Michael Todd - Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex

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. Im confident that no matter where you are and no matter what stage of life you are in, Relationship Goals will be a game changer.

L EVI L USKO, 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!

R OBERT M ORRIS, 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.

D R. D HARIUS D ANIELS, lead pastor of Change Church and author of Relational Intelligence

Mike has been a dear friend since we were twenty years oldjust 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!

P AUL D AUGHERTY, lead pastor of Victory in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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 viralwe 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 miragethe 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 alsomaybe there are some truths here that can be unlocked about how and why human connection is so important and how we can achieve it.