The importance of having a "Vision." Each person is here for a purpose. Each life has significance. Everyone ca begin to take steps to "change their world" in some way.

1. The Power ofThe Power of
VisionVision

3. Acts 2:17
…I will pour out of
my Spirit upon all
flesh:

4.  sons and daughters shall
prophesy,
 young men shall see
visions,
 old men shall dream
dreams:

5.  Pro 29:18
Where there is no vision,
the people perish:

6. Lack of vision…

7. Leads to maintenance only
1. Boredom
2. Humdrum living
3. Status quo
4. Everyday the same

8. Rev. 3:17
Because thou sayest,
I am rich, and
increased with
goods….that thou
art …blind,
and naked:

9. ASK!
 Mat 7:7
Ask, and it shall be
given you;
 seek, and ye shall
find;
 knock, and it shall be
opened unto you:

10.  What visions?
 For what purpose?
 For whom?

11.  Calling
 Direction
 Plan
 Timing

12. Vision bringsVision brings
 FocusFocus
 DirectionDirection
 ClarityClarity
 PriorityPriority

13. A Need To be metA Need To be met

14. A ReasonA Reason
 Mission
 Task
 Significance
 Passion

15.  You are a dream away from
destiny
 You are a divine thought
from the greatest part of
your life.
 You are a vision away from
what God’s plan for you

16.  Noah… Ark
 Abraham… Promised Land
 Joseph… Sheaves
 Moses… Let my People go!
 Joshua… Taking the Land
 David… Worship
 Solomon… Wisdom

17.  Esther… for such a time as this!
 John baptist… prepare the way
 Matthew… prove from OT
 John… Jesus is God
 Peter… go to the Jews
 Paul… go to the Gentiles
 Apollos… Convince

19. Do I have a vision for my church?
Do I have a vision for my village?
Do I have a vision for my ministry?
Do I have a vision for my people?

20. Do I have a vision for my wife
(husband)?
Do I have a vision for my children?

22. One encounter creates
 A ministry
 A business
 An orphanage
 A book
 A family
 A future
 A meaningful life

23.  If I do not have a
vision, then who
has?
 If I do not look to
God, then who will?
 If I do not have a
vision for my
ministry, then who
does?

24.  6,000,000,0
00
 How many?
 Very few
 You!

25. Responsibility
 My relationships
 My family
 My job
 My church
 My pastor
 My leaders
 My ministry

26. What has God put on your heart?
 Family
 Children
 Teens
 Youth
 Music
 Writing
 Cooking
 Sewing
 Husbandry

27.  Children’s
ministry
 Dance
 Technology
 Mass media
 Teaching
 Evangelism
 Art
 Carpentry

28. How? Many ways!
 See in sleep
 Awake
 Opportunity
 Touched
 Moved
 Understand
 Care
 Giftedness
 Rainbow of ways!

29. In the year that king
Uzziah died
I saw the Lord
high and lifted up….

30. When?
 Noah
 Abraham
 Isaiah
 Elijah
 The disciples
 The apostle Paul
 Jesus Himself!

31. A man with a vision
Nehemiah
How he gives us
an example of
vision
The Wall Builder!

32. Neh 1:2Neh 1:2
That Hanani, oneThat Hanani, one
of my brethren,of my brethren,
came,came,
He heard!

33.  Neh 1:4
And it came to pass, when I
heard these words,
 that I sat down
 and wept,
 and mourned certain days,
 and fasted,

34.  Neh 1:4
and prayed
before the God
of heaven,

35.  A man deeply moved
 Affected
 Challenged

36.  Understanding
 Feeling
 Sense of responsibility
 Anger

37. Vision needs

39. Action

40. Every journey of
1,000 miles
Begin somewhere
Start the ball rolling
Without action the
vision becomes weak

41. To be considered…
 How to proceed
 What to do
 Where to go
 Who to see
 Where to begin

42. Anyone would hear the cries and weeping of
the men and women who were storming
heaven

43. 
yet will I gather them
from thence, and will
bring them unto the
place that I have
chosen
to set my name there.

44. I will bring you back
 To your first love
 To fulfill the call
 The dream
 The passion
 The joy
 The peace
 The place

46.  James 1:7
For let not that man think that he shall
receive any thing of the Lord.

47. Rev 22:17
 And the Spirit and
the bride say, Come.
 And let him that
heareth say, Come.
 And let him that is
athirst come.
 And whosoever will,
let him take the
water of life freely.

49. Placed in a position for a purpose..
 Joseph
 Daniel
 Esther
 Luke

50. Est 4:14
and who knoweth whether thou art come
to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Christian Embassy!

51.  James 1:6
But let him ask in
faith…For he that
wavereth is …
driven with the
wind and tossed.

52.  3 to 4 months!
Nehemiah…

53. Preparation
Plannning

55.  Abide your time
 Await an opportunity
 Be ready when that
time comes
 Timing is important
when approaching
people

56. Opposition

57. Determination
Focus

58. Leadership

59. Motivation

60. 
and fight for your
brethren,

your sons, and your
daughters
 your wives, and your
houses.

61. Protection

62.  Neh 6:1
Now it came to pass, ...that I had
builded the wall, and that there was no
breach left therein;

63. The Hand of God

64. Celebration !!
!