The document discusses the concept of covenants in biblical times and how God used the concept of a covenant to establish a relationship with His people. Covenants were commonly used in that era for treaties, pledges of friendship, business contracts, and constitutions. The document notes that two different words emerged for covenants - one emphasizing will/desires and one emphasizing partnership. It explores how the concept of covenant is understood today and what the PCFC covenant represents - a merger of will and promise to align with God's intentions and obligations.

2. 
 In Bible times and in surrounding cultures covenants
were used for a wide range interpersonal and social
relationships
 Treaty
 Pledge of friendship
 Business contract
 National constitution
Covenants

3. 
“It should not be surprising that in a world in which
covenant was such a fundamental idea God would select the
concept of covenant to clarify the relationship that he sought
to establish with his people.”
- Theology of Biblical Words

4.  Two different words emerged to emphasize different parts
of relational agreements
 One to highlight a will, expression of desires
 Took effect once the person died
 The New covenant started at the death of Jesus
 One to highlight the partnership
 The New Testament still referenced OT covenants
 The idea of an oath
 The New Testament idea of Promise over shadows the old
 It is now the promises of God that bind Him to His people
By the time of the Greeks

5. 
 It means different things to different people
 Living will, an expression of what they are committing
to do.
 An ideal, a statement of what we are shooting for
 A vision statement, a spiritual target that helps the
body focus and make wise decisions
 A Binding agreement which is strictly enforced and
which requires 100% compliance
So What is the PCFC
Covenant?

6. 
 A merger of will (volition) and promise.
 Looking at the covenant as a tool to align my will, to
agree with intentions and obligations.
 Looking at my actions and evaluating them to see if
they are in line with God’s instruction. In keeping my
promises am I reflecting His work in me?
What I am shooting for

7. 
 Isa 1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz
concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw
during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
 To dream
 Revelation
 Oracle
 Perception
 Gaze
 Contemplate
Vision

8. 
 This is the way, pathway to walk in.
 “I have need of you.”
 You were made for this purpose.
1. God gives His people
vision.

9. 
 Leadership has visions for leading
 Teachers for instruction
 Craftsman but building
 Mothers for their children
 Fathers for providing and security
 Doctors for helping and healing
from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every
joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part,
causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
Eph 4:16 NASB
2. The vision you get is related to
your calling and purpose.

10. 
 “For such a time as this.”
 Healing and reconciliation of the past.
 Hope and redemption for the future.
 While we “live in the moment” each moment has an
effect on both the past and future.
3. God’s vision is what God is “now”
doing to deal with both the past and
future.

11. 
 When you live out God’s vision for you, you live out
 Your gifts, talents, favor
 You see that God gives you “this” so you can do “that.”
 You are in alignment with God so you recognize how
God is helping you, this encourages you to continue in
faithfulness.
 God gives encouragement specific to our calling and
purpose.
4. “Help” is connected with
God’s vision for you.

12. 
1. Spend time with God focused on listening, having
ears to hear, understanding
2. Allow God to reveal to you, who you are.
1. Personality
2. Intelligence (reason, emotion, spiritual)
3. Identity
4. Purpose
3. Be faithful with what God shows you and you will
get more.
Growing in Vision