Breaking Limitations: NO DELAY

Acts 12:5-7
5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.

6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

7 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands.

Eph. 3:16-20
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,

17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—

19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

God is bigger than all our LIMITATIONS.
Ephesians tells us that God is at work in us.

That word “WORKS” IS “ENERGEO”, He is working within us to empower us to BREAK OUT.

The problem is NOT with the limitation; it is with our THINKING and BELIEVING.

2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

“Always” means every time.

“TRIUMPH” is a picture of a victory procession of a Roman General celebrating overcoming the enemy.

Church, limitations are seldom external, they are mainly INTERNAL.

So what do you think is limiting you?  What fear?  Is it Physical?  Education?  Finance?  Failure?  Disappointment?

Think!  Is this really what is holding me back?
Challenge yourself.

Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.

It’s the story of Jephthah.
Let’s talk about limitation.

He was born illegitimate.
His mother was a poor prostitute.

Then she abandoned him.
His family rejected him.

He was thrown out of his home. 
He was bitter and had resentment.

He suffered injustice because he lost his inheritance.
He was rejected by the village authorities.

He had limited education.
He was in spiritual darkness and oppression and idolatry.

Based on Deuteronomy 23:2-3, because he was illegitimate he was rejected from the house of God.

Meaning he could not go to church.
He was living under the curse of rejection.

Church, when you play the blame game for where you are at in life:

You become a victim
You become bitter
You become LIMITED!

Hear me, your limitations do not define who you are.

Judges 11:1
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah.

The name Jephthah means “He will open.  He will breakout.  He will loose him.”

His name was prophetically describing who God saw him to be.  God sees you according to faith, what He designed you to be.

God said he was a mighty man of valor.  His nature and character was the result of what he CHOSE TO DO!

MIGHTY means “hero, one who behaves boldly, a warrior.”
VALOR means, “force, strength, courage.”

This is what he became based on his choices.  He refused to let bitterness or blame rule him, he took responsibility.

Yours for revival,


Pastor Francis Armstrong