Wassup to whomever takes the time to read my blog(s)....it's been a good little minute since I've written a blog, but, tonight I was sitting here listening to (well actually re-listening) to a sermon from earlier this year from the the Buckhead Church (www.buckheadchurch.org/message)...I've referred to their messages before, but this particular message is called "This One Thing" (http://buckheadchurch.org/messages/this-one-thing)...check it out if you see fit...anyway...I've listened to this message a few times, and this time while listening I decided to read, think about, and answer the discussion questions that were posted and I decided to share them with you, maybe for accountability purposes or maybe just because what I say might help someone else who is in a similar situation or feeling a certain kind of way about something...
Discussion Questions
1. What New Year's resolutions have you made in the past? Did you follow through on them?
*I think most years I make the same resolutions as most other people, eat better, lose weight, exercise more...etc...etc...etc... I generally start off really well but somewhere along the way I tend to fall off and/or just forget about my resolutions all together.
2. Did you make a New Year's resolution this year? What is it?
*My resolutions that I made this year were somewhat the same as previous years...eat better, lose weight, exercise more, write more, and focus more on me and less on others.
3. Talk about a time at work or in your family life when you couldn't focus on something important because your time was consumed by something urgent. How did the important thing suffer as a result?
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4. In light of Andy's message about focusing this year on the one thing that is most important, would you change your New Year's resolution? What would your revised resolution be?
*In light of this message, I would have to say that my revised resolution would still be something that is sorta listed in my NYR. My revised resolution would basically be about focusing more on me, realizing those in my "circle" that are for me and those who are against me and deciding who I need to keep in my circle and who I need to keep at a distance, and who needs to go all together.
5. What urgent thing robs you of time to focus on your most important thing? What can you do to shift your priorities?
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6. Who do you know that can hold you accountable for following through on the goal you set? What is the greatest barrier to asking that person to do so?
*I can't think of a person right now that could hold me accountable for following through with my goals. I guess this reason is why I am evaluating my "circle" as it is. My greatest barrier in asking anyone to hold me accountable for following through is that the person I chose might not follow through themselves in trying to keep me on track.
Moving Forward
Changing Your Mind
"I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?"
Nehemiah 6:3b
