Sermon Tone Analysis

New Sermon Series: Family Matters (Because Family Matters to God)

Close to God’s heart

Vision Statement

Vision Statement

Vision Statement

Examples of Company Vision:

Identify the company or business behind these vision statements:

Identify the company or business behind these vision statements:

To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

(Google)

Smarter transportation with fewer cars and greater access.

(Uber)

Our vision for commerce is one that is enabled by people, powered by technology, and open to everyone.

(Ebay)

..to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them.

(Facebook)

“Love God Fully.

Love Others Unconditionally.”

What is a vision statement?

Vision Statement.

An aspirational description of what an organization would like to achieve or accomplish in the mid-term or long-term future.

An organization’s purpose for existence and activities should be aligned to this overarching vision.

We can easily identify the vision statements of these corporations and all the world’s companies.

If there is going to be a vision statement for our families, what will it be?

It is of great wonder that we will be familiar with all the vision statements of these corporations and all the world’s companies.

If there is going to be a vision statement for our families, what will it be?

Some say the vision is to procreate.

Didn’t God say in Genesis, “be fruitful and multiply”.

I think my father kinda followed this vision for our family and took it seriously, we are seven children in the family.

Some think that the vision for family is just to multiply, to have children and grandchildren.

I have to mention this because there is a big organized religion that believes this is the reason God created sex between husband and wife.

So what happens?

The thing with vision is this.

Since that is this religion’s vision for the family then all their belief system follow that vision.

They condemn the use of contraceptives and birth control outside of natural means because they have to follow the belief that God’s vision for sex is merely to have children and not for the enjoyment between husband and wife.

Ramon, is this sermon rated R? I would say when you hear about sex from the pulpit it is rated S - for sacred.

I believe that since God created sex, it is sacred if enjoyed by husband and wife within the context of marriage.

I notice that all of you are wide awake.

We’ll be talking more about sex when we get to part of the sermon series in the coming weeks that talks about the husband and wife relationship.

But is God’s vision for the family just to procreate?

If I am going to follow that verse in Genesis to the fullest, the next thing it really says is “fill the earth and subdue it”.

Guia, there is absolutely no way we can fill the earth.

Obviously, this was God’s vision given specifically to Adam and Eve, the first parents.

At that point there were only two of them on the earth.

God wanted them to have children and their children to have children of their own and so and so forth.

Now we have almost 8 billion people in the planet, 1.3 billion in China alone.

Someone ask how did that happen?

Did more of Adam and Eve’s descendants move to China?

Someone answered, no it is because everything is made in China!

So vision is important especially for our families.

The Bible says in .

Vision - Hazon - which can mean two things, it is both an aspiration and also a revelation.

What is God’s revelation or vision for the family?

The word “family” which is “home” or “household” from the Greek “oikos” which means people living in the same house which in Bible times includes father, mother, children, grandparents and servants.

This word is found 113 times in the New Testament.

There is another word for “family” that we are going to explore today which appears only 3 times in the whole New Testament.

THis word is for family is from the root word Patria.

This word stresses relationship more and the Fatherhood of God.

It is found in , that Jesus will come from the “family” of David.

In in Peter’s sermon when he mentioned that in Abraham, all the “families” of the earth will be blessed.

And here in , let’s pick up from verse 14:

Words that I want to catch here today:

“Father”, “Name”, riches, strengthened, power, Spirit, Christ, faith, grounded, know, love, fullness of God.

From here I will state God’s vision statement for family: from the so thats.

Family Vision Statement

“To remain under the Fatherhood of God so that its members are filled with the presence and love of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit”.

The prevailing situation in homes in our present society is that:

Families do not know God’s vision for our family.

Families have embraced the world’s vision for family.

Families do not know God’s vision for our homes.

I. Families do not know God’s vision for our homes.

This is not a matter of ignorance but rather a lack of leadership or disengagement of the appointed leader of the home to even know.

Leadership is key to knowing and bringing God’s vision to our homes.

According to a survey, unlike previous generations, contrary to a what a lot of people think about them, millennials don’t really look only for personal rewards and short-term goals as much as they stress the importance of someone leading them, according to these competencies:

Competencies of a leader that millennials look for:

a. Strategic Thinking

b.

Inspirational.

c. Interpersonal Skills.

d.

Visionary.

e. Decisive

f.

Passionate.

Inspirational is the power to motivate.

The word is catching on the concepts of servant leadership.

Our kids no longer appreciate leadership as the “use of authority”.

They however will appreciate the power of persuasion.

Visionary is to have new ideas.

What millennials don’t want is for their leaders to think in terms of “this is the way we have always done it, so let us just continue doing it”.

Ask powerful questions: One simple yet powerful question is “Why are we doing what we are doing?”

yearly activities..

Definition of Insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”.

Passion.

Millennials want to see that their leaders passionately believe in what they do.

Second prevailing situation in our families:

2. Embraced the world’s vision for the home.

II.

Embraced the world’s vision for the home.

If God has a vision for our homes, well the world does too.