1. Clearfork Baptist Church
Vision 2019!
Clearfork Baptist Church

2. When you start thinking about or preparing to cast vision, it’s so important to…

3. Preparing to See Pray = Ask the Lord!
Scripture = What has God already said?
Evaluation = Look at where we are and where we have been.

4. I sure hope you’ve been praying for the church and all God wants us to be.

5. Let’s pray and then we’ll jump into the Word of God together.

6. Habakkuk 2:1-3
I will stand on my guard post and station myself on the rampart; and I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, and how I may reply when I am

7. Habakkuk 2:1-3
reproved. Then the Lord answered me and said, “Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet

8. Habakkuk 2:1-3
for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay.”

9. Clear Vision comes from God and His Word.

10. If I write down my vision for God’s church, it will need to be corrected and approved by God.

11. Don’t be deceived by your physical eyes, this process will require faith and spiritual eyesight.

12. We’re supposed to write the vision down in such a way that God’s children can accomplish it.

13. Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish...
KJV

14. Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
KJV

15. Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, but happy is he who keeps the law.
NASB

16. There’s a connection between obedience and good vision!

17. There’s also a connection between obedience and happiness.

18. Let’s develop this a little bit more!

19. John 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

20. I John 5:2-3
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His command-ments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His

21. I John 5:2-3
commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

22. There’s a connection between loving God and obeying God.

23. Obeying God is not a burden.

24. Obedience
Demonstrates love
Demonstrates vision
Brings happiness

25. James 1:26
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

26. James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

27. Pure Religion Care for the Widows Care for the Orphans
Keep ourselves unstained by the world! (Loving Obedience)

28. Obedience Demonstrates religion Demonstrates love Demonstrates vision
Brings happiness

29. Are we beginning to see a pattern or theme?

30. Matthew 25:31-40
But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. And all the nations will be gathered before

31. Matthew 25:31-40
Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats

32. Matthew 25:31-40
on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right, “Come you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the

33. Matthew 25:31-40
foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you

34. Matthew 25:31-40
invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.” Then the righteous will answer Him,

35. Matthew 25:31-40
“Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in,

36. Matthew 25:31-40
or naked, and clothe You? When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?” The King will answer to them, “Truly I say to you, to the extent

37. Matthew 25:31-40
that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even to the least of them, you did it to Me.”

38. Does God have all of our heart or just some of it?

39. God wants us to develop a lifestyle of giving, caring and loving that comes from a circumcised heart.

40. Ecclesiastes 12:13
The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.

41. Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.

42. It all boils down to loving obedience.

43. Does God have all of our heart or just some of it?

44. Let’s take a quick look at our mission statement.

45. The Clearfork Baptist Church Mission Statement

46. To nurture friendships, biblical faith, and creative participation in the ongoing work of Jesus Christ.

47. I don’t want to assume anything, so let’s define it.

48. Nurture friendships?

49. What does it mean and how is it accomplished?

50. Nurture biblical faith?

51. What does it mean and how is it accomplished?

52. Nurture creative participation in the ongoing work of Jesus Christ?

53. What does it mean and how is it accomplished?

54. These things are usually accomplished through the purposes of the church.

55. Purposes
Worship
Discipleship
Fellowship
Missions
Evangelism

56. Devoted
Apostles’ Teaching
Fellowship
The Breaking of Bread
Prayer

57. Pillars
Love of God
Spirit of God
Word of God

58. Ministries Children’s Youth College / Career Singles
Young Married / Parents

59. Ministries
Median Adults
Senior Adults

60. Vital Partnerships God, Love, Word, Spirit! Local Churches / ACBA
Local Schools / HISD
Local Government
Local Businesses

61. Vital Partnerships Christian Radio / T.V. Local Prisons Local Shelters
Local Food Pantries
Local Clothes Closets

62. Vital Partnerships Local Hospitals Local Orphanages
Local Adoption Agencies
Local Foster Care

63. Evaluate Inreach & Outreach Altar Ministry Worship Ministry
Men’s Ministry
Women’s Ministry

64. Evaluate
Deacon Ministry
Committee Ministry