Overflow From Obscurity: Are You Hidden Or Hiding? // Livin’ In The Overflow (Pt 10) // Michael Todd

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 thank you so much for tuning in from wherever you are watching from and if you haven't already be sure to like And subscribe we believe that God has such an incredible word for you today so let's jump into this amazing message thank y'all for being here today um I have a word from God God that I think is going to challenge all of us um because it's challenged me and I've made a commitment to every person that's under the sound of my voice that I will never get up here and preach something that God has not either worked out in my life or is currently working on in my life so the one thing you not going to hear me do is get up here and fake okay so you ain't never got to worry about that because I have learned the power of actually letting God transform you from the inside out there is nothing more powerful than your own testimony and some of us have been quiet about our testimony but what I want to do is Empower you to share what God is doing in your life and so that's what I want to do today as we are starting week 10 of a series called living in the Overflow if you have not watched every one of these sermons you are missing keys to your present and your future when you come to a house God is trying to show you something direct you give you a path a lot of times when I'm asking God for something he gives it to me in a way that I did not ask for it when you come to the house of God when we watch these messages when we open our Bible when we don't just sit here when we actually take notes when we're engaged when we lean in it allows us to hear things see things be able to digest things and then use them apply them differently and what I want for our church is to be an active church God go home if you do not want to actually be in what God has asked you to be in hear what I'm saying to you there's a difference between going to the movie theater and being at the movies and being on your phone the whole time then being at the movie theater with your phone down turned on silent watching the movie One requires presence the other requires attention and I'm scared for a lot of us that when we come to church it's just our presence not our attention and the only thing that gets our attention watch this is tragedy some of y'all will never change if God just says change it you got to lose everything oh God I'm ready to change he said I've been trying to tell you to change for 13 years it's been 13 years every Monday I say time to change God I don't lose everything lose the house lose the business 401K gone addicted to drugs child gone and now it's like I did a 360 because God did a miracle in my life after I that is not his plan his plan is he speaks you are attentive yeah you obey and then you're protected I'm talking hardhead people right now cuz some of y'all hardheaded and I don't even know what that means why people like hardhead cuz all of us have the same skull density but what I'm saying to you is that for some reason it's not getting through When God says don't date them he keeps telling you do not give your time to them and it's not until you a sexually transmitted ((applause)) disease don't I see the prayer request come on y'all let's ((applause)) talk God told you I y'all he told you serve that Community God I don't live in that Community I I think I should serve in a community I live I told you to serve in that community community and it's not until we lose the house get in a car accident and they have to move in with our cousin that we only saw 14 years out of our life because they live on that side of town and then God says I was trying to get you to serve here not move here because you won't listen to me today I want your attention not just your presence cuz I believe that God wants to speak to you last week we started talking about having the Overflow from obscurity and I have to bring this into our modern day context cuz most of us are looking for the blowup the thing that God does in our life even if it's not in front of a bunch of people but it's in front of the right people we want God to do something amazing that it's platformed so people can see and what I found out in my journey with God that the most powerful things that have ever happened in my life and happened to me came in a place where nobody was there the word he spoke to me that told me that Natalie was my wife that was not a committee decision that was God speaking to me in an obscure place I had people around me that led me that told me she wasn't the one dummy 14 years later we are still together strong excited passionate about what God has called us to do but here what I'm saying to you it wasn't a word to y'all it was a word to me that I only got in obscurity and what I'm asking everybody that claims to have a relationship with God is where is your secret place where's the place where it's intimacy with just you and God and I said it in this point um last week I said obscurity is an opportunity from God and then I remixed it and say it like this this week write this down obscurity is an invitation to intimacy with God when God takes you out of the crowd he's inviting you to be close to him all he wants to do is be able to tell you speak to you give you unique instructions it's an invitation to intimacy and what I begin to think about it is it's the people who invite you into the personal space that actually really know you there's some people like for a lot of y'all if I showed up at your house you will open the door and be like oh my God Pastor Mike slam the door and then go start trying to make your house look like you think it should look when your pastor comes by but if your homeboy come by oh step over the laundry baby you know what it is in here like you when it's people who actually know you a Telltale sign if you know God or God knows you is what do you trying to clean up when he gets close cuz if you start hiding and putting things away and God I don't want to talk to you about those desires and I don't want to I don't want to bring my financial thing to you I don't want to do it means you're not close with him there's no intimacy no in mey and I'm scared for us that there are certain things that are only exposed when somebody can get close enough to see the real you and what I'm saying is Pastor Mike why are we going into the summer and you talking about obscurity I thought you should be talking about being outside cuz this a summer we about to be outside no you're about to be in obscurity while everybody else is outside you might need to go ahead and mute their Instagrams because comparison will make you come outside when God wants intimate time with you at the barbecue at the pool side you need to be in prayer okay let me yeah I see some of y'all somebody flipped me off in the back okay here we go I I'm telling you the truth because many of us are not preparing for the season God's about to take us into yeah this whole message series is prophetic for you because you're trying to be in a place that one day you probably will be in but God is saying for many of us you ain't ready for all that yet if I gave you what you've seen and what you've drawn down it would destroy you because you have not built the character in obscurity that allows you to last that's why I found that obscurity is a place of develop ment a place of design a place of detox a place of Deliverance a place of detailing Destiny a place watch this where God many times denies your wants oh gosh I I thought I would just come and be real with you when you get close to God he says no a lot y'all want this gospel that lets you do everything that comes to your heart well ible say God will give you the desires of your heart you misinterpreted the scripture he will give you the things to desire oh my God he'll give you the desires your heart should want not the desires my heart already wants but it's easier to take correction behind the closed door when God said no no no no no no no no you'll never be able to do that but God I really wanted Tove move to that City God will let you throw a tantrum and still keep your calling and anointing intact oh y'all missed it the reason you need a place of obscurity is cuz everybody can't handle your tantrum and still listen to you if they see how you really act when God says no they'll be like they are unstable they do not have a word for me and God says I'm not going to allow your emotions to dis qualify what I've called you to so come over here to this dark place throw your tantrum that you not moving to La no go ahead 3 years of a tantrum okay now you're okay with Tulsa now I'll use you oh God okay I'm going need security out of here okay what I'm telling you is I'm trying to help us be molded to be more like Jesus cuz obscurity was the play Jesus made all the time miracles he went to an obscure place to be intimate to get close to the father crowds want to make him King God bless y'all I got to use the restroom real quick and he would go away to an obscure place to get close to the father can I tell you about how he endured the cross the only reason God could endure the cross is because of a little garden of obscurity called Gethsemane he had thousands of people following he had about 500 disciples that was wearing the tag he had 12 that were his ride or dies well 11 but then he had three but he had three that could see him in the Obscure place where are the friends that can see you in the Obscure place in the darkness while you're sweating blood trying to figure out how in the world you're going to do what God called you to do you're scared you're frustrated you know it's not fair but they will stay with you in that ((applause)) place and these friends were sorry cuz they fell asleep but people give them a hard time they were at least ((applause)) there well they fell asleep yeah but they were at least and I think a lot of times people get really messed up because when you go into an obscure place whether you're obeying God or you fail to that place you look around and nobody is there and what I'm saying is some of y'all getting on your high horse right now yeah I ain't got no obscure friends I don't got no friends built for obscurity you weak you weak you weak you weak you weak and you going down the list my question is are you that type of friend no no no hear me for real if the Bible is true you reap what you sow some of you need to seow being a friend that's there before you can expect okay y'all not ready for me today but listen to me write this point down the power to endure the cross comes from the consecration in private the only way Jesus is able to sit there and say forgive them CU they don't know what they that they're doing is because he was crying out in a place where none of those people were at what I'm saying is your power to endure is not going to be found on a platform your power to endure that hard situation endure That season of loss endure That season of grief endure That season where nobody knows your name but it actually is your work it the only way you can do that is by having a private place that God can speak encourage and correct you some of y'all are stuck on the word obscurity so let me Define it obscurity is the state of being unknown inconspicuous watch this one unimportant are you okay with being unimportant for some of y'all right now the thought of that you you have Star Quality you have only child energy y'all know what I'm talking y'all know what I'm talking about Tada now if you're only a child calm down but you Tada sh main character energy that's what they call it she said yes that's me what if the next decade God says I'm going to allow you to overflow but you will be unknown see God's not C caning out the Overflow he's just not always adding the known God the title is Overflow from obscurity that means I'm overflowing just everybody might not be able to adap me up for it see the crazy thing about it somebody comment um this past week was me and Nat's anniversary and and anything I'm proud of I post about okay so I was going on a road posting about my wife I got 50 million pictures of that girl experiences we done made it through all kind of stuff you better get off my timeline talk about so much about your but this is the crazy thing about it if I shut Instagram down our relationship is still good what I'm trying to do is be a model for somebody some of y'all are too inconspicuous with your marriage nobody knows you married and so ((music playing)) okay let let me be clear we know about your business we know about your dog we know about your boat you trying to 10x me and okay let me stop well some things should be private ((applause)) [laughter] okay all all I'm all I'm all I'm saying is is it still good if it's unimportant and unknown my relationship with God would still be good if I didn't preach you like my quiet time my discipline my prayer what I'm asking you is if there's no end result for people to see where is the consistency okay see the reason I'm asking that is because when you get in obscurity cuz some of y'all like yes Pastor Mike I'm going to embrace obscurity I'm gonna go in here but be careful though cuz when you step out of the spotlight obscurity presents options because there's no Optics what are you saying Pastor Mike so a lot of times when you not in the spotlight you think what you do doesn't matter cuz nobody's watching do y'all hear what I'm saying so some of y'all been listening to all this message and be like that ain't me that ain't me that ain't me that ain't me but the truth of the matter is in the dark you actually don't obey God cuz you think that it doesn't really M nobody sees me I'm not over nobody I'm not leading nothing I'm just over here God done forgot about me and the truth of the matter is no people are watching but God is and you can't hide nothing from God Pastor Mike why are you being so just like driving in on this point because I want to teach you the benefits of being out of the spotlight being in obscurity having closeness with God or intimacy and developing what God has placed on the inside of you so you can go out and Reach people for him why is this so important watch because obscurity is the birthplace of Integrity you will not get Integrity on a platform your integrity will be exposed on a platform but where Integrity is birth in obscurity when I have options to do the opposite when nobody would see ((music playing)) it so when you're in the apartment by yourself before you're married what are you watching you paid a cable bill nobody had has access to you're by yourself the Integrity to be a man of Purity and virtue does not start when your wife is next to you in the bed now you watching air bender every night to go to bed but you was watching something else bending to go to bed when it was about oh I'm coming for you today come on y'all better stop being fake in here and realize that Integrity is not what you do when people are around Integrity is what you do when nobody will find out you find $100 on the ground and you automatically say it's a blessing you're in a public place you find 100 oh God bless me you didn't even try that could have been a Single mother's last but then you want God to come through when you lose your wallet oh God what what I'm saying is many times what we think is a blessing is a test of Integrity oh God I can't tell you how many times God would do something like that and and and and and my natural would be like don't even try God has shined on you pick it up and leave I was coming in there to get something I just never mind I don't need nothing I this what I came to get like and God said go to go to the manager tell them where you found it tell them who was around who you talk to before God really don't think this is this is not necessary but he knew that one day there would be people that would be a part of a local church and he would make me the chief inspector of how we deal in Integrity with resources and he knew that if I wouldn't be faithful with that $100 found in Best Buy there's no way that I could Steward properly over people giving to God and then expecting it to actually go out and make a difference it was a test and my question to you is are you using a obscurity to make excuses or are you using obscurity to build Integrity well it don't matter nobody sees it's not harming anybody except your future it has no no Mark of the present being affected but with the one who holds the Future IT jacks up your future So when you say you're going to be on time for something did you see how quiet it just got when when you when you say do y'all hear what I'm saying and I'm not I am not perfect at it at all but I am convicted around it there are things that God is continually working out of me and into me that have to do with who are you going to be I was telling my guys that I work out on Sunday morning with um where me and the family are going on a little family U trip not a vacation it is a family trip if all of my kids are going it is a family trip don't you dare call it a vacation no matter where I'm at if there's a palm tree that's the only thing I'm holding on to do you hear me is a family trip but one of my guys was like are you going to work out on your family trip I said every day he said man that's dedication I said I'm trying to make myself believe me again I'll keep my word to everybody else but I've lied to me more times than I've lied to anybody else and I told myself I was going to work out for 75 days straight it does not matter if it's a a family trip I almost said vacation it doesn't matter if it's a family trip it doesn't matter if I have to go somewhere if I have to do it at night I want my yes to be yes and my know to be no where do you build your integrity in obscurity why are you saying this because I'm scared that too many people don't have accountability and you can't be accountable if there's not Integrity okay Bishop could come to me today and say Mike how you doing and I could be doing bad I could say good and he say how's your marriage and we could have just fought and talk about divorce and I could say never been better and he can ask me how you doing in your Purity or how you doing what fin and was like you know I could always have more money about to be foreclosed on my house but without Integrity accountability means nothing so a lot of people have people around that they continue to lie to and then when the okay and then when everything goes bad what they do is blame the people around them that they weren't honest with obscurity allows you to build inte which then gives you the ability to be accountable it's quiet in here today but I'm talking about lasting I'm talking about living not just I visited the Overflow I'm talking about living in the Overflow what I found is obscurity is protection for your future when you get in a place where God can build and refin and correct things where everybody can't see it's actually a gift from him can I tell you I'm so glad that all my messages when I was learning to preach in soly are nowhere to be found y'all think I say wild stuff today I am so grateful and I was giv three hour sermons I I'm not even playing I was saying stuff that I know is heresy I I I was trying to figure it out you understand what I'm saying I just he gave me a place of obscurity to actually build something that was actually transportable to other people stop wanting to blow up on YouTube stop wanting to go viral stop M I'm not saying if it happens that's why stop M no hit the lottery some of y'all Christians in here right now still play the lottery every week hoping that you can back pay your tithes for the last 38 years once you hit the $137 billion come on let's be honest sneaking into the gas station nobody go to you don't even get gas there you just what's up Trevor hey yeah all I'm all I'm saying to you is Embrace everybody say I will I will Embrace Embrace obscurity OBS if God puts me there Gods me there cuz I don't want you watch this to embrace isolation two totally different things being in an obscure place with him is different than being away from everybody alone and the enemy would try to make some people think that they oh yeah Pastor Mike that's what I'm saying that's why I don't be fooling with nobody that's why I don't be outside that's why I don't I don't mess with nobody it's me and myself and self-care and self self self selfish ((applause)) and the whole thing about this Bible is it's not even for us it's for somebody else so let me flip it on everybody that's been like this word is for y'all there's a difference between being hidden and hiding where the camera let me look at you some of y'all have been calling obscurity being hidden by God and the truth of the matter is you've been hiding see this is the whole reason that Samuel has to come and even look for David he comes and looks for David cuz the last king is losing his job if you read about five chapters earlier Saul was the king and God came to him in a secret obscure place and said you're going to be the next king through Samuel and the day they go to do the coronation the day they go to tell it in front of everybody what he already knew in private you're the next king you about to take this spot when they go to look for him guess what King Saul is doing hiding you don't believe me y'all think this I'm making this up 1st Samuel chapter 10 so Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel before the Lord and the tribe of B Benjamin was chosen by lot then he brought each family of The Tribe of Benjamin before the Lord and the family of the M Matrix was chosen and finally so hey let let me just give you a Bible uh thing make up the word if you don't know it and it is not important yet go back and listen some of y'all be getting tripped up that's the Matrix for me and then I'm trying to teach y'all how to have a vibrant life with the Lord we're going to learn it and finally Saul's son of Kish I got that one was chosen from among them but when they looked for him he had disappeared so they asked the Lord where is he is there anybody asking the Lord where you're at at because you disappeared from the post that God had for you people are like where's the hell where's the people you promised where's the and the Lord replied to them he's hiding he's hiding among the baggage so they found him and brought him out and he stood Head and Shoulders above everybody else he was qualified but he was still hiding and he was hiding in his baggage I could do a whole another message but my question to you is when they're calling for you excuse me when God's calling for you and he is qualified you to do it you stand Head and Shoulders above everybody else he called for that position yet because of your own insecurity you are hiding among baggage well they never picked me and I I never had the training for this and I never had but God called you the only reason we ever meet David is because from the beginning of Saul having to watch this be dragged into position oh God because he didn't Embrace what God wanted to do in him they literally said he was hiding among the bag baggage so they found him and brought him out when they called for David he he came when they sent for him okay don't call it Divine obscurity when it's really insecurity well the only reason I'm not doing that is because you know it's not my time it's been your time for that it's been your time for that but you're scared you don't know what to do and and sometimes God does not give you instruction until you step prove it to me Abraham go to the land that I will show you that mean I got to pack my bags with no directions yes cuz sometimes you have to walk by faith and not by sight and some of us are waiting for the whole map quest before we stop y'all remember Map Quest we waiting for the whole turn by turn and God's saying I'm not giving it to you until you get in the car start down the street you know you got to leave your neighborhood Pastor Mike how do I know the difference between between hiding and hidden you know I'm really having a a trouble Discerning the Fine Line you know CU I believe God has me in obscurity right now but I don't know if I'm hiding or if I'm ((music playing)) hidden I I heard you you're hidden when God calls you and you come you're hiding when God calls you and you cover up that simple let's go all the way back to the Garden when Adam and Eve jacked up and God said where are you they were becoming Louis Vuitton fashion designers with leaves cuz they were naked and they decided to design clothes to do what and what was God's first question to them who told you you were naked if you want God to do something when he calls come I'm not qualified come I don't have all of the credentials come I don't even know who's up there come David when they said David he wasn't like what dad wants you for what there's a guy here where's he from like why do we need so many answers before we trust when the father calls okay I'm just asking everybody embrace the Obscure place when David comes he's like what's up y'all what's up what's up what's up all his brothers is there what did I miss him did somebody die what's happening no Samuel's here to anoint you as king hold on today I'm not bend down and Samuel with no explanation begins to pour oil on him for an assignment he's not even been given yet he does not know what he's about to he doesn't know about Goliath all he knows is he's been in the pasture in obscurity fighting bears and lions protecting these sheep he's already got the skill set for a mountain he's going to take down that he doesn't even know is a part of his future but he kneeled down and he got oil poured on him for the ((music playing)) future and I'm saying to you is are you in an obscure place where somebody can anoint you where God can put his approval on you watch this overflow demands oil if you're going to actually overflow you need something that don't come from you you need instructions that are higher than you you a why that has nothing to do with money okay golly if all your goals are attached to balling getting out of the hood giving my kids a better life those are all earthy things that's why we have to attach Our Lives to Something Heavenly cuz it literally tells us that this life is like a vapor so quick I don't know if you've ever seen a vapor and how how you can see it and then it's gone but that's what this life is and so God is telling us get the oil for the assignment and and and and and and then Samuel 1st Samuel 16:13 I'm almost done and the spirit of the Lord Came powerfully Upon David from that day on watch this and then Samuel left and guess where David went not with Samuel yeah he went back to obscurity how would you handle being anointed as king and then going back to the spot you was with with the Sheep most of us would act a fool right there no this oil ain't dripping down uhuh this oil about to be used where are we going what we doing Samuel I'm coming with you I need to I need to figure this thing out David said I'm anointed but I haven't been given the assignment yet yet so because I'm anointed I'm going to take that and I'm going walk in that and I'm going walk in all of this power it says he the Holy Spirit came on him with power from that day on and he was okay using that power to protect the Sheep what if the power doesn't come with promotion immediately oh my gosh he gives him power and S him back to the poo poo sheet all I'm saying is just because you get Applause doesn't mean just because you don't get Applause doesn't mean that you don't have God's approval there was no parade for David but God said he's anointed he's approved by me and I need to encourage somebody right now who's not getting the Applause for actually being sober all of these years you have you've been sober so many years you walked away you defeated that you're still checking in and nobody's applauding you but God has anointed you I I want to encourage you you did the hard thing and walked away from that abusive situation or you sold that business that was lucrative to follow the thing that God said to do or you move I want to let you know the Applause of men does not mean you're not anointed by God David found contentment and obscurity and today I just need to ask you are you okay with it cuz David is unknown to everyone else but he is known by God he's unimportant to everybody else but he's known by God and that's why I need to let you know this one thing write this down overflow starts off the platform I'm going to show you as we end this service where the Overflow of this church started from me when we got this building the Holy Spirit would not let me come in here to pray I used to want to come into this room touch all the seats and do all this stuff he would not let me he said this is the place where I'm going to shine forth what I've placed on the inside of you but today I want to show you the Obscure place that God built this church from and gave me the Integrity to stand on this platform cuz if you're going to overflow it's not going to be on a platform it's going to be an obscurity I need the cameraman to follow me real quick this going to be a little awkward but I need y'all to go with me I'm going to show you that God wants to do something in your life that has nothing to do with people seeing it I'm going to go faster than this y'all just watch me cuz this going to take a long time if I don't run come on yeah what's up fam y'all good today God bless you God bless you God bless you God bless you I'm going to show you the place that God said to me Mike all I want you to do is pray for the people I want you to pray for multiethnic people I want you to pray for young and old I want you to pray for the addict I want you to pray for this person that's going to smoke weed in the parking lot then come into church I want you to pray for the person that is hurting and has not seen God come through for them in a long time I want you to come to an obscure place come on y'all follow me yep I'm about to hit a little jog all right here we go y'all pray for y'all Pastor strength right now because what I'm telling you is that God wanted me a way from everybody else he wanted me to come to a place where I could get on my face he wanted me to come to a place that was not about lights cameras or action he wanted me to come to a place that nobody would see me if you're in the room you can look up look back here this hey for six months this is where I prayed for you this where I prayed that God would make people who were fertile where we're not fertile be able to have children this is where I would get on my knees and God wouldn't let me come down there and I would say God please please bring people who actually want to change father God I thank you that I have no power to actually get people to come to this church but father by your spirit would you draw them from the north south east and the West God you have given me a vision to represent you God would you bring people in here who are confused in their identity would you bring people in here father God who are hurt from past pastors father would you bring people in here and I would cry out for this church from obscurity God changed my heart in this room God corrected me in this room God told me many times to go say sorry to my wife from right here he gave me Vision I remember when God told me don't take your foot off the gas continue to believe for more than this building I came to this room and I pray God if you want us to buy this entire complex even the land that Chick-fil-A sits on father will you confirm it it was in this room in obscurity that God said I'm going to give you the keys to this entire area obscurity people see me on on the platform but where my power comes from is this place that nobody ((music playing)) ((applause)) sees and it's so crazy right now some of y'all ain't never seen this room back here before y'all looking like dang that's been here the whole time and the truth of the matter is you never needed to see this room right the only reason I'm showing it to you is because there should be some place in your life that only people would know about if you showed them today I'm asking you if God's will for you is to overflow from obscurity would you let him do the work on the inside of you today here's the altar call I'm not at the altar cuz I want this altar call to be just about you and Jesus would everybody stand all over this building if you're watching online if you're in the room I'm going to ask everybody to just take the next minute and I'mma ask the team they're going to pay into a wide shot and we not going nobody's going to be the focus cuz that's what we want we want somebody to be the focus the only focus is Jesus and I want you to ask God see at Transformation Church we say this simple thing Holy Spirit what are you trying to say to me through this message for some of you it's a lot of different things but I'm going have the worship team just just bring up a pad bring up a worship thing and we're just going to have a moment for a second where I just want you to ask God when are we supposed to have intimate time for others you need to repent for being too busy for the only one who actually can transform your life and I know this is a little awkward for some people but I want you to close your eyes everybody close your eyes right now and I just want you to say holy spirit what are you trying to say to me through this ((music playing)) message and just let him speak 60 seconds y'all ((music playing)) ((music playing)) is ((music playing)) so take my heart and mold it take my ((music playing)) mind transform it and take my will and confor to yours to come on oh Lord just you and God just your prayer so take my heart take my heart and mold it and mold it take my mind take my mind transform it transform it take my will take my will conform it conform it to yours TOS to yours to oh Lord just one more time hands lifted so take my heart take Heart come on you and God he wants to do it in a secret place and take my mind take my thank you for doing the work in Me God transform trans and take my will take my will conform con to yours to yours to yours to Lord so this is what I want to do today if I were to make an altar call that you come down everybody would be down cuz the truth of the matter is all of us need to make a fresh commitment to having a secret place with God okay let me just let me take it out of the room we're a hot Church Humble open and transparent how many people know that your time your intimate time your closeness with God needs to go to another level hands all over okay all right no shame in here no guilt no condemnation not what we did last week and yesterday what are we going to do today today I'm asking every person under the sound of my voice not to make a commitment to me make a commitment to God that we're going to meet every day he like every day what if he don't meet you one ((music playing)) day every time you take a breath that's a reminder that he met you I'm asking us Church not to be around god let's be close to him how do I get close to him God he wrote a love letter with 66 chapters in it you can get in his word how do I get close to him come to church come to Wednesday night where we have prayer and we have Bible study we'll teach you I don't got time it's hockey season it's basketball season it's football season it's going to be every season except your season there's always a season but when will it be your season to dedicate and consecrate and have that place with God today I'm going to pray a prayer that somebody prayed over me that I would have the ability to make important what's actually important can I pray for you hands lifted father I thank you for this beautiful congregation that has received this word father God for some of us it's convicting but for others it's it's a reminder and today God as we're making a fresh commitment to overflow from obscurity to get a place with you I thank you that you would give all of us the ability to make important and prioritize what's really important which is a relationship with you cuz out of that flows everything else how we treat our kids how we interact with our spouse how we show up in the world father God let our relationship with you be deeper be more real and authentic and actually more joyful than it's ever been in our whole Christian walk I'm thanking you for A Renewed desire to be with you God in your word in prayer father God today do the work that no man can do do the service surgery and we won't rush you have your way in US is our prayer if you're in this room and you've never receive Jesus as your lord and savior we're about to go but I need y'all to focus in the only way I can get up here and talk about these things is because of what God's done in my life he took me from being a liar a manipulator addicted to pornography somebody that had a lot of bad things in his heart was headed on the wrong road of life and God didn't make me perfect but when I accepted Jesus he gave me a road map to be able to transform my life today I want to give every person under the sound of my voice that opportunity this ain't for everybody cuz today some people are going to listen to guilt shame and condemnation but today I want to talk to somebody who's saying I'm tired of this and I want to change today is the day of salvation today our church is praying for you because we know what it is to step across that line to make a decision to make Jesus Christ not just our savior but our Lord if that's you if you're watching online or you're in this room right now I'm telling you this is the whole reason I get up here and I preach is because one day my life completely turned around when I gave my life to Christ I messed up after it but I had the play to get back in right relationship with him and this is what I want for every person under the sound of my voice I want your eternity be eternity to be secure so you can live holy in the presence and I know Christianity and religion would tell you clean up before you come but not my God he says if you come just as you are he said I'll help you clean it up I won't leave you like that if you're in this room and you're tired of doing life trying to be the Lord of your own life and you want to surrender control and allow God to do the Deep work on the inside of you today on the count of three I just want you to slip your hand in the air I'm so excited for you cuz everything's about to turn around I already see a hand one you're making the greatest decision of your life two I'm proud of you but more than that your name will be written in the Lamb's Book of Life three shoot your hand up if that's you I see you my brother I see you my sister come on shoot your I see you my sister I see you come on y'all Transformation Church let's give God praise see you I see you but more than me seeing you God sees you and at TC we're a family nobody praise alone so would you just lift your hands and say God thank you for sending Jesus just for me today I give you my life I believe you lived you died and you Rose again with all power just for me change me Transform Me renew me I'm yours in Jesus name amen hey can we turn up with all of heaven right now y'all got to do better than that the heavens Rejoice over one person there was several in here and more online thank you Jesus listen before everybody runs out look at me real fast look at me look at me freeze look at me real fast y'all about to be able to leave two things I want you to do 7 Days withdrawal with God for at least 30 minutes for the next seven I need you can set your timer some people like I want it to be more spiritual no when the if it goes off feel free to get up just want you to be consistent second thing I want you to do is come next week cuz next week I'm going to give the finale of this series and it's going to be the thing that I believe really kicks in the Overflow into your life okay so for for this all I need you to do every day you can even start today you was like I did it at church chur already let's let's see maybe today the rest of the day take 30 minutes go on a walk but don't over multitask it cuz some of y'all with I see what you about to do you're like oh I'm going to spend my time with God and do groceries and no stop space margin don't feel oh that's when I'm going to listen to the new song uh-uh make room for God next week we're going to be in here and we we're going to see God do some amazing things I'm excited I'm excited for a lot of different reason I feel the presence of God like I just want to worship God right now we're going to have the worship team stay if y'all want to stay for a little bit in worship it's okay streaming online we about to go off in a second but I'm just telling you right now God's about to do something the heart surgery just started for some people see do do you feel what I'm saying and somebody's like all right rush let's go eat no no no that's part of the problem we we got to let God continue to do the work announcement this is all out of wax saying the same Spirit Dominion actually releases the whole album in 19 days I wanted to tell our church about that and um I want you to go get it Andy I'm supposed to make that announcement but this time just feels wrong um yeah I feel the presence of God if you need God to do something special get to this altar like like I'm just saying like there's something happening right now and the moment's not over and I'm not trying to force nobody to stay but if there's something you're really needing God to do in your life get to this altar I there's Steps of Faith that are are people are making I don't got nothing for you but even your action of Faith moving towards there's something that's going to happen God's going to do something in you right now you don't let shame guilt con I've never done this before no you need to come right here take my heart take my heart come on lift up let's worship all over this place let the stream stay on for a second God's doing something yeah and transform it trans come on say take my will take my will and come on come surrender let God do the work right now hands lifted right now I'm telling you if you have to leave we love you so much we'll see you next week but take my heart take my heart and mo to take my take my conform and transform trans please take my will for conform me to your to come on let's worship him come on let's go take my heart and it take my God take will will Jesus conform to your to your oh Lord time take my mind take my take my mind my ((music playing)) mind transform say take my will take my will conform it to your to your to you to you oh Lord oh I had to pray until I got instructions cuz I don't just want to do anything this altar call is for people to come out of ((music playing)) hiding I said God what why did you tell me to call people up he said he said the people that are stepping up today they've been in hiding the real you the you that you know you are that you have tried to protect yourself from getting hurt so you have not actually let that person flourish the you that has been so crippled by failing that it's made you not even try God is Awakening yep I he is Awakening the ability to move out of your paralytic State it's almost like you've been frozen and you you watching yourself and you telling yourself this ain't you but you you haven't been able to move and God Said Today by his power and his strength you're coming out of hiding you're going to have to reintroduce yourself to people cuz they going to classify you as what you've been acting like yeah and God saying that's not who you are I didn't call you that I didn't say you were that you took that label and it was not my will for your life today the hiding and the hidden will not be confused anymore the hiding and the hidden will not be confused anymore there's a leader on the inside of some of you that you've been just saying is I I just don't have the credentials God says I qualify you as you step into the calling there have been people that have been liter oh thank you Holy Spirit there are people that you have even with your family played a role I hear this by the spirit there are many of you that go into this childlike role it's like everybody in your family has a role and you have you you continue every time your mom get on the phone your sister your brother it's like you go back into this you're you're acting it's a theatrical position and God said I made you a chain breaker I made you the one to disrup your transformation changes everybody in your family today if you're making a decision by faith to come out of hiding I just want you to lift your hands I want to pray for you right now yeah this is a decision this is a decision father I thank you yep there are marriages y'all supposed to be helping people and y'all won't even talk about your issues you won't even go to counseling and God said there are so many other marriages attached to y'all if you would they did there they're waiting for you to obey father you see the hands today as a church I lead this group out of hiding you won't have to drag us we're saying here we are come on somebody just say here I am God come on here I am you're not you're not going to have to come and find me here I I will obey I will do it I'll start I'll decide I'll leave what's comfortable is God can I be honest it's comfortable here I have made it comfortable in hiding but here I am father I don't have to be accountable while I'm hiding but here I am God I'm thanking you for the new version it's a new version a new version a new version is about to bring bring new victory in your life God I thank you that we would not hold on to the old patterns principles and even people that has kept us ((music playing)) hiding thank you that today Father God the instructions will not seem as hard I thank you today Father God our obedience will be the only thing that matters ((music playing)) thank you that hiding here it is get ready for this I thank you that hiding will become uncomfortable I thank you that if you have to agitate us out of this space we give you permission father God to make our situation so uncomfortable yeah that we can no longer not be everything you've called us to be father we are making a decision today to embrace obscurity with you but come out of hiding from them amen we will be everything you've called us to be the generational patterns and Cycles break with us hallelujah it's a new day Hallelujah cuz I'm no longer a play to ((music playing)) fear I am a child of God believe this I'm no longer a slave I know it hurt in the past I know I messed up in the past but that's not who I am well they're going to judge me they're going to think I'm trying to be this no longer am I a slave to fear no longer not of their opinions not of my own mistakes I am I am don't Define me like that I did it but I'm not it I'm no longer Slave To Fear I am I am a child of God oh oh ((music playing)) ((music playing)) May the presence of God be with you everywhere that you go yeah father thank you for strength yeah thank you for peace yeah this is the God we serve you split the you split the sea so could walk right through come on come on my fears were dring perfect love woo thank you Jesus you res me so I can stand declare it I am a child of God come on let's sing that one more time with faith you split the seed you split the seed so I he's making a way out of nowhere he's changing my destiny I will serve the Lord I will make disciples I will be everything he's called me to be hey you res me so I can stand and I am I am a child and as God does the work I can say I am confident I am confident somebody lift your hands and say we are this is the God we serve you areful you are God God you can do whatever you want to do I'm coming out conf I will do everything you say we are you are something is Shifting joy and confidence is coming back say I am confident I am conf ((applause)) we are you are faithful and you are you are you are you are we're standing in everything you will remain faithful yes you are Lord you are cuz we are every we are I see miracles signs of Wonder H in your household this week I know that we are if you're standing in the room today you have an anointing and you are able to make it we're standing in this room today with our arms lifted and our voices rain that make me ((music playing)) holy holy are you Lord God ((music playing)) ((applause)) ((music playing)) almightyy is the Worthy is the worthy worthy Worthy is the Lamb say Worthy is Worthy is the L Worthy is the Lamb Worthy is the Lamb still Worthy is the Lamb who Worthy is the Lamb Worthy is the Lamb you are you are worthy Worthy is the Lamb say holy is the Lamb holy is the Lamb heard it as I was praying for this young lady the holy spirit said I need you to reintroduce yourself I said it earlier but the Holy Spirit I was like practically what do you mean he says there are certain people he's going to show you he's going to tell you to tell them it's different cuz a lot of times when like I just I they'll see but there are certain people I'm not saying everybody there are certain people that you're going to have to I want to say it like this you're going to have to renounce what you made a covenant with and how you were and you're going to have to declare what you're going to be there are some husbands and wives that are going to have to come to each other you're going to have to say I have been checked out and I have not been intentional and I'm telling you I'm sorry for that and I'm doing something different cuz cuz cuz the Temptation would be just to let your actions speak and over time they'll see but I I heard God say I'm going to tell many of you to talk to your children hey Mommy has been in a place where I have not been able to do everything that I know I'm supposed to do with you but I'm making a I'm making a decision with God's help and we're going to we're going to spend more time together do y'all hear what I'm saying this is an instruction and it's even for people where there's been boundaries that have been crossed there's going to be some family members that you're going to say hey I'm no longer talking to you about these issues in my life cuz when I do I feel discouraged y okay hear the instructions there's some business partners that you're going to say hey I don't watch that stuff anymore could you not bring that hey I'm not judging what you're doing but when we're in this space could you not bring that up because that reminds me of what I'm walking away from hey y'all I don't eat that no more so please don't invite me when y'all go to have a whole party to eat that I'm telling you God's going to show you who to communicate with to be able to set brand new things up so that you can be everything God's called you to be let when he does it no matter how awkward it feels do it I'm telling you as sure as I'm standing here in all white and I didn't know I would be doing that today that God is giving some of you instructions to go speak specific young lady I I really like you but at this time I can't have conversations with you cuz I'm setting some new boundaries in my life what is it me is it me this is nothing to do with you it's everything with what God's doing in my life there's some things you're going to have to speak to God give us the strength and the courage to be obedient no matter the cost yeah ((music playing)) sing that ((music playing)) Ro is not my future you are yeah sickness is not my story you are you are and heart breakes not my home you good and death is not the end God you are that's beautiful you are believe this right now fear is not my future you are you are you are sickness is not my story sickness not my story you are you are you are you are heart breaks not my home heart breaks not my you are break not the not the come on we got to do that one more time that fure my fure you are you are s this is not my story this is not my story you are you are you are you are heart break my heart father you are you are you are are death is not the not the you are you are you are one more ((music playing)) time sickness is not my of Jesus heart he will protect your heart you are you are death is death is not the end we serve resurrected savior you are you are so hello peace hello peace hello Joy hello love we say hello yeah yeah it's a new every morning hello peace hello Joy hello Str hello it's a new and I trust you you are consistent you always show you never let me fall Foundation build my life for you I will remember you never fa I trust I trust consist you always you never let me fall found my life I will one time say I TR I you are cons you you never let me fall found build my life for all ((music playing)) right last thing I got to deal with there's a prophetic flow in this building right now and I just got to be obedient there are some people in this room that have been stuck for the last 10 years because of disappointment hear what I'm saying to you I was going to leave it alone I was just about to walk off the stage you have been so disappointed in what you planned not working that it has made you stop hoping that anything works and to today we're coming to dismantle the devil's plan of disappointment over your life there is so much life in you that the enemy ain't even messing with you no more because he stole your courage what I see is a lion without a roar it feels like you've been without your roar like that thing that I had because it didn't work out this way what I want to tell you today I feel this yeah what I want to tell you today is God saying he's giving you your Roar back it will not be in the thing that you wanted it to be in it'll be in the thing it was destined to be in and today I ((music playing)) just I have to I had to call out the disappointment because even in this moment the disappointment has been trying to discourage you to the place where you don't want anything to happen Jesus the enemy messed up by letting you get here today there's going to be fresh Vision new renewed strength I mean there is whoa the next 30 years of your life is going to make up for everything y'all hear what some of y'all don't believe this so I but my Bible says that he's a restorer of the years that everything the cankerworm and the palmerworm and everything that any worm stole from me anything that was sient that God can restore those things some of your marriages have been robbed for the past decade God's about to restore you about to get young in love like y'all there's going to be youth in your love there's no I'm hear me business idea you going to look up at and people going to be like you just started at 35 somebody's hearing this word he that have an ear to hear Let Them hear you getting your Roar back you're getting your Roar back courage is coming back you're coming out of hiding say yes Lord yes to your will and to your way I'll say yes Lord yes I will trust you ((music playing)) and thank you so much for watching this message we pray that it encouraged you here at Transformation Church our vision is to represent God to the lost and the found for transformation in Christ and if you would like to partner with us in giving you can text give to 82 8282 or you can visit on our website also be sure to subscribe and check out all the other incredible sermons available now go out and live a transformed life 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