What is it that you want to accomplish?
Is there something that you want to change?
Are you willing to put in the work to make what you want happen?
Every big change, every goal that you reach starts with small victories stacked on top of each other.
Are you willing to commit 10-15 minutes a day working on what you are passionate about becoming or doing?
Maybe it starts with doing something 2-3 times this week, or committing to not missing two days in a row.
Maybe you need to adjust what you are doing to continue to get some personal wins. The most important thing to do is to get up and start moving toward the goal.
Here is a way I have adjusted my attempt at getting some personal wins in the Iowa winter. I used to have no problem getting over 10,000 steps per day as an Athletic Director, no matter what season it was. My new job, which I work remotely from home most days, makes it a bit more difficult.
Because of that, for the next couple of months I changed my goal and cut my daily goal in half, and am after 5,000 steps a day, most of those coming on our treadmill.
It seems like a drastic cut, but I would rather get some personal daily wins and change the goal, than keep the same goal I have in warmer weather and continually come up short.
One of my big goals this year is to participate in my first ever 5K. I am going to try and stack PW on top of PW, even if the steps are a little less. The goal is daily personal wins right now.
Whatever it is you want to do commit and start getting some personal wins, make the changes you may need to get them, and then stay at it, pursuing those personal wins that can lead to real, and positive, changes for you.
Questions to Ponder and Pursue
1. What adjustments can you make to your goals to ensure you experience daily personal wins, considering your current circumstances?
2. Are you willing to adapt your goals to better align with your present situation, even if it means taking smaller steps towards your larger objectives?
How you live your life serves as a testimony to others. Some may deliver a sermon with their words, but we all deliver one with how we live our life.
In this passage Paul is urging the Christians at the church in Thessolinica to live their life in such a way that pleases God, as well as displays their godly character.
In the beginning of Chapter 4 he tells us to “abstain from sexual immorality”, and then speaks to how we can show brotherly love.
He instructs the people to lead a peaceful life, mind their own business, and to be industriousness in how they work. In other words, don’t expect others to provide for them.
So then, let’s get personal. Is there something in that list in Chapter 4 that you may need to be better at?
Something you could use some daily personal wins with? Don’t try to do any of it on your own. You can’t do it on your own.
Ask God for the strength, commitment, and resolve to change what needs changed. He promised he will send a helper in the Holy Spirit to help you if you just ask (John 14:26).
Questions to Ponder and Pursue
1. Reflecting on Chapter 4, are there specific aspects such as abstaining from certain behaviors or practicing brotherly love that you feel you could improve on for your personal growth?
2. In your pursuit of positive change, have you considered seeking guidance and strength from a source beyond yourself, such as asking for help from a higher power as mentioned in John 14:26?
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