BECOMING A PERSON WITH VISION

BECOMING A PERSON WITH VISION

Nehemiah 1:1-11

INTRODUCTION “Where there is no vision, the people perish…” Prov. 29:18

A clear vision, along with the courage to follow through, dramatically increases your chances of coming to the end of your life, looking back with a deep satisfaction and thinking “I did it. the Lord used me. I finished well. My life counted for the Kingdom of God.”

Without a clear vision, odds are you will come to the end of your life and wonder what you could have done – what you should have done. And like so many, you may wonder if your life really mattered at all.

Vision gives significance to the otherwise meaningless details of our lives. It’s not always about what we’re doing, but rather why we are doing it.

ILLUSTRATION - Nothing glamorous about filling bags with dirt. Big picture, the vision helped to save a city from flooding.

CHURCH’s VISION: …Build the Kingdom of God by being a church made of up of true disciples…that genuinely worship and are empowered by Christ through prayer in order to go and make disciples that will…

Matthew 28:16-20

God has a vision for your life - as a believer it fits into the vision He gave the Church.

You must become a visionary person…Nehemiah was a visionary person.

A VISIONARY PERSON - SEES THE NEED (v.1-3) (Look Around You)

A VISIONARY PERSON - FEELS THE NEED (v.4) (Look Within You)

Passion!

A VISIONARY PERSON - SHARES THE NEED (v11a) (Look Above You)

4 Months of prayer and fasting

Prayer that:

Exalts God

Admits Sin

Reviews Truth

Requests Help

A VISIONARY PERSON - MEETS THE NEED (v.11b)

Paul - Damascus road - What shall I do Lord?

Romans 12:1-2 - Living Sacrifice

Lord, Here am I send me