Achieving Through Believing: You’ve Got to Have a Dream Achieving Through Believing: You’ve Got to Have a Dream! Hebrews 11:1 04/09/2017

1 Now faith is being sure of what. we hope for and being certain of 1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and being certain of what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1)

1 Faith is perceiving as real what is. not revealed to the senses 1 Faith is perceiving as real what is not revealed to the senses. (Hebrews 11:1, Amplified Version)

Faith starts with the way you see things, it starts with your perception and your imagination.

19 “Abraham by faith reasoned that God would raise the dead 19 “Abraham by faith reasoned that God would raise the dead.” (Hebrews 11:19)

17 “God gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.” (Romans 4:17)

What is your dream for life? What is it that causes us to give up on our goals and to give up on the things that stretch our faith?

10 “Stand up. Take this like a man. What are you doing on your face

Fear can be a dreambuster. 1 “Send in some men to explore the land.” (Num 13:1)

8“Go and see what the land is like 8“Go and see what the land is like.” See what the people are like and find out all you can. (Num 13:8)

HOW TO BUILD YOUR DREAM 1. Pray for wisdom. 1 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God. (James 5:1)

2. Stretch your imagination. 20 “He is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us.” (Ephesians 3:20)

3. Establish a goal. Goals are simply statements of faith.

4. Visualize the results. 1 Faith is being certain of what we do not see (Heb 11:1).

5. Commit your dream to God’s care. 4 “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Trust also in Him. He will do it.” (Psalms 37:4).

What are you going to do with the rest of your life? What’s God’s dream for your life?

11“I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord 11“I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord. ‘Plans to prosper you and not harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

Achieving Through Believing: You’ve Got to Have a Dream Achieving Through Believing: You’ve Got to Have a Dream! Hebrews 11:1 04/09/2017