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<v Speaker 1>There are actually three parts when God gives you a vision.

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<v Speaker 1>There's the what, and there's the how, and there's the when.

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<v Speaker 1>And how god fulfills the vision is never the way

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<v Speaker 1>I thought. We have been in a time of great

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<v Speaker 1>uncertainty for two years twenty twenty twenty. We want in

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<v Speaker 1>many ways, we've been in limbo. You know. We just

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't get on. We couldn't get out. Every time we

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<v Speaker 1>thought it looks like the COVID's going down, we'd have

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<v Speaker 1>another flare up and stuff like that. And a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of pastors and a lot of ministry leaders have asked me, well,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of them have been discouraged. And I've talked

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<v Speaker 1>so many pastors out of quitting in the last two

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<v Speaker 1>years as a pastor to pastor, and they'll call me

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<v Speaker 1>on this, and I said, you know what, some there

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<v Speaker 1>is a time for vision, and there's a time to

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<v Speaker 1>not have a vision. Wow. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes three,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a time and purpose for everything, you know, time

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<v Speaker 1>to time to dance and mourn, time to celebrate. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a time to share a vision and there's a

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<v Speaker 1>time to not share vision. During the past two years,

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<v Speaker 1>it has not been a time to share vision because

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<v Speaker 1>you need to focus on the hurts of the people themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>People right now are burnt out. If you have a

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<v Speaker 1>car battery and you attach one light bulb to it,

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<v Speaker 1>it'll last a long time. If you attach two light

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<v Speaker 1>bulbs to it, it burn out in half the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Four light bulbs dies in a quarter of the time.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have one light bulb draining you. You have

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<v Speaker 1>multiple things in your life that are going on, and

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<v Speaker 1>with chronic stress and chronic trauma, which this pandemic and

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<v Speaker 1>all the other things related to it have happened. People

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<v Speaker 1>don't realize that if they get up in the morning,

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<v Speaker 1>they've had a good night's sleep, and two hours into

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<v Speaker 1>the day they're going, man, I'm exhausted. Welcome to the

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<v Speaker 1>human race. Wow, that's the way everybody feels right now.

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<v Speaker 1>There is not a person listening to us on TB

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<v Speaker 1>and right now that has the same amount of energy

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<v Speaker 1>they had two years ago. Wow. That's just the nature

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<v Speaker 1>of trauma. It's the nature of chronic stress and chronic change.

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<v Speaker 1>People are up to here in change. Okay, So in

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<v Speaker 1>a time of uncertainty, we are not in a time

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<v Speaker 1>of stability. Things are changing rapidly all the time. First place,

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<v Speaker 1>let me just say a word about vision. Vision is

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<v Speaker 1>a responsibility of leader. The first rule. First job of

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<v Speaker 1>a leader is to clarify and communicate the vision of

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<v Speaker 1>the organization, the family, the ministry, the business, the church.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the first job of leadership. Communicate and clarify the vision.

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<v Speaker 1>But timing is as important a vision as having the vision.

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<v Speaker 1>A prematurely shared vision will be stillborn. A premature vision

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<v Speaker 1>can can die really quickly. I could give you examples

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<v Speaker 1>from forty two years in my own life of where

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<v Speaker 1>I shared something too soon, wow, and it died quickly

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<v Speaker 1>the time. There are actually three parts when God gives

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<v Speaker 1>you a vision. There's the what, and there's the how,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's the when. Okay, all three parts. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to wait for all three parts of the vision. So

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<v Speaker 1>if someone's lifting listening right now and they're going, what's

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<v Speaker 1>God's vision for my family, What's God's vision for my business,

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<v Speaker 1>What's God's vision for my church? What's God's vision for

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<v Speaker 1>my ministry? God always gives it in three parts. First,

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<v Speaker 1>he tells you what he's going to do. Okay, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's the fun part. You get the Oh, here's what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do in your life. Then we run

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<v Speaker 1>out and try to accomplish it any way we think

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<v Speaker 1>is best and we fall flat on our faces and

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<v Speaker 1>we come back and we say, God, did I miss

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<v Speaker 1>the vision? Because now I came it A was right.

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<v Speaker 1>You just didn't wait for part two. And that's how

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to fulfill the vision. And how God fulfills

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<v Speaker 1>the vision is never the way I thought. Wow, it's

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<v Speaker 1>never ever the way that I thought he was going

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<v Speaker 1>to do it. So God will give you a vision.

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<v Speaker 1>You get a movie project and you think this is

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<v Speaker 1>what God's vision is for. And then we go out

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<v Speaker 1>and we try to do it, but God's going wait,

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<v Speaker 1>wait a minute, wait for part two. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>do it. How is the difference? And then finally you

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<v Speaker 1>have to wait for the most important part, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>the win, and that's the timing. God's timing is perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>He's never too early, he's never too late. For the

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<v Speaker 1>last two years twenty twenty twenty twenty one, we have

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<v Speaker 1>been in God's waiting room. We've been the whole church

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<v Speaker 1>and the whole world. It's almost like you know when

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<v Speaker 1>your kids are younger and you say, okay, everybody's got

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<v Speaker 1>a bad attitude. Go to your room. Everybody, take a

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<v Speaker 1>time out. It's like God said, okay, world, your attitude sucks.

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<v Speaker 1>Go to your room, take a time out, and take

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<v Speaker 1>a time out. Now, when we come back together, when

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<v Speaker 1>this thing goes down, and when the things actually God

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<v Speaker 1>does not want us to simply resume the old ways

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<v Speaker 1>we did it. This is a chance for a reset,

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<v Speaker 1>got it. This is a chance for a reboot. God

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't say, let's just go back to do it the

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<v Speaker 1>way we used to do it. Every church would be

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<v Speaker 1>should be saying, okay, what is it we used to

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<v Speaker 1>do and then we stopped doing but we really shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>start back up again. Okay, we need to stop because

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<v Speaker 1>God wants to do it. Behold, I do a new thing. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>as Isaiah says, no old wine in the new wine

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<v Speaker 1>exactly exactly. You can't put new wine in old wine skits.

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<v Speaker 1>And so there are new systems, there are new programs,

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<v Speaker 1>there are new ministries. Studies have shown that about sixty

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<v Speaker 1>percent of the people who got laid off don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to go back to their old job. Fine, this is

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<v Speaker 1>an opportunity for you to get a reset in your

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<v Speaker 1>life in that way to get a new job, to

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<v Speaker 1>get a new job exactly, and to go after a

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<v Speaker 1>dream that you haven't you've been afraid to go after.

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<v Speaker 1>And TBN our mission is to use every available means

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<v Speaker 1>to reach as many individuals and families as possible with

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<v Speaker 1>the life changing gospel of Jesus Christ. Thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>helping make the Gospel of Grace go around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Without you, we couldn't do it. God bless you.