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The Life of Your Dreams
Scott & Clare Loughrige

Happy New Year!! The Life of Your Dreams is the name of the series that will kick off the New Year at Crossroads. It's 2008 and believe it or not God has great dreams and plans for you this year! How do you tap into those dreams? How do you know if you're a God-sized dreamer or just one of those wishful thinkers? Are you a dream-catcher or a dream-avoidant?

The Bible is full of dreamers who made their way to their dream. People like Jacob with his "Stairway to Heaven", the dream of real estate and promise of blessing on his family; Joseph and his dream of success and promotion; Daniel and his ability to see and understand the future. Don't you want to tap into dreams like that! Of course you do!

What keeps people from living the life of their dreams? Many times the biggest roadblock you have is you! Someone once said "I have met the enemy and the enemy is me." There really are several roadblocks that can keep us from our dreams. Here are just 3 that we will be studying in this series.

Roadblock 1: Failing to Dream

What makes you smile? What gets your blood pressure up? What makes you cry? Who or what do you care about? Allow your imagination to be a holy playground for you and God to create, discover, or fix what's right or wrong with the world. You can uncover your God Dream!

Roadblock 2: Dreaming Alone

Develop regular prayer. . . a prayer that is as easy as breathing. . . a breath prayer like "Jesus lead me in my dreams. Inviting God to lead the dreams gives confidence to crazy ideas as they come! Then invite another person into your dream. Not a nay-sayer but a teammate, cheerleader or a coach that will keep the dream alive.

Roadblock 3: Fear of the Dream

Unconfessed or undealt with fear can keep you paralyzed. However, when fears are given to God and a safe friend, fear not only loses its power but that fear can give you the electricity to succeed! Naming a fear can open a systematic strategy to living the dream.

On Sundays, January 6-27, we will further clarify these roadblocks and others. We will look at God and those He gave dreams to in the Bible. We will be unpacking these Biblical dreams and how to make them come true in your life! You won't want to miss a single Sunday. We hope you will join us and that 2008 will be the life of your dreams!

Acts 2:17 (NIV) I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

Proverbs 11: 23 (MSG) The desires of good people lead straight to the best. . .

Living the Dream,

Scott & Clare