2013 Family Goals

Nehemiah 6:4—I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down.  

Nehemiah would not come down from the wall.  He stayed laser focused on the vision and tasks that God had given him.  He was neither distracted nor intimidated by the enemy but rather just kept working on the wall.  God rewarded his faithfulness.  

Nehemiah  6:15-16-- So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.

We are moving in a direction that we believe God is leading us.  We will remain laser focused on the tasks that God has given us.  We will be neither distracted nor intimidated in the face of the enemy and will keep working on our walls.

Our Walls for 2013

1. Health—We will honor God by being good stewards of the blessed life He has bestowed.

a. We will honor God by practicing self-control in eating.

b. We will honor God by conditioning our bodies through regular exercise.

2. Finances—We will honor God by being good stewards of the resources God have given our family.

a. We will learn to manage our spending and make wise decisions.

b. We will take care of the things God has already blessed us with better.

c. We will give away more money because that is where true riches lie.

3. Relationships—We will honor God in our relationships by ensuring that He is first in our relationship and that we reflect His love to each other.

a. We will have a daily time together for devotion and prayer.

b. We will not neglect each other’s needs and desires. We will live our life by trying to not develop expectations of each other.

c. We will strive to understand our children’s needs and to help them to discover and to train them to follow God’s plans for their lives.