This is the second in a five-part series. The first post can be found here. Four Ways to Change Your Life
- Heart change – conviction from God and repentance from you
- Study – research and fact-finding for how to change your life, which includes reading the Bible and other books, speaking with people you know who have wisdom, etc.
- Plan – ongoing, detailed, and prayerful life organization
- Action – working your plan and making changes as life requires:
Moleskine – always keep a journal like this nearby to jot notes, thoughts, and convictions in Journaling – use your laptop to gather the scattered ideas in your Moleskine and prayerfully and carefully add to and consider them Calendar – take action items from your silence and solitude day and put them on the calendar, as without being officially planned, nothing ever gets done to completion
Most people are good at one or two of these steps. Some have a heart change and do their homework but do not make a plan and take action to change their life. Others have plans and action but are religiously just doing duties because they have not experienced heart change from God. Others move from heart change to action without research and a plan; they mean well but make their life (e.g., health, finances, relationships) worse. Take some time and be honest with yourself. List each of these steps in order from the one you are strongest at to the one you are weakest at. Where is your life getting stuck and what can you do to grow where you are weak? Who do you need to talk to and learn from? What do you need to repent of?
