Starting Well in 2012

by Teri Lynne Underwood · 4 comments

There are less than two weeks left in 2011. I’m looking back at photos and journal notes and calendars and wondering, “Where did the year go?”

It seems that each year about this time I made a determination to do better in the year to come … to be more focused, more intentional, more disciplined. Can you relate?

As I’ve prayed about 2012 and how the Lord would work in me and use me, He has led me time and again to one word – DISCIPLINE.

I’m committed to starting well in 2012. I want to begin my year with the priorities outlined in His Word and move purposefully throughout the first days of the year in order to lay a solid foundation for the remainder of it. And I’d love to invite you to join me.

Beginning January 9, we’ll spend eight weeks starting well. Here are the topics we’ll cover:

Quiet Time … discipline in my spiritual life
The Man … focus on my marriage
Crazy Kids … purposeful parenting
Ticking Clock … disciplined time management
Laundry and Dishes and Meals, Oh My! … intentional homemaking
As I Go … purposeful ministry outside my home
Bringing Home the Bacon … focused investment in my job
First Things First … intentional decision-making

Each week will begin with a Scriptural foundation and include encouraging ideas and tips, suggested resources, and an honest account of my own struggles and successes in each area.

Do you want to start well in 2012? Let’s spend eight weeks laying a solid foundation so we can reap the rewards of focus and discipline throughout the remainder of the year. You in?

What is your biggest struggle in keeping focused?

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