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Goal-Setting - Step #5 (Fellowship Goals)
1 - Record 3 tangible ways you plan to make your friendships grow closer in the next 3 months
2 – Record (or adjust) 3 long-term fellowship goals
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“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24)
When you make a mistake today and begin to react to the situation – ask yourself these questions:
What are the facts, and what is fiction? How can I learn from the situation, and how could I make it worse?
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“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” (Charles Swindoll)
Keep your eyes open for someone in need of encouragement today. Send a note, text, or surprise them with a gift to lift their spirits.
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“Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. 28 Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Come back later; I’ll give it tomorrow’— when you now have it with you.” (Proverbs 3:27-28)
“And Jesus grew…in favor with man.”(Luke 2:52)
Goal-Setting - Step #5 (Fellowship Goals)
1 - Record 3 tangible ways you plan to make your friendships grow closer in the next 3 months
2 – Record (or adjust) 3 long-term fellowship goals
“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24)
Identify something in your life that has been taking time away from more important things. Commit to “selling” that time and “give” it to someone who deserves more of your time.
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“Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack…Go and sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’” (Mark 10:21)
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you can’t get more time.”
“Don’t count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.”
In every interaction today, begin by acknowledging something positive about the other person – even if you must correct an error.
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“It is an old and true maxim ‘that a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.’ So with men, if you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey tha catches his heart; which, say what you will, is the great high road to his reason.” (Abraham Lincoln)
List 3 things that steal your joy in life.
Then…
Commit to doing everything in your power to avoid influencing others in these ways.
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“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong things at the tempting moment.” (Benjamin Franklin)
“Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment. There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil, but joy for those who promote peace.” (Proverbs 12:19-20)
Look for someone who is in need of encouragement. Share one verse with them today.
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“Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face.” (Ronald Reagan)
Greet every person you meet today with this in mind: By tomorrow at this time, you will never see them again.
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“Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life far the greatest is the possession of friendship.” (Epicurus)
Allow a weakness to be exposed today. Share a burden with someone else.
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“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)
“On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he asked, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’
26 ‘What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?’
27 He answered: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.”
28 ‘You have answered correctly,’ Jesus replied. ‘Do this and you will live.’” (Luke 10:25-28)
