Pray Your Dreams
I was talking to my Pastor today and he asked me a question:
“If time or money was not an obstacle, what is the one thing you would love to do? What is your dream?”
Without hesitation I told him of my dream to someday own a working ranch (cows, horses, garden … the whole 9 yards), where I would be able to take in pregnant teenage girls, and teach them how to be good moms. Give them a safe place where they could learn domestic/home arts, encourage them in their dreams, and help them realize that even though they may have made a mistake, that their lives still have more promise than they can even begin to imagine! I would like to guide them to a life lived with the love of Christ, and how to live as Godly women so they can find the purpose that the Lord has for each of them.
If their partners are still involved in their lives, I would have Christian men on staff who could teach the boys how to work the ranch, give them a skill, and teach them how to be Godly fathers and husbands. Men who will show them that living a life for Christ is not a weakness, but a blessing.
Oh, and in my spare time, I would like to write a book. :)
Then Pastor Frank asked me this:
“How many times have you prayed for that dream to become a reality?”
Hmmmm. Honestly, I don’t know if I have ever prayed specifically for the Lord to help me obtain that dream … and I told him so. I may have when I was younger, but if I did, I don’t remember it. For me, it seems so far-fetched. A ranch like that would cost so much money and to be quite blunt, I didn’t figure I would ever see that kind of money in my lifetime.
Pastor Frank told me that as Christians we often find ourselves discouraged; we don’t understand what we are supposed to be doing with this life that the Lord gave us, and so we end up spinning our wheels in a hundred different areas because we aren’t actually in the area that the Lord wants for us. Why aren’t we in the area the Lord wants for us? Because we don’t pray, sincerely pray, about our dreams. We don’t take that one thing that fires us up – the one thing that we are truly passionate about – and pray for it to come to fruition.
Our God wants to fulfill our dreams. He wants to give us the desires of our hearts. He wants us to use the talents and the gifts that he has given us. We need to have the faith that he put those passions in us, and ask Him to show us how we can use them for the good of His Kingdom.
He told me to continue to live life, to help where I can using the gifts God gave me, but sincerely pray that God would give me the desires of my heart and help me to obtain my ranch for pregnant teens. That is my commission right now. As of today, I am going to not only start praying for my ranch, but having *faith* that God will provide. Somehow, in some way, that my ranch will come to life.
After we prayed, I have to admit that I felt an excitement that I haven’t felt in a very long time. It’s time to stop simply existing, and start being proactive. I need to share my dreams with people, and I need to put the word out there that this is what I want to do. As Pastor Frank said,
“Who knows how this will come about, or who the Lord will use to help it come to pass. You need to share your dreams.”
So, I am encouraging you all to share your dreams. If money and time were no obstacle, what is the one thing you would love to do? Take that answer, and start praying for it. Leave a comment with your dream here, and I will pray with you as well. God has so much in store for each of us!
As I got in the car to leave, this song came on the radio. It is called “What Faith Can Do”, by Kutless. Take a listen to it. I believe it was sent to me today, and I want you to be encouraged by it as well. :) (Lyrics can be found here if you want to read them)
Praying for dreams fulfilled,
















