The Time Is Now - Developing A Lifestyle Of Prayer

Isaiah 55:11

Jeremiah 29:11-13

Matthew 16:21

Objection #1: Goal setting is worldly. Response: People didn't invent goal setting; they discovered it. It is a universal tool pro­ vided by God that the world uses well and the church has ignored. The world uses goals to make money; the church must learn to use goals to make disciples. Goal setting makes us choose priorities and think carefully about what is truly important.

2. Now read the following passages and list the words andphrases that show God's inten­ tion that humans follow His example of planning toward the future.

Proverbs 21:5

Isaiah 32:8

Proverbs 16:3

Lamentations 1:9

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

2 Corinthians 9:5, 7