BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND -SETTING GOALS
by June Estelle Cash - biblelady99
FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS
Jesus said "I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also."
John 14.verse 3
John 14.verse 3
In the light of that promise, I muse on the coming year, and
perhaps, yes, even the next five years. What would I like to see happening ? and what ? would I like to achieve ?
HERE IN THE CLOUDS OF THIS SKY PHOTO TAKEN SOME WHILE AGO I HAD TO FOCUS ON MY CAMERA TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS PHOTO.
WHAT DO I WISH TO ACHIEVE ? I ASK MYSELF.
HAVE YOU FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU WISH TO DO ?
ON WHAT YOU WISH TO ACHIEVE THIS COMING YEAR?
FOCUS IS NEEDED TO TAKE A GOOD PHOTO. MY FOCUS MUST CHANGE SO THAT OTHERS WILL SEE ME AS A PERSON FOCUSING ON MAKING SMALL COMMITMENTS AND KEEPING THEM.
QUESTIONS TO ASK MYSELF ARE :
AM I ATTRACTING TO MYSELF THOSE WHO LOVE THE LORD?
AM I SHINING MY LIGHT ? IN THE DARKNESS ?
THOSE WHO ARE IN DARKNESS WHO MAY BE HUNGRY FOR LIGHT WILL SEE MY LIGHT IF I SHINE AS GOD DIRECTS ME.
Here is a photo of a Lighthouse - the one called
NUBBLE at Cape Neddick MA.
WHAT DO I WISH TO ACHIEVE ? I ASK MYSELF.
HAVE YOU FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU WISH TO DO ?
ON WHAT YOU WISH TO ACHIEVE THIS COMING YEAR?
FOCUS IS NEEDED TO TAKE A GOOD PHOTO. MY FOCUS MUST CHANGE SO THAT OTHERS WILL SEE ME AS A PERSON FOCUSING ON MAKING SMALL COMMITMENTS AND KEEPING THEM.
QUESTIONS TO ASK MYSELF ARE :
AM I ATTRACTING TO MYSELF THOSE WHO LOVE THE LORD?
AM I SHINING MY LIGHT ? IN THE DARKNESS ?
THOSE WHO ARE IN DARKNESS WHO MAY BE HUNGRY FOR LIGHT WILL SEE MY LIGHT IF I SHINE AS GOD DIRECTS ME.
Here is a photo of a Lighthouse - the one called
NUBBLE at Cape Neddick MA.
This was me June Estelle Donato in 1938 or 1939.
I was just about five years old, and I visited in Martha's Vineyard and was in the Cape Cod for a visit to see my father's Aunt Sally - his "mother". Really his Aunt, she raised him along with her two - Betty and Bill - and yet never did he call her Mother. He never knew his mother - or his father.
Many questions in my childhood as to unresolved relationships.
However, one thing is for sure. I early KNEW THAT SOMEHOW SOMEWAY THERE WAS A GOD, AND I WANTED TO KNOW HIM, AND TO WALK IN HIS WAYS.
In my lifetime I have found many changes and much to learn. God has given me faith in Him, by my discovery of the BIBLE (KJV) and by my discovery that I can trust Him for all my needs.
PHILIPPIANS 4.19 BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS.
AS THE BUTTERFLY PLANT
- BUDDLEIA - ATTRACTS THE BUTTERFLIES - WE NEED TO ATTRACT THOSE WHO "ARE NIBBLING" AT THE GOSPEL, OF THE GOOD NEWS.
I need to think of ways to
attract others in my LIFE.
They are nibbling.
but they do not know
why they are hungry
they just know "they
need something or someone
more than what they have."
JOHN 8.12
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT SHALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.
MATTHEW 5.16
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.
CONSIDER -
1.WE CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN.
2. JESUS TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE AMONG WHOM HE LIVED WERE FAMILIAR WITH.
3. JESUS WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE WHEN SOMEONE NEEDED HIM, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO TIME AT ALL...HE MADE TIME FOR PEOPLE.
4. JESUS TOOK TIME TO PRAY WHEN THERE WAS NO TIME AT ALL...HE MADE TIME FOR PRAYER BY USING THE ONLY THING HE HAD WHENEVER HE COULD.
5. WE OUGHT TO BE SPECIFIC IN ASKING THE LORD TO HELP US BE TRULY INTERESTED IN OTHERS. WE ARE TO BE REAL.
6. WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, AM I WILLING TO LET GOD HELP ME, BY BEING SPECIFIC WITH GOD IN PRAYER.
BIBLELADY99CASH-MY LIGHTHOUSE BY THE SEA
I was just about five years old, and I visited in Martha's Vineyard and was in the Cape Cod for a visit to see my father's Aunt Sally - his "mother". Really his Aunt, she raised him along with her two - Betty and Bill - and yet never did he call her Mother. He never knew his mother - or his father.
Many questions in my childhood as to unresolved relationships.
However, one thing is for sure. I early KNEW THAT SOMEHOW SOMEWAY THERE WAS A GOD, AND I WANTED TO KNOW HIM, AND TO WALK IN HIS WAYS.
In my lifetime I have found many changes and much to learn. God has given me faith in Him, by my discovery of the BIBLE (KJV) and by my discovery that I can trust Him for all my needs.
PHILIPPIANS 4.19 BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS.
AS THE BUTTERFLY PLANT
- BUDDLEIA - ATTRACTS THE BUTTERFLIES - WE NEED TO ATTRACT THOSE WHO "ARE NIBBLING" AT THE GOSPEL, OF THE GOOD NEWS.
I need to think of ways to
attract others in my LIFE.
They are nibbling.
but they do not know
why they are hungry
they just know "they
need something or someone
more than what they have."
JOHN 8.12
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT SHALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.
MATTHEW 5.16
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.
CONSIDER -
1.WE CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN.
2. JESUS TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE AMONG WHOM HE LIVED WERE FAMILIAR WITH.
3. JESUS WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE WHEN SOMEONE NEEDED HIM, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO TIME AT ALL...HE MADE TIME FOR PEOPLE.
4. JESUS TOOK TIME TO PRAY WHEN THERE WAS NO TIME AT ALL...HE MADE TIME FOR PRAYER BY USING THE ONLY THING HE HAD WHENEVER HE COULD.
5. WE OUGHT TO BE SPECIFIC IN ASKING THE LORD TO HELP US BE TRULY INTERESTED IN OTHERS. WE ARE TO BE REAL.
6. WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, AM I WILLING TO LET GOD HELP ME, BY BEING SPECIFIC WITH GOD IN PRAYER.
THINK WIN - WIN
GOD IS SOVEREIGN
GOD IS ABLE.
GOD IS WILLING FOR ANYONE TO COME TO HIM
AND BE SAVED.
MATTHEW 28.18 - 20
AND JESUS CAME AND SPAKE TO THEM,
SAYING, ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME
IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH.
GO YE THEREFORE,
AND TEACH ALL NATIONS,
BAPTIZING THEM
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,
AND OF THE SON,
AND OF THE HOLY GHOST,
TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE
ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER
I HAVE COMMANDED YOU...
AND LO,
I AM WITH YOU ALWAY,
EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD.
ALL WE NEED TO DO
IS BE WILLING TO PRESENT HIM CLEARLY
AND PLAINLY TO
ANYONE
WHOEVER
WHOMEVER
ENQUIRES
AND IS SEARCHING
FOR GOD.
THE RESULTS BELONG TO GOD.
ALL GOD ASKS IS OUR AVAILABILITY.
I CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH
CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME.
PHILIPPIANS 4.13
WITH GOD,
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE
LUKE 1.37
AND ALL THINGS,
WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK
IN PRAYER,
BELIEVING
YE SHALL RECEIVE.
Matthew 21.22
WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED?
BUT JESUS BEHELD THEM, AND SAID UNTO THEM,
WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH
GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE....
Matthew 19.25,26
BIBLELADY99CASH-MY LIGHTHOUSE BY THE SEA
