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stir his heart during the day, and he
told his brothers about it. What was
their response? Genesis 37:5 tells us,
“They hated him even more.”
You have probably seen in your own
life that natural negative reaction
people have when you share your
dream. There will always be haters.
There will always be people who do
not believe in your dream. They’ll be
negative and cynical about it, and if
you let them, they will rip the dream
right out of your heart. That is why
you have to hold on to your dream.
Your dream is too important to God,
to you, and to the world to let them
rip it from you.
Luke Barnett is the pastor of the
25,000-member, multi-site Dream City
Church in the Phoenix, Arizona, area.
Luke also leads the Phoenix Dream
Center, an organization that offers
hunger relief, medical programs,
residential rehabilitation programs
for adults, a shelter for victims of
human trafficking, transitional
housing for homeless families, foster
care intervention programs, job-skills
training, life skills, counseling, basic
education, Bible studies, and more.
The oldest son of esteemed pastor
Tommy Barnett, Luke has spent his
life building, growing, and leading
innovative churches.
Adapted from THE DREAM-CENTERED LIFE. Copyright
© 2017 by Luke Barnett. Published by WaterBrook, an
imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Your dream is too important to
God, to you, and to the world
to let them rip it from you.
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