Imagination: Imagine the Nations

To complete the mission will require vision from God.

9 A vision appeared to Paul in the night

God’s vision interrupted the situation.

God’s vision was personal to Paul. 9

God’s vision was shared and embraced by others. “we” and “us” 10

To complete the mission will require passion for the nations. 

The obstacles of the mission requires passion for the nations.

Message confusion Acts 15:1-2

Ministry conflict  Acts 15:36-41

Mission fields closed Acts 16:6-8

6 They passed through the ^aPhrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in ^cAsia; 7 and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit the; 8 and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

The voice of the lost compels passion for the nations.

9. . .“appealing”. . .”help us”

To complete the mission will require urgency for the nations.  

10 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia,

To complete the mission will require providential power. 

10. . .concluding that God had called us. . .

Providential power keeps us on mission.

6. . . “forbidden by the Holy Spirit” 

7. . .“Spirit of Jesus did not permit them” 

Providential power calls us to mission.

10. . . “concluding that God had called us” 10

To complete the mission will require proclamation of the Gospel. 

10. . . “to preach the gospel to them”

To complete the mission will require:

Biblical vision

Extraordinary prayer

Generous and consistent Gospel sowing

Extraordinary faith

Multiplying discipleship

Imagine the nations. . .

Lost without God

Reached with the Gospel.

Imagine the nations. . .

Being prayed for passionately and consistently

Hearing the gospel passionately and consistently

Receiving the gospel passionately and gratefully

Worshiping God passionately and gratefully

Now I want you to imagine one more thing.

God using you to reach the nations

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