“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes”

Selah“Pause and calmly realise what that

means”(Amplified Bible)

Isaiah 54:2 (NIVUK) – 5 Key Elements• Enlarge the place of your tent• Stretch your tent curtains wide• Do not hold back• Lengthen your cords• Strengthen your stakes

• Desire • Commitment & determination • Creativity • Breakout & Breakthrough

mentality • Accountability• Resources• Momentum

Recap

Questions What have I heard? What have I learned? What have I implemented? What difference is it making?

“The force of movement” or

“The power to go”2 seconds: 0-60mph3.9 seconds: 120mph 8.5 seconds: 185mph

Momentum

“The force of movement” or

“The power to go”Movement & SpeedDirection• Lateral – forwards &

backwards• In circles

Momentum

“it’s not the falling that matters so much as the stopping”Key question:What direction are we headed in?

“The force of movement” or

“The power to go”Direction• How many times have we

been this way before?• Recalibrating our prayer

life • Enlarged in righteousness• Living lives that please God

Momentum & Direction

Colossians 1:10-11 (NIVUK)And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience

“The force of movement” or “The power to go”

Direction• How many times have we been

this way before?• Recalibrating our prayer life • Enlarged in righteousness• Living lives that please God• Purpose of stretching is to

change and to increase our capacity

• Infinite possibilities • Trust & Obedience• Walking in faith

Momentum & Direction

“Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still”(Chinese proverb)

• Momentum causes friction• Positive & Negative

Vulnerability

Ephesians 6:13-18a (NIVUK)Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions withall kinds of prayers and requests.

• Momentum causes friction• Positive & Negative• Proverbs 27:17 (NIVUK)• As iron sharpens iron, so one person

sharpens another• Inertia prevents momentum• Previous bad experiences• Fears and apprehensions for the future• Unsure of what to do

Vulnerability

Philippians 3:13-15 (NIVUK)Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus.• Willingness and desire• Wholeheartedly led by the Holy Spirit• Obedience and submission• Letting go of the past• Willing to trust God for the present

and the future