just want

you to shoot your hand up i don’t care

who you came with i don’t care what you

did yesterday i don’t care what you were

planning on doing tomorrow right now

today is the day of salvation

and god has orchestrated this moment

to give you an opportunity to say yes to

jesus one you’re making the greatest

decision of your life two i’m proud of

you

you got a whole family here that’s gonna

cheer for you but forget all of that

your name is gonna be written in the

lamb’s book of life for all eternity

three if you want to accept jesus just

lift your hand

in the room i see you sir i see you

in the room online watching on

rebroadcast

yeah

to god be the glory

listen

a transformation church we’re a family

nobody prays alone

so right now we’re about to pray a

prayer together everybody’s going to say

it for the benefit of those who are

coming to christ

just lift your hands and say god

thank you

for sending jesus

just for me

today

i give you my life

i believe you lived

you died

and you rose again with all power

just for me

fool jesus

thank you

today i give you my life

use me

for your glory

change me

renew me

transform me

i’m yours

in jesus name

amen

if you just prayed that prayer welcome

to the kingdom of god can we give god oh

come on right now let’s give god some

praise right there

glory to god

hey listen

we are rejoicing in this rule

and we are rejoicing with heaven

because the bible says if just one

person

makes that decision all of heaven stops

singing holy holy holy and starts a

turn-up party just for you

in transformation church we join in with

that if you just gave your life to

christ

you’re about to go on the greatest

journey of your life

would you please text saved to the

number on the screen

and our team is going to send you some

information to help you they’re going to

send you some things that’s going to

help you start progressing on your

journey they’re going to send you some

things of what what sermons to watch and

you should go back and watch the upgrade

and plan it not buried in relationship

goals and marked and crazy faith and

they’re going to help you walk in we’re

going to try to get you connected in

community and we just want you to be

transformed this will be your best year

ever

if it is your best year spiritually

i promise you that

i’m asking everybody

we got three more weeks of this series

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and it ain’t getting easier

but the truth of god’s word is what will

set us free standing everywhere

[Music]

so take my heart

and mold it

and take my mind this is what we need

today

and transform

it

take my will

take my will

conform it

come from

not to mine not to my families but to

you

to yours

this is how we’re going to get uncuffed

from the cake we’re saying take my heart

take my

it’s a heart issue

[Music]

my will and my emotions

and take my will

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conforming lord

said to yours

to yours

oh just one more time

to take my heart

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and transform it

[Music]

and take my

will i do work on the inside of me

sit two yours

to yours

[Music]

hands lifted

god do the work on the inside of us

you know what my issue is god

so i’m asking you father do what only

you can do

and i pray for my family

and my church

that god this would be a week of major

transformation

father not compared to anybody because

we’re uncuffed from comparison it’s not

about what anybody else is doing

but god let us embrace what you’re

trying to do on the inside of us

no matter what the scale says

gluttony is not a weight issue it’s a

worship issue we are going to worship

you with our lives god

we thank you god that you’re going to

continue to transform us

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y’all we got to make space for god to do

the work this week

say to yours

to yours

oh lord just one more time take my heart

[Music]

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and take my will

[Music]

god please take my will

cause i wanna i wanna go to what’s

comfortable

[Music]

to yourself

[Music]

father i declare this will be the best

week we’ve ever had that we’re uncuffing

from the cake father god and you’re

letting us live content where you have

us here is holy god so we give you glory

we give you honor and we give you praise

for all you’re saying and doing in jesus

name we agree

we expect

amen let’s give god one more shout of

praise go out

and live a transformed life i love you