SETTING PURPOSE DRIVEN GOALS

VISION 2006

Proverbs 29:18, Where there is no vision, the people perish...  (KJV)

Genesis 16:8-9  The angel said to her, "Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I am running away from my mistress," she replied. 9Then the angel of the LORD said, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority."  (NLT)

Two New Year Questions


1. WHERE HAVE YOU COME FROM?

Lamentations 3:40  Let us look closely at our ways and examine them....  (GW)

Accomplishments In 2005


•    IN THE AREA OF EVANGELISM
 
Matthew 9:36-38  When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."  (NIV)
 

•    IN THE AREA OF WORSHIP

  
John 4:23  But the time is coming and is already here when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for anyone who will worship him that way.  (NLT)

•    IN THE AREA OF MEMBERSHIP


Ephesians 2:19 ...you are members of God's very own family, ...and you belong in God's household with every other Christian.  (TLB)

•    IN THE AREA OF MATURITY


Romans 8:29  For from the very beginning God decided that those who came to him... should become like his Son... (TLB)


•    IN THE AREA OF SERVICE

  
Matthew 20:28  Your attitude must be like my own, for I, the Messiah, did not come to be served, but to serve..."   (TLB)

    The Victories of the PAST Give Courage for the FUTURE
 

    2. WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

Proverbs 16:9  We should make plans--counting on God to direct us.  (TLB) 

Psalm 143:10  Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.  (NLT)

Proverbs 4:25  Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.  (NLT)

    Goals For 2006

Philippians 3:12-14  I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect... So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize. 13My friends, I don't feel that I have already arrived. But I forget what is behind, and I struggle for what is ahead. 14I run toward the goal...  (CEV)