Vision
I focus on Jesus and the deep things of the Spirit and believe in the river of God. I wish to see all of God’s children nourished by its water, the spiritual nourishment and salvation that Jesus Christ offers (John 4:14) and Blood of salvation (1 Peter 1:19.)
Ezekiel the prophet saw in a vision, a river that ran from the altar of God, under the threshold of the temple from the south side. He was then led to investigate the river and found that the further he went, the deeper and wider the river became. The banks of the river were lined with living things and the waters themselves teamed with life (Ezekiel 47:1-9). The key to our vision is best stated in verse 9 of chapter 47 in the book Ezekiel, the priest wrote:
So, where the river flows everything will live. (Ezekiel 47:9)
We are “about life,” a life that Jesus brings. I pray to see the lost saved through faith in Jesus Christ and pray to see His Church, “the whole body of Christ strengthen and renewed and revived.” I pray to see those of His children that have fallen by the wayside, wounded in His service or overcome by the rigors of life restored to a right and blessed relationship with Him through his grace and mercy.
I pray to see unity among those that love Him, regardless of denominational affiliation or cultural predisposition and believe that the Lord “has given” us others to relate to who share our vision and calling. Together, as He leads and strengthens us, we will take His love “to the uttermost parts of the earth,” by loving those He sends to us. I believe in taking the Gospel to the world, rather than waiting for the world to come to it.
I believe that “soon,” He will return in gory from the Heavens above and on a Cloud of Purity. I believe that He “is coming” for those people “without spots or wrinkles.” Those people who are washed in His blood, and cleansed of their sin and set free by His love. I pray that, when He comes, He will find us occupied with His work!
Please pray that “we will remain faithful” to our vision and purpose and that we never “grow weary in well doing!”
Thank you & God bless you. Jeffery G. Douglas
Ezekiel the prophet saw in a vision, a river that ran from the altar of God, under the threshold of the temple from the south side. He was then led to investigate the river and found that the further he went, the deeper and wider the river became. The banks of the river were lined with living things and the waters themselves teamed with life (Ezekiel 47:1-9). The key to our vision is best stated in verse 9 of chapter 47 in the book Ezekiel, the priest wrote:
So, where the river flows everything will live. (Ezekiel 47:9)
We are “about life,” a life that Jesus brings. I pray to see the lost saved through faith in Jesus Christ and pray to see His Church, “the whole body of Christ strengthen and renewed and revived.” I pray to see those of His children that have fallen by the wayside, wounded in His service or overcome by the rigors of life restored to a right and blessed relationship with Him through his grace and mercy.
I pray to see unity among those that love Him, regardless of denominational affiliation or cultural predisposition and believe that the Lord “has given” us others to relate to who share our vision and calling. Together, as He leads and strengthens us, we will take His love “to the uttermost parts of the earth,” by loving those He sends to us. I believe in taking the Gospel to the world, rather than waiting for the world to come to it.
I believe that “soon,” He will return in gory from the Heavens above and on a Cloud of Purity. I believe that He “is coming” for those people “without spots or wrinkles.” Those people who are washed in His blood, and cleansed of their sin and set free by His love. I pray that, when He comes, He will find us occupied with His work!
Please pray that “we will remain faithful” to our vision and purpose and that we never “grow weary in well doing!”
Thank you & God bless you. Jeffery G. Douglas