What does it mean to dream big when the dream isn’t about money, status, or followers — but about God?
In this episode, Felice Gerwitz takes a phrase she’s heard in a hundred marketing seminars and author workshops and holds it up to Scripture.
Dreaming big in faith, she explains, isn’t chasing a bigger house or a million-dollar book deal. It’s giving God permission to work in your life beyond anything you could manufacture on your own.
Felice shares the story of a young homeschool mom who had received one word from the Lord for the year: say yes to really good opportunities.
When Felice invited her to start a podcast, she said yes on the spot — no overthinking, no talking herself out of it. That single yes became a living picture of what faith in action looks like.
She’s also honest about her own resistance.
This very episode sat written but unrecorded for over a month while the two that follow it got produced — a small, familiar example of how easily we stall on the thing God has put in front of us, and how often we mistake the enemy’s obstacles for our own good reasons.
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From there, Felice walks through a simple, practical starting point: a comfortable chair, an open Bible, a journal, and ten to thirty uninterrupted minutes. She offers a short prayer to begin with and three honest questions to bring to the Lord: What have I been ignoring? Where have I settled for safe instead of faithful? What is one small, concrete step I could take this week?
Along the way she looks at the ordinary people Scripture is full of — Abraham, who left everything familiar; Joseph, who endured betrayal, slavery, and prison before God used him to save nations; and Mary, a young, poor girl who answered an angel with “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.” None of them started with a big plan. They started with trust.
Felice also names the lies that shrink our dreams — I’m too old, I’m too young, I don’t have the education, someone else is already doing it better, what if I fail and look foolish — and reminds listeners that Moses stuttered, Gideon hid, David was overlooked, and the disciples were fishermen and tax collectors. Their limitations were exactly what made God’s power unmistakable.
She closes with the joy she’s found in a project she once thought impossible: revamping more than twenty of her own curriculum books. The mountain hasn’t moved, but the work is getting done — and she describes a peace, vigor, and confirmation she can’t explain apart from the Lord.
If you’ve been waiting for a dramatic sign or a sudden burst of courage, consider this your gentle invitation to begin today. You don’t need to see the whole path. You only need to take the next faithful step with the light you have.
In This Episode You’ll Hear
- Why dreaming big in faith is nothing like what the world calls success
- The young mom whose one-word prayer — say yes — changed her year
- Felice’s honest confession about the episode that sat unrecorded for a month
- How “being realistic” can quietly become a disguise for fear
- A simple four-part starting point: a chair, a Bible, a journal, and 30 minutes
- The prayer to pray before you begin, and three honest questions to ask the Lord
- Abraham, Joseph, and Mary — ordinary people who simply said yes
- The lies that shrink our dreams, and why our limitations showcase God’s strength
- Why clarity usually comes after the first step of obedience, not before it
- What resistance looks like when you start leaning into a God-sized dream
- Felice’s own “impossible” project — and the joy she never expected to find in it
Start Here: Four Steps to Dreaming Big with God
- Find a comfortable chair
- Take out your Bible
- Keep a journal beside you
- Give it 10–30 minutes of undivided time
Pray first: Lord, help me to do what You want me to do. Help me to always be in Your will. Help me to hear Your gentle voice, and help me with the gift and blessing of discernment.
Then ask:
- Lord, what have You placed on my heart that I’ve been ignoring or minimizing?
- Where have I settled for safe instead of faithful?
- What would it look like to take one small, concrete step this week?
Scripture
“Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word.” — Luke 1:38
Memorable Quotes
“Dreaming big gives the Lord permission in our life to allow Him to work in a way that is beyond our expectations and beyond anything we could do on our own.” — Felice Gerwitz
“Being real is useful… but it can also be a tool of the enemy. It can be a convenient disguise. And it can disguise fear.” — Felice Gerwitz
“Clarity usually comes after the first step of obedience, not before it. Waiting for perfect understanding can become a form of delayed obedience.” — Felice Gerwitz
“If I had known in my 30s that it would be 20 years down the road, I might have lost heart. But I know now that things happen in God’s perfect time.” — Felice Gerwitz
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Dr. Kim begins by reflecting on her visit to the Sea of Galilee, where she experienced a vivid reminder that Jesus is just as present with us today as He was with His disciples 2,000 years ago. Using Peter’s experience of walking on the water, she explores what it means to keep our focus on Christ instead of the storms surrounding us.
What does it really mean to have the mind of Christ—and how do we actually live it out in everyday life?
