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31They're relevant to your life mission and vision. You don't just set goals on a tangent; you look at the picture of how you want your life to be three to five years from now and begin to structure the goals that will get you there. b. SpecificA well-formed goal is a target that you can tell whether you've hit or not. They're not generic or broad. They're very specific. c. MeasurableThey letyou know if you're making progress. Now let me give you an example of those last two, specific and measurable. A lot of people will make a New Year's type resolution and call it a goal. They'll say, \wish. How do you know if you're a better father? That's not quantifiable so it cannot be measured to any standard. That's not a goal, that's a wish. Break it down into specifics like, \tuck each of my children in bed at night.%uninterrupted interaction with each child at least 15 minutes a day. There's a goal. \going to pray with my children every day.\better father. You can know if you've done those things or not, they are measurable. d. StretchableDo me a favor. Raise your right hand. Before you put it down, can you raise it higher than that? Can you go even higher than that? Do you see the point of that little illustration? You never reach as high as you possibly can.e. Flexible.They're flexible so that if you reach a goal in your quest of your vision, you set the next one. If you fall short and you have not failed, you've moved closer to your vision. So you're constantly adjusting your goals, focusing on that picture that is three to five years out in your life.Biblical Model We will close this lesson by showing you a model that really capsulates every one of these and even more. Abraham wants to find a wife for his son, Isaac. He sends his servant Eleazar out to do that. (Genesis 24)a. Abraham had a mission. He was in a strange country traveling as a nomad for one reason. Do you remember that reason? God had come to Him and said, \of you and your descendants a great nation; but first, I want you to pack up everything you have and move.\The same thing mine is%u2014to please God. God said, \