{"id":578,"date":"2016-11-11T03:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kerryaclark.com\/?p=578"},"modified":"2018-03-06T10:22:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:22:41","slug":"my-dads-favorite-scripture-taught-me-to-execute-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/my-dads-favorite-scripture-taught-me-to-execute-a-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dad’s Favorite Scripture Taught Me to Execute a Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I need to sell you on The Family Plan. \u00a0There it is, I’m exposing my plan and here’s why. \u00a0I know so many people who struggle at life for many reasons, but the underlying reason is because they never had a plan for their success. \u00a0Is this you? \u00a0Why go through life like everyone else-why end up letting life just happen-when you can go through life with a plan that will work? \u00a0What if all you had to do was sit down with me for just a minute and describe the kind of life you wanted and it would happen just like, you laid it out? \u00a0This is what I’m offering you today.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nTake the dreams and desires you have off-hold.
\n<\/b>Let me begin with a story, a bible story. \u00a0Side-note: click the hyperlinks within this message to read more of Nehemiah’s story<\/a>.<\/em> \u00a0There was a man named Nehemiah<\/a> who worked for one of the kings<\/a> of his day.\u00a0 Just like you he did his job to the best of his ability. \u00a0Life seemed fine until one day something happened that made him realize that he wasn’t really living at all. \u00a0His brother and a few others came for a visit and reminded him of his hometown, Jerusalem. \u00a0He asked how things were going back home and as they reported things weren’t good. \u00a0In fact they were very bad and to add to it The Wall of Jerusalem had been torn down<\/a>. \u00a0This devastated Nehemiah to the point he couldn’t stop thinking about it for months after hearing the status. \u00a0What is it you’re having trouble shaking? \u00a0What dream or idea do you have that won’t turn you loose? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m asking you to change your outcome.\"20161111-tif-sm-whats-in-the-family-plan\"
\n<\/b>Nehemiah started to think about what happened, the problem. \u00a0Then he prayed about it. \u00a0He didn’t just say oh well, there’s nothing I can do about it. \u00a0He didn’t say this problem is too great to be resolved. \u00a0\u00a0Instead, he said what normal people don’t. \u00a0I’ll do something about it; I will go to Judah to rebuild the city and The Wall of Jerusalem<\/a>. Now I need you to say that you will accomplish the dream, the goal, complete the education, get the promotion, or perform the feet you have set in your heart. \u00a0From there, Nehemiah began to walk out the plan. \u00a0Everything he did now aligned with the goal. \u00a0This is what having a plan does. \u00a0It aligns all you have and all that you are in the direction of the goal you wish to accomplish. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The biggest mistake normal people have is moving in too many directions. \u00a0Normal people move with the wind. \u00a0They see what one person is doing and jump on the bandwagon. \u00a0I’ve seen people change jobs because someone else changed jobs. \u00a0I have seen people change schools because someone else made their school seem better. \u00a0The point is normal people don’t have singular focus to keep them rooted and grounded. \u00a0It’s time you focused in on your dreams and don’t take your eyes off of it. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The plan will provide for itself.
\n<\/b>Nehemiah found that once he set his focus on his dream the dream took care of itself. \u00a0The resources he needed showed up. \u00a0None of what he needed for his dream showed up when he was doing the wrong job and neither will yours. \u00a0His provision didn’t show up until he started working his plan. \u00a0His plans weren’t derailed because opposition showed up. \u00a0In fact, he told his opposition he didn’t have time for them, he had a goal to accomplish. \u00a0I want that to be your statement. \u00a0I’m so in tuned with my goals and dreams, that I don’t have time to be derailed. \u00a0I don’t have time to be sick. \u00a0I don’t have time to be broke. \u00a0I don’t have time to hate on someone else’s dreams and accomplishments. \u00a0\u00a0Work your plan and the plan will provide for itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another side-note, I use this scripture to make sure I don’t take my eyes off my goals: \u201cPay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won\u2019t need to compare yourself to anyone else.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>What would you like to accomplish with your life? \u00a0What do you want to be? \u00a0Be bold share it with me today!<\/em><\/p>\n

If you want a life that’s worth living, you’re going to have to do what people who have lives worth living do-work your plan. \u00a0\u00a0What is the one thing you feel you must do to have the life you always wanted? \u00a0Leave me a comment.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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