 Let's pray. This is asked a lot to speak to us this morning. Maybe you can just go ahead and pray in the Spirit, pray in tongues. We know praying in tongues, it defies us in the inner man, so go ahead and do that. We know praying in tongues, we speak the mysteries of God. So let's do that. We know that when we pray in the Spirit, we pray the will and the purpose of God. Sometimes we do not know what we ought to pray for, but then the Holy Spirit makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. So we are actually praying what the Holy Spirit wants, what God wants. So let's pray. When we pray in the Spirit, we are building ourselves up on the most holy faith. So let's do that. Let's pray. Let's pray. Just for a couple of minutes, you know, let's just continue to pray strong, just pray for more of God. Let's declare our dependence on God and say, God, I just need you from the depths of my heart. From the core of my being of God, we just, I just cry out and say that I need you. God, I need you more than anything else. Yes, Lord, just acknowledge, you like the very air you breathe, God. You just need it. You just need, need you, God. Yes, Lord, you know, God, that we cannot exist apart from you, God. God, when we are disconnected from the wine or God, we know that branches are withered and unfruitful and incapable of producing fruit, and incapable of driving. And so, Lord, we acknowledge that. It's your life that flows in us. Thank you, Lord. Bless your name. Oh, God, we just, we just ask for clarity, God, focus. Lord, we just ask for rest in the inner man, God. Let every confusion of the soul, that every tempest and storms and chaos in the soul realm, soul is realm. Just speak peace to it. We just declare peace over it. Let the peace of the Prince of Peace, which we have dwelling on the inside of us because he greater as he dwells in us than he that is in the world. So let this peace just overshadow everything. And so with the authority that you've given us, we speak peace. We declare peace. We see, and we say, be still in Jesus name. You are the anchor for our soul, God. You are our sure foundation, God. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Father God. We bless your name. We bless your name, God. We give you praise of Father God. Yes, Lord, we just declare that with you that we are more than conquerors of Father God. Yes, Lord, you are the way, the truth in the life. And so, God, we walk in truth. We walk in the light and we walk with the life of God inside of us. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord, that we are more than conquerors through you, Father God, who leads us in a triumphant procession in Christ Jesus. Lord, we declare that we are seated with you in the heavenly places of God. We thank you for lifting us up, O God. Yes, Lord, when you died, we died of God. When you rose again, O God, we rose again, O Father God. We thank you for the new life that we have for Master, the new identity that we have in you, God. We thank you, O Father God, for the authority that you vested in us. We thank you, Lord, for the gifts that you vested in us, God. We thank you for the anointing, O God, that is upon each of us, God. We thank you for the calling, O God, that each of us have uniquely, O God, as members of the body of Christ, O God, each with maybe a different role, a different function, O God, but in the body of Christ. We thank you. We thank you for the call that each one of us have, none of us, O God, or without it, O Master. And Lord, I pray, Lord, even as you are our shepherd, that you will speak, O God. And even as we are privileged to hear your voice, O Master, I pray that you would sharpen our hearing, O God, sharpen our hearing in the spirit of Father God. Yes, Lord, what the spirit of God is saying, Lord, maybe have those years to hear Father God right now. Hallelujah. Bless you, name God. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. Yes, Lord, we give you all the praise, Lord. We give you all the glory of this time, O Master, even as we submit ourselves to you. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Hey, good morning, everyone who joined in a little while ago. So, yeah, let's start off. We, last class, we looked at the kind of leadership that the Lord Jesus modeled for us. And today we are going into another aspect of leadership, another important, you know, important aspect or element that the leader should possess and which is vision, right? So we're going to look at that. Okay. So when we look at the term vision, let me just put it on the chat. We normally consider the word vision, right? We see it is a faculty or the ability to see, right? That's what it generally means. It just means the ability to see, the natural ability to see. But it's also the mental ability or the ability to think about, use imagination and use wisdom to think about or to plan to see what the future is, what the future could be. Okay. So that's the general definition of meaning of what the vision is. But when we talk about, of course, we also know that spiritually that though God is, God pours out his spirit upon us and when he pours out a spirit upon us, it talks about several things happening. And it says in our dreams that people will see dreams, will have dreams and will see visions, right? And that is something that we see as well. So that is a spiritual encounter with God in order to, where God gives us a vision or enables us to see something in the spiritual, what he chooses to reveal, right? So that's again what we call as a vision. But when we are talking about the vision that we're talking about here is something that God shows us and which we capture and probably write down and with the help of the Holy Spirit maybe pen it down, write it down. And it is something that communicates, something that speaks, something that declares something. It's a reminder over and over again for us. Now, it's important because it communicates purpose, right? Purpose for ourselves, maybe individually if you say what is my life vision, then it communicates the purpose for our lives personally, individually. But if you look at the organization or the ministry or the church, it communicates the purpose of that, of the church, of the ministry of the organization. It is futuristic. It focuses on the future, right? It's looking into the future and says, okay, this is what I want to be or this is what we'd like to become or this is what we'd like to do. It has a futuristic direction. It's looking into the future, focuses on the future. And importantly, more importantly, it's also a call to action. It's also an invitation to act on that, to act so that one can move towards the future, move towards the accomplishment of the vision, right? So, let me share the notes, share the screen. Okay, so we see that it's a description of you individually or maybe your church or ministry, what we will do or what we will become. It's a description of that. So, it is forward-looking. It is futuristic in nature. It shows the reason for our existence, right? The reason why an organization exists. The reason why the church exists, right? So, it communicates the purpose. It gives the purpose for the church and organization, ministry, whatever. And it is also a call to action, right? So, since it communicates that, it's a call to action. So, three important questions are there within that vision. It communicates something. It communicates what we want to do or become, right? So, what we want to do or what we want to become, okay? So, what we want to do, right? It's looking at, okay, this is what we want to do. This is what we want to become eventually, right? And it also, in a big way, communicates the purpose, right? So, the purpose is why do we want to do that? Describes, you know, the activities that we're doing, mainly the missions and the values, you know, what is our ideal? What is it that we want to lift up high? Our principles, our guiding principles and so on. So, it talks about the why as well. And it talks about the how, right? Which means the goals and objectives and activities, right? So, three things which follow the vision. So, we're going to talk about the vision. We're going to talk about the mission. And we're also going to talk about the, you know, the goals or objectives, right? So, when we talk about vision, we see that there's a scripture, Proverbs 29 and verse 18, which talks about the danger of not having a vision, or danger of not having, or not following, or not being guided by a vision, right? So, this is the verse, right? Proverbs 29 and verse 18, which says, where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint. But happy is he who keeps the law, okay? So, the word used there is revelation. And in the Old King James, the word used there, it's translated as vision, okay? Which means sight, but it's something to do with the mind. Where there is no oracle or when there is no mental vision, then people perish, right? It says the people perish. People actually come to a place of perishing, right? And it's so serious, right? People cast off restraint. And if you look at it, that is what a vision does, which means a vision actually gives purpose and vision is guiding. And the vision also enables people to keep within the bounds or not go beyond certain lines and so fulfill and so not fall away and so not perish, right? So, it's an important aspect of life vision. Now, some of us might find it repelling. Maybe some of us think that I don't want to be driven. I don't want to have anybody telling me what my vision is. And maybe we get put off by that thing itself. Okay, this seems to be very constraining. It seems to be putting you in a box and saying, I want to color beyond that. I meant to do that, etc. But the thing is that vision is not constraining in any way except that it gives you the freedom. The vision gives you the freedom. The vision gives you the focus. The vision gives you the direction. And it is liberating, right? It is liberating because just like any other aspect of God's word, when God gives you a vision, he gives it with freedom. He gives it not to put us on a leash, but so that we might focus, we might not perish, that we don't go off, that we fulfill our destiny. So, that is God's plan. That is God's purpose. So, if there is no clarity in that, we might put our efforts, we might invest our time, and we might even go off on a direction which we are not meant to go. But again, I just want to say that God gives a lot of checks that God gives in our spirit. If our heart's posture is truly to follow him, to please him, and wanting to do that, even if momentarily we lose a sense of that, God always brings us back. So, there is an assurance that God, you know that you will bring me back. Let's say if we make it our pattern or lifestyle to live a life of rebellion, intentionally living in sin, intentionally living a life of rebellion, or even a place of neglect and ignorance, then there is every chance that we might go off on a tangent. And then the thing is that we lose a lot of time in coming back. So, vision is a good thing. So, if those of us who are saying, I find it constraining, it's a good thing. A word of God doesn't ever constrain us. The truth of God's word never ever constrains us. And whatever he chooses to reveal to us and whatever he gives us, it is for freedom. Truth always leads us to freedom. But freedom to not destroy ourselves, freedom to fulfill the destiny that he's given us, freedom to lead maybe the ministry, the church, the organization into all that we were meant to be collectively as a body. So, it's a good thing. And where there is no vision, the people perish. The destiny of people hangs at balance. So, we would do well to establish and to make clear what it is that God wants us to be doing. We will talk about a few more things later, but let's look at some of the characteristics of vision. So, a clear vision provides direction and guidance. So, it shows us, okay, this is the way I need to go. And this is also the guidance that is required. So, I go at it. I put all my resources, my talents, my abilities and time and everything behind it. And I put that effort. A clear vision also brings light in the sense that there is clarity. There is clarity. It's again tied to what we shared just now. It brings clarity. It brings clarity to the steps that I need to take. It brings clarity to maybe even the strategies that I need to formulate. It brings clarity to every action, right? A clear vision. So, this is what we see. Matthew 6, 22, 23. The Lord Jesus, he says, the lamp of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye is good, your body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, the whole body will be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness? So, comparing to physical vision, this goes beyond physical vision, right? Physical vision, yes, we know that if our physical vision comes down, decreases, or it is not there, then there is darkness. There is trouble. There is a challenge, right? But here, if you are unable to see, if you are unable to even understand, that is what it means. If you look at the verses following that it talks about, if the blind lead the blind, and so on. So, the thing is that God wants us to have clarity in seeing, in understanding our purpose. Let me just look at that verse. Here, he doesn't talk about the blind leading the blind. He shares this after saying that, do not lay up for treasures on earth. So, the thing is, just like the physical eye, which enables us to see a clear vision in our heart, in our minds, enables us to see the future by faith and go towards that. So, a clear vision brings light. So, what do I do with the vision? Let's look at Habakkuk 2 and verse 2. Habakkuk 2, it's interesting what happens in this encounter with God. So, maybe we'll just read from verse 1 itself. In Habakkuk 2 and verse 1, I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart and watch to see what he will say to me and what I will answer when I am corrected. Then the Lord answered me and said, write the vision, make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it, for the vision is yet for an appointed time, at the end it will speak and so on. In other words, tarries wait for it, it will surely come, it will not tarry. So, this is what the Prophet is doing. He is saying, I will position myself and I want to hear what he has to say to me. And with the vision, the Lord says, write it, make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. So, that is something for us to capture it, for us to write it down, for us to put it down and make it plain. Not complicated, not very complex, but make it plain, so that one who reads will understand. And the one who reads is also moved to act upon it. The vision speaks and the vision propels one to action. So, it's clear, it's precise and it leads one to act on it. The contemporary English version, it's nice, says, therefore the Lord told me, I will give you my message in the form of a vision, write it clearly enough to be read at a glance. So, stating what the vision is and stating what God wants us to do. So, you see that when it comes to vision, it provides direction, guidance, clarity, and we should be able to state it so that it moves us to action. So, we see that vision is tied to our call. Vision is tied to the call. What call God has for us, it is tied to the call. So, let's say a personal life vision, it's tied to the call of God upon our lives. So, I just want us to take this time, so maybe you've already written down what your life vision is. This is what I believe God has called me to do. So, let's try putting it down maybe in two sentences or three sentences. So, let's try doing that. Let's take some time to write. I just want to kind of reiterate the characteristics. It's future looking. It communicates purpose and it also provides guidance. It gives direction, so its purpose is there. There is a sense of what you want to do, so it's future looking. And the third thing is it gives a call to action. It is a call to action. So, think of these three elements and let's put together and maybe share it so that it can be helpful. So, let's take some time to do this. Maybe five minutes, let's write it down. So, was that easy or difficult, challenging? Would anyone like to share? Mentor the young ones for Kingdom Ministry with integrity. Thank you, Kennedy. Wonderful. Mentor the young ones. So, it's got a broad scope and it also describes the purpose. Mentor the young ones for Kingdom Ministry with integrity. Right. Thank you. Anyone? Anyone else? Would you like to try? Okay, Rose, yeah, I'm just reading this. The very first dream I had was I saw a bunch of barley wheat and I heard a voice clearly say the harvest is right. Okay. So, has that moved you to fulfill that? So, can you just put that, what God is asking you to do with that very, the dream or whatever, that dream that he showed, the stirring in your heart for you to be part of it, for you to, yeah. Okay, harvest more for him to be a harvester. Okay, okay. So, yeah, so I guess we can continue to ask him for specifics, where, how, when, and you can put that together. Right, so at this, like in this season at this stage, what is it, how does he want you to move ahead in what environment? What is the scope of, you know, what does this mean? And what is he showing you? I don't remember you shared something, I don't remember you sharing during the Supernatural Hour, I think sometime back last year. So, so maybe, you know, get more clarity and put it together. Right, thank you. Thank you for sharing that. Anyone else? Okay, so I was just adding some more about catching a small spiny fish and a bigger size fish and went on until the fish became as big as a whale. Okay, so that's an increasing sphere of influence, right? Where the Lord is leading on to bigger things, increasing sphere of influence in ministry, obviously. It's, yeah, in the purpose of God, in the plan of God. You know, maybe we can, if you can, related to the previous statement that you put down or the previous dream to fulfill, you know, for a bigger harvest, continuing to, you know, go in for a bigger harvest. Right, okay. Thank you. So Prabhakar, prepare this generation to meet me. Okay. So Pratik, to start prayer house in my native town for all age groups. Okay. So that would be, you know, the mission, I guess, both Prabhakar and, yeah, Prabhakar is more of a, you know, a general scope. What Pratik is sharing is more of a mission, right? Okay, prayer house in my native town for all age groups. It's a mission, you know, what you will do. And, yeah, okay, Prabhakar Rao is sharing. Okay, the vision is to reach and preach the gospel and in depth, an in-depth revealing of God to the Gentiles across the world. Okay. Mission, plant a church, prepare many leaders, targets of youth, children. Okay. Wonderful. So yeah, so you've also mentioned how to reach that vision. Right, Prabhakar. That's good. So this is going to be the, these are going to be the objectives, you know, planting a church and preparing the leaders. So obviously planting a church involves outreach, evangelism, and then getting the group of believers who are saved and, you know, starting a work of God there and preparing many leaders, raising up leaders, and from the youth and children. Right, wonderful. Okay. Is there anyone else? So Pratik, what you've mentioned is, let's, you know, it's a, just like you, you know, you see the second statement, which Prabhakar Rao has shared, to plant a church, prepare many leaders, you know. So yours is, your statement is that, you know, so start a prayer house in the native town for all age groups, right, maybe young, old, maybe even gender wise men, women. So it's the mission. But what is the big picture? So this mission will lead to, you know, or the other way, you know, the big picture will enable you to do this, these small things, this daily things, but what is the future, right? So that is what the vision is. So it's good to think about that. It's good to ask God, you know, what is that big picture? What do you want me to do? This I will do every day, this I will do every month. But God, what is that big picture? What is it that you are calling me or calling us to carry out? And it's good to ask the Lord to see that big picture and have that as the vision and also try to capture that as a statement so that you can share with people who will come alongside to help you do that. And obviously you said, you said prayer house, so maybe one. But then what if, you know, the thing is to multiply and obviously there is a need for more, like more than one. So maybe many houses of prayer, right? And so, yeah, so definitely the vision can capture that, right? So the scope of what you're called to do, the scope of your calling. And of course, you're saying in a native town, but what does God really want you to do? Does he want you to go beyond the native town? If it's the native town only, that's also fine. But if the scope is beyond the native town, then you can have that as well. You can put that down and that will also give you the direction and guidance. So which means that when you start the prayer house, you will also start thinking about, okay, this is good, this work is thriving. So where can I start the next one? You'll start thinking on those lines, you'll start praying on those lines. And then as God opens up opportunity, you will also start raising up leaders to start the work there, delegating more responsibility and training those people and so on. So you see work expanding, you see the work multiplying, right? So, yeah, so it's good to have that vision to capture that. So that's the importance of the vision. That's the importance of the vision. So every day you're stirred up, you're praying, you're stirred up, and you've reminded of that big picture. This is what God has called me to do. And it doesn't end with you. The vision is, it could be big enough to go on to, should the Lord come back, should the Lord's return be after your lifetime or my lifetime, then the vision continues to the next generation as well. So that's how powerful a vision is. And also the vision statement to capture it so that it gets passed on to the next generation. It doesn't have to end with you. Okay, Mangi is starting an organization to support church plans. Okay, so that's nice. I think it's like a seed. You've got that seed. I want to start something to support church plans. So you can ask God, okay, what does it go into supporting church plans? What goes into supporting church plans? And in supporting church plans, what is it that you want me to do? And what is the end result? What is the objective of this? Towards what end? And also in terms of support, in what way is it financial? Is it like a spiritual support? In what way? And that will give the big picture for what the organization can look towards in the future. So starting an organization to support church plans, it's in seed form. Just ask the Lord, what is that? What is the objective? What do you want us to do God? What can be the big vision? A big picture of this. Okay, thank you, Mangi. So, Anita, to reach the hopeless, introduce living hope in Christ. Want to reach out to poor business people and introduce Christ as a savior in these troubled times. Okay, right. So you see the need, specific need, that is because of the economy maybe and maybe because of the pandemic and the economy that is suffering because of that. And then you've seen the need and you want to reach out and help. And the big picture can be even beyond that. Like you said, to reach the hopeless, introducing living hope in Christ. And one of that stream, one aspect of that is obviously this, where you want to reach to the poor and the business community so that they can lean on Him and obviously their hope being revived and receive wisdom and strategy from the Lord and go forward. So that's good. Obviously, I'm not able to envision how big this can be. And so obviously it can be huge. It can be huge, everything starts small, but the vision can be huge and it can be global as well. To reach hopeless, introducing living hope in Christ. So I'm sure you'll be able to fine tune that statement itself and also the scope of the hopelessness. What is the scope of that hopelessness and what are the areas of that hopelessness and which are the hopeless or what kind of a condition, hopeless condition is the Lord asking you to address. Obviously it need not be everything, but what is that? He's calling it address apart from the business community. So that can be good if you can capture that. So Sam, build a spiritual community of believers and together pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, seeking that is trusting and calling on God with pure hearts. Build a spiritual community of believers. So Sam, would this be a church? Would this be a church? Would this be a network of churches? What do you think? What do you sense in your heart? Is Sam here? I'm here first. That's the part that I'm not clear about. I don't yet... When I imagine I see more like just a group of people sitting on plastic chairs in small circle and just meeting every day. So almost like a church format, but not really much smaller. Definitely not a big but small but I see pockets kind of like cell groups. Cell groups but really interconnected and together like interconnected and unified. Interesting. Thank you. Spiritual community of believers. Of course, I recently came across something like this, but they're doing this online and based out of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, doing this online, this community of believers or this fellowship happens online, but since it's online, it's cutting across denominations and churches and so on. Wonderful. Okay. Thank you, Sam. So Avni, vision is to preach the whole truth to all Gentiles. Vision to share the truth that sets them free. So obviously preaching the gospel. So vision to preach the whole truth to all Gentiles. That's good. So young, old, youth, that is one thing to ask the Lord. Is it a spectrum of all demographs like right from the oldest to the youngest and is it something like that? And also to ask the Lord, one is the demographic of it and also to ask the Lord for some specifics. Obviously our mind goes to, when you say all Gentiles, you're talking about, it was not the non-Jewish, but then you're talking about unbelievers, right? Those who do not know the Lord, I guess that's what you're referring to. So to reach the unreached and so you can ask the Lord in what way, in what form, what is it that you want me to do? So there are some more specifics, right? So is it in a systematic manner? Is it in a formal church kind of a setting? Is it like a Bible study kind of a thing? Or even like, is it like a home, like an orphanage or some home for the elderly? Is it something like that? Thank you for asking that because this is what God has given me in a dream as well as vision, a whole-age home and reaching out to the people who've lived a very good life but they are not aware of the truth of God's work. So that is one thing and the verse that God gave me 2 Timothy 4.17 which God gave me out of which this vision comes. Let me just look at that verse. 2 Timothy 4.17, is it okay? It says, the Lord stood with me and strengthened me so that the message might be fully preached. Is that the one? I'm sorry. Yes. So that all Gentiles might hear and I was delivered from one of the lines. Okay. Thank you. Thanks. So Kennedy, to be a world-class manufacturer and ISO compliant. So world-class manufacturer, obviously you're talking about certain products or maybe manufacturers or obviously it's products or service. You're talking about some product and ISO compliant, right? So with regard to your organization, you can also talk about what will, you can also ask the Lord to give you the inspiration. What will actually set you apart? What will make your organization unique? So the values that will go into it, that will be the second layer. You talk about the vision of course and all the values that drive that vision. So what will be the uniqueness that your organization will carry and bring to your client? So yeah, so that's good. So obviously you know what it is, what are the things that you're going to be manufacturing, to whom you're manufacturing and at what standards, of course you've met ISO, you've said ISO. Yeah, and there's so many other things to pray and ask the Lord and yeah. So is it only manufacturing or is it something else? So when you say manufacturing, obviously you're limiting it to your expertise right now and you're saying okay, this is what we will do so it can be something beyond that also. So yeah, that's good. Abinaz, to be a true worshiper of the Father and spread good news into the city with a power of worship, something on the lines of worship to worship the Father in spirit and truth and to spread the good news with the power of worship. Okay, right. Wonderful, yeah. You can even talk about the presence of God, the power of God, leading people to an encounter with God and that's just my opinion but of course if this is what you strongly sense you just need to kind of refine that and go with it, right. Hosting the presence of God, facilitating people to come and be in the presence of God, encounter God in his power, etc. All those things are also part of when you say power of worship I'm just thinking about that. Okay, we'll stop here, we'll come back after a break and continue. Thank you.