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Preparing Your Game Plan. A word from the coach: “Commit to the lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” Proverbs 16:3. Going Deep. Do you have a game plan for life – a master plan that lines up with the Master’s plan?
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Preparing Your Game Plan A word from the coach: “Commit to the lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” Proverbs 16:3
Going Deep Do you have a game plan for life – a master plan that lines up with the Master’s plan? Or are you bopping along life’s highway without a map or a destination? If you have no idea of where you want to go, any road will get you there. Want to attain success? Consult the Advisor and start planning now!
Mapping Out Your Course Make your goals specific: Precise planning produces results Make your goals challenging but achievable: Will motivate you Write down your goals: Paper is cheap and your future is worth it Often review your goals: Keeps you focused; if no time to review…turn off the TV or the laptop Make your goals measureable: Make your goals time bound: To measure progress Consider sharing your dreams If things change, adjust your goals Be persistent
Dudes on Goals Don Maynard: “Set your goals up there real high and then be serious about reaching them.” George Halas: “Many people founder about in life because they have no purpose. Before it is possible to achieve anything, an objective must be set.” Henry Ford: "Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals.“ Michael Jordan: “There is no “i” in team but there is in win.” Wayne Gretzky: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
The Bible on Planning Proverbs 13: 16 “A wise man thinks ahead; a fool doesn’t, and even brags about it.” Proverbs 13: 19 “Desire realized is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.” Proverbs 15: 22 “Without consultation, plans are frustrated, but with many counselors they succeed.” Proverbs 20: 18 “Prepare plans by consultation, and make war by wise guidance.” Proverbs 21:5 “The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, but everyone who is hasty comes to poverty.” Jeremiah 29: 11 “I know the I have for you…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Any many, many, many more…
Recap If you desire to be a winner in life, you need a solid game plan but you must entrust the final outcome to God. Plan thoroughly and thoughtfully, work hard and wait patiently. Remember that God too is at work. Playing on God’s team is definitely a winning strategy.
Game Plan • S.M.A.R.T. Goals: • Specific: Know precisely where you want to go • Measureable: Be able to measure your success • Action – Oriented: Break your plan into specific phases, steps • Realistic: Achievable goals provide incentive, unrealistic, pie in the sky goals do not • Timely: Set deadlines and stick to them