This is Transformation Church Podcast. Here at TC we represent God to the lost and found for transformation in Christ.

From wherever you're listening we hope you're encouraged by this week's message.

Welcome morning Transformation Church!

Yes we are so excited that you have joined us today. My name is Bree and I have the honor and privilege of serving as a Chief of Staff here at TC.

And as you know, Paschem Mike and Natalie are on sabbatical right now. They are resting and rejuvenating and hearing vision even for 2021 right now.

What we want to do before I even jump into anything is we want to thank those of you that have stayed plugged in during this time of sabbatical.

That we know that it's a sign of a mature believer for you to eat food from any chef that gives it to you as long as it's coming from the Lord.

And today I have a word for you. I'm so excited about what God is doing here at TC and in our lives.

And the beautiful thing is we know that every single year just like that video just showed you every single year we have a word from God.

And we believe that this year the word from God was stronger. Now I don't know about Job but 2020 has been a hater.

And it doesn't necessarily feel like we've gotten stronger this year with the myriad of things that we have experienced.

But what we know is that God stands on his promises. If this is a year that he promised that we would get stronger then this year we're getting stronger.

And so what we want to do is over the next couple of weeks we just want to do a mini series called Finish Strong.

And the idea behind this is that we are re-aligning and refocusing in on what God said at the beginning of this year.

Because we believe it's not how you begin a thing. It's how you end a thing that determines whether or not you were strengthened.

And so this year no matter what has come no matter what has went we are declaring that this is still our year to get stronger.

So go ahead and say Finish Strong. I'm going to finish strong. Put that in the comments in the chat right now.

We believe that this year no matter what has happened we are still going to finish strong.

Now as we were talking about this mini series and what we're going to do in here I was thinking about what I feel like has made me strong.

Strong in my relationship with God, strong in my faith, strong in my identity in Christ.

And the crazy thing is the first thing that popped in my mind was loss.

That in my life and in my story and many of you can attest to this as well. The theme that has strengthened me the most

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