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You want something. Maybe you've carried it quietly for years. Maybe you've talked yourself out of it more times than you can count. Somewhere along the way, you started measuring that desire against a long list of questions: Is this selfish? Am I grateful enough? Shouldn't I just be content with what I already have?
Jordan Raynor is back on the show to help you tell the difference between a God-given desire and a distraction, understand why so many faith-filled women stay stuck in overthinking instead of moving forward, and see what it looks like to pursue a goal without losing sight of God. Listen in and discover that the dreams on your heart were never something to apologize for. They may have been part of His invitation all along.
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
- The backyard-and-fence analogy that finally answers "how do I know if this goal is God's will" (and why God's silence might be His yes)
- Why striving isn't the enemy of faith, and how to tell the difference between striving because you want something and striving because you need it
- The three-step exercise for interrogating your real motives so mixed motives stop keeping you on the fence
- How to measure your goals the way Jesus did (upward and backward before forward) so comparison stops crushing you
- Why "garbage goals" make you want to quit by mid-quarter, and the one shift that keeps you moving
- What it looks like to hold your goal sacred while you stay free to change the plan for getting there
Timestamps:
(02:19) - Why "Redeeming Your Goals" got messy, and making Jesus the ultimate authority for your goals
(03:52) - Measuring forward, sideward, inward (the three ways that drain you) versus the way Jesus measured
(05:56) - "How do I know if what I want is what God wants, or if it's my own selfishness?"
(07:30) - The backyard, the fence, and the 10-year-old asking permission she already has
(09:28) - Alli's assassin test for whether a goal is God's will
(10:03) - Mixed motives, sustainable fuel versus false fuel, and the three-step exercise
(11:18) - Jordan gets honest about the goal driven by "I don't like to lose"
(13:30) - Where the guilt about wanting more actually comes from
(15:03) - Faithfulness versus fruitfulness, the Red Sea, and why "let go and let God" gets it wrong
(17:42) - "God will get me through a million finish lines, but He expects me to lace up my shoes"
(18:00) - The rabbit trail: the fear of the word striving
(19:27) - Paul was borderline bragging about how hard he worked, and Christ strove too
(21:10) - The lie that your "secular" goals don't count, and why your goals are sacred
(22:32) - Psalm 37:23 and a God who delights in every detail of your goals
(23:36) - The goal Jordan's chasing right now (and why you don't have to share yours with everyone)
(25:30) - Garbage goals: why measuring activity instead of achievement makes you quit
(27:25) - Hold the goal sacred, change the plan freely
(27:41) - Fun questions: The West Wing, "Open," "Prodigal Son," and the one product Jordan can't stop recommending
Links to great things we discussed:
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xo,
Alli
