Sermon Notes

4 Things Everyone Needs to Build a Dream:
Ezra 8:1-35
1. Dreams need a gathering place to become a reality.
Vs. 15 “Now I gathered them by the river”
2. Dreams become reality through sacrificial leadership.
Vs. 21 “that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek
from Him the right way”

"They put their holy resolution into execution: purpose without
practice is like Rachel, beautiful but barren." -Trapp

3. Always remember that God is the creator and completer of the
dream.
Vs. 31 “And the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us.”
Hebrews 12:2
4. The goal of achieving a dream is to produce worshippers.
Vs. 35 “The children of those…who had come from the captivity,
offered burnt offerings to God.”