Making an Impact

Part One

February 19, 2006
Speaker: Randal Myers

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Lessons from one of the greatest failures in the Bible

Genesis 11:1-9 - The Tower of Babel

Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth." But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babelóbecause there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Five Critical Keys to Success

A Unified Purpose

The LORD said, "If as one people..." - Genesis 11:6

We must understand our collective purpose.

Effective Communication

"If as one people speaking the same language..." - Genesis 11:6

Communication didn't really happen unless and until everyone not only knows what was said, but the real meaning of what was said along with something of the motive behind what was said.

A Commitment to Action

The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this..." - Genesis 11:6

All the vision, plans, and communication are useless unless we act on them.

Adequate Preparation

The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them." - Genesis 11:6

Without a plan we'll waste time, resources, and energy.

Seek God's Direction

But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.

God was not the initiator of the project.

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