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Grateful They Kept Me, Grateful They Left Me // God Chose You (Part 6) // Pastor Charles Metcalf

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Transformation Church

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🗓️ 20 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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WEEK 6: GOD CHOSE YOU// GRATEFUL THEY KEPT ME
GRATEFUL THEY LEFT ME// PASTOR CHARLES METCALF

Depending on where we are in life, we can have a tendency to either glorify or vilify past and present friendships. But no matter what we’ve experienced, there’s always space to remain grateful for those who have stayed and for those who are no longer in our lives.

In Week 6 of God Chose Me, Pastor Charles Metcalf encourages us to find the gift in every friendship we’ve encountered, no matter how long or brief it was. In this message, you’ll discover the value of showing gratitude for the people who have championed you, challenged you, and changed you. We pray this message brings healing from past hurts and gives you the courage to build healthy, life-giving friendships moving forward.

Scripture References:
Philippians 1:3-5 NIV
Genesis 50:20-21 AMP
Acts 9:10-19 NLT
Acts 9:26-27 NLT
Galatians 2:11-14 NLT
Acts 15:36-40 NLT

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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. We're so glad you're here, and wherever you're listening from,

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we believe God will transform your life through today's message.

0:17.8

I'm glad you're at church this morning. We have been in a series called God chose you.

0:23.9

And it's week number six. Next week is the last week of the series. So I'm going to make sure,

0:29.6

oh, I know you can get up here and preach. No, I'm joking. I'm about running out stuff to say.

0:35.9

No, I'm playing. No, I'm grateful for this time. And let me tell you this. I've been talking to Pastor Michael during this time. And every week that goes by, I get more grateful for him doing this 40 weeks out of the year. I'm like, hey, brother, you know, this is kind of crazy. You'd be getting up here every

0:54.3

week and everybody's just looking at you. So did you hear from God this week for my life? Because

0:57.6

I really need it, because I'm about to go through it. And depending on what you say, it's going direct the next 30 years of my life. What you got, pastor? It's like, no pressure. I told him, I was like, hey, brother, I just be, I don't be receiving that pressure.

0:52.7

I'm just like, hey, you need read your Bible for yourself.

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I hope this help you, but amen.

0:57.1

So anyways, but I'm grateful for this time. Hey, before we jump into the message, cool announcement. Today at 3 p.m., we are dropping the God Chose Me T-shirt that has never been released anywhere. At 3 p.m., if you go to charlesmetcamp.com, scan the QR code. You can get those shipping it all over the place, all over the world. Shout out to all these cool kids that were in the shoe. Can't give it up for them? These are kids in Sent Youth Ministry and Charlie. She just grown and cool. And Charlie. That was funny. But anyways anyways make sure you do that go to the

1:46.3

store get a shirt it'll be amazing all right y'all ready for the word let's do it if

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you got your Bibles open to Philippians chapter number one Philippians chapter number

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one Philippians is that one where you be quoting when you're doing something you

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ain't supposed to be doing and you're not good at it and you be like, I can do all things through Christ. Yeah, that verse. Go to that book. Man, literally, I played on a football team in sixth grade. We were the, what was it? Oh, what was the name of that city? I don't know. We lived in Nashville, but we were the Bears.

2:18.3

And let me tell you, we were trash. But, you know, we were a Christian school, and so above our little banner before we walked out of the field, it had that sign that said, I could do all things through Christ and straight to me. And every week, we go out and slap that sign and didn't do nothing for us. We got smoked every single time.

2:16.3

Because the Bible don't make nothing for us. We got smoked every single time. Because the Bible don't

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make up for incompetency. Hello, somebody. That's a whole other sermon. We be claiming

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stuff you ain't even good at it. The Bible ain't got nothing to do with you not being able to sing.

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Okay. Why are you going wild? This ain't no person. This is just general shots. You know what I'm saying? It's not nothing personal. If it offends you, that's a great place to take that to God. Okay. Philippians chapter number one. It says this in verse number three, I thank God every time I remember you. And all my prayers for all of you,

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I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

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