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February 21, 2021 • Gregg Parris • Philippians 3:13–14, Proverbs 19:18, 2 Samuel 7:2, 1 Chronicles 28:3, Luke 14:28–31

Philippians 3:13-14

Again, to our text…I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
Philippians 3:13-14

“It is a mistake to be always turning back to recover the past. The law for Christian living is not backward, but forward; not for experiences that lie behind, but for doing the will of God, which is always ahead and beckoning us to follow.”
F. B. Meyer

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
Hellen Keller

Where there is not vision, the people perish.
Proverbs 19:18

I. Root your dream in history.

II. Reproduce your dream in a picture.

See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains.
2 Samuel 7:2

III. Reinforce your dream with determination.

You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.
1 Chronicles 28:3

IV. Reconcile your dream with its cost.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it…Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:28-31

V. Release your dream to your legacy.

Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service for the temple of the Lord is finished.
1 Chronicles 28:20

Lord, if ever I can do anything for You, just let me know and I’ll do it.
Lillian Trasher

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