The Time Is Now - Developing A Lifestyle Of Prayer

7. What might the Lord bring about in your life as you prove faithful to imagine and pursue His dreams (vv. 19-23, 29)?

8. Isaiah 42:13 and 59:17 describe the way in which God goes about His business. We are made in His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-27). What, then, do these Isaiah pas­ sages reveal about our potential/or pursuing a dream?

Quite often God's dreams, and ours, take the form of concrete, specific plans, othetwise known as goals or commitments. Some of us feel confined by the idea of a goal or com­ mitment and would prefer to stay "free" for God's spontaneous leading. But Scripture clearly shows that God often reveals His dreams and plans hours, years, and even centuries in advance, and that pursuit of these dreams can be even more exciting than living spon­ taneously. We'll examine this aspect of God's way of operating in Lesson 10, "Growth through Goals."

9. What do these passages teach about God's dream for each of us?

mus 2:14

Romans 12:10-12

Joshua 1:7-8

It's often said you pay a price for success, but that's not true. You pay a price for failure due to apathy. That price is misery.

Ifyou would prosper in your work, be sure to keep up earnest desires and expectations of success. Ifyour hearts be not set on the end of your labors, and you long not to see the conversion and edification q/your bearers, and do not study and preach in hope, you are not like01 to see much sue-