What does having a dream house mean from a biblical perspective?
- Dream=Desires
- It’s not a need, and not what you currently have
- Different kinds of dreams
- Selfish dreams vs servant dreams
- Only one of those points to Jesus
- Dreaming to be a doctor can be both a selfish and servant dream, it depends on your heart and your intentions for the dream.
How does American culture view dreams?
- We should dream big and have a lot of aspirations.
- Have huge desires for yourself and your life. It teaches us not to be content with where we’re at and to enjoy the life we have been given.
- If you die today, could you say that you were content with what you had? If you can’t, it would be a much bigger tragedy than someone who is happy with their life
What does God’s word say about having dreams/desires such as a dream house
- 1 John 2:15-17 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
- Matthew 6:19-21” Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
- Hebrews 13:5 “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'"
- Luke 18:18-30 Rich young ruler
- 1 Timothy 6:8-9 “But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.”
- Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? ESV
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