A Lot With A Little by Matt Bird

In this final session of the series we are encouraged to make the most of the little we have because God wants to make a lot out of it. It’s so important for us to plant ourselves in the right place. When we’re planted in the right place we experience growth and God can do a lot with a little.

This is the secret of the #AbundancePrinciple, that God doesn’t want us to have just enough - He wants us to have more than enough.

He want us to have an ABUNDANCE so that we can live generously, so that we can bless others and so that we can favour people in the way God favours us.

Are you living hand to mouth or are you making wise long term decisions?
Are you investing in depreciating or appreciating assets?
How are you investing your God-given time, skills and resources?

The #GrowthPrinciple​ of #Investment​ says that growth happens when we invest our time and resources into appreciating rather than depreciating assets.

Are you in a situation where you need a turn around in your work, family or finances?

The #Principle of the #TurnAround says that growth happens when God steps in and turns everything around.

Is there something going on for you at the moment that hurts? In this talk I explore how we can grow through challenges and pain.

The #Pruning​ #GrowthPrinciple​ is about pruning what’s already fruitful to become even more fruitful.

The #Outnumbered #GrowthPrinciple is about winning against the odds, when everything seems stacked against you.

Only when you succeed against the odds will you know that it’s God.

The #Seed #GrowthPrinciple says that growth comes through small beginnings with enormous potential. Just like the power of a seed to grow from something small and become something enormous.

“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
- Matthew 13:31-33

The #Multiplication #GrowthPrinciple says that growth comes through multiple factors of replication. God takes a little and he multiplies it.

In the parable of the sower a farmer plants some tiny seeds and he reaps a crop 30, 60 or 100 times more than what was sown. When we entrust God with a little, He makes a lot out of it.

The #Double #GrowthPrinciple says that growth comes through receiving twice the gift, twice the blessing and quite often, twice the responsibility.

In his last days, Elijah asked Elisha what he can do for him before he is taken, and Elisha asks him for a double blessing.

The #Acceleration #GrowthPrinciple says that growth comes through receiving a quickening of the Holy Spirit to achieve something. We find we can do things we never thought we could do.

We read about an incident in the life of the prophet Elijah when, after the fires came down from heaven, he was able to outrun a chariot.