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IT IS A GREAT SOURCE OF SPIRITUAL POWER TO LIVE LIVES OF INTEGRITY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TO KEEP OUR EYES ON WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN THE
ETERNITIES. EVEN IF WE CAN SEE THIS DIVINE DESTINATION ONLY WITH THE EYE OF FAITH, IT WILL HELP US TO STAY THE COURSE.
DIETER F. UCHTDORF
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SCRIPTURES TO PONDER
ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8 - on the many and varied seasons of our lives
ISAIAH 28:10, 13 – on measured and steady progress
MATTHEW 19:26 – on our potential to succeed through Christ’s power
MARK 9:23-24 – on the power of belief
2 CORINTHIANS 4:14-18—on renewal in Christ
1 NEPHI 3:7 – on God’s preparations for us
2 NEPHI 2:26 – on our freedom to act
ALMA 34:32-33 – on seizing the day
ETHER 12:4 – on hope
ETHER 12:27 – on the purpose of mortal weakness
WORDS TO CONSIDER
ROADBLOCKS TO PROGRESS, MARVIN J. ASHTON, APRIL 1979. As you study four ways in which we sometimes “set up roadblocks to progress and contribute to our own unhappiness,” ask yourself if you recognize your own actions. Write down how you can “seek ways of gathering the courage to cast [your roadblocks] aside.”
DO THINGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, M. RUSSELL BALLARD, JUNE 1983. Two of the most powerful sections in this talk are Develop Self-discipline and Make Your Goals Happen. Ballard describes an exercise outlined by Benjamin N. Woodson in which he invites us to “stop doing some one thing you know you should not do” and “[s]tart doing each day some one thing you know you should do!” Consider using this exercise to jumpstart your personal goal set-ting.
THREE CHOICES, JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN, OCTOBER 2003.Wirthlin shares a parable in which a bishop gives this sage advice: “The first thing you should un-derstand is that you can’t go back and begin where you once were. But all is not lost. You can begin where you are.” When you think of 2018, choose to focus on all that is yet ahead and what you can control today rather than wishing you had done things differently in 2017. Remember Psalm 118:24: “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
CHOOSE YE THIS DAY TO SERVE THE LORD, JULIE B. BECK, APRIL 2010.On page four of this speech, Beck explains a three-category system of prioritization that has been effective for her. As you read her words, think about how you can more effectively prioritize your days, making the most of the time you have been given to accomplish your unique purposes.
YOU ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS, RICK WARREN, MAY 2014.
A WORK IN PROGRESS, OUR DAILY BREAD, DECEMBER 2014. TIPS ON ON GOAL SETTING AND SETTING FAMILY GOALS
We will have an art print to insert hereEcclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
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2017a year in review
MAJOR LIFE EVENTS
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HOW DID THESE EVENTS SHAPE ME AND MY LOVED ONES?
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WHAT DID I LEARN ABOUT MYSELF THROUGH THESE EXPERIENCES? WHAT DID THESE EXPERIENCES TEACH ME ABOUT GOD?
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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and
if there be any praise, think on these things.
PHILIPPIANS 4:8
2017a year in review
LESSONS LEARNED
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PERSONAL ACCOUNTING WORKSHEET
SPIRITUALITY
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INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
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SOCIAL LIFE
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PHYSICAL & MENTAL HEALTH
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How did I grow in these areas this year?What do I see when I look back at my life in 2017?
2017a year in review
GROWTH REVISITED
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PERSONAL ACCOUNTING
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WHAT MAJOR LIFE EXPERIENCES ARE ON THE HORIZON?
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ANTICIPATING GROWTH
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he
shall direct thy paths.
PROVERBS 3:5-6
HOW CAN I PREPARE MYSELF FOR THESE EXPERIENCES?
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FORWARD-LOOKING PLANS
SPIRITUALITY
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How can I renew my commitment to growth in each of these areas? What do I want to see when I look back on this year?
“We must learn to become creators of circumstances and not creatures of them.”
M . R U S S E L L B A L L A R D
2018a year to renew
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
PHIL IPP IANS 4 :9
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2018a year to renew
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“WHEN WE PUT GOD FIRST, ALL OTHER THINGS FALL INTO THEIR PROPER PLACE
OR DROP OUT OF OUR LIVES. OUR LOVE OF THE LORD WILL GOVERN THE
CLAIMS OF OUR AFFECTION, THE DEMANDS ON OUR TIME, THE INTERESTS WE
PURSUE, AND THE ORDER OF OUR PRIORITIES.”
EZRA TAFT BENSON
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a special thanks toTHE SMALL SEED’S STUDY GUIDE TEAM
Editor:MEGAN GRANT
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