Created to Dream
The 6 Phases God Uses to Grow Your Faith
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Publisher Description
Pastor Rick Warren will help you understand the process God uses to fulfill the dreams He gives you.
A great dream is a statement of faith. Whether you dream of creating something beautiful or accomplishing something incredible, your dream is the first step God uses to develop your spiritual maturity and change your life. The Bible is full of stories of people whose God-given dreams became reality—but to get there, they had to take a journey of faith.
In Created to Dream, beloved author of The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren reveals how God uses six phases to develop your spiritual maturity while fulfilling the dreams he gives you. Each phase is a test of your faith, bringing you closer to your goal:
Phase 1: Dream—God puts an exciting dream in your heart.Phase 2: Decision—You make the decision to go after the dream.Phase 3: Delays—God allows delays to get you ready for the dream.Phase 4: Difficulties—You face problems that grow your character.Phase 5: Dead Ends—You hit an impasse that God uses to deepen your faith further.Phase 6: Deliverance—God fulfills the dream, sometimes in ways you hadn’t expected or imagined.
Knowing these six biblical phases of faith will allow you to stop wondering if you’ll succeed or what you're doing wrong and begin looking instead for God's way forward so that you can be prepared for all that God has dreamed for your future.
God's dream for your life awaits you!
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"A great dream is a statement of faith," writes pastor Warren (The Purpose Driven Life) in this heartening guide, "but dreaming is just the first phase" of achieving a goal. Warren outlines a six-part process that starts with ensuring one's aspiration is God-inspired, in that it doesn't contradict scripture and requires faith to enact ("It will be so big you can't do it on your own"). Next, readers must take action, and just as "God gave Noah the dream of saving the world—but Noah had to make the decision to build the ark," they'll need to devote time and energy to the endeavor. As well, Christians should expect to encounter roadblocks and must "persist through delay" via prayer, "deal with difficulties" to enrich their faith, and "encounter dead ends" on the way. Warren illustrates his advice by citing biblical figures who overcame hurdles, such as how Moses initially shrank from God's command to lead the Israelites out of Egypt because of a speech issue, and affirms that "God has always used imperfect people in imperfect situations to accomplish his perfect will." Enriched by Warren's bountiful charisma and backed with solid advice, this offers plenty of practical insight. Christians looking for faith-based motivation will find it here.
