Three Benefits of Telling Others About Your Dream

CURRENT TEACHING SERIES God's Dream For Your Life

Three Benefits of Telling Others About Your Dream By Rick Warren — Apr 29, 2015 “I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do.” (Acts 20:24a GNT) When you get your dream from God, you should make it public and announce it to other people. Just by telling other people, you’re making a statement of faith, and other people will want to come along to be a part of it. You visualize the dream first, and then you verbalize the dream by saying, “This is what I believe God wants to do in my life.” On March 30, 1980, during the first sermon I gave at Saddleback Church, I stood before 60 people and read the Saddleback dream. It included a statement of faith that Saddleback would become a church where the hurting can find acceptance and encouragement, where we would one day welcome 20,000 members into the fellowship of God’s family as we equipped them for effective ministry, where we would send out members by the thousands on mission projects to every continent and start at least one new daughter church a year, and where we would worship and minister on a campus of at least 50 acres. I was confident in verbalizing these dreams for Saddleback Church, and I knew, in faith, they would become reality. Why? Because they were inspired by God. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t scared to death! But I knew the fear of failure would keep me from doing what God wanted me to do. Three benefits of telling others about your dream: It gets you started. Once you’ve announced it, you’re accountable to try and get moving. It attracts other people’s support. The moment I stated my dream, other people wanted to get in on it. A dream from God will attract people that you don’t even know yet to help you. It releases God’s power. Because of your faith, you step out of the boat and start walking on water. God will hold you up! “I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do” (Acts 20:24a GNT). PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick. Talk It Over What fears keep you from sharing with others God’s dream for your life? Who can you share your dream with? How do you need others to encourage you as you discover and pursue God’s dream for your life? Who are the people in your life who will do this for you? Our Gift: Everything Is Possible With God Study Kit with Bonus Worship CD: The Sound of Hope Just like exercise builds your physical muscles, God has a workout program for you to strengthen your faith. And in the Everything Is Possible with God Study Kit, Rick Warren shows you God’s divine training routine to help you strengthen your faith and develop your character. LEARN MORE Complete Audio Series (Purchase) Includes all complete sermons from the Rick Warren God's Dream For Your Life teaching series. LEARN MORE <img width="250" height="300" class="img_scale" style="display: block; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" src=" https://s3.amazonaws.com/dailyhope/img/godsdreamforyourlife-500x600.jpg" alt="Complete Series" data-mce-src=" https://s3.amazonaws.com/dailyhope/img/godsdreamforyourlife-500x600.jpg" data-mce-style="display: block;" /> Series Summary Message 1: How God Builds Your Faith Message 2: God's Dream For Your Life Message 3: How To Make Wise Decisions Message 4: Delayed By Design Message 5: How To Deal With Difficulty Message 6: Dead End To Deliverance PLAY TODAY'S BROADCAST

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