Breakthrough 2009 Dominion expansion Dominion expansion Isaiah 54

Breakthrough 2009 Dominion expansion

Dominion expansion • Isaiah 54: 2 -4 (NIV) "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. [3] For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. [4] "Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.

Enlarge Your vision • Isaiah 54: 2 -4 (NIV) "Enlarge the place of your tent, • Begin with breakthrough in our thinking; we must believe we can breakthrough! • Philip. 4: 13 (NKJV) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. • 1 Cor. 16: 9 For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. • Mark 10: 27 But Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not

Enlarge Your vision • Acts 6: 7 (NKJV) Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. • Psalm 2: 8 Ask of Me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession. • 2 Samuel 5: 20 (NIV) So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, "As waters break out, the Lord has broken out against my enemies before me. " So that place

Stretch your commitment • Isaiah 54: 2 -4 (NIV) "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; • Commit to do more, commit to do better! • It will involve some pain!

Defer gratification • Isaiah 54: 2 -4 (NIV) "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, • Heb. : “arak”; to be (causative make) long (literal or figurative) : - defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, + (out-, over-) live, tarry (long). • 2 ways to wait: – With complaining and murmuring – With declaration and confession of faith

Strengthen your resolve • Isaiah 54: 2 -4 (NIV) "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. • Exodus 1: 12 (NKJV) But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. • Micah 2: 13 (NKJV) The one who breaks open will come up before them; They will break out, Pass through the gate, And go out by it; Their

Prosper and possess • Isaiah 54: 2 -4 (NIV) [3] For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. • That is reclaiming lost territories or gaining new ones! • Adjust your expectations! • 1 Kings 18: 41 -45 (NIV) And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain. " [42] So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel,

Prosper and possess • [43] "Go and look toward the sea, " he told his servant. And he went up and looked. "There is nothing there, " he said. Seven times Elijah said, "Go back. “ [44] The seventh time the servant reported, "A cloud as small as a man's hand is rising from the sea. ” So Elijah said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you. ' “ [45] Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain came on and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.

Fear not! • Isaiah 54: 2 -4 (NIV) [4] "Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.