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good Jesus and praise in the house
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who’s got a little bit of crazy faith
here anybody and massive honor to be
with you I hope that you’ll recognize
that there are churches across the world
praying to be a part of something
special praying for revival praying for
a movement of God I hope you understand
you walk into a movement of God in this
place in this house every single week it
up praying for something special you’re
a part of something special impacting
the world it’s a massive honor to be
with you shout out to transformation
nation people all over the world I love
and honor your pastors more than I can
describe Pastor Mike I don’t I don’t
know anybody that has more favor more
crazy audacious faith more energy more
passion more style
it’s an honor to be here to see up-close
what what God is doing through you what
I hope you’ll understand is that that
was happening in this room is very
special but this is one of the few
churches in the world today that what’s
happening in this room is really
positioning what’s happening around the
world and I hope that you feel that in
fact just so you’ll know how special
your pastor is I’m a part of a
multi-site church and there are a lot of
kind of my church branches nearby there
are very few pastors who would invite
someone kind of local into the house
because of more of a threatened spirit
but I hope you’ll understand that the
kingdom of God is much bigger than
transformation Church much bigger than
life so it’s much bigger than victory
charge us all about the name of Jesus
it’s all about his kingdom it’s all
about him when uh when Pastor Mike asked
me would it be okay would you bless me
to put our church like a couple of miles
away from your church I said Pastor Mike
I bless you to have Church in my kitchen
anywhere anytime we believe with all of
our heart that Jesus is the hope of the
world through the local church and we
believe we can do infinitely more
together than we can apart it’s all
about him I give you honor can you guys
tell your pastor thank you today
hey why don’t you high-five somebody and
tell them you better hang on you better
hang on everybody said crazy faith how
about a little Blasi faith wavy faith
can somebody tell me what is Fugazi
faith come upon somebody today I want to
talk to you about Daisy Daisy faith I’ve
got one big statement for you and then
we’re gonna dive into God’s Word today I
hope to impart one sentence that will
build your faith to believe that God can
do more if you’re taking notes you can
jot this down you have no idea what God
may produce through a single seed
planted in faith you have no idea your
mind cannot comprehend what our God has
in store for those who love Him
walk with Him and obey Him
you have no idea what God may produce
through a single seed planted in faith a
little bit of my story about how I got
to know Jesus grace through faith I was
not a Christian when I went to college I
actually grew up in church but didn’t
understand the gospel and I was I kind
of like was majoring in sinning did
anybody major in sinning how many of you
know that sinning can be a lot of fun
raise your hand rich and you’re like a
lot of you’re not raising your hand in
church like that listen to me
I’ll talk to the real folks today okay
if you’re real sinning can be fun if
it’s not fun either you didn’t do it
right or you’re lying somebody it can be
fun until it’s not after a while and I
got to the part where it wasn’t fun
after a while it started to catch up to
me and I was a part of a fraternity
played sports in college
and our fraternity got in massive
trouble we had four guys commit grand
larceny and so as the president of the
fraternity I wanted to do something that
we kind of create a good public
relations move but I also was very
spiritually curious perhaps like some of
you that are checking out this crazy
place today and so I said to my
fraternity brothers we’re gonna start a
Bible study and they all said to bleep
we are and I said to bleep we are we’re
gonna do a Bible study this Tuesday
night seven o’clock I need you to bring
all fraternity brothers and when we do a
Bible study and they’re like Nana and so
I said we’re gonna do it well Tuesday
rolled around and I was walking into my
class and I realized I didn’t have a
Bible that’s a little bit of a problem
so I don’t think I prayed because I
really don’t think I was that spiritual
but I kind of like thought in the
direction of heaven I don’t have a Bible
if anybody cares I don’t have a Bible I
walked into my economics class I walk
out of my economics class and a
gentleman in a suit and tie from an
organization known as the Gideons God is
my witness a young man would you like a
free Bible I could not believe the
provision of God in that moment I had a
Bible I gathered with seven
non-christian fraternity guys that night
I said turn to the first book in your
Bible I tried to sound pastoral they all
turned to Genesis I turn to Matthew
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no wonder it’s free it’s not all there
I’m like I don’t know I said find
Matthew in the Bible and they turned in
we just we just wanted to read his trip
so we we were none of us were saved and
we would just read God’s Word by faith
just read we didn’t know how to pray we
would pray we would try but we didn’t
know how to pray at the end of our time
together we would just pray like God you
know like this watch over us tonight as
we go out and get drunk God protect us
as we party God and we pray for Mitch’s
girlfriend God we ask that she not be
pregnant God we just pray we didn’t know
any better has anybody ever been there
before in your life
I got so excited reading what was in
this little Bible that I read ahead I
read Matthew Mark I read all the way to
Ephesians chapter 2 and I read something
that I never realized was there before I
read that you could be made right with
God not by your own works not by your
own goodness not by your own religious
efforts but you could be made right with
God by grace somebody help me out
through faith through faith without
faith it is impossible to please God by
faith are you saved by faith we walk by
faith and not by sight I want to talk to
you today about Daisy faith I came to
bring a message to any of you who may
feel like you’ve lowered your
expectations of what God might do in
your life I came to bring a message of
faith to any of you who might feel
slightly disillusioned about God’s work
in your life
disheartened wondering where he is and
you find yourself lowering your
expectations of God you might feel at
one point you believe with everything in
you God would bless you he would be your
provider he would be your sustainer he
would show you his power he would pour
out his favor upon you but now
you just want him to do anything
something whatever it might be you might
be a gal and there was a time you were
believing God by faith for a man of God
6-foot tall handsome a man with a great
job and even a better future a man of
faith a man who knows how to pray a man
who would be a great husband a man who
loves traveling loves old movies loved
walks on a beach and now five years
later you’re just believing God for a
man a job is optional he’s just got to
be you know male you’ve lowered your
expectations of God some of you is the
career you worked and you prepared and
you believed you’d have your own
business now today you just hope for a
job with benefits you’ve lowered your
expectation they’ve got it could have
been your kids you had one and you knew
you you’d have devotions and Pinterest
parties and prayers before bedtime now
your only prayer is god help me not kill
this kid in the name of the Father the
Son and the Holy Ghost you’ve lowered
your expectations of what God might do I
want to show you an example from
Scripture we’ll be in Genesis chapter 15
today
Genesis chapter 15 and this is a story
of a great couple of faiths that started
to lower their expectations if you know
a little bit about Abraham and Sarah the
back story if you go back three chapters
prior in Genesis chapter 12 God gives a
prophetic word to this couple and says
you are to leave your home that’s going
to take some faith you’re gonna have to
go to the place I’m gonna show you
that’s gonna take
some faith I’m going to make you even
though you don’t have any children at
all God says I’m going to make you the
father of many nations in other words
you’ll have children and you’ll have
grandchildren and you’ll have
great-grandchildren and on and on and
you can imagine what this couple would
do when they get a word from God we’re
going to be the parents of many nations
therefore it’s time to pick out baby
names it’s time to define the theme of
the nursery Star Wars for a boy and the
princess pony whatever it is for the
girl you know we’ve got to plan our
Instagram reveal because if God tells us
we’re going to be with child
certainly by next month we’re going to
be with child the next month comes and a
pregnancy stick says not pregnant well
surely if it’s not this month it will be
the month coming and so they do their
thing and they believe it’s coming and
another month comes and another month
goes and still there is nothing Genesis
chapter 15 verse 1 says this some time
later somebody say some time later some
time later the Lord spoke to Abram in a
vision and said to him don’t be afraid
Abram for I will protect you and your
reward will be great but Abram replied o
Sovereign Lord what good are all your
blessings when I don’t even have a son
you can almost hear them saying hey but
God you told me three chapters ago that
we were gonna have a kid and now all my
big group friends they’re pregnant and
we’re not pregnant at all they’re having
all their baby showers and hashtag
blessed on Instagram here’s a little
sonogram thing and God you told us but
there’s nothing at all what about us
Genesis 12 you will be the father of
many nations
Genesis 15 sometime later is means about
a decade has gone by and the promise has
not yet been fulfilled almost a decade
has gone by
imagine a decade or more of what feels
like unfulfilled promises unmet
spiritual expectations at first they’re
just disappointed still believing by
faith then their disappointment grows to
discouragement and then to being
disheartened and then perhaps from being
disillusioned where are you what about
me God what about my position what about
the person that I’ve been praying for to
come to faith in Christ and they’re
meaner than they’ve ever been before but
why is it that everybody else is getting
healed and I’ve done everything I can to
pray for this person and they’re still
not being healed God where are you what
about my provision God well she ties for
the first time on Sunday and gets a
raise on Monday well glory to God for
her but I’m still tithing and fighting
to pay the bills God where are you God
what about me a decade or more passes by
from Abraham’s point of view God is not
doing a thing heaven seems silent so
what does he do he lowers his
expectations I’m not expecting to be the
father of many nations
just give me one kid God that’s all I
want just give me one here’s the problem
when it comes to faith when it comes to
life when it comes to God’s blessings so
often we tend to think addition but I
hope you’ll understand that God thinks
multiplication God is an exponential God
who thinks multiplication in the very
beginning God said be fruitful and what
and
and multiply be fruitful and multiply
I’m here with two of my kids I’ve got my
bride Amy who’s with me today in the
house my best friend I’ve got my son Sam
and I’ve got my daughter Mandy they are
two of six six six
we’ve been multiplying people say you
must really love kiss now I just love my
wife and all God’s people said you know
the real reason we got six kids in case
you’re wondering is because my wife
won’t leave me alone it gets old it’s a
chore if you just do what you got to do
but I’ll beg or so often I’m like come
on I just want to like hold you tonight
can we can we just cuddle but no no you
know how it goes
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somebody say multiply Jesus said a sower
went out to sow some seed and when seed
fell on good soil listen to me you have
no idea what God may produce through a
single seed planted in faith when seed
falls on good soil God will often
multiply it 30 fold 60 fold yay even a
hundredfold may God multiply the seed
that is planted Abraham wanted a son a
decade passed nothing happened God
where’s the fruit where’s the fruit some
of you are wondering today where’s the
fruit where’s the answer where’s the
fruit just because you don’t yet see the
fruit doesn’t mean the seed hasn’t taken
root Pastor Mike I don’t think they
understand what I’m saying today just
because you don’t see the provision
doesn’t mean your prayer hasn’t reached
heaven just just because you don’t see
something happen does not mean God is
not behind the scenes doing something
that only he can do
just because you don’t see the fruit
doesn’t mean the seed hasn’t already
taken root where’s the harvest pester
Mike it might be someone here doing like
you did just running sound behind the
scenes wondering weird it when they’re
gonna be noticed and they’re just being
faithful just being faithful just
showing up just just leading their be
group just just just serving quietly
behind the scenes just just giving
quietly just serving quietly you have no
idea what God may do through your quiet
faithful seed that’s planted in faith
it’s a little bit like the guy that was
handing out Gideon Bibles I always
wondered about that guy because what I
know is there were a lot of people that
just ignored him made fun of them took
the Bible and threw it by the wayside I
always wondered about him because he
planted seed after seed after seed and
probably never knew if any actually took
root he had no idea that he gave one to
a 19 year old hurting lost broken guy
that read about the grace of Jesus and
called out on Jesus and became a new
creation the old was gone I’m telling
you the new has come it was transformed
transformed made different he had no
idea that that kid would go on to to get
on staff at a Methodist Church one and
then one day plant a church and he had
no idea that in the year 2008 one of my
staff members would come up and say hey
man I heard apples like coming out with
these things called apps you got
remember this 2008 early in the year I’m
like what’s an app well it’s like an app
you know like a like an app like what’s
an app I don’t know but you know they’re
coming as Apple oh it’s cool a man yeah
yeah app and he said we got this website
we got this this with a Bible thing on
it what if we built an app I said do we
know anybody that can build an app
because what we got this 19 year old kid
that’s really smart on staff maybe he
can build a hat so we said to the 19
year old kid can you build an app he
said how hard could it be
so he built an app and on the first day
the apps came out we released the
YouVersion Bible app with the goal of
50,000 downloads in the first year big
audacious faith goal came out on
Thursday on Sunday we checked we didn’t
even think to check how many downloads
there were eighty one thousand
downloaded by Sunday this part-time
19-year old came to work on Monday with
a full-time job mind you and now years
later we’ve given away almost 400
million free Bible apps to people around
the world four hundred million in my
lifetime we will give it away to over a
billion people over a billion people one
little Church one little Church I was
wondering about that guy the guy just
went out and planted seeds
someone heard me tell the story did a
little research and found out who the
guy was at my university handing out
Bibles we found out who the guy was and
I got to meet Mike recently here’s a
photo I got to meet meet Mike
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and my
tried and cried and cried and I cried
and cried and cried and he just told me
I never really knew if it would make a
difference listen you have no idea what
our God may produce through a single
seed that you plant by faith today just
because you don’t see it doesn’t mean
that God isn’t doing something actively
at working as you believe him by faith
Abraham had the same problem that we
have he had a very limited perspective
if you think about this Abraham in fact
you know Mike Todd is like the like the
illustration guru like he’s got a like a
plant in a bush
I brought a tent just to be in your
world imagine Abraham in his limited
perspective hanging out in his tent God
you told me father of many nations first
year I believed it second year we hung
on third year we had raw faith fourth
year we started to doubt fifth year they
made fun of us sixth year we had a
resurgence we fasted we believed God we
just hung on to you because we know your
word is true eighth year we gave up
ninth year we lowered our expectations
so low God you’re not doing nothing
where are you God where’s my miracle God
I’ve been faithful
I’ve been pure everybody else they’re
out there throwing themselves from bed
to bed God but I’m not where’s my spouse
got no prospects at work
sick and tired of being and Jerry y’all
didn’t get that one someone to get it
god I’m typing and I’m believing and I’m
given and I’m serving and I’m still
buried and debt and don’t see any way
out god I’m praying for my husband
believing he’ll meet Jesus and he just
gets meaner and meaner and meaner and
meaner come on Lord that report is not
what I wanted it to be God I believe you
can heal you you are my heal or by the
stripes of Jesus we are healed why in
the world is cancer bad god I don’t see
you anywhere god you’re not doing what I
wanted you to do I came to tell somebody
if God met all your expectations he
would never have the chance to exceed
them
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come on somebody if we serve a God who
can do exceedingly and abundantly more
then all you can ask think or imagine
according to his power that is at work
at this moment in your life through your
life you have no idea what God may
produce through a single seed planted in
faith
Abraham’s in his tent telling God what
he doesn’t see verse five says then the
Lord took Abram out side the Lord took
him outside and said to him look up into
the sky and count the Stars if you can
that’s how many descendants you will
have somebody say Daisy faith the Lord
took him outside the Lord took him
outside part of what I want to do today
is I want to take you outside of your
context outside of your limited
perspective outside of your tent vision
and help you look up at the sky and
count the Stars if you can because when
Abraham tried to count it he was stunned
he was silenced he was shaken oh my god
there are too many they are everywhere
there are more than the mind can
comprehend if God gave you everything
you wanted in the moment he would never
had the chance to exceed your
expectations and do far more than you
could ever imagine possible he would say
to someone today that his thoughts are
not as your thoughts his ways are not as
your ways his ways are higher he is
always good it doesn’t matter what you
see we don’t just praise them for what
we see we praise him for who he is he is
always faithful he is always good he is
always present he is powerful our rock
our Redeemer our sustainer our provider
he is Jehovah Jireh he is ever present
he has are soon returning conquering
King of Kings he is our Lord of lords
you may need to step outside of your
current perspective I don’t just want a
boy a son got a hold onto your promise
I’d be the father of many nations here’s
what I hope you’ll understand if you
belong to Christ if you’ve been born of
the Spirit of God then you are one of
those stars that Abraham saw you are
coming like you like right here at this
moment at transformation church in this
place watching transformation nation
online four years from now someone finds
this old message you that you you you
you you you are one of those stars I can
prove it with a verse and I can prove it
with a song there’s a song you may know
that says father Abraham had many sons
and many sons had father Abraham and I
am one of them listen and so are you so
luster
you you are a seed of Abraham Genesis
chapter 3 verse 29 says this if you
belong to Christ listen to me then you
are Abraham’s seed here’s one wants to
understand listen to me feel the power
at that moment
thousands of years ago when God took
Abram outside and silenced him with more
stars than his mind could comprehend
Abraham was thinking of a son and God
was also thinking of you you the seed of
Abraham he was loving you and I hope
you’ll feel that that at this moment
he’s loving you that there is nothing
you can do to cause him to love you more
and nothing you can do to cause him to
love you less I don’t care what you did
last night I don’t care how dark your
life feels right now because he sent His
Son Jesus who was born of a virgin lived
perfect in every way didn’t just fulfill
his potential Pastor Mike but lived out
his purpose gave His life on a cross
three days later when the stone was
rolled away that tomb was empty he was
not there so that anyone in this
includes you who calls on the name that
is above every name the name of Jesus
your sins would be forgiven you would be
made completely new heal and save by
grace through faith he was thinking of
you he was thinking of you doesn’t
matter how dark your life is how broken
it feels when you call on the name of
Jesus God hears your prayers and
separates your sins from you as far as
the east is to the west
I came to bring faith to someone who’s
settling and lowering your expectations
of what God might do never measure God’s
unlimited power by your limited
expectations step out of the tents get
out of the tents get out of your
perspective and look at the blessings
from God you have no idea you have no
idea what God may produce through a
single seed planted in faith one Bible
decades ago 400 million given away free
today you have no idea you have no idea
listen to me one prayer prayed in faith
what offering given in faith one moment
of serving giving in faith one seed sown
one act of love what one moment of
repentance one cry of worship when
everything in your world looks dark and
you look up and say I’d yet I will give
you praise you have no idea how God
might use one seed planted in faith you
might say but I don’t have big faith I
don’t have a lot of faith right now you
don’t have to I promise you don’t have
to have unlimited and uncompromised an
unshakable faith jesus said this he said
if you have the faith of a mustard seed
just a little bit the smallest bit just
enough to still hang on if you have just
that much faith you can say to this
mountain be thou removed and cast into
the sea and what you asked for will
happen you have no idea
Pastor Mike how God might use one sermon
one little series called
relationshipgoals
when God gets ahold of them one seed
when everybody else tells you you could
never be in this building you have not
listened to me I got to tell somebody
this if it’s not God’s time you can’t
force it but when it is God’s time you
can’t stop it and nothing you can do to
stop what God may called you to do he
will open up doors that no man will shut
he will give you favor that you can’t
earn that you would never ever deserve
if it is not his time ain’t nothing you
can do to kick it open but when it is
his time ain’t nothing you can do to
stop it you have no idea you have no
idea what God may produce through a
single seed planted in faith this is a
message for somebody do not grow weary
in doing good for at the proper time do
not grow weary in doing good continue to
believe for at the proper time do not
give up do not stop don’t look away
don’t be distracted do not grow weary in
doing good fret the proper time you will
reap a a harvest you have no idea what
God may produce through a single seed
planted in faith so Lord Jesus today I
pray that by your power you would speak
to someone who’s lowered their
expectations of what you might do we
believe God that you can do exceedingly
and abundantly more then all we could
ever ask think or imagine God take us
out of the tents to see your
incomparable blue lorry God your power
your goodness as you pray today
transformation nation watching online
all around this room today those of you
who would say you might be a little
letdown in some area your expectations
haven’t quite been met and you want God
to take you outside and continue to
believe would you lift up your hands
right now just around the room father
thank you for those who are trusting and
you God build our faith just a little
bit of faith God just um just a mustard
seed type of faith God just just enough
to hang
on God we hold on to that faith God we
believe that your promises are true that
you will always prove yourself faithful
God that you can do you will do
exceedingly and abundantly more God more
more than all we can ask think or
imagine according to your power through
us your people in your church God that
you would be glorified for generations
to come
as you keep praying today I celebrate
with the work of God thirteen thousand
three hundred and thirty-five people
born into the kingdom and beyond a
shadow of a doubt I know that there are
dozens maybe hundreds more that are
going to be born into God’s family today
I don’t know who you are I don’t know
what’s going on in your life right now
you may be a we may be a royal mess you
feel like your life is so so low I’m
convinced sometimes God may allow us to
get so low so we have nowhere else to
look but up but look toward him maybe
you’re lost or hurting in your sin and
you feel guilty and you know where you
stand with God if we could just sit down
together and I could just kind of talk
with you aski you might say I don’t
really know I mean I’ve tried and I
maybe grew up in church but I’ve kind of
fallen apart I don’t know where I stand
with God I want to remind you of the
verse that transformed my life that said
this that we are made right with God not
by our own works not by going to church
not by being religious not by being good
enough not by getting reading the bad
stuff but we’re saved by the grace of
God through faith through faith in the
perfect work of Jesus who is Jesus he is
the son of God
perfect in every way who shed his blood
on a cross for the forgiveness of sins
he died in our place as the perfect
sacrifice and God raised him from the
dead
so whoever and this includes you doesn’t
matter who you are doesn’t matter how
dark your life is anyone who calls on
his name would be saved would be
forgiven if you’re in guilt right now
call on if you feel ashamed call him if
you feel like your life is low call on
him today
transformation nation all around the
room those who say yes I need His grace
I need his forgiveness
I need his mercy today I turn from my
sins I turned toward Jesus I give my
life to Him
that’s your prayer lift her hands I’m
now all over the place oh my gosh hands
went up all over the place come on TC
let’s give God some praise let’s give
him some praise in the house all of you
crying out on the name of Jesus which
you all pray aloud right where you are
just everybody playing nobody prays
alone pray Heavenly Father forgive all
my sins Jesus make me new fill me with
your spirit
so I can follow you thank you for saving
me empower me to do your will to show
your love to fulfill your purpose for my
life
thank you for new life now you have mine
in Jesus name I pray
could somebody give our good God some
praise in this house welcome those born
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