Vision Sunday
August 31, 2025 / City Hope Church2025.08.31
Vision Sunday
Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) – Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Proverbs 29:18 (MSG) – If people can’t see what God is doing, they
stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals,
they are most blessed.
From the very beginning God has wanted:
• Lost people .
• Saved people .
• Pastored people .
• Trained people .
1. Know .
1 Timothy 6:21 – Some of these people have missed the most important
thing in life—they don’t know God….
2. Find .
3. Discover .
Acts 20:24 – However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim
is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me….
4. Make a .
• Join the .
The first problem in the Bible wasn’t . It was .
Genesis 2:18 – The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be
alone.”
John 13:8a – “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”
1. I need people who .
John 13:12-15 – When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his
clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done
for you?” he asked them.13“You call me `Teacher’ and `Lord,’ and rightly
so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed
your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an
example that you should do as I have done for you.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (MSG) – It’s better to have a partner than go it alone.
Share the work, share the wealth. And if one falls down, the other helps,
but if there’s no one to help, tough!
**All scripture is from the New International Version unless otherwise noted.Romans 12:15 (NIV) – Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those
who mourn.
1 Corinthians 12:26 (NIV) – If one part suffers, every part suffers with it.
• Inform your of care .
2. I need people who will .
John 14:1 (NIV) – “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust
also in me.”
Hebrews 3:13 (NIV) – But encourage one another daily, as long as it is
called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
and regularly one another.
3. I need people who will .
John 15:4-5 – Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear
fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit
unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man
remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you
can do nothing.”
• Do a together.
4. I need people who will .
John 16:1 – “All this I have told you so that you will not go astray.”
Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NLT) – A person standing alone can be attacked and
defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even
better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.
• Ask one another the .
5. I need people who will .
John 17:1, 9 (NIV) – After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and
prayed… “I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those
you have given me…”
Ephesians 6:18 (MSG) – Prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray
hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters.
Share weekly and one another in prayer.
Small Groups aren’t , they’re .
**All scripture is from the New International Version unless otherwise noted.