Trigger Something Different // Triggered (Part 12) // Michael Todd

Sun Dec 07 2025

Whatever fills you is what spills out of you. This includes fear, foolishness, faith and so much more. In Week 11 of the Triggered Series, Pastor Michael Todd challenges us with one question: What comes out of you when life squeezes you? Triggers...

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Welcome to Transformation Church Podcast where we represent God to the lost and Found for Transformation in Christ. We're so glad you're here and wherever you're listening from, we believe God will transform your life through today's message.

Pastor Mike Todd (1:46)

Thank God for the faith that's in the room. I have an assignment today and I'm going to get right into it because I need all the time. I want to let you guys know that this is a season of great faith for our church and you've heard it over and over. You've heard beautiful testimonies, you've heard Pastor Charles and Pastor Bree and even the testimony of the young lady this week and last week talk about how this crazy faith time of sowing is an opportunity for us to exercise our faith. I just need to let everybody know something real quick who's in here or watching online. This is not a ploy for the church to get money. I need to say it because right now a lot of people you're thinking we fine. We going to be fine. God provides for this house. I got to say this. This is an opportunity for your house to transform.

Pastor Mike Todd (2:37)

I'm telling you because this has changed my life. I would not be up here talking to anybody about giving to God's house unless this was biblical, unless it was patterned in the wor. And there's tons of places I could go to. Most people would do a giving series at this time, but I always fight that because I want it to be a byproduct of our obedience. I don't want to convince you to do what God has already told us to do. And a lot of times in this moment, if we were trying to do something, to build something, people would try to be doing stuff. All I'm giving us next week is an opportunity. Somebody say an opportunity giving you an opportunity to exercise the one thing that God says it's impossible to please him without. It's your faith. And a lot of times.

Summary

Podcast Summary: Trigger Something Different // Triggered (Part 12) // Michael Todd

Podcast: Transformation Church
Episode Air Date: December 7, 2025
Speaker: Pastor Michael Todd
Episode Theme: Trigger Something Different (Triggered Series Part 12)
Timestamps follow MM:SS format.

Episode Overview

Pastor Michael Todd wraps up the "Triggered" series by challenging listeners to reconsider their reactions to life's inevitable triggers. Rather than focusing on minimizing or avoiding triggers, Mike Todd emphasizes the importance of what we are "filled with"—faith or fear—when those triggers are pressed. Through biblical stories, personal anecdotes, and engaging illustrations, he urges the Transformation Church family to pour out fear and fill up with faith, so that when squeezed by life's pressures, what emerges is Christlikeness and positive transformation.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Reframing Giving and Obedience

Faith over money: The current "crazy faith" offering is portrayed not as a ploy for church fundraising but as an opportunity for individual transformation through obedience and faith. (03:00)
- “This is not a ploy for the church to get money... This is an opportunity for your house to transform.” — Pastor Mike Todd (01:51)
Obedience is year-round: True obedience and faith are not seasonal but consistent practices, likened to regular gym attendance rather than occasional bursts of effort. (04:10–05:00)
- “One time in the gym... it’s not as good as 50 times. The compounding of 10 pounds over time is going to produce a much stronger... faith than lifting a hundred pounds once.” (04:55)

2. Personal Stories on Stewardship and Sacrifice

Teaching children about obedience: Mike shares a touching story about his daughter learning to tithe, emphasizing the heart behind giving rather than the act itself. (10:08–12:24)
- “If I don’t give it to you now, I won’t give it to you.” — Pastor Mike Todd’s daughter (12:16)
God as the ultimate provider: Even when we give sacrificially, God continues to provide, just as an earthly father remembers and honors his child’s sacrifice. (13:24–15:07)
- “If you, a regular earthly father, can remember the sacrifice your daughter put aside... how much more do you think that I see every dollar, dime, every sacrifice?” (13:24)

3. Triggers: The Real Source of Power

Triggers are neutral: Pastor Mike explains that triggers only reveal what's already inside us.
- “Triggers don’t do anything but give access to whatever’s on the inside.” (25:35)
The content, not the trigger, determines the outcome: Using powerful object lessons (like squeezing an orange or a spray bottle), he illustrates that being full of fear, bitterness, or faith determines what comes out when we’re pressed. (33:53–34:17)
- “What do y’all think is gonna come out of here if I squeeze this?...Because it's an orange... And it wouldn’t make sense if apple juice came out of an orange.” (34:00)
- “The problem is we’re so used to fear being readily available...God has been trying to change out our content.” (33:09)

4. How to Refill: Faith vs. Fear

Filling up on the Word: Faith comes by hearing and the Word of God; we must intentionally fill ourselves up with scripture and positive influences.
- “Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God... Church, you cannot fill up too much on the word.” (38:59–39:51)
Personal transformation: When filled with faith through God’s Word and Spirit, being triggered releases Christ-like behaviors and impacts those around us—especially our family and children. (53:20)
- “What I’m full of is going to get on them.” (53:20)
Fruit of the Spirit: Pastor Mike calls for listeners to shift their default responses (anger, bitterness, fear) to the fruits of the Spirit when triggered.
- “Be filled with these fruits of the spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, self-control.” (89:58–90:18)

5. Biblical Example: Joshua, Caleb, and the Israelites

Story of the spies (Numbers 13): Ten spies return full of fear; only Joshua and Caleb are filled with faith. This leads to 40 years in the wilderness for an entire generation.
- “Joshua and Caleb are a part of being delivered from Egypt... They still were able to come out of a really bad situation with faith.” (63:06–64:09)
- “An 11-day journey turned into a 40-year death. Why? Because of disobedience.” (68:48)
Protecting the seed of faith: Even if faith isn’t popular or shared by many, protect it, nurture it, and believe longer (not just stronger).
- “How do you trigger something different? Believe what others don’t... Protect the seed of your belief... You believe longer, not necessarily stronger.” (78:16–83:41)
Generational impact: Faith leaves a mark on subsequent generations, just as fear does.

6. Practical Calls to Action

Evaluate your content: Ask God for help replacing negative internal “content” with faith. (86:36)
Listen to scripture: Fill daily routines with God’s word—faith ‘comes by hearing’ (87:59)
Respond differently: When triggered, aspire to release faith, joy, or compassion, not old patterns. (89:45)
Guard your environment: Protect your faith “seed” with boundaries, just as a garden is protected from being trampled. (80:53)
Believe uniquely: It’s okay if only a few stand in faith; God honors even the minority who believe.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On the neutrality of triggers:
“Triggers are neutral. Triggers don’t do anything but give access to whatever’s on the inside.” — Mike Todd (25:35)
On faith and obedience:
“The circumstance is not supposed to dictate our obedience.” (05:08)
On sacrificial giving:
“It’s not a sacrifice if you don’t say ‘ouch.’” (08:04)
On filling with faith:
“The difference between this orange and you is that you're a vessel and you get to choose what goes in.” (35:26)
On generational impact:
“What you’re full of is marking your children. What you’re full of is marking your co-workers.” (57:28)
On faith as evidence of a future:
"Faith is the evidence that you believe God gonna do something up there. I'm using my faith right here." (43:19)
On our choices:
“You get a chance to fill up with the right thing or the wrong thing. You can fill up with faith or you can fill up with fear.” (37:04)
On popular faith:
“2 out of 2 million...faith may not be popular, but with God, it will preserve you.” (77:26–77:42)

Important Timestamps & Segments

Call to transform giving & faith: 01:46–07:01
Story of his daughter’s offering: 10:08–14:11
Object lesson with spray bottle & orange: 28:31–35:05
Biblical teaching on being filled: 37:09–41:16
How faith is built: 38:59–40:23
Impact on next generations: 53:09–59:00
Practical application: 80:53–84:08
Story of Joshua and Caleb: 63:06–72:11
Challenging the listener to be different: 86:12–88:57
Concluding prayer and salvation call: 90:42–94:43

Three Methods to “Trigger Something Different”

Believe What Others Won’t: Stand in faith, even in the minority (78:16)
Protect the Seed of Belief: Guard your faith, set boundaries (80:53)
Believe Longer, Not Just Stronger: Endure in faith, even if it’s not loud or impressive; persistence matters (83:41)

Closing Challenges

Evaluate what you’re truly filled with; faith or fear?
Intentionally replace old, negative patterns with God’s Word and Spirit.
Let your responses under pressure be transformed so that your life leaves a mark of faith on others—especially your family.

Summary by Transformation Church Podcast Summarizer — December 2025