Without a vision the people perish (waste away, live without discipline are unfocused and drift).  Proverbs 29.18,    Vision is defying the status quo.  It is refusing to believe what you see because of an overwhelming faith in the unseen realities.  It is a total confidence in God's future.  George Barna writes

“Vision comes in the form of a “mental portrait,” indicating this is a picture in the mind’s eye of the [person]. Vision focuses on what does not yet exist, but should- a “preferable future”. Vision, then, is a view of the kind of world God wants us to live within, a world he can create through us… Once you grasp the vision, you will never be the same. …Vision is a clear and compelling picture of a better tomorrow that inspires people to change, to get involved, to care and to do things that contribute to the common good.” (George Barna, Leaders on Leadership, pp. 47-49).

Listen to the last sentence, "Vision is a clear and compelling picture of a better tomorrow that inspires people..."  What is inpiring you?  What dreams and visions are calling out to you and are motivating you to get up and get involved?  When it comes to visions the question is what is God's vision for our world (with a small 'w')?  What difference is he calling us to make?  A few weeks ago Michael Ampadu preached about seeing a vision of rivers of repentance.  Imagine that! Rivers of personal transformation of the God-kind.  Now that makes my heart beat faster.  It keeps me up at night dream and scheming with God.  Seeing more and more people come to know the saving love of Jesus brings tears to my eyes.  It makes me call out to God in unknown languages.  It compels me to love and to stetch myself out.

"Where there is no vision the people perish..."  Howeve,r Kirbyjon Caldwell says "Without people the vision perishes."   If  The Regeneration Project is to be all that God wants it to be each person who is part of the project must see what God sees.  We must pray that God opens the eyes of our hearts to see, to hear and to experience the needs of people all around us and then we must be filled with God's love and courage to speak up and share the good news about Jesus and his Kingdom.  We cannot simply drift through life hoping that people will get it because we are nice, and we care.  We must speak up and tell our family and our friends about Jesus' amazing Kingdom movement.

Folks this is my prayer

Love, Peace and a heart burning with a vision of God's tomorrow,

Paul