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God Will Resurrect Your Dream- It’s Never, Never Too Late

By Rev. Melwyn M.

Some of you are so discouraged by unfulfilled dreams that you actually wish you were dead.

I want to share with you a message the Holy Spirit gave to me early one morning when I thought my dream had died, too.

Some have dreams that are barely still alive but appear to be at the point of death.

Some have dreams that have recently died.

Some others believe that their dreams are not only dead but they are prepared for burial and on the way to the cemetery.

Then there are those who say, "My dream is so dead that it's already been buried and is decayed and stinking."

No matter what stage of dying or death your dream may be in, Jesus wants to touch that dream with His resurrection power.

Raising the dead is a light thing for the Creator of all things.

I would like to show you today from the Bible that Jesus is experienced in resurrecting dreams in every stage of dying or death.

The Apostle Peter

The Apostle Peter messed up so badly by betraying Jesus, his best friend; he thought his dream was over, too.

The Bible says, "... he went out and wept bitterly."

(Matthew 26:75)

In the Greek language those words "wept bitterly" mean "lamentation, hard crying, wailing aloud, to violently bewail, sharp and piercing".

Peter's heart was so broken by what he had done, he believed with all of his existence that his dream had ended.

He thought for sure Jesus was through with him.

After he cried his eyes dry, he decided to go back to catching smelly fish.

That is until Jesus rose from the dead and sent Peter a message via Angelic delivery service that said, "But go and tell his disciples -- AND PETER -- that He is going before you into Galilee ..." (Mark 16:7) Jesus told that Angel, in essence, "Mention Peter by name.

I want him to know that I forgive him and that his dream is not dead.

Make sure he's at the meeting.

In the front row.

It's resurrection time."

Jesus would tell you today if you're wishing that you were dead, too, "Hold your horses.

Don't throw in the towel.

It's not over 'til it's over.

Keep believing.

Power is on the way."

A Nobleman

In the Bible there is a Nobleman whose son was not actually dead but he was close to death indeed.

This man went to Jesus with great anxiety, imploring Him to "... come down and heal my son for he is at THE POINT OF DEATH."

(John 4:47) Jesus honored the man's release of faith by simply telling him, "Go your way.

Your son lives."

Possibly your dream hasn't quite died but it's all you can do to hang on to it today.

Your dream is at THE POINT OF DEATH.

Cry out to Jesus the way the Nobleman did, expecting His intervention.

Jesus will say to you, in essence, "That's all I was looking for.

I was wanting you to ask for My help by faith.

Go your way.

Your dream lives."

Call out to Him now.

He'll resurrect that dream.

Jairus, the Synagogue Ruler

Elsewhere in the Bible there is a man whose name was Jairus.

His daughter had recently died while he was in the process of running to find Jesus.

His little girl was not at the point of death.

The Bible says his little girl was actually "dead".

As soon as Jesus heard that the little girl was dead, He immediately told the man, "Do not be afraid; only believe."

(Mark 5:36)

Difficult as it was, Jairus refused to get into fear knowing he could trust the words of Jesus.

Within moments, Jesus was leaning over the child, speaking the words, "Little girl, I say to you arise."

Immediately the girl arose from the dead and walked.

(Mark 5:42)

So you say your dream has recently died?

Jesus would say to you, "Do not be afraid.

Only believe.

Speak to your dream in My Name.

Tell that dream to come forth and to be perfected in the Earth and it will obey you."

Your dream will rise from the dead even as Jairus' daughter was raised from the dead.

All you must do is believe like Jairus believed.

This narrative is in the Bible to give you hope.

So get your hopes up.

As a matter of fact, get them up as high as they will go.

Change is on the horizon.

This is your Time of Resurrection.

The Widow of Nain

A widow woman in the Bible was in even worse shape than Jairus.

Her only son was well beyond "recently dead."

This young man's body was prepared for burial when Jesus showed up, interrupting the funeral procession.

When Jesus saw how broken-hearted the widow woman was that the dream of her only son caring for her through her old age was dead and almost buried, He had great compassion on her.

To the amazement of the entire procession, He reached out, touching the coffin, saying, "Young man, I say to you, Arise."

(Luke 7:14)

The young man who was dead suddenly sat up and Jesus presented him to his mother.

The whole crowd burst into praise even as you will when you ask the Father to resurrect your dead and practically buried dream, in Jesus' Name.

He's just waiting for you to ask.

I dare you to do so!

Lazarus, the Close Friend of Jesus

Raising Dead Dreams John 11

11:4 ‘this sickness is not fatal…God will be glorified in this.”

Sickness= set-back, obstacle.

Our set-backs can become our come-backs-this was the response of JESUS when he heard that Lazarus was in ICU!

11:6-says he stayed there 2 more days!

#1 Don’t run off half-mad everytime that there is a set-back to your dream.

There is a time to respond and a time to reside.

When in doubt, wait it out!

JESUS says lets go to Judea again.(Vs

6)

-all of the disciples objected-they tried to kill you last time in…why go where you are not wanted?

JESUS replies with a parable regarding “light”.

What does this mean?

“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep and I must go wake him up.”

But JESUS meant that he had died.

He then begins to let them in on a bit of spiritual insight.

#2 When you know Christ, your dreams(when planted in you by God) do not die a fatal death, they simply fall asleep, lie dormant/inactive until the spirit of God comes on the scene to “raise” them up again.

In order for there to be a resurrection, there has to be a death.

A death of our desires, our motives, our plan and our will.

11:17 When JESUS arrived where Lazarus was he was told that he had been dead for 4 days.

Both Mary and Martha make sure that he knows how disappointed they are in him because if he would have been there, Lazarus would not have died.

Now is where it gets interesting!

Read 11:33-38