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i randomly picked up this magazine and read this article, and it really inspired me, especially on that day when i needed faith.

God Put a Dreamer in You
Rev Kenneth Copeland

I charged down to Beaumont full of hope and enthusiasm. I'd been dreaming of preaching to thousands so I was expecting a landslide. But what I found when I got there was a mess. A flue epidemic had hit the church and the first morning the only ones who showed up for the meeting were the pastor, his wife and two other people. The next meeting two more people showed up.

At first, I let that get to ne. I let it cut off my dream. But after I spent some time in prayer, the Lord showed me 1 Peter 5:6-7: "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you."

I saw it. I had to roll all the care of the meeting over on Him. Carrying the care was killing my dream. The care said, "There's no hope of you having a meeting here." But faith said, "I don't have a care. I'll preach whether anyone comes or not. That's what I'm called to do -- preach the Word. Period!"

I got back on my feet again. I decided the first thing we needed to do was get these people healed. So the pastor and I took our anointing oil and went out praying for the people. Every one of them got healed, except for one man who just refused to get out of bed.

The next service, I went in and preached like there were 15,000 people there. I preached all over the room. I preached up and down the aisles. There were still less than a dozen people but I was shouting the victory like the place was full. As I remember, there was one sinner there and the rest were believers, but that one sinner got saved. As far as I was concerned, that was 100 percent success -- we were having a landslide!

Afterward, somebody said, "That poor preacher hasn't ever been to seminary. He's so dumb he doesn't know the difference between a landslide and a flop!"

He didn't realize that I was a dreamer. He didn't know that while I was preaching, I was seeing that place full. I was seeing people crowded in until they were hanging out the windows. Before the week was out, that dream had become hope... that hope had clothed itself with faith... and the building was literally running over with people. It only held about 130, and by Friday night they had to raise the windows so the people outside could hear. We stayed and held two servuces a day for 21 days. It was glorious.

That was almost 40 years ago now, and I've been dreaming Holy Ghost dreams ever since. I've spent my life preaching that Jesus is Lord to multiplied thousands and flying from the top of the world to the bottom and all the way around. Over the yeas, my dreams have gotten bigger -- and I'm not finished yet.

"Yeah, but Brother Copeland, that's just you. You're a dreamer."

So are you, my friend. If you're a born-again believer, God has put dreams inside of you, and He's given you a servant called faith to bring those dreams to pass.

So stir yourself up. Stir up your divine imagination and reach out into the heavenlies. Immerse yourself in the Word of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit and dare to dream the dreams He gives you. Bring your hope to a higher level by declaring the Word, and keep meditating that Word until your hope is clothed with faith, and that faith reaches into the realm of the spirit and makes your dream a reality.

Don't let fear or past disappointments hold you back. Plant your dream like a mustard seed so it can grow up and become greater than the impossibilities in your life. Plant it so it can grow up and become a source of blessing, encouragement and support for others.

God is waiting for you to dream. The people you were born to bless are waiting for you to dream. So don't let the devil stop you.

Threw the stars ;11:37:00 AM