| Now that the new year has arrived, everyone seems | | | | set your goals for this year three months ago. It's too |
| to be talking (or blogging) about their resolutions for the | | | | late now!" |
| next 365 days. Some people are making resolutions | | | | But if your plan includes listening to God more in your |
| not to make any more resolutions! I even found a blog | | | | business, and following His plan, you may have to take |
| post this week by someone who chooses a theme | | | | a different approach. |
| for each year, rather than makes resolutions. | | | | Do You Know God Has Plans for Your Business |
| No matter what you choose to call it, you've probably | | | | Too? |
| set at least a few goals for yourself this year. Your list | | | | "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the |
| might even look a little bit like mine: | | | | Lord, in Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV). |
| - Lose 2 more jeans sizes so I can fit into my favorite | | | | For a long time, I didn't really like that verse. I had this |
| pair again | | | | idea that God's plans for me weren't as exciting as |
| - Take a trip to somewhere warm next winter | | | | what everyone else was up to... and certainly not as |
| - Include more Science lessons in our homeschool | | | | good as what I could come up with on my own. So, I |
| program | | | | made my own plans instead, and then wondered why |
| - Increase my profit from my home business this year | | | | they didn't work out like I had wanted, or why I wasn't |
| It's completely natural, and even healthy, to set goals | | | | happy with where I ended up. |
| and plans for yourself. After all, if you don't know | | | | One day I slowed down enough to read the rest of |
| where you want to go, how will you ever know when | | | | the verse: "... plans to prosper you and not to harm you, |
| you get there? The tricky part is knowing which goals | | | | plans to give you a hope and a future." To me, that |
| you should be setting for yourself. | | | | verse is not an assurance that my business will be |
| How Do You Decide Which Goals to Set for Your | | | | successful, because I believe that God's idea of |
| Business? | | | | success and prosperity often differs from our earthly |
| It's easy to get caught up in the goal-setting frenzy of | | | | definitions. However, it is an assurance for me that |
| the new year. "What are your business goals for the | | | | God knows exactly what He has planned for my life |
| next year?" is the question of the hour. "Make them | | | | and my business, and if I follow His plan, I will discover |
| now or you won't get anywhere this year!" You may | | | | the very best He has for me. |
| have even heard the discouraging, "You should have | | | | |