Dreaming: Why Dreams? Week 1 (1.28.18)

17 ‘In the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. 18 In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on my servant—men and women alike— and they will prophesy.  (Ac 2:17–18, NLT)

 

Dreams are the inheritance of the children of God.

 

Dreams are impossible and ridiculous without God’s help.

 

Dreams prepare us for the suffering of today so we can reach the glory of tomorrow.

 

3 Ways a “God Dream” Impacts us

Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love—but the greatest of these is love.  (1 Co 13:13., CSB)

 

By FAITH we see the future.

 

With HOPE we make it through tough times.

 

Through LOVE we make a difference on the journey

Jacob’s Dream

10 Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran. 11 At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep. 12 As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway. 13 At the top of the stairway stood the Lord, and he said, “I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants. 14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. 15 What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.” 16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!” (Ge 28:10–16, NLT)

 

3 Ways Tell if a Dream is of the Lord

 

Is it something you can do without God?

 

Will the journey be Hard?

 

Does it make you love God and Love Neighbor more?