The Dream Releasers; How to Help Others Realize Their Dreams While Achieving Your Own

Cordeiro Wayne; The Dream Releasers; How to Help Others Realize Their Dreams While Achieving Your Own. Regal; Ventura, California. 2002 pp.189. price 19.95 Available at 1-800-804-0077, (Leadership Centre). Dr.Wayne Cordeiro- senior pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship, Honolulu.
Part One. The Power of a Dream Released.
Ch. 1. If Dreams Could Fly. Everyone has a dream. It is God’s G.P.S. for us. A dream can be powerful. e.g. Martin Luther King.
Ch. 2. Human Jewelry Boxes. 2Cor.4:7. Don’t mistake the box for the jewelry. Most of this chapter is about the author’s dream as a child and it’s realization.
Ch.3. A Destiny To Discover. Ps.139:15-16. "In every life is contained all the potential through which God can accomplish great things."p.30. It takes time for dreams to become a reality.
Ch.4. Die Empty! Cemeteries hold many unrealized dreams. Let’s not add to the wealth of graveyards. Our goal should be to die empty.
Part Two. Becoming a Dream Releaser.
Ch. 5. Soaring Free. The author tells his experience as a young teenager in Japan where he thought he was buying a finch when he found out that he was paying to set the finch free. He tells of a mentor who helped him to be released for ministry.
Ch.6, Following The Master. Jesus was a dream releaser. e.g. Peter. In the process of having our dreams released there are many lessons of faith and intercession. e.g.Solomon. Dream releasers are prepared to confront and they protect.
Ch. 7. Dream Killers. 1. Unproven character. This usually involves some kind of suffering. 2. Pride. "Pride often results from poorly stewarded confidence".p.106. 3. Impatience. It interferes seriously with God’s timing. "Nothing can take the place of persistence." Calvin Coolidge. 4. Ingratitude. God responds to a grateful heart. 5. Incorrectability. A focus on wisdom will take care of this enemy. 6. Unbelief. 7. Unresolved sin. It brings the process of dream releasing to a grinding halt. 8. The inability to act. Dreams don’t come true without action.
Ch. 8. Keys of a Dream Releaser. Three keys of a dream releaser are "stewarding influence",p.134, "stewarding authority",p.139, "stewarding problems"."p.143. The comments on these three keys are very good. A dream releaser experiences a special joy by when other people’s dreams are released.
Ch.9. Portrait of a Dream Releaser. A dream releaser loves. "The unconditional love ...builds greenhouses for young dreamers."p.162. This love needs to be verbalized. Dream releasing doesn’t happen until there is an understanding of and the ability to see the need.
Ch.10. Calling all Dream Releasers. This is a short chapter encouraging people to be dream releasers. It includes a personal prayer. It is important to have an action plan as a dream releaser.
Comment. HD. My kind of book. An easy read and a good resource for anyone who is serious about being an encourager.This book has actually motivated me to make a New Year’s resolution (I don’t usually make them) where I am resolving to take my relationships of those people God has brought into my life, and will bring into my life, to a higher level. YES!