WEBVTT - Rick Warren - Oct 28 - 8:00 pm

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<v Speaker 1>Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>we're kicking off a new series with Rick called Time

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<v Speaker 1>to Dream. Trusting God to open doors. Maybe you've been

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for a breakthrough, an opportunity, or just some clarity

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<v Speaker 1>about what's next. If so, you're in the right place.

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<v Speaker 1>Rick's going to turn to the Bible and show us

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<v Speaker 1>how God can open doors when we trust Him with

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<v Speaker 1>our futures. So let's get started with part one of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called Dreaming, The Future God Wants for You.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there are three definitions to a dream. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>put them on the screen here. Here's the first definition.

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<v Speaker 2>A dream can be the thoughts and images you have

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<v Speaker 2>while sleeping. That can also be a nightmare. The thoughts

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<v Speaker 2>and images you have while sleeping. Not all dreams that

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<v Speaker 2>you have while you're sleeping are good. Everybody agree with that? Okay. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Not all of them are from God, okay? Some of them,

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<v Speaker 2>you just had a bad burrito the night before, okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Second meaning of dream is this, B, the desires, ambitions

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<v Speaker 2>you have while you're awake. Now look up here. The

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<v Speaker 2>dreams you have with your eyes open are far more

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<v Speaker 2>important than the dreams you have with your eyes closed.

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<v Speaker 2>Make sense? You can ignore 99% of the dreams you

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<v Speaker 2>have with your eyes closed. Every once in a while,

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<v Speaker 2>you might get one, but 99% of the dreams with

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<v Speaker 2>your eyes closed, you don't need to worry about those.

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<v Speaker 2>But the ones that you have while you're awake, the

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<v Speaker 2>desires and ambitions you have, like I've always dreamed of,

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<v Speaker 2>I've always wanted to do, I've had this goal, I've

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<v Speaker 2>had this passion, I've always wondered, I've always thought, I've

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<v Speaker 2>always wanted to. That's a more important dream. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>an even more important dream than that, and that's C.

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<v Speaker 2>Third meaning of dream is the goals and plans that

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<v Speaker 2>God created you to fulfill. That's far more important than

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<v Speaker 2>even my own dreams. God hasn't promised to bless everything

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<v Speaker 2>that I think up. I might have thought, when I

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<v Speaker 2>was a kid, I had a dream of being a

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<v Speaker 2>rock star. Shredding the guitar, you know. That was not

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<v Speaker 2>God's dream for me, okay? Let me give you some

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<v Speaker 2>theme verses. I'm gonna give you three verses. Look up

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<v Speaker 2>here on the screen. Jeremiah 29 11, God says, I

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<v Speaker 2>know the plans I have for your life. That's the plans,

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<v Speaker 2>insert the word dreams. I know the dreams I have

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<v Speaker 2>for your life. They are plans, they're dreams for your good,

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<v Speaker 2>not plans to harm you. My plans for your life

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<v Speaker 2>will give you great hope and a wonderful future. Now notice,

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<v Speaker 2>your dreams might be messed up, but God says my

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<v Speaker 2>dreams are number one, they're good, they're good, they're not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna harm you, They're gonna give you hope and they're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna give you a wonderful future. I vote for God's

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<v Speaker 2>dream for my life rather than my own. Because some

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<v Speaker 2>of my dreams would have ended in disaster. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>you thought you were gonna marry a certain person and

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<v Speaker 2>looking back now you go, if I had married them

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<v Speaker 2>that would have been a disaster. That was a dream

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<v Speaker 2>you had. So God's dreams are good, they're perfect, He says,

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<v Speaker 2>therefore you're good, they're gonna give you hope, they're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>give you a wonderful future. The second thing I wanna

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<v Speaker 2>say is this. God's dream for your life is far

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<v Speaker 2>bigger than your dream. God's dream for your life will

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<v Speaker 2>always be bigger, always be bigger than your dream. How

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<v Speaker 2>do I know that? Because God promises it. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>here's what he says in Ephesians. God, Ephesians 3.20, God

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<v Speaker 2>can do anything far more than you could ever imagine

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<v Speaker 2>or guess or request or dream in your wildest dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>He does it not by pushing us around, but by

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<v Speaker 2>working gently within us. God says, think of the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>dream for your life, and I can top that. I

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<v Speaker 2>can beat your dream. It's bigger than you can think, request, guess, dream, imagine.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't do it by pushing you. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>driving you. I'm pulling you and I'm working gently within you.

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<v Speaker 2>So God's dream for your life, and that's what we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna look at, it's always bigger, always bigger than your

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<v Speaker 2>dream for your life. Not only that, this is really important.

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<v Speaker 2>When you follow God's dream for your life, here's the

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<v Speaker 2>cool part. He arranges the circumstances to make it happen.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't do that on just any old dream. But

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<v Speaker 2>when you line up, with God's dream for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what we're gonna look at now for the next

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<v Speaker 2>six weeks. He arranges all of the circumstances so it happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Stuff that you couldn't possibly arrange. I could give you

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<v Speaker 2>hundreds of examples from my life on this. We'd just go, wow,

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<v Speaker 2>how did that happen? Only God did it. And there'll

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<v Speaker 2>be things that happen in your life, you go, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no way that could have happened, that I could have

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<v Speaker 2>met that person at just the right time that that

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<v Speaker 2>money could have come at just the right time, that

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<v Speaker 2>that circumstance, that that opportunity would open up at just

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<v Speaker 2>the right time. When you get in line with God's will,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't miss it because God doesn't sponsor flops. Success

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<v Speaker 2>is inevitable because God doesn't sponsor flops. And so when

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<v Speaker 2>you follow God's dream, he arranges the circumstances. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>the second part of this campaign. It's revelation. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says this, chapter three, verse eight. God says, I have

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<v Speaker 2>set before you an open door that no one can shut.

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<v Speaker 2>When God gives you a dream, then he circumstantially provides

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<v Speaker 2>the open doors for you to make that dream come true.

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<v Speaker 2>Now here's the hard part. You have to have the

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<v Speaker 2>courage to walk through that open door. That's where faith

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<v Speaker 2>comes in. I've seen a lot of people understand God's

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<v Speaker 2>dream for their life. And I've seen God open circumstances

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<v Speaker 2>and open doors this wide, but they were scared to

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<v Speaker 2>death to walk through the door. And they missed it.

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<v Speaker 2>You can miss God's dream for your life. You can

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<v Speaker 2>miss it. This is why it's so important. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>I wanna give you 12 reasons from scripture why you

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<v Speaker 2>must know God's dream for your life. It's not optional.

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<v Speaker 2>What we're gonna talk about for the next several weeks

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<v Speaker 2>is not some minor subject. It's the second most important

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<v Speaker 2>thing in your life after do you know the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Once you know the Lord, you need to know his

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<v Speaker 2>dream for the rest of your life. God will give

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<v Speaker 2>you many dreams for different ages and stages of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>of your life. His purposes, we've talked about God's purpose

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<v Speaker 2>for your life many times. God's purposes never change. &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt;

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<v Speaker 2>Those never, never, never change. But the dreams that God

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<v Speaker 2>have for your life change with age, change with stage,

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<v Speaker 2>change with maturity, change with growth, and change with how

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<v Speaker 2>obedient you are to the previous dream that he gave you.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're faithful in what he gives you in

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<v Speaker 2>small things, he gives you more and he expands your

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<v Speaker 2>dream and he gets it bigger and he gets it

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<v Speaker 2>better and he gets it wider and it has more

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<v Speaker 2>impact because you were faithful in the other. So let

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<v Speaker 2>me give you, why are we gonna spend six weeks

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<v Speaker 2>studying God's dream for you? Number one, God gave me

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<v Speaker 2>the capacity to dream. God, God gave me the capacity

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<v Speaker 2>to dream. I didn't get it from anybody else. I

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<v Speaker 2>got it from God. The only reason you have the

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<v Speaker 2>ability to dream great dreams, to have a vision, to

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<v Speaker 2>think about the future, is because you're made in the

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<v Speaker 2>image of God. Genesis chapter one, verse 26. God says

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<v Speaker 2>let us make human beings in our image and our likeness.

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<v Speaker 2>What makes you different from animals is the capacity to

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<v Speaker 2>think about the future. Horses don't think about the future.

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<v Speaker 2>Snails don't think about the future. Cows don't think about

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<v Speaker 2>the future. Ants don't think about the future. They have instincts,

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<v Speaker 2>but they don't think and plan. They can't make plans

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<v Speaker 2>for the future. They have instincts, but I'm talking about

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<v Speaker 2>the ability to dream up a skyscraper, the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>dream up a business, the ability to dream up a

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<v Speaker 2>piece of art or a piece of music. No animal

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<v Speaker 2>can do that. Why? They're not made in God's image.

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<v Speaker 2>You are most like your creator when you're being creative.

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<v Speaker 2>God made you to be creative. You say, I'm not creative. Oh, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>you are. You're a human being. You may have pushed

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<v Speaker 2>it down. You may have stamped it out of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody's creative. Just look at the little kid. Every little

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<v Speaker 2>kid is creative. And by the time they get sixth grade,

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<v Speaker 2>we've educated them out of it. And now they're drawing

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<v Speaker 2>in the lines. And now they've conformed to what we

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<v Speaker 2>think they ought to be doing. God gave you the

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<v Speaker 2>capacity to dream. Guess what? He expects you to use it.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't dream, you are sinning. Because God gave

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<v Speaker 2>you the ability to dream great dreams. And it's not

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<v Speaker 2>like God put you here on earth to not dream.

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<v Speaker 2>He gave you the capacity, he expects you to use

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<v Speaker 2>the capacity, and one day you will be evaluated on

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<v Speaker 2>that capacity. Number two, without a dream, I'm dying. Without

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<v Speaker 2>a dream, I'm dying. Proverbs 29, 18, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>most famous verses in the Bible says this, without a vision,

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<v Speaker 2>where there is no vision, the people perish. Without a vision,

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<v Speaker 2>where there is no vision, the people perish. I tell pastors,

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<v Speaker 2>where there is no vision in a church, the people

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<v Speaker 2>go to another parish. People hang around here, because we've

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<v Speaker 2>always got a bigger dream. We're always saying, God, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you want us to do next? Without a dream,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm dying. You're either dreaming or you're dying. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>you started dying a long time ago. You die before

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<v Speaker 2>you die because you stopped dreaming. Guess what I'm gonna do?

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<v Speaker 2>As your coach, as your pastor, as somebody who loves you,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna rev up the dream machine in you again. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna rev up the dream machine in you again

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<v Speaker 2>and let's make whatever time you got left the best

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<v Speaker 2>Without a dream, I'm dying. Number three, everything starts with

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<v Speaker 2>a dream. This is why we have to spend at

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<v Speaker 2>least six weeks on it because everything starts with a dream.

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<v Speaker 2>You look at anything that has been created, somebody dreamed

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<v Speaker 2>it up first, either God or a human being. God

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<v Speaker 2>dreamed up every tree, every mountain. God dreamed up this planet.

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<v Speaker 2>God dreamed up the universe. It all started as a

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<v Speaker 2>dream and then he created you and he gave you

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<v Speaker 2>the ability to be a dreamer. He is the dream giver.

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<v Speaker 2>God is the dream giver. They all come from God.

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<v Speaker 2>God gives you the ability to dream new hobbies, to

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<v Speaker 2>dream new businesses, to dream new ministries, to dream making

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<v Speaker 2>a difference, to dream changing the world, to dream making

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<v Speaker 2>an impact. God gives every dream. Everything starts with a dream.

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<v Speaker 2>Albert Einstein said, Imagination is more important than knowledge. Now

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<v Speaker 2>that's a pretty significant statement knowing who made it. One

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<v Speaker 2>of the smartest, most knowledgeable men in history said imagination

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<v Speaker 2>is more important than knowledge. He said imagination rules the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Not knowledge, imagination. The ability to think it up. This

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<v Speaker 2>is a God-given ability And without a dream, I'm dying,

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<v Speaker 2>and everything starts with a dream. That's why Ephesians 1.18

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<v Speaker 2>says this. I pray, I pray that your heart will

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<v Speaker 2>be flooded, that your heart will be flooded with light

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<v Speaker 2>so that you can see something, just something of the

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<v Speaker 2>future that God has called you to share. That's the dream.

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<v Speaker 2>The dream is the future, something of the future that

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<v Speaker 2>God has called you to share. Paul says, I pray.

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<v Speaker 2>As your pastor, I'm praying that for your life in

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<v Speaker 2>the next six weeks, that you're gonna get a new dream,

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<v Speaker 2>a new vision for the woman God wants you to be,

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<v Speaker 2>a new dream for a vision of the man God

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<v Speaker 2>wants you to be, the husband, the dad, the father,

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<v Speaker 2>the businesswoman, the business leader, the student. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to dream great dreams. You know the neat thing about dreams?

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't cost a penny. Doesn't cost any money to dream.

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<v Speaker 2>It's free. So I dare you to dream great dreams

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<v Speaker 2>in the next six to eight weeks. Everything starts with dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>Number four, this is the big one. Dreams show what

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<v Speaker 2>God wants to do through me. A dream shows me

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<v Speaker 2>what God wants to do through me. Couple weeks ago

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<v Speaker 2>I read the original dream of Saddleback Church. God gave

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<v Speaker 2>me a vision of what he wanted to do through me.

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<v Speaker 2>God wants to give you a dream of what he

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<v Speaker 2>wants to do through you. He wants you to see

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<v Speaker 2>your future. Why? Because when you can see a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of your future, he's not gonna show it all

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<v Speaker 2>to you, but you can see a little bit of it,

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<v Speaker 2>then you realize you can cooperate. Now when God gives

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<v Speaker 2>you a dream, it's not like the plan is all

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<v Speaker 2>laid out and you can see it from beginning to end.

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<v Speaker 2>Because if you could see the end of the dream

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<v Speaker 2>of God's dream for your life, it'd scare you to death.

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<v Speaker 2>What it is, it's kind of like a scroll where

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<v Speaker 2>you roll down a little bit and you read that

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<v Speaker 2>part of the dream and you do that. Then you

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<v Speaker 2>roll it down a little bit more and you do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Then you roll it down a little bit more and

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<v Speaker 2>you do that. And eventually you get to the end.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's not gonna give you the whole picture. It'll

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<v Speaker 2>scare you to death. But what I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>do is just get a peek, a peek of what

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<v Speaker 2>God wants to do in your life. Everything starts with

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<v Speaker 2>a dream and it shows what God wants to do

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<v Speaker 2>through me. God does this even with non-believers. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>know that? Look at this next verse here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph told Pharaoh, who clearly was not a believer, God

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<v Speaker 2>has given you two dreams to let you know what

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<v Speaker 2>he has definitely decided to do and that he will

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<v Speaker 2>do it in your future. God let Pharaoh see in

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<v Speaker 2>advance what was gonna happen. There were gonna be seven

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<v Speaker 2>years of famine, then seven years of plenty, then seven

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<v Speaker 2>years of famine, and Pharaoh was gonna be able to

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<v Speaker 2>save his nation because God gave him a peak in advance.

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<v Speaker 2>God was not a believer, but that's the graciousness of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Dreams show what God wants to do through me. Number five,

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<v Speaker 2>my dreams define me. My dreams define me. Define me.

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<v Speaker 2>We shape our dreams and then our dreams shape us.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't have any dream, you don't have any

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<v Speaker 2>definition of your life. Why are so many people today

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<v Speaker 2>confused about their identity? One of the biggest problems in

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<v Speaker 2>our society is identity confusion. Who am I? Where did

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<v Speaker 2>I come from? Where am I going? What am I

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be doing? Does my life matter? Is there

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<v Speaker 2>any significance to my life? Is there meaning to life?

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<v Speaker 2>What is it life all about, Alfie? And the reason

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<v Speaker 2>why is because your dreams define you and if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have God's dream, you don't have any definition to

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<v Speaker 2>your life. You don't know who you are. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>know the woman you're supposed to be. You don't know

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<v Speaker 2>the man you're supposed to be. My dreams define me.

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<v Speaker 2>So you better make sure you got the right dream,

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<v Speaker 2>because you don't want to be dreamed in the wrong way.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said it like this, Matthew chapter six, here on

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<v Speaker 2>the screen, verse 22 and 23. He said, your eye

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<v Speaker 2>is the light for your body. Your eye is like

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<v Speaker 2>the window to your soul. It lets light into your body.

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<v Speaker 2>Your eye is the light or the lamp for your body.

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<v Speaker 2>If your eye, if your vision is good, it's clear,

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<v Speaker 2>it's bright, if your vision is good, your whole body

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<v Speaker 2>will be full of light. But if your vision, your eye,

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<v Speaker 2>is evil, your whole life will be full of darkness.

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<v Speaker 2>Your dream defines you. Your dream defines you. A great

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<v Speaker 2>dream will define a great person. A small dream will

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<v Speaker 2>define a small person. An evil dream will define an

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<v Speaker 2>evil person. It's your choice. Your dream defines you. So

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<v Speaker 2>pick your dream wisely. Make sure it's the dream God

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<v Speaker 2>has for your life. Because the dreams define us. If

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<v Speaker 2>your body is full of light, if your vision is clear,

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<v Speaker 2>then your body will be full of light. If your

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<v Speaker 2>vision is unclear, it's cloudy, or it's dark, or it's evil,

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<v Speaker 2>then that's the way you're gonna end up living, okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Number six. A dream keeps me growing. This is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the reasons I want to teach this to you,

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<v Speaker 2>is because it is in having a dream you keep growing.

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<v Speaker 2>A dream forces you to develop skills that you don't have.

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<v Speaker 2>I have had to be on a learning curve my

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<v Speaker 2>entire life. When God called me and gave me the

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<v Speaker 2>dream at 25 to start Saddleback, I had none of

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<v Speaker 2>the skills, zero, zip, that I was gonna need to

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<v Speaker 2>lead a church this big. None of those skills, not

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<v Speaker 2>a one of them. They might have been latent, they

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<v Speaker 2>might have been hidden, but I certainly didn't know I

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<v Speaker 2>had them. You don't even know what you're good at

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<v Speaker 2>until the dream pulls it out of you. And then

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<v Speaker 2>you go, oh, I didn't know I had that skill.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know I had that spiritual gift. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know I had that ability. I didn't know I was

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<v Speaker 2>shaped for that. It is only in the dream that

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<v Speaker 2>it pulls you out of yourself, forces you to be

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<v Speaker 2>bigger than yourself, to grow beyond yourself, so you're not

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<v Speaker 2>selfish anymore. Dreams make us great. You know, I really

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<v Speaker 2>have decided, I've read hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of

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<v Speaker 2>biographies of great people, and I really just come to

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<v Speaker 2>the conclusion, there aren't any great people. There are only

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<v Speaker 2>great dreams. But when an ordinary person goes after a

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<v Speaker 2>great dream, she or he becomes a great person. There

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<v Speaker 2>are no intuitively, instinctively great people on the planet. We're

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<v Speaker 2>all born the same way. We don't even know how

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<v Speaker 2>to eat. We know nothing. We all start at the

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<v Speaker 2>same level. But some ordinary people attach themselves to an

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<v Speaker 2>extraordinary dream. And in attaching yourself to an extraordinary dream,

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<v Speaker 2>you become an extraordinary person. You have no idea what

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<v Speaker 2>God could do in your life. Most of the things

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<v Speaker 2>in your life that control your life, you had no

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<v Speaker 2>choice over. I call them the sovereignty factors. You didn't

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<v Speaker 2>choose who your parents were. You didn't choose when you

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<v Speaker 2>were born. You didn't choose where you were born. You

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<v Speaker 2>didn't choose your race. You didn't choose your gender. You

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<v Speaker 2>didn't choose your parents. That's all God's choice. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>one thing you do have 100% control over. It's 100%

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<v Speaker 2>I have control over in my life and you have

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<v Speaker 2>it in your life. And that is this, you have 100%

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<v Speaker 2>control over how much you choose to believe God. That's

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<v Speaker 2>your choice. Believe God for a little, you have a

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<v Speaker 2>little in your life. Believe God for more, you'll have

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<v Speaker 2>more in your life. Believe God for great things, God

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<v Speaker 2>will do great things in your life. You believe God

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<v Speaker 2>for big dreams, God will do big dreams in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>According to your faith, it will be done unto you.

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<v Speaker 2>A dream keeps me growing. Philippians chapter three says this,

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<v Speaker 2>verse 12 to 15. Paul says, I know I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>yet what God wants me to be. Well, thank God

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<v Speaker 2>Paul admits it because we can all admit that too.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody agree? I'm not all what God wants me to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody agree with that? Okay, we're all in the same

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<v Speaker 2>boat on that. We're not all what God wants. I'm not,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not. None of us are what God wants us

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<v Speaker 2>to be completely. I'm not yet, I love that word yet,

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<v Speaker 2>circle that. I'm not yet what God wants me to be.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't reached that goal, that dream, but I keep

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<v Speaker 2>moving toward it to make it mine because Christ made

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<v Speaker 2>me and he saved me for this. You were saved

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<v Speaker 2>to make a difference. I know that I haven't yet

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<v Speaker 2>reached my goal. But there is one thing, one thing

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<v Speaker 2>I always do. Forgetting the past, that's a good starting point.

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<v Speaker 2>Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the dream ahead of you. I keep my eyes focused

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<v Speaker 2>on the goal so that I may one day win

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<v Speaker 2>the prize that God has called me to receive through

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<v Speaker 2>Christ in the life above. All of you who are

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<v Speaker 2>spiritually mature should think this same way. If you don't

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<v Speaker 2>wanna have a big dream for your life, you are

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<v Speaker 2>not spiritually mature. The mark of spiritual maturity is that

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<v Speaker 2>right there. I have a dream that's so big for

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<v Speaker 2>my life, I couldn't possibly do it on my own.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna take all of us working together. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>do it on my own gifts. I'm going to need

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<v Speaker 2>God to step in. I'm going to need other people

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<v Speaker 2>in my life. I'm going to need a small group.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to need support. If your dream doesn't scare you,

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<v Speaker 2>it's too small. And it doesn't require any faith.

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<v Speaker 1>What a special message from Pastor Rick. And now let's

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<v Speaker 1>hear how lives are changing through Daily Hope. Here's Rick

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<v Speaker 1>with a letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>I love receiving notes and emails from Daily Hope listeners

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<v Speaker 2>like you. Here's one that I got from Vio, a

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<v Speaker 2>listener from Canada. She shared, Pastor Rick, I'm eternally grateful

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<v Speaker 2>for all the wonderful work you're doing. Your messages are

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<v Speaker 2>touching my heart and changing my life, and I'm sharing

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<v Speaker 2>Daily Hope broadcasts with other people. Last month, I was

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<v Speaker 2>baptized at my local church, and God is truly working

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<v Speaker 2>in my life. Thank you, Pastor Rick. Well, Vio, it's

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<v Speaker 2>so encouraging to hear these kind of messages. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 2>writing me. And it's exciting to hear that you're sharing

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<v Speaker 2>this Daily Hope program with other people. And I'm also

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<v Speaker 2>glad to hear that you were baptized. Every Christian should

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<v Speaker 2>be baptized. It's an important step of faith that says,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not ashamed of saying that I'm a follower of

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ. I'm also happy that you found a local

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<v Speaker 2>church family. You cannot be all God wants you to

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<v Speaker 2>be without being connected to some kind of local church

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<v Speaker 2>family where you live out all of God's purposes for

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<v Speaker 2>your life. Thanks for listening today and Join me next

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I share Pastor Rick's Daily Hope all the time.

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