(Ecclesiastes 4:9-10)

Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him [that is] alone when he falleth; for [he hath] not another to help him up.

Just like Martin Luther King Jr. I too have a dream…but hear me when I say I also have a nightmare.

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My dream is this: A unity of people, not set apart by race because there is only one race “The Human Race” and in the natural this is evident, but in the supernatural it is called the Christian race, this is evident in spirit, God’s chosen people to be one and the same, to move in His body, to resurrect Him threw us, not as individuals, but as the body of Christ.

A hand is not whole when of the members of the hand are missing. The pinky cannot do the thumb’s job and likewise the middle cannot do the rings job. All the fingers make up the whole hand.

My nightmare is this: It is the gates of Hell, a place of torment and fire full of individuals, souls that thought it was about them!!!

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In verse 9 of the beginning text it said that “the two are better than one; because they have a good “reward” for their labour.”

The reward is greater than everything, it is even greater than the universe itself and the Word “ONE” in first 10 means work done by all of us…

In verse 10 it says that the “One will lift up his fellow” because a reward so great is a reward that you cannot hold up on your own, you cannot hold the reward alone and when the body is  not fully present or absent or nonfunctional at all you cannot hold the reward up.

But woe to him who acts as an individual, for when he falleth, meaning he will fall! Not that he might or that if he falleth or that he could fall, no, no but when he falls!!

For all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God…for he has not one to lift him back up and this is when my dream becomes that nightmare!!!

It is not about me, it’s not about you, and it’s not about how great one can preach or teach or sing.

Don’t ask God to bring you a reward when all you want for it is to be the big man on campus. He has more than that for you.

Believe that you can!!! Nobodies “No” can ever come over God’s “YES”

Never let someone assassinate your dreams with words.

Remember the story of Joseph and how everyone thought that his dreams were crazy and nuts and even his farther thought that he was a little off his rocker.

Moses was told something from God about how he was going to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt. Now this was a crazy dream, but Moses listened to what his flesh was telling him. Moses was telling himself that he could not do it, his speech was incorrect, and he killed a man. He  kept telling himself that it would never happened instead of grabbing a hold of what God was telling him. Sometimes we need to grab a hold of the word of God and never let it go.

For example let us look at this analogy: When a quarter back gives the football to the running back the running back holds on tight to the ball holding it close to his heart and runs without ceasing, he runs with his eyes on the prize in this case the end zone.

Likewise we should grab a hold of our dreams that are given to us by God and hold them tight to our hearts never let anyone take it away and keep our eyes focused on the prize.

If you are not sowing any seed then you do not need seed. The seed can be your time, your finances, your passions, and your dreams, but if you are not sowing to any of this then you do not need a dream.

The picture is so much greater than the universe itself. It is all about Jesus and how He can get the credit!!!

It is not one individual’s ministry, but the ministry as a whole and His ministry and His rewards are great!

 We need to lose the idea that it is all about me or him or her. It is all about God!!!

I write these words as an apostle, because an apostle is one who is sent on assignment to deliver the message given. Not to interrupt the message and paint a pretty picture with enticing words or try to interrupt the message, which is Jesus, but rather to deliver the message or to deliver Jesus to you!

Pride kept Satan out of Heaven or pride KICKED Satan out of Heaven…the thought of it is all about me KICKED or KEPT Satan from his reward.

Why would you not think that God would not do the same to me or you?

If Satan was second in command and the worship leader in Heaven and pride came in and God got rid of him and so to speak demoted him.

If He did it to Satan than you best believe He will do the same to us!

Satan became an individual, he became alone, and like it said woe to him who is alone for he has no one to help him up.

Satan fell and so will we if we act on pride or on ourselves as individuals.

But Christ resurrected and redeemed us so that we can also be resurrected or lifted up with Him if we learn to walk in and through and with Him fully as one body.

Christ is our help when we fall, but we need others in like mind and like faith as well.

Let us become one and Help one another. Lift up one another instead of tearing down one another.

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Writers are inventors, creators, geniuses. Many of the technologies and ideas that are a part of our world today were created based off the written work of talented writers. It appears that writers often imagine and hypothesize “invent” with words, new possibilities.

When you allow your mind to be open and imagine anything in life, you literally change the world and open its eyes to the limitless range of possibilities that will only continue to enrich and better it. Writers paint the world with any color their minds conquer up. Thus, as a writer it is important to paint it with the best colors and values possible.

Everything matters and words are powerful

Be careful with what you put out into the world. If you want this world to be a better place “you must be the change you wish to see”. You cannot depend on other people to change. You must change your actions. You must be responsible for your actions. We influence one another and your actions will change the lives of hundreds of millions of people’s hearts.

When you lift others up, you are lifting the world up. Because that person you lifted up will go home and be happier with his or her family. Each of those family members will in turn spread that joy to their loved ones and so on. It is an unending domino effect.

Never think that what you say or do does not matter

Just think about the person in line at the grocery store and what happens when he or she simply places a divider down at the checkout line for you. It makes you feel instantly more connected to others. It makes you remember the people around you and it makes you put a divider down for the next person after you. And, that is just a simple gesture. Just imagine what your other larger gestures do for the lives of others. The possibilities are infinite, beautiful, and extraordinary.

You have limitless resources inside your mind, body and spirit to lift this world to a higher place. Never stop believing in the beauty of your dreams.

Joie Schmidt © Copyright 2007 All Rights Reserved.

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