How do I reach my goals?

Last week at Ignite I was asked "will we have a combined night where we look at setting goals?" I am not sure that we will next term but it might be something we do in the future because setting goals is an important topic to look at.

I was reminded of how important it is when I picked up a copy of the briefing this morning (an Australian Christian magazine on the Bible). In it was an article by a bloke named Tony Payne called God's Agenda. It is an article that really got me thinking.

Tony started the article by getting us to imagine that our life is like one big boardroom meeting. Your birth is when you come into the meeting and your life is when you go out. His big point was that all meetings have agenda's. An agenda is a list of priorities that is discussed at a meeting. We need to ask what is the agenda for our life? What are your goals? What are your priorities?

Farenheit 451

"The radio is preaching the candy coated goo,
the record companies and the TV too.
No one rocks the boat,
terrified of trouble,
can't tamper with the walls of their sterile Christian bubble.
It was never your point to get people saved,
you pad yourself with fluff just because you're afraid.
I'm not afraid to point the finger now,
the choir's so used to the preaching anyhow

We're going nowhere,
and it's happening fast,
a dim future,
and a darker past.
Somewhere away from here,
from past mistakes they often learn,
at Fahrenheit 451,
you close your doors and let it burn."

These are the lyrics to a great song by Five Iron Frenzy (they are a Christian ska band with a similar style to Relient K), the song is called Four Fifty One.