Make Room For Increase | Joel Osteen
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Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoyed today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share it with a friend? We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. If you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services. I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in today and thank you again for coming out. I like to start with something funny. I heard about this old country cowboy. He went to church one rainy Sunday. The weather was so bad, only he and the minister showed up. The minister didn't know what to do.
He asked the old cowboy if he should go ahead and speak. The cowboy said, listen, preacher, I'm not that smart, but if I went out to feed my cattle and only one cow showed up, I would sure feed him. The minister launched into his sermon. Two and a half hours later, when he finished, he asked the old cowboy what he thought. He said, preacher, let me put it this way. If I went out to feed my cattle and only one cow showed up, I sure wouldn't dump the whole load on him. Hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive.
I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk to you today about making room for increase. Before we see increase on the outside, we have to make room for it on the inside. If you have a small vision, you will have a small life. If you think you've reached your limits and you'll never get out of debt, you've gone as far as your parents, that's going to keep you from God's best. Jesus said, you can't put new wine into old wineskins. A wineskin was a leather container. When it got old, it would become hard and rigid, not able to expand. And if you put new wine into it, when the wine expanded, it would burst the wineskin. God is saying, you're not going to see increase if you're stuck in old ways of thinking.
If you think you'll never get out of debt, then you won't. If you think your obstacles are too big, then they are. You are setting the limits to your life with your thinking. You've got to give God permission to increase you. You've got to stretch your faith. God has unlimited supplies. The only thing that limits him is our ability to receive. If I had a thousand gallons of water to give you, but you only had a one gallon container, the problem is not with the supply, it's with your ability to receive. If you'd get rid of the small container and get something larger, I could give you much more. It's the same principle with God. If we think the economy's too down, I could never afford that house I really want.
My business will never expand. I don't have the funding. I don't have the people behind me. You've got to get rid of that one gallon bucket. Get rid of that small container. The God we serve is a big God. He has an ocean, an unlimited supply. Jesus said, according to your faith, it will be done unto you. It's not according to God. God has all the power, all the resources in the world. It's according to what we believe. Second Kings, there's the story about a widow. Her husband has died and she doesn't have money to pay her bills. Now the creditors are coming to take her sons as payment. The only thing she has of any value is a small pot of oil to cook with. The prophet Elisha showed up at her house and told her to do something that seemed strange.
He said, go out to the neighbors and borrow as many of these big empty pots that hold oil that you can possibly find. He said specifically, borrow not a few, get as many as you can. He was saying in effect, don't shortchange yourself, make room for abundance. She went out and I can imagine she found five or six of these big empty pots. When she came home, Elisha told her to pour her oil into one of the empty containers.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:35
2
How does Joel introduce the theme of 'making room for increase'?
5:35–5:58
3
Why does a small mindset limit your spiritual and financial increase?
5:58–13:44
4
What does the widow’s oil story teach about preparing to receive abundance?
13:44–20:49
5
How many 'containers' should you borrow to maximize God's blessings?
20:49–29:15
6
What practical examples illustrate 'explosive blessings' and sudden favor?
29:15–30:41