God Still Speaks // How Does God Speak To Us? // Anchored // Michael Todd

it is 2021 and you made it i

made it thank god we are here my

question

is what are you doing to prepare for

this year

at transformation church we do 21 days

of prayer and fasting

every year not just years in the middle

of a pandemic but every year because we

want to hear

what god has to say about our lives

our families and our purpose and i’m

asking you to join me

yeah yeah i know what you’re thinking

like fasting like giving up something i

promise you

anytime you give up something

pleasurable and deny your flesh

you are doing it to get closer to god

spiritually and you

never give up something for god that he

doesn’t return to you

in the way that you need it most so i’m

telling you we’re going to help you

we’re going to resource you

we even teamed up with the youversion

bible app

and we have a plan that’s going to walk

you through every

day that you can do we have noonday

prayer we’re going to be meeting on

youtube

every night at six i’m telling you you

can make this year the best year but it

will only be the best year

if it’s your best year spiritually join

us in 21 days of prayer and fasting

oh come on wherever you are can we give

god a big shout of praise

he’s worthy oh y’all not saying that and

you’re looking at me right now

but let’s give god a huge shout

of praise

glory to god is anybody excited to be in

your house of the lord today

y’all missed it i said your house of the

lord because wherever

the spirit of the lord is there is

freedom

and i don’t know who needs to hear this

right now but right where you are

god is there somebody say here

it’s holy you missed it

see because some of you are in a

situation right now that does not seem

like it’s a good thing but god says if i

am there with you right in that moment

you might be going through a divorce but

here is holy

you might be on the verge of making some

decisions that change your entire friend

group

but right here is holy somebody say here

is holy

and i need you to hear that because all

of this year i’ve just really been

asking god to take me from

events that bring you glory

we’re missing the worship nights and the

and and

the big conferences and i said god take

me from the events

that bring you glory and give me a life

that brings you glory and what his

response to me was is

every step that you take

is holy like

in the frustration holy

in the pain it’s still it’s still god’s

sovereignty

he’s still good and i just want somebody

to know that’s watching

that the fact that you’re in this moment

right now watching this

this is a holy moment because god

through something is going to speak to

you he might speak through something i

say he’s gonna definitely speak through

his word

he may speak through the person that’s

sitting next to you and makes a side

comment

while you were going open up your ears

to hear that god

is still speaking and so today

we just want to give god an opportunity

to do what nothing has been able to do

all week

satisfy your job didn’t satisfy you this

week you might have got a paycheck but

it didn’t satisfy you it didn’t fill you

up your marriage some of y’all think is

going to satisfy you but they are just

to help

be a conduit to point you towards god

but the only thing that can satisfy

is god and today that’s what we want to

do we want to give you the word so i

don’t know where you’re watching from

right now

but i’m excited to hear is anybody

excited to be in the actual building

and is anybody excited to be in the

virtual building right now

hey i need to know where you’re watching

from if you’re if you’re watching from

somewhere i need you to type it in the

chat

come on i need you to do that as you get

your bibles everybody may be seated in

the room

i need to get right into preaching

because i got a bunch to say

and um i i see people watching from

florida

and there’s people that are watching

from from overseas

there’s people watching from maryland

and minnesota and there’s people

watching from chicago

and new york i am so glad

that our church in the middle of a

pandemic

has grown anytime the enemy tries to

suppress

something it spreads out and god does a

lot of amazing work

and i’m just grateful that you would

allow me and my wife

to pastor you um through one of the

hardest

seasons in human history i don’t take it

lightly

and i count it as a privilege that you

tune in every sunday

that many of you partner financially

that many of you share

and send this to your friends and

evangelize your family

and and and really are the ministers in

the area that you are i believe 2021

as a church is going to be our best year

ever

and i believe that’s because we are

going to be aware of what god wants to

do

through our life somebody say my life

is his now for some of you you just lied

because your life

is committed to your preference and not

his purpose

but i heard god say if you’re going to

commit to my purpose this year

then you’re going to have to become

everybody shot at me anchored

shout it like you mean it say it with

your chest

this year we will be anchored and i do

believe

that the prophetic word that god gives

us every year in a vision type of way

is something that marks our lives and is

able to refine

us so today i thought what i would do as

i come into week

two of this series about being anchored

and y’all i’m so excited to preach this

message right now

i thought i would walk us through how i

got here okay

so so we are officially starting get

your notepads ready get your smartphones

and your dumb phones

get everything that you got ready

because we are in week

two of a series we’re calling help me

anchor all right now this is going to be

a series that shapes your whole year

yeah

yeah so i want you to plan right now on

coming back

to this series every month

how many notebooks do you have filled

the notes and how many things do you

have on your phone and emails that you

have

of notes that you never use god’s saying

if you’re going to be anchored you got

to remember

my words mark my words that’s what we

talked about last week he’s saying

remember

them so that in a season that you didn’t

know you needed it i already gave you

the answer

i dare say to some people right now the

very answer you’re looking for god

already gave you just for god

this is one of the things that god is

challenging us to do is not just be

consumers

be studiers of his word

and in this series i think it is my

position

to not just come as the man of god and

and

god gave me this word you know how

people do and they act like they the

only one here from god

and they they don’t sleep on an actual

bed and don’t use the actual toilet

somehow it just comes out of them and

they’re purified and like it’s just all

these things and that’s the furthest

thing from the truth i want you to know

i am a human

hue man that is submitted to god

and anything that happens in my life can

happen

in your life if you make the same type

of type of sacrifices and dedications

and devote yourself take your vote away

god i don’t want to do that but i’m

devoted i don’t have a vote no more

i i don’t want to do prayer and fasting

but i’m devoted i’m going to take my

vote away

and you can see these outcomes in your

life and so today i wanted to start it

start this whole thing by telling you

how i got to the word anchored

i don’t like the word anchored let’s

start there

let’s start that when god gives you a

word he does not consult your feelings

when god speaks prophetically he doesn’t

look at what you want he looks at what

you need

and god somehow stepped outside of

eternity

and saw transformation church in this

year and said the word

they need to center around gather their

faith around

give around is the word anchor

and so let me start off by saying this

is not my favorite word

i would have preferred tons of other

words

explosion the blow up

the next level any of those could have

worked god and i

pray about it because when god starts to

show me something or hear something and

the reason i’m walking us through this

because

i saw a couple comments and i got a few

emails that raised my pastor up this

this week that said god don’t be

speaking to people like that

whoa you see he’s just over here

talking about how god talks to him

there’s nowhere in the bible

that it talks about god speaking to

people

really so i thought today that i’m not

just going to give you fish i’ma teach

you how to fish

and let you know that god is still

speaking and he wants to do something

so special in your life so every summer

if you’ve been around transformation

church

there’s about a a a month and a half

that me and pastor natalie disappear

from the scene

and i go on sabbatical from the very

first

year of me being in ministry we we take

this time and on that sabbatical i

intentionally intentionally make a space

for god to speak to me so i literally go

to a random hotel

where only my security and my wife know

where i’m at

and i sit there and i just pray and ask

god what i’m supposed to do

and pace around the room and admit i

don’t know nothing

and i asked god like why did you choose

me

there’s a whole nother year that people

are going to come every sunday and you

know the funny thing about sundays they

come

every sunday and i don’t know what to do

and i just

lay before god and i ask him for vision

and direction every year when i make

this space god

meets me in these times and what ends up

happening is

out of that time i bring the word to the

year to our staff first and i usually

share it with them in september or

october

at staff advance because it’s hard to

lead somebody a place you’ve never gone

before

and so this team we pray and we fast

and we talk about the word of the year

so this staff and this team

the reason why anchorage is coming off

so smooth to us because we’ve been

walking this thing out for about four or

five months

and then at the beginning of the year i

share it with our church because it’s

not just for this house

the organization it’s for somebody say

my house

god does not speak anything in this

house that he does not want duplicated

in your house he doesn’t want this

church blessed and your marriage not

blessed

he doesn’t want this church to be

influential and you not be

influential god uses this church as an

example

of what he wants to do everybody say

through me

and so when i went on sabbatical the

main thing that i write down in my

journal is god i want to hear you

i want to hear you and god i will listen

and

when i said that um to somebody this

week

talking to them through like god still

speaks god told me he said michael

people are deceived

hearing me hearing god’s voice is

normal for the believer

he said if you don’t hear me

who are you hearing

if you’re not hearing me somebody’s

speaking to you

can i prove it to you because in john 10

4 5

he said that my sheep follow me they

know my voice and a stranger they will

not

follow but they will flee from him for

they know

not the voice of a stranger who’s ever

talking to you

if it ain’t god who is it

and i really begin to think about that

because god said i’m still speaking but

culture’s speaking too

finances are speaking too your favorite

motivational speaker is speaking too

and you’ve confused their good idea with

my voice

and the problem that’s happening right

now is because

it takes a sacrifice to get into the

presence of god

a sacrifice to live a life that’s holy

enough

a sacrifice so many of y’all would

rather take

a cheap counterfeit than actually have

the authentic

voice of god speaking in your life i’m

already doing too much

right now michael wu saw but 2021

will not be the year that you will be

able to blame god for not speaking to

you

2021 will not be the year that you talk

about he’s just so far away from me no

no no no your ears are closed

and you’re walking around like

and god says i’m speaking but you can’t

hear me

because you’re listening to the

stranger’s voice

we talk about stranger things let me

tell you about stranger things

stranger things is hearing from people

who do not have

the heaven’s mind for your life stranger

things is listening to a friend group

that feels like they’re more successful

than you so maybe i should listen to

them they don’t know the purpose of god

for your life

they don’t know the plan that god has

for your marriage they do not know what

god has

already ordained for you you better stop

listening to the stranger’s voice

[Applause]

i have small children right now that

love

answering the door

they love bing bong they ah

knock knock they love answering the door

but the one thing that i’ve had to teach

my daughters and my son is when

somebody’s at the door

the first thing they ask is what who is

it

and the problem is so much stuff has

been showing up

at the door of your life and you’ve

stopped asking

who is it you’re just opening the door

some of y’all took the door off the

hinge

and they can come in and go as they

please but today it’s time

oh i feel this thing it’s time to put a

barrier back

up and when you hear something you need

to ask who is it

[Applause]

and the only way i know who it is

is if they speak

their voice authenticates

who it is and very very

easily now my daughter says who is it

and i say it’s your daddy she stay her

reaction

who is it it’s charles oh uncle charles

who is it

it’s auntie bree she knows how to give

access to people she’s familiar with

their voice

but when she says who is it and it’s a

stranger’s voice

she doesn’t respond audibly she

daddy

somebody’s at the door and i’m

unfamiliar with their voice

daddy are you expecting somebody are you

expecting this relationship

are you expecting this business deal see

daddy should be talked to either way

it’s either him at the door or i’m

running to him because the stranger

i didn’t this ain’t even my message

but all i’m saying to you today is that

god is speaking

and many of us are missing him because

we’ve been

we’ve been conned by the stranger and i

don’t know what the strange voice is

that has been speaking to you the

strange voice of insecurity

the strange voice of comparison the

strange

voice of depression and anxiety and

perversion they’ve been speaking to you

and god’s saying hey my sheep know my

voice

and a stranger they will not adhere

they won’t listen they will not submit

to and god’s saying i’m speaking

somebody say god speaks i want you to

say it like you mean it god

speaks and now make it personal god will

speak

to me i’m declaring that over your life

if you’ve never

ever thought so well my my old

denomination didn’t believe that welcome

baby

to the full gospel of jesus christ

somebody needs to know that god will

speak to me who give you direction about

the business

he’ll give you direction about let me

stop

i’m i think i just need to do it charles

can i just tell him how god speaks

um the first thing i need to let you

know that malachi 3 6

tells us um the character of god it

shows that he’s an anchor

it shows that he’s reliable and

dependable and it says for i am the lord

and i don’t change so the first thing

you got to understand is that god is an

anchor that does not change

uh he is something that is going to be

the same and he has been the same

and he will be the same so if god spoke

in the bible days

and he said he don’t change he’s still

speaking today so let me tell you 11

ways i just got to flow through this i’m

gonna have to maybe do an instagram live

or do something on this later

because i really feel that people need

to hear this but god speaks somebody

shouted me god speaks

god speaks in an audible voice

now this is getting more and more um

rare but this is how god has spoken and

i do believe

how god still speaks to some people in

certain situations

from adam and eve to moses in the

burning bush the reason that god speaks

in an audible

voice is to get somebody’s full

attention and this has never happened to

me

but i’m not saying because it hasn’t

happened to me that it hasn’t happened

and some of us are so prideful to think

that because you’ve not experienced

something somehow that limits god he’s

god

if you believe or not

he’s god there’s a word in the bible and

it’s a cuss word for some

but this is the thing that really gives

god an

unexplainable title he’s sovereign

he does what he wants when he wants to

and i know that’s not sexy language in

2021 because we want everything to make

sense

and have a reason and be able to

logically understand it and god says you

can want all that but i ain’t got to do

all that

i’m sovereign and i believe that god

still speaks in an audible voice that’s

why hebrews 13

8 says jesus christ is the same

yesterday

today and forever so that’s one way that

god speaks let me give you a second way

that god speaks through angelic

visitations

now i know this is way above a lot of

y’all’s pay grade

but the way that mary knew that she was

pregnant with jesus

is an angel came to her this is the

thing that i really do believe that

angelic hosts

what we talk about we believe they can

sing holy holy holy

all around the throne but we don’t

believe they can fight for us

but i look at uh there are different

types of angels there are ministering

angels

there are guardian angels and there are

warring angels

and some of you have put your angels at

bay because you don’t believe

that these things are real but god

speaks

through angelic visitation i can’t even

go number three he speaks through

dreams and visions this is the one that

we want all the time but this is not all

how

all the times how he comes but this is a

way that he speaks

he speaks through signs and miracles god

will speak to somebody who does not

believe

he will speak to them that’s what he

says the miracles are for the

unbelievers

when somebody who was this way is

standing there watching skeptical and

god touches them

and they get healed they’ll be like hold

on now tell me again how that happened

god said that the reason miracles have

to come into 2021

is because the world is getting dimmer

and dimmer and they can’t believe

but when they see my light when they see

cancer dry up on the inside of somebody

when they see somebody who was addicted

and couldn’t function without pills and

alcohol i feel my help

coming on it is a miracle for the

unbeliever

and god speaks through signs and

miracles i believe that god speaks

through coin

i’m hype god speaks to coincidences

i heard albert einstein say coincidences

are god’s way of remaining anonymous

it was a coincidence i ran into you at

the

that was god oh it’s such a coincidence

i had a dream about this

and then somebody started singing the

song in office that happened this week

coincidence somebody said that’s god

he’s speaking when you thought it was

have you ever been somewhere and said

something told me

stop dumbing down to something

the something has a name his name is

jesus

oh okay i don’t know why i feel so

preachy today i

whoa it must be this lime green strip i

don’t know which one

i like okay so god speaks

through coincidence he speaks through

his written word

this is in the greek called the logos

the bible

it is the main way listen to what i’m

saying this is the main way

that god speaks to us the problem is

is if you do not open up the bible

you are void of the main way

that god speaks to people

there has been time after time that i

needed an

answer for something that was happening

in my everyday life

and i opened up my bible for devotion

man

not wanting to read can it can i be

honest with you the pastor don’t always

want to read his bible

i don’t want to ah

matthew mark luke or john yeah

but as i open up the living word

god starts reading me see because the

bible is the only book that you read it

but it reads you back

my attitude is off and god says yeah

right there

that’s why i’m gonna get you and this is

why i want you to understand

that in 2021 for you to be anchored you

cannot be anchored without the word of

god

your instagram post scripture is not

studying the word of god

nobody’s gonna say it so i think i just

have to say yes you posted it with

lilies and flowers and it works with

your

aesthetic but it did not go to your

heart

it went on your page but it missed your

heart and what god is saying to you

right now

is you gotta hide yourself in my word

because i’ll speak to you somebody said

god speaks

that’s six ways the other way he speaks

is through the living word

jesus says in john 6 63 the words or

the rhema that’s the right now word that

i speak to you

are spirit that’s there’s something

that’s in them

and they are life see this is the thing

that you got to understand

i don’t understand how people live

without the holy spirit functioning in

their life

because that is the living word jesus

literally says it’s better disciples

because they was tripping

if you if you if you let me go because

if i go

and do my father’s business i’m gonna

send you the holy spirit

and when i send you the holy spirit he’s

gonna be your comforter he is gonna walk

with you

he’s going to talk with you and he’s

going to lead you into all truth

everybody say truth

and the fact is that there’s a lot of

lies going on right now and we need

truth

and god’s saying that when i give my

word through the holy spirit

it’s a specific word for a specific time

for a specific need and when you live

like this

god speaks everybody say god speaks this

is the one you’re not going to like god

speaks to other people

that’s good dang see because we wish we

could judge

the type of people that god allows us to

speak through

but the person you don’t like god can

speak through them

the person who’ve been on your nerves at

your job

the problem is some of your enemies have

been speaking the most truth to you

but because you won’t even listen and

see is there anything that god has to

say in the midst of that

you have now shut off the answer to the

very thing you’ve been praying for

somebody shout at me god speaks i could

go all day on all of this one

on this one god speaks through media

god literally will speak the bible talks

about

him declaring things to all nations and

how does things get to all nations right

now

through media through social media

through television through all of this

stuff

god is using media right now to speak

okay some of y’all got real religious

not the media not the

how would you be hearing the word of god

right now

unless god was using technology and

media

i honestly believe and i say this that

we have never been fully

positioned as the body of christ to do

the great commission go into

all the world and make disciples of

every nation how can i do that and still

keep up what god says

about being the man of the house and

being stewarding in first timothy and

being a leader and having how can i do

that and take care of my home

unless there’s a vehicle that god

divinely uses

to spread the gospel and i can give my

babies baths at night

how can i still be and god’s saying i’m

giving you a

tool that i speak through

somebody say god speaks god speaks

through creation and nature

you want to know is god real go outside

just go outside and look up yeah yeah go

go outside if you near ocean we we land

locked in tulsa

we only got ponds that don’t have full

water in them but if you buy an ocean

go look at the ocean and tell me

that god does not speak through creation

when i tell you when we watch every

season no matter the economic

downfall or the economic rise in every

season the flowers still bloom

no matter who’s in office or who’s out

of office

the birds and the bees still pollinate

no matter

what is going on through every age and

every kingdom rising every empire

fall bear still hibernate god is

speaking

and the last way i’m going to talk about

that god speaks

is through our conscience there are

things

that my body’s about to do

that my conscience says no

don’t do it now i’m already in the act

my my my flesh has already decided

and then the holy spirit just invades my

conscience and say this is going to

delay you

they’re a setback have you ever walked

in a place about to put the money down

and say that’s bad

this ain’t your house

that ain’t your mate

at the engagement party

you ain’t getting that money back but

you’ll have your life i’m telling you

right now

god is trying to help somebody do not

ignore

when the holy spirit jumps in your

conscience

he’s trying to speak somebody say god

speaks

and and the key is we have to learn how

to recognize his voice

because sometimes the bible tells us he

stop talks in a still

small voice and some of us are too

busy to hear the small voice of god

i i want to normalize silence

i need you to you don’t always have to

have something going

i want to a normalize meditation

not in no weird like like the bible

all these other religions are biting the

bible this is not

new he says meditate on my word day

and night this is this is what i need

you to do and some of us

are so busy setting atmospheres

that we don’t hear answers

the candle’s right the mood’s right i

have my my

my mood music and the vibe is right and

i’ve done this and

god’s saying like just sit down

just spend that extra five minutes in

the car

turn the radio off turn instagram off

one of the most spiritual things you may

do is turn your notifications off of

your phone

i had to do this three years ago i’m

trying to be very practical i don’t get

a ding

every time somebody hits my social

medias

because it was my invitation for

interruption

god could be speaking to me

you don’t think the enemy will help

somebody text me

you don’t think he’ll help somebody like

yeah yeah don’t send it right now

and at the moment god’s about to give a

word

i don’t know what all your sounds are

but they start happening

and and even if i ignore them they have

now taken up space

i didn’t answer it but now it’s taking

up room

if you’re gonna be anchored this year

you got to make space

for god to speak and i believe there’s

puzzle pieces to this

this is the one thing of how i got to

the word anchored this year and i just

feel like teaching i feel like being

your pastor this morning

i feel like just giving you like just

practical things that will help you be

anchored

if you want to be anchored in your life

anchored in your spiritual life i told

you all a few weeks ago this will be

your best year ever if it is your best

year spiritually that was not

for likes or comments that is a true

statement

that is going to take you having to

sacrifice some things

to get the best thing and the best thing

you can get

is a word from god somebody shout at me

god speaks

and this is how you get those puzzle

pieces to come together

the first thing that happens when i go

to get vision

and this is how we got to anchored as i

get in god’s presence

you never get a word from god without

him

actually being there his presence it’s

not a gift he sends in the mail

it’s a gift he gives as he’s there with

you

it is his presence my wife loves gifts

that i get her

but she would take back every purse and

every piece of shoe

and every gift i would ever for my

actual

presence and i feel like the church

has been so enamored with gifts

well they seem good the gifts

they preach good that they have settled

for gifts instead of his presence

if the note is off and he’s there

it’s all good you see

they don’t want that one because at the

minute we might sacrifice

excellence but we get his presence do

you know some of the most amazing times

i’ve had with god

had no led screens attached to it

had no good sound the times when god

checked me and changed me and transform

me i wasn’t in a ritz called and i was

at a best western

79 99 do you unders

i’m just trying to say that if you do

not put value on his presence you’re

missing a piece of the puzzle

and for you to be anchored this year

you’re going to have to get in his

presence that’s why we’re spending 21

days

praying and fasting and i’m encouraging

everybody that’s still tuned in because

some of people tuned off

because the appetite went up we just

went from mcdonald’s into ruth crist

and some of y’all have had an appetite

spiritually for fast food and what god

is saying is i’m about to change your

palate

i’m about to bring you up to steak

potatoes shrimp

and lobster and some people can’t eat

that all the time

because they’ve been used to eating

things that are processed

but i’m coming to give you the actual

organic word of god

and what god has for you will not come

without his presence

and honestly you should be ignorant

enough to say i’m not good enough

without his presence

so if your presence is not with me i

won’t go

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let me stop i’m encouraging somebody

these last seven days of praying fasting

get on this

join us 170 000 plus people have

downloaded this youversion bible app but

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it i can bet that i’ll bet my own life

on it because we would rather

have the appearance of god doing

something in our life than actually his

power

moving in our life and the only way that

changes is through his everybody say

presence

and so when i went away and i got in

god’s presence

this has been a number two thing you

need to the puzzle piece is a pattern

see i want to be super practical right

now as a lot of people get in his

presence but they have not made it a

pattern yet

so it’s so sporadic that god’s trying to

get on your calendar

like can i get okay no i blessed him too

much he ain’t got time for me okay

um so can i oh no they just got no

relationship okay so i was gonna say

okay and if you do not make it a pattern

to make time to spend with god then you

miss the nuances of the pattern that god

wants to give you

the reason that my staff and my team

know that we’re going to have a word

every year

is since 2015 it has been a

pattern why is pastor might got to go

for a month and a half two months

because he has a pattern with god

that the rest of our year is different

because he

keeps to the pattern some of you in your

marriage need to have a pattern of a

date night

your children are suffering because the

love

in your house is sucked out because you

only are business partners now

and god says it’s because you do it

without my presence

and you lost the pattern and i’m just

asking you practically where are the

areas in your life that you have drifted

away from the pattern remember 2020 is

the year of the anti-drift

and i’m gonna talk about that next week

but i gotta lay this foundation that we

need his presence

but we need a pattern

and as i go away for that week and just

ask god what he’s trying to say

i do another pattern that’s under my

pattern of going away

i always ask god for wisdom

this is one of the things that i don’t

care who you are and if you just joined

the faith today

that god says that as you are one of his

children

you can ask for wisdom james 1 5 and 6

says if any one of you

lacks wisdom let him ask god

not google wrong g

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some of y’all are so quick to ask the

wrong g

about your situation

it says ask god watch this

who is faster than a search engine and

gives

it generously to all without reproach he

doesn’t

factor in your past he doesn’t factor in

the last time you didn’t listen to him

he doesn’t factor in any of that he says

he’ll give it willingly without reproach

and it will be given it will be given

him

but let him ask there’s a caveat with

faith

with no doubting for the one who doubts

is like a wave ooh sounds like they need

an anchor

the one who asks that doubts is like a

wave of the sea

that is driven and tossed by the wind

god’s saying if you’re going to ask me

drop your anchor in faith

and know that if you ask me for wisdom

i’ll give you wisdom for your marriage

i’ll give you wisdom for the business

i’ll give you wisdom for what house and

neighborhood to live in

yeah it looks depreciated right now but

you don’t know the city’s talking about

redoing this area

and the reason i told you to buy the

house now and it seems cheaper than what

you want because it’ll be

three times that two years from now if

you would just

listen i’m telling you i’ll give you

wisdom

but wisdom comes from his presence and a

pattern so as i went to that hotel this

year

and i asked god for wisdom then i want

to give you the third puzzle piece

to really getting a word from god a

vision from god getting anchored in your

own life

is it will be practical

god does not live up in this ethereal

realm

he says that i work in the details

of my children’s life so his presence

creates a pattern that will come out

practically and i know this is not the

teacher because every pastor wants you

to feel like they smarter than you

let me tell you very clearly i’m not

smarter than y’all

i’m i don’t have many of you have more

actual knowledge more things in your

head than i

ever will the one thing most people

can’t mess with me on

is that i am practically looking for god

everywhere you might

know about him i know him

i can see him at ihop i can see him

i can see him as i’m walking down the

street i can see him

and a homeless person i can see him in a

beat i can see him in a movie

i can see him in a camera i can see him

the whole earth is the lord’s

and most of y’all look for him on sunday

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and i see him in everything so when god

gave me his presence and i had a pattern

god spoke to me and he said michael open

your eyes and look

i’m going to speak something in your

conscience

and i i want to show y’all i thought it

would be better today to show you

how we’re here and what god wants to do

than just to talk to you about it

it was in august august 7th i woke up

and i pulled out my phone and i just

typed this down i’d never seen this

before but

god spoke to me because i had made room

in his presence

i had a pattern and then he made it real

practical this is all he said

the word for 2021 is anchored

august 8th 2020 at 1 52.

this is my real phone i literally

practical i need everybody to understand

this is not mystical

or spooky or oh yeah no no practical

i hit the word anchored and there’s a

thing on the iphone that says look up

word

and i looked up the definition of anchor

and this would have said a person or

thing

that provides stability and confidence

in an

otherwise unpredictable situation

and god said he whispered this one

sentence to me

and i marked his word what you are tied

to

is more important than where and then i

this is how i left it up here just like

this because i was supposed to say where

you are

but it was unfinished because i got

distracted

what you were tied to is more important

than where my goal

that’s personality what you are tied to

is more important than where daddy

and i left this up here to let you know

that even the people that are supposed

to be the closest to god

have the opportunity to be to be

distracted

but what god had me do is go back to his

presence

and i had a pattern and he finished this

word of me and that’s why i can finish

it for you what you are tied to is more

important than where you currently are

and that was a practical thing and i

said okay god so so so so what are you

telling me he said michael

any time you do anything get in my

presence get the pattern i’ll make it

pra

practical proverbs 3 5 and 6 says trust

in the lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding i

did not understand why you wanted it to

be anchored i did not understand what

2021 hold because i didn’t have god’s

view on it but he did

so he said anchored and he said in all

your ways acknowledge this is me that’s

why i had the audacity to put it in my

phone

because i acknowledged this wasn’t me

this was god and he said if you will do

that

i will direct your path

and i don’t know who i’m talking to

right now but i’m giving you practical

ways

that you can hear for your family and

your god how to be

anchored in this year you got to get the

puzzle piece of his presence and his

pattern and it has to be practical

and this is the thing that i love about

god is that when god speaks something

he will be persistent

do y’all know how many times i tried to

change the word

tried to maybe like maybe this was what

god was saying

and god’s saying is i’m the same

i gave it to you and if you don’t like

it it don’t matter the truth

is not affected by the opinion

your opinion of what god is doing has

nothing to do with the truth of what

he’s doing

and he said whether you tell the church

or not

2021 you need to be anchored and he said

and

i’ll give you confirmation and this is

the beautiful thing with walking and

talking and knowing that god speaks

is that you will begin to get confident

that god will give confirmation i

expect confirmation my life is too in

the balance

to not hear god say this is definitely

it and let me give somebody freedom

right now

god is not offended by you asking for

confirmation

can you go to judges chapter 6 verse 36

i want i want you to show you this small

story about gideon

gideon was the least of the least the

worst

tribe nobody knew anything about him he

was scary

he was i mean gideon was the weakest

person you can think of and god

through an angel spoke to him and said

mighty man of valor

and getting like who are you talking to

and then in a further passage then

gideon is like

all right he’s experienced the presence

and and and

now it’s coming to be practical you want

me to save israel and look and gideon

said to god

um hey god this is hey man this has been

great all the signs that you’ve done

but um if you are truly going to use me

to rescue israel as you promised now i

didn’t really want this like this wasn’t

part of my plan i just wanted some bread

and that’s why i was doing this at the

bottom of the uh threshing floor but if

you want me to rescue them

as you promised

i don’t know how to say this but um

prove it to me

and and then okay he might smite me but

i i mean

i’ma die either way i need to really

know

could you not just prove it to me but

prove it to me in this specific way

so so this one i’m gonna do i’m gonna

put a wool fleece

on the threshing floor tonight and if

the fleece is wet with due in the

morning

but the ground around it is dry then i

will know that’s that yeah that’ll be it

i’ll know that you’re going to help me

rescue israel as you promised he already

said it

but gideon was bold enough to ask for

confirmation

and i think that sometimes we play god

like he’s intimidated

by our request and he literally

asked him can you prove it to me in this

specific way

and look what it said it says that 38

and that is just what happened

when gideon got up early the next

morning he squeezed the fleece

and rung out a whole bowl full of water

didn’t get he and said to god god you

know what that was great wow

i mean did y’all see whoa only god could

do that um

um but just one more thing um just real

quick

please don’t be angry with me but my

life is in the balance

like i i can’t this

deciding who i marry even if we get

divorced they take a piece of me

like like there’s children in the

balance there’s there’s

there’s generational wealth in the

balance there’s my heart in the

god don’t be angry with me but let me

make just

one more request let me use

the fleece in one more test this time

let the fleece remain dry while the

ground around it is wet

with dew so that night god did as gideon

as

and the fleece was dry in the morning

but the ground

was covered with dew do you know how big

our god is

that when he speaks it to you and

believe it in faith then he’ll confirm

it

he’ll confirm it over and over

and over and over again and what ended

up happening

in me figuring out that this was the

word for this year

i was like god anchored i don’t even

know okay like that’s what you want to

do

and he said yeah i’ll prove it to you so

me and my wife and a couple of our

friends went on a vacation

in august and august 25th we’re going to

this

i’m i’m i am one of those people that

when you go on a vacation

especially in a different country the

first place i want to go is to the

grocery store because i want to know how

american

is this place i want to know can i find

doritos can i find oreos and can i find

some sprite

because if anything goes wrong i’ll be

able to survive

on those i don’t know judge me if you

want but this is how i do when i go to

other countries

and so we’re on our way walking from

this nice hotel

to like the hood corner store and as i’m

watching over my back to see if i’m

gonna have to shank somebody

i um walk up on this picture that i want

to show you right here

that god said that he would confirm his

word to me

i’m walking and out of nowhere comes

this

12 foot anchor and i literally look at

this anchor and i’m like

what in the world is that you

just told me that the word is anchored

and now i don’t even think it was 19

days later

he presents to me an anchor when i

saw this it stopped me in my tracks

because it was god practically

confirming what he told me privately

i want to let you know that god will

confirm publicly

and practically what he told you

everybody say privately

and i know some of y’all like well i’ve

already got everything figured out and

all this other stuff

but god literally put a 12-foot anchor

in my view

and said i’m speaking i’m

speaking and my question to you is what

has god put in your view

that you thought was just scenery

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god’s speaking he’s trying to show you

he’s trying to develop you he’s trying

to engage you right now

somebody said god speaks

i see this 12-foot anchor august 25th

2020. here it is and my wife is like

what are you doing

i said i got to go take a picture of

this i ain’t even told natalie yet

and i just take a picture of the anchor

and i’m like all right god

but you remember that story in judges

when gideon asked twice don’t be mad at

me

but if i’m about to tell hundreds of

thousands of people that we’re supposed

to anchor

this can’t be cute cause i’ma have

people telling me i’m a false prophet

and i might have people disconnected

from the church and i’m a happy god i

don’t want the problems

i just want to hear from you and god

said i’ll confirm it

so later on we get on the boat and go to

this little private beach area

and we’ve been there like two or three

days in a row little flamingos walking

around when i want to hear god i go to

the beach y’all hear me

and i just be looking just letting all

my cellulite hang out and everything i

just

i just we working on it we about to get

anchored in the name of jesus

but but i was sitting there and we’re on

our way to catch the boat back

and god said he whispered looked to your

right

and i looked to my right and saying

nothing to the right and god said

yes it is this is what

was to my right could you please put it

on the screen

a 30-foot anchor

i said oh

like you really now this is the funny

thing i asked my wife

and my sister who went on the trip with

us i said did y’all see this anchor

every day

they said we haven’t seen it one day

but because we passed it over and over

it was there the whole time but when i

looked when god whispered to my heart

i then saw a confirmation

to what god had already told me

privately

he wanted me to know that he was with me

publicly

so i took a picture next to this big

anchor and i said god i’m going to teach

anchored this year

that was back in august you know when

time goes by

from when god says something to you

if you get a little

it could be a little shaky like i don’t

i don’t seen a lot of things god’s done

something maybe the word for year is

forgive because we did the whole

fu series and god was like i didn’t

change

i didn’t i didn’t lose my spot i gave

you what i wanted you to do

then i gave it to you there and i need

you to obey me now

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i’m just trying to help somebody anchor

so i went back to him one more time

hey lord it’s the end of the year

i just could you please

just confirm i’ve been in your presence

i got a pattern you made it really

practical

and and you’ve been persistent and

telling me this is exactly

what you want me to do but i just want

to know

you’re still with me and i don’t think

that god looks at that as a bad thing

when you ask him in faith

because my concern is i just don’t want

to do nothing without you

like i don’t i don’t wan i don’t want to

cross

this line if you’re not over the line

and god said i got you son me and

natalie

go to a restaurant to have breakfast

this has never happened to me ever

and this is what happened on december

30th

take a look at your screen look i can’t

make this stuff up

at the bottom of my cup look at that

is a what oh they need to clean this cup

but it’s a what it’s an anchor

at the bottom of my cup

oh god is speaking tc he’s speaking

and you look good glory to god

glory to god

i go to take a sip and i look at i don’t

never look at the bottom of my cup

and god placed an anchor

at the bottom of my cup

so if anybody has a question about the

what the word of the year is for tc

go find another church go find a dick

but the one thing i know

is that when god spoke that we were

supposed to be anchored

because i got in his presence i found a

pattern

it was practical he was persistent

the thing that i get to stand here next

year at this time

and do is i get to prove it

see the last part of god doing what he

does

is it’s proven the reason i stand in

confidence today

is because i don’t have to make this

word come to pass i just have to obey it

every step of the way and it’s proven it

was proven

when god told us to maintain and to

sustain it was proven when he said go

beyond

it was proven when he said to stride it

was proven when he said it was the year

of release

it was proven last year when he said we

would get stronger and now it will be

proven

because me and you are gonna get what

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i thought it was important to demystify

how god speaks luke 7 35

it says yet wisdom is proven right by

its results

stop calling people wise because they

know stuff

call people wise when they can prove

stuff

everybody’s a pastor everybody’s a

prophet with instagram facebook and all

that other stuff say it if you want to

show me the proof because wisdom is

proven by its results

so our word this year is to be anchored

let me give you the definition

and then we’re going to close because i

got too much more to preach

and i think somebody this week needed to

practically

be able to be anchored in knowing god

speaks

because i’m not going to do all of the

things that god has called me to do i’m

not going to sign the record contract

and i don’t know that god spoke to me

oh i forgot you’re into opportunities

instead of assignments

oh i forgot that’s what culture sells us

on

oh if they call i never thought they

would call

okay they did did god say to do it

if your dream job called and god said

no would you obey

if the person that you want to date

said they want to date you and god

says that he don’t want you to be in

that relationship at this time

would you obey

if you got the money for the house

and god says no house this whole year

well my credit is approved and i have

the down payment

and i know this is the neighborhood i

want to live in and god

says not yet

would you obey now i i forgot you’re

about opportunity

and not assignment the thing about god’s

kingdom

is when you start walking in the favor

and the blessing of god there will be

opportunity around you all day

the thing that you have to delineate is

what did god say

and what do i want and whenever you

figure out you know what what i want

doesn’t line up with what god

says you have to divorce it but there is

a beautiful place

that god can align your desires with his

desires

and what you want and what he wants is

the same thing

and it begins to make this beautiful

harmony see harmony

is when two separate things are working

together to make something very

beautiful

and what god wants to do with you in

2021 is he wants you

and his will for your life to be in

harmony he wants you to walk with people

that when you talk about stuff the notes

aren’t clashing

they’re not making different sounds and

different ideas and different things

he wants it to be in harmony and the

only way it’s in harmony is if you hear

from him

today you being anchored

to god’s word is more important than

anybody else’s word

i have so much more to preach

like charles is looking at my notes

right now i’m on page one

but i just feel like there’s a holy

moment right here

god speaks and if you’ve ever doubted

maybe your prayer from now on the rest

of these seven days of prayer and

fasting

god speak to me

god god will you speak to me just say it

out loud god speak to me

now don’t look for him to speak in the

way you desire

it look for him to speak

i gave you 11 ways that god speaks some

of you he’s speaking to you right now

some of them he used a person

to just speak to you and now this is the

most beautiful thing

any way that god speaks he wants to

clarify it for you too

but what do you got to do go back to his

presence

do you have a pattern of getting in his

presence

do you have a pattern of being with god

is it such a pattern that it can happen

in practical places like the shower

and your car and as you’re talking to

your husband or your wife

or why you’re making some vegan tacos

like like that’s how practical it is and

more than anything

i desire you not to be connected to a

ministry or a man

i desire for you to be connected to the

god who speaks

and some of you this year you’ve been

tossed to and fro

because you didn’t have an anchor of

god’s word

what he said what he said in the bible

what he said through your pastor or your

leader what he said to your friends in

your community

you need an anchor

and today i’m going to pray for the

entire

congregation of transformation nation

that this week

god would speak

i mean like that’s that’s exactly what i

feel

here like i had a plan but god literally

interrupted my plan

to let you know he wants to speak to you

speak to my heart lord

give me your holy word

if i can’t hear from you

then i’ll know what to do said i

won’t go up i’m not stepping without you

i’ll never go on my own

just let your spirit go he’s speaking

and let your word about say that speak

to my heart come on lift your hands

everywhere

say give me your holy word

if i can’t hear or i feel that thing say

then i know what to do say i

won’t go i’m not going into this job i’m

not going into this relationship

cause i can’t go on my own just let your

spirit god we’re gonna sing that one

more time

will you stand up and just say speak to

my heart somebody say give me your holy

word

god we need to hear from you if i can

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just let your spirit guide

and let your word say speak

to my heart

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somebody say speak speak to my heart

that’s what god wants to do that’s what

he wants to do in every area speak

for my career for my business

speak directly from my feelings

i feel that god wants to speak to you

not past the mic like let me divorce

that

i am just a servant of somebody

who’s way better than me and there’s so

many people i like the way president

like dresden

the way he talked let me help you

tomorrow i might not have all my

faculties

this may shut down but the thing that

has lasted in every season

every eight the bible says it like this

the grass withers and the flower fades

but the word of god stands everybody say

forever

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today if you want god to speak to you i

feel this

so strongly if you want god to speak to

you would you just lift your hands all

over this is just

god i just want it i i need clarity i

need you to do it for

everything there are situations i don’t

need them in one or two situations

i need god in every situation of my life

and i’m going to pray for you right now

i’m going to pray for you not doubting

in faith

that the god of the universe is so

omnipresent

that he can speak to me and speak to

amberly

and speak to will and speak to dylan and

speak to

of every person that is under the sound

of my voice and we’re declaring it this

week father i praise you

because you’re a good father and you say

father if we need wisdom for anything we

can boldly come and ask

father god you gave our church a word to

be anchored

but you are a living word that means you

are continuing to speak

for whatever we need whenever we need it

at what time we need it

so holy spirit i’m asking you i’m

putting your reputation on the line

and i’m asking you to be a big god and

speak to your children

father i’m i’m praying for the skeptic

and the doubter

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i’m praying for the person who was

raised steeped in religion

and they use god speaking as

manipulation i tear that down in the

name of jesus

and i declare and i believe father god

that there is about to be a revival

or resurgent of people hearing

your voice and a stranger

they will not listen to father how will

we be anchored if we don’t have a word

that withstands

speak to our hearts lord and i’m asking

you right now

that the testimonies i hear it will

start ringing out

that god will begin to confirm his word

he’s going to be persistent i even hear

god saying the old things

the things that you thought were dead he

said i’ma speak to you again

i must speak to you again i’m gonna show

you i’m so good

i’ll confirm it look for me god says

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and god today we are honored

to remember that you aren’t just a god

who did it

you’re a god who does it somebody say

god speaks

he’s not just a god who did it he’s a

god who

does it speak to us

to my heart i feel that things

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just one more time i’m sitting in this

moment you’re in his presence right now

you better ask him right now to give me

about my marriage about my fiance about

my kids about their schooling

about my future about my about my

retirement god i need you to speak

you’re welcome here lord you’re welcome

here

you’re welcome here you’re welcome here

you’re welcome here you’re welcome here

said holy spirit you

are welcome hey

come fly this place and

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in my friendship you’re welcoming

everybody everywhere and can meet god

[Music]

god

we want to see you god you are still

speaking god

anger not the words of men

not the words of others

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let us become

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god make us aware let us see what’s

already there

let us see what you’re trying to do

[Music]

come right here

we god you god we need your glory

[Applause]

[Music]

give me your holy word

if i can’t hear from you

somebody’s making a decision to be

anchored with god this year

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i want to talk to everybody that needs

to tie your anchor to jesus

see i’ll talk about it more next week

but an anger is not about

something that’s sexy it’s about

something that saves you

in a storm the reason you need an anchor

is because in the midst of the storm

it saves you and a lot of people want

something sexy from god they want a

blessing i want a miracle i want you to

enlarge my territory yeah all that’s

good

but the first thing that an anchor is to

do

is to save you and today there’s

somebody that’s watching

that your anchor has not been tied to

something that is steady

and the the rock of our salvation

is jesus and today i want to give you

the opportunity to tie your life

to someone who will never fail your

anchor has a name

and his name is jesus and it’s so crazy

i i got to show you this as i was

looking at a picture of an anchor this

week

i was just studying this picture and god

said i am your anchor michael

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i sent jesus to be your anchor and i

kept looking at this cross

and i said god what are you trying to

show me and

just out of the blue it popped up

and i saw that the anchor

is the very symbol

of what our savior stretched out his

arms on

the cross is an anchor

because jesus is our

anger and today if jesus

is not your anchor i don’t want you to

go another day i don’t want you to go

alone i don’t want you to work this week

without jesus being your anchor i don’t

want you to try to be nice to people

because in yourself you can’t do it

i need you to have jesus as your anchor

and it’s so simple according to romans

10 9 and some of y’all

on the third sunday of 2021 are about to

dedicate your life and anchor to jesus

and i’m telling you

all heaven is sitting on their the edge

of their seats waiting

for this moment to happen everything in

your life has led to this moment i don’t

know who i’m talking to

but you’re watching this on accident and

god said ain’t nothing on accident this

is me

i’ve been planning this moment for your

whole life and today

you’re gonna receive me and i know

religion tells you you need to change

this and do this and become that

and jesus says that ain’t what i’m

asking you to do all i need you to do is

believe

that jesus my son came to die for you

and he rose again with all power

so that you could be redeemed and in

this moment

right now i’m telling you the power of

god is coming to your household

to you on the track to you on the call

right now and somebody’s even going to

rededicate their life and say

i want to be anchored not to my business

not to my career

not to this relationship but i want to

be anchored to jesus

and today i’m telling you in just a

moment we’re going to pray

that this will be the greatest decision

you ever make

it’s the decision that took me from

being a liar

somebody who was addicted to pornography

somebody who was manipulative in

everything that i did

and it brought light into my heart and

it didn’t make me a perfect man

but it made me a progressing man and

today god because of what he did as our

anchor

on a cross i’m never gonna forget this

picture that allows me to see my

anchor my hope is in jesus and today i

want to offer that to you

i got good news that everything that has

happened in your life

jesus came to redeem restore

and revive but all you have to do is

accept him

and if that’s you whether you’re in this

building

you’re watching online or you’re

watching on rebroadcast today

is the day of salvation and god is

saying you don’t have to go alone i’ll

speak to you

if that’s you on the count of three i

just want you to boldly raise your hand

in the air i don’t care who’s around you

i don’t care who you came with i don’t

care if your girlfriend or boyfriend or

what y’all did listen i don’t care

nothing about that today right now this

moment

is your moment of salvation one you’re

making the greatest decision of your

life

two i’m proud of you but forget that god

is so proud of you

three just slip your hand up in the air

right now come on there are hundreds if

not thousands

of hands going up all over the world you

can put your hand down

and i’m not gonna ask you to confess to

me

because god was there when it happened

you don’t have to jump through some

hoops to prove you deserve this

i said all have sinned and fallen short

of the glory

but today you’re making a decision to

make jesus your anchor

you will be saved transformation church

you know how we do this we’re all about

to pray together

because eternity is turning around right

now

and we’re praying for the benefit of

those who are coming to christ all

together can we say out loud god

thank you for sending jesus

as our anchor today i believe he lived

he died and he rose again

with all power just for me

today i repent i surrender my life

change me renew me transform me

i’m yours in jesus name

amen can i tell you that everybody

who just decided that jesus would be

their lord heaven

and this room and people all over the

world are turning up

hear me yo that’s why our church exists

this is all i’m asking you to do

is i want you to text the number on the

screen because we want to help you we

want you to get in a good bible-based

church

listen transformation church is always

going to be here to help feed you

spiritually

but if you need something where somebody

can see you right now as we’re not able

to meet

go find a church in your area get in

community

get around other believers get away from

people who are going to take you down

or distract you from getting in his

presence and developing a pattern

and understanding what he wants to do in

your life practically i’m telling you

god is about to do something so crazy in

your life cause think about it

now you’re anchored

tc

i’m promising you this year i’m not

gonna preach

anything to make you feel happy

and if if you need to go somewhere else

and get teaching from somewhere else

that’s cool

i’m i’m promising to teach you

so that when the storm comes

you’ll be anchored we don’t need another

instagram follower

we don’t need anybody else to give god

has been more than good to us

but i will be judged on what i did to

equip you

not how many views on youtube this had

it’s to equip you to be able to live

a life that’s anchored

so this week guess what’s going to

happen he’s going to speak to your heart

i’m promising you if you desire he’ll

speak to

your heart whoa i feel that thing i’m

feeling 92 in here

speak to my heart

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god we want to hear from you

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i declare that this will be the best

week of your life this last seven days

of prayer and fasting

god you’re gonna speak there is strength

coming from on high god we will listen

and obey father our relationships are

getting better

our mind is being renewed are changing

we are changing from the inside out and

today we give you glory

we give you honor and we give you praise

in jesus name everybody say we agree

amen go out and live a transformed life

let’s give god some praise

thank you so much for watching this

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you and your best days

are right in front of you this week go

out and live a transformed life we’ll

see you next week