Application - Cultivating Our Hearts
Once we have decided in our hearts that we want to pursue God—once we have decided that we want to be a people of one thing—then we must think about how that choice will become a reality in our lives. If you do not fill your time, someone else will. This is the tyranny of the urgent.
Today we are going to create an action plan for what we want out of life. Know this; you will not keep this plan perfectly. If you fulfill this plan 80% of the time, you are doing well. 80% of achieving your goal is better than doing 100% of nothing. When you squander your time, you squander your destiny.
Where there is no vision, the people perish. (Proverbs 29:18, KJV)
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint (Proverbs 29:18)
We need insight into who we are or we wander around squandering our lives.
We MUST know where we are going. In order to get where you want to go, you must learn how to control your schedule (time). We take hold of what God has called us to do by growing in the skills necessary for the calling. For most of us, this includes developing a prayer life, digging deeply into Scripture, working on our character, developing skills for a trade (education), etc.
What we are going to do today:
-Create goals for our lives. (Think about God’s promises over you)
-What is the vision for your life?
-This can change as you develop and grow as a person
-What do you want to be true of you when you are 50?
-What do you want to be true about you when you stand before the Lord at the end of your life?
-What are long-term goals (10-20 years) related to fulfilling this vision or becoming the type of person you want to be?
-What are short-term goals (months) related to the long-term goals
-Rest and relationships are some of my own personal goals.
-I want to be friends with my wife 30 years from now
-This means I need to spend time with my wife and invest in my relationship with her.
-I want to have a deep relationship and friendship with my children 20 years from now.
-This means I schedule time to be with my children.
-Create an action plan for how you are going to achieve these goals.
-Schedule your life in 15-minute increments. Pay attention to every 15 minutes.
-Update your schedule every couple of months.
-In a year, you will notice a difference in your life
Today we are going to create an action plan for what we want out of life. Know this; you will not keep this plan perfectly. If you fulfill this plan 80% of the time, you are doing well. 80% of achieving your goal is better than doing 100% of nothing. When you squander your time, you squander your destiny.
Where there is no vision, the people perish. (Proverbs 29:18, KJV)
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint (Proverbs 29:18)
We need insight into who we are or we wander around squandering our lives.
We MUST know where we are going. In order to get where you want to go, you must learn how to control your schedule (time). We take hold of what God has called us to do by growing in the skills necessary for the calling. For most of us, this includes developing a prayer life, digging deeply into Scripture, working on our character, developing skills for a trade (education), etc.
What we are going to do today:
-Create goals for our lives. (Think about God’s promises over you)
-What is the vision for your life?
-This can change as you develop and grow as a person
-What do you want to be true of you when you are 50?
-What do you want to be true about you when you stand before the Lord at the end of your life?
-What are long-term goals (10-20 years) related to fulfilling this vision or becoming the type of person you want to be?
-What are short-term goals (months) related to the long-term goals
-Rest and relationships are some of my own personal goals.
-I want to be friends with my wife 30 years from now
-This means I need to spend time with my wife and invest in my relationship with her.
-I want to have a deep relationship and friendship with my children 20 years from now.
-This means I schedule time to be with my children.
-Create an action plan for how you are going to achieve these goals.
-Schedule your life in 15-minute increments. Pay attention to every 15 minutes.
-Update your schedule every couple of months.
-In a year, you will notice a difference in your life