Showing posts with label dreams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dreams. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Are Goals Really Important?

Hey, Gabriel Girls!  Happy New Year! Hope you all had a great Christmas!

 It’s that time of year again when people talk about setting goals. What about you? Are you a goal-setter? If not, why not? If so, how do you set goals?


Why are goals important?

 Imagine trying to play basketball without a hoop. Or golf without a hole. Or running a race without a finish line.  

 A life without goals is pretty much like the examples above.

 If you don’t set goals, you will be aimless and you won’t accomplish much. Worst of all, you may miss the destiny God has for you.

 So, how do you set goals? And how do you know which goals to set?

 I set goals in seven areas of my life, based on my priorities:  spiritual growth, mental growth, physical health and fitness, marriage, family, writing, and church family.

 Each year, during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, I spend time with the Lord reviewing the past year and setting goals for the new year.

 When setting goals, think about the most important areas of your life: your priorities. Then set goals in each of those areas.

 When setting a goal, it helps to write it out like this:  Goal #1: To grow closer in my relationship with Jesus by spending time listening to Him and writing down what He says to me.

 Most of us have dreams, but the difference between a goal and a dream is that a goal is a dream with a date on it. The date represents the basketball hoop, the golf hole, the finish line.

Of course, we don’t know what life will bring, but setting goals can help us plough through whatever life brings. When we set goals, we have a destination.  When taking a trip, most people know where they want to go. 

 The Bible tells us that where there is no vision, people perish (Proverbs 29:18). Vision here means revelation knowledge of God’s truth both in general and for your individual life.

 To live a full life, you need to have a vision for your future. To have a vision for your future, you need to think about and set goals. To set goals, you need the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

 Remember this: If you don’t know where you’re going, you won’t like where you’ll end up. So set goals, trusting Holy Spirit to lead you as you follow Him. 

 Please leave a comment below and share some of the goals you’ve set for 2016. Thanks! :)

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Copyright 2015 by Dr. MaryAnn Diorio. All Rights Reserved.

To Become a Gabriel Girl, you need to qualify as follows:
  • You need to be born again. This means that you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and the Lord of your life.If you don't know how to do this, click here.
  • You need to have a desire to tell others about Jesus wherever you go and whenever you can.
  • You need to commit to following Jesus by reading the Bible and praying every day and by obeying Jesus' command to love Him and to love your neighbor.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Dreams and Pizza

What do dreams have to do with pizza? Well, quite a bit, as you’ll see if you keep reading.

 Let’s talk about dreams first. Do you dream at night? Most girls dream.  Some dream a lot; others dream less frequently. But everyone dreams at one time or another.
Why do you think we dream? Here’s the answer: Dreams are one of God’s ways of talking to us. Did you know that? So, it’s very important to pay attention to our dreams.

 Most dreams happen at night. They are called, simply, dreams. If a dream happens while a person is awake, it’s called a vision or a trance.

 There are many instances in the Bible of people receiving messages from God through their dreams and visions. These messages were extremely important to their lives. Many of the messages protected them from harm or helped them make a wise decision instead of a foolish one.

 Let’s take a look at a few people in the Bible who had dreams and visions that changed the course of history:

 ---In a vision God gave Abraham the promise that He would one day send the Messiah to save us. 

---In a dream God told Joseph of the Coat of Many Colors that he would one day help his family survive during a time of great famine.

---In a dream God spoke to Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, to take Mary and the Christ Child to Egypt to escape being killed by the wicked King Herod.

---In a vision, God gave the Apostle John the entire Book of Revelation so that we can know what will happen before Jesus returns to earth to rule and reign.

God still speaks to us today through our dreams, so it’s very important to pay attention to them. Some people think that dreams come from eating last night’s pizza and getting indigestion. But this is rarely true. 

It’s important to write down our dreams. So keep a notebook and pen by your bed. If you have a dream, write down the following information when you wake up:

    1) The date of your dream.
    2) The time you woke up.
    3) The feeling you had when you woke up from your dream. Were you afraid, happy, worried, excited, confused?
    4) The color of your dream. Was it in color, black and white, brightly colored, or muted?
    5) The names of the people in your dream if there were any.

After you’ve written this down, ask Holy Spirit to show you what your dream means. He may show you right away, or He may show you over time. So, be patient and don’t get discouraged. Holy Spirit will always show you what your dream means when you ask Him.

Keep a journal of your dreams. I’ve been keeping a journal of my dreams for a long time. Every once in a while, I re-read my dreams to keep God’s messages to me fresh in my mind. Would you believe that this blog is the result of a dream I had?  God showed me that I was to write a blog for teen girls.  He even gave me your name: Gabriel Girls!  How cool is that?

If you are having trouble figuring out what your dreams mean, write to me. I’ve been trained in dream interpretation, and I would be happy to help you.

Also, if you want to share a dream here on this blog, please feel free to do so. We can all pitch in to help you decipher what your dream means.


With love in the Lion of Judah (That’s another name for Jesus!),

Dr. MaryAnn


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Copyright 2015 by Dr. MaryAnn Diorio. All Rights Reserved.

To Become a Gabriel Girl, you need to qualify as follows:

  • You need to be born again. This means that you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and the Lord of your life.If you don't know how to do this, click here.
  • You need to have a desire to tell others about Jesus wherever you go and whenever you can.
  • You need to commit to following Jesus by reading the Bible and praying every day and by obeying Jesus' command to love Him and to love your neighbor.
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You can find me on the following Social Media Venues:
Amazon Author Central: www.amazon.com/author/maryanndiorio
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