FOLLOW THE LEADER
goals...Goalless-ness is one of the worst diseases of the 20th
Century. I have read that 3% of the people in America have
written goals. Seven percent know what goals are. And 90%
have no goals at all. They just take what comes. Unfortunately,
most churches are the same. Their only goal is to meet next
Sunday. Beyond that, they aren’t going anywhere.^12
- If you don’t set your own goals you’ll always be accepting other
people’s goals.^13
- 7 Marks of a Good Goal:
P A goal should be challenging
P A goal should be measurable
P A goal should be achievable
P A goal should have a deadline
P A goal should be written down
P A goal should be flexible
P A goal should be shared^14
- The goal should relate to your mission, to your vision, to your
great purpose. So if you are going to be a leader, set you some
goals and get started accomplishing them.^15
- The bigger and more challenging your goal, the more excited
people are apt to become about it.^16
- “When you get in a fox chase, don’t stop to hunt mice.” (J.
B. Gambrell, Texas Baptist leader) A leader must be single
minded.^17
- Spiritual goals can be achieved only by spiritual people who
use spiritual methods. How our churches and mission agencies
would change if leaders were Spirit-filled! The secular mind
and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no
place in the leadership of the church...^18
- Goal setting is obviously a powerful process. It’s based on the same
principle of focus that allows us to concentrate rays of diffused
sunlight into a force powerful enough to start a fire. It’s the
manifestation of creative imagination and independent will.
