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Don't ever lose your dreams! I don't care if it looks like they are never going to come to pass!

Have you ever seen people who have no goals, no dreams, no vision, and no purpose? They're miserable! I don't enjoy being around them. I want to help them and minister to them, but I don't "pal around" with people like that. They pull you down to their level, and if you're not careful, you wind up just like them with "no reason to live."

Acts 26:16 says, "But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee."

When God gives you purpose, then He is also the one who will make it come to pass. Your responsibility is to hold on to the dreams!

Even if you have blown it and made mistakes, had setbacks spiritually, and even let sin back into your life, (that is not a license to continue doing it) God is a God of restoration.

Acts 3:19 says, "Repent ye therefore, and be converted that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord." That's what the "spirit of revival" is - a time of refreshing, recovering from the effects of heat, and recapturing your divine destiny!

How do you "catch the spirit of revival"? First, you need to go before God and repent that your sins may be blotted out! Second, YOU need to spend time in fellowship and prayer with the Father. Spending time with the Lord will produce joy on the inside of you, and that joy will give you the strength you need to get back on your feet and life!

Proverbs 29:18 says, "Where there is no vision, the people perish." People without a vision are nonproductive people! You can get around certain people and know in five minutes ? they have no vision. Why? They have no fire! They have no drive! No motivation! They are just existing! Their favorite scripture is "come quickly, Lord Jesus!" They just want out!

Since you became a Believer, I am sure that God has given you some dreams. There have probably been some dreams that you have followed through with, and some of which you have let go. I challenge you to give some thought to the dreams God has given you. Write them down, aggressively pursue their fulfillment, and check them off as they come to pass! Don't just settle for a life with no purpose! Be aggressive!

Hebrews 10:23 says, "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering." Do you know what hold fast means? Hold fast is a word that we have heard so many times and may not realize the impact it has. It is taken from the Greek word katecho. Katecho is a compound of two words: Kata and Echo.

Kata means something that comes downward with force; while Echo is defined as "I have" or "I possess." The two words combined together mean not only to embrace something, but to hold it tightly and with force! In other words, you take hold of this dream with force, pull it downward and to you, and don't let anything take it away from you!

There are two very important factors that the devil will try to use to get you to let go of your dreams:

1) Time. Time has a way of saying, "it's been two years now! Where's your dream?" Long periods of time where it looks like nothing has happened will try to influence you to just go ahead and give up. "If it hasn't happened by now, it never will! I'm getting older!" Don't let go! God called you to fulfill this dream, and He is expecting you to carry it out!

2) People. There are people that Satan uses from time to time to try to discourage you. They may say, "I thought you were going to do this or that, what happened?" Hold on to it! "Do you know how much it will cost to do something like that?" Hold on to it! Don't let the devil use people to distract you from your dreams. Keep your eyes focused on God and keep your heart full of God's Word. He has all the answers to all your questions, and you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you!

If you let up just a little bit, Satan interprets that as surrender! You must hold it tight! Embrace it with force! Don't let Satan or anyone else talk you out of the thing you have in your heart. Don't let go of your dreams!

Jerry Savelle Ministries International
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Jerry Savelle
Web site: Jerry Savelle Ministries International
 
Dr. Jerry Savelle was an average, blue-collar man who was struggling and needed God's help. While he considered himself a "nobody," when he became a believer God told him not to worry about it because He was a master at making champions out of nobodies. God has since taken Dr. Savelle from being a constant quitter to a man who knows how to stand on the Word of God until victory is experienced. Because of the life-changing combination of God's faithfulness and Dr. Savelle's "no quit" attitude, his life is totally different than it was thirty-eight years ago.
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