Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

And the title of today's post is The American Dream.

You may not be aware of it, but you have a dreaming nature.

I'm speaking of visionary dreams regarding the future, not dreams that occur while sleeping.

You inherited this part of your disposition from your creator.

He created us in his image and likeness, so our hearts could relate to his,

and in order that his dreaming heart could find millions of

expressions. You were designed to dream, and you must dream both for yourself and for God. In fact,

if you don't dream with him, he can't experience all of his dreams,

you'll never achieve your destiny. Now that is taken from this book entitled dream. I wrote several

years ago and most of this post will be taken from that book, which I believe is one of my best books.

And I just think God gave me this.

He gave me this.

Abraham was a dreamer.

Maybe one of the greatest ever. God liked that about him.

At that time in history, he desperately needed a dreaming friend. The Lord had been waiting for just the right dreamer to come along, one he could partner with to recapture his dream.

These two friends walked together for many years, enjoyed a special covenant with one another,

and modeled for all of us the power and beauty of divine human partnerships. Their story begins in Genesis 12, where God initiates

his plan by instilling a dream in Abraham. The verse says, now the Lord said to Abraham,

go forth from your country, from your relatives, and from your father's house to the land,

which I will show you, and I'll make you a great nation, and I'll bless you.

Please notice that God began his journey with Abraham by appealing to his dreaming nature. How fascinating is that? I'm going to make you

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