VisionVision brings brings vitalityvitalityVisionVision brings brings clarityclarity

VisionVision brings brings creativitycreativityVisionVision brings brings riskrisk

God God impartsimparts vision, we must vision, we must embraceembrace vision vision

VisionVision always entails always entails changechange

VisionVision is is God givenGod given, not man , not man centered centered

VisionVision focuses onfocuses on what others what others think is think is impossibleimpossible

VisionVision invites criticism invites criticismVisionVision makes roommakes room for God’s for God’s

known will to unfold known will to unfold

VisionVision will not be derailedwill not be derailed by fads, trends or methodsby fads, trends or methods

VisionVision never acquiescesnever acquiesces to the to the status quo status quo

VisionVision must ‘morph’must ‘morph’ and and therefore details of vision therefore details of vision

must never be ‘set in concrete’must never be ‘set in concrete’

PerseverePersevereTo persist in a state, enterprise, To persist in a state, enterprise,

or undertaking in spite of or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or counterinfluences, opposition, or

discouragementdiscouragement

Near antonyms: give up, quit, Near antonyms: give up, quit, surrender, yield; falter, hesitate, surrender, yield; falter, hesitate,

vacillate, waver vacillate, waver

Acts 16:6-10Acts 16:6-10 verse 6verse 6 = ‘as they were = ‘as they were

traveling’traveling’

Vision, that specific Vision, that specific inspired guidance, that inspired guidance, that

‘word’ ‘word’ comes to those who comes to those who are already on the wayare already on the way, to , to

those who are already those who are already seeking and doing the will seeking and doing the will

of Godof God

verse 9 = ‘..during the night Paul verse 9 = ‘..during the night Paul had a vision’had a vision’

Vision comes Vision comes not only to not only to inspire passioninspire passion but vision but vision

comes out of passioncomes out of passion

One manOne man saw the vision…one saw the vision…one man got the word…one man man got the word…one man heard the voice…one man heard the voice…one man

heard God for the rest!heard God for the rest!

Persevering vision Persevering vision does not come does not come

through committee through committee or by consensusor by consensus

NoahNoahAbrahamAbrahamJosephJosephMosesMosesJoshuaJoshuaGideonGideonUzziahUzziahJesusJesusPeterPeterPaulPaul

None of these guys took None of these guys took a vote! a vote!

Genesis 1:1 ‘In the Genesis 1:1 ‘In the beginning….God!’beginning….God!’

GOD SPOKE THAT THING GOD SPOKE THAT THING TO YOU! THAT DESIRE, TO YOU! THAT DESIRE, THAT LONGING, THAT THAT LONGING, THAT

YEARNING, THAT DRIVING YEARNING, THAT DRIVING THING, THAT PULLING THING, THAT PULLING THING, THAT ‘WORD THING, THAT ‘WORD

FROM GOD’ THAT WILL FROM GOD’ THAT WILL NOT LET YOU GO! NOT LET YOU GO!

“ “All men die, few men ever All men die, few men ever really live.”really live.” William Wallace William Wallace

Persevering Vision willPersevering Vision willBring clarityBring clarity

Spark creativitySpark creativityBuild confidence and establish Build confidence and establish

authorityauthority‘Keep’ you in difficult ‘Keep’ you in difficult

situationssituations…”Where we are going …”Where we are going determines what we are determines what we are

undergoing”undergoing”Help you endure the ‘loneliness’ Help you endure the ‘loneliness’

of it of it

Give you courage in the midst of Give you courage in the midst of a storma storm

Help you in selection of Help you in selection of leadersleaders

Keep you from ‘settling’Keep you from ‘settling’Get you past the fear of Get you past the fear of

failurefailureWill keep you flexibleWill keep you flexible

The vision is The vision is not a building, not a building, a ministry, a a ministry, a

church, a church, a number, a number, a

dollar amount.dollar amount. The vision is The vision is

Jesus!Jesus!