pablo picasso said this every child was
born an artist
the problem
is how to remain an artist once we grow
up
children live in color
researchers tell us that up to the age
of four or five children test at a
genius level
because that's how kids see life but
what do we do we give them coloring
books and what do we do we tell them
color inside of the lines
we tell them you've got to follow
the rules we tell them you've got to
play it
safe and and i'm all about wisdom
but friend i believe that life can so
easily strip the creativity from us
it can so strip the color from us
it can so strip the possibility thinking
from us
because it's so easy to just color
in the lines it's so easy
to just begin to play it
safe and life has a way of stripping us
of creativity it has a way of
discouraging us from risk it has a way
of teaching us to fear and to be
afraid
the biggest lie i believe of life is be
realistic you just you just got to be
realistic
it's that's crazy you can't do that
you know that most dreams die in
practicality
this is not practical dreams are never
practical
dreams never make sense to that one part
of your brain that wants a plan
dreams don't come from here they come
from your soul they come from your
spirit they come from your
creator you know isn't it isn't it so
funny and you go well i'm not an artist
well you were well i'm not creative you
were
i'm not telling you to go paint today
though maybe you should
i'm not telling you to go create today
though maybe you should i'm asking you
to dream again i'm asking you to believe
again i'm asking you to believe god for
something and this is the blessing of
the child of god acts chapter 2 verse 17
in the last days god says i will pour
out my spirit on all people
your sons and daughters will prophesy
what is prophecy prophecy is future talk
prophecy is saying what god says not
what circumstance say prophecy is saying
what the word of god says not what the
people are saying prophecy is living by
the word of god the spirit of god and
the life of god on the inside of you and
not being limited by what circumstances
tell you you have to do come on somebody
and then it goes on to say and you will
see visions and you will dream
dreams and i love that it says the old
man will dream dreams
i'm just telling you our culture says
you dream when you're young
and then you got to grow up
and god says i don't want i want you to
be 80 in dreaming i want you to be like
caleb sing give me this mountain i want
you to be 60 and dreaming 50 and
dreaming 100 and dreaming i never want
you to lose the childlike wonder jesus
said you will not be able to receive the
kingdom unless you are like a child
pastor david cho the pastor of the
largest church in the world
in seoul south korea says this dreams
and visions
are the language
of the holy spirit
this is how god talks
and if you'll spend quality time in the
word and in fellowship with the holy
spirit then the holy spirit will paint
an image on the canvas of your heart and
it will be the dream that god has for
you god can do anything god can make it
happen even when men say impossible we
serve a god in whom nothing is
impossible so don't ever let anybody
talk you out of your faith don't let
anybody cause you to let go of your
dreams you know uh i want to read to you
from proverbs chapter 29 a very familiar
verse
it says where there is no vision the
people perish
but if you have a dream if you have a
vision a god-inspired idea then praise
god that is something that motivates you
it keeps you moving forward it keeps you
determined and single-minded and focused
and it causes you to get up every day
with a smile on your face knowing that
something good is on the horizon and if
i'll just stay in faith then god's going
to make it happen just keep dreaming big
dreams don't let anybody convince you
that it's just too big for god nothing
is too big for the god that you and i
serve if you can think it he can do it
if you can ask it he can do it if you
can dream it he can do it so just keep
dreaming and don't let anybody talk you
out of it if god has given you a dream
if god has given you an assignment if
god has given you a vision then hold on
to this promise no one can cause it to
to be restrained no one can keep it from
coming to pass the only person that can
keep that from coming to pass is you and
if you don't do it then no one else can
including the devil he can't cause it to
be restrained if you will not let go of
it so just hold on to your dream no
matter what's going on around you just
dare to believe that god can do anything
well so what is the dream
what is a god dream a dream is a picture
of what could be
it's a picture of what
should be
it's using your gifts and desires
not only to bless your life but more
importantly
to expand god's kingdom
hey let me just ask you guys what could
be for your family
what could be for your finances
what should be for your future
what could be i i know what it is but
what could be
i know where you're at but what should
be can you live for something greater
than where you are or where you've
always been and can you begin to dream
again and say i believe there could be
something more for my future i believe
there should be something more for my i
thank god for everything he's done in my
life but i feel like there could be more
something is so audacious enough to say
i think there should be
more this is the dream and and it's not
only going to bless me but it's going to
expand the kingdom of god and the earth
but you don't get a road map and then a
dream you get a dream and then you map
it out and then you get a plan and
friend i'm just telling you start
dreaming
again start start talking outlandish you
can start praying radical prayers again
start believing again go on a fast again
start praising god again start reading
your bible again start believing god
again because i believe god wants to
give you
another dream
so the bible says it like this proverbs
29 18 without a prophetic vision
without a dream the people perish
see if you don't have a vision
you're going to live by circumstance
if you don't have a vision you're going
to live by if it's a good day or a bad
day if you don't have a vision you're
going to be constantly limited by what
the news tells you but you can get a you
can get a prophetic
vision for your life
so that you're no longer limited by the
limitations of the world but you have a
god dream you have a god idea you have a
prophetic vision from the spirit of god
that propels you and leads you into your
destiny
because outside of a vision and a dream
all you have is your natural
circumstance and you will constantly be
a victim to your circumstance but when
you have a dream it takes you above
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because the dream is beyond circumstance
that dream will take you beyond your
ability
a dream will put you on your face
a dream will drop you to your knees
a dream will make you lean on god hope
in god and trust in
god
because the dream is going to take you
beyond what you can do and it's going to
take you on into what god can do
hear me friend if you can fulfill your
dream without god
your dream isn't from god if you can do
it it ain't from god
and it might be good but it's not god
it might be cool but it's not great
if your dream seems to look impossible
then it's probably from god so don't let
satan or anybody else talk you out of
your dream even though it may look
impossible just stay focused stay in
faith and keep believing that god wants
to bring it to pass in your life if the
dream that god has given you looks
utterly impossible then ask yourself
this question right now is anything too
hard for the lord well i can answer that
question for you
no nothing is too hard for the lord so
let me encourage you no matter what's
happening around you no matter what's
happening in the world today don't ever
stop dreaming big dreams if you receive
a dream from god not everybody will
celebrate it
not everybody will applaud it not
everybody will say what can i do to make
it happen in your life you might you can
receive a word actually this is the law
of the kingdom if you have a dream that
is from god it will be attacked it will
be maligned it will be denigrated you
need you need to not respond and just
trust in the hand of god the blessing of
god the favor of god promotion comes
from him
god has
a dream for your life
god cares about your life
he knows the hurt that you're carrying
right now
he knows the disappointment he knows the
rejection
and all the pain that you're enduring
right now it doesn't mean that god
doesn't have a plan
i don't know what difficulty has
destroyed your dreams i don't know where
a difficult person has gotten in the way
of your dreams but god brought you today
into this moment to say that that thing
is inferior to him that thing cannot
block his dream for your life in fact
listen to this the only person in all
the universe who could prevent god's
dream from happening in your life
is you
satan can't stop god's dream for your
life your spouse your health
presidents and rulers and politicians
and rioters none of them can block god's
dream for your life the only person who
can is you
believe for yourself that there's an
author to this story that we're living
believe in your own heart that he's the
creator of the planets and he has a
dream for your life
i remember one time reading something
that winston churchill said about dreams
he said when everyone else says
impossible
you don't have to join them
you can still say it's possible
and then continue to strive towards
achieving your dream let me read that
again when everybody else says
impossible you don't have to join them
you can still say it is possible and
then continue to strive toward achieving
your dreams so in other words if other
people think your dream will never come
to pass you don't have to think that you
don't have to join them i'm going to
keep dreaming it i'm going to keep
pursuing it no matter how impossible it
looks because i know that god is on my
side if god gave me that dream then he
will see to it it comes to pass all he's
asking me is just stay in faith just
stay in faith that's all he's asking you
just stay in faith keep trusting him and
he will make it come to pass if you've
got a dream
then you've got to you've got to protect
it if you truly want it then go for it
and go get it let me say it again
if you've got a dream then you've got to
protect it
if you truly want it then go for it and
go get it winston churchill once said
never never never quit that's so
important so many christians fail to
experience the dream that god wants them
to experience simply because they give
up too quickly you know they say well i
don't guess it'll ever come to pass
because of
well stop allowing the because of to
prevent you from pursuing that dream god
wants you to dream big dreams god's the
one who put that dream in your heart so
go for it satan is going to do his best
to try to get you to give up he's going
to try to get you to abort that dream
he's going to try to get you to
become convinced that there is
absolutely no way it will ever come to
pass make that decision that god gave
you that dream
then it's worth waiting on it's worth
fighting for
every dream i've ever dreamed i've had
to stand in faith for
i've had to continue
and and just make up my mind that i'm
not going to give up i'm not going to
i'm not going to accept defeat i'm just
going to stick with it and as i if i've
made uh as i backed what i had said i
was going to do
then god eventually brought it to pass
but every dream i've had to fight for i
have to stand in faith for it and i'm
going to tell you something it's worth
it praise god
small beginnings
because i want you to dream big i want
you to dream big small beginnings lead
to
big endings
don't trip god has something big for you
i'm not i'm not telling i'm not i'm not
telling you god doesn't have something
incredible for you i'm just telling you
it starts with small beginnings so let's
go to zechariah now zechariah 4 10
do not despise
that word despise means to treat this
common
it's to sneer at it's to roll your eyes
at it's the
god says do not despise
don't treat as common these small
beginnings
for the lord rejoices
the lord is so hyped anytime you do a
small thing
because the work is beginning
it's beginning
not completed but it's be at least i'm
trying
but you have to learn how to rejoice in
small wins because god doesn't do big
leaps god does small steps
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and until you can start rejoicing with
god
about the work beginning
because if you're not rejoicing you're
despising right we just want everything
big and god goes i don't i don't start
anything big i start everything small
but we're but we have so many christians
who know how to pray fervently
and we're believing god for things okay
we're believing god for things that he
doesn't do
bishop td jake said it like this
god has never
made a table
god made trees
and some of y'all praying for tables
god give me an oak table give me oak
chairs
and god goes here you go
god i need a table
with seed in our hand
god says i don't do tables i do acorns
i don't do chairs
i do seed
then you have to take that scene and you
have to put it in the ground and you
have to water it and you have to till it
and you have to work it and you have to
weed it and you have to fight for it and
you have to fertilize it and you and
those little acorns that are in your
hand right now you put those in the
ground you won't even see them for five
months
and you're wondering where
is the table
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with acorns in your hand
where's the marriage i want
with acorns in your hand where's the
money i'm believing god with acorns in
your hand
where's the joy i want with acorns in
your hand
where's my destiny with acorns
god don't make tables
he makes acorns
and then he says
work it
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