"Holding on to your Dreams." Hebrews 10. I want t to talk to you
today on "Holding on to your
Dreams." Holding on to those God-given
dreams and desires and thoughts and goals that are deep within your heart. How many of you have some things that you
want to accomplish for God? Sure, all of us do. And what I want to
challenge you with is that many times over time and through the circumstances
in life and the things that come against us, the obstacles we face, many times
these dreams get pushed aside. They get pushed down and sometimes we think they
can never come to pass.
But
how I want to challenge you today and for 2016
to never let go of your dreams. Never give up. Be determined. God can see your dreams and those desires come to
pass. And I want to read today from Hebrews
10:23. It says, "Let us hold fast the
profession of our faith without wavering, for he is faithful that
promised." Hold fast, folks, I believe is the key. Hold fast on
to your dreams. Hold on to the promises of God. Hold on to what God has told
you. Know that it can come to pass.
You
see, you’ve got to realize that God never promised us that this life would be a
sea of roses. He never said we’d go to heaven on flowery beds of ease, as much
as that may disappoint you. But He did say this, Jesus said this, He said in this life you’re going to
have hardships, you’re going to have tribulation. You’re even going to have
distress. But He said be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
You see, God has made a way for all of us to
overcome. He’s made a way for us to be victorious. But it’s up to us; it’s not up to Him. He’s already made the way. It’s up to us to hold fast to the things
that God has told us. Hold fast. Be
determined.
And some of us today, we need to reach up and take a
new firm grip of the things God has told us, get a better grip and pull it down
deep within our heart, deep within our heart. Amen You see really, you’ve
got to show the enemy you’re more determined than he is. You know what I
believe, folks, is God has ignited a
fire in every one of us. You know what fire is. Fire is a consuming force.
Once it’s ignited, it will intensify and grow if it has the right properties
around it, like fuel and oxygen. And I believe
that when we become born again, God puts dreams and desires into our heart.
And they’re like a little fire. They’re like a little, maybe like a pilot light
but will become stronger.
Because
that desire that God’s put in your heart
is tied to His perfect will. It’s
when you start reaching out to your dreams, that’s what God really wants you to
do. And I encourage you, write your dream out. You know we talked about writing
the vision. "Without a vision,
people perish." Write what you’re
believing God for out. Put it on a sheet of paper and tuck it in your Bible. And
as you read your Bible during the day or as you come to church and there’s
scriptures that relate to your dream, just
write down the vision. And before long you’ll have you a whole pile of
scriptures and the devil will never be able to put that flame out of your life,
never be able to put it out of your life. (
Listen
to Hebrews 3:6, "Hold fast and
firm to the end the confidence we have in Christ." I Corinthians 15:58
says, "Be steadfast, unmovable always abounding in the work of the
Lord."
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