Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Dream Big and follow hard after them

Here are 4 things that I shared at the Executive Board Meeting for the HBA last night. I started out by reading in acts 1 verse 8 the promise given to the church. I then went to Acts 2 ...Pentecost and followed with Peter's sermon

14But Peter, taking his stand with (S)the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.

15"For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, (T)for it is only the [b]third hour of the day;

16but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:
17'(U)AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says,
'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND;
AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY,
AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS,
AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;

18EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN,
I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT
And they shall prophesy.
19'AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE
AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW,
BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE.
20'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS
AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD,
BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME.
21'AND IT SHALL BE THAT (V)EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.'



~ people are often living lives of obligation rather than passion







1. ~ Question: If the greatest dream you have became reality, would it profit and benefit the world around you?



2. ~ Question: What dreams do you have that are trapped under the rubble of your past?



3. ~ Questions: What dreams are waiting on the other side of your fears?





We must give ourselves to the dream that God gave us to live.



There are so many places He wants to take us in our own individual lives as well as the life of the church



Four things that will move our ministry to the next level:




1) Understand ministry is WORK. Isaiah 57:14



14And it will be said,

"(A)Build up, build up, prepare the way,

Remove every obstacle out of the way of My people." NASB



a) Am I a team player?



b) Is there anything in my life that would disqualify me from ministry… or that i need to change?



c) How Thankful am I?



d) How is my relationship with others on staff?



e) Am I REALLY honest with others about what is going on in my spiritual journey?







2) Understand that Status Quo is unacceptable-



-Lack of attention to detail & Apathy are the quickest keys to recognizing Status Quo exist.



a) How’s my personal Passion Level? Isaiah 59:17



17He put on righteousness like a breastplate,

And a helmet of salvation on His head;

And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing

And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle. NASB



b) Is God pleased with my performance?



3) Understand that it’s OUR JOB to BEG GOD for Him to move!



a) How active is the Holy Spirit in my life and in my work?



b) When is the last time I clearly heard from God?

(if we cannot remember then it might be time for us to find another job and stop faking it.)



c) How much are we praying as a team and a staff? Isaiah 62:6



6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;

All day and all night they will never keep silent

You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves; NASB



4) Understand we’ve got to believe greater days are yet to come! Isaiah 54:2-3



2"Enlarge the place of your tent;

Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not;

Lengthen your cords

And strengthen your pegs.

3"For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left

And your descendants will possess nations

And will resettle the desolate cities. NASB



a) God has made His Church UNSTOPPABLE!



b) God has made His Church UNEXPLAINABLE!



c) God has made His Church UNDENIABLE!

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