Thursday, January 15, 2009
Hi Danielitez,
Welcome to the year 2009! It’s so exciting to be granted another new year, and to head out and live life as God intended. So anyway, New Year’s are an opportunity for us to make resolutions for ourselves, and the group. So here’s some sharing on how to make SMART goals. This is a resource which is used quite widely.
Definitely, we set goals by first committing them to the Lord, a favorite, and oft used verse. Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. (Proverbs 16:3). Ask Him for direction and to set goals which please Him and are in accordance with His plans for us. Here’s how we set goals:
Specific
We list out our goals specifically. While goals like “I want to become a better person” sound good in the movies or as song lyrics, they aren’t good for goal-setting. We can break this goal down into several mini-goals which are more specific and help us achieve this larger goal. For example, “I want to become a child who honors my parents”. That’s more specific.
Measurable
When we set out to achieve a goal, we have to set a measurable standard for success, so we know how much we have progressed. It is better if there is a form of quantifiable measure, but not everything has this. For example, if one of your goals is to lose weight and improve your health, you can state in particular, “I want to run at least 5km, once a week”.
Action Plans
What are some actions which you are going to take to help you achieve this goal? If one of your goals is to complete the Bible cover-to-cover, then your action plan can be “I aim to complete 4 chapters of the Bible a day”.
Realistic
Now, we have to be realistic, if you set a goal being aware that it is near impossible to complete, then you would not bother trying to complete it. Set a sufficiently challenging goal which stretches, but doesn’t kill you, and has faith in God's sufficiency and strength.
Timeframe
What is the timeframe in which you want to complete these goals? This is so that you will be motivated to work towards the goal. For example, “I want to complete this book by the first week of March”, or something like that. Once again, let it be something which makes you strive for it but not excessively.
So these are how you set your goals. Once again, you can categorize your goals into, school, church, home, family friends. Or you can adopt others like emotions, character, intellectual, and so on and so forth. I got some of this info from a school mate.
And once again, it’s best to be accountable to someone you trust, and will support (and reprimand) you. That way you really know how well you are progressing, and for motivation. Grab you accountability partner, and if you still are unsure how to set more goals let us know. Cheers. Till we share in 2 weeks down. Ciao. God bless.
Cal Low
Thursday, January 01, 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR DANIELITEZ!!!
it's year 2009 already!
so let us bond and grow as we embark on this new year together!
Lets keep each other in our prayers and pray for Daniel cell as a whole too!
Though we have our fun and laughter, we must not forget to hunger for God's word.
I hope that Daniel cell will become stronger and that every individual will be a shining testimony for the Lord.
It's been AMAZING being in Daniel cell.
love you guys with all my heart. :]