In Part 1 we discussed the mechanism of impartation and how we can influence its effectiveness in our lives. In Part 2 we discussed what I call Impartation Math—understanding both how we can give to others without loss on our end, as well as how the seed of impartation can help us grow in spiritual power. Now we are going to look at how the power of impartation can be used to pursue exponential growth in spiritual power, which ultimately looks like more effective prayers and better results. While intentional impartation may not exactly mirror exponential growth, it can help us to move in that direction at growing rate.

Exponential growth is growth that increases in the growth speed over time, essentially gaining speed as time passes. A good example is that of a farmer and his crops. When a farmer plants a single plant, it produces seeds—not one, but many seeds per plant. For simplicity let us say one plant produces 20 seeds. If a farmer plants those seeds and they all bear fruit, he will harvest 400 seeds. If he plants those seeds and they all bear fruit at the next harvest, he will harvest 8,000 seeds. Repeated continuously it will then be 160,000 seeds, then 3.2 million, then 64 million, and so on. At some point he will be unable to plant all of the seeds he would theoretically obtain, all due to exponential growth over time. What we are going to do is apply the concept of exponential growth and look at what could happen if we turned it toward intentional use of the principles behind impartation.

Before going further, I just want to point out that growing in spiritual power has to do with our own effectiveness in manifesting and releasing the Kingdom in the earth. It is not the same as having an actual relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, nor is it a substitute for developing a lifestyle of intimacy with the Godhead. Nothing in this series should be understood to be or taken as a substitute for a relationship with God, but instead is meant to show some ways we can shortcut the process of growing in spiritual power to influence our world.

As we discussed in Part 2, Impartation Math shows us how we can impart a small portion of our spiritual ability to others as a seed that can be cultivated and grown. But what if we didn’t just do this at random, or only do it occasionally? What if instead, a group of people caught the vision for how to grow intentionally and put these principles into practice? Let’s look at that now.

Imagine that a group of five people all met together weekly for prayer and/or ministry of some kind. Then imagine that each time they met, they prayed for one another to receive impartation from the measure of the Holy Spirit on their lives. To explain this, I am going with the following rules, which, while the numbers are a little arbitrary, the numbers are chosen to represent a concept:

1) Something imparted is in seed form

2) When one prays for another, roughly 1% of their total spiritual force is given away (with 1% representing a small amount, in seed form)

3) When that impartation is assimilated, the total spiritual power increases to make a new total.

4) Everyone in the group starts at 100 sp (SP = spiritual power, representing the power, force, God-points, or whatever one wants to title this)

If on meeting 1 everyone gives 1% to everyone else (1 sp), at the end of the meeting everyone is now at 104 points. At the next gathering, everyone gives 1.04 sp away so each person goes away with 108.16 sp. If we continue this ten times in total (rounding to 3 decimals or less), then by the end of 10 meetings (chart at the bottom) each person would be at approximately 148 sp, nearly 1.5 times what they began with, and if this continued weekly for six months, he or she would have at least 277 sp, almost 3 times the starting point.  Now, while these numbers are only a rough representation of how this works, there is a sort of spiritual mathematics that occurs when we engage in spiritual transactions of any kind, and if we are aware of this, we can make purposeful use of this in our lives.

Imagine what could happen if this group continued to do their weekly meetings regularly for years, with people coming and going, picking up the benefits of both giving and receiving in impartation culture, carrying it with them to other places, and with the initial group continuing to grow both in in spiritual power over time. Imagine if instead of five people it had ten or fifteen, and that in addition to regular impartation they spent time in corporate worship and intercession for their group, the region, and more. What if this was a God-designed way that we could help one another make leaps and bounds forward in our ability to see our prayers answered, miracles released, our communities transformed, and experience the manifestation of the Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven?

Personally, I have seen the benefits of acceleration in spiritual growth, and this has been in part through intentional focus on my part. I think that sometimes people can confuse the idea that we get everything in the Kingdom as a free inheritance with the idea that we get it for free in seed form. Jesus told a parable about the mustard seed of faith in Mark 4:30-32, saying “Again he said, ‘What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.’” The point of this parable wasn’t about just needing to have a seed—it was that as the seed grew, the increasing benefits would be revealed. I believe that impartation is essentially a means of both planting new seeds and watering those seeds we have already received from Heaven. The more intentional we are about it, the more watering the plants get, and with better nurture comes better and faster growth. Jesus wasn’t teaching his disciples to rest and do nothing. I believe he was trying to explain how growth over time would release increasing benefits, and that as we do, other people will be able to benefit from the power of God working through our lives. Intentional impartation is one way we can help maximize this growth with one another.

In the fourth and final installment of The Power of Impartation series we are going to look at the influence and interaction between the human spirit, the holy spirit, and how they are related to impartation—as well as how we can benefit from that understanding. Stay tuned!

Meeting #: Start + Add = End Total*

1: 100 + 4 = 104
2: 104 + 4.16 = 108.16
3: 108.16 + 4.326 = 112.486
4: 112.486 + 4.5 = 117
5: 117 + 4.68 = 121.68
6: 121.68 + 4.868 = 126.548
7: 126.548 + 5.06 = 131.6
8: 131.6 + 5.264 = 136.864
9: 136.864 + 5.476 = 142.34
10: 142.34 + 5.69 = 148.03

*For everyone checking my math, please note that for simplicity’s sake, I have intentionally rounded to 1 or 2 decimals in certain places when the numbers were extremely close to the next decimal, which since the numbers are all made-up to begin with doesn’t influence the point one way or the other.

The Power of Impartation Series:

Part 1: Growing in Spiritual Power

Part 2: Impartation Math

Part 3 – Pursuing Exponential Growth

Part 4 – Impartation and the Human Spirit

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