Hey, this is Stephen Fertig. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, and this is our podcast.

I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your

faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God as moving in your life. Enjoy the message.

This is a scripture in Genesis, chapter 37, verse 5, that has in it so much, so many

of you who know the story of the biblical character Joseph will be tempted to fast forward

again to the end of the story. And I want to challenge you not to because this is where

the sermon starts today in Genesis 37, verse 5, for a few weeks out of every year, I plan

my teaching to be independent of a series. A lot of times I teach around one theme, but

then I clear parts of the calendar. Intentionally, I've learned to do this now in 13 years of

pastoring that you just need to leave a little room for some things that have been in

your heart. This particular message, I was able to share some of the content with our

staff last year and really been waiting for an opportunity to share it with you. And so

I'm very excited about it today. But just one verse to get us started in Genesis, chapter

37, verse 5, the Bible says Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they

hated him all the more. So for everybody who's thinking that when you get a good idea,

everybody's going to go fund you, they're not. And that everybody's going to support you

and understand you. Don't expect that. Because this message, I want to speak to you about

your dreams today, the dreams God has put in your heart, but I want to talk about it from

an unusual subject heading called the danger of a dream. And this message comes with a warning

label. If you like your nice little comfortable version of the way life is supposed to be, slip

out now, click off now, watch your TED talk. But this message is for somebody who has a

God-given dream, or you're starting to sense it. And I just pray, in fact, let's pray right

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