Isaiah 54:2–4 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your
cords, strengthen your stakes. 3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will
dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. 4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not
fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the
reproach of your widowhood. (NIV)
43 percent of Oklahomans attend church regularly
57 percent of people don’t attend church
1.6 million people don’t attend church
OKC metro over 800,000 who don’t attend church.
Indiana only 37 percent attend church regularly
4.2 million don’t attend church
INDY metro over 1.3 million don’t attend church
100,000 of the 384,000 in America close their doors
Isaiah 54:2–4 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen
your cords, STRENGTHEN your stakes. (NIV)
Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing
with thankfulness. (NIV)
1. Strengthen your knowledge of God’s word
Matthew 7:24–27 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is
like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds
blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone
who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house
on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell
with a great crash.” (NIV)
1 Thessalonians 5:11 So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. (NLT)
James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. (NIV)
2. Strengthen your prayer life
Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (NIV)
1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray continually, (NIV)
Ephesians 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in
your prayers for all believers everywhere. (NLT)
Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. (NIV)
January 9-29 is 21 days of prayer
3. Strengthen your commitment to God’s house
1 in 3 Christians have stopped going to church in person or online.
Weekly church attendance has declined from 45% in 1993 to 29% in 2020
Psalm 92:13 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. (NIV)
4. Strengthen your generosity
Isaiah 54:2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen
your cords, strengthen your stakes. (NIV)
4 Ways To Lengthen Your Generosity
1. Lengthen your generosity by going from giving nothing to giving something
2. Lengthen your generosity by going from giving something to tithing
Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house Test
me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven
and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. (NIV)
3. Lengthen your generosity by going from tithing to giving to Dream Builders
Malachi 3:8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’
“In tithes and offerings. (NIV)
4. Lengthen your generosity by going from giving to Dream Builders to giving ridiculously to Dream
Builders
2 Corinthians 8:2–5 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty
welled up in rich generosity. Entirely on their own, 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of
sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 5 And they exceeded our expectations: They gave
themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. (NIV)
2 Corinthians 8:13 Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but
that there might be equality. (NIV)
Isaiah 54:2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back;
