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In just in time for Monday, we review the previous week's look at going after God's vision for you.  Check out what we looked at and what our goal was for each of our lessons.  We'd love to hear what you think in the comments.  Enjoy the review and we look forward to hearing from you:

Obedience and Immediacy

In our devotion, we revisited the story of Saul and Ananias and how they responded to the respective visions God gave them.  Both of these men had found themselves in a place of submission that allowed them to connect with God, they heard from God on what they were to do specifically and they followed up on that communication by acting in immediately in obedience.  Both of these men fulfilled the vision God gave them as God commanded them and they didn't waste time doing it.  This teaches us to act on the visions God gives us in a timely fashion.  Unless God tells us otherwise, His vision is for us now and we must work to fulfill it in our lives and the world around us. If you have received a vision from God, the goal now is to Go For It!  Let Jesus lead you and guide you and you'll see the purpose of that vision fulfilled in your life.

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In our Extra ACCESS, we examined another of Paul's visions where he was called to Macedonia.  We looked at the events surrounding that vision and how Paul didn't allow his desires to outweigh the leading of God for his life.  We also noted that just because he followed the path God gave him didn't exempt Paul from trials and tribulations.  Will we follow this example and go after God's vision for us no matter the sacrifice?

In The Briefing, our EIC Chris Farris talked about how to go after the vision God has for us and the urgency required to pursue God and the vision He has for us.  He goes throughout the Bible examining God's Word through the lives of those who had visions and their immediate reactions to the visions God gave them.  The concept of waiting comes up as well as transitioning visions.  A personal story is included to help inspire viewers. 

Finally, we provide an Aim Challenge to help anyone to pursue God's will for their life, whether they have had a vision or not.  We lay out 3 easy tasks depending on what kind of vision you have been given from God or even if you haven't received a vision from God.  These tasks are fairly simple, but are Biblical in their application. 

We hope you enjoyed this review and they help drive home the ideas presented this week in our Vision series.  We look forward to sharing our final week's lessons on Vision and hope that they help and inspire you in your pursuit of God and His vision for your life. 

This week we accomplished a lot in our pursuit o positioning ourselves to receive a vision from God. Here is a summary of our accomplishments with links to direct your to read our posts:

Wait!  I thought Visions were about seeing God's purpose for me.

On Tuesday, we unearthed one of the most overlooked things concerning visions.  Most if not all of the visions found in the Bible came with God speaking to the individual or entity receiving the entity.  Interestingly, a lot of visions in the Bible don't have a visual representation to go along with the verbal message.  Those that do often are vaguely mentioned while the verbal message is recorded in great detail.  We witnessed this in the story of Saul and Ananias who both received specific verbal instruction from God without much visual leading.  We saw this as God's voice being far more important to us than any image He could put in front of us.  After all it is the voice of God that leads us daily when we read our Bibles. We also noted how both of these men talked back to God in the midst of their visions and that we should feel free to communicate back to God when we hear from Him.  This helps us to clear things up and to ensure we are headed in the right direction.  Click here to read more about this topic and add your voice in the comments. 

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Clearing Up What We See and Solidifying What We Hear

In our Extra Access, went further into the concepts of hearing as being important in visions by looking at the story of Cornelius and Peter in Acts 10.  Both of these men had visions that showcased visual images as well as specific verbal instruction.  Especially with Peter, we notice the importance of verbal instruction and how it clears up any missteps we might make from just looking with our eyes/mind's eye.  We also looked more into the idea of talking back to God and how it helps to shore up the idea He is planting in our lives.  God isn't going to beat us up when we miss what He has to say.  He will answer every question and guide us if we have an earnest and submitted heart to Him and His will.

We asked those who wanted to share their stories of listening and trusting God when He spoke into their lives to post them in the comments.  You can do that on our ACCESS Page or in the comments below.

Understanding How God Speaks So We Can Better Listen

In our Briefing, we shared 5 ways in which God speaks and how that can better prepare us to receive His voice when it begins to speak.  The 5 ways we found were as follows:

God speaks to us through His Word (i.e. a word or phrase jumps out at you as you read the Bible)
God speaks to us through others who are moved on by Him (i.e. tongues and interpretation)
God speaks to us internally (i.e. gives us a message in a dream or our minds as we meditate)
God speaks to us audibly (i.e. you actually hear God's voice or the voice of an angel)
God speaks through you as you pray (i.e. the words just fall out of your mouth)

These may not be the only way God speaks to us, and we asked our ACCESSORS to add their thoughts on other ways.  Some of their response included through a song or sermon.  Do you have any other ideas? You can add your voice below the video on ACCESS or in the comments below this post.

Aim To Listen

In our weekly Aim Challenge, we laid out a specific challenge that included separating ourselves from the flesh, praying intentionally for God's voice, reading God's Word for His voice, and positioning ourselves in a place of quiet reception for His voice.  Check it out on our ACCESS page and share how this challenge helps you in your quest to receive the vision God has for your life.

What's Next?

This week, we show what is expected of us once we receive our vision from God.  We'll do so by going back to the story of Saul and Ananias one more time and looking at what they did directly after receiving their vision.  We'll also go into the future and look at a vision of Paul's that he received that changed his course of action once again.  We'll look at how we can better act in response to the vision God has for us and what it takes to fulfill a vision once we receive it.   We look forward to having you on this journey with us and hope that you join us for our Access exclusive content throughout the week.  Join ACCESS by clicking here and registering or logging in.

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What Is A Vision?

We began our journey by identifying what a vision is on Monday.  We saw that there are two primary types of visions: those that prophetically foretell the events God has planned for us and the world at large and those that direct us to a greater relationship and purpose in Jesus Christ.  For the purpose of this series, we chose the path of greater relationship and purpose in Jesus Christ as those types of visions are given for everyone to receive. Click here to read more.

What Position Produces Vision?

On Tuesday, we dove into our first topic by looking at the conversion of Saul.  In this story we found two men, Saul and Ananias, who received vision from God, one concerning his relationship with God and the other his purpose in God.  These men were both in a position to receive vision because they had hearts and minds ready to submit to the will of God for them.  We can receive vision from God if we choose to position ourselves in a place of submission to God and His purpose for our lives. Click here to read more.

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Helping Those in Need of Vision

In our Extra Access, we looked at two more people, Barnabas and Phillip the Evangelist, who helped our two men from the devotion fulfill their vision in God.  Phillip, through his willingness to serve God completely, brought the message of Christ outside the walls of Jerusalem.  His spreading of the gospel led to the conversion of many who he would never reach himself.  One of these was Ananias.  Phillip's willingness to serve God made it possible for Ananias to receive his vision to help Saul. 

Likewise, we saw how Barnabas had the ability to see what others did not see in Saul.  He saw beyond the past misdeeds of Saul to see the potential of a mighty servant for Christ.  This ability came from a willingness to go all in Christ, even giving up things that were unnecessary for him to prosper in God's Kingdom.  If we are willing to serve God in whatever way He offers, we will be able to see opportunities and people we can pour ourselves into.  We never know what the impact of our willingness to serve will be, but we know that submitting to God our lifestyle and mindset will not go unrewarded. 

How to Submit

In our Briefing on Wednesday, we looked into how we can further submit our lives to God and the importance of doing so.  We gave example of how to better submit in the five areas we looked at previously: Prayer, Word, Fasting, Lifestyle and Mindset.  We emphasized that being submitted in these five areas positions us for greater vision in God for our relationship with Him and His purpose in us. We also asked for anyone who wanted, to submit further questions or ideas on how to submit to God, which we are still gladly receiving. 

Aim For Submission

On Friday, we presented a challenge for our Access members to try and submit their lives further to God.  We laid out specific tasks for each of these topics and asked our members to pursue the area that they needed to submit the most in first and then work their way down the list until they had accomplished all the tasks.  Remember, being in position to receive a vision from God only takes a willingness to receive from God.  These tasks just help us to strengthen that willingness by submitting to His will

What's Next?

This week, we look at the one constant that occurs when we receive vision from God.  We'll do so by revisiting the story of Saul and Ananias and how they listened to God in their vision.  We'll also look at another story that required a listening heart and what the results of that were.  We'll look at ways in which we can listen to God better and hopefully find some activities that can help us open up our spiritual ears to the voice of God.  We look forward to having you on this journey with us and hope that you join us for our Access exclusive content throughout the week.  Join ACCESS by clicking here and registering or logging in.

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