Episode 233: Expansion by Elimination: Making Room for Increase in 2026

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As I prayed and prepared for 2026, the word the Lord placed on my heart was expansion.

Not expansion through striving, hustling, or trying to do more — but expansion through making room.

This episode is about what that actually looks like.

Using Isaiah 54 as our foundation, I unpack what it means to enlarge the tent, stretch the curtains, and strengthen the stakes — not metaphorically, but practically, across our mind, heart, body, and spirit.

If you’ve been asking God for increase — more clarity, more impact, more provision, more peace — this conversation will help you see why elimination always comes before multiplication.

This Episode Is for You If:

• You want growth in 2026 but feel stretched, tired, or overwhelmed
• Your mind feels full but not clear
• Your heart wants more but feels guarded or hesitant
• Your calendar is packed but your energy is low
• You sense God calling you into a deeper season of faith and obedience
• You want to make room for what He is doing instead of carrying what no longer belongs

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Expansion Begins With Space

God doesn’t add more into a full container. He first invites us to make room. Whether it’s mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual, increase requires spaciousness.

Mental Space Creates Revelation

When my mind is crowded with noise, notifications, and constant problem-solving, there is no room to receive divine ideas. White space is where strategy from heaven shows up.

Emotional Capacity Determines What You Can Sustain

If my heart is full of fear, unforgiveness, or self-protection, it limits how much love, blessing, and responsibility I can hold. Expansion requires an open, available heart.

Physical Environment Reflects Internal State

Clutter, chaos, and exhaustion are signals. When I clean up my physical world — my body, my calendar, my surroundings — I create space for life and clarity to return.

Spiritual Growth Requires Deeper Roots

New levels of assignment require new levels of faith. Expansion brings stronger winds — so stakes must be strengthened through identity, prayer, and obedience.

Elimination Creates Increase

This season isn’t about adding more. It’s about removing what no longer serves the assignment so that greater capacity can be formed.

NOTABLE QUOTES

“Expansion doesn’t come from stuffing more into the same space — it comes from making room.”

“God doesn’t add to what’s already full.”

“White space is where revelation is received.”

“Unforgiveness and fear choke emotional capacity.”

“Clutter creates density. Space creates life.”

“Before God increases what you carry, He increases your capacity to carry it.”

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

Isaiah 54:2–3 — Enlarge the place of your tent

Joshua 1:9 — Be strong and courageous

Philippians 4:19 — God supplies according to His riches

Colossians 3:1–2 — Set your mind on things above

Romans 12:2 — Be transformed by renewing your mind