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The Deep Desires of Your Heart
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4) Just like everyone else in the world, Christians are busy with work, family, church, sports, hobbies, you name it. But all too often our busyness lacks a sense of God’s leading and will. We want to know God’s plan for our lives, but we secretly (or not so secretly!) think our dreams and desires don’t matter to Him. But they do. But God has a plan for your life. And that plan includes what you want to do. It includes the deepest desires of your heart. Sometimes we express these desires in ways…
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If You’re Wasting Precious Time, Knock It Off
Believe me, I am a world-class procrastinator. Just as it’s important to me to work hard (and pray hard!) at stopping this behavior, it’s important that you do too. Unlike money, the time we spend can never be recovered. It’s vitally important to use and manage our time wisely. Procrastination is a huge time waster. When we continue to procrastinate, a lot oo our purpose goes unrealized. This is a tragedy! It can be hard to break procrastination because it is a behavior learned early in life and is hard wired into our subconscious mind. But it can be done. To break the habit of procrastination, start doing a task…
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Your Most Important Goal-Setting Activity
Question: What is your most important goal setting activity? Answer: Your friendship with God! In terms of pure goal setting, Christian goal setting shares the same techniques as secular goal setting. There is nothing wrong with that: Christians don’t operate their cars differently from non-Christians, they order off menus the same way, and they take the same medicines when they’re sick. Goal setting, like cars, restaurants and health, simply works along similar lines. But Christian goal setting is a great deal more than simply meeting objectives, because as Christians we set our goals within the context of 1) our relationship with the Risen Christ and 2) our God-given life purpose.…