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Ephesians 3:20 Rick Warren Devotion

This was my morning reading from Rick Warren....

God Builds Faith by Giving a Dream

When God wants to work in your life, he'll always gives you a dream - about yourself, about what he wants you to do, about how he's going to use your life to impact the world.

There are many examples in the Bible of this -- God gave Noah the dream of building an ark. God gave Abraham the dream of being the father of a great nation. God gave Nehemiah the dream of building the wall around Jerusalem.

How do you know when a dream is from God or when it's just something you've thought up yourself? The Bible tells us that God, "by his mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of - infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes." (Ephesians 3:20 LB)

In other words, if a dream comes from God, it will be so big in your life that you can't do it on your own. It also will never contradict His Word! If your dream is something that the Bible speaks against, it's not from God.

He may be speaking to you now, but you just don't recognize it for what it is. That dream you have - the idea, the concept - that thing you've been thinking about doing and would be of real benefit to other people, where do you think that idea came from?

God starts with a dream as he builds faith in you.

I came across this recently and thought about it. Makes sense to me. Check the link out and let me know what ya think about meeting people where they are.

http://www.leadingsmart.com/2012/07/what-kind-of-church-would-meet-in-a-casino.html

from:Rick Warren's Daily


God Says You're Capable
I've met all sorts of people who are considered highly successful according to the standards of the world. And yet a lot of them feel incompetent, insecure, and incapable.
How about you? Perhaps you look at your life and think it's working. Sure, you have your problems, but compared to others, you're probably considered successful. Yet, inside there is still a gnawing, inner insecurity and a lack of confidence and a feeling of incompetence. Why is that?
It's because you're still listening to old tapes from your past, and they are no more true now than they were then. Old tapes that say things like, "You don't matter." God says, "Yes, you do!' Old tapes that say, "You're a loser!" God say, "No, you're not!' Old tapes that say, "You'll never amount to anything." God says, "You are important to me!'
You need to quit believing those lies and start believing God. Quit looking in a distorted mirror of what peers and partners and parents have said to you. Start repeating what God says about you: "I am acceptable, I am lovable, I am valuable, I am forgivable, and I am capable."
Who are you going to believe? What other people say about you or what God says about you.