God loves you and He wants to pour out His goodness in every area of your life!
In fact, He wants your life to be blessed and satisfying and filled with His abundance. Did you realize this? Did you know that He wants to bless you in every area of your life? It’s true – He does!
There are times in life when you may struggle through tests and trials or discouragement. You may even begin to think, “My life is never going to be what I used to dream about. I might as well forget my dream and settle for reality.”
But that’s not what the Bible teaches us. God not only cares about your dreams and desires, He wants to fulfill them as well!
Read the following scriptures:
Psalm 20:4 (AMP) May He grant you according to your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans…
Psalm 37:4 (NIV) Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Proverbs 10:24 (KJV) …the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Proverbs 13:12, 19 (NLT) Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dreams come true, there is life and joy…It is pleasant to see dreams come true.
And in John 10:10, the Lord Jesus Himself said, …I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed. (MSG)
Jesus came to give you a life that is better than you ever dreamed!
I don’t know about you, but I can dream some pretty amazing dreams!!! But as awesome as I think my dreams may be, the Lord wants to do even better!
The word better is defined as, “of superior quality or excellence, larger, greater, to a greater degree, more, to improve upon, surpass, exceed, that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser.”
Ephesians 3:20 (AMP) says, Now to Him Who…is able to do superabundantly, far over and above all that we dare ask or think, infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams.
Not only does God want to give you a better life than you ever dreamed, He also wants to go “far over and above” your desires and dreams. Why? Because He loves you! He delights in every detail of your life (Ps. 37:23 NLT).
If you will continue trusting His Word, the Lord will see to it that all your godly dreams and desires are fulfilled. He will bring them to pass in your life.
What is the dream that you have in your heart? What kind of life do you dream of? Don’t give up on it! Don’t cast it off! The Lord wants to fulfill your heart’s desire – He wants to give you a better life than you ever dreamed!
Click here to read more scriptures concerning living your dreams and fulfilling your God-given purpose.
What a great encouragement this post is! Thank you, I needed that.
Thank you! We *all* need to be reminded of how much He loves us (and on a regular basis, too). Blessings, Alisha
Such a lovely reminder of his promises. It’s hard to believe & keep perspective when you’re in the midst of trial and discouragement, but His love never fails us!
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blessings to you,
lauren
You are so right, Lauren — His love never fails us! I would love to link up with you. I’ll pop over & do so! Blessings, Alisha
Great post!
Thank you, Sam.
Thanks for the encouragement! Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that God is our Father, he wants to give us good gifts. Great reminder
Yes! He is so good! Blessings!
I love it…He delights in every detail of my life. Thank you for the encouragement and for sharing at WJIM.
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Great post! I’m about to post about Ephesians 3:20 myself. As my husband and I are going through a stressful time right now, I’ve been holding on to that, reminding myself that God can do exceedingly, abundantly above all that I could hope or imagine…that’s pretty awesome!
Thank you, Crystal. Can’t wait to read your post! Keep holding on to the Word & you will be amazed at God’s goodness in your life! He is awesome!
I came to review your blog for NOBH and have left with an answer to prayer. Thank you for posting this! God is good and Ephesians 3:20 is one of my favourite verses. Every blessing, Kelly
Yes, He is good! Blessings to you Kelly!
Such an encouragement! I really am living my dream right now–staying at home with my son and married to a wonderful man. The Lord has blessed me above that by allowing me to write on the blog and be encouraged through the community here. I hope to write an eBook, but I’m taking that slow!
Thanks for linking up with WIP Wednesday!
Mary Beth
I love that God cares about my dreams. My earthly father would do anything in his power for me. How much more my Heavenly Father love to give good gifts. This is an encouraging post. I’m so happy I “stumbled” here.
Amen!
I can identify with this, Alisha. God has blessed me far more than I could ever have imagined.
Blessings,
Charlotte
Amen! He’s so good! Blessings to you too!
Perfect timing. God is so faithful. Just when I needed a little shot in the spiritual arm to not give up on what God has placed in my heart…Thanks Alisha!