Picking a Word for the Year is not a new thing. Remembering my Word for the Year beyond January 21 is a new thing. I remember my word for 2018. My word was Grow. I remembered it all year long! Three ways I was able to remember my word. I had a verse that went with my word. The verse I selected for 2018 was 2 Peter 3:18, “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus…
I have set spiritual goals for the past few years. I have completed some, attempted some and failed some. Just being real and honest with you. I wrote this about the 6 goals that you should be set. I used that has my guide for my goals in 2019. Why am I sharing my spiritual goals? One reason is just to encourage you. I find it helpful sometimes to read other people’s goals and see what they are doing. I…
Doesn’t spiritual growth just happen? Is this really something that I should plan and set goals for? If you want a fruitful garden, you will plant the seeds, water them, pull the weeds, and trim the branches. You make sure the plant gets sun. You do all the things that you can to make sure that the plant can grow and produce fruit. In some ways, you don’t control whether you get fruit but you can help or hinder the…
Are you ready to begin setting goals for the new year? It is exciting to begin thinking about all the things you want to do in the new year. A whole year to do and be. We can rush in with a long list of goals we want to accomplish but if we do not plan we will fail and frustrate ourselves. Are you ready to set goals? You need to Know Yourself first. That is the one thing you…
I read the list of 30 ways to organize your life. I was excited to think that these 30 ways would give me an organized life. Just think, I would be productive and while I am at it, I will be successful. Thankfully I paused and thought about the list compared to my own life. I realized that list works great for that individual but some of the things on that list would not work for me. This is Part Four of…