Visioneering ch. 18 & conclusion
Yo, yo, and hello everyone! Today I'm going to write the last blog about Visioneering. I have now read the last chapter and the conclusion to the book.
Chapter 18 is called The Leader's Mandate. Apparently sometime after Nehemiah and company had finished rebuilding the wall in Jerusalem Nehemiah had to leave them to go back to his service to the king. During that time the people in Jerusalem fell out off the moral compass. Nehemiah had helped them regain their former glory by rebuilding the wall and helped them get back on track with God by obeying the Sabbeth and so forth. When Nehemiah left, the people went back to treating the Sabbeth day like any other day. When Nehemiah heard about this, he talked to the king about it, and went back their to get the people back on track again. You see, "visions require constant attention". Nehemiah needed to remind them the hights from which they had fallen and help them regain that glory again. They needed bold leadership. That kind of leadership does two things. 1. Bold leadership must be vision based. And 2. Bold action must be carried out against a backdrop of clearly defined beliefs and behaviors.
Lastly from this chapter "Maintaining a vision requires bold leadership".
And in the conclusion Stanley summerizes what he covered throughout the book. Visions are much more than mere imagination. You know full well what is and also a mental picture of what could be and what should be. This will require change. Some people are very much against change. But don't let that stop you, especially if God is the One who birthed this vision in you. Keep pushing forward until you, by God's grace, see that vision (or visions) comes to pass. I'll end this post the way Stanley ends the book, "Pay the price. Embrace the vision. After all, everyone ends up somewhere in life. You have the opportunity to end up somewhere on purpose". Please go out and buy this book. It's great! If you have a vision (and I think we all do!) then you certainly need to read this book.
Thank you all for reading. God bless you all in Jesus' name.
And please be praying for AIMers (those on their mission fields and those in Lubbock) and for my friends Elijah and Kristen (preparing to go to Auckland, New Zealand) and Rob and Denyce Hindman (preparing to go to Moscow, Russia). And lastly, my parents Richard and Teresa Blaisdell are leaving to go to Cameroun, West Africa on Tuesday to teach church leaders there with Jim Corner. Jim has lead mission trips there 3 times a year since 1996. Two of those trips are mission oriented and where you teach people the gospel using a chart from World Bible School. And the thrid trip is a teaching seminar. That's what my Dad and Mom will be doing this time. My grandmother (Meme) is coming over to stay with me. So, I'm certainly not going to starve any. So please be praying for my Dad, Mom, and Jim. They'll be gone for most of Febuary. Thanks! God bless!
Zack
Chapter 18 is called The Leader's Mandate. Apparently sometime after Nehemiah and company had finished rebuilding the wall in Jerusalem Nehemiah had to leave them to go back to his service to the king. During that time the people in Jerusalem fell out off the moral compass. Nehemiah had helped them regain their former glory by rebuilding the wall and helped them get back on track with God by obeying the Sabbeth and so forth. When Nehemiah left, the people went back to treating the Sabbeth day like any other day. When Nehemiah heard about this, he talked to the king about it, and went back their to get the people back on track again. You see, "visions require constant attention". Nehemiah needed to remind them the hights from which they had fallen and help them regain that glory again. They needed bold leadership. That kind of leadership does two things. 1. Bold leadership must be vision based. And 2. Bold action must be carried out against a backdrop of clearly defined beliefs and behaviors.
Lastly from this chapter "Maintaining a vision requires bold leadership".
And in the conclusion Stanley summerizes what he covered throughout the book. Visions are much more than mere imagination. You know full well what is and also a mental picture of what could be and what should be. This will require change. Some people are very much against change. But don't let that stop you, especially if God is the One who birthed this vision in you. Keep pushing forward until you, by God's grace, see that vision (or visions) comes to pass. I'll end this post the way Stanley ends the book, "Pay the price. Embrace the vision. After all, everyone ends up somewhere in life. You have the opportunity to end up somewhere on purpose". Please go out and buy this book. It's great! If you have a vision (and I think we all do!) then you certainly need to read this book.
Thank you all for reading. God bless you all in Jesus' name.
And please be praying for AIMers (those on their mission fields and those in Lubbock) and for my friends Elijah and Kristen (preparing to go to Auckland, New Zealand) and Rob and Denyce Hindman (preparing to go to Moscow, Russia). And lastly, my parents Richard and Teresa Blaisdell are leaving to go to Cameroun, West Africa on Tuesday to teach church leaders there with Jim Corner. Jim has lead mission trips there 3 times a year since 1996. Two of those trips are mission oriented and where you teach people the gospel using a chart from World Bible School. And the thrid trip is a teaching seminar. That's what my Dad and Mom will be doing this time. My grandmother (Meme) is coming over to stay with me. So, I'm certainly not going to starve any. So please be praying for my Dad, Mom, and Jim. They'll be gone for most of Febuary. Thanks! God bless!
Zack
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