Increase: "Getting In The Flow"

Proverbs 4:23 (KJV)

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

23 Above all else, guard your heart,

    for everything you do flows from it.

Aligning your actions and choices with God’s will,

by protecting your heart from outside "flow".

God doesn’t want you to keep up with the flow of traffic.

Matthew 13:53-58 (NKJV)

53 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there. 54 When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 55 Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, [h]Joses, Simon, and Judas? 56 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?” 57 So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” 58 Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Mark 5:25-34 (NKJV)

25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” 29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?” 31 But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ” 32 And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. 33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. 34 And He said to her, “Daughter,your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”

Their unbelief and doubt lead to their rejection of Jesus. 

Woman "heard" bout Jesus and she was aligned with God’s will for her to be healed. Her alignment and flow with God led to increase in her life and the issue with blood was instantly healed after suffering for 12 years.

1. The woman had unwavering faith

      People in Nazareth had unbelief and doubt.

2. The woman went against the flow of traffic

      People in Nazareth went with the flow and rejected him.

3. The woman took action to seek healing.

      People in Nazareth became offended.

4. Humility gave the woman knowledge of her dependency on him.

      People in Nazareth were unwilling to listen to His truth.