Vision Part 2 “The Anatomy of Vision Part 1”
Vision – Part 2
The Anatomy of Vision, Part 1
We want to make sure that we ___________ what God has for us at Buffalo Valley.
_________________ sight and vision are related to ______________ sight and vision.
God has put this group of people together to __________ the aspects of God’s plan that He wants us to ________________.
Our example of vision is the man _________________.
- Vision proceeds from _____________ needs and _____________.
Nehemiah 1:1-4
Nehemiah’s Prayer
1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah:
In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
3 They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.
Jerusalem needed the _____________ and the morale of the ____________ to be rebuilt.
A wall was a ________________ need for __________________.
How can God use us in His ____________ and our ___________ for His _____________ and our ________________?
Nehemiah doesn’t use prayer to ________________ what he wants.
2. Vision is ___________________ clearly. (vs 5) Then I said:
“Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
God communicates His vision to _________.
God knows what He wants us to “__________’.
We communicate God’s vision to ______________.
Many no longer know what the church is ____________ on.
Life is way too __________ and too ______________ to not know and communicate God’s vision for each of us.
3. Vision is _____________ from a ______________. (vs 4) When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.
A burden reflects ______________ and ________________.
Individual burdens ______________ into the burden of the church.
Burden for the vision gets us through the ________________ times.