In my sermon, I emphasized the importance of growth and expansion in our faith and our church community. I stressed that God does not want us to be complacent or satisfied with just filling up the building and coasting our way to heaven. Instead, we are called to reach out, to expand our territories, and to bring more people into the fold. I also highlighted the importance of not hiding our faith or keeping it confined. God wants us to be bold, to be loud, and to share His word with everyone we meet. I also discussed the importance of not being intimidated by the enemy's attempts to keep us small or confined. Instead, we should see these challenges as opportunities for growth and multiplication.

Key Takeaways:
- God calls us to expand our territories and reach out to more people, not just to fill up our buildings and coast our way to heaven ([08:37]).
- Our faith should not be hidden or confined. We are called to be bold and loud in sharing God's word ([09:22]).
- We should not be intimidated by the enemy's attempts to keep us small or confined. Instead, we should see these challenges as opportunities for growth and multiplication ([10:07]).
- We are called to win our neighbors, co-workers, and classmates for Christ. We are not just called to fill a seat in a theater ([10:45]).
- We should not be satisfied with just showing up and watching the show. We are called to actively participate in God's work ([12:03]).

Bible Passages:
1. Isaiah 43:1-9
2. Exodus 2:1-10

Key Points from the sermon:
1. The church is called to reach out and evangelize, not just within its walls but also in the surrounding community.
2. God's vision for the church is not limited to its current size or location; it is meant to grow and multiply.
3. The church is not just a place for passive observation but active participation and leadership.

Observation Questions:
1. In Isaiah 43:1-9, what does God promise to do for His people?
2. How does God describe His people in these verses?
3. In Exodus 2:1-10, how does Moses' mother respond to the threat against her son's life?

Interpretation Questions:
1. What does God's promise in Isaiah 43:1-9 reveal about His character and His plans for His people?
2. How does the story of Moses' rescue in Exodus 2:1-10 reflect God's providence and protection?
3. How do these passages relate to the idea of the church reaching out and growing?

Application Questions:
1. How can we actively participate in God's vision for our church to reach out and grow?
2. What are some practical ways we can evangelize in our community?
3. How can we step up into leadership roles within our church to facilitate its growth and multiplication?

Day 1: Revival Where You Are

God's word is not confined to the walls of a church. It is a living, breathing entity that can bring revival and transformation to any place, including your immediate community. Your family, neighbors, and co-workers are all part of your mission field. You have the opportunity to spread the word of God to them and start a revival right where you are.

Acts 1:8 - "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Reflection: Reflect on your immediate community - your family, neighbors, and co-workers. How can you actively participate in spreading the word of God to them? What specific actions can you take this week to start a revival in your own community?

Day 2: Multiplication and Expansion

The church is not just a building; it is a body of believers with a mission to spread the gospel and make disciples. This mission involves growth and expansion, reaching out to more people and bringing them into the fold.

Acts 2:47 - "Praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."

Reflection: Do you believe your church is reaching its full potential in terms of growth and influence? If not, what steps can you personally take to help the church expand its reach and bring more people to God?

Day 3: Pushing Towards Destiny

God has a plan and a purpose for each of us, including the children and young people in our lives. As parents and mentors, we have a responsibility to guide them towards their destiny and help them use their gifts for God's glory.

Proverbs 22:6 - "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."

Reflection: As a parent or mentor, how are you encouraging the children or young people in your life to fulfill their potential and use their gifts for God's glory? Can you identify one specific way you can better support them in their spiritual journey?

Day 4: God's Desire for a Large Church

God desires a large, vibrant church that is actively spreading His word and making disciples. A large church is not a threat to the world, but a beacon of hope and a testament to God's power and love.

Acts 9:31 - "Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers."

Reflection: Do you agree with the idea that God desires a large, vibrant church? If so, how can you contribute to the growth and vibrancy of your own church community? What specific actions can you take to help your church become a threat to the enemy?

Day 5: Unleashing Potential

God has given each of us unique gifts and potential. It is our responsibility to use these gifts to serve others and bring glory to God. Unleashing our potential is not just about personal fulfillment, but about serving others in our community.

1 Peter 4:10 - "Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms."

Reflection: Reflect on your own gifts and potential. Are you using them to their fullest extent for God's glory? If not, what is holding you back? What specific steps can you take to unleash your potential and serve others in your community?

1. "Listen mom and dad, push your kid to their destiny. Your kid can change the world. Your kid needs to be anointed by God. Your kid can go to Bible College, your kid can be a preacher, your kid can be a missionary, your kid can do something." [21:05]

2. "We need some parents that believe in their kids' dreams more than they believe in their dreams because they're afraid of their dream. It overwhelms them. You decide with your baby, you can change the world. You can do it." [21:48]

3. "God wants us in a large place. When you get stressed out, God assumes where you're at is squeezing you. When you are overwhelmed, it's because the walls are caving in and that's why you can't quit right now because when you cry unto God in your distress, he starts looking for something bigger." [23:57]

4. "I'm going to draw a Ministry from around the world for this vision and then he said if you will do this and obey me and go find the people regionally when you find the people building fine. And you get committed, you're going to be blessed and your group's gonna multiply." [48:04]

5. "We've got strategy along with vision. And this morning I woke up and this is the verse God gave me Isaiah 43. Fear not for I am with thee. I will bring thy seed from the East, gather thee from the West. I will say to the north give up and to the South keep not back bring my sons from far and my daughters from the ends of the Earth." [37:24]

The Lord's about to explode this youth group, and I can't wait to see these front two rows full of kids worshiping the Lord. We love them very much; they serve in such great capacity at Revival Tabernacle, doing all kinds of things behind the scenes. We really appreciate all their sacrifice, and the Lord always rewards those who are investing and working in the kingdom and are committed. We appreciate the commitment that they've given to this church. Amen.

I want us to pray for them right now. Just stretch forth your hands and pray. They've got a large task; big things are coming. Lord Jesus, we thank you for what you've done in Revival Tabernacle in its infancy, and I thank you for what's about to happen in our youth group as they go into high school. I thank you for the growth that's going to take place across our young people, for young men and women that are going to be filled with the Holy Ghost. I thank you for the P7 clubs that are getting ready to start in the high school. I thank you for the breakthroughs that are going to take place. Lord, set this youth on fire in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do things in them that were never done before. We thank you for their vision, that Brother Joel and Sister Brooke would anoint their eyes to see beyond what they're seeing and give them great clarity and great strategy. In Jesus' name, if you love the Lord and you're behind this, would you clap your hands? Aren't you thankful for what God's about to do? Amen, amen.

We love them very much, appreciate them, and all they're doing in the house of the Lord. It's good to have our friends, the Scots, here from my best friend Brother Matt Tuttle, who pastors in Vidor. They are taking on the Hyphen group, and they were here at a funeral yesterday that I was at, and some others were at, and they stayed over. So we welcome them this morning. We thank you that you're here, and the guests from Minden, we're glad you're here this morning as well. Thank you for coming. Amen.

Let's go to Exodus chapter 2, verse 1 through 6, verse 10 through 12, and then Psalms chapter 118, verse 5 and verse 6.

Exodus chapter 2, 1 through 6, 10-12, Psalm 118, 5 and 6:

"And there went a man of the house of Levi and took a wife, the daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could no longer hide him, someone say 'no longer hide him,' she took for him an ark of bulrushes, daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein. And she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off to wit what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, and her maidens walked along by the riverside. And when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the babe wept. She had compassion on him and said, 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'

Verse 10: "And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and she said, 'Because I drew him out of the water.'

And it came to pass in those days when Moses was grown that he went out unto his brethren and looked on their burdens, and he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand."

Psalms 118, verse 5 and verse 6: "I called upon the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me and set me in a large place. The Lord is on my side; I will not fear what man can do unto me."

[Applause]

I want to preach to you from the subject this morning: God is claustrophobic.

That's a great response, definitely the pastor. God is claustrophobic.

Lord Jesus, have your way in this place. Take authority over spirit, human and demonic. Speak into every situation and every circumstance, and move every mountain. In Jesus' name, if you love Him, would you clap your hands to Him one more time? Praise God, and you may be seated.

Claustrophobia is someone with an extreme fear of confined spaces. That's what it means. God has never been comfortable in confined spaces either. Heaven is His throne; earth is His footstool. So, in other words, He does not, has not, and never will fit in the box that you're putting Him in. The limitations of your mind, your faith, and your capacity—He does not fit there. Even though you think you know all He can do, and it may be a lot to you, He's bigger than that.

The Bible said He can do exceeding abundantly above all you ask or even think. So as big as you think the box is, and God can do everything in the box, He's bigger than the box. He doesn't fit there; He can do more than that. That's how amazing He is. That's why I clap my hands to Him; that's why I worship Him. Because when I think I've found out all who He is, He does something else and blows my mind. He can do things I've never fathomed. You'll never put God in a tight spot and expect Him to stay there.

They tried to do that and put Him in a grave, and that only lasted three days. They couldn't keep Him in a grave. And by the way, before He came out of the grave, He left the grave and went to hell, the Bible said, and preached to the spirits that were in prison. He said, "I'd rather be in a prison cell than this tiny little box that you're putting me. I don't fit here. I've never fit in a dark place. I don't fit in your despair. I don't fit in your limitation, and I never will."

Stop thinking you serve some weak little God who doesn't hear you and can't reach you. He can do anything. His promise cannot lie; His arm is not short. He knows where you are. [Applause]

I just feel like praising Him right now because you need to remember how big He is. [Applause] He's massive. [Applause]

If you're in a small place, it's just the beginning. Job chapter 7 and verse 8: "The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more; thine eyes are upon me, and I am not." And if you continue reading, it said, "Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase."

So if it's small, something about God says, "I start with small, but I don't stay there." I'm just going to be honest; it's not God's will. I'm thankful for 80 to 100 people, 10 months in on Sunday in the middle of the summer, but it's not God's will that that's what's going on five years from now.

Oh yeah, I'm sick of that mentality. Too many pastors have that mentality: "Well, we're just going to fill up the building and relax and coast all the way to heaven." I am not anointed to coast anywhere. We're supposed to be reaching the territory, expand, enlarge my tent, enlarge my coast, take us beyond where we are.

If it's tight, if it's small, it's the womb. The theater that we are in is the womb of the revival that's coming. This is not a small thing. Paul said in Acts chapter 26 and verse 26, "For the king knoweth of these things before whom I also speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him, for this thing was not done in a corner."

He said, "God didn't save me in some back alley privately so nobody would know about it." He said, "God did something. Anytime God does it, He's going to go big with it before it's over." And Paul said, "I wasn't saved to be hidden. You didn't get the Holy Ghost to fill a seat in a theater. You've got something on the inside that needs to win your neighbor and your co-worker and your classmate."

God is not interested in having a hidden church. I know it happens in some countries overseas, and they have to have underground church, but the underground church is much larger than a lot of churches that are not underground because God's never been about small.

I know it's not popular. Let's just get to 40 people. Man, I hate that. I can't stand that spirit. That is not the will of God. There are millions—there's eight million in the Dallas Metroplex. Are you telling me 80 people or 100 people is what God wants? No, something's about to happen. There has to be multiplication; there has to be a breakthrough.

I didn't come here to babysit 80 people. I came because there's a promise that hundreds and thousands are going to be filled with the Holy Ghost and delivered and live for Jesus. You know who wants the church in a cave? You know who wants the church hidden? Jezebel. That's what Jezebel does; she puts the prophets in the cave or under her table. That's what hell wants: a confined church.

No one's quiet church. Hell wants, "I would go there, but that's just too loud." You're not going to like heaven if this is too loud. Oh, help me, Jesus. You're probably not going to heaven if this is too loud. This thing started with the sound of a rushing mighty wind; it's going to end with the sound of a trumpet. It's not going to be quiet in between.

And when we get there, everybody's going to be screaming, "Holy, holy, holy! I don't deserve to be here." I'm not going to worry about the sound system when I'm on the streets of gold. I'm going to be thankful that there [Applause].

It's the spirit of Jezebel that says, "I want church to be small. I'll intimidate you into a corner, into a cave, into a tight place, and you'll just be thankful to survive." And that's what Obadiah did; he took the prophets and said, "I'm just giving them a little bit of bread and a little bit of water. Hope we make it through."

Listen, if you are satisfied being stuffed away, you might as well be dead.

Got way too quiet right there. If you are satisfied not doing anything for God, if you are satisfied just showing up and sitting there and watching the show, you are in the way.

Pastor's home now; welcome back. That's what hell wants: a quiet little Apostolic church. I don't know; I've made a— they don't mind mega churches that don't preach truth. They'll give you the building and the land; they won't fight you. They'll give you anything because they don't care, because you're not threatening them.

Blind lead the blind; both fall in the ditch. But when you step up and preach truth and preach the word of God, you're a threat. And hell said, "Put him in a corner. Put him in a cave. Put him in a tight spot."

The problem is I serve a claustrophobic God who said, "I don't fit in a tight space. I don't fit in small places. I've got to have a [Applause]."

Pharaoh was cornering Israel. They had afflicted them as slaves, and the more they afflicted them—does anyone know the Bible? The more they multiplied. Thank you. The more they multiplied. Affliction brought multiplication. It's in your Bible.

Multiplication was not the will of the enemy. Affliction was to corner them, intimidate them, make them feel less, tighten it up on them, make them feel like they've got no freedom, no liberty, squeeze them. But when hell started squeezing them, God said, "That doesn't work with me. You see, you think you're their king, but the truth is I'm their king. I'm everyone's king. And when you start to squeeze my people, the only way they stay small is if they believe your report and they sit there and say, 'Well, I guess God just wants to have 30 people.' I don't believe that. Shut up! I don't believe that report. I don't believe God wants a hidden theater. I believe God wants us to fill a massive place that the people can come to."

Yeah! [Applause]

And the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied. And hell backed up and said, "Okay, let's kill the babies." Nothing's changed. "Let's abort the babies; that way they can't grow." And now everybody that was pregnant is in fear. Everyone about to have something happen, everyone expecting is now intimidated, hiding because hell has put the church in a cave. Just keep the babies alive and hide them.

This was the plan of Moses's parents: "Let's just hide him." The problem was they got to a point where he could no longer be hidden. What that means is Moses was loud. Moses had colic. Parents in here, it's real. I'm not sure if that's a sickness or a spirit. Moses had colic; he was crying a lot. They couldn't keep him quiet; he was too loud.

And the soldiers are going by the street, and they can't keep little Moses in the closet quiet. Listen, I know this is not going to be popular, but I'm going to say it: we will not have a quiet church.

I discovered something a couple of weeks ago; that's why I started this prayer meeting tomorrow night. I am not going to play that "let's all watch Pastor, let's all watch the singers, let's all watch and never engage." That's not going to fly here. You're not going to like it before long because your seat's going to be taken by a worshiper. Someone's going to come in here and say, "I'm all in! I'm going for it! I'm pursuing what God has for me. I'm going to chase the things of God." [Applause]

Moses was getting uncomfortable. This church is too loud to be in a theater. This church is going to be too big to be in a theater. We're headed somewhere. We've got the anointing of a Moses on us. You can put us in a corner; we're going to outgrow the corner. You can lie about us; you can accuse us, fold your arms and say what you want, but this church is headed somewhere because the anointing of God is upon it.

The plan was, "Let's hide baby Moses." They're going to hear him crying.

We evangelize 20 years. There's nothing like being in a hotel with four kids, and when you get your four kids to sleep, which is a miracle in the same room, there's nothing worse than someone being above you and their eight kids or one that's demon-possessed. You know, I just got everybody to sleep, and there's like, "I think we ought to have a stomp fest."

And you're trying to keep the noise down so the baby will stay quiet. The problem is the baby that you want to be quiet is the deliverer. The church that you want to be cute and cuddly has been sent to Frisco to reach all of the North Dallas area. And that's why you don't like it because it's not what you thought or not where you came from.

Where I came from, we had cute little church, and it was right at one hour, and then we were done, and we went to the right. Then why'd you leave that church if everything was so perfect? I'll tell you why: you're looking for something that's beyond boring. You're looking for beyond program, and you're looking for something that can deliver you. [Applause]

Most parents in this predicament would try to find a safer place for baby Moses. "Can we maybe dig a— I mean, maybe find, build a wall, or can we get our neighbors to let us know when the soldiers are coming? We could maybe go behind the house and put him in your house for a minute. We've got to find something to protect the baby."

That's a normal parent. Moses' mom, she's like, "I'm going to put him in the Nile River." The Nile River? It's full of crocodiles! True serpents! How is baby Moses safer in a river than the room? The river's bigger! She said, "I'm going to build an ark, put him in the water, and push him toward the palace."

Listen, mom and dad, push your kid to their destiny! [Applause]

That's not in my notes; I just feel the Holy Ghost coming to me right now. [Applause]

Well, I don't want my kid—listen, your kid needs to change the world. Your kid needs to be anointed by God. Your kid can go to Bible college; your kid can be a preacher; your kid can be a missionary; your kid can do something. You're kicking on a business; your kid can do something. Your kid can— you gotta push them! [Applause]

That's why we've got—I shouldn't probably say this— that's why we got 30-year-olds playing video games in the basement at mom and dad's. Am I all right, Garrison? Because they weren't told to work. They weren't told, "You can do something; you can be something. What's your biggest dream? I'll launch you to the moon."

We need some parents that believe in your kids' dreams more than they believe in their dreams because they're afraid of their dream. It overwhelms them. You decide with your baby, "You can change the world! You can do it! You can do it!"

That offended you? I'm sorry for you.

Who's this? We're going to push you into the river. It's safer with the crocs than the closet. You would think it'd be safer hidden in the bedroom, but it's safer. Jesus said, "I send you out as lambs among wolves." That's what Jesus said. He didn't say, "I keep you in the pasture. I overlook; I make sure nothing gets near you." He said, "When I get ready to use you, I unleash you where the wolves are."

Why? Because my eyes are on the sparrow. I've got the wolves just as much as I have the lambs, and if you trust me, I'll protect them. Man, I'm off my notes, but I'm in the Holy Ghost right now. [Applause]

Put the baby in the river. God wants us in a large place. Psalm 118 and verse 5—we read it earlier in our text—but Psalm 118 and verse 5 tells us that the Lord wants to put us in a large place.

When you—what? "I called upon the Lord in distress." Watch this: when you get stressed out, God assumes where you're at is squeezing you.

Yeah! Hey, that was better than that. Okay, when you're overwhelmed, it's because the atmosphere you're in is squeezing you. People at home, people at school, people at the job, family members. I know some of you are looking at me like I'm off my rocker, but I'm telling the truth. When you are overwhelmed, it's because the walls are caving in.

And that's why you can't quit right now because when you cry unto God in your distress, He starts looking for a bigger place. [Applause]

He starts looking for something bigger. Somewhere, "Where can I make you spread out? Where can I give you space? Where can I give you room?" [Applause]

Somebody shout, "Put the baby in the river!"

And he was raised. He was raised, and the Egyptian princess pulls him out of the water and said, "I'm going to call his name Moses," which means "to draw out," meaning he didn't fit.

Oh, good fit in their plan. He was supposed to be just a little Hebrew slave that might survive toddlerhood and maybe not, and grow up and be a nobody and make bricks for a living and just sit there and die a slave. But there's something on this kid that's claustrophobic spiritually. If you put him in a closet, he cries his way out. If you put him in a basket, he cries his way out.

I wish someone would get an anointing from Moses on you right now that would say, "You can squeeze me, but I'm coming out of it! You shut up! You can pull me down, but I'm coming out of it! I'll pray my way; I'll fast my way out; I'll cry my way out, but I'm coming out of it!"

Oh, somebody take a praise break right now and just tell the devil, "I'm coming out of it! You're not keeping me in depression; you're not keeping me in despair!" [Applause]

Pushed him to a palace, and the Bible said, "Brother Mayo, he grew."

I want to say this right: you can grow for God while in the world. This is going to make you mad. If that one made you mad, don't tell me you can't make it to heaven surrounded by the world because Moses didn't grow up surrounded by his mom and dad.

Moses didn't grow up hearing, "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord." Moses didn't grow up hearing, "Hey, no matter what, you've got to behold this truth and believe this." Moses grew up in a pagan palace that worshiped anything but God, but God continually developed him.

It doesn't matter where you place me; if His hand is on me, I'll grow in the atmosphere because I'm claustrophobic. I can't—no, the cat—type! Somebody say, "I'll grow out of it!"

And when Moses was grown, verse 11, chapter 2, "And Moses was grown." Now the palace can't hold him.

There comes a place in your walk with God where the world doesn't control your attitude. [Applause]

Why don't you talk? That's because you're glued to social media 14 hours a day. But if you really try to live for God, there comes a place where other people's opinions, what they're wearing, and what they own and what they're doing doesn't dictate your prayer life because there's something about you that's growing.

I'm growing! I'm surrounded by distraction, but I'm growing! I'm surrounded by temptation, but I'm growing! I'm surrounded by predicaments, but I'm growing!

I wish someone would stop making excuses and say, "I'm going to live for God come hell or high water! Put me in that; I'm going to grow in that!"

And Moses was grown. And isn't it funny when he gets too big, he starts to realize, "Wait a second, that's injustice! That's wrong! That's a sin! That guy's attacking my brother!"

Why? Because I'm outgrowing where hell said he won't survive. We couldn't stop it in its infancy, so let's put it in distraction and carnality, and he'll never be—oh, shut up! You'll never be what he was supposed to be!

But Moses outgrew the carnal atmosphere and said, "Something's not right! I don't feel right about how that guy's treating that guy!"

I don't know why I'm feeling connected because you're not what they said you are. You've grown so much you're picking up on who you really are. You're not a drug addict; you're not a victim; you're not a failure; you're not a stat. You are anointed by God! You've got a destiny! You've got to do!

I'm growing beyond my mentality! I'm growing beyond my limitations! I'm growing beyond my past thoughts of myself! I'm seeing myself doing more than I ever saw myself doing before! [Applause]

When God grows it, it can't stay hidden. They put Samson in a prison cell; they cut out his eyes; they cut off his hair, his source of strength, and they put him in a prison cell.

And he walked around, around a year to two years, Garrison, pushing a millstone that was hundreds of pounds in a circle, around and around and around every single day. And they said, "We've got the mighty man of God," and they had him blind.

But they said, "We've got to put him in a cave. We've got to quarantine him." Oh, listen to me, post-COVID church: hell loves quarantine church.

You know, I preached 67 times in the first 61 days of COVID when the nation was shut down to my phone. Okay? I got calls from all over the world. I was preaching. I didn't know who I was preaching to. I didn't know sometimes if I was preaching to them because we might lose reception. They would tell me 10 minutes later, "Hey, your call dropped 10 minutes ago."

Screaming in my room, it's hard to preach, and there's no response. I can handle some of you in your little arm-folded little games, your cute little attitude, but it's hard when no one—hell loves that. You know why? No one's getting the Holy Ghost; no one's getting baptized; nothing's happening.

And let's all just stay hidden. Oh, Target's not going to be closed; Home Depot's okay, but church is not. I don't care what's your opinion; that's a spirit that says you can't have church, but you can have everything else.

That's Jezebel saying, "Hide them in a corner." Oh, I'm sorry; I've got some people that don't believe that, but I'm just telling the truth right now. If it's safe to go to the airport, it's safe to come to the house of God.

If it's safe to go to work, it's safe to go to church. Put him in a corner, and they put Samson blind, weak, in a cave, and his hair started growing.

Yeah, his strength is growing. His hair is claustrophobic. It's good. God's like, "I don't think this is going to work. See, I still have plans for you."

They took your vision, but I put so much strength in you that when they shave it from you, it grows back. That when they take it, I put it back. And so when they put you in a small place, I grow in the small place.

And the Philistines thought they were going to call him out. It wasn't the Philistines that called him out; God made that happen. God let him have a party, get drunk out of their mindset. "Let's call for Samson and make sport."

Why? Because God had been growing him to the point where the prison cell couldn't hold him anymore. His strength was at a place now that he could push pillars down and not millstones around because he had tapped into a dimension where he could not be contained.

Gideon, why are you in the winepress? Elijah, what doest thou in the cave? This church is going to go regional. I'm going in right now. I'm going in Acts chapter 8, verse 1. I'm going to tell you what's about to happen in our church in a minute.

Saul was consenting unto his death. At that time, there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem, and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions. Okay, Judea, Samaria, except the apostles.

Go with verse 2. Therefore, they that were—verse 4, yeah. Therefore, they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.

God spoke to me this week and said, "Are you ready to multiply?" I said, "I'm ready." He said, "Your church is regional."

I went and bought maps. I bought three maps Monday or Tuesday. I began to write the names down of every family that is church, and wouldn't you know it, Brother Mayo, there's five families north, six to the west, six to the east, six to the south, six in the center, six above Frisco, six below Frisco, six west of Frisco, east of Frisco, and in Frisco.

And God said, "You don't even know what I've been doing the entire time. You think it's all wrapped up right here? It's never been about that building." [Applause]

And then He said, "Starting in October, we're going to give you all kinds of stuff, but we're training. October, you better get ready. We are launching groups in every region, expecting each group to double in a year."

I realize it's not about Frisco; it's about the entire area, and we're going to grow where we are. Yeah, I have heard from God, and we're going to grow in the south, and we're going to grow in the north, and we're going to grow in Wiley, and we're going to grow in Mesquite, and we're going to grow in Little Elm, and we're going to grow and prosper, and we're going to grow in Plano and in McKinney and Allen and Duran.

I don't care where we are; we're going to double. God said it! [Applause]

We're already working; the system's almost 90 percent done. But check this out: when it happens, when it happens, when your group doubles in a year, your group is going to split in half and double again.

And we're not going to have a north; we're going to have north, northwest, northeast, south, southwest, southeast, west, east, central in half. Why? Because God said, "I'm giving you a plan of multiplication that takes you in revival all around the North Dallas region."

Well, I can't come to outreach. Guess what? Outreach on Saturday is over. I'm done going to those two apartments where nobody's coming. God said, "Tell them to have revival where they are. Start talking to their family; start talking to their neighbor; help them reach their co-worker, and I'm going to give you a Shaka, a revival where you are already."

Praise Him! We've got strategy along with vision. [Applause]

And this morning I woke up, and this is the verse God gave me: Isaiah 43. "Fear not, for I am with thee. I will bring thy seed from the east, gather thee from the west. I will say to the north, 'Give up!' and to the south, 'Keep not back! Bring my sons from far and my daughters from the ends of the earth.'"

Verse 7: "Even everyone that is called by my name, for I have created him for my glory. I have formed him; yea, I have made him."

Verse number 8: "Bring forth the blind and the deaf that have ears."

Verse 9: "Let all sense be gathered together, and let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this? I can, and I will, and you can, and you will, and declare, 'Show us the former things.' Let them bring forth their witnesses. Get ready to bring your friends that they may be justified and let them hear and say, 'Ready, it is truth.'"

God said, "I am not lying to you." When He woke me up this morning, He said, "Just know one thing: what you've heard from me is not a lie. I am gathering them from the north and the south and the east and the west and the central." [Applause]

And I opened up Bishop's book on reaching Austin, our general superintendent, and wouldn't you know, wouldn't you know, he said, "When you get to a hundred, you'll either plateau, decline, or you'll start developing the groups regionally."

I was like, "Oh, we're coming! We're coming! We've heard from Jesus; we're coming!" [Applause]

Then he mapped out exactly what we're doing. I thought, "Oh my goodness, we are in submission to our general superintendent's vision. No wonder it's going to be blessed!" [Applause]

I sent part of the plan to our board, to the assistant general superintendent, which means that number two and number three and all of the movement, and then the others were district superintendents, including our own. They were blown away. They literally would have the church of a thousand.

He said, "We need this strategy in our church." Our superintendent called me, Brother Flowers, that day and said, "You have inspired me to have revival in this district." This is a plan from God!

Another superintendent in Ohio said, "This is divine strategy on how to take a region." And I said, "Yes, we have heard it! We've got the plan!"

So guess what? I love you; I am here for you. I promise I love you, but there are other people that love you here too. And I know this is going to go over like a lead balloon, but pastor's not the answer to every prayer you pray.

Yo! And I'm going to be there for you, but when I have people coming to help, you don't get mad at me. I'm not trying to get away from you. I'll be there when you are in need; I promise you I will be there.

But you've got to let this thing grow. You've got to let this thing multiply. We've got to go beyond where we are. Would you clap your hands, lift up your voice, and lift up your eyes and see there's vision? We've got vision again! We have vision and strength! [Applause]

That means wherever you live, wherever you are, when we start this thing in October, and you'll have all this stuff coming to you, you have a mission to try to win somebody where you are. You can do it! [Applause]

But they're already—come up here, please. I want us to get to understand we get all in; God gets all in. And this is what the Lord said to me also this week.

I tell you, I've been here a year, okay? I have not had God talk to me more in one week of time than this week ever. It's been like boom, boom, boom: do this, do this, do this, switch the—make them youth pastor. Dude, it was just like we've got ministry that doesn't live in Dallas right now. Two well-known ministers that are moving here—one for sure moving here, another one is praying about it with his family that are great leaders, and they want to come here.

I was praying, and God said, "I'm going to draw a ministry from around the world for this vision." And then He said, "If you will do this and obey me and go find the people regionally, when you find the people, building fine."

And I'm telling you, I'm not going to cry one more night. I'm not going to stay up till three o'clock in the morning wondering, "Where's the building?" They don't care about the building. Who are you winning in Wiley? Who are you talking to in Plano? Who are you reaching in McKinney?

And the awesome thing about it is you're going to have a group, a community inside the church that's going to be doing the same thing with you, growing with you, motivating you, checking on you, helping you, strengthening you. You're not doing this by yourself. I'm not losing you rogue alone saying, "Go do it," and you're destroyed. No, you're going to be protected, blessed. The meetings are going to come to all of your houses.

Get ready! Every meeting, there'll be something for you to do because leadership knows if I don't give you something to do, you're not coming back. Guess what? And you get committed; you're going to be blessed, and your group's going to multiply.

I have heard from God! I heard from God! And I told our leaders in these groups, I said, "We're not going to, you know, be micromanaging how big your group is, but if your group doesn't grow and the rest grow, you might be replaced."