To be clear. I mean by this that leaders are visionaries. They dream big dreams. They are not fantasists! What they see, the begin to think about how to make a reality. They know the truth that:

"Without Vision the people perish" Proverbs 29:18. The heart of the Christian leader should be that none shall perish. This alone should encourage the leader to seek God for vision. Of course having the dream is not enough. You have to be prepared to share it with others. When they understand it and they trust you then there is the chance that they might own it. At this point the dream begins to have the potential to become a reality.

However before we can pass it on there are a few things that leaders need to get hold of. They are well summarised  by the author Florence Littauer. She says:

Dare to Dream - Have the desire to do something bigger than yourself

Prepare the Dream - Do your homework. Be ready when the opportunity comes.

Wear the Dream - Do it!

Share the dream - Make others part of the dream and it will become greater than you had hoped.

This is not an excuse for idle day dreaming. It is God focussed, prayer based, word inspired, Holy Spirit empowered vision building.

I have a dream......

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