Sunday, January 02, 2005

New Year's Resolutions / Personal Mission Statement

Someone at church gave us an outline that we could use to approach this years New Year Resolutions. Below is my New Year's Resolution / Personal Mission Statement.

New Years Resolutions:

Get back to my roots. Fall in love with Jesus all over again and work towards having a deeply intimate relationship with him.
God - set aside time to seek him DAILY! Work on a stronger relationship.
School - Go back to school in the fall.
Weight - Start going to the gym in the evenings I used to spend with my ex.
Job - Keep a positive attitude and seek what God's will is for me there as well as in helping my relative.
Church - Look for new ways for God to use me, to be a servant, seek God's wisdom in my current ministry and if I am to stay deeply involved or step back. Get knit in again, to love the people so much that the church is the only place I want to be, to be built up and strengthened, to be with family.
Missions - Help the 2005 mission group accomplish it's goals, and prepare/pray for my own 2006 mission trip.
Future Husband - Pray for him, for God to keep working on him and making him a stronger man of God and to bring us together in His timing.
Offerings - Give more then just my tithe for the churches purposes and needs.
Debt - keep working towards getting my debt down.

Last year (where I've come in the last year, ie. experiences) - I was very involved in my own feelings. I had pulled away from God and the church and my ministry the year before to be involved with someone that wasn't seeking after God. 2004 I felt the affects of my decision in all aspects of my life. I struggled with my weight and lost confidence in who God made me because I wasn't being the person God made me to be. I overindulged in all my sins, eating, sexuality, immorality, carnality, etc. I lost sight of who I was and where I was going which caused a huge strain in everything God-oriented. This has caused me to finally re-evaluate where I was going in my life. I realized very recently that I wasn't ruling my life, I was allowing my life to rule me. I'm excited at the glimpses of what God has shown me about what He's going to do in my life this year. I see a release, "freedom" as my pastor says (which is the word God gave him for our church this year)! Freedom from my eating, and my ex...

Talents, gifts, personality, age, etc.
I am 27. Outgoing, bubbly, vibrant, supportive. I feel a calling to intercessory prayer, organizing events (activities director), being a person someone can go to when they are having a problem.

Answer:
How will all this glorify and cause the following of Jesus and show an example in the kingdom of God?

Ultimately this will bring me closer to the person that God intends me to be. I will be able to reach out to others who have been through my downfalls. This will be a new part of my testimony.


Note:
Make an appointment with myself to regularly seek the Holy Spirit's guidance to help stay on track according to my Mission Statement.

D - Dedicated to the cause of Christ
R - Take Responsibility for what I am supposed to do
I - Integrity to myself, others and the cause
V - Have a Vision
E - Be Enthusiastic for what He has called me to.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lucifer will prevail.

Lam's Creation said...

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