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A Goal With No Plan is Called Delusion · Arise Women of God

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  Have you ever heard the saying that a goal with no plan is a delusion?
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  It's a harsh sentence, but for many of us it rings true.
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  We have these massive visions for our family, our faith, our future.
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  But because we haven't mapped out the how, we stay stuck in the cycle of I'll get to it someday thinking.
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  Today we are dismantling the delusion trap, and by the end of today's episode, you will understand how to turn your wishes into concrete walks of faith and purpose.
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  Using our blueprint prayer strategy, we're moving from dreaming about change to actually doing it.
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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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  Anderson, and joining me today are Carrie Angewerden, Amy Johnson of our Women warriors of Light Advisory Board.
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  And today we're looking at the mechanics of manifestation.
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  First, we're going to talk about the difference between a wish and the walk.
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  Second, we're going to talk about the printed map principle and why your motivation often needs a backup.
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  Third, we're going to share the National Geographic Zoom secret to find your next step.
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  And finally, we're going to share the Blueprint prayer, a simple ritual to help you turn your spiritual impressions into a Monday morning to do list.
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  But first, let's start by talking about goal setting and turning it from just a wish and into a walk.
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  We read in the Bible that faith is the substance of things hoped for.
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  Substance has weight.
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  It has structure.
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  If you tell God you want to change your health, but you never buy a vegetable or schedule a walk, that isn't faith.
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  Faith, it's a shadow.
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  It's a wish.
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  A plan is simply giving God the substance he needs to magnify you and turn that wish into a reality.
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  I love that you shared the word magnify, because that's actually my word of the year.
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  It's the first time I've done a word of the year, and God just has been pressing that word on my mind.
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  And I found a beautiful verse in Joshua, who, as you know, came after Moses, and this is what he said.
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  And the Lord said unto Joshua, this day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
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  And so here he had these huge shoes to fill, but God magnified him and I think he can magnify the little pony us so that as we are yoked To Jesus.
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  He will magnify us that it will be as if two Clydesdales are running together alone.
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  No.
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  With yes.
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  And he inspires us to know how to break down goals and to take them little by little.
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  So we take it little by little, don't we?
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  But it's important to have a map, a map of little goals.
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  If you're just winging it, you're vulnerable to that delusion that you can just go with your gut and figure it out, which sometimes works.
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  Next, Carrie's going to share with us why you need a plan and sometimes a backup plan for the Missouri moment.
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  She's now going to share with us when the cell service of your motivation goes dark.
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  I went on a trip this summer.
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  We were in the middle of Missouri.
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  I had my phone map.
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  But you don't have a lot of cell service in the middle of Missouri.
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  So when my map failed, I was in trouble.
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  Except that I had printed out a map and so I could go by that map.
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  And in that way, I had prepared enough to be successful in getting where I was trying to go when my phone was not helpful to me.
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  And we need to do that in our goal setting as well, just to make sure that we are taking out anything that is going to impede our progress.
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  How do you stop the delusion and start the plan?
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  I'm now going to share with you a powerful hack that I use every Sunday night or Monday morning.
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  This is something I like to do every week as I sit and review my goals from the previous week to see how I did and as I look at what I feel I should accomplish in the coming week.
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  But before I start any of this, I say what we're going to call today a blueprint prayer.
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  It doesn't look the same every week, but it looks something like this.
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  Heavenly Father, I thank thee for the vision that you have placed on my heart today.
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  I'm moving from dreaming to doing, and I want to do it your way because your plan is always best.
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  Please grant me the spirit of revelation and discernment As I look at the coming week, help me be able to clearly see what are my priorities and what things are simply distractions that can be eliminated.
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  As I write goals, bless me with wisdom to see the path clearly and the courage to take the first step.
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  First step.
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  I'm offering you my five loaves and two fishes and pray that you will magnify them into a productive wheat.
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  Thy will be done.
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  In my schedule this week, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ.
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  Amen when you pray this way, you're asking for the spirit of revelation to be with you as you write your to do list.
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  You stop being a slave to your schedule and start being a steward of the mission that God has given you.
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  And he will also bless you to be able to zoom in on the one thing that really matters.
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  Today, Amy's going to share how she learned this important principle as a young girl.
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  And when I was a little girl, we had National Geographic made a kids magazine called World Coming.
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  But on the back of the world there was these zoomed in pictures and you would get this much and they would say, what do you think this is?
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  And we would stare at those pictures forever.
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  And then you'd read the answer and you were like, oh, that's what it really was.
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  And I feel like that's how God is, is that we think we're getting this big picture, but really we're just zoomed in on this little tiny section.
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  And as we go to him say, how do I do this?
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  How do I do this?
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  And things start to unfold, we realize, oh, there's a much grander landscape here that I could not even have understood.
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  So my friends, stop wishing and start planning.
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  A plan isn't a lack of faith, it's an act of preparation.
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  If you're ready to trade your wishes for a walk and build a concrete roadmap, I invite you to download our free A Guide to Goal Setting for Christian Women.
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  It will help you not only set your goals, but keep moving.
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  I especially love the Don't Quit Emergency Kit for those days when everything seems to fall apart.
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  And if you need a community to help you stay grounded in your plan, come check out our Women Warriors Accountability Group will help you build the structure for your goal and help it become a reality.
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  The links for both are in the description below.
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  So my friends, make a plan today and act on it.
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  And until next time, may you arise.
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  Do it God's way, God strong.