Quinoa (Keen-Wah) has become one of my favorite dishes at home! Often thought to be a grain, it’s actually a seed and is a great source of protein. It’s very simple to make and as you’ll see on this In The Kitchen segment on Fox you can use it for breakfast lunch or dinner. Watch below to learn more!
Know The Goal
Chris Bryan
Are you looking to strengthen your core while trying to get the six pack abs you’ve always wanted? On this segment of the Today Show along with Colleen Oddegard and Paul Schadt, I will show you a few exercises that you can do at home or while on the road to help you keep in a good routine!
So you want to set some goals
The best way to get where you want to go in life is by having a map! A map will guide you to where ever you want to go and will take the guess work out of how to get there! Being successful at anything in life is no different, if you see the path to take and you stick to it, you’re sure to get there! Which is why you always here me say ‘Know The Goal’, after all how can you hit the goal, if you don’t know the goal! S.M.A.R.T Goals are the easiest way to breakdown what we want and how we get it!
So here we go, read the below to get an understanding of how we set ourselves up for success!
SPECIFIC: Having specific goals gives you a much better chance of hitting them then just something general. There are six”W” questions you’ll want to answer to make a goal specific!
Who: Who is involved?
What: What do I want to accomplish?
Where: Identify a location.
When: Establish a time frame.
Which: Identify requirements and constraints.
Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.
EXAMPLE: A general goal would be, “Lose Weight, or Build Muscle.” A specific goal would say, “I will commit to workout 4 times per week at a fitness facility doing group exercise.”
MEASURABLE: Give your self a solid criteria so you can measure your progress each step of the way and see your progress. There’s no better feeling then progress or accomplishment and this will help you stay focused on hitting the goal!
A way to be sure your goal is measurable you can ask yourself questions like
How often do I need to do ‘blank” to hit my target goal
How will I know when I’ve hit my goal?
Example: If you want to lose 20 pounds, you’ll need to know how you go about losing 1 pound per week, and then hitting you’ll monitor your progress and if you stick to it, you should hit your goal in 5 months or less!
ACHIEVABLE: One of the most important parts of hitting goals is making sure you can hit them and they’re within your physical or mental limitations. Developing the attitude, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them.
I am 100% confident that you can hit any goal you set your mind to, when you plan your steps wisely and establish a time frame that allows you to carry out those steps. Goals that may have seemed far away and out of reach eventually move closer and become attainable, not because your goals shrink, but because you grow and expand to match them. When you list your goals you build your self-image. You see yourself as worthy of these goals, and develop the traits and personality that allow you to possess them.
RELEVANT: To be relevant, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and relevant you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal should be. But be sure that every goal represents substantial progress.
A high goal is frequently easier to reach than a low one because a low goal exerts low motivational force. Some of the hardest jobs you ever accomplished actually seem easy simply because they were a labor of love.
TIME-BASED: A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame tied to it there’s no sense of urgency. If you want to lose 10 lbs, when do you want to lose it by? “Someday” won’t work. But if you anchor it within a timeframe, “by May 1st”, then you’ve set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on the goal.
Your goal is probably realistic if you truly believe that it can be accomplished. Additional ways to know if your goal is realistic is to determine if you have accomplished anything similar in the past or ask yourself what conditions would have to exist to accomplish this goal.
So now that you’ve got a better idea of what a S.M.A.R.T goal is you can start to think about what goals you want to hit and in what amount of time you want to hit them! Stay tuned for more information of setting specific goals!
‘KNOW THE GOAL’
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In this message we learn how to identify and destroy the strongholds in our life.
Jesus quotes Psalm 41, as He shows mercy to Judas.
As we walk with Jesus, He blesses us with the gift of wisdom, so that we can share in His joy, spreading His light.
In Acts 9 we read about the conversion of Paul.
Jesus met Paul where he was at, in his worst state, and changed his life forever by shining his light into Pauls life. Through this account we learn that Jesus can save anyone.
Salvation: In this episode, we will define, salvation. I will share with you why you need it in your life, and then will share how you can have it today.
God has a purpose for your life. In this message we read Joshua 2:1-16, and learn about Rahab. A woman that society may have written off as not worthy of God’s love. What we learn in this message is that God has a purpose for every person that will believe in Him, and have faith in Him.
The essential component of ministry leadership is Team Building.
When Jesus said to follow Him, He was setting an example of how to create a ministry that would allow for maximum sustainable growth. Jesus started small with a few (Luke 5), then chose twelve (Luke 6:12-16), and then He sent seventy-two (Luke 10).
As a ministry leader, much will be expected of you; if you try to do everything on your own, you will eventually burn out.
Build teams that create communities, and watch what God does!
Do not look at daily tasks from a perspective of what YOU have to do; instead, think about WHO can do what you need done.
Let us repeat that, do not think about what you need to do; think about who can do what you need to be done.
Serving the church is a blessing, and when we try to do everything on our own, we are stealing opportunities from the church members to participate in what God is doing.
If you build up a team that can tackle some of your tasks, you will free up your time so that you can lead, encourage, and support your team. A strong team starts with solid leadership.
A good ministry is built on the foundation and strength of the most significant leadership the world has ever known, the leadership of Jesus Christ.
Let’s look at the way that Jesus started His ministry, a ministry that 2000 years later is still going strong and has blossomed into more than two billion people around the world, doing the things that Jesus wanted done.
Steps to building the team.
Jesus prayed. Before Jesus called the twelve disciples, Scripture teaches us that He went up to a mountain to pray (Luke 6:12).
Start with prayer.
Ask God to bring the right people into your life (Matthew 7:7). If we ask for provision for the mission we have been called into, God will provide.
Be sure you know what you’re asking God to provide!
Have you determined WHO you need, to do WHAT you need done?
Let’s look into that.
First, look at your organization, and determine what tasks you need done.
For a ministry, what we are looking for are volunteers, so from that way of thinking, we want to break down our task list into small jobs that we could ask volunteers to do.
Let us say we are building a Sunday morning church service ministry.
Here are some Core Leader roles that we might consider.
Hospitality.
This person would be responsible for First Impression volunteers. Those include; Greeters, Information Desk, Coffee, and Aisle Hosts are some of the roles that might fall under the responsibility of a Hospitality Core Leader.
So, with that in mind, we would want to pray for a Core Leader in each of those areas.
Once God provides the right people, it’s your responsibility to lead them well. Teaching them the culture of love and service that Jesus taught. Jesus did not say that He wanted us to be great leaders, He called on us to be servants (Mark 10:45).
The Apostle Paul teaches this when he writes, “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.”
As a leader, lead with love as Christ did, and people will follow you because they are following Christ.
As you build your team, I encourage starting with three Core Leaders with whom you can build the ministry. Jesus had three. Peter, James, and John. Those were the three He brought with Him most.
Who are your three?
Pray, asking God to reveal your team to you.
When He does give you your three, you can delegate a Key Role to each of them.
NOW WE BEGIN TO RECRUIT!
Be intentional about asking people to help your ministry.
Learn what people are passionate about and match them to a job that will excite them.
There are so many ways to lead people by demonstrating a life of service.
Pray for people, and then let them see Jesus in you and through you.
Jesus prayed that we would be one, as He and the Father are one.
We get to unify people by delegating activities that help people maximize their gifts.
Build teams, and your work will resonate through the church, growing the body of Christ.
