This week I am going through all of my goals for 2012.

As I said in my last post I have made a lot of effort going through these goals and determining the obstacles I will face as well as the benefits of accomplishing these goals.  I am always hearing people say they won’t make any new year’s resolutions and to be honest I have spent most of my life in that crowd.  But whatever you want to call them, resolutions or goals, they are important because they help us to stay focused on a specific issue or moving in the right direction.  All of us, no matter how focused we are can lose sight of where they are heading.

This goal is the one I am most excited about.  So much so I preached on this at Westhill this past weekend.  You can access it on my Sermon Page, “The Art of Brick Making.”  This is a difficult goal for me on several levels.  First, is the most obvious and I acknowledge it in my obstacles below.  “I am really busy.”  Newsflash, so is everybody else, I am not the only one and that is the point; we are all so busy the thing that most often gets neglected is our family.  The second reason this is difficult for me, a huge part of my job is helping and strengthening other families.  So here is another one of my goals for 2012… Focus on my own family!  That does not mean neglect others, but it does mean my family takes precedent.

We have done really good as a family with these at times in the past and have also lost focus over time.  So this is our family focus for 2012.

• Goals:
  • Memorize a weekly family memory verse.
  • Bible story time each night before the kids go to bed.
  • Pray with Cami daily before bed.
  • Date Night with Cami every other week.
  • Game night with the family one night a week.
• Reasons:
  • I want to be very intentional this year with the amount of time I spend with my family.
  • I want to teach my children to love Jesus with all their heart.
  • I want to be a better spiritual leader in my home.
• Obstacles:
  • Work schedule can be overwhelming.
  • Being lazy is easier but this is too important.

Have you set any goals for your family in 2012?