I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. Acts 2:17 (NKJV) As we get closer to the end of the year, it’s a great time to re-evaluate where you are heading. God wants you to envision a great future. He taught Abraham to see his future, saying: Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have! (Genesis 15:5, NLT). He gave Joshua a visual image of what he would have: every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses (Joshua 1:3, NKJV). He …

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV) God designed you to live your life with purpose. He has an exciting destiny planned for you—using your gifts and abilities to make this world a better place. On the road to living out your purpose, there are three forces to grow and protect: Vision: Dreams are Holy Spirit’s language. God rarely communicates His plans to you in an audible voice. Instead, it’s more likely you will get an intuitive sense about a certain direction. Grow in your sensitivity to this sense—God is speaking to you more than you think. Focus: It is the …

We have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. 1 Corinthians 2:16 (AMPC) My wife Sally and I have five children and we loved listening to them talk about their dreams when they were little. They had imagination plus plenty of passion and excitement and were focused on possibilities. Dreaming about the future ignites the creativity, ingenuity and passion we all need to live big and accomplish much. We could learn a thing or two from kids—they have no trouble dreaming big. Imagine if you could dream like Jesus. Some think Jesus was a boring, timid, soft-spoken guy who never smiled and made the peace sign all day. That’s just not the Jesus I find in the …

Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion; And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], Ephesians 4:22-23(AMPC) Imagine you have a beautiful bouncing baby and he’s left you a little smelly surprise. As you hold him out away from you and wrinkle your nose, a light bulb goes off in your brain. You grab the baby powder and a diaper. You have no desire to mess with what he’s got in that diaper. So instead of removing it, you sprinkle powder madly and slap on a new diaper—on top of the …

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Philippians 4:8 (NLT) I read a great quote on a Lululemon bag: “The greatest cause of unhappiness in the world is the pursuit of happiness.” The more we look for happiness, the farther it seems from our reach. Let’s pretend you begin your day in a bad mood. Your mind instantly looks for something to blame—it may be your spouse or your job. If you keep listening to your logical mind, you will set off to change the thing you blame. You will think that the answer to your …