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How Do You Intend to Achieve Your Goal? · Arise Women of God

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  Have you ever looked at the massive goal in your heart and then looked at the tiny amount of time, energy, or money that you actually have and thought, there is no way these two things add up?
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  Most of us wait until we have enough to start.
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  But in God's kingdom, the miracle doesn't happen in the waiting, it happens in the offering.
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  Today, we're answering the tactical question, how do you intend to to achieve your goal?
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  And by the end of today's episode, you will understand the multiplication mindset and how to solve the pain of never having enough by learning to present your baseline to God.
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  We're moving from the stress of scarcity to the peace of a provided mindset.
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  Stay tuned.
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  Ordinary women Extraordinary faith When God calls, we say yes.
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  The Arise Women of God Podcast hello, and welcome to another episode of the Arise Women of God podcast.
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  I'm your host, Tamara K.
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  Andersen.
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  And joining me today is the amazing Amanda Powell from our Women warriors of Light Advisory Board, who also happens to be an expert at goal setting.
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  And today we are looking at the arithmetic of heaven.
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  First, we're going to define the baseline principle, why God needs you to count your loaves and fishes before he multiplies them.
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  Second, we'll discuss the gathering goal, why involving others isn't just helpful, it's actually a prerequisite for a miracle sometimes.
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  Third, we're going to talk about the arithmetic of accountability and why having a 6:45am friend increases your success rate to over 90%.
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  And finally, we're going to share how to return and report to God to ensure that your momentum never stops.
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  So let's kick it off with Amanda teaching us a little bit about the baseline principle.
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  So one thing that I love to teach is I love to teach where Christ feeds the 5,000 and with the loaves and the fishes.
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  I love this story.
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  And the reason I love it is it.
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  It really summarizes goals in such a way because first we have the loaves and the fishes, which is such an important part of the story.
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  It's our baseline data.
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  Okay, Think about that as baseline data.
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  The story starts out with very few loaves and fishes.
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  We have our data.
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  We actually, in Scripture, get the number.
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  Okay, that's important for us to know.
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  The reason that's important is because it allows us to see how God intends to.
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  To help the Savior accomplish his goal of feeding 5,000.
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  Okay, so we have the baseline.
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  This is what we have.
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  But what do we need?
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  He needs a lot more, right?
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  He needs so much more.
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  And so it allows us once we see the miracle that not only were the 5000 Fed, but what was left over.
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  Right.
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  We had leftovers.
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  It wasn't even that.
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  We just fed and they left.
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  Right.
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  Everybody got enough?
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  No, everybody went away full and there was leftovers.
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  Okay.
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  That shows you the scope of what we can accomplish when we align with God.
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  He is showing us, where's your baseline?
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  Where are you starting at?
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  What do you need to get there?
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  And let me help you right now.
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  The Savior had to do some things, right?
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  The Savior had to activate that power, right?
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  He had to do some things.
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  There was a prayer, There was a go gather, right?
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  There was those daily little things that he did to make sure that God's power would be seen.
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  And that's the beauty of a baseline, because when we partner, God's going to provide the miracle, and it's going to be incredible.
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  But we got to know where we're starting from, or will we even recognize the miracle if the baseline was left out of that story?
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  Okay, let's say the baseline's left completely out.
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  We have no idea.
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  There's loaves, there's fishes.
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  We just know the Savior wants to feed.
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  And so he activates that.
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  Right?
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  And he feeds.
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  And there's so much left over.
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  Is the miracle as big without knowing the baseline?
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  Right.
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  So I think that's really important.
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  You have to know your starting point to appreciate the finish line.
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  If you don't acknowledge the five loaves, you'll think the full baskets just happened by accident.
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  But please notice that Jesus didn't do this on alone.
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  First, he asked his disciples to go and find out what was available.
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  Achieving a big goal sometimes requires a search and rescue mission for resources and people.
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  I love that part of this story involves other people.
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  There was this big goal to feed these hungry people before they went home.
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  After listening to Jesus speak and he says, go and find out what we have to start with.
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  Like you were saying, the baseline.
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  So he's involving others in a search.
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  Could he have snapped his fingers and had it done?
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  Absolutely.
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  But sometimes when you're working with a group of people, involving them in the process of achieving a goal has miracles in.
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  In those little parts as well.
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  Think of the.
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  The boy who.
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  Who shared his food and the person who shared their loaves.
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  They were a part of the miracle, and maybe they needed to see what God could do with the little that they had to share.
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  Right?
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  But also think of the faith of the disciples.
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  They were like, what is he doing?
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  They could gather baskets, how many, you know, and.
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  And so they went out and gathered baskets.
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  There were people who got involved, who had baskets as, and they shared their empty baskets.
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  Great.
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  And so sometimes when we want to achieve a goal, I think one of the lessons from this story is involving different people.
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  And what they have to contribute might not be something big, but it will be a contribution that is needed.
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  Right?
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  And so involving people in our goal setting can often help us move forward towards something bigger than we would have imagined on our own.
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  Your small offering is the seed for a massive harvest.
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  But let's get practical here.
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  Once you've gathered your disciples and your baskets, how do you keep them moving when it's cold, dark or difficult?
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  That's where the 90% rule of accountability kicks in.
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  I have always been huge on accountability and it, if you write down a goal, you're like 42% more likely to achieve it.
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  If you have accountability, it moves into the 80 to 90% much more likely to achieve it because you're reporting back to someone.
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  And if you're doing it alongside with someone, that it just makes it so much better.
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  For example, I have a friend I walk with at 6:45 in the morning.
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  And in the wintertime it is really dark here at 6:45 in the morning and it's cold because we're in the wintertime, you know.
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  But let me tell you, getting out of bed and getting over to walk with her is so much more appealing than getting out and doing it on my own.
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  How much more likely am I going to be to do it if she's there and I'm like, oh, I can't, I can't stay in my warm little bed.
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  She's waiting for me, you know, I am so much more likely to go and do it because I know she's going to meet me there five days a week, you know what I mean?
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  So just that component of intending to bringing someone in, finding someone, finding the right someone too, because you might try a few friends out and that that didn't work, you know what I mean?
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  So that's an important component.
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  So my friends find the right someone to wait for you at the finish line, or better yet, find someone to walk the race with you.
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  Intending to achieve a goal means building the right structure where it's harder to quit than it is to keep going.
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  Sometimes using little tips like habit stacking can really help.
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  If you want to go to the gym after work, be sure to put your bag with your workout clothes and your bottle of water in the car so that right after work you can just swing by and get
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  that done because you have made a plan to succeed.
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  As we wrap up today, remember that intending to do a goal isn't a one time decision.
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  It's a daily conversation with God who provides all the multiplication and the miracles.
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  So how do you intend to achieve your goal?
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  By offering God your baseline and inviting others to help you with your basket.
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  You do not have to provide the whole feast, you just have to provide the five loaves.
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  If you're ready to find your baseline and start your multiplication miracle, go download our free A Guide to Goal Setting for Christian Women.
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  It will help you make sure that you're brainstorming the right goal to set with God, which you can then ask him to help you multiply.
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  And if you're looking for the right someone to hold you accountable, join our Community of Women warriors of Light Accountability Group will help you fill your baskets until there are leftovers with God's help.
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  The links are in the description below.
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  Go offer your tiny gift to the big God today and until next time.
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  May you arise.
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  Do it God's way.
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  God's strong.