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Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. (Proverbs 29:18 KJV)

If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; but when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed. (Proverbs 29:18 The Message)

We have a vision for changed lives

And we all, . . . are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

We have a vision for the AND 

Rock & Roll,

Country & Western

Love & Marriage

Bread & butter,

biscuits & gravy

Donnie & Marie,

Sony & Cher,

Pride & Prejudice,

Sense & Sensibility

Bonnie & Clyde,

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Regis & Kathy Lee,

Regis & Kelly 

Bert & Ernie,

Itchy & Scratchy,

Cain & Abel,            

Ali & Frazier,

Yin & Yang,

PB & J,

Find AND Follow

However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, (Acts 24:14)

Up & Out AND Down & Out

He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?” declares the LORD. (Jeremiah 22:16)

Here AND There

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”  (Acts 1:8)

Provision Fuels Vision

From “have to” to “get to”!

• Place

Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah. (Acts 5:42)

• Money

• People

1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:1-2)