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Faith Factor: 6 Factors to Building Your Faith
"Factor #1--Understand God's Dream for Your Life" 
Pastor Rob Carlson
Sunday, October 9, 2005

 

Jeremiah 29:11—"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future!"


 DEDICATE MY LIFE TO GOD.
Romans 12:1,2(GN)—Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to His service…Do not conform to the standards of this world, but let God transform you… Then you will be able to know the will of God—what is good…pleasing…and perfect.

Heb. 12:1(LB)—Let us strip off anything that slows us down or holds us back and run with patience the particular race that God has set before us.



 RESERVE TIME ALONE WITH GOD.
Job 37:14(GN)—Pause a moment and listen! Consider the wonderful things God does.

10 people in the Bile who got God’s dream for their life.
Abraham—Gen. 15:5
Moses—Ex. 3:1-10
David—Ps. 5:3
Nehemiah—Neh. 1:4
Paul—Gal. 1:17,18
Jacob—Gen. 32:24-29
Gideon—Jud 6:11-14
Elijah—I Kg. 19:11,12
Hab—Hab. 2:1, 2
Jesus—Luke 5:16


 EVALUATE MY ABILITIES 
Ephesians 2:10—For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ to devote ourselves to the good deeds for which God has designed us. 

I Peter 4:10(LB)—God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other. 

Rom. 12:6(GN)—We are to use our different gifts in accordance with the grace that God has given us. 



 ASSOCIATE WITH GODLY DREAMERS
Prov. 27:17—As iron sharpens iron, a friend sharpens a friend.

I Cor. 15:33 (JB)—Bad friends ruin the noblest people. 


 MAKE THE DREAM PUBLIC
Heb. 11:1—What is faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead.

NIV—being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Acts 13:36(GN)—David served God’s purpose in his generation then he died.




Acts 20:24(GN)—I reckon my own life worth nothing to me, in order that I may complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do…

DL Moody--"I am only one, but I am one. I can’t do everything, but I can do something. And that which I can do, by the grace of God I will do."

 

Small Group Discussion Questions

1. Share a dream you have for your life.

2. Review the points and Bible verses from this lesson. 
What personal application can you make from this week's teaching? 

3. Which of the 5 principles discussed in this lesson requires more of your time and thought?

4. Take some time right now to pray for the needs of those in your small group.

 

*Scripture is quoted from the New International Version unless otherwise noted.
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