When God called us into ministry… We dared to dream big…to believe God and His promises. Ifwe have been in ministry a few months or a few years, we come to realize that it is hard to keep our dreams alive. I grew up in a ministry home where I saw the great days of victory…and also the ordinary days of faithfulness and hard work. Sometimes, we are stuck in that time of sowing or faithfully serving and we may start to lose our dreams. This year, God has been really working in my heart and my family’s heart about dreaming big. It resonates with the words of my childhood when I heard my father say “Just believe God…believe Him…Nothing is too difficult for God. I am believing God for the island of Cebu and the neighboring islands…dreaming of what God could do in the Philippines…” He wrote down his dreams from time to time. I still have the paper he wrote when he was turning 40. He wrote down BIG dreams…He affirmed God’s promises and proclaimed to God that he would expect great things because God was a Big God! I saw him serve God with a believing heart that will forever mark my soul. Yet, why do we sometimes lose heart? Sometimes we have just waited so long for the dreams in our hearts to come true. I know the enemy whispers lies that diminish our faith…Yet I want to be one of those warriors that believes our Father for the goodness of God in the land of the living. As friends in ministry, let us encourage and bless one another as we hold onto the dreams that God has placed in our hearts.
“Dear Lord, please strengthen our friends in ministry as they serve You so faithfully. Please continue to place dreams in our hearts that are Your dreams for us. Continue to purify our motives and make us more like You. Lord, we ask You to give a new hope to those who are broken hearted. Please lift up those who are going through great trials…May we all have a renewed hope, faith and vision (even if it is just a mustard seed) to believe You for harvest and revival in our churches and ministries!”

By: Cindy Lyons