Hey I want to ask you a question do you have a dream do you have a dream today
a dream in your heart something that God has given you some word some vision some
picture of what God wants to do in your life God has a special dream for each one of us
God has a special dream for each one of us of something that God puts in your
mind puts in your heart that is some kind of word some kind of a vision so
do you have something that God has given you a word from the word about your life
I believe that God has that for each one of us you say well why do you believe that I believe
that for a couple of reasons number one God is a purposeful God is a purposeful God the Bible
says in Proverbs 16 verse 4 the Lord has made everything for its own purpose everything that
God does has a purpose and has a plan behind it has a reason for it everything God makes and every
one God makes God has a purpose and a plan for that one it's a different plan God's plan for me
is not the same as God's plan for you and God has a purpose and a plan for your life and for mine
all of us have things that we're believing for something that we want to accomplish deep down
we know it's a part of our destiny we can feel it so strongly but then we hit some setbacks
we didn't get the promotion the medical report wasn't good or a relationship didn't work out
life has a way of pushing our dreams down they can become buried under discouragement buried
under past mistakes there are dreams buried under divorce buried under low self-esteem
it's easy to settle for mediocrity even though we have all this potential buried on the inside
but just because you gave up doesn't mean God gave up your dream may be buried the
good news is it's still alive it's not too late to see it come to pass we've all been
through disappointments and setbacks and life happens but instead of remembering the hurt the
pain what didn't work out the key to reaching your destiny is you have to remember your dream
remember what God promised you remember what he whispered to you in the middle of the night
the scripture calls it the secret petitions of our heart things you haven't told anybody about it may
seem possible every voice tells you it's not going to happen you've been pushing it down but God is
saying what I promised you I'm still going to do I spoke it to you it may not have happened yet
but I am true to my word it is on the way if you'll do your part and start believing again
get your passion back God is going to resurrect what you thought was dead
God always fulfills the dream in his time in his time it's not in your time it's in his time
and and what is God's time God's time is always later than our time
always later God fulfills the dream in his time so what do we need to do keep fanning the flames of
your dream keep fanning the flames of your dream if God has told you something and given you a
word then you hold on to that word I don't care what the circumstances say you hold on to that
and you fan the flame of that and you say yeah but God promised but God promised
when you try to dream a big dream delays are going to come
disappointment is going to come there's going to be delays from life there's going
to be disappointment from people and there's going to be discouragement from your own heart
your own heart is going to feel discouraged your own heart is going to feel like it lets itself
down and you let it you've let yourself down your own heart is going to feel like giving up your own
heart is going to get weary but we got to believe that we will see the goodness of the Lord in the
land of the living believe you're going to see his goodness you know as soon as you start to dream
as I said you're going to have delays you're going to have disappointments you're going
to have discouragement and you're even going to have a fourth thing you're going to have detours
life is not a straight line take the detour it's okay God can make it up to you well if I
take this detour I'm not going to make it there well if you don't take the detour you're going
off a cliff take the detour road closed don't take closed doors as God closing the door take closed
doors as God wanted to open a better one you may not understand why a business didn't make it why
a person walked away why you came down with an illness you were doing the right thing but
the wrong thing happened it's all a part of the process every disappointment every delay every
closed door it's not just a setback it's a set up for God to get you to where you're supposed to be
it may be taken a long time may look impossible all it takes is one touch of God's favor what
are you remembering the hurt the pain what didn't work out turn it around and remember your dream
what is God put in your heart what did you used to be excited about now you think it's been too long
it's too big it's not possible you don't think you could write the book finish school see a marriage
restored start the business no get your passion back you have not missed your opportunity you have
not had too many bad breaks you're not lacking you didn't get shortchanged when God breathed
life into you he put in you everything you need to fulfill your destiny people can't stop you bad
breaks disappointments loss the most high God is on your side you have royal blood flowing through
your veins there are seeds of greatness in you right now dreams so big that you can't accomplish
them on your own it's going to take you connecting with your creator believing that you're a person
of destiny that he's directing your steps that if he be for you who dare be against you
God has given you resources and talents and the gifts that he's given you is enough in
seed form they may have to be developed they may have to be coached they may have to be mentored
somebody may have to show you who you really are and help you bring out some of the gifts
but if God gave you the dream the talent the gifting is not in somebody else it's in you
it should be an indication your gifts your talents your desires should be an indication of the dream
that God has for you I believe when God gives you a dream he gives you what you need to fulfill that
dream the talent the skill the ability you've got what you need to get the dream going it's not in
somebody else it's in you well if they had noticed me if they'd give me a break if that person would
give me that if that person would open up that door if that person would do this for me then
then I could do it God's going to birth your dream not by somebody else's gifts and talents but even
when you feel like you don't have it you don't know what you have if God put it in you and when
you compare yourself to other people you insult your creator when you compare and say I wish I
was that person I wish I had that I wish I could do that I wish I had that talent I'm telling you
today that God said when he gave you the dream he gave you the talent and the ability and that's why
you need him without him you can do nothing God says I'm not going to use somebody else's gifts
I even thought about how that we we get to a place in our life where the gifts
that we have we don't even recognize how powerful they are sometimes you have to
say to yourself I've got it I've got it I can do this I've got it by his grace I've got it
I can Paul said I can do all things there it is through Christ who strengthens somebody else me
God created every single one of us and God gave us the personality he gave us and God gave us the
physical characteristics that he gave us God did that he saw you when you were being formed in your
mother's womb God is the God who created us God is the God who sees us God sees you he cares for you
he created you he sees you he cares for you he loves you he loves you he has something special
for your life a special and wonderful plan I like what Herbert Banks Jr had to say he has this
famous quote believe it or not you are a real find a joy in someone's heart you're a jewel unique and
priceless how do I know because God don't make no junk that good God don't make no junk so you are
fearfully and wonderfully made and God has a plan for you dream is not dead they keep
fanning the flame of your dream and what God has promised God will fulfill and then keep
believing God for big things for big things because God's a big God God does business
with those who mean business God does business with those who mean business if you want God
to plant something in your heart for your life to make an impact on this world for his glory and for
your good ask him for it I have a placard in my office and it says this pray big pray big because
God's a big God Ephesians 3:20 now to him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we
ask or think according to the power that works within us to him be the glory God is a big God
God is a good God don't give up delight yourself in the Lord he'll give you the desires of your heart
don't be intimidated
if the dream that God has given you
is bigger than you think you're capable of
you're going to find out sooner or later
that God says if there's a giant between you and the dream I can handle the Giant
I can handle the need I can handle and I can give you all that you need
I'm on my way to my dream I'm going to be mighty in God
I am not through I am not finished I am not settling I am moving forward