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Discovering Your Dream
Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 11, 2006 (message contributor)
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1. Discovering Your Dream
Contributed on May 11, 2006
When God created you, he needed something done on earth that nobody else could do, so he designed you to do it better than anyone else.
INTRO: Tommy Barnett, pastor of Phoenix First Assembly of God, tells a story about a lady in their city. He writes: Not long ago a woman in our city who was known as a "bag lady" died. Everybody thought she was flat broke, but when people retrieved her body at her home, they found trash cans full ...read more
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2. Discovering Your Dream – Part 2
Contributed on May 11, 2006
We are going to look at what is holding you back from your dreams (purpose).
INTRO: When he was eighty-eight years old, the late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once found himself on a train. When the conductor came by, Justice Holmes couldn’t find his ticket, and he seemed terribly upset. He searched all of his pockets and fumbled through his wallet without ...read more
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3. Discovering Your Dream – Part 3
Contributed on May 11, 2006
I’m taking about one concept: Giving it away.
INTRO: Last week as I was sitting on stage, Ben was singing "History Maker". The impression that came over me for mothers was they are history markers and they don’t even realize it. Moms are making history by raising kids who are going to impact history. But as I began to reflect each and every ...read more
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4. Discovering Your Dream – Part 4
Contributed on May 11, 2006
Have you ever run out of time? Have you ever run out of options? Have you ever run out of resources? Here is your answer.
INTRO: Call up volunteer and ask him or her to unfold the rose without ruining it. It is only a tiny rosebud, A flower of God’s design; But I cannot unfold the petals With these clumsy hands of mine. The secret of unfolding flowers Is not known to such as I. God opens this flower so sweetly, When ...read more
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5. Discovering Your Dream – Part 5
Contributed on May 11, 2006
This morning let’s look at some reasons why we don’t finish strong.
INTRO: In his book Finishing Strong: Going the Distance for Your Family, Steve Farrar recounts the story of three young evangelists who burst onto the American scene in 1945. Their names were Billy Graham, Bron Clifford, and Chuck Templeton. All three were in their mid-twenties, and rose to quick ...read more