The Signature of God: “Increase”

The Signature of God
“Increase”
12/7/25
Pastor Mark England

Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

The blessing of increase begins when we .

John 3:22-30 (CSB) After this, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent time with them and baptized. ²³ John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized, ²⁴ since John had not yet been thrown into prison. ²⁵ Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification. ²⁶ So they came to John and told him, “Rabbi, the one you testified about, and who was with you across the Jordan, is baptizing—and everyone is going to him.” ²⁷ John responded, “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of him.’ ²⁹ He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease.”

Psalms 115:14-15 (KJV) May the Lord give you increase more and more, You and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

We need to know the increase, the more, or the blessing is .
God wants to bless us so that our overflow impacts others for .

“Life isn’t about what you accumulate this side of eternity. It’s about what you accumulate for eternity.” -Tony Evans-

Increase without an purpose is just .

Luke 12:15 (CSB) “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”

2 Corinthians 9:6-11 (CSB) The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. ⁷ Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸ And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work. ⁹ As it is written: He distributed freely; he gave to the poor; his righteousness endures forever. ¹⁰ Now the one who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will also provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness. ¹¹ You will be enriched in every way for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” —Mother Teresa

Four brushstrokes of increase that we can :

Put God in all matters.
Time, treasure, and talent.

Proverbs 16:3 (CSB) Commit your activities to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

Be a good of our and .

1 Peter 4:10 (CSB) Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

Don’t downplay your .
We may think our are insignificant, but in they can change lives.

2 Timothy 1:6-9 (CSB) Therefore, I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. ⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment. ⁸ So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God. ⁹ He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.

Live for the .

Luke 10:2 (NLT) These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”

The that endures time, circumstance, and condition is always found in more of and less of .