Launching Dreams !

Dream facts – Did YOU know?

1. Time!

• One Third of our lives is spent sleeping. So if you live to the age of 90 you will have slept for 30 years! 30 years asleep imagine that!! 6 years of that time we spend dreaming without even knowing it!
• I don’t think God wants to waste those 6 years of your life. God has given you 6 years purely to dream – lush!

2. Everybody Dreams!

• Everybody dreams, even people who say they never dream – dream! It all depends on how we are woken.
• If you are woken from REM sleep you are more likely to remember your dream more vividly than if you wake naturally in the morning. 10 minutes after the dream ends you will have lost 90% of it!
• That’s why we always struggle to recall our dreams in the morning, or we can remember them but only random bits, which never make sense.
• Some experts say that you should write your dreams down as soon as you wake up – so you can remember the most detail.

3. Multiples

• On average we have 1 or 2 dreams a night; we often have 4 – 7 in one night.
• God wants you to dream! He wants you to be full of dreams – lots of them, never stop dreaming, God inspires your dreams, it’s his way of showing you what he wants to do, what his plans are for you. So if you’re looking for your purpose, your wondering what it is God wants you to do, be open to dreaming!
• Dream BIG! It says in Ephesians 3:20 "God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!"
• So don’t put God in a box, dream outside of your expectations, give God the space to make your dreams come true. What’s the point in dreaming something small that you know you can manage – you wouldn’t need God for anything then.

4. Brainwaves!

• So studies have shown that our brains are actually more active when we’re dreaming than when we’re awake.
• God has given us the capacity to dream massive dreams. To think outside the box, do things we wouldn’t normally think to do. To come up with new ideas we maybe couldn’t think of when we’re awake. No wonder we need 30 years sleep in our lifetimes if we’re so active when we’re dreaming!
• Has anyone ever woken up from a dream feeling exhausted! That explains it – you’re a dreamer! You’re a Joseph!


Joseph was one of the all time famous dreamers in the Bible; you can read all about him in Genesis 37 onwards. God spoke to Joseph through dreams, and he gives you dreams to inspire you to follow his plans for your life. That’s not saying that every dream you have is about God, so I’m pretty sure being chased by a giant sugar puff doesn’t mean anything! (Cough - Lozi).

Definition of Dream/Dreams:
‘A strongly desired goal or purpose’
‘A series of thoughts, images or emotions occurring during sleep’

So if all these things happen when we’re asleep, without us knowing, dreaming must be pretty important on God’s priority list. God’s into dreams!
What was first prophesied in Joel 2 v 28-32 is repeated in Acts 2 v 17-21.
“I will pour out my spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.”
We are all living someone else’s dream, I’m at the Audacious Academy this year, if Glyn Barrett and his team hadn’t dreamt that up and made it happen, I wouldn’t be there – so I’m living my dream through their dream.

When you act on your dreams you affect so many people.
Martin Luther King ‘I have a dream’ if he didn’t believe in his dream and do something about it the world would be a completely different place today. Be a dream launcher, run after your dreams and make them happen!

What are you dreaming about? It’s important to dream and have an idea of where you want to go in the future – Have Vision!
What dreams do you need to set on fire again? Don’t forget about your old dreams, they still mean something - God gave them to you for a reason!
Do you feel like you don’t have a dream yet? Ask God to inspire you, and listen closely he may have already sparked something in you that you’ve ignored!

Tips for Dream Launchers!

• Listen – to what God is putting in you.
• Make a note – write your dreams down, short term and long term. DREAM BIG! Remember not to put God in a box.
• Be creative! – Don’t just sit there with a big dream in your head, get thinking about ways you can make a step towards it.
• Get started – you might have a massive dream, but to God it’s a dream that he wants you to fulfill, every dream has a starting point, it may seem like a really small thing, but then again an oak tree comes from a tiny seed!
• Your dreams will develop as you develop – so persevere, don’t give up on them – This is a long distance journey!
• Put God in the driver’s seat! - Remember your dreams are God inspired, if you want them to succeed you need to surrender them back to God, show that you want his will not your own.

With God in the driving seat you can’t get lost!