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M E N S A H O TA B I L S O R D E R F R A N C I S M A D O J E M U

3 T H I N G S F O R 2 0 1 8

1. Vision Leaks

2. Don’t Just Think Big, Act It

3. Initiative & Instinct

V I S I O N L E A K S

L O O K AT T H E V I S I O N O F T B N A G A I N F R O M T H E B E G I N N I N G A N D S E E H O W I T H A S L E A K E D O U T - T R Y T O F I N D T H AT F I R S T B U L L E T I N

• Organizations are stuck: Borders, GM, UMC, Church of England as examples

• Churches are stuck too in areas like worship attendance, giving, discipleship, volunteers, outreach, leadership development, communications, etc.

• TEAM DISCUSSION: Where are you stuck?

• Churches continue to use their same systems, but they hope and pray for different results. The only way to get different results is to engage different systems.

1 . M I N D T H E G A P

M Y T H = I F W E U N I F Y B E H I N D A C L E A R V I S I O N , W E W I L L S U C C E E D .

V I S I O N + [ S Y S T E M S ] + E X E C U T I O N = R E S U LT S

• When there's a systems gap, churches end up just “doing church”; they do what churches have always done.

• "What makes people work is an idea worth working for, along with a clear understanding of what needs to be done." -Michael Gerber, The E-Myth Revisited

• Genesis 22:9 (NKJV)

• 9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

B I B L I C A L P R E C E D E N T F O R G O D D E P L O Y I N G S Y S T E M S F O R H I S P U R P O S E S

• God gave Noah a system for building the ark (Genesis 6)

• Jethro gave Moses a system for leadership structure (Exodus 18)


• Joseph deployed a system to prepare for the famine (Genesis 41) !

• Nehemiah had a system for rebuilding the wall; " work while " on guard (Nehemiah 4)


• Jesus system when he sent out the 12 apostles (Matthew 10) Jesus sent out the 72 other disciples in teams of 2 (Luke 10)

• Paul's direction to Titus to appoint elders in every town in Crete (Titus 1:5)

• “For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.” (I Corinthians 14:33)

Order turns chaotic situations the right way round

Our society is plagued with disorder

Signs farms etc have straight lines etc

Its human beings that refuse to exert order over the environment as God expects us

Poverty is a function of disorder in our lives. its not spiritual.

P R AY I N G H A R D B U T D I S O R D E R E D

1 Kings 18:33 KJV:

And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

So we use so much efforts and get little results

I believe the main thing is disorder

Bring order into our lives

D O Y O U T H I N K H E AV E N I S D I S O R D E R E D ?

Let’s end poverty Income Raise children

House Basics in this church

I T ʼS B R I N G I N G S T R U C T U R E T O O U R L I V E S

• Exodus 13:18 (NKJV)

• 18 So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.

• After being slaves for 430 years yet if there was a million on the lawn would our people go in order

• Japan after the tsunami or Singapore you cants spit not to talk of paper or refuse

Chaos is controlling us here

Children do they listen to their parents or wives their husbands etc order

We think being orderly is a weakness

It’s a discipline we need and I need

Chaos has become our normal

Put structure systems and processes together

We can own our own houses and land and empower each other but it can only come through order

It’s a 20 year plan

You don’t start a work as the boss you work your way up and If you are 50 in 20 years your are 70 wether you plan or not

You can live behind assets not liabilities

Mandela 27 years in prison

And his last 20 years were impactful

Our goal and purpose to eradicate poverty

Each person, at least worth 1 million dollars

I CAN CHANGE MY CHURCH AND MY PEOPLE

I AM PRESIDENT HERE AND GOVERNORS ETC

we need to take our lives seriously

We can build community by ourselves in an orderly manner

I need to see some changes

If you are okay help others who are not okay

No welfare system or unemployment benefits nor your pension keep you in the next 20 years

Take radical steps than just depending on government and your children

I don’t want to be 80 years waiting for my children to look after me and I want to be richer at 80

I want to be far better to visit by the grandchildren than their parents

I can’t promise you anything much will change but as the years go by we would see many changes and your dream coming through

Live out your faith in Christ in a practical manner

You must show proof and testimony

Take charge by 2038

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