This is a Saddleback Church podcast.

We're excited to be in this series called Created to Dream.

It's based on Pastor Rick's book called Created to Dream.

And every week we're unpacking a different aspect of the phases in this dream cycle

that Pastor Rick unfolds in his book.

And so we talked about getting the dream.

And then we've talked about deciding to follow through on the dream.

And this week, we get to talk about delay.

Because who doesn't love a good delay, right?

Like you had your plans made. There was a timeline that was set,

and then it's like, oh, just kidding, you're going to be delayed. Like, just go ahead and stamp it on your

forehead, delayed. And, you know, it's a frustrating experience that we have all had. And so today

we're going to unpack what that looks like.

But before we do that, we're going to get to peek in on an interview that Pastor Andy and

Pastor Rick did together.

So check out these screens, and then I'll be up to give the message in just a minute.

So if it's not a dream, there's always, you know, the acting on it, but there seems to be for most stories in the Bible,

church history, our own experience.

There's kind of that delay phase that we go through.

Third phrase, dream, decision, inevitably delayed.

A dream is never fulfilled instantly never fulfilled instantly uh because god

wants to use a dream and working in your life um it is there's always there's not a vending

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