Where there is no vision, the people perishProverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish : but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

be ye doers of the wordnot hearers onlyJames 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Availing Much? Much? “Vision Prayer”  Two Key PROBLEMS That Affect How We See:  An “I” Problem  An “Eye” Problem

Where there is no vision, the people perishProverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. be ye doers of the wordnot hearers onlyJames 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Where there is no vision, the people perishProverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. be ye doers of the word not hearers onlyJames 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Ye are our epistleknown and read of all men ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ2 Corinthians 3:2-3 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

simplicitygodly sinceritynot with fleshly wisdom2 Corinthians 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. that ye all speak the same thing joined together in the same mindand in the same judgment 1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

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PRIORITIZE LOVE Him LOVE Him

love the Lord thy God with allthy heart thy soul thy mindthy strengthMark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

PRIORITIZE KNOW Him KNOW Him

That I may know himPhilippians 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death

PRIORITIZE WORSHIP Him WORSHIP Him

true worshippers in spirit and in truthJohn 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

PRIORITIZE DISCIPLE Them DISCIPLE Them

ONETime WayTheONELink ONE-on-ONE ONETouch

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Availing Much? Much? “Vision Prayer”  Two Key PROBLEMS That Affect How We See:  An “I” Problem  An “Eye” Problem

thou sayestI have need of nothingand knowest not that thou art blindRevelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked

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Baby… VIRTUE Little Child… KNOWLEDGE Children… TEMPERANCE Young Man…PATIENCE Father…GODLINESS Elder…BROTHERLY KINDNESS Aged…CHARITY

SHAPING SHAPING  Spiritual Gifts  Heart  Ability  Personality  Experiences Temperanc e

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know ye not ye are not your own1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? of himthrough him to himto whom be glory for ever. AmenRomans 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. present your bodies a living sacrificeRomans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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waytruth lifeJohn 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.”

while they beheld, He was taken upActs 1:9-11 –“And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”

life  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the life :…” the Spirit quickenethJohn 6:63 – “It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”

truth  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the truth :…” apostles' doctrineActs 2:42 – “And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” thy Word is truthJohn 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy Word is truth.”

way  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the way :…” THE CHURCHTHE CHURCH OF GOD!

way  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the way :…” persecuting the churchPhilippians 3:4-6 – “Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; Concerning zeal, persecuting the church ; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.”

way  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the way :…” beyond measure I persecuted the church of GodGalatians 1:13 – “For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it”

way  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the way :…” he made havock of the churchActs 8:2-3 – “And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.”

way  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the way :…” persecutest thou meActs 9:4 – “And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?”

way  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the way :…” And I persecuted this wayActs 22:1-4 – “Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.”

way  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the way :…” that if he found any of this wayActs 9:1-2 – “And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.”

way  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the way :…” the way of GodActs 18:24-26 – “And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.”

way  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am … the way :…” Acts 19:9 – “But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.”Acts 19:9 – “But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.” Acts 19:23 – “And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.”Acts 19:23 – “And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.”

way truthlife  John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:….” The church is our vehicle to get us where God wants us to go. (It’s the WAY to get there)The church is our vehicle to get us where God wants us to go. (It’s the WAY to get there) The Bible is our road map; the TRUTH to show us where God wants us to go.The Bible is our road map; the TRUTH to show us where God wants us to go. The Spirit is our Guide to keep us moving in the right direction that God wants us to go. LIFEThe Spirit is our Guide to keep us moving in the right direction that God wants us to go. LIFE

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submit yourselvesHebrews 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. taking the oversight thereofnot by constraint Neither as being lords over God's heritagebeing ensamples to the flock1 Peter 5:1-3 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

the collection Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store1 Corinthians 16:1-2 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

to offer up spiritual sacrifices1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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POSITIONALIZE PRIORITIZE PERSONALIZE PLEASURIZE

cannot pleaseRomans 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

and ye shall notGalatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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