Grasping God's Dream for Your Life
Shane Stanford - 7/25/2010 9:30 AM
Grasping God's Dream for Your Life
Jeremiah 29:10-14
Rev. Shane Stanford
Jeremiah 29:10-14
10-11This is God's Word on the subject: "As soon as Babylon's seventy years are up and not a day before, I'll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. 12"When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I'll listen. 13-14"When you come looking for me, you'll find me. "Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be disappointed." God's Decree. "I'll turn things around for you. I'll bring you back from all the countries into which I drove you"—God's Decree—"bring you home to the place from which I sent you off into exile. You can count on it.
The Five Stages of a Dream Gone Bad
1. Arrogance Developed from Success
2. Overreaching from the Message
3. Accumulation of Risky Patterns and Garbage in the Group
4. Aims & Lunges for Salvation
5. Giving In, Giving Over or Giving Out
The Five Gospel Game Changers for Grasping God's Dream for Your Life
1. A Focus on Significance Not Success
2. Compassion and Response
3. Relationships Over Rewards
4. Ascending to the Future
5. Lead by Example