“Show me your vision and I will prophesy your future.”  David Yonggi Cho

VISION IS COMPROMISED WHEN………..

1. leadership positions are not given to people with vision
   “In the absence of great dreams, pettiness prevails.” Robert Fritz
2. leaders are trained to be maintenance oriented rather than vision/mission oriented.
3. the majority choose to stay with the status quo.
   “We live in a world where the majority dictate the rules and the majority are usually wrong.” Arnold Toynbee
   Leaders have a healthy dissatisfaction with the status quo.

PRINCIPLES OF VISION FROM THE LIFE OF A GIANT SLAYER      1Samuel 17

THE SETTING

“Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Socoh …

In my developmental years, on certain occasions I battled with the presence of fear. I did my best not to disclose the battle that was taking place within me. However, I paid a price that resulted in me being emotionally drained for a period of time that followed.

Interestingly, as I read my Bible, I have discovered that I wasn’t on my own. In fact, it would appear that courage to overcome fear is frequently mentioned as a requirement to fulfill God’s purposes in our lives. Timothy is a classic example. He was a person with a timid and fearful personality, and on occasions Paul needed to be mindful of …

When Jesus sent His disciples out on the great commission, He told them to make disciples, not decisions. In doing so, he had already set an example for them to follow in the way he discipled them.

Robert Coleman said in his book The Master Plan of Evangelism, (or should it have been the Master Plan of Discipleship), “He (Jesus) had to devote Himself primarily to a few men, rather than the masses, in order that the masses could at least be saved. This was the genius of His strategy.”

The master plan of Jesus reminds us that we can impress people from a distance, but we can only make …