Impact of Vision
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Everything we do in life is connected to our vision. Vision defines our purpose. It is the connection to our destiny. The Vision of the Church is to serve our community and touch our world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Value of Vision
The Value of Vision
Read: Habakkuk 2:2-3
2 And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.
3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
Why is vision so important?
Why is vision so important?
Vision provides
++Motivation
++Momentum
Vision must be
++Written
++Plane
++Easy to understand
There are two types of people
There are two types of people
What two types of people are involved in vision?
There is
++People with a vision
++People the run with the vision
Read Proverbs 29:18
18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.
The Purpose of Vision
The Purpose of Vision
Without vision
++People perish
++People cast off restraint
Vision Define Boundaries
Vision Define Boundaries
How does knowing our boundaries advance vision?
Read 1 Corinthians 6:12, 10:23
12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.
23 “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.
Paul understood
++His limitation
++His Boundaries
Read 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
Paul was focused on his mission.
Paul was focused on his mission.
Read: 1 Corinthians 9:24
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.
He was free from all
++To serve all
++To win more to Christ
I will be in Christ
++To win those under the law
++To win those without the law
++That some may know Christ
++To share this blessing with another
What has God given us to interact with the world?
The Lord has given man 5 senses
++Tongue we Taste
++Fingers we Touch
++Nose we Smell
++Ears to hear
++Eyes to see
All theses senses are valuable
All theses senses are valuable
What do natural senses do for us?
They bring
++Clarity
++Confidence
They help us
++Connect to life
++Interact with others
They are Limited
They are Limited
Read: 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 & 1 Corinthians 2:9
17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
The Source of Vision
The Source of Vision
Where does vision come from?
Read Numbers 12:6
6 And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
Visions comes from God
Visions comes from God
Through visions
++Comes revelation
++God makes God known
God’s priority is
++First show you who He is
++Then to reveal who we are.
That we may see
That we may see
Read: Ephesians 1:16-19
16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
Vision comes
++As a gift from God
++Through knowing God
++In understanding His power
++As we are moved by Him
Our Vision
++To be Committed followers of Jesus Christ
++Powerful in Prayer
++Purposeful in Life
++Effective in out Witness