Kingdom Dreams

This is the second message in a series that Mike Brunk gave at a Bible Conference the week/weekend of your accident. I am finding these messages to be extremely helpful. It is very touching too how he weaves your story into the messages. Here are my notes from this one:

when plans conflict with ours
have to submit to sovereign rule of God
Daniel 2
  God reveals invisible truth
  God challenges idol worshippers of the world
  challenging false gods
Dream interpretation
  tell me my dream said Nebuchadnezzar
  their gods could not make contact
  ability to foretell future
Isaiah 46: 9,10:  Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,'
specific types of prophecies given
dream interpretation
(1) God responsible for kingdoms-rising and falling
(2) Limit-you will go this far and no more, determined limit
(3) God going to accomplish kingdom of Christ-our programs have to fit under God's
(4) Sometimes His plans cross our plans
Daniel 3
 N. made image of gold of himself
 I'm whole image, not just the head like in dream
 allegiance with false god
 can't pretend
 fiery furnace
 the majority not always right
  even other Christians
even your God can't save you from me
N.'s dream in conflict with God's
same with S., M. and A.-had plans of their own as young men (Hayden's age)
we will let God have His way-we surrender, we give up
flame of fire killed soldiers who brought them up
fall down to certain death
saw four men in furnace
  total deliverance-even clothes did not have smoke smell
In relation to accident-God could have delivered church from the fire, but didn't
Beautiful thought: had God delivered from the fire would have been amazing, but God delivering us through the fire is miraculous
Look for God to bring good things out of this
We accept your will
  witness before this community-nobody reacts that way to these types of things
Be ready always to give an answer/defense
Why would they ask you about hope that is in you otherwise?
What makes you different? Wait for God to bring people to us to ask us
Do we sorrow as world does?
Humble ourselves