Chris Ball, president of Elim Fellowship (to which N3C is a member), was guest speaker on 3/19/17 and urged the congregation to act on Isaiah 54:2 to remove things from their lives that are preventing God from working through their lives to accomplish His ends. Familiar translations of that verse are similar to the NIV:
“Enlarge the place of your tent,stretch your tent curtains wide,do not hold back;lengthen your cords,strengthen your stakes.
In the Message version, that verse is rendered as:
“Clear lots of ground for your tents!Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big!Use plenty of rope,drive the tent pegs deep.