Monday, October 20, 2008

My Dream


Luke 10:25-29
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered: “‘Love the Lord your God; with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”


I truly believe in dreams and that no dream in life is beyond a persons ability to accomplish. God would not plant a seed in your mind if he did not plan to give you the means to nurture and cultivate it into a beautiful flower. God is working with us and we can cherish our dreams as divinely inspired visions of our new life. We must hold firmly to our dreams especially during the moments of doubt and challenge. The key for my transformation has been to keep my mind and heart focused on my dreams in a positive manor by working hard and constantly seeking those moments of ah-ah for Christ.

Your dream is a sprouting creation that needs desire and support to develop to full maturity. Then it returns the care by nourishing the dreamer as well as those who promote it. Every great achievement begins as a dream. A vision of success is a decisive idea that must be cultivated and strengthened by the individual who believes in his or her dream to stand by it in moments of difficulty.

Are you willing to stand by your dream in times of opposition? Especially when someone says they don’t understand you. Are you willing to say yes to yourself and your thoughts (ideas) when others stand against you? For your dream is none other than God’s dream for you, His love”! If you believe you will obey your dream and if you obey you will believe! Sometimes we humans need to be faced up with reality, and that is what Jesus does in his Word. But remember, He does this in love.

My dream sometimes lacks in much understanding I have for Christianity. I like to emphasize in both faith and life in what we believe and how we live. To me if we place all the emphasis on Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection for our sins and never talk about the fruits of this faith, we have only told a part of the story. On the other hand, if we talk only about the kind of life that Jesus taught, and place little or no emphasis on our salvation, but Justice there is no power to live this life. Jesus then in that view is no more than another moralist, and with that we have little relationship with our Heavenly Father. A part of that Christian message is never adequate in my mind. We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. There is no way that we can even make a contribution to our salvation, but when Christ’s dream lives in us, this relationship produces fruits of good works, which means helping people plus trusting and walking with Christ. Sing these words to yourself. What does this song remind you of?
“Love and marriage,
Love and marriage,
Go together like a horse and carriage.
Dad was told by mother,
You can’t have one without the other.”

You can’t have just faith or just dreams without love!

God Bless You and This Ministry

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