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Thursday Leadership Lesson: Vision Review

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

To conclude our series on vision, I wanted to summarize the topics we have explored over the past couple of months.
Vision
The macro vision of the NCC discipleship ministry.
Passionate Vision
Vision defined and the power of passionate vision.
VisionQuest
Hearing from God.

Communicating the Vision (Part 1)
The hard work of examining the vision, writing it out, and living it.
Communicating the [...]

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For the past several weeks, we have been exploring the importance of and principles related to vision here at Thursday Leadership Lesson. We also focused on vision at the recent Spring Leadership Summit. Today, I want to take a step back and share with you some of the most valuable lessons I have [...]

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In yesterday’s Bible Drill Wednesday, we presented the background and key events of the book of Nehemiah. Today, I want to focus on Nehemiah’s vision.
In his introductory notes to the book of Nehemiah, David Charles Mainse wrote, “Nehemiah’s prayer and fasting, qualities of leadership, powerful eloquence, inspirational organizational skills, confidence in God’s purpose, [...]

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There have been numerous times in my life where I have found myself thinking, “Uh-oh. We really have to do this thing now.”
It doesn’t matter what the project is. At some point, you have dreamed and talked enough and the time has come to do.
It happened to me when I worked in the [...]

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I still remember the vision of my college church: Preach the Gospel to all people, Pastor believers, Prepare disciples, and Plant leaders in all nations.
I have not heard that phrase or been in that church for about 7 years. But I will probably always remember that vision. In fact, even though I am no longer [...]

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For the past several weeks, we have been focusing on vision for Thursday Leadership Lesson. We have explored what vision is, the power of passionate vision, and how to receive vision.
Today, I want to start talking about how to communicate vision by focusing on the personal preparation and preliminary communication a leader must implement.
Habakkuk [...]

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Thursday Leadership Lesson: VisionQuest

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Vision: a picture of the future that produces passion (Bill Hybels)
Vision is a frustrating topic. I have a vivid memory of the frustration that can be caused by this word. I was speaking at a church retreat and had just rambled for about 45 minutes on the importance of vision. As I walked around during [...]

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