Dream Big! "Becoming A Dreamer Again"

I think all Christians, wether they will admit it or not, have been living the dream as well,

and God has promised us He would be faithful, and He has been!

But I feel like its time we stepped up with courage like Caleb did, and said Lord, enlarge our territory!

Lord, Bless us indeed, I want my mountain, it belongs to me.

Like Caleb said, we also need to say,

*here we are today,

*were still believing

*were as strong as we we have ever been

*strong as ever in battle, whether coming or going.

*So give us, this city, the neighborhoods, the whole country side,

that God, You have promised through prophetic word time and time again,

and let it be said of us, just as of Caleb,

That God gave him, what he asked for!

Praise God, who is Worthy of all our Praise!!

Ill. A few years ago a study was made of 200 people that we would call "very successful." It was discovered that all 200 had one common denominator: each had dared to dream big dreams & set goals, & reached out to achieve those goals.

From day one, this ministry dared to dream of a church where the word and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ could be preached freely,

Where denominational walls, would be removed, where Christians could unite together for a common cause,

where people could hear & understand the message of the Gospel and lives would be changed forever by it,

And we need to continue to dream, too.

As a congregation we still need to see the greatness of our potential, & the possibilities that God sets before us,

because little dreams lead to little service. But big dreams lead to big service, & huge and lasting eternal results.

So let’s ask ourselves, "How big are our dreams? And what are we going to do about them?"

Are we still ready to pursue them, like Caleb was? We ought to be!

You see, in Gods Kingdom, 70 really is the new 30, with God you are never to old to dream!

A. in vs. 10 where Caleb says, "Now then, just as the Lord promised, He has kept me alive for 45 years since the time He said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, 85 years old."

Now usually by age 85 people have decided to rest and rest quite often,

They’re not usually thinking about starting out on some new adventure, right?

But Caleb teaches us that we are never too old to dream, & I like that.

In fact, the older I get, the more I like it!

One of the dear ladies in our church, went to be with The Lord,

she was 101 and looking forward to what God was going to do next in her life, right up until, He called her home. Praise God!

You are never to old to dream and you also, are never to young to dream either

As long as you are willing to dream and trust God to bring those dreams to pass, there’s nothing that you can’t do, with His help, no matter what your age is.

I’ll. I heard on the news the other day, a six year old boy had a dream to help raise money for someone with cancer and raised over $37,000.

This is what I thought, that little boy was passionate for his cause, you know how else has great passion?

God has a tremendous passion, to see you succeed in life.