“LIVING THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS”
INTRODUCTION
My challenge to help you make the most of this ONE LIFE!
Today we are talking about “living the life of your dreams”
If we are going to make the most this one life, we have to
find passion, excitement, and faith in what we are living for.
That what dreams offer us
Not my dream, but your dream
Turn in your Bibles to Acts 9
What is a dream?
a cherished aspiration,
ambition, or ideal :
·
I fulfilled a
childhood dream when I became champion
· the girl of
my dreams
·
they'd found their
dream home.
Children dream.
They dream of being something
· Fireman
· Doctor
· Missionary
· Baseball
player
They should be encouraged not discouraged
I want my children to be dreamers
I want my wife to be a dreamer
I am a dreamer!!!
But somewhere along the rough road of reality we can stop
dreaming. We can end up being
“pushed by our problems instead led by our dreams”.
Joel 2:28 (NKJV) “And
it shall come to pass afterward
That
I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your
sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your
old men shall dream dreams,
Your
young men shall see visions.
One of the effects of being in the spirit is having a dream
or vision to live for.
TS: So the
first thing we need to live the life of our dreams is to…
1. UNLIMIT YOUR
LIFE
You actions will follow your expectations
Matt. 9:29 (NIV) “According to your faith will it be done to you”.
We often have a limited view of
God
Ourselves
What
is possible
Story of
the frog in the well
“Doesn’t
get any better than this”
Crawled
to the top of the well and saw a pond
Thousand
times bigger than the well
He
went further and discovered a big lake
He
kept going until he reached the ocean
Water
as far as the eye could see
He
realized how limited his thinking had been
The
well was like a drop in the bucket compared to what was available
Don’t limit God, He is greater than you can even imagine
1Cor. 2:9 (NKJV) But
as it is written:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor
have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who
love Him.”
God is not limited by anything
The only thing that limits God is out unbelief.
Take the limits off what God can do thru your life.
What dreams do for us
1.
They make life
exciting
2.
They make life
rewarding
3.
They give us
direction
4.
They give us
balance
5.
They help us
say no
6.
They bring out
the best in us
7.
They bring
glory to God
What not having a
dream does to us
1.
We end up
settling for less than God’s best
2.
We flounder
around aimlessly
3.
We lose the
vibrancy of life
4.
We lose
motivation
5.
We lose
momentum
6.
We lose
interest
7.
We lose hope
“A life without dreams
is like a garden without
flowers.”
~ Author Unknown ~
New wine into old wineskins
Mark 2:22 (NKJV) And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or
else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins
are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”
Jesus was saying that you cannot
have a larger life with a restricted attitude.
My limited vision of myself
My limited vision of the church
My limited vision of the building
My unlimited vision of the future
God had to un-limit my view of what is possible with God.
God had to get me off of my path, and onto His
TS: I am not
the only one. In Acts 9 we see
that is exactly what God had to do in the life of the Apostle Paul.
2. DIVINE DREAMS
Acts 9:1-6
Prior to his conversion: Acts 9
After his conversion Philippians 3:7-14
· Know
Christ
· Be like
Christ
· Share
Christ with others
Philippians 3:7-14
“press” means to diligently follow after
One of the most goal oriented people in the Bible is the
apostle Paul.
What are your goals today? What are you pressing after?
1Cor. 9:26 (NKJV) Therefore
I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
Rom. 8:28 (NKJV) And we know that all things work
together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according
to His purpose.
Rom. 8:29 (NKJV)
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to
be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among
many brethren.
If this is your main goal, then God can bless your
endeavors.
3John 2 (NKJV)
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health,
just as your soul prospers.
Psa. 127:1 (NKJV) Unless the LORD builds the house,
They
labor in vain who build it;
Phil. 2:13
(NKJV) for it is God who works in you both to will and
to do for His good pleasure.
God has created you for a purpose. God will give you a passion for that purpose, and that
passion will become your dream.
Do you really want God’s best for your life, or are you
willing to settle for what you accomplish on your own?
Get a divine dream and live it out
TS: So let’s
conclude talking about…
3. LIVING THE
DREAM
There are some people who live I a dream world, and there
are some who face reality; and there are those who turn one into the other.”
“To not be living a dream is to be living a nightmare.”
What you need to fulfill your
dreams
1.
Wrap your head around it
We have to conceive it on the inside before we can ever
receive it on the outside.
If you can’t see it or imagine it, it is not going to
happen.”
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
~ Walt Disney
If you knew with absolute certainty that you could not fail
in accomplishing your choice of three goals, what three goals would you set for
yourself?
2.
Wrap your heart around it
It takes a consuming desire
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to
pursue them.
Why some people don’t dream
1. They
haven’t been encouraged to dream
2. They
nearsighted
3. They don’t
want to work toward it
4. They think
they don’t deserve a dream
5. They are
afraid of failure
3.
Wrap your hands around it
Write it down
Hab. 2:2 (NKJV) Then the LORD answered me and said:
“Write
the vision
And
make it plain on tablets,
Put it on the refrigerator
4.
Wrap your hooves around it
Show me your hooves
Put feet to your faith
Start walking by faith in the direction of your dreams
CONCLUSION
Shoot for the stars.
You may not reach them, but you will go higher than ever before.
This weeks challenge
Discover your dream
Make sure it’s a “Divine Dream”
Start living it
