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Intro:
One of the most important and significant decisions in my life after choosing to become a Christian was to become Spirit Filled. We are going to talk about the Holy Spirit and how He can empower us to do great things for God in the coming weeks. Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. The Holy Spirit is relevant for us, because Jesus said when He went away, it would be to our advantage that the Holy Spirit would be here with us to stay. What a promise! Let’s learn some more about the work of the Holy Spirit in you!

I am always so amazed by scriptures in the Bible that prophesy something that was to happen later. In Acts chapter 2, the 120 people in the upper room were filled with the Holy Spirit. It was spectacular. There was wind, and fire, and new strange languages. It was unusual to say the least! People on the outside were a little baffled. What on earth was happening? Were these people drunk?

Peter was the first to answer. He said, no they are not drunk, but they are fulfilling the prophesy spoken by Joel, that God had poured out His Spirit on all flesh. This wasn’t alcohol, this was not wine! This was power from on high, that empowered each believer to be bolder in their witness for Christ, and to receive power! Just exactly what this New Testament Church needed. And so it began. Power and anointing began to move whenever the Word of God was preached. People were amazed that Peter who had just a little while before been a wimpy Christian denying Christ, was now a pumped up, on fire, dynamo for God. He was a preaching machine, with amazing results every time he opened his mouth to speak. New wine, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is what made the difference. Are you wanting more power and anointing in your life? Getting filled with the Spirit is the perfect place to start.

This is your moment. Dream Bigger!!! Right now God wants you! Are you sure he wants me? – you may ask. YES! It is you He wants. Your age, social status, body shape, personality, all the things that make you uniquely you – that is what God wants! He doesn’t do copies, and he made you an original. What is different about this moment from any other? It is the moment that you have right now, and now can be the best moment of your life! Why not choose to make it amazing? Think about these Bible principles.

Live for God now! (Eph 5:15,16)
Don’t get stuck in yesterday. (Phil 3:13)
Don’t be waiting for your big break in the future (Phil 4:6)
Choose to be joyful and happy now! Live fully alive today (Phil 4:4)

Now is your time:

To seek God’s face (Matt 6:33)
To become more intimate with God (Phil 3:10)
And then – help someone else with what you learn!

As you celebrate abundant life at your church today, remember what you have endeavored to accomplished for the kingdom of God since coming to Christ. Are you dreaming big, and helping others dream big? Are you helping people? Are you training others to help those around them? Those ideas are included in our churches mission statement. What one can do on their own, we can produce exponentially together. He has begun something great in you. He wants to see it come to completion as it says in Phil 1:6. So live today – full on for God and expect great things! We are then enabled to concentrate on more than just ourselves. Then we really can reach our dreams, and help others reach theirs Greater things are yet to come!

To be a dream releaser, we can use the words of our mouth to encourage, to uplift, and to edify. The ones that you influence (your kids, your co-workers, your neighbors, your fellow church members, etc) all can all be encouraged to fulfill their dreams, by the words you speak into their lives. And guess what happens in the process? As you refresh and bless others, you get blessed and refreshed! My prayer is that you have pinpointed some of your dreams, and are working toward achieving them. I also hope that you have begun encouraging some of the people in your life to fulfill their dreams. Making the decision to help someone else attain their dreams, can make you think that maybe you have “bitten off more than you can chew”. Most of us have a pretty hectic life, and just keeping up with our own things can wear us out. You may be asking, “How can I do anything more? I don’t want to be all used up on others and not have enough for my family.” Those are noble concerns, and truly there are people that serve so much that they have nothing left. Often they have such a heart of a servant, that wherever there is a need, and no one else is meeting it, they feel obligated to step in. There is a good way to keep a balance, and we can find that balance when we know what our purpose is, and choose not to get sidetracked from God’s specific plan for us. The Bible does say we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us, it just doesn’t say we can do it all at once! If we can’t do it all, we have to be aware of what it is we should do, and then obediently do it!

Can you be a dream releaser in someone else’s life? That is one of the things I have endeavored to do every day of my life. It’s not always easy to find the key that will unlock someone’s potential. Sometimes we have a hard time unlocking our own! We CAN help those we love, our kids, our mates, our friends, and even brothers and sisters in Christ release the dreams that God has put in their hearts. One incredible key is in the words that we speak. Since words are so powerful, and have to potential to bring life or death, what we say has great impact. You’ve probably noticed that is what my blog and radio program center around, encouraging words! If we speak words of life, we can bring healing to the soul (Prov 16:24). If we speak words of negativity, or of death, we can wound and injure. The words we speak over ourselves have long lasting effects as well. A recent new revelation I received that has made me extra careful about words I say over myself if is this. Whenever I use the words I am, I make sure that the words are uplifting. Jesus lives within us, and He is part of the Godhead. God called Himself I AM, so whenever we say I am stupid, or I am ugly, or I am incapable, we are taking the name of the Lord in vain. We are associating the great I AM with insufficiency, insignificance and inability. SO, I hope that becomes revelation to you too. I AM all the things that God says I am. To help release dreams in the lives of others, let’s only speak life giving words over those we love.

Are you realizing your potential? We are talking about dreams, and how important it is not to die with our dreams, but to be dream doer! As important as it is that we are doers of the Word (James 1:22), it is important that we accomplish the life mission God gave specifically to us. My prayer is that you are taking the steps necessary to fulfilling your dreams.

Today, my encouraging word to you is to encourage someone else in their dream.
This positive principle is the law of sowing and reaping. It is also called the principle of reciprocation and it works this way. When you help others achieve their dreams, you will continue to achieve yours as well. Your dream will begin unfolding as you encourage someone else, because you will reap what you sow. (Gal 6:7).

In a world where everyone is looking out for their own best interests, it is unusual to show someone that you believe in them, and are rooting for their success. In this world’s system, the common method is to get ahead, and it doesn’t matter how many people we crush in the process. That isn’t God’s way. God wants us to follow the Godly path, and help someone along the way. Be an encourager and a dream promoter. Sounds like a wonderful way to live!

Can you fulfill your purpose and accomplish the dream God gave you? You bet you can. It is never too late, or too early to start. The Bible commends the aged who continue contending for the things of God, and he tells the youth, not to let anyone look down on them because they are young. So, if you think you’re too old, you aren’t! Just think of Abraham and Sarah. You are just a young thing compared to them! If you think you’re too young, you’re not! Just think of the shepherd boy named David. As a young man, he believed that nothing was too difficult for His Big God. Dreamers come in all ages, so don’t let your age be an excuse for doing what God has for you! Dream on! Dare to fulfill your dreams. Habbakkuk 2:2-3 reminds us to write down your dreams and visions from God, and begin to see them come to pass. If you think you are too young, read I Tim 4:12. If you think you are too old, read Ps 92:12-15 , Ps 71:18. Don’t let anyone despise you because of your age. You aren’t too young, and you aren’t too old. Get about fulfilling God’s vision for your life!

A few years ago I heard of a single woman, who felt like God wanted her to move to Africa to help the orphaned children in a war torn country there. She sold her home in Australia, and moved by herself and set up a day care facility there. In the many years since, she has been there she has ministered to thousands of orphans. Many of those from her preschool are now teenagers and college students, who attend the high schools, vocational schools, and colleges. Because she acted on the dream in her heart, thousands of children and teenagers and young adults are being nurtured with the love of God through this one willing dreamer. Amazing!

Are you fulfilling the dream God put in your heart? It can truly be scary to step out in faith and try something, especially when others tell you that you are crazy! No one thought this Australian lady was thinking clearly. But clearly, she was doing the will of God for her life. We are made for a purpose, and destined for a mission in this life. Can one dream fulfilled make a difference? You bet.

Intro:
Have you reached the dream that God has put in your heart? Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your daily eword. I hope you are on the path to fulfilling your dreams. Very often, life gets in the way and we let distractions or busyness or keep us from pursuing the purpose we really are on the planet for. I hope this week, my birthday week, and a great time for me to realign yourself with the dreams God put in my heart. I hope you do the same! Here is your dailyeword.

Has anyone ever called you a dreamer? Maybe as a kid you did a lot of daydreaming at your school desk, when you should have been studying. Or maybe you had lofty ideas that someone told you that could never be accomplished. Or perhaps you wake up in the morning thinking about the funky dreams you had in your sleep the night before! (I’ve had some weird ones!) There are lots of ways to look at dreams. One dream that everyone has deep in their inner man, is to have fellowship or union with their Creator. That sends many people on searches for fulfillment, and just like the country western song says, they go looking for love in all the wrong places. We find fulfillment of that dream when we come to personally know God, who is love personified.

God places dreams in the heart of all of us. He has a plan and a purpose for each one and His desire is to see our dreams, come alive, and then become a reality. Too many people die with their dreams still unattained. They never had confidence to step out and try or to press through the fear of failing. It could be they gave up on their dream because someone, either intentionally or inadvertently, crushed their dream. I’m believing with you that you will reach the dream God placed in your heart. Go after the dreams God put in your own heart too! Determine to be a dream releaser for others!

Don’t start kicking yourself for not producing enough good fruit, instead, look back on your life since you got saved, and see all the progress you have made. Can you see God’s hand on your life? Have you made huge strides toward being the Christ-like person God wants you to become? Even if you don’t see it, I’m sure that others around you do! He has begun a good work, and He will complete it! (Phil 1:6) You can decide to step it up a notch too!. Your spiritual growth is up to you!

For me, the best way to keep making progress is to stay positive…..keep looking toward the prize….to keep pressing onward. It is harder when we beat ourselves up for slipping backward. And who tries to beat us up with our past failures? It is the enemy, the devil, our adversary. Who gently leads us like a shepherd toward producing good fruit? It is our wonderful Jesus. God has already given us the victory, what we need to do is walk on in and possess it! When you are feeling condemnation and hopelessness, remember, it isn’t coming from God. God is the one who brings conviction and with conviction, there is always hope of arriving at your desired destination. (Romans 8:1) Onward….toward total freedom! It’s already yours “in Christ”! This is how being fruitful feels.

We are talking about being fruitful in every area of life, and yesterday we discussed how to combat weariness. Besides being in the Word, staying in prayer and fellowshipping with like-minded believers, one additional tool for refreshing my spirit that I have found, is time praying in the Spirit. Ever since the day I was filled with the Spirit when I was 18 years old, I have prayed in the spirit on a daily basis. Even if my mornings start with “springing out of bed with my tennis shoes on”, I know that wherever I am, whatever I have to do, I can pray in the spirit quietly under my breath and my spirit is getting energized and strengthened. It’s almost like having the Energizer Bunny on the inside. When you are strengthened from the inside – you know that you can do all things through Christ because He is your strength. Mountains become surmountable, issues look less significant, and problems begin to look more like opportunities. God inside of you becomes A GREAT BIG GOD, and the devil looks itty bitty. How incredible to realize that no weapon formed against you will prosper, and to know that God is on your side. That’s refreshing!! And when you are refreshed, it is so much easier to produce good fruit.