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Achieving Spiritual Goals by Faith - Setting Personal Goals with Biblical Guidance

Embrace the spiritual responsibility of goal-setting with faith-based principles from the Bible. Follow the example of Paul in Philippians 3:12-15 to continuously strive towards your goals, knowing that God can exceed your expectations (Ephesians 3:20). Understand that goals are more than just statements - they fuel your energy, drive, and character growth (1 Corinthians 9:26, Philippians 3:12). Stay motivated by focusing on the prize ahead and not dwelling on the past (Philippians 3:12-15). Reflect on whether your goals honor God, are motivated by love, and require dependence on Him (1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Corinthians 14:1, Proverbs 16:9). Surround yourself with a supportive community and rely on God's Word and Spirit for guidance and empowerment in reaching your goals (Zechariah 4:6, Joshua 1:8, Ecclesiastes 4:12).

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Achieving Spiritual Goals by Faith - Setting Personal Goals with Biblical Guidance

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  1. Part 1: Setting Personal Goals By Faith

  2. ROMANS 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

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  4. 1. Goal-setting is a spiritual responsibility.

  5. PHILIPPIANS 3:12-15 Paul: “I know that I am not yet what God wants me to be. I haven’t reached that goal, but I keep moving toward it to make it mine because Christ made me and saved me for this. I know that I haven’t yet reached my goal, …

  6. PHILIPPIANS 3:12-15 … but there’s one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead, I keep my eyes focused on the goal so that I may one day win the prize that God has called me to receive through Christ in the life above. …

  7. PHILIPPIANS 3:12-15 … All of you who are spiritually mature should think this same way, too.”

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  9. 2. Goals are statements of faith.

  10. EPHESIANS 3:20 Message God can do anything – far more that you could ever imagine or guess or dare to request in your wildest dreams!

  11. MATTHEW 9:29 According to your faith will it be done for you.

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  13. 3. Goals are my energy.

  14. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:26 New Century Version I do not run without a goal. I fight like a boxer who is hitting something – not just the air.

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  16. 4. Goals keep me going.

  17. JOB 6:11 New Living Translation Job: “I do not have the strength to endure. I do not have a goal that encourages me to carry on.”

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  19. 5. Goals build my character.

  20. PHILIPPIANS 3:12 Today’s English Version Paul: “…I keep striving toward the goal...”

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  22. 6. Good goals will be rewarded.

  23. PROVERBS 11:27 Today’s English Version If your goals are good, you will be respected.

  24. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:25 New Living Translation All athletes practice strict self-control. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step.

  25. 1. ?

  26. 1. Will this goal honor God?

  27. 1 CORINTHIANS 6:20 Contemporary English Version God paid a great price for you. So use your body to honor God.

  28. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31 Contemporary English Version When you eat or drink or do anything, always do it to honor God.

  29. 1 CORINTHIANS 5:9 New International Version We make it our goal to please Him…

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  31. 2. Is this goal motivated by love?

  32. 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1 New Living Translation Let love be your highest goal.

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  34. 3. Will this goal require depending on God?

  35. PROVERBS 16:9 Message We plan the way we want to live, but only God makes us able to live it.

  36. • I need .

  37. • I need God’s Spirit to empower me.

  38. ZECHARIAH 4:6 New Century Version You will not succeed by your own strength or power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord.

  39. • I need .

  40. • I need God’s Word to guide me.

  41. JOSHUA 1:8 New American Bible Keep this Book of the Law on your lips. Recite it by day and by night, that you may carefully follow all that is written in it; then you will successfully attain your goal.

  42. • I need .

  43. • I need God’s people to support me.

  44. ECCLESIASTES 4:12 Message By yourself you’re unprotected. But with a friend you can face the worst. And a group of three is even better because a rope braided with three strands is not easily snapped!

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