Life Stew 1

INGREDIENTS Goal Setting Taking Action Gratitude Energy Time Relationships Habits Productivity Courage Well-being Mindfulness Listening 2

Good Ingredients + Right Amount + Heat + Proper Time = YUM! 3

HOT MESS!!!!!!!! 4

Each Class: Biblical Application Real world study Aids and helps To-done list 5

THIS WEEK 6

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 7

Why do New Year’s Resolutions Fail? Unrealistic False Hope Not relevant No accountability 8

Romans 7:18b-24 9

For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. 21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Romans 7:18b-24 10

Did Jesus teach us to set goals? Does the Bible teach us to set goals? 11

…by now you ought to be teachers. Matt. 6:33 …seek first His kingdom… Hebrews 5: 11-4 …by now you ought to be teachers. Matt. 6:33 …seek first His kingdom… Philippians 3: 13-14 …I press on toward the goal… Colossians 3:1 Proverbs 24:7 / Proverbs 21:5 Luke 14:28 ….first sit down and count the cost… 12

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“You can’t steer at stationary ship.” 14

Rudder = Goal Sail/ Oars = Process 15

Sail/ Oars = Holy Spirit Rudder = Word of God Sail/ Oars = Holy Spirit 16

Rudder = Goal Sail/ Oars = Process 17

Eliminate your ”goals.” Step 1: Eliminate your ”goals.” SAY WHAT? Change how you think about goals. 18

Goals reduce your happiness Goals are at odds with long-term progress Goals suggest you have control over things you don’t Goals compete with each other 19

Set a reason for committing to a process- that’s how to change. Goals – What are they good for? Set a reason for committing to a process- that’s how to change. 20

Problem with goal-setting is often a problem of goal selection. ”You don’t need more time, you just need to decide.” -Seth Godin 21

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Stop setting a goal for the wrong reason (selfish) DECIDE. Stop setting a goal for the wrong reason (selfish) Choose a goal to create a journey Don’t be afraid to change it- reassess 23

After/before [current habit] I will [new habit] COMMIT TO THE PROCESS 1. I will commit to [activity] on [day] at [time of day] at/in [place]. 2. Habit stacking After/before [current habit] I will [new habit] 24

SET AN UPPER LIMIT/ BOUND 25

Eliminate the barriers to your new process/ habit. SET THE ENVIRONMENT Eliminate the barriers to your new process/ habit. 26

Declare your goal out loud to someone ACCOUNTABILITY Declare your goal out loud to someone It makes it real because someone else is thinking about it with you Helps you look outward and not inward 27

WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT YOU WILL COMMIT TO? WHAT GOAL WILL YOU SET? WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT YOU WILL COMMIT TO? 28

Christian brothers and sisters AIDS AND HELPS Christian brothers and sisters Apps online Journaling Visual cues 29

How to take action that will change your life. NEXT WEEK: How to take action that will change your life. 30

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