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Setting goals is a normal part of every day life. It's actually quite difficult to go through life and not make a goal. Some people make goals that are not time bound - eg "Lord help me", is a very common goal people set. Problem with that goal - the person asking has (a) asked for nothing, and (b) hasn't specified the time in which 'help' is needed. Hence to help us set positive goals, the goals must be "Time bound". Making your goals Time bound is really easy; think 'calendar date'. A friend is going for a new job that requires Prince 2 certification, which she does not have. The service providers she found all deliver Prince 2 by self paced study over 6 months - interview is in 3 weeks. I suggested she use the company I used, they provide Prince 2 Foundation and Practioner training in 5 days. When setting Faith Goals - the things we ask God for, the principle is exactly the same. Be Time minded, make the gola time bound. In John 12:23 Jesus explains to the horror of those around Him, that the time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified!! Jesus came to earth for a mission; that began with His birth; would end with His ressurection from the dead. All events were time bound and were completed to time as foretold. So be Time minded about what you want. Login to Praying.Works, click Faith Goals and write specific faith goals, perhaps even update any vague ones to be specific. Get started on Praying.Works – iPhone | Android Read the full article

Setting goals is a normal part of every day life. It's actually quite difficult to go through life and not make a goal. Some people make unrealistic goals - eg "I will never let that happen to me again", is a very common goal people set after a bad experience. Problem with that goal - it requires you to be controlling. You've got to constantly ensure the outcomes are not going to disfavour yourself. Hence to help us set positive goals, the goals must be "Realistic". Making your goals specific is really easy; think outcomes that are consistent with life and holiness. Following a bad experience its normal to want some form of justice at worse, show remorse or vindication at best. Some of the bad things people do to us, is because of challenges they are dealing within their own life. The same goes for us. We all hurt people because of the things we are struggling with. Some people struggle to show remorse as a result. Your ability to move on should not be aligned to others having to do anything. When setting Faith Goals - the things we ask God for, the principle is exactly the same. Be realistic. Jesus visits Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38-42 and Martha pleads with Jesus to release Mary to help her in the kitchen. Now there was nothing wrong with Martha's desire in the normal scheme of things. However for the time and setting, it was unrealistic. The things we may desire may be 100% realistic - as with Mary and Martha. However, time we may desire for them to occur, may be unrealistic, which unfortunately makes the entire goal unrealistic. So be realistic about what you want. Login to Praying.Works, click Faith Goals and write specific faith goals, perhaps even update any vague ones to be specific. Get started on Praying.Works – iPhone | Android Read the full article

Setting goals is a normal part of every day life. It's actually quite difficult to go through life and not make a goal. Some people make goals that cannot be measured - I just want to be happy. It's true we all want to be happy, but that statement while being our hearts desire, makes for a poor goal. Hence to help us set great goals, they must be "measurable". Making your goals measurable is really easy; think tangible outcomes. Dates, distance, quantity, weight all these things are measurable. A goal to achieve a specific weight within a specific period of time is 100% measurable. You have a start date, an achievement date and a target weight. During the journey you also have clear sign posts to confirm you're on target or have more work to do. When setting Faith Goals, the things we ask God for, the principle is exactly the same. Set measurable faith goals. Jesus performed a miracle feeding the 5,000 with 5 loaves of bread and 3 fishes (Matthew 14:13-21)! Everything about this faith goal is measurable. 5,000 people required food and there was only enough for five possibly. Make your faith goals measureable, add specifics about dates ie when do you need to see this miracle occur? Login to Praying.Works, click Faith Goals and write some measurable faith goals, perhaps even update any non-measurable ones to be measurable. Get started on Praying.Works – iPhone | Android Read the full article

Setting goals is a normal part of every day life. It's actually quite difficult to go through life and not make a goal. Some people make wrong goals - eg "I will never let that happen to me again", is a very common goal people set after a bad experience. Problem with that goal - it requires you to be judgemental. You've got to constantly judge the behaviour of others. After a while you will agree this isn't a good way to live, and it achieves nothing. Hence to help us set positive goals, the goals must be "Specific". Making your goals specific is really easy; think tangible outcomes. Even studying, which may seem like an intangible outcome can have specific tangible outcomes. Enroll by a certain date. Hand in all assignments on time. I will sit at the front in every lesson. I will ask questions if I do not understand. All these are very specific goals... When setting Faith Goals - the things we ask God for, the principle is exactly the same. Be specific. Jesus met blind Bartemaeus (Mark 10:46-52) and asked him, what do you want? Bartemaeus responded - I want to see. It is common and popular to ask God for "help", using the rational that He knows our needs. While the rational sounds good, (a) in reality asking for help isn't actually asking for anything...and (b) God instructed us to ask Him for what we want!! So be specific about what you want. Login to Praying.Works, click Faith Goals and write specific faith goals, perhaps even update any vague ones to be specific. Get started on Praying.Works – iPhone | Android Read the full article

Setting goals is a normal part of every day life. It's actually quite difficult to go through life and not make a goal. The issue some people make wrong goals - I will never let that happen to me again, is a common goal. Problem with that goal is judgement. You've got to constantly judge the behaviour of others. After a while you will agree this isn't a good way to live, and it achieves nothing. Hence to help us set positive goals, they must be "Specific". Making your goals specific is really easy; think tangible outcomes. Even studying, which may seem like an intangible outcome can have specific tangible outcomes. enroll by a certain date. Aim to hand in all assignments on time. I will sit at the front in every lesson. I will ask questions if I do not understand. When setting Faith Goals, the things we ask God for, the principle is exactly the same. Be specific. Jesus met blind Bartemaeus (Mark 10:46-52) and asked him, what do you want? Blind Bartemaeus responded - I want to see. It is common and popular to ask God for "help", using the rational that He knows our needs. Problem, the rational sounds good, but in reality asking for help isn't actually asking for anything...!! Login to Praying.Works, click Faith Goals and write specific faith goals, perhaps even update any vague ones to be specific. Get started on Praying.Works – iPhone | Android Read the full article

Setting goals is a normal part of every day life. It's actually quite difficult to go through life and not make a goal. The issue some people make goals that cannot be measured - I just want to be happy. It's true we all want to be happy, but that statement while being our hearts desire make for a poor goal. Hence to help us set great goals, they must be "measurable". Making your goals measurable is really easy; think tangible outcomes. Dates, distance, quantity, weight all these things are measurable. A goal to achieve a specific weight within a specific period of time is 100% measurable. You have a start date, an achievement date and a target weight. During the journey you also have clear sign posts to confirm you're on target or have more work to do. When setting Faith Goals, the things we ask God for, the principle is exactly the same. Set measurable faith goals. Jesus performed a miracle feeding the 5,000 with 5 loaves of bread and 3 fishes (Matthew 14:13-21)! Everything about this faith goal is measurable. They needed to feed 5,000 people and only had enough for five possibly. Login to Praying.Works, click Faith Goals and write some measurable faith goals, perhaps even update any non-measurable ones to be measurable. Get started on Praying.Works – iPhone | Android Read the full article

"You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God". James 4:2 Get started on Praying.Works – iPhone | Android Read the full article

God listens, God always listens. People have got into the habit of repeating statements such as - "God isn't listening to me anymore". Guys, this makes absolutely no sense. God is not a human, the Holy Spirit part of God can't help but listen... Read the full article