Embracing the power in the partnership can be a journey and we all need wisdom on how to pick the right partner. The pathway to powerful partnership is in the pick. In Week 2 of the Kingdom Kouples series, Pastor Mike shows us how Jesus picked his partners and showed us what to look for in a powerful partner. We pray you become a partner and find partners that master the art of the pump-up, principles and presence. Scripture References: Ephesians 4:9-12 NLT Luke 6:12-16 NLT Ephesians 4:29 NLT Ephesians 6:18 CSB John 1:6-8 NIV Join Transformation Church for our live Sunday experience. Plug into community, engage in live worship with Transformation Worship, and hear a powerful word from God. Join Transformation Church for Monday Night Prayer. Plug into community, engage in live worship with Transformation Worship, and hear a powerful word from God. ABOUT US: We Exist to REPRESENT God to the lost & found for Transformation in Christ. This is the vision of Transformation Church, led by Pastor Michael Todd and based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. NEXT STEPS: Have you made the decision to follow Jesus? Fill out the form below so we can help you on your journey toward Transformation in Christ: http://transformchurch.us/saved
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hi my name is Amberly and I have the
privilege of serving as one of our
executive pastors here at Transformation
Church we just want to say thank you so
much for tuning in from wherever you are
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that God has a word for you so let’s
jump into this amazing message
all right
today we are starting week
of a series we’re calling Kingdom
couples And the tagline is probably the
most important part
I need everybody to understand this is
not just about having a Beyonce Jay-Z
like marriage relationship
like this is not for a stunt or a flex
this is not so that people can think
you’re good this is about doing Kingdom
Business
with Kingdom partners
and the truth of the matter is most of
us do not reach our purpose not because
we don’t have it it’s because we don’t
pick the right partners
and I feel like I have a burden for
everybody to understand that you need to
learn how to pick
partners
for purpose
on purpose say it with me for purpose
on purpose with your chest for purpose
why on
the truth of the matter is most of our
relationships that are deep
came because of proximity
they were not our picks
and today I need us to evaluate
everything so that we can see how to do
it the King’s Way finding partners for
purpose on purpose and I gotta stop and
say this because I’m a pastor of a local
church the truth of the matter is there
are so many people in our church that
have decided to be partners for purpose
transformation in Christ on purpose here
at Transformation Church and this week
we had a volunteer rally where over 230
people came to the volunteer rabbit
y’all can clap better than that
and we had over 79 B groups sign up for
this season come on y’all
these are people who have decided I want
to be connected to something bigger than
me
and I just want to give everybody a key
to life you will never be fully
fulfilled if you’re not connected to
something bigger than you
made us
get us to Steward over here
but be connected to something that we
can never do by ourselves
and many of you are not seeing the color
of your life because everything in your
life is right it just don’t move outside
of you
body bad
friend group fly
housing sleep mode you got everything
except why does it still feel empty
because all of that means nothing
if it’s not connected to something
that’s outside of you
and so Church what I’m trying to tell
you is in the Kingdom the currency is
relationship connection partnership and
if you are not partnering to do
something bigger than what you could do
alone I may suggest to you that your
vision is too small
I’m gonna say this because I know a lot
of people are just trying to maintain
but may I suggest to you God’s plan for
you was not to maintain
the word maintained I kind of have a
problem with it because maintain
literally means to nurse to death
that word maintain means I’m Gonna Keep
it going as much as I can but I know all
the time it’s going down
and God’s saying I don’t want you to
maintain I don’t want you to just
survive I want you to thrive but it has
to be connected to the right people
so I want you to go to our anchor
scripture of this entire series
Ecclesiastes chapter 4 verse 9. two
people are better than one for they can
help each other succeed if one person
falls the other can reach out in hell
but someone who falls alone
is in real trouble likewise two people
lying close together can keep each other
warm but how can one be warm alone
a person standing alone can be attacked
and defeated but two can stand back to
back
and Conquer three
are even better for a triple braided
cord is not easily
broken last week we decided
we need a partner how many people know
that there are more people in their life
that they need to reach the purpose that
God has given for them to reach Okay so
we’ve decided we need a partner
but I don’t want us to just have a
partner I want us to have a partner with
power
like a partner with no power is weight
okay let me start over here
if if I’m dragging you along
if you don’t have the ability to add
anything to this
if you’re not helping us move this thing
forward
you have become a white and you’re
actually slowing me down
so you have the title of partner but
you’re putting on pounds
there’s no power with what you’re doing
we have to not be okay we have to
literally change the thought process in
our relationships because we’re gonna do
it the King’s Way there has to be people
that are helping us move forward that
means they got to have some power so
today
I’m gonna teach you how to pick a
partner but this is what I want you to
understand the path to powerful
partnership is in the pick
okay
I’m gonna say it one more time and I’m
gonna put it on the screen
the path
to powerful partnership when we link up
things change
when we come together to watch out
when you when I step in with them
[Music]
have y’all ever walked into a room
and you didn’t know nobody so it made
you kind of timid
but did you walk in with the person
who’s throwing the party
it’s a whole different swag
down different
okay
but the power power
is not just in having a partner watch
this it’s in the pick
okay I’m gonna take everybody to maybe a
traumatic situation in your childhood or
maybe you never really experienced it
but have you ever been in line to be
picked for a game
and like they line everybody up against
the wall
and then you just standing there rocking
it
and like Jim it’s like oh yeah I would
have picked Jim too
and I’m like Sally and it’s like all
right
and then you just
it’s one of like a child’s greatest
fears
is to stand in that line
and not be picked
but on the other side of it whoever the
captains are know that the difference
between a loss and a win
is in who they
and some of us have been picking people
who can’t play the game or purpose we’re
in
[Applause]
but you feel bad for them
because they still on the wall
oh gosh
and they sit there like you’re not gonna
pick me
we’ve been friends since sixth grade but
you haven’t developed since sixth grade
you stopped reading in sixth grade
you’re still emotionally at sixth grade
you get mad at me when I can’t come I
got four kids
[Applause]
okay let me stop that sounded personal
[Applause]
but the difference between a win and a
lot here
so the title of today’s sermon is how to
pick a partner
it don’t it don’t matter if we know we
need one
because some of our Pickers are broken
oh
yo picker bro
that sounds provocative I don’t know why
oh it’s a broke pickle I like it
but the truth of the matter is how do we
keep getting in business with the wrong
type of people
they always Shady
they always heisty
I’m on my fourth marriage
and it’s always them
ain’t no man serious
don’t know man really want to be a man
or good
but you have a very distinct type
[Music]
thank you
and there were three dudes that came at
you that don’t look like your type
but would treat you like a queen
and you’ve allowed your preference
to erode your pick
[Applause]
okay we I’m just I’m treading lightly
okay
but I need you to know how to pick a
partner ladies I’m about to tell you how
to pick your man
help me I’m about to help she said help
me pastor
fellas I’m about to I’m about to tell
you how to pick your wife okay
entrepreneurs I’m about to give you the
keys to pick the right business partners
college student I’m gonna help you pick
lifelong friendships
okay
I I can feel the hate coming right now
no I can’t because some of y’all are
sitting next to a bad pic and and
it’s the truth anyhow
she’s like
Jim is that me you’re like no no it’s
not I did not know
what I’m saying to you is this is
important
because watch this
Jesus picked his partners
think about it
everybody think the disciples just came
out of nowhere
and was riding with Jesus
but how different would the gospel be
right now all over the world
if Jesus would have picked the wrong
partners
write it down because I don’t think I’ve
ever seen this like this Jesus picked
his partners
and there’s this there’s some in church
that like Come As You Are
and it’s like yes
but then
you have to continue to transform
and so a lot of times what I found being
the CEO of a church and then being the
pastor of a church like there’s like the
church business side of it that like
people get jobs and paid and stuff and
then there’s like the ministry part of
it we confuse the fact that just because
I’m here at the church and I want to
serve means that I should work in the
church business you’re not good
oh I need to watch out
what I’m saying to you is this idea that
everybody
gets a a cloak of Grace because it’s
about God
[Music]
I’m trying to I see that the haters are
watching right now they’ve got their
pins and they’re ready I’m trying to say
it with tact um
can I be hot can I be humble open and
transparent today okay
you can love God and not be a good pick
you can work in the church and not be a
good pick
you can do Bible study every day and not
be a good
pick
you can be a pastor
and not be a good pick
so that means we have to be picky with
our pick
who gets the level of access to you
who gets to see you hurt
who gets to see you vulnerable now I
know some of y’alls like that’s why I
don’t draw nobody nothing you’re damaged
let me be very clear you went to the
Other Extreme nobody even knows your
birthday and then you’re mad at
everybody nobody said nothing about my
birthday we didn’t know
we had no idea you didn’t even post on
Instagram like another year around the
sun we don’t know you’re mean and shut
up
we want to be your friend but Bob
y’all know them people
[Applause]
I see two of them looking at me like
this right now like I got you
I just want everybody to think about it
Jesus healed a lot of people
Jesus traveled with a lot of people
but he picked only a few partners
okay I’m gonna show you Luke chapter six
verse 12. one day and soon after Jesus
went up to the mountain to pray so he’s
coming out of prayer okay watch this
and he prayed to God all night he knew
this was big decision right here
his his partner pick
was preceded by prayer
okay it’s not even a point
at Daybreak he called together all of
his disciples watch this and he chose 12
of them to be apostles
here are their names watch this
tons of disciples
he picked the apostles
he picked his partners
he picked the pick the ones that he was
going to put his name next to
tons of disciples
tons of Facebook followers tons of fans
tons of all the proud
but he said my name is only going to be
associated with a few people
and I’m not gonna let somebody Pawn them
off on me
I’m gonna pick them somebody say I gotta
pick him
and then I love this then he says their
names
they weren’t silent partners
they weren’t partners that would not be
mentioned and held accountable
many of us have Partnerships with people
in secret
in the dark
nobody even knows we’re that close
and God’s saying for the partners that
are going to do Kingdom work
they have to be named
visible
[Music]
associated with if you can’t post them
on your Instagram
if you can’t take them to your mama’s
house
if you can’t introduce if your boss
can’t see you out with them
he says my partners are Simon
who’s named Peter Andrew Peter’s brother
he is making and Kate because there’s a
bunch of Andrews
because there’s a bunch of people who do
graphics
because there’s a bunch of people who
live on the North side like he was being
specific
Andrew Peter’s brother no not demonte’s
brother Peter’s brother
James John Philip Bartholomew Matthew
Thomas James no no you know
um our thesis uh
our thesis that’s a name
that’s that’s a-rod’s son
Simon y’all know who they call him the
Zealot yeah
Judas son of no James down at the corner
store that’s his son
and Judas is scary
who would later betray him
but
oh see this is gonna mess some of y’all
theology up
was Judas a bad pick
see some of y’all don’t read y’all like
forget Judas but hold on
Jesus
picked
Judas
because he knew that at some point
Judas will flip on him
and he would be the Catalyst to Jesus
fulfilling his purpose
cameraman look at me I could go home now
that
see because some of us have gotten hung
up because we made a wrong pick
everybody has told us we made a wrong
can we be honest how many people have
made a wrong relational pick before just
go oh we’re in a oh God thank you we’re
in the right place okay
this is my encouragement to you write
this down God can redeem the wrong pick
for purpose
[Applause]
God can redeem the wrong tip and make it
turn around for purpose
he can change this whole thing
and that’s why I’m glad that Jesus he
didn’t pick perfect partners he didn’t
pick prolific partners he didn’t
position the partners but he picked
partners for purpose somebody say I’m
gonna pick
partners for purpose
say it again I’m gonna pick
partners for purpose
okay so I’m gonna give you three things
that I found to actually be like um a
guide to how you can pick some powerful
Partners in your life okay
powerful Partners have mastered the art
of the pump up
if you’re a good partner
you know how to pump
can I say it in another way you are a
great encourager
if you gonna be a good partner you got
to be a bomb encourager
y’all ever met those people that you
having a bad day
and they come in and they’re like dang
you look good you like this whole thing
and they’re like I don’t know is you
doing something new with your skin and
they like I mean
distilled water I think
and they just they just have a way of
coming into an atmosphere and calling
out the greatness in you
the truth of the matter is the church
should be the billboard
for the pump up
and we have become
the poster child
for discouragement
you want somebody to tear you down
do something in front of church people
[Applause]
make a mistake
do something everybody don’t agree they
will rip
you
to sweats
and then blame Jesus
and first Thessalonians it says
[Applause]
and many times all that does is identify
that ain’t my partner
they sure can’t go where I’m going
they definitely not built for the
altitude we’re supposed to rise to
if you’re going to be or find
a partner that’s gonna rock with you
they got to have mastered the pump up
okay let me give you scripture because
some of y’all are sitting here looking
at me and you’re so discouraged not
because you don’t think you can do it
but there’s not enough people telling
you that you can
there are statistics and studies that
have been done that it takes 17 positive
affirmations to cancel out every one
negative word
now think about all the words that have
been spoken over you in your life and
then think about the ones you speak over
yourself
tell me
could there be anybody who’s doing too
much when it comes to encouragement no
you need people around you that tell you
that you can do it every day you need
people that send it in the text today
you are Mighty and God’s hand is on your
life be strong and courageous if it
falls apart I’ma be here we down like
four flats imma ride this thing till the
wheels fall off whatever you need they
are there to encourage you
and it’s not until you find yourself in
a pit that you find out who actually has
a lot of people go silent
when I’ve gone through certain trials a
lot of people didn’t say bad things they
did worse they said nothing
[Applause]
you gonna stand with me
on the Mountaintop
but then when we get to the valley
it’s not that you have bad things to say
you’re waiting to see what the majority
says to figure out where you stand you
not my partner
I need the people that can find me in
the dumps
and even when I don’t believe it
they’ll Speak Life over me
my wife
can say something to me and make me do
something I hate
cause she got the power of the Pumper
I was walking by carrying some bags the
other day
and she said you look strong
I said girl I will bust down
and give you 50 right now
[Applause]
I wasn’t ready for that last one
[Applause]
but a real partner who’s mastered the
pump up can make you do what you think
you can’t do
they will give you curtain they will put
courage in that’s why they call it in
[Applause]
her and I’m afraid
that many of us are looking for these
Partners but won’t be them
[Applause]
because everybody like yeah
but when’s the last time you sent a
random text message to somebody who
would kind of be awkward that they saw
your call but you just felt led to
encourage them
to lift them up
do they have to be saved to encourage
them
because they don’t want to condone
unbelievers shut up
and tell them they look nice
part of the reason we have no entrance
into people’s lives to be even able to
give them a different perspective is
because we’re not even in their lives
and I’m telling you the sure-fire way to
get into anybody’s life is keep
encouraging them
man how you’re on time every day that’s
inspiring
you look shiny what is that
he said you look shiny
somebody’s gonna feel good after that
somebody
I put on cocoa butter this morning they
gone somebody
that’s a perfect example that it don’t
even have to make sense
you can encourage somebody and it makes
no sense you look shiny like it is
when somebody’s gonna be like you know
what today somebody told me I’m Shining
but I want you to see
that could change the trajectory of
somebody’s entire day
okay let me give you scripture
Ephesians chapter 4 29.
don’t use foul or abusive language
let let me stop
because most people
only use this to talk about cussing
but may I submit to you the most foul
language is not cussing
it’s when you tell
the truth with no love
[Applause]
and you tear people down
you can call me whatever but I know who
I am but when you start talking about me
in a way that tears down at the fabric
of my soul
that is more
foul and abusive language than any
expletive
now I’m not telling you to cuss
but I’m saying some of y’all don’t cuss
and you’re more abusive with your
language
I can feel the heat
don’t use foul or abusive language
let everything you say how much are what
you say
I said how much of what you say
it’s not 90 10.
it’s not 90 of what I say should be good
and ten percent I’m gonna let I’ma let
them have it
let everything you say be good
and
it seems like many of us are going to be
walking around playing the silent game
because if everything we say has to be
good
and helpful
that means many of us the conclusion is
shut up
not shut up shut up
so watch this so that your words
will be in encouragement
to those who hear them
another translation says so that your
words will build up
my words should be blocks in people’s
Faith Journey
that allowed them to have the courage to
do what’s hard to do
you’re called you’re amazing you’re
Built For This
God will equip you you have to face for
you have to voice for that
it don’t even have to be fully true
like like hear what I’m saying to you
like you can
faith
is speaking those things that are
Bishop
encouraged me
to step into leadership
I was not a good leader I was not a good
preacher I was not but I know he came
out for hearing me preach for four hours
of nonsense at Soulfly and he would come
up to me and blight person like that was
one of the best messages I ever heard
[Applause]
and I’m sitting there completely
confused because I know it was horrible
but sometimes it kept me from going home
and quitting
you would have never heard of me
had I not been encouraged
do you have people in your life that
know how to pump you up
somebody said a few
how many people need some more people in
your life okay I’m talking to the right
people okay
I just want you to know that this is
important when you’re picking a partner
if everything they say is negative
they’re not going to be able to help you
when it gets bad
and Jesus was the master of the pump up
you know how cold Jesus was at the pump
up
he would look at people and be like yeah
what’s your name
Simon
yeah nah
nah you don’t look like no Simon to me
I think I’m gonna call you from now on
uh
Peter
you look like a Peter and
Rose was like cool
I need you to think about somebody
coming up to you today and being like
your name is no longer Keisha it’s
Rachel and you’ve been like okay like
but see the real power of it is when you
find out what it means
Simon that name literally means read or
a weak plant by water
he said your whole life you’ve been
called weak
so every time they speak over you Simon
Simon Simon they’re saying week
that’s not what I see in you
well it’s how I feel it’s not what I see
imma call you Peter which means Rock
which means the exact opposite I’m about
to preach this thing the exact opposite
of what you’ve been told your whole life
the exact opposite of what you’ve been
feeling and taking on Jesus said I am a
master of pumping you up
and on that Revelation that The Rock
gave me
imma build my
could he have built it on the revelation
of Simon
who didn’t see himself
in the way that God sees him what I’m
telling you is
if you gonna get the right people in
your life you got to get people who have
mastered the art of pump pump write this
down encouragement is easy
it just has to be intentional
you walk with me cameraman let’s let’s
go
I need to show them practically how this
happens come on
yeah
because y’all think this is hard
and what I’m saying to you
is that it’s easy
woman of God
you’ve been faithful
and God has seen all of your tears
thank you
for still being here and having Joy
God is going to use you to touch so many
people’s lives
and I believe that you’re going to be a
gifted Giver
God’s going to show you people in the
mall
in the grocery store and he’s gonna give
you resources to bless people that have
never ever resourced or seen the love of
God you continue to keep a good heart
because God’s Gonna bless you amen amen
easy
[Applause]
it’s easy
what’s your name
Elise
Elise you’re gifted I don’t know what
you do
but you’re gifted
and your gift is about to make a lot of
room for you
like I don’t know what you do
but all I’m saying is whatever you do
you do it
and when you do it you do it well
keep doing it you’re gonna inspire a lot
of people to do it
it’s
it just has to be intentional
and too many of us are holding back the
superpower that God’s given us
to encourage people
because we’re scared of what they think
oh probably because we
don’t think it about ourselves
so I’m not going to give away
but I feel like nobody’s given stop
looking scared she ain’t even looking at
me
Sheila
baby he won’t see me if I was
awkward what’s your name
Rashana
man
you have a spirit of joy and peace
I can sense and when I’m just touching
your hand there you make people feel
comfortable
and because you make people feel
comfortable people just tell you their
business
did they tell you that business look at
it she said yeah they always be telling
me their business
God’s gonna give you a gift to be able
to point them in the right direction
they’re going to tell you they’ve been
they’re gonna tell you all day drama and
then you’re just gonna be able to just
point them in the right direction and
they’re going to listen because they
know you don’t want anything but good
for them thank you for being an
encourager
[Applause]
[Music]
but what I do know is that God has put
life and death in the power of mine
and you can comment on everything
but for every comment you make
you man I need a hundred encouragements
no I need to tell I need to tell them I
need to I need to
that one comment gonna cost you a
hundred encouragement
hold yourself to a higher standard
so she should be ashamed of herself god
dog it that’s 200 encouragements
like you no it’ll make you be like Lord
I bless them
whatever’s going on in their life God I
don’t know this but blessed
what would happen
if the church
became the encouragement center of the
world
that we could go up to everybody in
different communities that don’t even
believe like us
and just say stuff like this watch this
my man what’s your name Alan you got a
good smile
now don’t hide it from us now now that I
don’t tell you people start going
that smile is attractive
to people
who don’t know you
and that smile is going to help people
have a better day
you carry the spirit of joy
God like literally you I saw you from
this I saw your smile from the stage
look at you trying to hold it in
but your smile is a secret weapon
don’t ever underestimate it
don’t ever walk in with your head down
and not showing who you are they don’t
have to know you that smile goes before
you God has anointed you for that and
he’s going to bring joy through just
your smile amen
it’s easy
all right
so this week before you start talking
crazy
y’all know some of y’all owe 10 000
encouragements
if we are going to do what God’s called
us to do
it’s time for us as the church to take
our rightful place and let everything
that we say
be encouragement
and help
to those
who hear it I just hear Arnold
Schwarzenegger in my spirits I want to
bump
you up
write this down this is something my
friend told me and it really stuck with
me don’t let the sun go down without
pumping somebody up
don’t let the sun go down
without pumping somebody up this week
every night I want you to make sure you
don’t go to sleep without encouraging
somebody
a son a daughter A Friend A co-worker
somebody you do not know the the person
you’re gonna meet when you go to
Chick-fil-A afterwards like no oh it’s
Sunday Kanye thank you close on Sunday
but McDonald’s wherever y’all go
don’t let the sun go down
without pumping somebody up okay
do you know one of the most I gotta
one of the most powerful
forms of pump up
is prayer
it’s called intercession
you know you can Punk somebody out up
without their permission
do you know the only reason I’m standing
here is because of the pump up of the
prayers of my mother and father
do you know the only reason that I made
it through all the crazy stuff from 2021
to today is because there’s people in
transformation nation that got me on a
refrigerator and got me in their phone
pray for Pastor Mike pray for pastor
Natalie we are winning today publicly
because of private pump up
there are children that you know you
would not be here without the private
prayers of your Grandmama or your mother
or your father it is those prayers
that encourage people and if you want to
encourage yourself can’t talk about it
fully today speak in tongues
you say I ain’t got nobody to encourage
me the Bible says look when you begin to
raise
when you begin to work in your heavenly
language
it’ll pump you up and you don’t need
nobody
these are the type of partners that we
need okay
last two and then we gotta go home I’m
gonna do this next week powerful
Partners have mastered the art of the
pump up number one and then the second
thing
the principles
do not have a partner that doesn’t live
with principles
I know we have a lot of partners that
live on opinion
but what God wants us to do is have
partners that have everybody say
principles
pencil might Define principles this is
the m Alexander version of principles
it’s something outside of you
you’ve given permission to govern you
even when you don’t want it to
a principle I’ma say it again it’s
something outside of you
you’ve given permission to govern you
even when you don’t want it to
what are the principles that you live by
and what are the principles that your
partners live by
because you will not
fall to the ideas the level or the ideas
of people it’s those principles they
actually believe some people believe
it’s okay to steal
they think it I mean it’s just five
dollars
it’s just handy
it’s and their principle will show back
up mutated and grown
and it turns into tax fraud
principles start out baby
but they grow the more you feed them
Pastor Mike give me some principles I
need to like grab wrap my mind around
this yeah
like
generosity is one of my principles
I live generous not because I’m a pastor
before I was a pastor when I have no
money when what I would give fake shoes
away
y’all y’all gonna judge me I had the the
forwarding fours
not Jordans the 40s
you know the man outside the gas station
that’d be like 25 I’ll give you the new
Jordans even like them look almost real
and then
y’all fake but some of y’all carrying
them fake Louis Vuitton purses in here
today
okay
got this new movie and what I’m saying
is
the Gucci the Jesus different ways and
two crescent moons and it’s like this
Gucci you know baby
so yin yang sign what is that
[Laughter]
what I’m saying is
generosity though as a principle I
always have given
I always wanted to bless people outside
of myself it’s the way that we live have
people taken advantage of that
generosity
and it makes you reconsider like
oh selfish stingy
all the things that are coming to my
mind are too raw so I’ma keep moving
It’s just sometimes people will take
advantage of you and make you
reconsider
your purpose
because they they abused
the moment
and what I’m asking everybody to do is
like
that that gets eliminated
not completely but it gets cut down when
you pick partners with principles
like there’s certain like if generosity
is a principle I have to have a partner
that thinks gratitude is a principle
because that way I never get burnt out
because you’re actually grateful
and you say thank you or what like do
you understand what I’m saying like
principles forgiveness is a principle
and for many Christians
it’s an option
but the Bible tells us that forgiveness
is a
principle so how in the world do we
throw away people
because they did the worst thing and how
could they they were a pastor they were
this they were what
I mean
I understand how you could feel that way
but at some point you’re gonna have to
reconcile inside of yourself that you’re
no better than anybody else
and maybe yours wasn’t public
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but if we all had our stuff put on the
big screen
the windows and rooms you was crawling
out of
the deals that were made and not made
like come on y’all
the church
should have a principle
of forgiveness
all I’m saying to you there’s tons of
them where do you find the principles
in the word of God not tick tock
oh my gosh
just because somebody can prove a hack
on life
does not mean that that principle
is Ironclad to last from generation to
generation
the word of God is the only thing that
we have
that has lasted every war
every pandemic
every Uprising and every downfall this
is the infallible word of God that God
said if you will follow the principles
inside of this
that’s where your business will be
successful
tithing is a principle
that I live by it is not something the
church makes me do
if God gives me increase knowing that it
was his ability that allowed me to do it
and all he said is I want to know every
time I make you expand you still trust
me
that’s all tithing is do you do you
still trust me even though you got an m
in the bank
you got a meal in the bank you need the
meal or you need me
he was like drop off a hundred thousand
so that I know
still honor me
that’s easy for you
Daniels
oh Jesus God I’m blessings
I’m gonna hear the sick and raise the
dead no you’re not
only Jesus can do that
but sometimes we feel like we can
because we have what man has deemed
successful
I don’t care how far you have gone
one two three four five six seven eight
nine ten
I don’t care how far you go to the top
you will always need The God Who Reigns
on top
oh somebody there should be better claps
than that right now I don’t care how big
your house is you’re still gonna need
the one who makes the houses in heaven I
don’t care how many people know your
name you still don’t need the name of
bug every name
so make sure you get
partners with principals because watch
this principles are parameters
when I became a pastor the Holy Spirit
gave me some parameters
he said listen to the people around you
I was like cool it’s easy to listen to
the people around you when ain’t nothing
cracking off
like when nothing’s going on five years
in the ministry stuff blows up stuff
starts going everywhere I get 1800
speaking engagement requests for one
year in two thousand what was that 18
yeah 2018. 1800 people wanted me to come
and speak at they church and they wanted
to pay me
the year before I would have done it for
free
I need to be serious but if you go baby
the Holy Spirit told me in a time of
prayer he said parameters
take two speaking engagements a month
I said I only have four all the last
year
and I did all of them
y’all be faking I’m real I did every
single could you come speak to our dogs
and cats yes I will
lift your balls like I was
foreign
I took every engagement the kennel was a
that was I was a I was a hit at the
kennel
my mind is going crazy right now but
but then God says yeah two engagements a
month
God you know what that means for my
wallet yeah two engagements another
month God do you know what that means
for like your platform he said I gave it
to you
you don’t need to explain expand your
platform
I’ll give you the platform I want you to
be on
two engagements a month I messed up and
told my partners
because I could have been in Prayer by
myself wrote it down in my journal
and then forgot about it
the way many of us do God gives us words
but because we don’t have any actual
Partners in our real life that we tell
those things to and we’re not
accountable to them then when God tries
to remind us of it he’s like I don’t
maybe that was a dream maybe it was Taco
Bell maybe it was like it’s not
but I told my mom and dad and I told
Bree and I told my wife and I told them
and then they started coming in
and I’m talking about all the
conferences and all the places I paid to
go to wanted me to come speak
and the parameters
to a month
and I ended that year obeying God
hear what I just said I ended that year
obeying God I’m just asking you do you
have Partners in your life that will
help you obey God if you do they will be
partners that live by everybody say
principles
write this last thing down because this
is going to encourage you when you live
on principle you may miss good but
you’ll never miss God
I’d never miss God
because I stayed to the principles
lasting powerful partners
have mastered the art of the presence
can I help you
if you’re going to be a good partner a
power partner
you’ve got to show up
you got to show up
and I’m not talking about being there
always physically
but like like being there
like Faith like we live in the easiest
time to show up
because you can literally hit that
little FaceTime button
[Laughter]
s
do do
but thank you
hey you can show up
without even leaving your home
you can show up through a text message
you can show up I recently had a friend
that went through something very hard
and I wanted to show up and I wanted to
be there and I wanted to go and I wasn’t
able to show up
I literally felt horrible
because the part of my relationship with
that person
is no matter what’s going on
you will have mine watch this presence
even if I can’t fix it I’ll be there
even if I can’t change it we gonna sit
in this together
and I believe the church has lost
the art
of presence
there are some of y’all that are
watching online right now that really
what you needed is not the word
you needed a hug
I know you didn’t want to get dressed
and you didn’t want to get your hair
done and your braids getting done this
Thursday and so you didn’t want to come
out and you’re buying it
real all live excuses that we have
but the truth of the matter is this week
you needed somebody to pump you up
you needed to join a b group you needed
encouragement you needed to somebody to
say are you getting smaller and you’re
not but you just wore black and it looks
good
and that would have given you enough to
go to the gym tomorrow you needed that
but if you’re gonna have power partners
you need their presence this was modeled
by Jesus when he was going to the Garden
of Gethsemane
he had the disciples that was rolling he
even had the 12 that he chose
but for this specific very hard season
he was about to go through
he said I need y’all three
to come with me
I gotta do it
but I just need y’all to just stand and
watch and wait and even though they were
so sorry
that they fell asleep on my man’s
I mean he had to come back a couple
times and be like bro
come on I’m sweating blood back here
just stay up
I was like yeah
but at least he had somebody that was
there with their
presence
in the darkest moments of our life
we need people’s presence okay
because watch this write this down our
presence
reminds them of his presence
if you’re going to have power Partners
they got to master the art of
encouragement pump you up
they got to live by principles
but they also have to be there in their
presence why because when I see an image
Bearer
when I see somebody who has their own
testimony
when I see somebody who’s walked through
infertility or I see somebody who’s been
bankrupt but God’s blessed them again
when I see somebody who made it out of
divorce when I see somebody whose
children is going crazy but God is still
working and when I see it
their presence reminds me of his
presence because sometimes life is dark
sometimes our life the lights are not
bright like this
sometimes
it just feels like
what happened
I thought this was good turn the LED
screen off
I thought everything was bright
and I can see remnants of what was there
I know somebody’s moving but I I’m not
exactly sure I’m not exactly sure what’s
going on
I I know I know that there’s
I know there’s people here and things
there and
and I know
I know I started college
but when I show up
and they’re thinking about suicide
full ride scholarship but I show up and
I’m I’m there to
pray for them
and just let them know God I thank you
for giving my sister Ali everything she
needs
God I thank you that even though she’s
walking through a hard season and her
boyfriend just broke up with our thank
you Father that you know who she’s
supposed to be with
you know who she’s supposed to be with
other and you know matter of fact you
know who she is
and what you’re doing in her right now
and what I do is
I turn the light on
for somebody
that was in darkness
I’m not the light
I point to the lights
the presence of God is in every
situation but many times it’s dark
and when I show up
because I’m a power partner
I remind them of his presence and I turn
the light on remember God
remember to pray
remember that God is for you a matter of
fact girl them eyebrows
God did his thing on you
when you head to the office
and people are working super hard
I don’t want to hear none of your
Christian stuff
I don’t want to hear all that God is
good I got work to do
no I wasn’t going to tell you God is
good we know that
I was just going to remind you I’ll just
see that you’re under a lot of pressure
I just want to let you know man
everything that you’re going through
I’ve been praying for you
and um
I don’t know this may seem a little
weird but last night when I was praying
for you I just felt led to tell you man
that
you were built for this
God has a purpose in you
and your future
he don’t have to believe what I believe
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turned the light on
so that you could remember the presence
of God
when you’re
starting a fashion company
I’m trying to do it
and make God
known in areas that are dominated by
other spirits
and it gets discouraging sometimes to
keep doing it and it’s not selling like
you thought it was seller doing what you
thought it would do hey bro that Lord
Primo thing you did bro keep doing it
matter of fact imma buy everything you
do
matter of fact I’m a rocket imma tell
people matter of fact we need to bring
the light down you need to see it real
clear is this one of yo is this one of
your things hey so yeah so the people
you made this by hand this ain’t
something you printed
Lord Primo Oklahoma you actually made
this shirt hold on you fitted in my suit
today you put the represent on the back
of my jacket this is what you do keep
doing what you’re doing God has his hand
on your life there’s more in you there’s
more for you turn on the light for
somebody
it can happen in the gym
out here doing squats and
don’t do whatever you’re gonna do
see in this gym when people are doing
physical lifting a lot of times they’re
doing it in the dark
for vain reasons
it’s based off of insecurity but you
could walk into that same spot and say
let me turn the light on
I see God making you strong in the
physical but I see God making you strong
in the spirit too
you’re going to be a man of God a man of
Valor heard you getting married soon
you’re going to be a man that’s faithful
you’re going to be a man that leaves
this household
turn
[Applause]
but I cannot turn the light on if I’m
not in their presence
and every artist knows every creative
knows one of the things that you need
more than anything is the right lighting
some of y’all are coloring
in the dark
and God is telling you
I need you to go into that creative
community
where they don’t believe like you
believe
and I don’t need you to be the light
I need you to turn on the light and
point to the light
okay let me all right let me give you
give me just a little light in the room
John 1 verse six and eight this is where
we’re going to end because they need our
presence because it reminds them of his
presence there was a man sent from God
who was he sent from
who was he sent from
whose name was John he came as a witness
to testify concerning the light
so that through him all might believe he
himself was not the light
he came only as a witness
to
Jesus the light
you are not the source of the light
but you turn the light on with your
presence
I need everybody if you’re going to be a
partner that’s going after Kingdom I
just wanted to teach you how to pick it
you need to pick somebody who’s gonna
pump you up they’re going to encourage
you you need to pick somebody who lives
by principles and you need to pick
somebody who is not stingy with their
presence
if you find somebody with those three
they gonna have some other stuff that’s
jacked up
but I’m telling you if they can
encourage you in a storm
if they live by the principles of the
word of God and those people can
actually show up when you’re in need and
apologize when they came
what’s gonna happen is you’re going to
remind them of his presence
and what we’re going to be able to do is
take Dominion wherever God sends us
because it’s not just us alone it’s
somebody with us last thing I’ll say
don’t ever forget you’re a part in this
partnership
if you become the whole thing you have
lost the art of partnership it’s never
all about you
it’s never all about you so I’m so
grateful for sabbatical every time I get
to go away I get so much gratitude
because I remember at Transformation
Church even though God’s done so many
great things this ain’t about me
this ain’t about my preaching ability if
I walk away from God God will raise
somebody else up 10 times better than me
no oh Pastor Mike he’s done it every
generation
so if you think you’re the grand that
out and the only of please believe God
will replace you
but when you approach it with gratitude
I’m just a part
of partnering with God
then you remember to play your role
is when you play your role all we do is
point to his power what everybody stand
all over the world
the truth of the matter is you may be
the only partner that can lead somebody
to his power
and I said this earlier but I want to
say it again right now many of you are
looking for what you will not become
Pastor Mike I ain’t got no power partner
that’ll pump me up and do all this stuff
become it
become somebody who encourages become
somebody who lives on principles and
become somebody who shows up with their
presence you will attract what you have
sown seed for
hands lifted all over this place
I feel like relationships are about to
get a revelation and a revolution
I feel like you’re about to go back and
evaluate some things I mean even while I
was speaking the Holy Spirit was
speaking to you he was telling you some
things you need to edit some things that
you need to change some things that you
need to reevaluate and you’re going to
become an ambassador of the kingdom of
God
as you pump people up you live by the
principles of God and you show up with
your presence father I did the
assignment you gave me today
I thank you Father God for all of these
people
who have heard your word and now father
have action to put with it
God for the partners that we have been
connected to
that father have not been for our
purpose would you give us wisdom
of how
to create new boundaries
yeah this is the prayer right here
give us the wisdom of how to have the
conversations
to create new normals father God where
we let people that we connected to that
were the wrong pick God we’re asking you
to redeem them
could you turn
our ashes into Beauty
could you turn what the enemy meant for
evil into good father God show us how to
be what we have not had
and show us how to live like the light
that you are
today Father God I thank you that you
would give us a new revelation
Partnerships thank you for calling us
your partner God
thank you for thinking enough of me I’m
grateful God
today Father God we’re not just valuing
this Kingdom principle
but today we’re making a decision to go
out of here and live this out
pray for every couple
pray for every Business Partnership
pray for all friendships father God let
there be a renewal of principles
and presence
and encouragement in the pump up
father could the church
maybe not all of them but father could
you let something be revived at this
church
that we will become the most encouraging
group of people in this city
that we would become not like for a fat
or a fake or a like a piece of time but
father let the spirit of encouragement
override all doubt fear
and discouragement
let transformation Nation go into their
jobs tomorrow into their homes today
Father with their children today and
Speak Life
father let our words not fall to the
ground because you’re holding them up
bless your people
is our prayer today
in Jesus name somebody say we agree
amen if you’re in this room and you’ve
never accepted Jesus
let me encourage you
it’s the greatest thing you could ever
do
it’s the thing that took me from a liar
a manipulator somebody who was addicted
to pornography and it gave me the
freedom that I was looking for and
before everybody starts leaving because
you might distract somebody from the
moment they need
I need everybody to hear me Wendy’s is
going to be there
but somebody’s battling for their life
right now
and I need I need some people to pump
somebody up in prayer right now could
you start praying if you know what’s
going on right now somebody’s at your
home and you’ve been you don’t even know
why there’s been a war for your life and
somebody’s in this room right now and
you’re saying what I really need is
salvation I need God to be my partner
and he I want to let you know he’s
always been there today we’re just
turning on the light
all we’re letting you know is his
presence is here and available for you
because some of y’all that thing you’re
feeling in your stomach or your chest or
that that that’s the Holy Spirit drawing
you to him
saying come to me
I want to affirm you I want to speak
life over you I want to change your name
it didn’t make me a perfect man but man
it put me on the road of progression and
today I believe that there are many
people under the sound of my voice that
today is gonna Mark a brand new day in
your life I don’t care if you’ve been
with God for a lot of years but that
thing has become stale today is a fresh
and a new season for you to walk with
your God
on account of three if that’s you in the
room and online I just want you to shoot
your hand up loud and proud I want you
to be excited about it because this is
the whole reason our church exists one
you’re making the greatest decision of
your life two I encourage you that it
doesn’t matter who’s around you this is
going to change you and your name is
gonna be written in the Lamb’s Book of
Life three shoot your hand up in the air
if you want to accept Jesus I see you my
brother I see you my sister come on
there people I see you Transformation
Church can we give God praise there’s
people online
God bless you Hallelujah
why Church exists
[Applause]
for everybody that maybe didn’t have the
courage at that moment to lift your hair
but you lifted your heart
we’re about to pray a prayer and I don’t
know if you mean it but you do
if you want to invite Jesus into your
heart be your lord and savior
Transformation Church we’re family
nobody prays alone so we’re all about to
pray this prayer together but for some
people this is your day of salvation can
everybody say God
thank you
for sending Jesus
just for me
today
I give you my life
I make you Lord over my life I believe
you lived
you died and you Rose again
just for me and today
I want to be your partner
change me renew me
transforming
I’m yours in Jesus name amen can we give
God a shout of Praise everywhere oh come
on people just gave their life to Jesus
the title of the message is how to pick
a partner you just picked the best one
[Applause]
a transformation church we believe in
the power of Prayer
the team is coming right now we’re about
to dismiss service but if you need
prayer for anything
do you need prayer for a situations
family
healing in your body whatever it is
we’re going to pray and I’m going to
dismiss everybody but this week I want
you to go in Courage
don’t let the sun go down
without pumping somebody uh
father bless these people
and holy spirit draw people to this
altar that need prayer and even in the
chat
father we thank you for what you did
today and I thank you that you’re
building on it every week we give you
glory we give you honor and we give you
praise in Jesus name we pray amen go out
and live a transformed life thank you so
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