Setting Spiritual Development Goals

The following article is from the book, Getting Personal: All You Have is Now: How Your Approach to the World Determines Your Destiny by author and speaker, John Patrick Hickey.  To read more from John Patrick Hickey or to get his books, training and book him to speak to your church, business or group, visit our website at www.johnpatrickhickey.com.  

Every teaching you will ever read on success will tell you the importance of spiritual as well as personal development. This doesn’t mean that you become more religious, but that you cultivate an ability to connect with your creator and with who you were created to be. Martin Luther said, “This life, therefore, is not righteousness but growth in righteousness, not health but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it. The process is not yet finished, but it is going on. This is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet glean in glory, but all is being purified.”

Some of the goals you may like to set here are:

• Study Scripture

• Take a course

• Pray and meditate

• Become more involved in a house of worship

• Seek better understanding of your beliefs

The one difficult area in spiritual development is the timeline. Some things, like serving God or developing a greater understanding of Scripture, really are never done and you cannot put a deadline on them. However, it is still good to add them to a goal list that will cause you to improve and grow on a regular basis.

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