Increase - Baby and Mature

Greater Things 2026 — Week One

THEME

Increase is the doorway into the “greater works” life Jesus promised.

For Baby Christians: Increase means God wants your life to move forward in real, practical ways — spiritually, financially, emotionally. It is not about greed; it’s about growth.

For Mature Christians: Increase is covenant participation. It’s stewarding blessing, activating faith, and multiplying the Father’s will through Kingdom priority and disciplined living.

BIG IDEA

God releases “greater things” to those who expand their internal capacity, steward the blessing, and align work, faith, and finances with Kingdom purpose.

For Baby Christians: God’s plan is bigger than your current level. He wants to help you grow so your life can look more like Jesus intended.

For Mature Christians: Capacity determines manifestation. Greater things require deeper revelation, sanctification of motive, and integration of faith, diligence, and Kingdom alignment.

PRIMARY SCRIPTURES (WRITTEN OUT)

Ephesians 3:20–21 (NKJV)

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us…”

Baby Christian Note: God can do more than you imagine, but He works through what you believe and expect.

Mature Christian Note: “According to the power” reveals a measurable internal capacity. The limiting factor is not Heaven but our yieldedness and faith-formed inner structure.

John 14:12 (NKJV)

“…the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do…”

Baby: Jesus meant you can live a life that looks like His — helping people, praying for the sick, and bringing hope.

Mature: Greater works = multiplied fruit through the Spirit-filled Church. Not spectacle, but stewardship of spiritual authority.

Proverbs 10:22 (NKJV)

“The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.”

Baby: God’s blessing helps life go right. It removes struggle and adds peace.

Mature: Wealth here includes capacity, influence, wisdom. Sorrow-free prosperity is a covenant outcome, not random luck.

Proverbs 12:24 (NKJV)

“The hand of the diligent will rule…”

Baby: Work hard and stay consistent — God blesses effort.

Mature: Diligence is spiritual dominion expressed through faithfulness, excellence, and disciplined routine.

Genesis 12:1–3; Deut. 8:18; Malachi 3:10; Mark 4:24; Luke 6:38; Matthew 6:24,33 (all written earlier)

Each text includes:

Baby Filter: Simple explanation, straightforward application.

Mature Filter: Covenantal, systemic, and theological depth regarding increase.

WORD STUDIES

Exceedingly Abundantly — hyper-ek-perissou

Meaning: God’s supply breaks limits but flows according to inner capacity.

Baby: God has more for you than you can imagine.

Mature: God-sized outcomes require renewed mind structures and spiritual stamina.

Power — dynamis

Miraculous ability deposited by the Spirit.

Baby: God gives you strength to grow.

Mature: Dynamis is latent until activated by obedience, speech, and aligned action.

Blessing — barak

Empowerment to prosper.

Baby: God is FOR you.

Mature: Blessing is a legal empowerment under covenant, not emotional uplift.

Diligent — charuts

Sharp, decisive, industrious.

Baby: Keep showing up. God honours it.

Mature: Diligence is stewardship of assignment and evidence of spiritual maturity.

Wealth — chayil

Strength, capacity, resources.

Baby: God wants to help you have what you need.

Mature: Chayil is military language. Wealth = strategic capacity and societal influence.

SERMON POINTS WITH DUAL FILTERS

1. GREATER THINGS REQUIRE AN INCREASED MINDSET

Jesus didn’t say “equal works” — He said “greater works.”

Baby Christian Understanding:

God wants your life to get better and stronger.
Start thinking differently: God is big, and He can help you grow.
Don’t limit what God can do in your life.

Mature Christian Understanding:

Greater works require internal enlargement.
Kingdom effectiveness increases with mental and spiritual capacity.
You must dismantle scarcity thinking and false humility to step into fullness.

2. THE BLESSING IS THE ENGINE OF INCREASE

Proverbs 10:22 — the blessing makes rich.

Baby:

God helps things work out for you.
The blessing makes life smoother and provides what you need.

Mature:

Blessing is covenant empowerment.
Prosperity is not random; it is the expected outcome of partnership with the Spirit.
Blessing demands diligence, obedience, and stewardship.

3. ABRAHAM: BLUEPRINT FOR KINGDOM INCREASE

Conversation → obedience → empowerment → overflow.

Baby:

Abraham listened to God and obeyed.
God blessed him and helped him.
You can trust God the same way.

Mature:

Abrahamic blessing includes assignment, territory, nations, generational impact.
Increase flows through obedience, not intention.
Abraham’s pattern sets covenant expectation for the New Testament believer.

4. THE WEALTH OF THE WICKED TRANSFERS THROUGH WORK

Not waiting — working.

Baby:

When you work well, God helps money come into your hands.
Your job is not just a job; God can use it to bless you.

Mature:

Transfer is strategic displacement: value outcompetes in the marketplace.
Work is priesthood in disguise.
Kingdom people become economic gates in every sphere.

5. TITHING: THE KINGDOM CONNECTOR

Malachi 3 explains the mechanism.

Baby:

Tithing helps your church grow.
It shows God He is first in your money.
God promises to bless you back.

Mature:

Tithing sanctifies revenue streams.
It activates covenant flow, protects the ministerial office, and authorises heavenly surplus.
It positions you for increased Kingdom assignment.

6. SOWING: THE MULTIPLIER

Luke 6:38; 2 Cor 9:6–8.

Baby:

When you give, God gives back more.
God loves a generous heart.

Mature:

Sowing is a system, not an emotion.
Seed is strategic, directed, and intentional.
Harvest corresponds to measure and revelation.

7. WORK + FAITH = COVENANT PROSPERITY

Proverbs 12:24 + James 2.

Baby:

Pray AND work.
Trust God AND be responsible.

Mature:

Work is worship.
Diligence is covenant faithfulness.
Faith is proven by consistent professional excellence.

8. KINGDOM FIRST ALIGNMENT

Matthew 6:33.

Baby:

Put God first and He takes care of your needs.

Mature:

Kingdom priority restructures the internal world.
Provision follows alignment, not desperation.
Anxiety is dethroned when Kingdom sits at the top.

9. TREASURE IN HEAVEN = TREASURE INSIDE YOU

Matthew 6:19–21.

Baby:

Focus on God more than stuff.
What you value inside matters.

Mature:

Heaven operates inside the believer’s recreated spirit.
Treasure = revelation, obedience, spiritual authority, and generosity.
Inner wealth precedes outer wealth.

10. AN INCREASED MINDSET PRODUCES AN INCREASED LIFE

3 John 2 — soul prosperity determines external prosperity.

Baby:

God wants your heart, health, and life to grow.

Mature:

The soul must be restructured: discipline, strategy, wisdom, revelation, and stewardship.
Increased mindset = increased capacity = increased manifestation.

BRAIN TRUST INSIGHTS (with filters)

Kenneth E. Hagin: Baby: Trust God more by hearing His Word. Mature: Revelation knowledge is the architecture of faith.

Fred Price: Baby: Think positive, think faith. Mature: Prosperity manifests at the level of mental renewal.

Nancy Dufresne: Baby: Renew your mind by reading your Bible every day. Mature: Mental transformation is required for supernatural demonstration.

Jonathan Shuttlesworth: Baby: Money doesn’t make you bad; God teaches you how to use it. Mature: Prosperity amplifies purpose or dysfunction depending on soul health.

Bill Johnson: Baby: God likes blessing His children. Mature: Extravagance is Kingdom nature, stewardship prevents waste.

John Wesley: Baby: Work hard, save, and give. Mature: Stewardship must scale with responsibility and discipleship.

MAIN PREACHING POINTS (with filters)

1. Increase begins internally.

Baby: Grow in faith and confidence.
Mature: Internal expansion precedes Kingdom deployment.

2. Blessing empowers; diligence manifests.

Baby: God helps you when you work hard.
Mature: Blessing without diligence = stagnation.

3. Tithing connects to covenant flow.

Baby: Give God the first part.
Mature: Tithing is Kingdom legislation releasing divine economy.

4. Sowing multiplies.

Baby: Giving brings blessing.
Mature: Seed activates systemic increase.

5. Work is wealth transfer.

Baby: God uses your job to bless you.
Mature: Your excellence displaces darkness economically.

6. Kingdom-first ensures supply.

Baby: God looks after you.
Mature: Divine order produces divine overflow.

7. Renewed mind determines measure.

Baby: Change how you think.
Mature: Mind renewal is spiritual engineering.

CHALLENGE POINTS (with filters)

Baby:

Are you trusting God or worrying?
Are you giving God space to bless you?
Are you starting to tithe/sow consistently?

Mature:

Are you aligning capacity with assignment?
Are you restricting God through small thinking?
Are you executing diligence, not merely believing for increase?

ACTIVATION

Confessions (Baby + Mature Integrated)

“Increase flows to me.”
“The blessing empowers me.”
“I steward well.”
“I think abundance and walk in abundance.”
“The Kingdom is first in my finances, decisions, and assignments.”

Actions

Baby:

Start tithing.
Start reading the Word daily.
Start giving consistently.

Mature:

Build systems.
Align budget with assignment.
Scale giving.
Strategise work excellence.
Treat increase as stewardship.

SPIRITUAL IMPLICATIONS (with filters)

Baby:

God wants to bless you so you can help others.
Increase helps your church grow and people hear about Jesus.

Mature:

Increase strengthens apostolic assignment, territorial influence, and generational impact.
Prosperity becomes Kingdom infrastructure for ministry expansion.