Two questions:  What is your biggest fear and what is your biggest dream?  Stop, take a moment and really think about it!  If you can answer these two questions, then you can get set up to make some major progress in your life and the fulfillment of the purpose that fulfills you!

What is it that you fear and what is the fear doing to you or what is that fear keeping you from doing?  We often have fears, but never take the time to consider the cost of having the fear.  If we would consider the cost, then we might decide to get rid of it, because it is just way to expensive!

Once you have figured out your fear or fears, take some time to talk with your Creator.  He knows you, what you are facing and will not be surprised by anything you tell Him.  Just talking about it and taking the time to share it, will help you to get a better grasp, understanding and direction.  Next listen for what your Creator will say back to you.  It may come through something you read, something you observe in nature or hear in a conversation, but He will be speaking to guide, grow and help you overcome and gain victory over your fear.

What is your biggest dream and what steps are you taking to see the dream become a reality?  You will need to take some time to think about your dreams.  Everyone has a dream, but most of us have not thought enough about our dreams to be able to articulate and share them with someone else, so while we know our dreams, we are not really sure about how they will or can happen!  Take some time to actually write down your dreams.  Write everything down, the small and the big and then take some time to share these dreams with your Creator.  Figure out what dreams He put in your heart and then with His help and guidance – start to chase after those dreams.  (And by the way – enjoy the chase!)

Two pretty simple questions with the potential to make a powerful impact upon your life, so that your life can make a powerful impact upon others.  What is your greatest fear and your greatest dream?  What are you going to do about it?

Sometimes I care way to much about what other people think!  I’m not saying that we shouldn’t care about what other people think, it’s just that sometimes I let what others think influence me in a way that keeps me from doing I was created to do and keeps me from being who I was created to be!

My being overly concerned about what others think actually gets in the way of my living the productive and satisfying life that I was created for!  When I actually take the time to think about it, I find that this attitude can be traced back all the way to my childhood.

A few weeks ago, a friend was going through a tough time thinking about what she was going to do in sharing with a group of people.  She was starting to stress over the details.  I was looking to encourage my friend and the Spirit shared some advice for me to share with her.  This was the advice:  “You only need to be concerned with the Audience of One!”  Don’t think about or worry about all of the others, what they will think or what they will say!

It’s not easy, but it is true!  There is only ONE that we need to be concerned about, and if we live a life that is pleasing to Him, then that is really the only thing that matters!  I can tell you from personal experience, when I am living my life to please Him, some will like it and some will not, but that is not my concern, because there is really nothing that I can do about that!  Any effort on my part will mess up my being pleasing to Him and just drive me crazy!

I don’t know if you ever have to deal with this kind of challenge or not, but if you do, I encourage you to remember that you have an “Audience Of One” and that is all that really matters!

We say we believe in God.  We say the Bible is God’s Word.  We say this changes our lives.  What a lot of people really mean is:  I hope there is a God.  Some of the Bible could be His Word.  I would like for my life to be better!

If we really believe that God is real, that He has spoken to us through our Bibles and that our lives can change both now and for eternity, then that has to mean a life lived differently every moment of every day.

I am not talking about being a “Holy Roller”!  I simply saying:  If we really believe what we say we believe, then what matters to God will matter to us!  When reading the Bible, it does not take you very long to start figuring out what God cares and is concerned about.

Take for an example just a small part of the prayer that Jesus prayed in John 17:20-23   “20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”  Jesus is praying for people who believe and He is praying for UNITY – that they be ONE, because when we allow God to bring us together, it brings great glory to Him and blessings to all!

Jesus would not have prayed for UNITY if it was not very important!  It would not be in our Bibles, if it did not matter!  Jesus prayed it and the Holy Spirit put it into print, because this is the goal of our lives here on this earth!

If we really believe, we will stop playing the games that we tend to love to pray and come together to accomplish something supernatural and glorious for our God and King!  Do you really believe?  Prove it!