Key Insights
- 🌊 “We won’t see wind and we won’t see rain and yet there will be water that miraculously comes out of nowhere in our dry place.” – Bishop T.D. Jakes reminds us to have faith and expect unexpected blessings in our lives.
- 🌵 “A dry place is a sign that you’re getting close to the milk and honey, when you’re tired and frustrated, it’s because God’s got you in the wilderness and you are closer to the promised land than you’ve ever been before.”
- 🙏 The favor of God can outweigh any external factors such as money, land, or titles, and it is what can truly bring you to the table of success.
- 💪 Our level of hunger and thirst for righteousness determines the level of fulfillment and blessings we receive from God.
- 💦 Dig till you hit something up under that dryness up under that hard place, because there’s a current flowing and God will start filling up every drop place in your life.
- 🌧️ Sometimes, the toughest and driest seasons in life are necessary to prepare you for the incredible blessings and breakthroughs that lie ahead.
Building for Expansion
- 🏢 Being exposed to business meetings and conversations with professionals at a young age, Bishop T.D. Jakes learned the value of creating opportunities for growth, which influenced his approach to building his church.
- 🏢 Bishop T.D. Jakes shares examples of how he applied the concept of “king talk” by investing in resources and infrastructure, such as buying a corporate office, warehouse, and 18-wheeler, to ensure independence and not rely on third-party resources.
- 🏗️ “I’m building for expansion, not for approval or to avoid criticism.”
- 🚧 “I’m gonna break a rule. I’m gonna break through a wall. I’m gonna break through a barrier.”
- 💥 “I’m gonna be the first one since then. I’m gonna be the first one. I’m gonna go where my grandma didn’t go where my mama didn’t go where my sister didn’t go where my auntie didn’t go. I’m breaking into another dimension. I’m gonna be first.”
- 🏗️ “I build it for expansion.”
Overcoming Limitations
- 🤴 We have been called to be kings and priests under God, not to think like paupers.
- 🏋️♀️ Bishop T.D. Jakes highlights the need for personal growth and change in order to handle increased responsibilities, stating “we take on more weight and more responsibility…but we’re using old structures for new weight and we have not changed the structure to accommodate where we are right.”
- 💪 “I want you to expand your capacity because what I got for you is more than what you ever had before.”
- 📈 When you have the capacity to expand and receive, the Lord is ready to expand and bless you.
- 🌪️ Don’t wait for external signs or circumstances to change before pursuing your dreams and goals, because the breakthrough you’re seeking will come from within, not from outside forces.
- 🚪 Bishop T.D. Jakes encourages us to see beyond our own limitations and the negative voices around us, reminding us that our potential is much bigger than we think.
Summary
The key idea of the video is to build for expansion by seeking divine guidance, being prepared, expanding relationships, and overcoming challenges in order to experience unexpected abundance and breakthroughs in various areas of life.
- 💡 Build for expansion by recognizing generational blessings, facing challenges with a contemporary mindset, seeking divine guidance, and provoking abundance through connectedness and preparation.
- 🏗️ Growing up during the Great Depression, Bishop T.D. Jakes learned survival skills from his parents, which influenced his mindset to build for expansion and think like a leader, leading to his success in building a church.
- 💡 Build a versatile facility and acquire resources to be independent and accommodate various needs, think like a king by being prepared for any situation, develop a self-sustaining life by relying on personal resources and adapting structures for growth, and avoid the pitfalls of lacking necessary resources and relationships, trust issues, and a failure to build infrastructure for expansion.
- 📈 Don’t let others’ opinions control your decisions, expand your relationships to reach the next level, shift your mindset to build for expansion, and don’t let fear hold you back from pursuing your goals.
- 🙏 God promises unexpected abundance and expansion to those who prioritize seeking His presence, so expand your thinking, actions, attitude, structure, and relationships, and get ready for a shift in your life.
- 💡 Expand your capacity and surround yourself with people who can go to the next level, as God will fill your efforts and dig deeper in your life, leading to unexpected blessings and breakthroughs.
- 💪 Keep pushing forward through challenges and hardships, because God has a greater plan for you and future generations, and success comes from perseverance and hard work.
- 💡 Build for expansion by strategically connecting with people, believe in the confirmation of the word, expand your thinking, stay focused on your purpose, and overcome distractions to achieve new levels of success and make significant impacts in various areas of your life.
