2013-06-02 The Church is a Body

In his first sermon as Lead Pastor of HCC, Pastor Shawn describes his vision for the church as a body

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What happens without vision?

Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained , But happy is he who keeps the law.
About 350 years ago a shipload of travellers landed on the northeast coast of America. The first year they established a town site. The next year they elected a town government. The third

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What Vision Group are You In?

For many Christians today life has become a routine. They put in their time, do what they think is expected but no more. They simply are content with enjoying the luxuries of life and the status quo? They really don’t seem a need for any change in their actions and they are not to concerned

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So what is vision?

What is vision?
In Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained , But happy is he who keeps the law.
The word is for vision is Chazown “khaw-zone'”
It is interpreted as to see look or view. It is a matter of being aware

An example would be to see as Joshua and

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Where is your focus?

Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over the same deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of desert plants. The vultures

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Faith and Vision

There is a very important element that is often missed when we consider our vision and that’s Faith.

Faith is the food that visions live on. Without faith, our vision will wither on the vine.

We need to believe that God is faithful to the vision that he has provided that He desires to

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Vision is the Courage to Do

One summer morning as Ray Blankenship was preparing his breakfast, he gazed out the window, and saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Andover, Ohio, home. Blankenship knew that farther downstream, the ditch disappeared with a roar underneath a road and

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What's the consequence of not having vision?

What is the consequence of not having Vision?

In Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained , But happy is he who keeps the law.

The word “unrestrained” is translated as “Perish” in the King James
It comes from the word “Para’” (paw-rah)
And has 2

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Finding God's vision for your life

I believe the Lord has a vision for each of us today.

I know it is easy to get discouraged and to give up on being available to God to be used in seeing the vision come to completion.

I also know that unless we are moving in that direction, we cannot be content in life.

We need to

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What are VISIONS?

Visions are experiences similar to dreams through which supernatural insight or awareness is given by revelation. But the difference between a dream and a vision is that dreams occur only during sleep, while visions can happen while a person is awake (Dan 10:7).

Some of your will be happy to

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Some things are obvious!

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are camping. They pitch their tent under the stars and go to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night, Holmes wakes Watson. "Watson, look up at the stars and tell me what you deduce."
Watson says, "I see millions of stars, and if even a few of those have

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The problem of discerning God's will

I’ve known many people who prayed for the will of God to be revealed.

Like me you’ve probably done it yourself a number of times

Then we sit, unfulfilled for years awaiting the sky to part, and a new Biblical text to unfold mystically before our eyes.

You’ve probably heard

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God has given us the vision

God has given us plenty of vision. He tells us to cooperate in building His church, the visible symbol of the Kingdom of God.



upon this rock I will build my church;and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16.18b (KJV)



He tells us to love and care for one another

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What is the Spirit-led life?

The Spirit-led life is a life of dreams and vision. And…
It’s a life in the Light

Darkness is for bumping into things. We have all made our share of mistakes. We have all jumped to the wrong conclusion at times. We have all played the jerk!

Light is a matter of finding-out that we

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How do I let God's word lead my vision?

There are numbers of ways to verify your dreams and visions. The primary way is prayer and study of the scripture. Does your life’s path line-up with what God said in His word?

Much heartache and wasted effort could have been avoided in the past had some penetrating questions been put to

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Asking others input on your vision

Another way to bring your vision to light is to share it with respected leaders in the Kingdom. The scripture says


Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Proverbs 11:14 (KJV)

And

Where there is no vision, the people perish: Proverbs

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Practicing the Presence of God

Today I want to submit to you that there is no greater opportunity in life for it is the very reason why you and I exist. It’s why God created us, not to be part of some religious order, but rather to know Him on a personal intimate level.

For quite a while now I have felt a very strong

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