Today I want to show you from the life of the Apostle Paul that when we pursue your God-given dream,

and let me assure you, God has a dream for every one of you, God has a vision for every one of you,

but when you pursue that God-given dream in your life, you're going to overcome obstacles,

you're going to defeat any enemy, you're going to meet every challenge,. You're going to overcome obstacles. You're going to defeat any enemy.

You're going to meet every challenge, and you're going to be victorious, even in the worst of

your circumstances. Romans 15, 14 to 33. He shows us in those few words the power of vision for life. He shows us how to have joy in fulfilling

God's purpose for your life. He shows us the motivation which can only help us not just

persevere, but thrive in life. regardless of the circumstances. First of all,

Paul shows us here that it is the pursuit of that dream. It is the pursuit of that vision. It is

the pursuit of God's purpose for your life. It's going to be, first of all, self-sacrificing.

Secondly, it's going to be God glorifying.

Thirdly, it's going to be forever dreaming. You never stop dreaming. And finally, constantly

kneeling. In verses 15 and 16, you can see that for true fulfillment in life, you're going to have to have self-sacrificing.

Secondly, verses 17 and 19, it has to be God glorifying.

Versus 20 to 21, forever dreaming.

And finally, verses 30 to 33, constantly kneeling. Let's look them in the details now,

okay? Self-sacrificing is a true, true, true secret for fulfillment. Some of you already said,

what are you talking about? I mean, everything I learned in school, everything I hear in the media,

everything I see in the movies, everything in our culture says that fulfillment is get it all

and grab it all and keep it all. That's exactly the problems. The reason we have problems in our

culture is that we're going right against the Word of God.

In the New Testament, every believer in Jesus Christ is a priest.

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