Course of Action for 2018

2017 is now past and only what I’ve done for the Lord will last!
 
As I look ahead to 2018 and ponder what will be, the older I get, the more I realize a whole lot depends on me.  My thoughts, my choices, my actions determine, to some extent, the outcome of 2018.
 
So instead of living life like a pin ball, bouncing from here to there, I need to set a course of action for 2018.  What follows may look like New Year’s resolutions, but I prefer to call them my “action plan.”

1. In 2017, I spent money on a book that tells me how to lose weight.  In 2018, I will read it; J
2. As an evangelist, my spirit life sometimes suffers from rejection.  I need to spend more time away and take more time alone…just like Jesus did in His ministry;
3. Part of that “alone time” will involve some physical exercise.  This will be a struggle to do because of my basic philosophy about exercise.  God gave you so many heartbeats.  Why waste them on exercise?
4. All my life, I’ve been a “big picture” guy.  Here’s the vision and then you make it happen.  So here’s another big picture for you.  Our community is expected to grow in population quite substantially in the next year or two.  The big picture is for First Covenant Church to share in that growth.  How is this going to happen?  You begin praying about it….I’ll give you the details when God fills me in on the plan!

There---four action plans for 2018.  Can I afford not to follow through?  Maybe I can’t afford NOT to follow through!
 
Happy New Year!!
Pastor Allan
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