Day 1 | Dream Big Devotional | Jamey Bridges

We call the church to a 21-day journey of big faith rooted in 2 Chronicles, shifting our focus from control to trust. We point to Solomon’s humility, the true Temple in Jesus, and why every God-sized vision exists to help people encounter God.

• grounding vision in God’s greatness not our resources
• humility as clarity rather than insecurity
• small God small prayers versus bold obedience
• buildings as spaces for encounter not containers for God
• Jesus as the true temple and us as His dwelling
• reframing projects around people and presence
• questions that stretch faith beyond comfort
• fasting prayer generosity and shared agreement

We’re agreeing with you at 2:56 every day; join prayer from noon to one on Wednesdays, the prayer walk, 24-hour prayer, and set time aside to say, “Lord, less of me, more of You”

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Chapters

• 0:00 A 21-Day Call To Dream
• 0:24 Solomon’s Vision And God’s Greatness
• 1:31 Small God, Small Prayers
• 2:36 Humility Over Ability
• 3:23 Temples, Presence, And People
• 4:38 Jesus As The True Temple
• 5:01 Big Questions For Bold Trust
• 6:00 Believing For The Miraculous
• 6:45 Dreaming Toward 2026
• 6:54 Fasting, Prayer, And Agreement

Transcript

A 21-Day Call To Dream

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Hey church family, welcome to our dream big spiritual journey, the next 21 days. Thank you so much for uh saying yes. Thank you for jumping in and saying, God, we're we want to dream big in 2026. And so what does this journey look like? We're taking everything that we're talking about from 2 Chronicles chapter 2, 5 and 6. Let me read these verses. It says, This temple I'm going to build will be great, for our God is greater than any other God. But who can really build him a worthy home? Not even the highest heavens can contain him. So who am I to consider building a temple for him, except as I place as a place to burn sacrifices to him? When God gives a vision, it will always be too big for us, but never too big for him. Let's be honest, most of us like plans that we can manage, budgets that make sense, dreams that fit neatly on a spreadsheet, faith steps that still leave us in control. But Solomon opens this passage with a confession that should rock us. It should shake us to the core. He asks this question who is able to build a temple for him? In other words, Solomon's saying, this is bigger than me. And that's exactly where God loves to work. Because a God-sized vision starts with a God-sized view of God. He says, the temple I'm going to build will be great because our God is greater. Solomon didn't say the temple would be great because of his leadership, because of his resources, his gifted builders. He said it would be great because God is great. This is the key part. My vision, our vision, your vision will only grow as large as your view of God. Small God, small prayers. Big God, bold obedience. I think most churches fail. Don't fail because they lack money or talent. They fail because they shrink God down to what they can manage. When God invites us to dream big, step out in faith, or to build something that stretches us, it's not because he needs our effort. It's because he wants our obedience. Humility is the foundation of anything God blesses. He says, but who is able? Who am I to do this? Is what Solomon's saying. This is Solomon, the wisest, wealthiest, most noble of all kings that in history. And he's basically saying, like, I'm not enough. That's not insecurity, that's spiritual clarity of him saying, God, I cannot do this on my own. I am not enough. God isn't looking for people who think they are capable. He's looking for people who know who he is. If you ever feel fully qualified for what God called you to do, congratulations. You probably misunderstood the assignment. God can't be contained, but he chooses to be encountered. The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him, is what he says. Solomon knew something powerful. God doesn't live in buildings. God doesn't need temples. God doesn't require our structures. Yet God invites his presence to dwell among his people. Why? Because buildings don't contain God, but they create space for people to encounter him. The building was never the point. Worship was, sacrifice was, presence was. We build for people, not for God's ego. Solomon said, except as a place to burn sacrifices before him. Solomon understood. People needed a place. A place where sinners could find mercy, worship could be focused, generations could meet God. Every God-given vision is ultimately about people, not projects. God-sized visions always require God-sized faith, God-sized generosity, and God-sized obedience. Solomon built a temple, but centuries later, Jesus came to become the true temple. Not a building made with hands, but God dwelling among us. And now the scripture says we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. So when we build with faith, obedience, and humility, we're partnering with what God is already doing in people's lives. Ask this question over the next 21 days. Is my faith shaped by what I can afford or by who God is? Because when we see God clearly, we stop asking, can we do this? And we start asking, what would God do through us if I trusted him fully? Where has God invited you into something that feels bigger than your ability? Are you more focused on what you lack or who God is? What would change if we trusted that God's greatness outweighs our limitations? These are big questions. These are big dreams. There's been several times what what we're talking about, I just said, God, I don't know that we can do this. And he says, exactly. But I can. So these next 21 days, we're believing for the miraculous. We're believing for those that are sick to be healed. We're believing with you as you're fasting for a loved one who doesn't know Jesus and you're praying and on their behalf, we're agreeing with you, and we're believing that they're going to come to know Jesus. Some of you are in job situations, financial situations, relationship situations. So as you're fasting, as you're believing, as you're praying, as you're setting time aside, we're agreeing with you at 2.56 every day. Or maybe, you know, your daily devotional or this video or prayer times from noon to one on Wednesdays, or the prayer walk, or all the things, the 24 hour prayer, all the things that we're saying, Lord, less of me, more of you. We're coming in agreement that what God is gonna do is big in 2026. Let's dream together. Let's go. Thank you.