First Baptist Asheville Youth

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel

Remember

Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel?

Then why not every man? (woman)

He delivered Daniel from the lion’s den,

Jonah from the belly of the whale,

And the Hebrew children from the fiery furnace,

Then why not every man? (woman)

I set my foot on the gospel ship

And the ship began to sail.

It landed me over on Canaan’s shore,

And I’ll never go back no more!

Read

Jeremiah 29: 11-14

Reflect

What is the craziest dream you have ever had? What have you always said you want to be when you “grow up?” Where do you think you will be living in 10 years?

Consider

Daydreaming should be required in school. Maybe it shouldn’t be allowed in a classroom simultaneously with other subjects, but it should be a part of the curriculum. What I mean is...well...Martin Luther King said it like this, “I have a dream...”

Without a dream a person has no future. Without a future a person has no hope. Without hope a person has no life. Jesus’ entire life was spent trying to help people discover hope. He did this by helping them to look forward, not behind. He tried to help them see what they could be and he challenged them to get rid of potential-limiting sin. He knew the promise of the prophet Jeremiah that “God knows the plans he has for you, plans to prosper and not fail.”

However, simply having a dream and a hope is not enough. Jeremiah also said that we have to search and find God’s plan in everything we do. We have to follow the Christ-like way of living in order to fully realize God’s plan for a wonderful, dream-fulfilling life. Our hope is found in doing what God says.

Tonight we will be dream givers. We are going to sing for some people who because of life’s situation for them have made some bad choices. They have abused their bodies with drugs and alcohol. They have abused others out of insecurity or anger. Many of them have felt they have lost all hope and have bleak futures. We know differently. We know that all people, no matter what has happened or will happen in their life, are loved by God and that God has a plan for them. God wants them to prosper and not fail. We can be encouraging to them simply by our presence, our gift of time, our joyful music, our touch of friendship. Through us, the Spirit of God can show them a picture of abundant life. We can help give them dreams...and in the process we might become dream catchers ourselves.

Pray

Pray that God will allow you to be a giver of hope. Ask God to show you the plans he has for your life. And consider with God what dreams you should have as his follower.

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