Don’t Hate The Player, Change The Game: God’s Starting 5 // Wicked: The Worship Of Wealth (Week 3) // Pastor Michael Todd

Transformation Church

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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God has given us the blueprint for living a life of faith, but sometimes we get caught up playing the wrong game. In Week 3 of WICKED: The Worship of Wealth, Pastor Michael Todd challenged us to stop hating the player and start changing the game by focusing on God’s Starting 5—Prayer, Bible Reading, Gathering, Fasting, and Giving. These practices keep us aligned with God’s purpose and equipped for spiritual battles.
Pastor Michael reminded us that the game of life isn’t just warm-ups—it’s warfare. We can’t overcome without opposition, and each of these five spiritual practices faces resistance: independence, ignorance, isolation, idolatry, and immaturity. By fixing our eyes on Jesus and committing to God’s game plan, we can experience the joy and freedom that come from living a faith-filled life.
Scripture References:
Hebrews 12:1-2 NIV
Proverbs 3:9-10 NIV
James 5:16 KJV
Philippian 4:6-7 NLT
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
Acts 2:42-44 NIV
Matthew 7:24-27 ESV

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0:00.0	Welcome to Transformation Church podcast, where we represent God to the lost and found for
0:07.5	transformation in Christ.
0:08.9	We're so glad you're here, and wherever you're listening from, we believe God will
0:12.9	transform your life through today's message.
0:18.7	Open your Bible to Hebrews chapter 12, verse 1. Hebrews chapter 12 verse 1.
0:23.3	Hebrews chapter 12 verse 1. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
0:29.8	let us throw off every weight, everything that hinders and especially the sin that so easily entangles us.
0:39.5	How many people know that there's some weight and some sin that have been,
0:46.3	let me say it like this, that you've been dragging around
0:49.3	for a season of your life that needs to come to an end.
0:58.4	Weight or sin.
0:59.1	Hands.
0:59.4	I need hot people.
1:00.6	Like, it's either a weight or it's sin.
1:02.8	That's everybody in this room.
1:04.6	The Holy Spirit is admonishing us to lay aside all of the weight, all of the sin,
1:10.0	and let us run with perseverance,
1:12.1	the race marked out for us. Fixing our eyes on Jesus. Somebody say focus. Say it with faith. Say focus.
1:18.5	Focus on Jesus, who's the pioneer and the perfector of our faith. For the joy that was set
1:23.1	before him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
1:30.2	Write this point down, I've said it every week of every series we've done this year.
1:34.9	But fixing your eyes on Jesus gives you the faith to focus.
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