I’ll highlight the main changes we’ve seen. Back in 2002, we had 23 employees. Today, we have 987 employees worldwide. It takes 43 times more staff to minister and meet the needs of people now than it did twenty years ago. My television show covered just 3 percent of the U.S. population, and today, we cover over 3.2 billion people in 13 different languages worldwide. We had a budget of $50,000 per month for television. Today, our budget is $1.25 million per month for television. Back in 2002, we received 24,000 calls per year. In 2021, we answered 675,000 calls. Our building had 14,600 square feet on 2 acres of land, and we now have 620,000 square feet of building space and 493 acres of land. I believe God has positioned us to be able to expand Charis Bible College even more in the foreseeable future.

Again, I mention all this in gratitude to God and to show the difference it makes when you stop limiting God. I’ve known for over fifty years that God’s purpose in my life was to reach people around the world with the Gospel. Twenty years ago, I was moving in the direction of having a worldwide ministry, but I was just inching along. At the rate I was going, it probably wouldn’t have happened in my lifetime.

But after God spoke to me and I decided to take the limits off, things began to change. One of the most important things I want to emphasise is the change that happened on the inside of me. My attitude completely changed. My small thinking had hindered God and had acted like a dam to God’s plans for my life. When my attitude changed, it was like that dam broke loose and allowed God’s blessings to flow through to me. The breakthroughs that have come over the last twenty years have been absolutely miraculous.

Sad to say, the vast majority of the body of Christ limits God. Many people have this misconception that ministers have this special relationship with God that the average person just can’t have. People with this mindset are saved and stuck. They’re waiting until they go to heaven before they see change. I disagree with this 100 percent. I believe that anything God has done in my life, He’ll do for others. Romans 2:11 tells us God is no respecter of persons. I’m not saying He’ll do exactly for you what He did for me, but if you take the limits off and begin to dream big, then whatever your lane is - whatever God has called you to do - will be big.

I don’t believe God has ever made a piece of junk. He’s never made a failure. He’s never made somebody to just occupy space and do nothing. God created all of us with a special plan. Psalm 139:14 reminds us of this:

God did not plan for anyone to experience failure and heartbreak. Those things come because we live in a fallen world, and we’ve got an enemy that’s fighting against us. But God has a good plan for you. He didn’t plan for you to not make a difference. In your area of influence, you should see miraculous things happen. It’s imperative that you find out what God’s purpose for your life is and then pursue it with abandon.

I’ve introduced this topic here, but you need to get the full teaching. You might not even realise the ways in which you’re limiting God. I guarantee it will make a huge difference in your life when you begin to see how to stop limiting Him.

We’re offering the Don’t Limit God: 20 Years Later teaching as a CD or DVD series. You can also get the original Don’t Limit God book and study guide in English or Spanish. And we’re giving away a Don’t Limit God static cling sticker that you can put on your mirror as a reminder that God wants to do big things in your life. To order, go to awme.net/NoLimits, call our UK Helpline at +44(0)1922 473300, or complete and return the enclosed form.

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