Dream Again: “A God Honoring Dream”

Dream Again
A God Honoring Dream
7/12/26
Pastor Mark England

Dream Again

Because it’s so easy during this time of the year to relax… .

Summer is a great time to vacate, relax, and rest.
It’s not a time to vacate, relax, or rest from your in life.

Too often when we have time to take a break, we also take a break from .

The best thing to do in the slower seasons of life is to your dream.

The greatest fear I have as a pastor is if you put your life on .

Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Proverbs 29:18 (CSB) Without revelation people run wild,
but one who follows divine instruction will be happy.

Proverbs 29:18 (NIV) Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;
but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.

The most fulfilling thing a person can say is
“I’m my dreams.”

Create your own “”
your dreams.
Spiritually focused, fun, completely impossible, exciting, huge dreams!

Don’t your dreams.
Dream like a again!

1. Dreams are the of God.
   This is how God .

God wants to take you outside of your own into something supernatural.

The way God gets you to see outside your own limitations is by giving you a .

Acts 2:17 (CSB) And it will be in the last days, says God,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all people;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.

2. Dreams are the of your .
   Faith must have an attached to it that hasn’t happened yet.

You can’t have without a target.
You need a target before your faith can .

Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

3. Dreams have a habit of .

Luke 1:37 (CSB) For nothing will be impossible with God.

What stops dreams from coming true?

1. A wrong view of .

Don’t be about what is going on in the world.
God has created the Church to be the and !

Matthew 5:13-16 (CSB) “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. ¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

don’t change people’s lives, does!

Get your eyes on something bigger than your .

2. A wrong view of .

We don’t see things as , we see things as we see .
It’s time to start seeing yourself the way sees you!

3. A wrong view of .

Stop praying prayers!
“Lord, help me have a I really need one…”

The needs to dream again!

Jeremiah 32:17 (CSB) Oh, Lord God! You yourself made the heavens and earth by your great power and with your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for you!

What do God honoring dreams look like?
1. A God dream will seem .
It’s a step of faith.

Hebrews 11:6 (CSB) Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

What do God honoring dreams look like?
2. A God dream will require .
Dream a dream so big that can pull off.

Ephesians 3:20 (NIV) Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.

What do God honoring dreams look like?
3. A God dream will .
Your life is not about your , money, or personal …
Your life is about with someone else.

You have a place in .
There’s a !

The spot didn’t just open up for you.
The spot for you was there you were .
Then for that very thing.

Ephesians 1:11-12 (NLT) Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan. ¹² God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God. And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.

“Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrived safely because we sailed too close to the shore.”
– Francis Drake