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I'm Bigger Than That

Dr Dharius Daniels

Change Church • Feb 4, 2024 • 38 min

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Summary

Dr. Dharius Daniels teaches from Exodus 23:27–30 to reveal the Law of Spiritual Acceleration: how fast you move forward in life is determined by how much you grow spiritually. God does not just want to make our obstacles smaller; He wants to enlarge us so we can handle both the opportunities and the oppositions that come with upgrade. By getting bigger than the enemies of impulsiveness, improper priorities, and lingering emotional infections, believers can step into supernatural growth and possess their promised land.

Themes

Spiritual GrowthAcceleration and UpgradeMaturity over ImpulsivenessPriority and StewardshipEmotional and Spiritual Healing

Pastor's Points

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1. The Hivites – The Enemy of Impulsiveness

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2. The Canaanites – The Enemy of Improper Priorities

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3. The Hittites – The Enemy of Infections

Key Points

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1. The Hivites represent the enemy of impulsiveness, which causes wise people to make foolish decisions.
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2. The Canaanites represent the enemy of improper priorities, where we sacrifice the wrong things on the altar of our lives.
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3. The Hittites represent the enemy of infections, where past hurts pollute our present and future seasons.
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4. Spiritual acceleration depends on growth; your size determines your speed in God's kingdom.
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5. God orders our steps, but He also arranges our leaps into greater spiritual capacity.
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6. Every exit orchestrated by God is an invitation and upgrade into something better.
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7. God often holds up opportunities not because you cannot handle the opportunity, but because you are not yet big enough to handle the opposition (the 'ops').
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Sermon Moments

“God is a God that orders our steps, but He is also a God that arranges our leaps.”

“Growth is painful, change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.”

“How fast you go is determined by how much you grow—our size determines our speed.”

“Egypt can represent a place, a person, or a predicament that's either holding you back or holding you up.”

“God's holding up the opportunity not because you can't handle the opportunity, but because you can't handle the ops.”

“Stop praying for it to get smaller and start praying for me to get bigger.”

“Impatience is the womb that gives birth to the baby of impulsiveness.”

“You don't die from a snake bite; you die from poison.”

This Week

Shift your daily prayers from asking God to make your problems smaller to asking Him to make your faith and spiritual capacity bigger.

Identify areas where impatience is driving you toward impulsive decisions, and pause to seek God's wisdom before acting.

Refuse to create your own 'Ishmael' out of panic; wait patiently for the promise and blessing God has designed for you.

Audit your priorities to ensure you are not sacrificing your health, peace, or relationship with God for success or approval.

Establish firm boundaries so that you stop putting your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being on the altar of life.

Examine past wounds to ensure you are not letting old bitterness or hostility infect your current relationships and future opportunities.

Recognize divine exits in your life as invitations to step away from situations or relationships that hold you back.

Remember This

Spiritual growth determines your spiritual speed, so stop asking God to shrink your obstacles and start asking Him to make you bigger than them.

A Challenge for You

Ask God to enlarge your heart and spiritual capacity this week so that you can step into every upgrade He has prepared without being undone by the opposition.

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