| MY GOALS |
WRONG MOTIVE |
RIGHT MOTIVE |
| 1. To seek after God |
To repair my marriage |
To make my ways pleasing to God |
| 2. To be with mature Christians |
To evaluate them as a possible marriage partner |
To exhort each other to grow spiritually |
| 3. To read the Bible daily |
To obligate God to bless me |
To discover the character of God and His ways |
| 4. To meditate on Scripture every night |
To get to sleep faster and to have peaceful sleep |
To engraft Scripture into my soul so that it becomes a part
of my daily decisions |
| 5. To relate my experiences to Scripture |
To focus on how others have been wrong |
To see how I have been wrong and how I must change |
| 6. To spend time in fasting and prayer |
To lose weight and have better health |
To increase my alertness to the Scriptural promptings of
God's Spirit |
| 7. To overcome temptations |
To be free from spiritual conflict |
To be strong in the Lord and fruitful for His glory |
| 8. To read Christian biographies |
To be encouraged by learning that they failed, too |
To discover the disciplines that God used in making their
lives fruitful |
| 9. To memorize chapters of Scripture |
To be able to quote them |
To engraft them into my mind, will, and emotions |
| 10. To get under God-given authority |
To let others take the responsibility for my decisions |
To confirm God's direction and avoid destructive temptations |
| 11. To tithe from each paycheck |
To have God bless my finances |
To grow in faith and meet the needs of God's work |
| 12. To have assurance of salvation |
To never fear God's judgment |
To go on to the deeper truths of the Christian life |
| 13. To be totally dedicated to God's will |
To make up for the failures in my past |
To allow the power of Christ's Spirit to work through my life |
| 14. To be accountable to others |
To have them keep pressure on me |
To remind me that I should be just as aware of my
accountability to God |
| 15. To put Scripture truths on my walls |
To let others know that I'm seeking God |
To be daily reminders of spiritual responsibility |
| 16. To have a continual awareness that God is watching and
weighing every thought, word, and action |
To turn every conversation into "spiritual" talk |
To grow in wisdom and to give others a hunger and thirst for
God's truth |