Romans 5:3-5 ESV
"More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
"More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
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Not every goal that you set is a good goal.
Not every goal that you are going to set God is going to bless.
So, you want to set the kind of goals that God is going to bless and God is going to give you the power to do.
Here are the secrets to setting our goals for life:
When you get ready to set your goals, it is good to ask these three questions.
1. Will This Goal Honor God?
What kind of goal will honor God? What kind of goal will bring glory to God?
Any goal that causes you to trust Him more, to depend on God more, to love God more, to love others more, to serve God, to serve others without selfish reasons. Those are "God" goals.
1 Corinthians 6:20 …you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
Are you using your body to honor God?
Everything can be done to honor God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
When you do your daily chores with the right motive, right attitude you honor God.
2 Corinthians 5:9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
2. Is This Goal Motivated By Love?
God is not going to bless a goal motivated by selfish reasons.
God is not going to bless a goal motivated by greed, competition, envy, grief or guilt or grudges, worry or fear or anxiety, materialism or by ego or by pride.
James 4:3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
But, when you set a goal out of love where you say, “Lord this goal is because I love you and I want to love other people,” God is going to honor that because it is all about love.
1 Corinthians 16:14 Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians 14:1 Follow the way of love.
Love should be our highest priority.
We must have a desire to love the unloved and the lost.
I want to love the people who are hard to love.
If you set loveless goals, you are going to treat people as projects.
You are going to run all over them to get to your goals. You are going to run over your marriage, friends, relatives and others because of your loveless goals.
Our goal should not be primarily about accomplishments but about relationships.
It is about learning how to love.
3. Will This Goal Require Depending on God.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God.
If you do not have a goal that does not require faith, then it is not pleasing to God.
Romans 14:23 Anything that does not come from faith is sin.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.
God is very integral in your goal setting.
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Let's get started.
Not every goal that you set is a good goal.
Not every goal that you are going to set God is going to bless.
So, you want to set the kind of goals that God is going to bless and God is going to give you the power to do.
Here are the secrets to setting our goals for life:
When you get ready to set your goals, it is good to ask these three questions.
1. Will This Goal Honor God?
What kind of goal will honor God? What kind of goal will bring glory to God?
Any goal that causes you to trust Him more, to depend on God more, to love God more, to love others more, to serve God, to serve others without selfish reasons. Those are "God" goals.
1 Corinthians 6:20 …you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
Are you using your body to honor God?
Everything can be done to honor God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
When you do your daily chores with the right motive, right attitude you honor God.
2 Corinthians 5:9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
2. Is This Goal Motivated By Love?
God is not going to bless a goal motivated by selfish reasons.
God is not going to bless a goal motivated by greed, competition, envy, grief or guilt or grudges, worry or fear or anxiety, materialism or by ego or by pride.
James 4:3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
But, when you set a goal out of love where you say, “Lord this goal is because I love you and I want to love other people,” God is going to honor that because it is all about love.
1 Corinthians 16:14 Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians 14:1 Follow the way of love.
Love should be our highest priority.
We must have a desire to love the unloved and the lost.
I want to love the people who are hard to love.
If you set loveless goals, you are going to treat people as projects.
You are going to run all over them to get to your goals. You are going to run over your marriage, friends, relatives and others because of your loveless goals.
Our goal should not be primarily about accomplishments but about relationships.
It is about learning how to love.
3. Will This Goal Require Depending on God.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God.
If you do not have a goal that does not require faith, then it is not pleasing to God.
Romans 14:23 Anything that does not come from faith is sin.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.
God is very integral in your goal setting.
Please click here if the video does not show up below or try viewing in your Browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glMnHbaVyXQ
ACTION STEP: I hope you have been enjoying this series on Goal setting. Have a great weekend. Next week I will be speaking at Avalanche 2022 at Sandy Cove in Maryland. I appreciate your prayers and look forward to seeing many of you there.
Now, go make some "God Goals" and tell somebody, do you put it out there and are held accountable. God has BIG PLANS for you!
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself.
Now, go make some "God Goals" and tell somebody, do you put it out there and are held accountable. God has BIG PLANS for you!
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself.
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