Principles for Developing the Faith for Your Vision
a. Sight is the function of the eyes, while vision is a function of the heart.
b. Sight is the ability to see things as they are, while vision is the ability to see things as they could or should be.
c. We should never let what our eyes see determine what our heart believes.
d. Faith is the vision in the heart.
e. Sight without vision is dangerous because it has no hope.
f. The vision in your heart is greater than your environment.
g. God gave you vision so you would not have to live by what you see.
h. You were created to live according to the way god functions. God functions through faith and His Word.
i. While thoughts are the most important things on this earth, words are the most powerful. Thoughts design a future, but words create that future.
j. Whether words are spoken or written, they are full of creative power.
k. Faith sees problems as opportunities.
l. Great thinking precedes great achievement.
m. You don't need to be big to think great thoughts. You need to think great thoughts to become big. That is the faith of vision.
n. Ideas control the world.
o. A vision is an idea that is so powerful it can live beyond the grave.
p. In order for your vision to outlive you, you can't keep your ideas to yourself. You must clearly conceive and express them.
q. The faith of your vision is crucial because the way you see things determines how you think and act and, therefore, whether or not your vision will become reality.
Constitutional Scriptures:
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he...
II Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Genesis 11:29-30 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30) But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Genesis 12:1-3 The Promise to Abram
Genesis 17:1-19 The Sign of the Covenant
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth".
Please note: The word "image" refers to moral and spiritual character, while the phrase "in Our likeness" means "to function like". In other words, we were created to live according to the nature of God and to function as He functions in this world.
Constitutional Scriptures:
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Mark 4:40 But He said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?"
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Jeremiah 1:12 Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My Word."
Genesis 1:3,6,9,11,14,20,24,26
Philippians 4:19 And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Focus Point Question: Do You Have Sight or Vision?
Additional reading:
Matthew 21:19-22
Mark 6:34-44
John 11:1-44
b. Sight is the ability to see things as they are, while vision is the ability to see things as they could or should be.
c. We should never let what our eyes see determine what our heart believes.
d. Faith is the vision in the heart.
e. Sight without vision is dangerous because it has no hope.
f. The vision in your heart is greater than your environment.
g. God gave you vision so you would not have to live by what you see.
h. You were created to live according to the way god functions. God functions through faith and His Word.
i. While thoughts are the most important things on this earth, words are the most powerful. Thoughts design a future, but words create that future.
j. Whether words are spoken or written, they are full of creative power.
k. Faith sees problems as opportunities.
l. Great thinking precedes great achievement.
m. You don't need to be big to think great thoughts. You need to think great thoughts to become big. That is the faith of vision.
n. Ideas control the world.
o. A vision is an idea that is so powerful it can live beyond the grave.
p. In order for your vision to outlive you, you can't keep your ideas to yourself. You must clearly conceive and express them.
q. The faith of your vision is crucial because the way you see things determines how you think and act and, therefore, whether or not your vision will become reality.
Constitutional Scriptures:
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he...
II Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Genesis 11:29-30 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30) But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Genesis 12:1-3 The Promise to Abram
Genesis 17:1-19 The Sign of the Covenant
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth".
Please note: The word "image" refers to moral and spiritual character, while the phrase "in Our likeness" means "to function like". In other words, we were created to live according to the nature of God and to function as He functions in this world.
Constitutional Scriptures:
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Mark 4:40 But He said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?"
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Jeremiah 1:12 Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My Word."
Genesis 1:3,6,9,11,14,20,24,26
Philippians 4:19 And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Focus Point Question: Do You Have Sight or Vision?
Additional reading:
Matthew 21:19-22
Mark 6:34-44
John 11:1-44
