Dear Megan,
How do I stay motivated? To reach goals? I try to lose weight and exercise but I keep losing my ambition. I also am struggling in doing my bible studies.
Thank you.
~D
Oh, my dear…what a perfect question to start off this blog with! This is something almost every single person who comes to me for coaching needs help with, and it is certainly so important in every aspect of our lives! Here are a few ways you can endure success in staying motivated in areas you know God has called you to have focus on.
1. Accountability
Share your new goal or endeavor with the people closest to you so that they can ask you how it is going and hold you accountable to getting it done. Use discernment about who to share with. When you share what you are endeavoring to do with someone you trust, you are more likely to stick it out just from knowing that they know and will ask you about it! If you can enlist someone to go on this adventure WITH you, that is even better!
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16
2. Surround yourself with cheerleaders!
This is so important! When you make the commitment to do something new whether it is a new weight loss challenge or start a daily quiet time with the Lord, it becomes so much harder to do if you are surrounded by people who don’t believe you can do it or do what they can to discourage you. Even if your closest circle is full of Negative Nancy’s, that’s okay! Make sure you are keeping in frequent contact with the positive people God has so intentionally placed in your life!
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
3. Know you are not in this alone
You are not created to do ANYTHING in your own power. You know that, right? God is with you and wants to walk this out with you every step of the way! Please do not try to do anything alone. <3
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed,
for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Isaiah 41:10
4. Create margin in your day
Are you too busy? That is a big big way we all get unmotivated. If you are going to take on something that will take an hour of your time a day, make sure you make room for that to physically be able to happen. God does not intend for our lives to be so stretched that we don’t even have time for Him! Take some time to really look closely at how you are spending your time and see where you might be able to delegate tasks or delete time-wasters!
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2
5. Just do it
Sometimes, it just comes down to those three words…. JUST DO IT! If you know that God has called you to it then He will equip you with all you need to get it done… you need only get out of the way! It really is that simple sometimes, and sometimes the only answer is to JUST DO IT!!!
As long as you are going to do it, you might as well do it right. Right? As long as you are going to show up for work, you might as well do your best on the job. As long as you are going to raise a family, you might as well make it a happy, well-adjusted one. As long as you are going to have a life, you might as well live a life of excellence and live it with intention!
And if you throw yourself wholeheartedly into everything you do, with a total commitment to excellence, there are no limits to what you can accomplish. It is time to get up and give God 100% no matter what gets thrown your way! Satan would love nothing more than for you to stay right where you are and never move forward toward the life that God has intended for you…. Will you let him win or are you going to do your due diligence and just make it happen?
With God on your side….you’ve got this! 🙂
Blessings,
Megan Smidt, CCLC
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Excellent advise and Scripture to start our day off! In reference to our Girls with Swords study, I feel this has armed us for the day. Thank you!
Now go give today all you’ve got!! 🙂
thank you, megan, for your wise counsel, as well as the encouragement AND admonition! truly, God’s communication to us through the Scriptures DOES arm us and enable us to live wholeheartedly for Him! <3
God’s Word will never fail us! Now it’s time to put it into action!!
This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing your wisdom God has richly blessed you with. Letting this advice soak in today. And every day!!
May God get all the glory, Diane!!!! You are one incredible daughter of the King!!!
Blessing’s – RIGHT BACK TO YOU!!! Awesome. I’m so excited not only for myself, but for you too! God is good ALL THE TIME!! AMEN. Lov. t.
Tonya…. you are amazing!!!! I pray this blesses you 🙂
Well, isn’t this timely. 😉
🙂 God is pretty cool that way, ya know? <3
Thanks Megan!! Awesome words of wisdom! Motivation for me is something I have to stay on top of, or I could so easily fall back into a slump! I have to be intentional, as you said here, and make these things in my life a priority. If these things are not my priority, I’m just wasting time spending my money on things I really don’t intend to follow through with in the first place.
For me personally, quiet time, prayer, the Word, bible studies, family, marriage…all my priorities. Losing weight right now is not a priority. I know that about myself. And that’s okay that it isn’t important for me, right now. It will be one day…just not right now. Realizing that it was OK to put this off for now was very liberty. I was feeling a lot of pressure trying to force something into a priority when truthfully, it just wasn’t!
And yes, I learned all of these things through my coaching w/ you!!! 🙂
It is so important to seek God first to show you what HE wants as your priorities… then move forward full speed ahead with Him right beside you! Thank you for your encouragement, Christi <3
Megan,
Thank you for your wise words. We all need that accountability partner and someone who will encourage us to study God’s word and to stick with those personal goals. I struggle with this as well. Distractions are so hard to overcome at times and the evil one so tries to still our confidence in who we are in life and in God’s kingdom.
I pray that these steps will help you stay on track, Tina! God has such big big plans for you!!!!! 🙂
Oh I’m feeling the motivation spread!!! I am not putting it off one more day!!! Thank you for these scriptures and the encouragement to Just Do It. Blessings to you.
This is awesome!! Now just have to find accountability and cheerleaders. Thank You.
Pray for them… God will bring them to you <3
Woohooo!!! You go Anne!! 🙂
JUST DO IT…I always struggle with that part…I’m such a PROCRASTINATOR…but your motivational, encouraging way is helping to change all of that…thank you for being tough!
AMEN!! Tough Love….that’s our Megan! Gotta love that about her! 🙂
God calls us to this… We just need to not let fear, doubt or laziness stop us from living His best life for us! Praying for all of us as we make this intentional choice!!