In today’s culture, we have become obsessed with knowing our purpose. In Week 3 of the Holy Rebellion series, Pastor Charles challenges us with this question – What good is it to know your purpose if you don’t have power? We are not the source of our own power. Pastor Charles walks us through how to get our power from God by calling on Him, connecting with Him, and understanding the cost. We pray this message helps you connect or re-connect with the power of God so that you can walk confidently in your purpose. Scripture References: Job 12:4 NLT Mark 16:15 NLT Romans 1:16 NKJV 2 Timothy 3:1-5 AMP Matthew 28:18-20 NLT Acts 1:1-8 NLT 00:00 – Intro 01:35 – Romans chapter 1 verse 16 NKJV 12:26 – What good is it to know purpose and have no power? 17:43 – Galatians chapter 5 verse 22 23:33 – 2 Timothy chapter 3 verses 1 through 5 AMP 26:40 – Matthew chapter 28 verses 18 through 20 NLT 27:09 – Acts chapter 1 verses 1 through 8 NLT 32:34 – How to get your power: 1. Call 35:16 – How to get your power: 2. Connect 37:28 – How to get your power: 3. Cost 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. ABOUT US: We Exist to REPRESENT God to the lost and 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? You may be wondering what’s next on your journey toward Transformation in Christ. Text SAVED to ‘8282’ Join a Belong Group: https://transformchurch.us/belong/
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what’s going on my name is Will and I
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we are in week three of our series holy
Rebellion everybody say holy Rebellion
and uh I am I am super grateful for
today in this word and uh I got this I
was in uh North Carolina this past week
with some of my friends
um and I was literally sitting in the
service and the Holy Spirit just dropped
this word into my heart and I was like
so gassed I literally just leaned over
to Abby and I was like I got it and she
was like what don’t worry I got it she’s
like okay and so uh I’m very grateful
for this and um it’s week three we’ve
talked about
um shame the first week we talked about
uh shame ain’t my name and uh some of
you are a little frustrated because it
was like Charles it is not and I get it
yes thank you you can write it down to
your notes but I wrote it down in my
notes shame ain’t my name so
um shame is not my name and then last
week we talked about bitterness
um that if we want to rebel we make a
decision I refuse to be bitter I refuse
to allow my past to find me I refuse to
hold on to that then this week I’m very
excited to take a little bit further but
I want to read our anchors scripture or
anchor scripture if y’all can put it on
the back screen we’re going to read it
all together you don’t have to stand up
this time I’ll let everybody sit down
I’m about to sit down a little bit in
case my legs give out on me so uh but if
you can put that up uh here it is Romans
1 16. this is the anchor scripture for
the whole series by the end of this
series if you can do anything else my
desire my prayer is that this scripture
would be down in your heart and would
sink so far deep into your soul that you
would truly believe these words we’re
going to read it together remember all
my impressive people trying to read fast
you’re already past the point and where
you could have got your points and so
we’re just all going to read together at
a normal Pace all right I’m gonna count
to three we’re gonna read it aloud
together everybody with me here we go
one two three for I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ for it is the power
of God to Salvation for everyone who
believes for the Jew first and also for
the Greek this is our anchor scripture
this is what we found this series on is
to live a life that is not ashamed of
the Gospel that we would be bold in our
faith that we’ll be bold in how God
created us and and not in our own
desires but in the desires that he has
laid out in front of us that we would
realize that God has put something on
the inside of every single person in
this room every single person under the
sound of my voice that was made for a
specific assignment at a specific time
in a specific place there is something
in you that the earth needs
and the enemy would do everything he can
to try to convince you that it’s it’s to
your past your time or you made too many
mistakes that is not true there is
something in the world there’s something
in you that the world needs and we’ve
been saying this I’m going to say it
every single week until we’re done you
were created with the purpose and the
power to stand up and stand out
every single week I say that I feel that
because there are some of you who think
you are made to be normal that you are
not even made to be normal there are
some of you that you know something is
on the inside of you but you are
convinced you do not have what it takes
to be who God called you to be the devil
is a liar that is not true God has put
every single thing on the inside of you
to be exactly who he created you to be
you have not made too many mistakes to
still be who God called you to be you
have not done too many bad things it’s
not that you don’t know the right people
at the right time God is going to align
these things and you will find yourself
standing sitting and talking and
speaking in places that you thought I
don’t know how I did this it’s because
God created you with the purpose and the
power to stand up and stand out
and there are some of you that I’ve
gotten so convinced that your purpose
has to be something crazy there’s got to
be some wild thing like okay so here’s
what and you’re coming up with this wild
thing you want to do something crazy in
today’s time you want to be crazy be
kind to people that ain’t kind to you
this is this is really where you want to
talk about crazy in 2023 be
compassionate
be somebody who can be kind to people
who is slow to anger who is slow to
speak who is quick to listen you want to
be part of her saying nobody want to
clap for that because you want to scream
at the top of your lungs talk about I
will not stand for blah blah some of
y’all the most spiritual thing you could
do is
but God don’t see another boy be quiet
but God you know I didn’t I didn’t ask
what they was doing I told you to be
quiet
this be happening with my kids all the
time my babies is in here I love it so
much they’ve been going and it’s so
great because whenever something happens
whenever somebody cries like it just
they be playing in the room and it’ll be
quiet and then parents you know when it
is that across that line where it’s been
quiet for too long and somebody’s either
about to get hurt something’s getting
written on or somebody’s getting a
haircut in my case I’ve experienced all
three so
hahaha and somebody ah somebody screams
and I come in what happened and
immediately everybody go into explaining
what everybody else was doing a minute
Luna’s like well Jade was doing the blah
blah and I was like when I’m number one
and I just I literally what we try to do
is say okay we want to hear everybody
but I need oh we’re gonna uh let’s let’s
say luna go first and then immediately
Arlo he’d be trying to explain he’s like
he really but Dad and I’m gonna be quiet
son I’m just let me let me but but that
was gonna listen I’m not worried
about what she doing I told you to be
quiet
there are some of y’all they’re trying
to explain well God don’t you know that
they didn’t blah blah blah and got a God
you know I told you
but God I thought everybody else is
going to date somebody why she going out
on day and how come I can’t go out
to the club Lord you know I ain’t gonna
do nothing I’m going there to pray for
people I don’t I didn’t I don’t that for
them but I told you to sit your butt
damn
okay
this is the stuff that you be you’d be
so caught up with a spectacular that you
forget it might feel super natural being
quiet might be one of the most
Supernatural things
too
you were created
with the purpose and the power to stand
up and stand out
I want to talk today for a few moments
um about purpose
um
you know a couple years ago I did a
series on purpose called the Paradox of
purpose and
um it it yes thank you there
talking around the subject of purpose
there were so many things that inspired
me and that I was so amazed to see when
it comes to purpose people are obsessed
with purpose our culture today and for
years people have been so enthralled
with the idea of purpose why was I
created why was I born why am I here
there’s a quote that simply says that
the two most important days of your life
are the day you are born and the day you
discover why
and there are so many people who are
walking through life walking through
Christianity walking through faith
walking through maybe you’re not even in
the Journey of Faith and we are all
searching for purpose searching for
meaning
searching for validation
searching from affirmation
and in today’s culture and today’s time
you can get anybody who is an expert on
purpose people got a podcast and a ring
light they experts on purpose people
that you can scroll anywhere no matter
how old they are the longer how would
they be 15 years old be like you know
God’s just really telling me that you’re
that that’s great
a lot of people searching for purpose
and trying to identify what is my
purpose and today I I want to talk about
that for a little bit
um because I think I do think it’s very
important to identify purpose and I want
to do a little illustration on the
importance of this can I have my three
people come help me real quick can you
give it up for our volunteers here who
are going to help me with the sermon
Pastor Julia didn’t she did amazing
today in the worship trip you look great
too
Spirit of the Living God is upon you and
in that jacket man that’s incredible all
right um okay so y’all gonna help me
meaning right here
um we got three things uh and I’m gonna
have y’all help me identify what’s the
purpose
of this thing and these items okay first
thing here
Pastor Jones is a big test don’t get it
wrong because you’ll mess up the whole
sermon
um
what is this
a drill correct everybody give a round
of applause
okay not too much
what is the purpose of this drill
it’s not your question
to drill in screws then we’ll take that
answer all right great job
Brian how you doing man it’s a great hat
I thought about wearing a backwards hat
today but I thought the Saints would
wouldn’t rock with it so I’ll try it
next week uh Warriors thank you yeah I’m
not joking if I come up here with a hat
next week y’all remember uh
what is this that is a phone what is the
purpose of a phone call talk text search
the internet give Brian a round of
applause
what up dog
how you doing today
I really want to mess with you here I’m
not going to
what is this flashlight that’s right
great job it’s a big one it is a good
Big Fish Life what is the purpose of a
flashlight
to shine light where it’s dark lights
give it up for Makaya
okay we’re gonna put your understanding
of purpose to the test here’s what we’re
gonna do
um you’re each going to use your uh item
that you have identified the purpose for
you’re going to use its first purpose
all right so I’m gonna need you to drill
to use this drill to take this screw to
put it into the piece of wood okay go
ahead and go for it
come on give me a round of applause Go
For It Go For It come on now now you got
a little okay there you go
oh okay
you ain’t got no it ain’t working okay
well just give us a moment let’s go to
the next thing I don’t know what’s up
with your thing okay uh Brian I’m gonna
you got my phone you got my phone number
right you got my phone you’ll come okay
I need you to call my phone my phone’s
over there with Abby if you could call
me
it ain’t working okay hold on where did
y’all get these props from yeah
okay here’s with the last one Makaya can
you I need y’all here you go okay here’s
what we’re gonna do I’m gonna have you
you’re gonna be the light okay the light
of the world a city on the hill cannot
be hidden you better let you let Shine
Let Your Light I don’t know the song the
song Just escaped me had a little light
this little item there it is how about
lost the melody Jesus I was about to I
was singing the cardi B Barbie song in
my head like so
I’m gonna have them turn off the lights
and you’re gonna have to shine this
light okay Turn All the Lights Off Turn
All the Lights Off we’re gonna see your
identity oh it got dark hold up
all right Makaya can you see where you
got the flashlight when I count the
three You’re Gonna Shine it okay on the
count of three one two three
now come on bro you had one job you had
one
it ain’t got it ain’t working what you
mean
turn the lights back on turn the lights
back on
here I want you to write this down
what good is it to no purpose
if you ain’t got no power
just because
you know why something was created
does not mean it has the power to do
what it was created to do
and we could sit up here all day
explaining the Nuance of a drill the
many capabilities of a phone and the
Simplicity of a flashlight and be able
to articulate and communicate and post
how much you know your purpose and it
would not matter at all because you do
not have access to actual power
thank you very much
there are many Believers today walking
around
with knowing their purpose saying this
is why I’m created this is what I’m
gonna do this is how I’m Gonna Make a
Difference this is how I’m going to be a
part of a holy rebellion and absolutely
my deepest desire is that every single
person would come into contact with
Jesus in such a way and he would unwrap
the box of purpose so clear to you that
you would know exactly why you were put
on this planet
and I want you to know the enemy is not
afraid of you just knowing your purpose
the enemy is not afraid of you being
able to say your one Sinner’s purpose by
itself because he knows just because you
know the purpose does not mean you have
access to power
and in today’s culture one of the most
culturally rebellious things you could
do is realize that you ain’t the source
of your own power
in today’s culture here’s what we do
this is and this is how we’re gonna walk
into this today because in today’s
culture you are your own power
is me myself and I I got myself here I’m
gonna work harder I’m gonna be stronger
than everybody I’m gonna work harder
than everybody I’m gonna have a better
marketing planner and it’s you mustering
up your own energy to do your own plans
that you’ve set out in front of you and
here’s what I want to acknowledge you
can have with your power you can have a
good purpose
this is true I want to acknowledge this
there are many people in the Earth today
doing amazing things that are very
impressive under their own power
there you they’ve got a good idea
they’ve got some good marketing they’ve
got a good strategy they’re a really
disciplined person and they walk out a
good purpose but I want to be very clear
today if you want to walk out the god
purpose for your life if you want to do
something that is not within your own
ability if you want to live the way he
spoke to you and told you that dream if
you want to stand up and stand out in a
way that is not in your own ability
trust me you’re gonna need access to
some power that is not come from you
you’re gonna need access not just some
power you’re going to need access to a
person called the Holy Spirit I want you
to know today I came on assignments
for every person
who has gotten purpose
but then felt so frustrated because it
doesn’t you don’t feel like it’s working
this is what has happened in church we
have told people Jesus will give you
purpose and make you feel like you have
purpose in the world which is a true
statement yet an incomplete statement if
I do not tell you and clarify where the
power for this purpose comes from
and what happens is you can listen to a
sermon about the Holy Rebellion you can
hear somebody give a good talk and you
leave thinking okay here’s how I’m gonna
do it I’m gonna do this and then we’ll
read the Bible this many times a day and
then I’m gonna do this thing I’m gonna
do it and it’s all and if you’re not
careful you have slowly slipped into you
are your own source of power
and it is here’s what I’m gonna do and
here’s how I’m gonna work it out and
here’s where I’m gonna go after this and
here’s who I like and we have slowly
slipped into the same thing as culture
thinking that we are our own power
supply
and I felt such a burden specifically
even this last week I was sitting in a
youth service at the end of the service
I’m excited today we’re going to take a
moment to pray over all of our students
and all of our teachers and it’s going
to be in a beautiful beautiful moment
as I was sitting in that youth service
I felt no matter if you’re a student or
not I felt the only thing that is going
to make you stand out and have the
courage to stand up in today’s culture
is not going to be you being your own
power
and we have for so long taught people
that you need to have the fruit of the
spirit in your life okay cool how did we
just got to be patient you got to be
kind you have long suffering you gotta
have joy okay don’t where’s that coming
from though
because anybody ever not felt those
things and then feel like you supposed
to be those things let me just read you
the scripture so we all know what we’re
talking about Galatians 5 22 Galatians 5
22 this is the fruit of the spirit here
we go where is it at let me get you know
this is one of them old books where you
got to turn the page I don’t know if
y’all got one of those but
but the fruit but the listen to this but
the Holy Spirit
produces this kind of fruit in our lives
love joy peace patience kindness
goodness faithfulness gentleness
self-control there is no law against
these things
if this is how you’re if we said you
want to be crazy you want to stand out
you want to stand up be kind to people
let me tell you within yourself is not
the power to be kind to people who ain’t
kind to you
and there’s a whole demographic of
people that feel so discouraged
because you see the purpose you see what
you’re supposed to do you feel like it’s
gotten clear okay this is what I’m going
to do for God and then you get out there
and it feels like it’s not working
why because because you think power
comes from performance
you think you get stronger just because
you think it’s oh I get my power from
performing for people and that same
mindset drawn into Christianity drawn
into following Jesus drawn into being
submitted and a student of him has you
thinking when God asked me to do
something he’s asking me to be strong
he’s asking me to step out no no no no
no he is asking you to access the gift
that he gave you the Holy Spirit to then
stand up and stand out
and the Holy Spirit is not some spooky
thing I know you might call it the Holy
Ghost you might have the spirit of the
living I don’t know what it was called
to you growing up but as long here’s the
craziest thing if God knows
that
you have a purpose but you also need the
power to accomplishment and if you had
that power there would be nothing that
would stop you doesn’t it make sense
that somehow the enemy has Twisted
people to be afraid of the very thing
that would give them power
the Holy Ghost I don’t know about that
man it’s weird stuff with the whole and
let me just say this I get it there
there are some weird stuff around the
holy ghost that has happened in church
let me just admit it there are some
people you meet they’ll be like oh I
feel the Holy Ghost and then whatever
they say after that is like I don’t know
what you feel sweetheart but that
let me tell you this those weird people
that you’ve met and hadn’t experience
they was weird before they got the Holy
Ghost and don’t blame him they was weird
they is weird and they will be weird but
it was not
but if you
if you just say well I just I don’t
understand that I don’t really know that
and I’m just going to
you leave out
the actual power you need
to walk in the way God has called you to
walk
and the truth is some of you think you
have discovered a god purpose and the
truth is unless your purpose has pushed
you past yourself you just got a good
purpose
because a god purpose will have you
realizing I can’t do this by myself a
god purpose will have you realizing I
need something else to raise these kids
a god purpose will say I’m not qualified
to start a business like this a god
purpose will say I don’t speak well in
front of people God purpose will say hey
I I got I didn’t even pass English but
you want me to write a book okay a god
purpose will push you past yourself
and if you feel like you got it in you
to accomplish your purpose I want to
come to challenge you today that maybe
you have not received a vision from God
you got a good idea I’m not mad at your
good idea but I want to invite you into
something greater and it’s the purpose
that God laid out for your life before
the foundations of the earth were formed
and requires
it requires a different a different type
of power
it requires you ever got um
you ever got on your phone
um there there are different like
charges you know the little charging
blocks I don’t know if you’ve ever done
this there was one time I lost the
charging block to my computer and uh I
didn’t know I was like okay I’ll just
use my other and then I found one of
them super tiny boys for like an iPhone
not like the big iPhone like the little
little tiny one with the USB boy and
thought Oh Perfect I got the cord I’ll
just use this when I tell you it took 68
hours to charge up
why because
Apple knows for what this was meant to
do
it needs a different output of power
that is according
to what it was created for
I want you to know some of the
frustration you sense is because you’re
not plugged into the right power
let me tell you different places we go
to get power people try to give you
power
some of us we feel power we feel like
okay I can do it if you got enough
people around you I build teams man
that’s what I do I form a good team and
I’m confident the team is great I want
you to know what God called you to do it
ain’t just gonna be a team
some of us find power from different
places we feel like if I’m in a specific
place then I feel power if I I got to go
to La you know my dream is in L.A and I
gotta be in L.A or my dream is in New
York and I I that’s awesome but I’m
telling you that place is not going to
give you the power that you need
Until you realize
I I I need something more than this
and here’s what the scripture says and
it’s so interesting to me there was a
scripture in in second Timothy
and it says this
it says but understand this that in the
last days dangerous times this is the
Amplified so it’s got all the stuff in
there dangerous times of great stress
and trouble will come difficult days
that will be hard to bear for people
will be lovers of self narcissistic
self-focused lovers of money impaled by
Greed boasts for arrogant revelers
disobedient to parents ungrateful Unholy
profane and they will be unloving devoid
of natural human affection calloused
inhumane
there will be malice and gospel devoid
of self-control immoral brutal haters of
good traitors Reckless conceited lovers
of sensual pleasure rather than lovers
of God and then it says this amongst
that list of how hard and difficult the
times will be it says
they will be
rather than lovers of God
they will hold on to a form of outward
godliness
or religion although they have denied
its power
for their conduct nullifies their claim
of faith
avoid such people and keep far away from
them
I know in church we love to yell about
the people at the top of that list yeah
people who love themselves people who
are selfish people who just lustful
people who also the people you need to
watch out for they have a form of
godliness but they deny the power
thereof
they gotta list the rules on the outside
they shot all day but they have no
actual power they check off their
YouVersion plan and post it so everybody
know they spiritual but the truth is
they haven’t submitted themselves to the
Trinity of God the person of God called
the Holy Spirit who can actually give
you the power to break the addiction
that you got hidden under the covers
says they have a form of godliness their
Church attendance is perfect and they
read all the books and they post all the
things but they don’t have power
you want to be a part of a holy
Rebellion
we’re not going to walk around powerless
and there are so many people that the
goal of this series is to equip you to
inspire you to wake up something on the
inside of you so you would walk out of
here knowing that you do need to go into
that industry that your workplace is
primed and ready for you to be to be a
messenger of the gospel for you to go
into school this year and it to be an
actual different year but I would be
remissed if I sent you out there with a
purpose and not tell you that you are
not your own power you need access to
the Holy Spirit you need the one who
comes alongside you need the comforter
we have to have the Holy Spirit and
here’s the thing I love about Jesus he
painted this perfectly in scripture he
gives his disciples purpose he’s very
clear on that Matthew 28 Jesus came and
told his disciples I’ve been given all
authority in heaven and on Earth
therefore go here it is purpose
therefore go and make disciples of all
the nations baptized in the name of the
Father the Son of the Holy Spirit teach
these new disciples to obey the commands
I have given you and be sure is this I
am with you even to the end of the age
that’s Matthew 28. next page in your
Bible here’s what how it reads Acts 1.
once when he was eating with them he
said do not leave Jerusalem
until the father sends you the gift he
promised as I told you before John
baptized with water but in a few days
you will be baptized with the Holy
Spirit
so the apostles were with Jesus and they
kept asking him Lord has the time come
for you to free Israel and restore the
kingdom he replied the father alone has
Authority and set those dates they are
not for you to know but you will receive
power
when the Holy Spirit comes upon you
and then watch this he clarifies the
order and then you will be my Witnesses
telling people everywhere about me
Jerusalem Judea Samaritan Samaritan
and even to the end of the Earth
Jesus was very clear with the order
I want to give you purpose I want you to
know you matter I want you to know you
were born for a reason I want you to
know there’s something on the inside of
your value matter of fact I’m going to
use broken people who aren’t perfect to
go into all the world to go into every
industry to go out and make disciples
baptize them unable to the father of the
Son and the Holy Spirit absolutely and
then he said but please do not leave
Jerusalem
please do not leave this place please do
not go from here please do not go out
into that industry please don’t go into
the music industry please do not go back
to your school please do not go back to
that marriage please do not go back to
raising them children thinking just
knowing your purpose is all there is he
says please wait for you will receive
power
from the Holy Spirit
there’s a lot of people
who some of us
you lost your power
and all that is you just forgot
somewhere along the way
you forgot
wait I’m I’m not the source of this
I’m this isn’t me
and some of you you’re in the category
that what God has called you to
feel so overwhelming
and nobody has opened up the door of
access to another power that you have
stood at start for so long
thinking I can’t do this
I don’t I don’t know I’m not and here’s
what I want to say
if you’re thinking you are your own
source of power you’re probably right
some of the stuff if I think oh yeah you
know being in my position here and my
role here and raising four kids and
making sure I have a beautiful marriage
and making sure I’m being a good friend
and try if I start thinking about all
that said and think Charles got to do
all that
yeah brother I don’t I don’t know about
that homie
but when I read scriptures that say the
same spirit that raised Christ from the
dead lives on the inside of me
when I become aware that I have access
to something that is not human that is
not natural but something that is super
natural something that was in there in
the first uh book of the Bible in
Genesis when it says in the beginning
God created the heavens and the Earth
and the Earth was formless and without
void and the spirit was hovering against
the waters there’s a picture of the
trinity in Genesis first three
scriptures in the beginning God There He
Go and the spirit was hovering above the
water there go the spirit and God said
let there be light
who’s the light of the world
the sun doesn’t come for a couple days
but the light was there trust me God the
father and the and he says I want you to
have access to my power
so here’s what I’ll do we’re gonna get
out of here 13 minutes 27 seconds
how to get your power
I got three points for you
and I’m gonna tell a story
so uh when I when I first moved out of
my parents house I moved here to Tulsa I
didn’t understand as all 18 year olds or
28 year olds depending on your
predicament of when you got out your
parents house uh no shade brother but
for me it was a little earlier than that
um
when I got to my apartment I like I paid
for my rent paid all the dues to the
apartment place and then I walked I had
all my stuff my little brother helped me
move Chandler and I had all my stuff and
I walked up in my apartment I was
putting on and we’re just here on moving
day it’s just like you just going so I’m
going we’re unpacking all that stuff we
literally I’m like setting up the
furniture because I’m like I moved a
bunch growing up and what I’ve learned
from moving is if you don’t set it up
immediately you will be halfway in that
house for three years so
you’d be done to have a whole room
that’s like yeah I’m gonna set that up
right when I and so I’m like setting up
the bed putting everything on and
literally I get I put the TV in plug it
up I hook up I had like an old Xbox 360.
I plugged it up my little brother’s in
town like oh yeah let’s do it and we
literally we sit there and I go to turn
on the TV and I’m like what the hell
what the house ain’t working what’s I’m
flipping on lights I’m like maybe it’s
just this outlet and I go test another
Outlet then I start flipping on the
switches and I ain’t got no power my
little brother was like well you ain’t
mean you ain’t got no power you didn’t
call the power place he had like 12
years old I’m like what you mean called
a power place I paid the apartment they
should turn my power on
I don’t understand you had to set up
the power
so I got these three points on what I
had to do Point number one
call
this is you gotta acknowledge and ask
I had to call them say hey
um my name’s Charles and I’m at 5303
South Sheridan and I ain’t got no power
and I want to be very practical with you
today
if you feel like you’ve never had power
your power has run out or you’re just
now realizing
that the purpose in front of you has
pushed you past yourself the first thing
you could do is call God and say hey God
I gotta raise these kids
and I don’t have power
hey God I got to run this business
and there’s so much pressure for me to
change who I am to be successful
I don’t I don’t have any power
it’s about asking and acknowledging
and some of us this is how it goes
against our culture this is how we Rebel
because in today’s culture nobody wants
to ask for help
you think you get brownie points for
suffering and acting like you ain’t how
you doing oh I’m blessing highly favored
favor of the Lord you know just doing
great and you turn around you’re like
what was that oh that was just the Holy
Ghost
um
no you have trauma young brother and you
need help
we we can see your heart you’re not okay
and you want to rebel admit you need
help admit you didn’t have a dad so you
don’t know how to raise your son and
until you admit that you will never
admit that you know what I got this job
and I did kind of Fudge on the
application and I have no idea how to
run this program and it’s my whole job I
lied and God gave me the job just to
play a trick on me for me to be sitting
here nine to five not knowing what the
heck I’m doing
you gotta ask and acknowledge God I
don’t I don’t have enough power for this
I thought I could stay pure but God I
don’t the way these ladies is out here I
just don’t know if me personally
you have to call and admit hey I I don’t
have power
the second thing
that I did uh is sometimes when you move
into different places uh we moved into a
new house recently and there hadn’t been
a connection ever at that house before
Point number two
there’s call then you have to connect
there has to be a moment
sometimes it’s a physical person who has
to come sometimes they have to set up a
new account for you but there has to be
a moment of connection
because just because you called does not
mean there is a connection to your house
and what I have realized and here’s what
I wrote at any time we lived in one
house where the lawnmower went over the
thing and it cut the connection at any
time on a daily basis you can use your
connection you can lose it so what is
this if we’re saying we’re going to
access there has to be a daily
connection
whenever it’s not just one time I call
hey Holy Spirit you can help me out for
the next 15 years I just want to cover
all those that’d be great
now every single day when you wake up
I’m connecting God I thank you that
today
I do not have it in myself so Holy
Spirit just as you did yesterday I’m
connecting with you in this moment and
asking you to empower me Beyond Myself
God I have the patience to be with this
man today because you know he’s a fool
but I thank you holy spirit that you
would give me
and I it’s not a one-time and here’s the
thing too you can’t just come every
Sunday and hope that’s enough to hold
you for the next seven days
that would be awesome but if the only
time you talk to God is in here there’s
a whole lot of life left out that you’re
gonna need power for where you can be in
any moment you can be in the middle of
an argument with your spouse and just be
as you kind of halfway yelling your side
of the argument that you know ain’t
right in your head you could be like you
know what holy spirit let me just hold
on help me
and here’s the thing about the Holy
Spirit
the Holy Spirit don’t just make you
speak in tongues he’ll make you
apologize
let me dispel because some of y’all I
feel I feel God
I’m screaming but you ain’t never said
I’m sorry
so let’s be very clear on the function
of the Holy Spirit he just don’t make
you prophesy he’ll make you say that was
my bad and that was not the Holy Spirit
I just completely was wrong and prideful
you have to call
you have to connect this last one when I
called these Jokers I didn’t know
there’s a cost
I I was under the impression
that you had hit me on the first of the
month
that lady said all right Mr Metcalf to
set up your power it’ll be 239 dollars
do you have a card on file with us or
would you like to give us one I can take
it over the phone
I thought
sister I have 68 cents
I’ll give you this card number and then
I’m gonna hang up the phone
I’ve actually done that before I’ll give
him the card and then I’ll hang up and
then when they call me back it’s so bad
but they call me was like I gave him a
card I don’t know what happened and we
got disconnected I just assumed it was
on file yeah your account is behind too
oh my gosh I had no idea and then I got
paid by the point they called me or at
least by the time I answered the call
and then I was like oh sure let me give
that to you again oh weird it’s the same
card number try it all went through well
I’m so glad I went through sweetheart
all right I’ll talk to you later
hey man what am I supposed to do ain’t
got no money
there is
an Associated cost
I want to be clear on this cost
it’s very clear in Scripture
this is freely given
but just because something is freely
given
does not mean you have the humility to
receive
it’s freely given
it’s not it’s not you read a bunch of
scriptures and then you get the Holy
Ghost
it’s not you’re a Christian for a long
time
now you’ve earned your way to receiving
the third level up of the
no immediately
there’s a gift freely given
but the cost
associated with receiving the Holy
Spirit getting your power
is the humility
to surrender
it’s just
yes I do need help
it is simply saying
I just
I don’t
God I don’t know what I’m going to do
I don’t know how I’m gonna raise these
kids
and I’ve called you
connecting with you
but to receive power from the Holy
Spirit
it cost
it cost you your pride
it cost you having to go back
to someone and admit
you know that was all me
and I’m sorry I apologize
it cost you
your perception from other people
because the holy spirit will have you
out here doing stuff
it makes you look a little crazy
I remember
when uh
when we started our church it was called
Eden years ago and
it was so awesome to hear from the Holy
Spirit
at a young age to start a church for my
friends
who were close to us but far from God
and I felt inspired that you know what I
want to create a place where you would
feel safe to come to church
I mean my wife we start this church
called Eden
it’s going for about 10 months we had
250 people coming 80 000 in the bank 40
people on a serve team and it was dope
to hear from the Holy Spirit to start it
but it felt embarrassing for 12 months
later for him to tell me to stop
here was the real thought
what about all the people who are going
to say I knew it
there’s a whole list of people in my
head
that’s it like this ain’t gonna work
you’re too blah blah blah blah and then
in our first event we had 200 people
show up
I was definitely trusting God and I was
also like
scrub
and then I’m riding a car with Pastor
Michael known him for a month
and he’s driving a car we’re in Dallas
and the Holy Spirit says you’re going to
shut down your church
you’re going to serve and protect him
Pastor Natalie and the vision of
Transformation Church
and I thought
no
no because the cost I just didn’t
almost six seven years later
there hasn’t been a day
where I had to say holy spirit
I don’t know how I’m gonna do this
but whatever you want to do
right before I walked up here I nailed
down I said Lord if you don’t come up
here with me I will sit down on this
stage
I need you
I want you to know
that I do believe you have a beautiful
purpose
whether or not it feels clear right now
whether or not you know
I’m praying and hoping that God would
slowly reveal that to you
and I also want you to know
that purpose
without power
can sometimes feel pointless
I feel like why why am I doing all this
if I don’t have
today my hope and my prayer is to invite
you
to for one of those three things some of
you it’s gonna be the first time you
call
hey uh I am it is just coming to my
attention
some of you it’s it’s reconnecting
there’s somewhere along the way you got
disconnected
from the power of the Holy Spirit
some of you today is going to be the
first time you actually surrender to the
cost
I say you know what God I don’t want to
do this I don’t know why I’m doing this
but God I submit and I trust you
I’m going to ask the worship team to
come up and uh
uh
I don’t know it’s Holy Spirit you are
welcome here can we sing that in just a
second okay we’re gonna sing this song
and here’s what we’re gonna do I want to
ever ask everybody to to stay locked in
with me please for these next few
moments please please please do not
leave unless it’s emergency
um but we’re going to do a couple of
things the first thing we’re going to do
is I I told you this but the origins of
this sermon were birthed sitting in a
room full of students and uh I felt a
very clear burden to make sure that
there was no student whether middle
school high school college age whether
you’re going back to school you may be
grown and feel like ah God gave me
purpose I’m gonna get my whatever
wherever you fall on that if you’re a
student I felt very clear
um and I wanted the holy I wanted to
follow the sensitivity of the Holy
Spirit to make sure that we prayed over
our students and so here’s what we’re
going to do I’m going to ask actually
I’m gonna have everybody stand if
everybody can please stand up
and uh here’s what we’re going to do I’m
going to ask the team to sing this song
it’s very simple Holy Spirit you’re
welcome here and uh I’m gonna ask if you
are a student your middle school high
school college you are in school for any
reason right now or you are a teacher
you are a teacher of any age you teach
at a school you teach at a college
wherever you are as the team sings this
right when I get done
um talking they’re going to start
singing and we’re just gonna have people
start coming you’re going to start
coming down from wherever you are this
is your moment if your Grandmama invited
you like sweetheart you gotta go this is
that moment why she invited you
I’m gonna ask I’m gonna invite you to
come down and we’re going to take a
moment to just ask the holy spirit that
he would Empower our students if we’re
going to go into our schools and stand
up and stand out we’re going to do it
with the power of the Living God on our
side so I’m gonna count to three and if
you’re a student in this room the team’s
gonna sing on the count of three and I’m
gonna ask you just all over this place
to come down one he loves you two this
is you receiving your power three come
on down from all as we’ve seen the
team’s gonna begin to sing just come all
down we’re gonna sing Holy Spirit you’re
welcome here Holy Spirit
come on all students come on come down
you are welcome here
Comfort this place
he could scoot in close everybody
Holy Spirit
holds
this place
you can be in the aisles right here
there’s space over here if you need to
come down
come on
experience
all right we’re about to pray in just a
moment
and um this is a special moment it’s a
big moment
big moment big moment big moment
big moment thank you Lord
there are some of you up here that I
want to be clear I’m going to be
obedient there’s some of you up here
that you’re going into a school year
um
they’re the first the the first there
are a couple of you who play sports like
you play sports and you’re really
proficient really good at your sport
um you specifically I played with you I
know you you who got started with but
um you need to know this year your value
is not in your ability to do well at
your sport
I’m saying that to you not to prepare
you like you’re gonna do bad you’re
gonna do well but what the enemy would
have is for you to do so well this year
that you start thinking you’re valuable
for what you do that is not true
no matter where your gift takes you you
need to know that your value is because
God created you he has a plan for your
life and he is going to use the gifted
the other
is for you feel a lot of pressure
like you just feel a lot of pressure
going back this year pressure of
somebody you gotta be stuff you gotta do
a way you gotta act
I’m just praying right now the holy
spirit will just lift that pressure
you’re okay
you’re good
you’re gonna be fine
God’s Got You
he’s got you and here’s the thing he’s
always had you
but that pressure that you from I don’t
know where it’s coming from
right now holy spirit would just lift
that off you are good
and here’s the thing I’ll say and then
we’re going to pray
I said this earlier the peeing part of a
rebellion might feel real regular
I don’t want anybody any of our students
no matter where you are what age you are
to go back feeling like oh my gosh I
gotta do this massive thing for God ‘s
gonna he’s gonna reveal it to you
scripture says my sheep know my voice
and a stranger they will not listen to
listen to my prayer when I’m on a
problem prayer a couple of things but
one of my prayers is that you would be
able to distinguish yourself from his
spirit
that’s a very diff I’m still I’ve been
following Jesus for a little bit and I’m
still sometimes be like was that me or
was that you
I’m gonna pray that you would have
confidence When God Says step out you
would do it that when he says hey go
give that person a hug you would do it
when he says hey stay after class and
ask the teacher how they’re doing
you have no idea how God would use you
to completely change some person’s life
here’s what I’m asking everybody
um to stretch your hands towards these
students
we’re just going to take a moment and
pray
a moment in pray
ER thank you Jesus thank you Jesus
thank you Jesus
thank you for your presence that is here
God
thank you Jesus
but right now
thank you for every student under the
sound of my voice
I thank you Lord God that you have
created them
with a purpose and with power to stand
up and stand out Holy Spirit I thank you
first of all for who they are
I thank you specifically for who they
are
not what they do or what they’ve done
but who they are that you formed them
Lord Jesus
that you gave them their personality
that you made them the size and the
shape that they are that you gave them
the mind that you gave them that there
is nothing in them that is a mistake
outside of you that there’s not that
they are not a mistake for the one who
feels like a mistake some there’s some
people in here your parents have even
spoken over you they’ve said it jokingly
oh you were a surprise you were a
mistake we didn’t no no no that is you
are a surprise to them you were not a
surprise to God
right now
I thank you Lord Jesus for
supernaturally
establishing and then reminding them
that their identity is in you
I pray that this year for every person
up here would be the most confident year
of who they are in God that they would
be so confident that it would not be
shaken by people’s approval they would
not be shaken by trying to fit in but
they would know God created me he made
me like this and I am confident and I
don’t need anybody else to I don’t need
a boyfriend a girlfriend I don’t need a
teacher trip I don’t need a certain
group of friends I know that God create
so I thank you for their identity I
thank you their identity is secure in
you the next thing Lord Jesus I thank
you that your Supernatural power the
power of the Holy Spirit would start to
empower them this year I thank you Lord
Jesus that they would have a boldness
that does not come from their
performance but comes from your presence
I thank you Lord Jesus that you would
ignite Lord something I thank you Lord
God you would ignite a passion for your
word where there have been students who
felt like they’ve tried to read the
Bible and they couldn’t get into it I
thank you supernaturally Lord Jesus they
would literally your word would become
like air to their lungs Lord Jesus that
they would and it would make sense to
him Lord God I thank you Lord God you
would illuminate scriptures Lord Jesus
how they would personally apply I thank
you your word would be something that
would refresh their soul or God and I
thank you Lord God I call out the
giftings in this room Lord people that
are in this room who are prophetic who
have encouraging words people who are
teachers who are evangelists who Lord I
Thank you Lord Jesus that there are real
gifts that live on the inside of them
and I thank you this school year as
they’re in their schools those gifts
would start to rise up in the name we
call on those again I thank you Lord
Jesus that Lord you have put gifts on
the inside of them and I call them out
right now that they would not like
dormant Lord Jesus but Lord we call on
those gifts and I thank you they would
be glory to you Lord God
I thank you Lord Jesus that this year
you would distinguish
their voice from yours
I pray over their mind the confusion
and even the torment in their mind would
be cool I thank you this school year
would be the most clear minded year
I pray right now even for students Lord
Jesus
who have gotten diagnosis of you just
distracted you just can’t pay attention
you just always gonna have dyslexia you
just I speak the name of Jesus
that there is no diagnosis that is more
powerful than the word of God I thank
you Lord God people who have seen
themselves as not smart I thank you this
year Lord God they would see something
rise up on the inside of them and I
thank you you would give them wisdom and
understanding and knowledge Lord Jesus
thank you
right now I pray over every teacher
every teacher Lord Jesus
look first of all I thank you
for the gift of their sacrifice
and I think you you see the sacrifice
Lord Jesus
for every teacher
for the ones Lord God who feel like
they’re showing up every day to people
who aren’t grateful
to people who are pouring out and raise
it to the people thank you Jesus I pray
right now for the teachers Lord God who
are holding the place of mom and dad in
a student’s life
I thank you this year
that these teachers would not teach from
their own ability
your holy spirit that they will be so
led by you
there would be days where he tells you
don’t mess with the curriculum ask every
student one by one what they need and
how they’re doing
you Holy Spirit you would do something
through these teachers Lord God give
them words of encouragement specific to
their students and Lord right now I pray
for strength strength on the days when
it’s hard strength on the days when they
want to give up I thank you Lord Jesus
that they are they are literally walking
in your example to be such a good
teacher
I pray over all the students over every
teacher that the strength of God
would rise up on the inside of them they
would know Lord God that this year Lord
Jesus you have empowered them to do
exactly what’s in front of them that
they not Are Not Alone
as they get some of them go and some of
them have big decisions to make some of
you there is a big decision regarding
either what school you’re going to go to
or thank you Holy Spirit there is um
there are some of you going back to
school and you’re trying to decide which
version of you you going back ass
there’s the old you
and then there’s the real you
and you know the real you does not do
some of that old stuff you know the real
you doesn’t go certain places you know
the real you is confident and will walk
in the gifting God’s put on your life
Holy Spirit I pray right now that your
power would give him the boldness
and The Bravery
to be who you’ve created them to be
even for teachers there are some of you
teachers you’re going back into school
systems where all the teachers do is
talk bad about the kids that’s not you
you’re there to be light you’re there to
speak encouragement you know there’s
life and death in the power of your
tongue I thank you
this year Lord Jesus I just pray a
blessing of every student
over every teacher
that your spirit
not that it will be with us because
you’re always with us
but may we become
more aware
of your spirit
thank you so much I’m ask every head
stay bowed every eye closed just for a
moment we’re about to get out of here
there are two groups of people I want to
pray for the first group is you may not
be a student but you need one of those
three things you need to call on the
Holy Spirit you need to connect with the
Holy Spirit or you need to submit to the
cost of the Holy Spirit
there are some of you you just you’re
realizing this is me this is it you’re
not gonna be in the whole thing I’m not
gonna ask you to move from your seat but
if you realize it’s one of those three
things and I just need I need the Holy
Spirit I need access to the power he
provides for me to be patient for me to
be kind for me to be the husband to be
the wife to be the mom to be the dad to
be the co-worker he’s called me to be I
just need him in a new way you need one
of those three things I’m just going to
ask you right now if you would just lift
your hand you say hey ask me I need the
Holy Spirit I’m realizing through the
sermon I need one of those three things
right now holy spirit I thank you you
would meet people at their place of need
you know it best whether they need to
call on you for the first time whether
they need to reconnect with you Lord God
or they’re submitting they’re
surrendering to you Lord God I thank you
Holy Spirit you see them where they are
and I thank you Holy Spirit this week
that there would be something Lord God
that would rise up on the inside this
week they would see a difference in
their life in their heart and I think
you for Supernatural strength Beyond
themselves not finding our power in
ourselves by finding it through you
you can put your hands down last group
of people I want to pray for every about
every eye closer some of you in this
room and you need to meet a person today
and his name is Jesus
scripture says it says loving kindness
that draws us to repentance I don’t know
what you’ve heard about the man of Jesus
we need know he loves you
he’s passionately in love with you and
he has a plan a purpose and power for
your life and all you got to do is
surrender
all you got to do is surrender all you
got to do is say I can’t do this by
myself
I need a savior
it’s a decision that has changed my life
it’s changed many of the people’s life
in this room and I promise you it’ll
make such a big difference in your life
if you say you know what I needed except
Jesus here’s what I’m going to do I’m
gonna have us all pray a prayer together
well I’m gonna pray it out loud for the
benefit of those who are coming together
for the first time but if you say you
know what that’s me I I specifically
need him and this is maybe my first time
or maybe I’m rededicating my life to him
I’m going to ask you when you pray that
prayer something’s going to change in
your heart if everybody in this room
will repeat this prayer out loud with me
everybody say dear God
thank you for loving me
I admit
I’ve made mistakes
I pray you would save me
that you had changed me
and she would make me new
I thank you for creating me
with purpose
and the power
for what you want me to do
it’s in the name of Jesus I pray
amen
hey can we celebrate people just made
the decision
Hey listen before before we get out of
here if you just made the decision to
accept Jesus as your lord and savior
we’re so proud of you our team has a
gift that they would love to give you
there’s a code right there you can scan
you can take save to HOA to A2 or if you
just gave your life to Jesus when you go
out to the lobby if you find anybody in
a great t-shirt they can point you we
have a gift we want to give you just to
say we’re grateful and we’re proud of
you for making that decision and we’re
so so grateful that you made that
decision Hey listen
um students this is a real moment and do
not as you go back to school do not let
the enemy convince you that this wasn’t
real some of you he spoke to you for the
first time first time in a long time
this is real teachers that commitment to
speak life no matter how frustrating
that little boy is
so here’s the thing you have no idea
who’s in your class
you have no idea how God has trusted you
with voices for our society and for our
culture
um and I just want to say thank you so
grateful for you so grateful for this
church Hey listen thank you so much for
coming and being a part today our team’s
going to continue to sing just for a
couple more moments if um I would
encourage you
um me if you if you if you’re going to
school you don’t have no friends meet
somebody around you get connected with
somebody
um next week we want to talk about the
power of community it’s going to be
really powerful but thank you so much
for coming to church today please please
please come back next week this is our
fourth and final week of the sermon
series and uh it’s gonna be it’s going
to really wrap up this whole thing so
thank you so much for coming I’m gonna
pray a blessing over our week Lord God I
thank you that you are with us Lord God
I thank you that this week would be our
best week God I thank you that this week
we go out knowing that you are with us
Lord God that it’s your spirit of the
Living God that lives on the inside of
this Lord we don’t access our own power
we don’t access our own ability but we
stand up confident knowing that we were
created by you Lord God with the purpose
and the power to stand up and stand out
give us Grace in the regular give us
humility in the moment and give us the
strength and the courage to trust you no
matter what happens look out we love you
we thank you it’s a beautiful name of
Jesus we pray and everybody said
go out and live a transform life we love
you guys
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