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Michael Todd
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April 30, 2020
We live in a world that has more and more relationships and less and less love, more and more sex and less and less intimacy.
goal is the result or achievement toward which effort is directed. Take away the goal, and what good is the effort? Imagine an archer with a bow and arrow. If he doesn’t have a bull’s-eye target, he can aim and shoot if he wants, but the arrow is not going to hit anything purposeful. So, what’s the point?
The truth is, having a goal without aim is senseless, but having a goal without God is pointless.
Listen!
lists tend to be a little (or a lot) superficial and might reflect not
are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago” (Ephesians 2:10). You’re a masterpiece! He’s got good things for you to do, planned before you were born!
It’s not all on us. God instructs us, guides us, and teaches us how to aim at the right relationship goals.
Research, reflect, repent
The more we seek Him, the more we’ll find out what He wants for us and the more we’ll desire to pursue it. God will help us find the right target for our relational arrows. And it will be better than we could find anywhere else.
“I’m so used to being in multiple relationships for fun, but I’m tired of empty relationships. I want a relationship with depth.”
Clarify your goals.
“I’ve prided myself on being independent, but lately I’m realizing my need for companionship and community.”
Relatable
Progression, not perfection—that’s a phrase we throw around a lot in our church, and I believe it’s appropriate for you, too, as you look at forming new relationship goals. There’s pressure here, but it’s the pressure to get started; it’s not the pressure to get everything right all at once.
“God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11).
When that person who gets your purpose and believes in it and loves you finally comes along, he’ll fit right into
