Made for More | Pastor Corbin Kill Sunday, September 20th, 2026

Jesus begins with a man knocking at midnight because a tired, hungry guest has shown up and there is nothing to set before him. The neighbor does not get up because he is glad to help. The neighbor gets up because the knocking will not stop. But Jesus does not paint God as an irritated neighbor who has to be worn down. Jesus brings the whole picture to verse 13: if earthly fathers know how to give good gifts, “how much more” will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.

The word “more” reaches into that place where life can feel like living, breathing, working, paying taxes, and dying. God forms humanity with intention, breathes His breath into human lungs, and makes no person by accident. The longing for more is not selfish ambition when it is a longing for more of God. God is not annoyed by a need, a petition, or a desperate knock at the door. God is ready to meet the need, but faith sometimes has to keep knocking after the first uncomfortable moment.

Jesus’ picture of new wine and old wineskins shows that the Holy Ghost is not a little measured amount meant only to get somebody through another day. God wants to fill His people to overflowing. God also has to protect the vessel that receives that new wine. The things God removes, changes, and convicts about are not punishment for the past. God is making room for what He is about to pour in.

The old wine carries a warning because it can make a person say, “The old is better.” Spiritual contentment can leave somebody living on a touch from God that happened years ago while running on empty today. The church at Laodicea said it had need of nothing, while Jesus said it was poor, blind, and naked. Material contentment can be godly, but spiritual complacency is dangerous. Crutches, casts, and boots can help for a season, but they become a problem when somebody refuses to put them down after healing has come.

God asks more of a life when He gives more to that life. Conviction is not God pushing a believer away in shame. Conviction is grace saying that God wants to do more in that area. Paul’s prayers in Ephesians point to an inheritance already purchased, a workmanship made on purpose, and power that is exceeding abundantly above all that can be asked or thought. The same Spirit that moved through Scripture lives in believers now. God has more, and His people are made for more.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. Keep knocking when answers feel delayed [54:19] The knocking man had a need greater than his discomfort. Faith does not treat a quiet first response as a final refusal. God may use the uncomfortable place of continued asking to stretch a heart’s capacity to receive. Persistence is not an attempt to irritate God into action, but a refusal to settle beneath His provision. [54:19]
• 2. God is not annoyed by need [35:18] The neighbor wanted the knocking to stop, but the Father is nothing like that neighbor. God does not hear a child’s prayer as an interruption to His rest or a burden on His patience. The Holy Spirit is called a gift because God gives His presence from the overflow of His fatherly goodness. Need becomes an invitation to ask, not a reason to hide. [35:18]
• 3. New wine requires surrendered vessels [42:26] God’s changes are often protection before they are provision. Old patterns, old ways of thinking, and old comforts may not survive the pressure of what God wants to pour into a life. The vessel cannot demand more of God while refusing His work of renewal. Surrender makes room for the new wine. [42:26]
• 4. Spiritual contentment can become a crutch [52:42] A crutch can be helpful during healing and harmful after healing. Spiritual habits, partial obedience, and past experiences can become excuses for staying where God first met someone. God does not call His people to chase every strange thing, but neither does He call them to become satisfied with distance. The old wine becomes dangerous when it makes “good enough” sound wise. [52:42]
• 5. Conviction is grace for something more [01:14:07] God’s conviction is not condemnation meant to drive a believer from His presence. Grace points to the places where God wants to bring healing, maturity, and greater usefulness. A lifted head and thankful heart receive correction differently than a heart trapped in shame. God deals with an area because He has not given up on that life.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [23:07] - A Friend Knocking at Midnight
• [25:04] - Ask, Seek, and Knock
• [25:59] - Made for More
• [31:24] - God Is Not Like the Neighbor
• [35:47] - New Wine and New Wineskins
• [41:29] - Filled to Overflowing
• [43:03] - The Danger of Old Wine
• [47:09] - Spiritual Contentment and Crutches
• [50:57] - The Warning to Laodicea
• [53:49] - Keep Knocking Through Discomfort
• [57:47] - Eyes Opened to God’s Inheritance
• [60:21] - Created on Purpose for More
• [62:38] - Life More Abundantly
• [63:41] - Exceeding Abundantly Above
• [66:31] - The Promise of the Holy Ghost
• [73:29] - Conviction Is Grace

Bible Reading

Luke 11:5-13
“And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” [23:05] [25:59]

Luke 5:36-39
“And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.” [35:47] [42:26]

Revelation 3:17-18
“Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.” [50:57] [52:42]

Ephesians 3:20
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,” [01:03:41]

Observation questions

1. In Luke 11, what need caused the man to go to his neighbor’s house at midnight, and what reasons did the neighbor give for not getting up? [29:00]
2. What three actions does Jesus repeat in Luke 11:9-10, and what does He say will happen to the person who continues in each action?
3. In Luke 5, what happens when new wine is put into old bottles, and what is preserved when new wine is put into new bottles? [36:31]
4. What did the Laodicean church say about itself, and how did Jesus describe its actual condition? [51:40]

Interpretation questions

1. How does Jesus move the focus of Luke 11 from an unwilling neighbor to the goodness of a heavenly Father who gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask? [32:23]
2. What might “the old is better” look like in the life of a believer who depends mainly on a past encounter with God instead of seeking His present work? [45:48]
3. In what ways can God’s removing, changing, or confronting something in a person’s life be protection and preparation rather than punishment? [42:30]
4. Why is the Laodicean attitude of “I have need of nothing” spiritually dangerous, even when a person may appear outwardly stable or blessed? [52:25]

Application questions

1. Is there a prayer burden, need, or promise that you brought to God once but stopped bringing because the answer felt delayed? What would it look like to ask, seek, and knock again this week? [53:49]
2. Where do you most need to remember that God is not annoyed by your need—whether it is a personal struggle, family concern, fear, or spiritual hunger? [35:14]
3. Is there an old habit, comfort, attitude, or way of thinking that may be acting like an old wineskin in your life? How might surrender create room for what God wants to do next? [48:34]
4. Have you been leaning on a spiritual “crutch” that once helped you but may now be keeping you from growing—such as partial obedience, fear of change, or only relying on a past experience with God? [47:35]
5. What signs could reveal spiritual complacency in your own life before it reaches the place of saying, “I have need of nothing”? [52:42]
6. When God brings conviction about an area of your life, do you tend to respond with shame, resistance, or gratitude? What would it look like to receive conviction as grace and an invitation for God to do more? [01:14:07]
7. Ephesians 3:20 says God is able to do above what we ask or think. What limits or “ceilings” have you placed on what God may want to do in and through your life? [01:04:02]