Hello Everyone,

VISION! It is the perfect picture.

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

What does perish mean?
This is the Hebrew para, which also has 3 meanings: to become naked, zero or barren, to go backwards.

So, putting Prov. 29:18 all together now we see that if you have no mental picture, you will go backwards, and amount to nothing!

We must have goals, visions, and dreams!

It all starts between the ears. We need the mind of Christ. That will give us the perfect picture.

Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Right behavior is preceded by right thinking. And the opposite is just as true. Wrong behavior doesn't just happen; it is always preceded by wrong thinking.

It all starts in the mind with a mental picture of where we need to be...not our own brain's desires, but with the mind of Christ, the vision of God!

What the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve!

Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: (KJV)

Let's be like Nehemiah. Let's get a clear mental picture of what God wants for you, your family, your church, your life!

Warning! Don't be discouraged if not everyone sees or understands your dream. Some will not be able to see beyond here and now. Some are in such a survival mode they can't even listen to what you are saying.

You know what God has put in your heart and don't let anyone steal that from you. So we see the definition of vision: A Perfect Picture.

Greater Things Are Still To Come!

Pastor Phil