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From a thought in  Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small  by Mark Batterson.  (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Mark says, “This may come as a mild surprise, especially in a book about pursuing dreams, but I don’t believe that everybody is destined to pursue his or her own dreams. Not everybody is a maverick dreamer. But if you’re not, it’s imperative that you get around someone who is. Why? Because without a vision the people perish!” He then says, “Serving someone else’s dream isn’t less significant than pursuing your own. In my opinion it’s more noble. It’s the dreamer who gets most of the credit at the curtain call. But I wonder if second fiddles will get most of the reward. And ultimately, it’s God who gets all the glory when the final credits roll.” Look at this, “Alex Haley, the Pulitzer Prize– winning author of Roots, is said to have hung in his office a painting of a turtle sitting on a fence post. ‘Anyti

From a thought in  Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small  by Mark Batterson.  (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) This is dealing with the why we do whatever we do, the purpose of our life as Christ followers.   Mark says, “You certainly have a job to do, but you also have a calling to fulfill. If you are a Christ follower, you are part of the royal priesthood. That means you are a priest-entrepreneur, priest-athlete, priest-entertainer, priest-politician, priest-coach.” He goes on, “Your portfolio is your pulpit. Your company is your congregation. And that goes for your team, your class, or your organization. Destiny isn’t pie in the sky. Destiny is being faithful right where you are. The best way to land your dream job is to do a good job at a bad job and do it with a great attitude! Be like Christ. Be yourself.” Every Christ follower has a calling on their life. So where

From a thought in Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small by Mark Batterson. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) And that is something for us to realize.  Mark says, “You have two—one is universal, and the other is unique.” He goes on, “Think of it as your double destiny. Just as we share a common grace, we all share a common destiny. We are predestined to be conformed to the image of Christ.  In other words, our universal destiny is to think like, act like, love like, and be like the prototype—Jesus. If you pursue that common destiny, it will lead to an uncommon life. You’ll go places you can’t get to. You’ll do things beyond your capabilities. And you’ll meet people you have no business being in the same room with. But the goal isn’t going, doing, or meeting. The ultimate goal is becoming like Christ.”  “We all share that destiny in common, but the other destiny is unique. There never has been and never will be anyo

From a thought in Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small by Mark Batterson. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) That is so true.  It is all in your focus and your priorities. Mark says, “If your goal is fame, good luck. Even if you achieve it, you’ll realize that it’s as unfulfilling as fortune. You don’t need a bigger paycheck. You need a bigger why . Our chief end is to glorify God, and if your goal is to make famous the name of Jesus, good fortune will follow you all the days of your life and right into eternity!” Now that is good news isn’t it? He then says, “In her spirit Julie Neal felt as if she was on the verge of something big. In fact, God told her to get ready! She just wasn’t sure how or for what. That’s when she visited her brother and sister-in-law, who had adopted a baby from Africa. On the way home Julie’s eight-year-old daughter said, ‘We need to adopt a baby.’ Julie quickly came up with all kind

A thought by Mark Batterson (2016-09-06) from his book, Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small (Kindle Location 2535). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. ( Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) God is really amazing isn’t He?   God has a plan for our life and He wants to and can use every part of it.   That is the way He works. Mark says, “When David took harp lessons as a kid, he never imagined that those lessons would someday position him as a member of King Saul’s court. As he practiced slinging a stone while tending sheep, it never crossed his mind that this skill set would catapult him into the national limelight. Even when David was hiding out in caves as a fugitive, God was deepening his emotional capacity to write psalms that would pull heartstrings thousands of years later.” Mark goes on, “Just because something isn’t part of your life plan doesn’t mean it’s not part of God’s plan. God is