Good to Great in God's Eyes - Dream Great Dreams, Part 1
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🗓️ 26 December 2024
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Summary
God is looking for ordinary people to do extraordinary things for Him. Do you believe that? It’s true. But in order to move this from your head to your heart, you need to take one very important step. Chip reveals what that step is. Don’t miss it!
Main Points Thesis:God delights…
to do IMPOSSIBLE things…
through IMPROBABLE people…
to IMPART exceeding grace…
to UNDESERVING recipients.
Practice: Dream Great Dreams!
I. How does God do it?- He invites ordinary people to dream something so great that it would be impossible if God did not do it.
- God is able. --Jeremiah 32:17; Luke 1:37
- God is desirous. --1 Corinthians 2:9
- God has promised. --Psalm 37:4
- God invites us. --Psalm 2:8; John 14:12-14
- Abram – He commands us to step out of our “comfort zone.”
- Joseph – He puts a dream within our heart.
- Moses – He allows us to fail in our attempt to accomplish His dreams in our own power.
- David – He teaches us through adversity to love the “Dream-giver” more than “the dreams.”
- Paul – He clarifies our calling in times of crisis and often uses our worst failures as the platform of His future fulfillment.
- Jesus – The dream will cost us our life and appear to others as the height of folly just before God accomplishes the impossible through us.
- Your life
- Your marriage
- Your children
- Your career
- Your ministry
- Write it down and then read it over regularly
- Pray over your dreams
- Look for God’s intervention and direction
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | God is looking for ordinary people to do extraordinary things for him. |
| 0:06.0 | Let me ask you, do you believe that? |
| 0:08.0 | It's true. |
| 0:09.0 | But in order to move this from your head to your heart, you need to take one very important |
| 0:15.0 | step. |
| 0:16.0 | We're going to talk about that step today. |
| 0:18.0 | Stick around. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:25.9 | The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians through the Bible teaching |
| 0:30.9 | of Chip Ingram. Have you ever wondered, how do I break out of the ordinary Christian life and take |
| 0:36.4 | my faith to the next level? |
| 0:38.3 | Well, today, Chip will begin answering that Bible question as we highlight a portion of his |
| 0:42.8 | popular series, Good to Great, in God's Eyes. For the next several programs, you'll learn about |
| 0:48.1 | a handful of specific practices that can have the potential to not just make you a better |
| 0:53.0 | Christian, but the absolute best. |
| 0:55.8 | So if you're ready, grab your Bible and go to Ephesians Chapter 3 |
| 0:59.1 | for Chips Talk, Dream Great Dreams. |
| 1:03.2 | God delights to do impossible things through improbable people |
| 1:08.7 | to impart exceeding grace |
| 1:11.4 | to undeserving recipients. |
| 1:15.1 | Spent some time making that sentence up. |
| 1:19.0 | And since it was so wonderful, let me give it to you again |
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