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Knowin’ Where You’re Goin’. Proverbs 29:18 (KJV). Where there is no vision, the people perish. Setting Goals That God Can Bless. Knowin’ Where You’re Goin’. Why Set Godly Goals?. Provide Hope Focus Life & Energy Build Character Require Faith. Proverbs 10:6 (NLT).
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Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) Where there is no vision, the people perish
Setting Goals That God Can Bless Knowin’ Where You’re Goin’
Why Set Godly Goals? • Provide Hope • Focus Life & Energy • Build Character • Require Faith
Proverbs 10:6 (NLT) The godly are showered with blessings by God.
What Makes Goals Godly? • Based on God’s Values
God’s Purposes • Connect • Grow • Serve • Reach • Worship
1 Corinthians 9:26 (NCV) So I do not run without a goal. I fight like a boxer who is hitting something — not just the air.
In a Race… • You don’t set the finish line • Progress is made one step at a time
What Makes Goals Godly? • Based on God’s Values • Motivated by Love
1 Corinthians 14:1 (NLT) Let love be your highest goal.
Isaiah 1:17 (NIV) Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless,plead the case of the widow.
3 John 11 (MSG) Friend, don't go along with evil. Model the good. The person who does good does God's work.
Matthew 28:19-20 (MSG) Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you.
1 John 4:12 (ICB) No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us and, God’s love has reached its goal.
What Makes Goals Godly? • Based on God’s Values • Motivated by Love • Only Achieved with God’s Power
Galatians 3:3 (NIV) Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?
Proverbs 16:9 (MSG) We plan the way we want to live, but only God makes us able to live it.
James 4:15 (NIV) You do not even know what will happen tomorrow.... So you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.
What Makes Goals Godly? • Based on God’s Values • Motivated by Love • Only Achieved with God’s Power
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT) Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will direct your paths.
Setting Goals That God Can Bless Knowin’ Where You’re Goin’