In Week 3 of the Kingdom Kouples Series, Pastor Mike delves into the sensitive topic of knowing when it’s time to end partnerships. Using the journey of the Apostle Paul’s experience in navigating his partnerships with Silas and Barnabas, this story gives us valuable keys. Pastor Mike outlines several ways we can discern the departure of a partnership: when the season changes, we sense the same cycle persists, when storm is coming, or simply if Holy Spirit says go. If you are navigating your relationships, watch this sermon to gain insight and understand how Holy Spirit can partner with you in this season. Scripture References: Acts 15:36-40 NLT Acts 15:37-38 NLT 2 Corinthians 11:23-28 NIV Acts 16:16-40 NIV John 16:13 NLT Ephesians 2:10 NLT 00:00 – Intro 11:38 – Acts chapter 15 verses 36 through 40 NLT 13:01 – You may need to depart if: 1. The season changes 20:10 – You may need to depart if: 2. You sense the same cycle 20:24 – Acts chapter 15 verses 37 & 38 NLT 30:18 – Your calling is worth uncomfortable confrontations 30:29 – You may need to depart if: 3. A storm is coming 31:57 – Storms are a sign of success 32:47 – 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verses 23 through 28 NIV 37:01 – We should stop praying for weaker storms and start praying for stronger partners 47:06 – You may need to depart if: 4. Spirit says so 48:50 – John chapter 16 verse 13 NLT 52:27 – My future is fortified as you follow the Holy Spirit 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 & 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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what’s going on my name is Will and I
have the honor and the privilege as
serving as one of the leaders here at
Transformation Church I just want to say
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an incredible word for you today so
let’s jump into this amazing message we
are in week three
of a series we’re calling Kingdom
couples and today we’re going to end the
series no I need to be honest we’re
going to pause the series
we’re not going to end it
this will be the the end of the series
for today
but it’s going to segue into the series
we’re about to go into entitle damage
but not destroy
because I believe God has given me a
burden to before 2024 comes
that 2023 the rest of this year is going
to be a year of healing
okay let me go to this side I said the
rest of this year is going to be a year
of healing
now some of y’all
spraying your ankle and be like I’m good
I’m good
and you’ve been limping for the last
decade
relationally spiritually
you can’t raise your kids right because
there’s something in you that has not
healed and you’re protecting a wound
that God wants to heal
and so next week I want you to bring all
your damage
all of it
and somebody said pastor you’re not
ready for everything I’ve been through
I’m not God is
and he’s just gonna use me as your coach
to be able to examine areas that you
have been pushing down somebody’s like
insides are starting to Bubble right now
because you you didn’t think you was
going to therapy come to church for the
next nine weeks
it’s gonna be free therapy and theology
we’re gonna put both of them together
and we’re going to see God’s people like
never before get healed
but today
I felt like we had to end this series
um on a note that’s gonna help a lot of
you lay down weights
the heavy weight that has been slowing
you down
the subtitle of this series if you’re
just joining us go back and watch the
other two but I’m gonna just start right
here what I want for everybody in this
room is to find partners for purpose
on Paul somebody’s been listening okay
we’re finding Partners what for purpose
on purpose
and and if you know that God has given
you a purpose that you’re not just here
taking up space can I hear you make some
noise right now that God Made You
y’all don’t think God gave you a purpose
in the balcony on the floor
okay
at least half of y’all think y’all here
for a reason
first week we talked about the power
being in the pair second week I taught
you how to pick a partner
I felt that this week it would be a bad
place to pause if if I didn’t tell you
probably the most important part of
partnership having a kingdom couple no
matter if it’s relationally spiritually
romantically
write down the title of my message the
departure of partnership
how you know it’s time to go
food
today I need you to buckle up
cause it’s gonna be strong
because the problem with many people is
once we finally form Partnerships
we want them to last forever
and many times outside of the parameters
that God gives for us to be in
relationship it is no longer a blessing
that relationship is a curse
and many of us have been still hanging
with people
calling people our best friends
oh
steal Netflix and chilling
read between the lines
with people who are no longer there for
your benefit they are there to make sure
you fall
and what God is challenging us is to
walk into another level of spiritual
maturity to understand that all
departures are not from the Devil
imma say it one more time the enemy’s
been attacking me
Johnny left that was God
it was his grace and his protection
we have to move away from everybody we
love they’re your crutch
you haven’t obeyed God in six years
because of your mom and them so oh so
God had to relocate you so that you
could depend on his voice more than
their voice
[Applause]
okay
the departure of partnership
how you know it’s time to go
it’s going to rearrange some people’s
Christmases
some of y’all don’t put deposits on
trips
that you might have to swallow the loss
because I know you didn’t get the trip
insurance
I know you didn’t pay that extra 25
dollars
and you were like I’m not wasting no
money but you’re wasting your life
okay
I want us to go to Acts chapter 15.
because I want us to do this in a
kingdom way somebody say Kingdom
um when you start doing things in a
kingdom way
what the world says is bad does not have
to be bad in the Kingdom
a departure is not negative if it’s for
your purpose
I’m gonna say it one more time
them not being with you when you get to
the win
doesn’t mean you lost
some people are there for a specific
time period and then you have to know
they’re not going to come up to you to
say hey I’m a distraction to your future
hey all the emotional energy you’re
spending on me because of my
relationship is going to distract you
from becoming who you need to be for
your relationship
the time you should be spending with God
you’re FaceTiming me
nobody’s gonna come to you and say that
you’re gonna have to discern for
yourself
with the help of the Holy Spirit
has something changed
and this is beautiful that the Bible is
our Playbook and and the thing that we
live our lives by because we’re people
of principles and we can actually look
at a story in the Bible of a guy named
Paul and we can see how to do departure
well
okay so so I need everybody’s everybody
at acts 15 it’s going to be on the
screen if you don’t got it but let me
let me give you some backstory
um Paul is by far one of the greatest
um Apostles that ever comes after Jesus
okay and his name used to be Saul let me
put it in today’s vernacular uh
Saul was a gangster
he walked around like what’s what you
looking at
his feet were always like this
and if you popped off but he I didn’t
have guns but I don’t rock or spear
something
the Bible said he was killing Christians
his reputation was if you believe in
Jesus I’m taking you off the set
okay
then he has an encounter with Jesus
on the road of Damascus the same way
don’t get scared that some of y’all
about to encounter Jesus
you’ve been going the completely
different way I’ll never preach
okay
he meets Jesus goes blind has this whole
experience where he encounters Jesus and
then he’s ready to
preach the gospel now I love this
because it reminds me of my story not
the gangster killing Christians part but
the part
about like filling the call and not
having to go through all of man’s uh uh
um checkpoints to be able to be called
to minister the gospel
all of this stuff I need to go to
Seminary I need to do I believe higher
education is important but you can share
the gospel the same way you were sharing
the flyer about the club
oh
if it’s a good sale you don’t have to go
to marketing school to tell somebody
that Dillard’s is 80 off
and Believers I can’t share it because I
don’t know the the Hebrew stop it
say Jesus saved me
I was broken and now I’m feeling like my
pieces is coming back together you need
to know him that Paul Paul literally
gets his name changed and goes into
Ministry
but he had a powerful partnership
and most people know Paul and Silas
but there was a partnership
that was before Paul and Silas that
allowed him to mature and be ready for
his partnership with Paul and Silas that
that relationship it was a relationship
between Paul and watch this guy’s name
Barnabas
now how many people have heard about
Barnabas before okay a couple of y’all
but Barnabas
was Paul’s Credit
because when Paul came out and was like
praise the Lord everybody’s like oh
like think about it he was killing
Christians on Tuesday
and Saturday he’s like my brother they
like oh God
so Barnabas comes along and he says I
vouch for him
he’s had a real transformation this is
why it’s important to get around people
while you’re changing because they’re
sometimes they won’t believe you because
of your past but if you’re around people
whose character has been stable and they
say no I promise he he’s actually doing
it it gives you interest into places you
may have to work for
and Barnabas says no I vouch for Paul
literally Barnabas barnabas’s name means
encourager
he learned the art of the pump up
and their partnership produced they were
so cold as a tag team that other people
wanted to come and join their team it
was like the big three it was like if we
get LeBron and D Wade together maybe we
can convince Chris Bosh to come to Miami
it was like that whole thing like and
they got another guy because they were
producing and multiplying his name was
John Mark
now we know John Mark wasn’t black
because his name was Sean Mark but
these multi-ethnic people came together
to read this sorry that’s how I just
read the Bible
I said he had to be white John Marks
that wasn’t a brother
and this is where we find this story
Acts chapter 15. it says after some time
Paul and Barnabas the partners
they came together and said let’s go
back and visit each City where we were
previously preaching
the word of the Lord to see how the new
Believers are doing
Barnabas agreed let’s go
and wanted to take along John Mark but
Paul said hex no
no he not going not matter of fact if he
going I ain’t going the Bible said he
disagreed strongly
since John Mark had deserted them in
pamphilia we’re going to call that
Philly for right now
he deserted them in Philly
and had not continued with them in their
work
their disagreement was so sharp that
they separated or they departed from
each other
Barnabas took John Mark with him and
sailed for Cyprus and Paul
chose
Silas
and as he left the Believers entrusted
him to the Lord’s gracious care let’s
pray real quick because it’s going to be
real heavy for some of y’all Lord
help us know if it’s time to depart from
a partnership
amen
I’m gonna use this as a framework
you may need to depart if
write it down
I may need to depart if and I’m gonna
give you four things real quick
three is real strong and the fourth one
is going to bring it on home but we’re
gonna do this write it down you may need
to depart if number one the seasons
change
if the season changes you may need to
depart from the relationship
some of y’all have summer friends in the
winter
[Applause]
it was just for a season
and I know you haven’t been abandonment
issues and so if anybody comes in and if
they leave you feel like something’s
wrong with you
it was an answer to your seasonal prayer
it wasn’t a permanent fix it was to get
you from where you were to where you
needed to go but when you became
dependent on them more than him
he said the seasons are changing
okay
this is why I need you to understand
that every departure does not have to be
devastating
and every season change does not have to
be sinister
I’ve been in church my whole life
and they act like everybody who leads
your life is a hater
and they couldn’t believe we too because
they know
they had an expiration date
[Music]
that place was for a season and they
were graced for it
but the Grace ran out
and they still there
it’s like when the oil runs out in your
car
it can still function but something’s
gonna get burnt up
okay let me has anybody forgot to change
their oil before come on let’s be honest
I remember driving my Daddy’s car
and he changed oil son yeah yeah yeah
yeah and even a little light came on
this ain’t working
no more oil let me say it a different
way normal Grace
every time you say to see they phone
call oh
but you feel guilty because you posted
on Instagram
they saw your comment on Facebook and be
like really
so you don’t want to be
the oil ran out
the season has changed
Paul recognized that the season had
changed
between him and Barnabas they had a
phenomenal season in Ministry
they killed it they made it out of
adversity
and then the season changed
and this is what I really feel as I read
all of of this gospel and I read Paul’s
story
Paul had spent half of his life doing
the wrong thing
so he could not afford to have the wrong
partner with the time he had left
Barnabas may have been doing the right
thing for a long time
but Paul had spent years of his life
doing the wrong okay can we be honest
we’re a humble open and transparent
Church how many of us have spent years
doing the wrong thing I’m not talking
about just sin just not obeying God
not
he said my purpose is too fragile to
play with
so I know the season has changed so
there’s time
now
that I have to make a decision everybody
say a decision
the seasons changed
me and Pastor Charles and Natalie went
to Las Vegas for an award show earlier
this summer and and we prepared for it
to be hot um but but when when the doors
of the uh the airport open
it seemed like the enemy had opened his
mouth from
from hell I’m not playing y’all
it was a 115 degrees
dry heat
I mean we started sweating and we were
just looking at each other like I looked
at Charles I was like what are you doing
Natalie said uh she just went back
inside she said y’all tell me when the
car is ready and and as hot as it was
all of us started shedding clothes
all of the jackets hoodies everything
but what would have happened if somebody
would have been putting on clothes in a
season where we were supposed to be
taking them off
this is what some of us look like
relationally we’re putting on
clothes in the summer
or people in the summer
that were made for the winter
hit me with it
115 degrees
if I sewed up like this in 115 degrees
y’all would have thought he lost his
mind
or he has some type of low iron or like
some type of disease
and this is what you look like posting
next to them
you steady going after that relationship
it’s not that it wouldn’t be right in
one season
it’s just wrong in this one
the level of heat that has come to my
body
I’m not moving much
because it’s going to start showing
that I’m wearing the wrong thing
some of y’all are experiencing things
you never should experience
because you have not acknowledged listen
all you have to acknowledge is not that
the is this is fly
this looks good in the right
and the reason I got to depart from this
fur jacket
it’s not because it wasn’t made well
and not because it’s not valuable in a
different atmosphere
take this
to Colorado
take it to where where’s another cold
place
well take it to Alaska
and and this will be perfect
but where God has me
it might need to be a departure
if the season has changed let me give
you another one you may need to depart
if
you sensed the same cycle
it’s a big one
that’s a big one
Barnabas verse 37.
Barney agreed
and wanted to take along
John Mark but Paul disagreed strongly
since
this is the reason why I have an issue
with us going forward in our partnership
with that person
the last time
he deserted us
in Philly
matter of fact West Philadelphia born
and raised
on the playground
is why I spent most of my days
[Applause]
and he did not continue
with us
when it was time to work
when it was time for us to get down to
business
they were nowhere to be found
when I was going through counseling and
I didn’t see up from down they didn’t
call then around my birthday where we
going friend what are we doing free how
we getting damn shut up
you weren’t there for me when I was
crying myself to sleep when I tried to
call you and ask you just to come over
because if nobody’s here with me I’m
going to his house oh God
[Music]
when it was time to get down to business
bailed on me
and I’m not saying you a bad person
because John Mark was still around
and he’s still talking to Barnabas
most of us are cut off games so strong
she said me Pastor me
if somebody does us wrong leaves us when
it’s time to go we they don’t even exist
no more
they don’t even exist
but but Paul was spiritually mature
enough to say I can still be around you
I just can’t partner with you
how many believers
can know your season’s up at the church
but not dog the church you leave
[Music]
I have to just go because they were just
giving milk
[Applause]
how many how many I
mean he act the the distraction they
take away
it’s all about spiritual maturity at
this point
and Paul was spiritually mature enough
to say yeah y’all can kick it we can
even talk about the celebration but when
it’s time to gear up to go back into
battle
I can’t go because I sense the same
cycle
there is nothing that gives me
indication that you have changed
so you’re not a bad person you just not
have not transformed
and I’m not going back into the war
with somebody that I already have a
warning about
[Applause]
Michael you preaching I know this is
what I’m telling you you do not go into
war with people you’d be like are they
with me
do they pray for me or do they talk
about me
I know they got a knife but are they is
it going to end up in my back or are
they
Paul knew something
that we all need to know
because when it was time to go hard John
Mark went home
and and Paul said you know what I’m not
going to be mean
I’m not going to set up some unrealistic
goal that John Mark has to prove to me
I’m just going to be intentional about
watch this cuss word boundaries
I know church people don’t like this
we’re supposed to forgive yes
but they don’t have to be that close
no no
we can we can release them
of the Dead
and not be done
no I mean we should smoke weed together
all the time and we made a pact that we
was done with the Dodie done with the
Dodie done with the Dodie
some of y’all like Dodie
I just dated myself I’m sorry but but
but
they went back
and I
and I’m trying to walk this thing out
and it’s it’s not a sin but I have a
conviction
so I can’t chill at their house every
day no more
not because I don’t like them
but
I have to create a boundary where you
been at bro
home
oh you different now no I’m trying to be
okay you better than us no
I I just I actually am trying to be a
person of my word
and I mean a promise to God
that’s more valuable than my promise to
you
and so right now I just gotta create
this clear boundary
not because you’re bad
because I’m trying to stay blessed
this is two different things and the
church
we’ve been bad at this because we gotta
make somebody the villain
and Paul shows us they don’t got to be
the villain
I just sensed the same cycle
You Gonna Keep cheating on your wife
we can’t be friends like that
I was there the first two times bro
and you still on my couch
and they all my captain cries
but this seems like a decision you’ve
made
[Music]
so the next time you do it I’m gonna
pray for you
but you can’t stay here
okay
okay damage will not destroyed it’s
gonna be good for all of us because
we’re gonna teach y’all how to make some
boundaries
boundaries just don’t happen
some people
would rather them just happen by osmosis
but the conversation
that you usually have to have to create
let me say this it’s not a boundary if
they don’t know
[Applause]
I don’t change they just haven’t called
don’t call it a boundary
if you’ve not had a conversation
and the conversation comes from your
conviction
and your conviction makes you have to
watch this confront
confrontation is not bad it’s necessary
and most people like we about to have a
confrontation
it just means I’m gonna bring it up
front
I’m not going to sweep it under the rug
I’m not gonna put it behind me
we’re going to bring it up
Paul has to confront Barnabas
he doesn’t say silence come on let’s go
foreign
that
would have been unfaithful to the
partnership they had
he said Barn uh hey what’s up John Mark
Barnabas come here
I ain’t going with him
Paul
Murray
he’s been with us on so many Journeys
but when we was in Philly
he left us yeah I know I know he I know
ask them what happened he said he had a
case of the BG’s he went behind the bush
he came out and he was like where’d they
go
I I hear all of that
but what we doing right now
is life or death
God saved me for a purpose
and I can’t roll with nobody
who is not sure about why they’re here
so he had a confrontation what Barnabas
that did not watch this watch this this
may be shocking it didn’t end in blows
they wasn’t on Twitter talking about
some friends is fake
guys we know who you’re talking about
they weren’t doing passive aggressive
subliminal messages
they had a conversation and made a
decision I love this this is mature
teaching right here
he said I
uh he had to have a confrontation with
the guy who put him on
think about how difficult that would be
to the person who in one season gave you
credit
now you have to confront them because
they no longer serve the purpose in your
life
Paul needed relationships on purpose
for purpose so watch this write this
down in a point your calling is worth
uncomfortable confrontations
I gotta move
okay so you may need
to depart from the partnership okay if
the seasons change number one
if you sense the same cycle number two
number three you may need to depart if a
storm is coming
see
Paul
after having his conversion realize
that living for Jesus and representing
the kingdom meant that storms were
coming
this thing that everybody’s talking
about coming to Jesus now everything go
away
you don’t gotta worry no more about
nothing
but I’ll gonna take care of it all
that’s a lie
the purpose of coming to Jesus is now
you’re walking with the one who knows
everything
and even when you go through the storms
you know that you’re not alone even
though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death that is not a lyric from
a rap song
some of y’all that’s not
that’s the Bible
and he’s saying I’ll be with you no
matter what storm you go through
and this is what I found as a pastor
and this is what I want you to find out
as a Believer this is mature Christian
Living right here
storms or a sign of success in the
Kingdom
Paul had come to a place in his life
where he knew another storm was coming
I’m not about to play myself and be
around people who weak in storms
I know I’m I know I’m sitting here on
purpose for a purpose I got Kingdom
Business do God create literally
transformed me from the biggest gangster
to the biggest Apostle and I’m about to
walk into my next storm
with the partner who doesn’t know their
purpose
let me prove it to you I’ma let Paul
tell you
how he knew and how he lived
knowing that storms were coming second
Corinthians 11 verse 23. this is Paul
talking I have worked much harder
been in prison more frequently
been flogged more severely and been
exposed to death again and again
five times I received from the Jews the
40 Lashes minus one y’all know how we’ll
be uh crying on the passion when Jesus
be getting whipped
Paul got that four times
five times I’m sorry
three times I was beaten with rods once
I was pelted with stones three times I
was wrecked I spent the night and
the day at the Open Sea I have been
constantly on the move I have been in
danger from rivers in danger from
bandits in danger from fellow Jews in
danger from gentiles
in danger in the city endangered in the
country endangered in the sea we’d be
saying we blessed in the city Paul was
singing in danger in the city endangered
in the field in danger when I come and
when I go
we must hide every witnessed
and watch this and I’ve been in danger
from false believers
I have labored and toiled and have often
Gone without sleep
I have known hunger and thirst and have
often Gone without food
I have been cold and naked besides
everything else
after all of that I faced the daily
pressure of my concerns for all the
churches
he he was saying yo
because of how much weight I carry in
the Kingdom
another Storm is Coming
can I talk to Transformation Church
if you rocking with us right now
the truth of the matter is
we are taking too much of the enemy’s
territory
when we step out and use technology and
we do the play and we we actually Reach
people Beyond one of my one of my
greatest compliments children close your
ears is when somebody who don’t care
about God say I asked with Mike Todd
now I don’t mess with that church stuff
but I F sweat transformation do you know
what that means it means our vision is
working we are representing God to the
lost and the fact for one reason what is
it transformation in Christ
so if you thought the spirit hits the
fan with something another storm coming
because we mean too much in the Kingdom
[Applause]
this is why we pray constantly this is
why we show love and generosity we gave
away eight million dollars a few months
before the spit hit the fan not one
story about it
eight uh they thought I said eight
thousand
Ian
we gave away eight million the local
news didn’t cover it
I Spit on my blood brother
I mean we’ve shared drinks we’ve shared
I mean and I can think of a lot of the
more disgusting stuff that y’all do with
spit
[Music]
let me stop
when I’ve come to the conclusion of
is that when you are living on purpose
in the Kingdom
storms are coming
and so what do we do Pastor Mike what I
found
out when we come to Partnerships when we
know a storm’s coming like Paul
we should stop praying for weaker storms
and start praying for stronger partners
oh that’s good if you clap or not
Lord let the storm go away he said this
one’s Gonna Make You
you’re going to learn something through
this storm that money couldn’t give you
you’re gonna learn something through
this storm that that going from wind to
wind can’t teach you stop praying for
weaker storms
and start praying for stronger partners
see Paul one of Paul’s greatest texts
tests were coming in Acts 16.
when because he was walking in his
authority as apostle
this woman was bothering him and he cast
out a demon and she was making money for
a higher up and so they got mad the
whole town got mad because she got
healed
she got healed they got mad
she was addicted to something she gets
free the whole mob comes after him
and they get thrown in jail and y’all
know the story it says and at midnight
Paul and
prayed and sang praises to God
they did it until the point that the
jail began to shake
and not just their chains fell off
but the chains of everybody in the place
they’ll change those there’s some people
your praise and your prayer is gonna
make other people’s chains fall off
but listen what if the scripture would
have read and that midnight
Paul
and John Mark
or it could have read and at midnight
Paul was alone
because sensing what he had done before
when they would have been like Gary go
right there John Mark would have been
like excuse me excuse me excuse me
excuse me
but Silas said take us
here we are
here we are
what we gonna do now Paul the same thing
we do every day
we’re going to pray
and we’re going to sing praises to God
[Applause]
what if they kill us then they kill us
but we gonna go out doing what we’ve
done every day
we gonna all feel this thing we gonna
pray and we’re gonna sing praises to God
what if they don’t remember us they only
have to remember him
and if our platform is this jail cell
all of these prisoners are gonna know
that we sing praises and we pray
[Applause]
instead of a partner that was preying on
Paul p r e y
he had a partner that was praying with
him
and your storm may look different your
storm may be lost it may be failure it
may be pain it may be tragedy
but I need you to be proactive with your
Partnerships
you can’t build Partnerships for prison
in prison
you got to build them before
and this is why I’m just saying like
maybe there needs to be a departure
because the season just changed
or maybe there needs to be a departure
because God’s saying something different
and and they’re doing the same cycle
over and over again I sense the same
cycle
or maybe you need to do it
because a storm is coming I found this
interesting um
fact out this week from one of my
friends he said most animals
when a storm is coming they sense it
yeah y’all know your dog
and it’s like sunny skies out
like what’s wrong Rufus and it’s like he
can’t tell you our strawberry like but
he can’t tell you that so you just like
all right and then it’s like boom
most animals have that sense
but there’s one animal
that when a storm is coming they run
into it
does anybody know what that animal is
it’s a buffalo
a buffalo
when they sense the storm
they say where is it at
right there
and they take off full speed
why everybody else is running away
the Buffalo runs into the eye of it
what scientists has discovered
is that when the Buffalo run into it
because no animal can escape it
they just try to hide from it
it allows them to go through it quicker
than any other animal
and they don’t keep getting hit with the
worst parts of it
because the worst parts of a storm is on
the outside
and what if the church would be ones
that say you know what another Storm is
Coming
look
write what you want to write say what
you want to say but we gonna run into
whoa we go run into the eye of the start
and they won’t be able to take us out oh
I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit
this is the season
where we’re no longer scared of the
story
some of y’all the enemy has tried to
make you afraid
well what if and what if and what it
bring it on because I know the one who
walks with me I know the one who created
the storm oh
the Bible tells us he can tell the winds
and the waves
my God knows something about storms
[Applause]
y’all remember when the disciples were
scared
because they were on the sea
and it was storming all around him what
was Jesus doing
taking a nap nap
why
because he knew he had control
the Buffalo has Faith to run into it
and I’m asking you
is this the season where the storm
indicates your success
instead of makes you run away scared
and the most beautiful thing is
when buffaloes begin to run to the storm
they don’t run alone
the people who were with them they said
we ain’t we buffaloes too
somebody look at your neighbor are you
above hello
no seriously do you have the faith to
run into the storm with me fee do you
have the faith to run into the storm
with me Charles do you have the face to
run into the storm with me
[Applause]
and let me say this I need to talk to
all my married couples real quick as I
close
because some of y’all been listening to
this message all day and said finally
somebody gave me permission
[Applause]
how to depart from the partnership I’m
leaving yo
anoint itself
there are some reasons why you need to
depart from the marriage relationship
and the Bible’s clear on those things
but the truth of the matter
is many of you
need to lock arms with your partner
and you need to run into the storm
[Applause]
one of y’all been running towards it
while the other ones have been running
away
both of y’all been retreating let me let
me give you practical steps of what
running into the storm looks like you
need to go to counseling
I ain’t telling nobody about my my
business
you can’t handle it
the person who loves you more than
anybody on this world you’re putting up
a wall against them
and God is challenging you right now
not to run away from the storms of your
past
maybe you cheated
maybe you let something in that wasn’t
supposed to be there maybe y’all decided
to do it together in that Spirit of lust
came into y’all’s marriage bed and it
took something away from you intimately
I’m talking about real stuff
maybe it was the kids
y’all lived for them for so long and now
they’re gone and you don’t you’re you
don’t even know who you’re married to
you look at a stranger every morning
yes Storm is Coming
but why don’t you block arms with that
person
that you’ve given Covenant to
and allow you that person and the Holy
Spirit
to run into the storm it gets over
quicker
and on the other side of the storm
you’ve never seen the sunshine
like it signs after a downpour of rain
this is a prophetic word to somebody
right now
that we’re not giving up
we’re not going back our marriage will
be a testimony and God will get the
glory out of this because we’re gonna
get the right partner and run into the
storm by faith can we just give God some
praise that God is mending relationship
he’s creating Kingdom puzzles what they
thought was going to take them out is
about to make them
in the name of Jesus
last one
you may need to depart from the
partnership
if watch this the spirit says so
[Applause]
this last one ain’t gonna make sense
oh they’re toxic they’re going to be
great for you
everything that y’all do wins together
and God’s gonna say leave that
um excuse me Lord
I’ve run an analysis on all my past
relationships and this one
and it looks like this one is the best
one I’ve ever been in
so could you get with the father and the
spirit reconsider and get back to me by
Monday
have God ever told you to do something I
don’t know about you but but it just
didn’t make no sense
but Faith begins we’re understanding
ends
you don’t need faith if it makes sense
and the Bible tells us we walk by
I said we walk by and not by so if I can
see it make sense but God says something
different it might be good for me
to go with what he said
what are some other names for the Holy
Spirit
The Advocate
the helper give me a couple more
the comforter the perically
what’d you say
the defender
let me introduce you to a name for the
holy spirit that Jesus calls him
John chapter 16 verse 13 you may have
never heard this before
this is Jesus when the watch this name
Spirit of Truth
so you can say holy spirit help me or
you can say Spirit of Truth
help he calls him the spirit
of Truth when the spirit of truth comes
watch this he will guide you into all
truth
he will not speak on his own
but he will tell you what he has
Heaven’s having a conversation about you
right now
and the Holy Spirit is the messenger to
come tell you the truth about your
future
and if you shut him up or the Bible puts
it like this quench him
squeeze him out because you make room
for everything else and not him
he says I have the truth
I can tell you what relationships are
going to work
I can tell you what Partnerships are
going to go you’re gonna have to trust
me though heaven was having a
conversation about you these
relationships they’re good seemingly but
they’re gonna end bad
stop them now
sometimes it won’t make any fiscal
physical or logical sense
and the Holy Spirit will say trust me
he said he will not speak on his own but
he will tell you what he has heard
he will tell you about watch this the
future
I already had this message prepared
and then somebody sent me this video of
a couple
that I was preaching in 2018 in the
stride series
and I just y’all know I’ll be up here
I’ll just be saying stuff
no no like I’ll be studying I’ll be
preparing and then but like then there’s
like spontaneous things and I make up
people’s names and I say all this stuff
and I just said this name and I was
using it as an example and God is so
detailed
that he chose to use me unknowingly
to be able to speak directly to a young
lady situation
and I just want everybody to hear that
the spirit told her to do something that
didn’t really make full sense
and the result of listening to the
spirit of God over any other voice watch
this video real quick
don’t date him well God
now you made a masterpiece and Ricardo
and God I I really think this is your
will for me and Ricardo to make some
babies Lord and I and he said don’t
marry him because he hasn’t worked on
his character yet and and when you get
into that you’re gonna marry the
generational curses I got Ricky
he three years away
but you want where I’ve provided not
where you can see that’s why the Bible
says we walk by faith and not by it’s
easy to go after what you can see
it takes Faith to go after what God is
trying to provide for you
the man’s actual name was Ricardo y’all
[Applause]
there was no guarantee
she had to obey what the Holy Spirit
told her watch this my future is
fortified
as I follow the Holy Spirit
some of our Partnerships we’ve been
talking about and you’ve been thinking
of actual people
and I believe that’s secondary
relationship may be the partnership
that’s most important of all
is that you develop a friendship with
the Holy Spirit
because if he is actually the spirit of
Truth
and knows everything about everything
even all the meetings in heaven that are
happening about you
maybe the most important relationship
right now to partner with
partnering with the Holy Spirit
and I know many of you are ready to
depart from Partners you like I got them
written down the Holy Spirit told me
while you was preaching he told me Jesse
Jerome Jaquan I got all of them
and that’s what I’ve been praying the
whole time that you wouldn’t just hear
me that he would speak
some of you need to set boundaries some
of you the season has changed some of
you you’ve already seen the same Cycles
this is just confirmation to you
but if we’re actually going to heal for
the rest of this year
there’s some things that we need to look
at
[Music]
and today I wanted to end this
by letting you know that the holy spirit
will speak to you better
then Pastor Mike ever will
if I could just talk to Pastor Mike
because I have a limited amount of
wisdom
but the spirit of wisdom the spirit of
Truth
he wants to lead you and guide you every
day and I know maybe this Holy Spirit
has been presented to you in a wrong way
but let me tell you he’s my friend
it’s not a it’s not a it it’s not a
thing it’s a he
the third person in the trinity
that’s my why are you going so deep I
thought this was about partnership it is
Jesus says it’s better for me to
physically leave this earth
so you can get a better partner
[Music]
because right now if I said you can have
Jesus on this Earth or the Holy Spirit
most of us would choose Jesus
because all the stories are about Jesus
but if you ask Jesus who we need
I know this is messing with your
theology it’s all about him he said uh
let me go
so you can have the partner you need on
this Earth
I’m gonna take a seat at the right hand
of the father and I’m gonna be
interceding but the person who’s gonna
translate for you and be able to let you
know no don’t go to that college no
don’t move into that neighborhood don’t
take on that debt right now no no that’s
where you’re supposed to go right now no
those are your people the one who’s
gonna do that his name is the paraclete
the one that comes alongside of you to
help you he will walk with you he will
talk with you he will sit with you he
will stand with you he will tell you
but the truth is about your future
and today
I want to pray
that more than any partnership that you
become a partner with the Holy Spirit
that’s it
because right now to go and depart from
some of these relationships you’re gonna
need the Holy Spirit
because some of them watch this have
soul ties attached to it
you’ve gotten intertwined in intercourse
and now it’s not just
I can’t get away from them you’re
ripping away a piece of you when you rip
away from them
and I don’t want to lose that part of me
you used to not be mean and then you got
with them and then somehow this rage
came out of you
that’s what we call a soul tie and God’s
saying like
let the Holy Spirit lead you
and guide you
into all truth when he tells you don’t
call them
well then we deserve closure
but when the Holy Spirit said don’t call
them but Pastor your point was
that we don’t have to do this nasty and
ugly
but when the holy spirit says don’t call
them
today
if you know you need your partnership
with the Holy Spirit to go to another
level all over this house all over the
world I want you to stand up
it’s not for everybody
but you need you need to make a fresh
commitment to your partnership with the
Holy Spirit yep
you need a fresh connection
hmm
I feel the presence of God in this place
yeah there’s some relationships
that are about to
and not about to beat her by the end of
the year
and it’s okay because your purpose is
worth it
let me say that again your purpose is
worth it
to really be able to do this right
you’re gonna need the Holy Spirit if you
want a fresh connection with the Holy
Spirit just lift your hands
father
what an honor and a privilege it is
to pray with your children
and to let them know that you are so
aware
of their Humanity
and you love us so much that you sent
divinity
to walk with us and talk with us every
day Holy Spirit
we invite you into our lives
come on somebody say it holy spirit
I invite you into my life
in a new way
I’m open
I’m available
speak to me
lead me into truth
and now father let every blockage
and every bondage go right now in the
name of Jesus
Jesus God I’m asking you that there
would be a fresh flow of your spirit in
every household
father God that husbands and wives will
be in other rooms praying and you’ll say
the same thing to them Father God and
they’ll come out of that room not
fighting but on one Accord God I thank
you that that that co-parents father God
are going to come together in a new way
where there’s been dissension and
frustration father God and baby mama
drama and baby daddy drama father I
thank you for Unity father God begin to
speak to people father God I thank you
Father God where there has been um pain
and frustration on jobs father you know
what our boss is thinking you know what
the real solution is Father lead us into
all truth
we need to change gems and change
neighborhoods father or go in a season
of consecration holy spirit let all of
our Partnerships be dictated by our
partnership with you
today we need you in a new and a fresh
way
do a work on the inside of me
today we’re ending this series father
God knowing that some relationships in
our life need to change
but the one that needs the strongest
transformation
is the relationship we have with you
Holy Spirit
if you say so
come on somebody just say that Holy
Spirit
if you say so
father let us obey it
if you say so
I feel the presence of God in this room
right now
so by faith God
we say take our hearts
and more dead
and take my mind
[Music]
and
transform it
and take my will be strong is strong
it’s really strong but conformed
to yours to yours
this is our prayer all the rest of the
year just one more time take my heart
take my heart
and more
and take my mind
[Music]
and take my will
foreign
[Music]
oh there’s a sweet present just one more
time so take my heart
[Music]
God we’re surrendering everything to you
and take my mind take my mind
and God I know my will is strong but
conforming
[Music]
sit two yards
to yours
now unto him
who is able
not unto you who is able
now unto him
who is able
to do immeasurably more
than you can ask think or
imagine your whole life can change in
the next three months y’all didn’t hear
me
oh Jesus needs is three days
[Applause]
he conquered death hell in the grave in
three days what can God do with the next
three months
[Applause]
[Music]
but it takes a surrendered person
take my heart take my mind
oh I’ve been doing me all these years
Lord
but take my will
here I am
everything I said I’d never do all right
I’m open
[Applause]
come on
I’m open
you’ve never accepted Jesus listen to me
this is the part
that you need
because it’s through our faith in Jesus
that we get access to the Holy Spirit
[Music]
so if you’re in this room and you’re
saying Pastor Mike I’m a bad person or
I’m a good person just ain’t Walk With
Jesus
today I want your life to be transformed
it’s the thing that took me from being a
liar a manipulator addicted to
pornography had car insurance fraud on
my record all kind of stuff y’all was
jacked up
the fact that I’m up here preaching to
you right now is only because of the
grace
of God
and at Transformation Church we never
forget the grace of God
it’s the unmerited unearned undeserved
there’s nothing I did it I couldn’t
preach when God found me
it wasn’t because I did things good
it’s because he was good
so today if you’re in here in your heart
it’s like what is going on guess what
the Bible said the holy spirit all
service all week he’s been drawing you
to Jesus
see the access to the Holy Spirit you
really become aware of it after you give
your life to Jesus but the Holy Spirit
been with you your whole life
and he’s been drawing you and today is
the day of salvation
I need all the people who know what this
is I need you to begin to start praying
because somebody’s life is in the
balance right now this is a decision
that changes generational habits
and brings in generational blessing oh I
feel the presence of God
if you want to give your life to Christ
today if you’re watching online or
you’re in this building right now today
is the day of salvation
and today God is is with open arms
saying come on it’s time to change
Seasons it’s time for you to stop being
the Lord of your life and let me be the
Lord of your life
on the count of three I just want you to
lift your hand wherever you are in the
room up in the balcony on the floor in
the hallway in the bathroom at your
house on the treadmill today right where
you are is an altar and God says would
you come to me
this is why our church exists
one you’re making the greatest decision
of your life
two I’m proud of you but more than that
your name is gonna be written in the
Lamb’s Book of Life for all of eternity
three with faith would you lift your
hands if you want to receive Jesus I see
you up there my brother I see you I see
oh
oh I see you sis I see you sit a whole
row of people come on hey transformation
come with you online hands are going up
in the track glory to God
This Is Why We Believe
at TC we’re family nobody prays alone so
would everybody one last time just lift
your hands
because we’re family here
and we’re going to trade This Together
everybody say God
thank you for sending Jesus just for me
today
I’m a sinner
in need of a savior
and I Choose You
Change Me renew me
transform me I’m yours forever
in Jesus name
amen welcome to the family y’all oh come
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I’m gonna ask the worship team
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Prayer
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thank you that you’re doing the work in
us it’s gonna
change the world
heal Us From the Inside Out in Jesus
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[Music]
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