Posted: 05 Januarty 2026

From a sermon given on 03 January 2026:

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
(Mark 2:22)

Jesus teaches that the issue is not the power of the new wine, but the condition of the container. Old mindsets are shaped by past limitations, disappointments, and familiar patterns. When God releases new works, outdated thinking cannot sustain fresh grace. Transformation must occur internally before manifestation can be sustained externally.

Throughout Scripture, renewal precedes breakthrough. Israel could leave Egypt in a night, but Egypt took longer to leave their thinking. The Pharisees missed the Messiah not because He lacked power, but because He did not fit their expectations. God’s miracles stretch belief systems, challenge comfort zones, and require flexibility of heart. Without renewed thinking, even divine miracles can feel disruptive instead of redemptive.

This season calls for inward renewal. Ask God to reshape your perspective, expand your faith, and release you from mental patterns that no longer serve His purpose. When the mind is renewed, the heart becomes ready, and the life becomes capable of sustaining what God releases. New miracles require new containers. Let God do the internal work so the external blessing remains.

Further readings:

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
(Isaiah 43:18-19)

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
(2 Corinthians 5:17)

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
(Romans 12:2)