8.

A DREAM ___________________________________________
“According to your faith will it be done to you.” Matthew 9:29

DREAMING THE FUTURE GOD WANTS FOR YOU 9. A DREAM ___________________________________________

Job: “I do not have the strength to endure. I do not have a goal that encourages me
Time to Dream: Trusting God to Open Doors – Rick Warren to carry on.” Job 6:11 (NLT)
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“God can do anything—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request or 10. A GREAT DREAM ____________________________________
dream in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working “If your goals are good, you will be respected.” Proverbs 11:27 (GNT)
gently within us.” Ephesians 3:20 (The Message)

12 REASONS I MUST KNOW GOD’S DREAM FOR MY LIFE! 11. MY SELF-DISCIPLINE _________________________________
“All athletes practice strict self-control. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but
1. GOD _______________________________________________ we do it for an eternal prize.” 1 Corinthians 9:25 (NLT)
God: “Let us make human beings in our image and likeness.” Genesis 1:26
12. GOD-GIVEN DREAMS _________________________________
GOD: “In the last days I will pour out my Spirit on ALL people. Your SONS and
2. WITHOUT A DREAM __________________________________ DAUGHTERS will proclaim my message. Your YOUNG men will see VISIONS and
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) your OLD men will DREAM DREAMS. Yes, on ALL my servants, both MEN and
WOMEN, I will pour out my Spirit in those days and they will proclaim my message!”
Acts 2:17-18
3. EVERYTHING ________________________________________
“I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can see something of the
future that God has called you to share!” Ephesians 1:18 (TLB)

4. DREAMS ____________________________________________
Joseph told Pharaoh: “God has given you two dreams to let you know what he has
definitely decided to do AND that he WILL do it in your future.” Genesis 41:32

5. MY DREAMS ________________________________________
Jesus: “Your eye is the light for your body. If your vision is good, your whole body will
be full of light. But if your vision is evil, your whole life will be full of darkness.”
Matthew 6:22-23

6. A DREAM ___________________________________________
Paul: “I know that I am not yet what God wants me to be. I haven’t reached that goal,
but I keep moving toward it to make it mine because Christ made me and saved me
for this. I know that I haven’t yet reached my goal, but there’s one thing I always do.
Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead, I keep my eyes focused on
the goal so that I may one day win the prize that God has called me to receive through
Christ in the life above. All of you who are spiritually mature should think this same
way.” Philippians 3:12-15

7. A DREAM ___________________________________________
“I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step. I fight to win. I’m not like some
boxer punching the air or playing around.” 1 Corinthians 9:26 (TLB)
 WHY DOES SIN NOT INVALIDATE GOD’S DREAM FOR ME?
BECAUSE . . .
1. JESUS______________________________________________
LIVING GOD’S DREAM DESPITE PAST POOR DECISIONS “When Jesus served as a sacrifice for our sins, he solved the sin problem for God—
Time to Dream: Trusting God to Open Doors – Rick Warren not only ours, but the whole worlds.” 1 John 2:2 (The Message)
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“We all stumble in many ways.” 2. GOD’S GOODNESS ___________________________________
James 3:2 “He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy.”
Titus 3:5 (NLT)
RECOVERING GOD’S ORIGINAL DREAM FOR ME
3. GOD’S CALLING AND GIFTS ___________________________
1. HONESTLY __________________________________________ “For God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. They can’t be withdrawn.” Romans 11:29

4 COMMON CAUSES 4. GENEROUSLY _______________________________________

Seen in Peter’s Betrayal of Jesus “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if
• _______________________________________________________ you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
Peter: “Everyone else may stumble in their faith, but I won’t!” Mark 14:29 Matthew 6:14-15 (NLT)

• _______________________________________________________ 5. COURAGEOUSLY ____________________________________

Jesus: “Could you not stay awake with me for just one hour?” Mark 14:37 “Devote your whole heart to God and reach out to him in prayer for help. If you get rid
of the sins in your heart and your home you will face the world again without shame
• _______________________________________________________ and you’ll be strong and free of fear! Then you’ll forget your past troubles, like water
“Peter followed Jesus at a distance.” Mark 14:54 under a bridge. Your life will be brighter than noonday, and even in darkness you’ll
shine like the morning. And now you’ll have courage because you will have hope!”
• _______________________________________________________ Job 11:13-18
“Peter then sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.” Mark 14:54
“Forget the former thing and do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!
Jesus said, “Simon Peter, Satan has asked to test you, but I have prayed for you Now it is springing up; do you not perceive it? I will make a pathway through the
that your faith will not fail. So WHEN you have repented and recovered, I want you wilderness and I will create streams where there has been wasteland!”
to strengthen the other disciples.” Luke 22:31-32 Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV)

2. HUMBLY ____________________________________________
David: “Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. In your great
compassion, please wipe out the stain of all my wrongdoing. Wash away all my guilt
and cleanse me from my sins. For I am haunted by my failures and I can’t forget the
evil things I’ve done . . . I know you love complete honesty from my heart so help me
see what’s deep inside me . . . Then create a new, pure heart in me and renew my
spirit with the right desires and restore the joy of your salvation! Then I’ll help bring
others back to you too.” Psalm 51:1-3, 6, 10

3. GRATEFULLY _______________________________________
“Christ sacrificed his life’s blood (on the Cross) to set us free, which means that ALL
our sins are now forgiven! God did this because of his generous grace to us.”
Ephesians 1:7
“So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus!”
Romans 8:1 (NLT)
 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will
reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 (NIV)

3. THE CONFESSION PHASE:

THE STRUGGLE BEHIND EVERY DREAM _______________________________________________
Time to Dream: Trusting God to Open Doors – Rick Warren “The man asked him, ‘What is your name?’ ‘My name is JACOB,’ he
Parts 1-3 answered.”’ Genesis 32:27 (NIV)

THE DREAM Jacob = original: “deceiver/manipulator”

“When Jacob reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the
sun had set. He found a smooth stone for a pillow and laid down to sleep. Then 4. THE CONVERSION PHASE:
GOD GAVE HIM A DREAM in which he saw a stairway going from earth to
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heaven, and angels of God were going up and down the stairs! At the top of
“Then the Man said, ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob. Instead you will
the stairway was God who said, ‘I am the same Lord of Abraham your
be called ISRAEL . . . Then God blessed him there. So Jacob called the
grandfather and Isaac your father, and I am going to give you and your
place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face.”’
descendants all the land on which you’re sleeping . . . and your descendants
Genesis 32:28-30 (NIV)
will spread all around the world, and all the peoples on earth are going to be
blessed by your future generations . . . I’m going to be with you, and I’m going Israel = “Prince with God”
to watch over you wherever you go. But one day I will bring your people back
to this land . . . When Jacob woke up he thought ‘Surely, the Lord is in this “The sun rose as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of his
place and I was not even aware of it!’ Then he was afraid and said ‘This place hip.” Genesis 32:31 (NLT)
is awesome! It’s the house of God—the gateway to heaven!’ So early the next
morning, Jacob got up and took the stone he’d used for a pillow and stood it “If anyone belongs to Christ, they are a new creation. The old things have
upright as a memorial marker. Then he anointed the stone with oil and named gone; everything is made new!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NCV)
the place Beth-el, which means House of God . . . Then Jacob made this vow
to God, ‘If you’ll be with me, I will honor you with my life and I will give back to
you a tenth of all that you give to me.”’ Genesis 28:11-22

THE STRUGGLE: 4 PHASES GOD TAKES US THROUGH

TO GET US READY FOR HIS DREAM!
Genesis 32

1. THE CRISIS PHASE:

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“That night Jacob sent his family across the Jabbok river. Then Jacob was
left all alone in the camp, and a Man came and WRESTLED with Jacob
all night.” Genesis 32:22-25 (NLT)

“Before Jacob was born, he STRUGGLED with his brother; when he

became a man, he even FOUGHT WITH GOD.” Hosea 12:3 (NLT)

2. THE COMMITMENT PHASE:

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“Jacob WRESTLED with this Man until dawn. When the man saw that he
couldn’t win the match, he struck Jacob’s hip and knocked it out of joint at
the socket. Then the man said, ‘Let me go, for it is dawn!’ But Jacob
panted, ‘I won’t let you go unless you bless me!”’ Genesis 32:24-26