Envisioning Your Future!

Sunday was truly a day of blessing, excitement and freedom. One thing about worshiping in a Movie Theatre is that you really have opportunity to set the pace as opposed to having to deal with the traditions that have been set before you.

God has blessed us for the last three weeks to have a wonderful group of worshipers. The real testimony is in the fact that many of the congregants are first generation attendees. God has been sending growth of unchurched people. Exciting only begins to describe how humbling being apart of God's move is...

Series Preaching and Teaching
God has placed us on a path to develop new leaders in the Body of Christ and the series we are ministering from is called "The Power of Influence." Our first message was from 1Peter 1:3 "Power Source", the remaining six messages deal with the acronym L.E.A.D.E.R.
"Lead Myself"
"Envision My Future"
"Activate My Gifts"
"Deepen My Faith"
"Engage My World"
"Reproduce My Influence"

Getting Past Your Now To Deal With Your Future...
This Sunday we dealt with "Envisioning Your Future" Ruth chapter 2...Why the book of Ruth when dealing with vision? That's a good question one that's found in the root meaning of her name - at the surface Ruth means neigbhor, companion or friend but at the root of the Hebrew definition her name means vision or ability to see.

Real quick, from the outside her situation looked bad...she had tragedy and trails but because she was able to see past her present and move to her prosperity - Ruth was able to have triumph.

What Is Vision...
Envisioning has to do with having vision and vision generally refers to that upon which individuals, families or members of an organization have “set their sights.” It could be seen as a synonym for “overall goal.” But, True vision is Divine Revelation...


Some of the Things We Have to Do to "Envision Our Future" is:
Plan to Have a Future - Ruth 2:2
Plan to Do Something and not let Something Do You - Ruth 2:2
Plan to Get Blessed Along the Way - Ruth 2:2
Plan to Work In The Right Field - Ruth 2:3
Plan to Ask the Right Person/People for HELP Ruth 2:7
Plan to Thank Those Who Help You - Ruth 2:10
Plan to Use What God Puts In Your Path - 2:16

Learn to Glean:
Glean - laqat, law-kat'; a primitive root; properly to pick up, i.e. (general) to gather; specifically to glean :- gather (up), glean. (to gather that which is left behind or that which no one else took).

Often we don't want that which others leave behind. We can't see how we can use something that somebody else didn't want. Could it be that if we will take the little that God has others leave in our path that it will add up to be much once it is all added together. I THOUGHT THAT Romans 8:28 said...And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

In fact aren't the steps of a good man ordered? Can I get a witness?

We need the vision to see that those hands full of purpose God places in our paths is His way of making provision so that we will have even more than enough...When your "Envisioning Your Future" remember to Plan To Help Somebody Else Once You Come Into Your Kingdom...