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II. Plan It – Administrate the plan
III. Build It – Get to Work
In order for things to happen in the Church there must be a heavenly dream, vision or direction. This is followed by an administrative plan to execute the vision, then it’s followed by work.
Dream It
Prayer and Bible Meditation
Your dream, if it’s going to be God’s plan for your life, must come from prayer and Bible meditation.
I, as well as several others in the Church, have been having visions of our Church building full of people.
The Vision
Habakkuk 2:2b
“Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald[a] may run with it.
*Or so that whoever reads it
*The vision needs to be articulated in a simple way.
Plan It
The Plan of God
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Psalm 127:1b
Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.
This passage doesn’t mean the Lord literally builds the house; it means the Lord speaks to the builders what to build, where to build, and how to build and the builder’s hear and obey the direction of the Lord.
Psalm 33:11
But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.
God will find someone to execute his plan. We want to make sure we’re in the plan in a positive way. I want to see the glory and manifestations of God.
Luke 19:44
44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”
God came to the Jews in the person of Jesus the Messiah, but they failed to recognize him and rejected him, this resulted in national judgment.
I believe it’s in the heart of God to send a wave of renewal, revival, and awakening across the United States of America. The question then becomes, what role are we going to play in this?
*Oblivious to it?
*Watching from the sidelines?
*Riding the waves of revival?
Proverbs 15:22
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
Build It
Settle the Issue
When we’ve decided what GOD is saying then we should settle the issue and go for it.
James 1:6-8
6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
God gives the information and the inspiration to do the work.
Galatians 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Acts 4:33
With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all.
So the vision God has given us is to win souls and make disciples. This will require a plan and some work.
The Plan
- Pray for the passion of Jesus to reside and increase in the people of this Church.
- The plan is to teach everyone who’s willing an easy to remember, hard to forget, and fun way to share their faith.
- Find leaders in the congregation who are willing and capable of teaching others by demonstration.
- Release these new leaders to teach others by demonstration.
- The end result looks like multiple, increasing, teams going out into the community effectively sharing their faith.
Nehemiah 1:3b-4
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.
In some figurative ways, the walls of our Country are broken down. There are multitudes of people within our country, city, and even churches who don’t know the Lord.
Have we taken the time to pray and allow God to touch our emotions at a deep and consistent level?
II Chronicles 7:14
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
In order for things to happen in the Church, there must be a heavenly dream, vision, or direction. This is followed by an administrative plan to execute the vision, then it’s followed by work.
Having God’s Mind
In conclusion, I want to go back to the concept of vision and hearing from God and what this does inside the heart of a person. In the context of Nehemiah's call to rebuild the wall’s of Jerusalem.
A Call to Anguish
~David Wilkerson
Something from the previous generation is in danger of being lost.
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