Sermon Series: “Exponential” — Sermon 1: “Expand Your Capacity”

Sermon Series: “Exponential” — Sermon: “Expand Your Capacity”

Deuteronomy 6:10-11 “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land … to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build, houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant..”

Judges 21:25 “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”

1 Samuel 1:7 “So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.”

Hannah (GRACE) gave birth to a new generation (Samuel:— The Lord Hears and Answers) that was aligned with the voice of God and led the people of God into a revelation of Kingdom life.

1 Samuel 3:1 “Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.”

1 Samuel 3:19 “And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to  the ground.”

Jeremiah 15:1  “Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.”

God is calling us into a season of EXPONENTIAL Growth … corporately and individually. 

He is asking us to align ourself with His unfolding purpose right NOW!  2024

John 10:10

“I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”

Romans 8:32 (AMP) 

“He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?”

Isaiah 9:7 

“Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, … From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.”

Isaiah 54:2-3

“Enlarge the place of your tent, And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, …

… and strengthen your stakes. For you shall expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations, And make the desolate cities inhabited.”

capacity :— the maximum amount that something can contain. The ability or power to do, experience, or understand something.

Joshua is considering the transition to His new leadership. He is to take God’s people into possess their inheritance.

He is confronted by a pre-incarnate  encounter with Jesus. Jesus wants him boldly lead the people into this new season. First thing he wants Joshua to do is SEE! 

Joshua 6:2

“And the Lord said to Joshua: ‘See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.’”

God wants to enlarge his capacity! SEE!

“No individual can rise higher than the pictures that have been painted in their minds.”  Zig Ziglar

Psycho Cybernetics:– Ideas and actions that are contrary to a persons belief system wille rejected and not acted upon.

Jesus was about to call his first disciples. Before He called them to follow Him He had to move them from a mindset of empty nets to boatsinking increase!!!

Luke 5:1-11

“So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret,  and saw two boats standing by the lake …

… but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.”

Jesus was looking for people who He could share His purpose with. He was developing and invasion force.

Jesus taught and transformed their mindsets through teaching and through miracles. 

Imperatives For Moving Into EXPONENTIAL Growth.

1. Expectation

vs. 2 “…washing their nets…”

He found people preparing their nets. They had an expectation. They were believing that a catch is possible.

Even though we see Peter was never much of a fisherman

        3 Fold Prep: Wash    Mend     Stretch.   — Soaking in the life of the Spirit

2. Participation

vs. 3 “…push away a little…”

First let me be captain of a little.

God often begin with a little. Faithful in little faithful in much.

“God never works anything independently of you that concerns your life”   David Yonggi Cho

3. Impartation

Can see what he was teaching here from a parallel Gospel.

Mark 4:1-3 “…so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea. Then He taught them … “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.”

He was teaching about 30 60 100 fold increase. Framing a mindset with words.

4. Forget The Past

vs. 5 “…caught nothing…”

Don’t project your past. Forget it.

I will not create a theology that makes my lack of manifestation okay. I will not use any sense of loss to propel me into future gain. I will demand that my experience aligns with God’s Word not reduce God to my circumstances.

5. Get Beyond Yourself

vs. 5 “…toiled exhaustingly…” 

The had worked hard all night with nothing to show for it. Will you risk all your hard work and do something unconventional. FISHING IN THE HEAT OF THE SUN?????

Faith begins where ability ends.

Colossians 1:29 “For this I labor [unto weariness], striving with all the [superhuman energy which He so mightily enkindles and works within me.”

6. Alignment

vs. 4-5   “…on the ground of your word…”   (Rhema).  This WORD had convincing power.

Even if unconventional.

Living in the supernatural means that you are often operating in a way that violates natural laws.

7. Experience

vs. 6-7 “net was breaking … filled both the boats … they began to sink…”

Daily unexplainable living.

God is always more than enough!

8. Dependance

vs. 11“…forsook all, followed Him.”

He is the source of my life. 

John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”

Maturity is dependance. Fruitfulness is abiding and trusting and believing His WORD 

God is calling us into a season of EXPONENTIAL Growth … corporately and individually. 

He is asking us to align ourself with His unfolding purpose right NOW!  2024