As we launch into this word of expansion, we recognize that our expansion begins with… EXPANDING OUR VISION
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2 “Write the vision (revelation, NIV); make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. 3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. – Habakkuk 2:2-3 (ESV)
Expanding our vision is important because…
1. VISION BRINGS CLARITY
2. VISION HELPS US RUN THE RACE
3. VISION IS ALWAYS TIMELY
God is speaking to His church and He wants you to hear Him.
He wants us to receive fresh vision from Him – vision that brings clarity, vision that brings life, vision that brings joy and hope, which then fuels us to run this exciting and life-giving race of faith.
I’m excited for all that God wants to teach us as we dive into His grace and continue to be THE EXPANDING CHURCH – from the inside, out.
The Lord has us in a season of EXPANSION… This includes the obvious… physical expansion of our worship center, it includes the visible increase in the size of our church family… but this expansion goes beyond the external and is also very much concerned with the internal – the expansion of our hearts – the expansion of our love – the expansion of His Spirit within us. God has called us to be THE EXPANDING CHURCH. External expansion is a result of an internal expansion of our spirit through Christ.
