1. Set you heart to know God and His intentions. - Heb 1:1-2
   Lord what is your plan for me and the church I pastor? Lord not my will but your will be done. What do you want me to do? You must be willing to be open to what He has to say and have ears to hear.
   
   
2. Seek vision from God for areas in which you have responsibility or influence.
   How can I be a better husband/father-mother/wife? From there you expand it out: better businessman, worker, employer and employee. From there the giftings God has given us: politicians, musicians, athletes, artists, computer/multimedia. God, how can I use my gifts and abilities for kingdom expansion.
   
   
3. Set time aside to seek God, it’s hard to hear HIM If you have a crowded lifestyle.
   Maybe a morning, or a whole day of prayer and fasting. In the bible you notice that when Peter/Ananias/Paul/Jeremiah/Daniel were praying, God gave them a vision. Luke 10:38-42
   
   
4. Sensitivity to the many ways God can speak to us.
   Through reading and studying the Bible: Some people don’t receive a God given vision because they don’t study the Word! Through reading Genesis 2:21-22, James Young Simpson saw how God put Adam to sleep before He created eve out of his body, and he went on to invent Anesthetic to put people to sleep before he performed an operation. Rockefeller read Genesis 6:14 “cover it inside and outside with pitch,” Rockefeller knew that were there was pitch there was oil and discovered the great Middle East oil finds!
   
   
   1. Through messages, ministry and worship during local church services. Heb 10:25 R.A. Laturno said, “I get all my best ideas in Church, because God is there in a special way!" Richard Moffat was speaking at a lady’s mission meeting about Africa and young David Livingstone heard his words. This placed a desire for Africa in Livingstone’s heart, and he became the world’s most famous missionary to Africa.
   2. Through Godly counsel. 2 Sam 16:23 “The advice of Ahithophel was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God”. God will send people across your path: your spouse, close friends, people in ministry or a book you read, a tape you listen to. Be discerning as to what you read and listen to, they could be God thoughts.
   3. Through God given thoughts and ideas. Prov 16:3 “Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.” Learn to discern the voice of the Lord by spending time with Him. You will become increasingly more sensitive until you get a track record of hearing God’s voice and how He speaks to you. 1 Sam 3:10 “Speak Lord your servant hears”
      
      
5. Seek confirmation of a vision that you receive.
   If there is a major move in your life, seek confirmation. Read Acts 13:1-4 It’s amazing how many Christians make major decisions that have far reaching consequences, and they make them haphazardly. All major moves should come after seasons of prayer, counsel, thought and study. God always prepares you for change before change is ever made.
   
   
6. Stay flexible because vision is often progressive and expandable.
   The Lord is constantly fine tuning our vision by pursuing and correcting us. So, keep faith and hope centered on Him and not some formula, or last year’s revelation.
   
   
7. Be faithful to another man’s vision. - Luke 16:16
   Many people come into church visionless, but they plug into the vision of the church, and they find vision for their own lives. Praise the Lord!
   
   

Yours for receiving Gods visions and dreams,

Dr. George Hill,
President and Apostolic Founder of Victory Churches International
www.victoryint.org