WHAT TO DO WITH BROKEN DREAMS

TEXT- 1 CHRONICLES 28:1-10

INTRODUCTION

YESTERDAY WAS CHRISTMAS AND I AM SURE EVERYONE WAS BUSY TEARING OPEN THEIR GIFTS AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY GOT.

HOWEVER, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY OPENED THEIR GIFTS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET SOMETHING ELSE.

A MAN ASKED HIS WIFE ONE CHRISTMAS WHAT SHE WANTED.  SHE THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT AND THEN SAID, "THIS YEAR I WANT COLD HARD CASH FOR A CHANGE."  THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS THE HUSBAND GOT A JAR AND FILLED IT WITH WATER AND THEN PUT IN $20 WORTH OF NICKELS, DIMES AND QUARTERS.  ON CHRISTMAS MORNING HE TOOK THE JAR OUT OF THE FREEZER AND GAVE IT TO HIS WIFE.

HAVE YOU EVER DREAMED OF WANTING SOMETHING REAL BAD AND THEN DIDN'T GET IT?

THIS MORNING THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, "WHAT TO DO WITH BROKEN DREAMS," AND OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN 1 CHRONICLES 28:1-10.

SOME PARENTS DREAM THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL ONE DAY GROW UP AND BECOME SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PEOPLE, BUT SOMETIMES THOSE DREAMS ARE BROKEN.

OTHER PARENTS DREAM THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL GROW UP AND GO TO COLLEGE, BUT SOMETIMES THOSE DREAMS ARE BROKEN.

SOME PEOPLE GROW UP DREAMING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A PERFECT MARRIAGE, BUT SOMETIMES THOSE DREAMS ARE BROKEN.

AS YOUR PASTOR I HAD A DREAM THIS YEAR THAT SOME OF OUR MEMBERS SHARED WITH ME FOR OUR CHURCH.

MY DREAM WAS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE ALL THE GOALS THAT OUR CHURCH ESTABLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

THAT DREAM DIDN'T COME TO PASS.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE BROKEN DREAMS?

HERE IN OUR TEXT WE FIND KING DAVID OF ISRAEL EXPERIENCING A BROKEN DREAM AND WHAT HE DID.

AS WE STUDY THIS PASSAGE I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE FOUR THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DO WHEN OUR DREAMS DON'T COME TRUE.