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Soaring Week 2

Soaring Week 2

Personally Stretching Goals

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Soaring Week 2

SERIES OVERVIEW

Wondering how to make 2024 your best year? As we kick off a new year, Gene shares essential tools for your spiritual, relational, and personal goals. Did you know God likens us to eagles, creatures designed to dwell in high places? As believers, we are born to overcome and reach great heights.

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Personally Stretching Goals

Sermon Summary

Pastor Gene Appel discusses the importance of setting and pursuing goals in different areas of life. Only 3% of successful individuals in a study had written down and worked towards their goals. The sermon focuses on Philippians 3, where Paul shares his spiritual goal of knowing Christ and experiencing His power. He encourages listeners to press on towards their goals, acknowledging the challenges but urging perseverance.

WARM UP

Begin with some conversation, checking in on how people are doing. You can talk about whatever you’d like, but here are a few potential questions to get the conversation going.

If you were to write a book about your life so far, what would the title be and why?

DISCUSSion
  1. Why is it important to set personally stretching goals in different areas of our lives?

    What are some areas in your life where you can set and pursue personally stretching goals?

  2. What are the key principles from Philippians 3 that can help us in achieving our goals?

    How can you apply these principles to your own goals and pursuits?

  3. Read Philippians 3:12-13. Why is it important to forget past failures and successes when setting new goals?

    How can you practice letting go of the past and focusing on the future in your own life?

  4. How can we create a vision for where we want to be in the future and set priorities?

    What specific steps can you take to create a vision and prioritize your goals in your own life?
wrap up | prayer
  • Ask for prayer requests from the group.

  • Pray for the ability to assess our current standings in the five areas Pastor Gene highlighted (spiritually, relationally, professionally, financially, and physically) and the courage to be honest in these evaluations.

  • Request God’s help in letting go of past failures and successes so that we can focus on our future goals without being hindered by our past.

  • Pray for clarity and vision in determining where we want to be and the steps needed to get there, using Paul’s spiritual goal of knowing Christ as a guide.

  • Ask for strength and perseverance to keep pressing towards our goals, even when faced with challenges and discouragements.