Dreams are not just fantasies passing thoughts dreams are seeds that God invested in you before
time began dreams are God's GPS system sending you signals of what your purpose in life is
every dream is a part of the puzzle of God's purpose and plan on the earth of which you
play an important role you mustn't give up on your dreams you must not let your dreams pass
and every tear and every trial and every triumph you go through matters
who said it's over your dream matters who am I talking to today that almost gave up
almost felt like your dreams didn't matter
all I need you to do is let that dream be fed let that dream every day just a little bit every day
do something move towards it it will move towards you you're dead without a dream there just has to
be something in you you got to have something that drives you forward something worth living
for without a dream I'm dying without a dream I'm dying you're either dreaming or you're dying
if you don't have a goal if you don't have something to stimulate your brain if you
don't have something that keeps you sharp and focused if you don't have challenges
you won't stay alive you you could drop into a pile of dust pretty quick if you
don't have in I don't care how old you are I don't care who you are you need a dream
dreams motivate us they energize us they fire us up you see a dream when you get it will encourage
you there's something about a dream that brings encouragement and joy to people's lives it gives
you excitement it encourages you the people who are depressed the people who are discouraged are
the people who don't have a dream because when you have a dream it makes you get up in the morning it
makes you put your clothes on and go to work because you've got a dream and a dream has
the power to encourage you never ever be talked out of your dreams never allow dreams to be lost
everything you want is on the other side of not giving up your trouble is your pathway to triumph
your pain is your pathway to a higher praise your mess is a pathway to the miraculous things of God
in your life the dream is your destiny the dream tells you where you're going your adversity will
advance you you know somebody said many years ago anything worth doing is worth doing well
but here's a new one for you anything worth doing is worth failing at because
if you want to give yourself to something give yourself to something that's worth failing over
how do you get rid of the fear of failure it's real simple you redefine failure okay
you redefine failure failure is not failing to reach your goal failure is not setting a goal
but everything that we're good at we had to try and we failed and we the Bible says if
a man fall get back up though the righteous falls seven times the Lord will uphold him get up eight
just get back up get back up learn something you see the champions what you don't see is how they
learn to get there maybe you've thought well I could try again but I'll fail again I don't
have what it takes I'm not qualified to do this that's why it is imperative that we diligently
seek God because God does not always call the equipped hear me out this is so important but
he always equips those that he calls when we realize that we can do all things through Christ
who gives us strength that is when our life begins to change it's one thing to dream the
dream we need to dream the dream but how many know it's another whole deal to actually live the dream
the world isn't changed just through dreamers it's through people who press through stay the course
I don't know about you but when God speaks to me about
the future there's something in me that wants it to happen right now
but normally in the timing of God there's a time lag between vision conception
and sometimes it can be days months even years before the vision is finally fulfilled
and then we need to ask that so why that why the delay
it's not that God is deliberately holding things back because he's
mean no God's a good God he's a loving father he wants the best
but he often knows that we're not ready to live the dream when he gives us the dream but if you're
in the preparation season can I say in Jesus name don't quit don't take shortcuts don't compromise
pass the test and then the glorious promise is in God's timing
promotion will come but I want to tell you there is always a gap between when you see the dream
in your heart to when you see the dream in reality
see a lot of us we want to get a dream on Sunday have it come to pass on Monday
but God he has this way of preparing us for the ultimate plan that he has for our life
remember you have to become who you're supposed to become so you can do what you're supposed to do
and I think the reason a lot of people put these dreams aside is because of a false thought you
know the moment I have a dream it's supposed to come true the problem is you get a God-sized
dream but you don't get God-sized results in the moment you get the dream if God's given
you a dream then God will fulfill that dream for your life you don't have to manipulate people use
people betray people coerce people you don't have to live in fear you're going to lose the
dream you just pursue it and God says I'll bring it to pass though the vision tarry wait for it it
will surely come and a lot of people will reject the God-sized dream because they're afraid to
risk they just can't believe God will do anything great in their life and most give up because when
they start pursuing that dream and experience the pain or betrayal or heartache they want out
I'm telling you you cannot experience some of the most enjoyable things in life without some risk
that's what'll set you out as well and that's why if you're looking for a safe life you're
looking for a safe marriage you're looking for a safe career you're looking for nothing
no risk no reward no risk no nothing faith is spelled r-i-s-k
and every dream eventually the rubber meets the road every dream there's a moment where I have
to make a decision every dream there's a moment where I have to step out and say am I going to
be obedient to the thing that God's asked me to do what often happens is that we negotiate our lives
down to the lesser of the dreams that God gave us you know the big dreams the great dreams the
ones that make the hair stand up on the back of your neck the ones that make you stop and
wonder holy cow is this possible could I ever really do this those are the ones we throw away
the most easily and we end up maybe living the secondary or supplemental dreams and over long
periods of time most people even shove those away and they live their life essentially dreamless we
remember when we were children and naive and didn't know any better at least we knew how
to dream boy we had big plans and I don't think God ever intended for us to give them up your
dream has nothing to do with your age it has nothing to do with your current circumstances
everybody's creative just look at a little kid every little kid is creative and by the
time they get sixth grade we've educated them out of it and now they're drawing in the lines
and now they've conformed to what we think they ought to be doing God gave you the capacity to
dream guess what he expects you to use it it's not too late it's never too late to start dreaming
never too late make your life count make it worth it do something with your life that is significant