Starting Point

Luke 6:⁴⁵ “A good man produces good deeds from a good heart. And an evil man produces evil deeds from his hidden wickedness. Whatever is in the heart overflows into speech.” (LB)

Everybody wants, should want, or seems to want an enlargement of territory. However, it is the stretching, and the enlargement of the mind that leads to the stretching, and the enlargement of the heart. It is the increase, or enlargement of strength that leads to stretching, and enlargement of capacity. Which in turn leads to the stretching and enlargement of territory. It all begins with the stretching of the mind. You cannot go further than your mind has been developed (stretched). It is said that people typically do not have a money problem, what they have is a wisdom problem. You do not have a marriage problem; you have a wisdom problem. You do not have a singleness problem; it is mostly a wisdom problem.

You do not have a business problem; it is a wisdom problem. It is all in the mind. Isaiah 54:² “Enlarge the place of your mind, stretch your mind’s curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.” (NIV, paraphrased with emphasis). Stretch your thinking wide and do not hold back. God is saying, enlarge the place of your mind. Some people’s minds are in the gutter. Such people need to take their minds out of the gutter, and enlarge the place of their minds. Interestingly, a lot of people’s minds are filled with crap. You cannot fill your mind with pornography, filth, envy, jealousy, and be great. You cannot fill your mind with gossip and be glorious. Enlarge the place of your mind. Get your mind out of the mess.

Enlarge the place of your mind. Stretch your mind’s curtains wide. In other words, you need to stretch the curtains of your mind, and I am going to show you how to do that. Some of you have already heard the things we are going to share . But for you, it was very inconvenient and not sustainable. Do not hold back. Lengthen your cords. Strengthen your stakes.

Neurosurgeons and mind experts have defined Brain Plasticity as the brain’s ability to change at any age, for better or worse. The human brain can be formed, reformed, stretched, and converted into something else with the right pressure, stretching, heat, and process. Proverbs 23:⁷ “For as he thinks in his heart (mind), so is he…” (NKJV, emphasis added). You need to stretch and exercise your mind.

Prayer: Father, empower me by Your Holy Spirit to enlarge the place of my mind, to stretch my mind’s curtains wide, and not hold back, in Jesus Name. Amen!