Pew2You 12-31-17
Pew2You
12-31-17
Be Thou Vision
Pastor Joe Fitzgerald
HIghlights:
Vision Changes……everything.
Vision is Corporate
“Ease and comfort are the companions of a purposeless people. Meaning is found where there is a common goal worthy of personal sacrifice.”
Vision is Personal
We must foster a relationship with God that is life changing.
Vision Expires
Vision has an expiration date. Best if used before ___________.
Vision Inspires
It is a catalyst toward the sacrificial work that must come in order to see the goal come to pass.
Vision Acquires
If our lives are full of lack, it is possible that we are pursuing our vision and neglecting God’s.
Discussion Questions:
What have you done that matters? Mother Teresa
Discuss together this quote Pastor Joe said, “Ease and comfort are the companions of a purposeless people. Meaning is found where there is a common goal worthy of personal sacrifice.”
Since last year’s vision won’t cut it for this year, what is God’s vision for you this new year? What can only He accomplish in and through you?
Key Scriptures and Quotes:
Proverbs 29:18 KJV “Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”
“Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul.” Karen Blixen
Definition of Vision as used in the Bible: “Divine communication or contact form God to man.“
Definition of Perish as used in the Bible: “Empty, Vacant. Without restraint.”
Definition of Law (Torah) as used in the Bible: “Instruction, direction , guidance, code of principles or law.”
Definition of Happy as used in the Bible: “Blessedness, o happy! Involving intensive exclamation.
“Where there is no living revelation, no perceived contact between man and God, there the bonds which hold society together are released and broken; but he that holds by the revelation that has been given obeying the law so far as it has been presented to him, happy is he.” R.F. Horton