Wednesday, 09 July 2008
-
Goals for Spiritual Development
Ok, so, I'm a pretty goal oriented person. I dream big and play hard. Just getting out of a spiritual slump/desert I don't want to lose my fervor again. I want to develop my spiritual maturity so that I can be used by God to my fullest potential. I don't want to be a useless Christian. And I'm going to be a small group Bible study leader on my campus next school year. So I should be strong right? and know what I believe and why. I also want to understand more about God's heart for justice, the poor, the orphaned, the widow, the dying, and those enslaved to sin.
So here are some things I want do:
Read: Red Letters: Living Faith to End Poverty
Dangerous Surrender
Fields of the Fatherless
Memorize Scripture (don't know which verses yet)
Pray in a consistent, commited manner on a daily basis
Start doing Bible studies/quiet times in the morning
Start excersising physically at least 3 times per week (goal here is to feel less lazy, gain more energy, and build even more self-discipline)
Commit to start sharing and excersising my faith actively through friends, classmates, and giving my finances to God to use how He wants me to)
I'm sure this will definitely be a long process for me to get into the habit of doing all of these things especially with commitments like school, work, InterVarsity and others. But I pray that with God's help I will be able to focus on Him as the goal and the means of getting there and not to rely on my efforts as I often do.
Lord, break my heart so I am not strong apart from you. Break my heart to have compassion on the lost and not to look down on them as I have been conditioned to. Lord, break my heart for the people in the world without food, water, health, family, and hope. Lord, have mercy on me in my pride and selfishness. Turn the hearts of other Believers so they see your purposes too. Lord, I lay all of this in your hands. Thank you for your goodness and mercy!
-
recommend
- recs 0
-
share
-
email
- sent 0
Post a Comment
- Back to all_usernames_have_been_taken's Revelife Site!
- Note: your comment will appear in all_usernames_have_been_taken's local time zone: GMT -05:00 (Eastern Standard - US, Canada)
Comments (3)
Thank you so much for that! I really needed it! ~TKM
i want to get muscles and memorise verses =)
This is a notable post, thanks for sharing it. ;)