The Church of Our Dreams

Series: An Awesome Church
1/25/14
Crossing a barren wilderness, alone and at night, Jacob lay down and slept, using a stone for a pillow. In his dreams he saw a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

This dream was a revelation from God. Jacob heard God calling him by name and making him the same promise that he had made to Abraham and Isaac.  God revealed to Jacob the future that He desired, that He intended for His people. That’s what vision is all about. It is God’s intended future for His people.

V 16 says, that when Jacob awoke, “he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”For that reason the title of this series is An Awesome Church. We want to be an awesome place, where people encounter God, and their lives are transformed.

Today’s message is titled “The Church of Our Dreams,” because Jacob’s dream reveals to us several key truths about God’s vision for His people that I believe God is also speaking to His Church at this time.