GODLY GOALS FOR 2017

A SENIOR DEMON, SCREWTAPE TRAINING A JUNIOR DEMON NAMED WORMWOOD

C.S Lewis Classic

GOD WANTS GOSPEL DOERS

“But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.” James 1:22

“And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.” Matthew 7:26

–Thomas Edison

“Vision Without Execution Is Just Hallucination.”

WORDS OF JESUS—TO DO!

Go make disciples of the nations

Be my witnesses—everywhere

Love your neighbor

Let men see your good works…

Love one another

GOALS HELP US DO THE GOSPEL

They focus our mind, time and resources in a very distracting world.

They help us keep first things first.

They show God we are serious about doing His words

Goals make us more accountable to ourselves to put our faith into action

–Wayne Gretzky

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.”

– Zig Ziglar

“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”

IF YOU MAKE GOALS FOR 2017

You will end this year with greater joy and less regret

You will discover how important your life is in God’s Kingdom

You will experience the thrill of growth as a Christian

You will experience the joy of partnering with God on your goals

You will one enter heaven with as little regret as possible because you lived your life to the fullest for Him.

–Elbert Hubbard

“Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have never organized their energies around a

goal.”

SMART Goals

Specific: Well defined

Measurable: You can measure the results so you know when you have achieved your goal

Attainable: Achievable by you. Not impossible.

Relevant: It motivates you personally, fits your life now

Time-Based: It has a real deadline

REAL GOALS ARE RARE

Only 3-6% of people have specific, measurable and time-limited goals

Those who have such goals achieve 10X as much in those areas

REAL GOALS ARE WRITTEN GOALS

“You are 42% more like to complete a goal if you write it down” –Michael Hyatt

“Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.” Habakkuk 2:2:

“Thoughts disentangle themselves passing over the lips & through pencil tips.” –Michael Hyatt

GOALS TO DO THE GOSPEL

Speak openly about your faith at work once a week

Use the internet & social media to witness three times a week

Print your testimony and give it out once a week

Serve your neighbors once a month

Go with the Clarks to a nursing home twice in 2017

–Goals help us avoid the regrets of old age

“They say that young men regret what they have done… and old men regret what they have

not done.”

GODLY GOALS FOR 2017Come from God: “He leads me beside still waters, He restores my soul. " (Ps.23)

Focus us on God’s Goals: “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matt. 6:33)

Will Help Us Live Well: “But the noble man devises noble plans; and by noble plans he stands.” ( Is. 32:8)

“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance…” (Prov. 21:5)

Focus on a Few Things: “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about so many things. But really one is needed and Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10 41-42)

Having an accountability partner makes it 2X more effective to accomplish the goal

GODLY GOALS FOR 2017

For the Gospel

For our bodies

For our time usage

For our relationships

For our money