Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex by Michael Todd (Eng

Description: Relationship Goals by Michael Todd A candid, inspiring guide to finding lasting love by getting real about your relationship goals--based on the viral sermon series about dating, marriage, and sex.Realer than the most real conversation youve ever heard in church on the topic, Michael Todds honest, heartfelt, and powerful teaching on relationships has already impacted millions. Michael believes that relationships are theepicenter of human thriving. All too often, though, we lack the tools or vision to build our relationships on the wisdom and power of God.In other words, its good to have a goal, but you cant get there without proper aim! By charting a course that candidly examines our most common pitfalls, and by unpacking explosive truths from Gods Word, Michaels debutbook will transform a trendy hashtag into a future where your most cherished relationships thrive in relational life, hope, and abundance. Now those are real #relationshipgoals. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Michael Todd is the Lead Pastor of Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Michaels driving passion is re-presenting God to the lost and found for transformation in Christ. Michael speaks at a variety of influential churches, events, and conferences each year, including: Elevation Church, C3 Conference, Lakewood Church, VOUS Conference, Relentless Church, XO Conference, Catalyst Conference, and many others. Michael and his wife Natalie have been married since 2010 and live in Tulsa, Oklahoma with their three beautiful children: Isabella, Michael Jr. and Ava. Review "The way God has moved this message like wildfire to millions of people speaks volumes about its value. There is no turnkey or quick fix to having rich relationships. With down-to-earth honesty, Michael Todd not only gives you a vision for what your relationships could look like, but he also gives you the road map to get you there."—Levi Lusko, lead pastor of Fresh Life Church and bestselling author "We are often encouraged to practice what we preach. However, I think its also important to preach what we practice. This is exactly what Mike and Natalie Todd have done. They have taken their lumps and transformed them into lessons. They have taken their pain and turned it into purpose. They have taken their mistakes and turned them into ministry. They have taken their blessings and turned them into a book. If you are looking for a blueprint to a blessed relationship, this book is for you."—Dr. Dharius Daniels, lead pastor of Change Church and author of Relational Intelligence "Mike has been a dear friend since we were twenty years old—just recording music in Tulsa together. As weve both moved into ministry, Ive seen God expand Mikes reach greatly, but his humility and kindness have never changed with all the public praise. Hes the real deal on and off the stage, and hes such an exemplary man of God for our generation. The message God has given Mike on relationship goals is one hundred percent fire! It is so important for anyone wanting to build Christ-centered, successful relationships. Im so thankful for Mike and Natalie not just sharing a message but sharing their lives as a great example for marriage and family!"—Paul Daugherty, lead pastor of Victory in Tulsa, Oklahoma Review Quote "The way God has moved this message like wildfire to millions of people speaks volumes about its value. There is no turnkey or quick fix to having rich relationships. With down-to-earth honesty, Michael Todd not only gives you a vision for what your relationships could look like, but he also gives you the road map to get you there." --Levi Lusko, lead pastor of Fresh Life Church and bestselling author "Michael Todd is one of my favorite preachers. He is a great man of God. I am so proud of him, and I am so glad he wrote this much-needed book about relationships. I know youll love his authentic, personal, and engaging way of explaining how relationships work best when we do them Gods way. Using principles from Gods Word, this book will help you learn how to have better and more intimate relationships with your friends, your spouse, and, most important, with God!" --Robert Morris, founding lead senior pastor of Gateway Church and bestselling author of The Blessed Life, Beyond Blessed, and Take the Day Off "We are often encouraged to practice what we preach. However, I think its also important to preach what we practice. This is exactly what Mike and Natalie Todd have done. They have taken their lumps and transformed them into lessons. They have taken their pain and turned it into purpose. They have taken their mistakes and turned them into ministry. They have taken their blessings and turned them into a book. If you are looking for a blueprint to a blessed relationship, this book is for you." --Dr. Dharius Daniels, lead pastor of Change Church and author of Relational Intelligence "Mike has been a dear friend since we were twenty years old--just recording music in Tulsa together. As weve both moved into ministry, Ive seen God expand Mikes reach greatly, but his humility and kindness have never changed with all the public praise. Hes the real deal on and off the stage, and hes such an exemplary man of God for our generation. The message God has given Mike on relationship goals is one hundred percent fire! It is so important for anyone wanting to build Christ-centered, successful relationships. Im so thankful for Mike and Natalie not just sharing a message but sharing their lives as a great example for marriage and family!" --Paul Daugherty, lead pastor of Victory in Tulsa, Oklahoma Excerpt from Book 1 Taking Aim Gods plan, Gods plan I cant do this on my own --Drake, "Gods Plan" #RelationshipGoals has been a trending topic worldwide for years now. Search for this hashtag on social media, and youll find celebrity couples posing at exclusive clubs, stills from romantic movies at the point where the boy gets the girl, cute couples kissing on a beach or cuddled up in bed, a boyfriend-girlfriend pair holding balloons in the park and giving the impression that their relationship has never been anything but pure happiness. And when people repost these pictures with the hashtag, what are they saying? Theyre saying, "I want a relationship like that!" Kim and Kanye, Jay and Bey, Prince William and Kate, Will and Jada, some unidentified couple who look really good in a picture that happened to go viral--we can easily become obsessed with their seemingly perfect images and make them our idols and ideals. Okay, maybe youve never noticed the #RelationshipGoals tag online, much less posted anything with it. But if I were to ask you to think about the relationship you want, would an idealized picture flash into your mind? Maybe its you with a tall, handsome pro athlete who takes you on shopping sprees. Or maybe its you beside a girl whos hood like Cardi B but has a sweet side like Carrie Underwood. Is he an amazing listener with a classic swag like George Clooney and a job that pays both his bills and yours? Can she cook like your mama and get just as hype as you do when your team scores? Now, if you just asked Whats wrong with that? in your head, allow me to submit to you that maybe theres more to relationship than what pop culture has taught us or our own imaginings have dreamed up. Maybe our society sells an illusion of intimate relationship thats more like a mirage--the closer you get to it, the more you realize its not real at all. Maybe the things we tend to celebrate are built on unstable foundations and are bound to eventually fall. But also...maybe there are some truths here that can be unlocked about how and why human connection is so important and how we can achieve it. I believe so, and thats why Ive written Relationship Goals...about real relationship goals. Why Our Generation Is So Clueless Let me rewind really quick through some of the photos of my life so you can get to know me, okay? Theres baby Mikey in his crib, born 1986 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Aint he cute? Heres one of me and my whole family when I was little: Mom and Dad with their four really active boys, minus my baby brother, Graceson, who came unexpectedly late. How could they do it with all of us and still be married today, after forty years? I dont even know. Now, here I am playing drums at church, the place where I spent most of my childhood. So, I knew what was right from an early age; I only wish Id done what was right more often. Theres me on tour with the late great Wayman Tisdale, thinking Im going to be the next Tony Royster Jr. (Look him up. Hes awesome.) This here is a picture of the most beautiful girl in the world the night we met, but Ill get to her in a little bit. Theres me at Edison High School, where I became the first African American "Mr. Edison"--an achievement that came as a surprise to many but was the start of my being recognized as a leader. After high school, I had six months of high-quality education from Tulsa Community College. (No picture needed for that.) Then I started a business of my own. So, heres me at So FLY (Sold Out Free Life Youth) youth and young adults ministry, where I began teaching in ministry and discovered through a lot of crazy situations that the book youre holding had to be written. And here is a very influential person in my life: Bishop Gary McIntosh, my ministry mentor and the man who gave me opportunities to preach. Then, in 2015, he entrusted me with leadership of the church hed founded: Greenwood Christian Center, now known as Transformation Church. This one is of me up on stage, doing what I was created to do--re-presenting Gods Word. So, thats it--no, wait. Let me rewind some more, because I want to show you something I skipped over. Okay, there it is: a picture of me when I was in kindergarten. I dont have a shot of the actual moment, but it was about this time that I had my first kiss. Thats right, in kindergarten! I purposely built a wall out of blocks during free-play time, then I asked a girl named Sierra to come behind the wall with me, where we wouldnt be seen by the others. When she did, I kissed her straight on the lips. (Sierra, if youre reading this, I hereby apologize.) My excuse is, I was only five. Girls were already fascinating to me; I just didnt know what to do with them. That little trip down Michael Todd Memory Lane reminded me of something crazy--in all that time, nobody ever really explained relationships to me. I grew up in church but never heard much about the biblical model of right relationship. There was the granddaddy of all rules (can you guess it?): "Dont have sex until you get married. Period." That was the main message preached to me about romantic relationships. Then there was the less emphasized but probably just as important "Get friends who arent bad influences." Aaand yeah, thats about it. Not very extensive, huh? Im pretty sure youve heard those rules too, but have you ever heard anyone explain how to follow them or why you should follow them? As a matter of fact, when most people think about relationships, they do not think about church or Christians as a source of wisdom at all. Its sad. But if were honest, we can admit that many believers have failed at relationships, so we dont have as many great examples to model after as we should. Far too many saved, sanctified, Sunday school-lovin, stompin and clappin saints die lonely, and far too many preachers travel the world for ministry but have failed marriages and no real friends. Its no secret that the church hasnt done a great job at confronting real-life issues, so many of us didnt have much choice but to allow movies, TV shows, each big cousin who had a new girlfriend every Thanksgiving, and the slew of instafamous people who take great filtered photos to become our relationship gurus. If youre anything like me, Im willing to bet Cory and Topanga (from Boy Meets World) taught you more about romantic relationships than your youth pastor did. I might be dating myself (shout-out to all the 80s babies!), but I must admit, watching the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air make a fool out of himself chasing after any girl--"Baby, I know your feet must be tired, cause you been runnin through my mind aaall day"--started to shape my idea of what pursuit was supposed to look like. At the same time, watching Martin and Gina (from Martin) argue was carving out my context for normal communication. Let me warn you, some of the things youll read in this book are not usually said in books by Christian pastors. I believe in discovering the truth by uncovering lies, so were going to put the realities of todays relationships up against the truths in Gods Word about how to live with others. The Bible, in fact, is the greatest source for relationship wisdom, and its time we started applying it to relationships as they really exist. In the One who made us and knows us, theres hope for better relationships for people like me who grew up clueless. But then, maybe your experience was the opposite of most and you did see healthy relationships all around you, live and in person. Even so, maybe you never could figure out how the gears fit together to make that beautiful antique clock work for you. Perhaps the perceived perfection of somebody elses relationship has put unhealthy pressure and expectations on you and now you feel an anxious desire to rush the process. Im here to let you know that theres hope for you too. Some may subscribe to the belief that theres no point in even trying to have a successful, healthy relationship, and I cant say I blame them when it seems all we see are statistics like the skyhigh divorce rate and the countless celebrity breakups recorded in tabloids. The saddest truth is that these same trends are just about as prevalent in the church. Many supposedly Jesus-loving people think its normal and fine that many people have had more sexual relationships than theyve had cars (and you know you get a new one of those every few years). Thats what happens when pursuing "good times" dating, instead of faithful marriage in covenant, is your default. Now, dont get me wrong--Im not here to judge (cue Tupacs "Only God Can Judge Me"). Im here to try to help. I believe that God has given me a playbook and a platform to help each and every one of us win in relationships. It doesnt matter if your current status is single, married, dating, divorced, courting, looking, waiting, thirsty, stalker, player, or its complicated. And its not just about romantic relationships either, though were going to emphasize that side. Wouldnt you like principles you could use in relationships with your sis, your nana, your boss, your bro, your BFF, and every other person youre in close relationship with? Details ISBN0593192575 Author Michael Todd Short Title Relationship Goals Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 0593192575 ISBN-13 9780593192573 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-04-28 Subtitle How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex Pages 224 UK Release Date 2020-04-28 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-04-28 NZ Release Date 2020-04-28 US Release Date 2020-04-28 Place of Publication Colorado Publisher Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Imprint Waterbrook Press DEWEY 248.4 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127237314;

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