January 2, 2012: Volume 1, Number 5
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COMING UP!
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COMING IN 2012
January 12, 2012: SPIRITUAL FITNESS
February 9, 2012: HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
March 8, 2012: CONFLICT CHECKUP
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As the calendar turns over to a new year, it can be tempting to fixate on what you won't do. Instead, you can proclaim what you will do. This issue's feature article explains A No-Fail New Year's Resolution that lets you focus on a winning outcome.  | | HAPPY NEW YEAR! |
As part of your commitment to grow in the new year, consider enrolling in one or more workshops of the Spiritually Healthy Leader� Series. A few spots are still open, but don't wait to register! From all the 30 60 100 MINISTRIES team, we wish you and yours a healthy 2012.   Dalton and Vicki |
HOW TO KEEP YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
|  Let 2012 be the year you press forward in your spiritual health. The Spiritually Healthy Leader� Series is vital to your growth and development as an effective Christian leader -- whether you're serving as an employee, volunteer, or parent - in churches, parachurch organizations, Christian schools, home, or in the marketplace.
These six workshops address all facets of spiritual health, from relationships to conflict to leadership. Best of all, the series is flexible. You can select one or all or a combination of these workshops, to be held monthly throughout 2012.
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 Feature: A NO-FAIL NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
| Bert Stiles, a member of a B-17 bomber squadron during World War II, volunteered for a second combat tour - this time as a fighter pilot. But just four months after completing his flight training, Stiles was killed in action while chasing a German FW190 fighter aircraft. His crash was attributed to "target fixation."
The term originated when even experienced pilots like Stiles focused nearly exclusively on their target, neglecting evasive maneuvers to avoid other threats and colliding with their objective. Likewise, target fixation is considered today to be responsible for certain motorcycle crashes, parachuting disasters, ski accidents, and even 4-wheeler incidents. By nature, humans look where they want to go and follow where their eyes take them.
 That's why target fixation can also have positive outcomes ... especially when it comes to your spiritual health.
Typical New Year's resolutions proclaim what you won't do - overeat, smoke, drink, overspend. Rather than fixate on what you won't do, why not proclaim what you will do?
Use this opportunity to focus on your personal spiritual health. Fix your eyes on Jesus. Resolve to make Him your target fixation in the New Year.
Fixing your eyes on Jesus is a no-fail resolution because He does not fail, even if you do. "He is faithful to all His promises" (Psalm 145: 13) and "In Him it is always 'Yes'" (2 Corinthians 1:19). In other words, God's promises are realized through your partnership with Jesus - not you working alone.
Jesus modeled target fixation beautifully for us. He did not focus on the cross as His final destination. Rather, He fixated on the Resurrection and envisioned Himself seated at God's right hand (Hebrews 12:2-3). As you look ahead to this year, resist the temptation to focus on how you will come up short spiritually. Instead, envision how Christ will change you.
You will head in the direction you set your eyes. A target fixation on Jesus is a formula for victory. As did the fighter pilots of World War II, you can zero in on God's promises and avoid other threats. You can intersect with His promises. Resolving to focus on Jesus is a winning resolution.
Growth Point Fixing your eyes on Jesus is a no-fail resolution. Scripture Let us fix our eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2).
Prayer Points
- Name some past New Year's resolutions. Which have you kept? Which have you broken?
- Why are God's promises so reliable?
- How does fixing your eyes on Jesus change your perspective?
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I have participated in many strategic planning sessions in which the facilitator had a well-structured approach, but none like the one that I attended with Dalton. Besides successfully working with us to create a plan that empowers our vision and mission, Dalton helped us address issues from a biblical worldview. This is a true distinctive of 30-60-100. Dalton leverages his years as a missionary with real-life experiences in the corporate marketplace through a process that is biblically-based. It was powerful! If your organization, especially those which are faith-based, needs to have strategic direction and action, I strongly recommend Dalton for such a task. You will be blessed.
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