The father/husband/male as visionary and leader PRINCIPLES: 1> Being a visionary is a foundational responsibility for the man because, without it, he can’t fulfil his other assignments of leader, teacher, cultivator, provider, and protector 2> To have vision means to be able to conceive of and move toward your purpose in life. 3> The man was created to be a visionary. He was given the first vision of God’s plan for humanity. 4> The man is designed to be a visionary. He is able to look at the big picture in life and to plan for the future from a logical and practical standpoint. 5> Prerequisites for discovering vision are: (1) follow Christ’s example, (2) acknowledge Christ’s headship, (3) listen for God’s direction and (4) be open to God’s communication. 6> A man needs a clear vision of (1) who he is in God, (2) what his overall purpose as man is and (3) what his purpose as an individual man is. 7> God designed the man to carry others with him in his vision. 8> If a man has no vision, this will negatively affect those who are to follow him, especially his family. 9> Before God gave the man a helper, He gave him a vision. 10>A male cannot ask a female to follow and help him if he has no vision. 11>God always provides for the vision He gives. 12> God created and designed the man to be a responsible leader. 13> The characteristics of a leader are: (1) strong and courageous, (2) obedient to God’s commands, (3) a logical thinker, (4) a servant’s heart and (5) a teachable spirit. 14> One way that a woman can be good to a man is by respecting him as the leader in the home.