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BIG Life Devotional | Daily Devotional for Women

2026 Goal Writing 2026 – Part 1 of 4

BIG Life Devotional | Daily Devotional for Women

Pamela Crim | Daily Devotional for Women

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

5 β€’ 792 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the final countdown of 2025. Together, we will use these final days to fully seek God for guidance in planning the new year of life in the offering.
What will you do with 2026? How will you live your days? What will you pursue? Who will you become?
Life can just happen to you – or you can answer the call to live up to your potential as God’s masterpiece created in his image. Which will it be for you? It’s a decision only you get to make. You either settle, or you go for it. You either dismiss yourself, or you dare to believe God created you for more. You either belly up to the table God has set for you and dive in, or you refuse your seat and survive on scraps.
Have you ever thought about what it actually means to be created in the image of God? It means that you and I set apart to uniquely reflect the power of our creator unlike any other creation. Within us, we have the potential of doing great things. You know, Jesus actually really meant it when he said, “Anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works …” (John 14:12)
Within you and I is the potential to do really great things. So … why don’t we just do them?!!!!! For real – let’s live up to our design and dare to be and do everything Jesus says we can.
What if that’s what the new year is about?
About daring to live up to your God-given potential.
About doing the great things Jesus said you could do.
About becoming everything God imagined when he created you in his image.
You can’t live that life without seeking God first. Oh you can work and grind and strive and you can experience temporary highs and momentary successes, but they always come crashing down. Did you know people who achieve a big financial goal typically feel a depression after reaching that goal? You know why – they have the money, they are finally successful, they built the business, met the goal, but they still don’t like who they are.
Every goal you will ever have is a temporary high from which you will come crashing down if you’re not becoming who God created you to be. If the inside doesn’t match the outside, the battle will rage.
I’m a HUGE fan of goals. I’ve dedicated the past 16 years of my life to creating a goal setting system that really works. In the process, my life has radically changed. Yes, I’ve met some huge goals along the way. I’ve run the marathons, I’ve built the business, I’ve built the big house – then I sold that house and decided I’m better suited for being homeless and traveling, I’ve seen beautiful things and had awesome adventures. And all along, God has been sweet enough to let me do all those things while patiently waiting for me to discover something so much bigger, deeper and meaningful.
It’s not the goal you set – it’s WHO you become to achieve that goal! The rest is just details my friend – it’s WHO you are becoming on this journey. This is the journey of becoming the image of God. Becoming the reflection of his light. Becoming the bearer of his good news. Becoming the vessel that carries his Spirit and shares his love.
Does God care about the goals of achievement, the goals of success, the goals of personal dreams and desires – ABSOLUTELY!!!!!! As you surrender your life fully to Him, he becomes the author of your desires and they grow like seeds leading you to the live you were always designed to live, producing the fruit that honors him.
God loves goals and here’s how I know. God is a God of vision. He had a vision for his creation, then he spoke it into existence. And when he created you and I, he created us in his own image with the ability to share his vision, speak it, create it and live it!
The enemy of our soul also love goals.

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0:00.0

Congratulations.

0:03.2

Your gift of a new day is here.

0:05.7

Ready to live it big?

0:08.4

You're listening to the Big Life Devotional podcast.

0:11.9

Now, here's Pamela to get you fired up for all God has available for you today.

0:16.7

Well, good morning, beautiful.

0:18.4

Welcome to a brand new day of life.

0:20.6

Happy Monday, my friends.

0:22.1

It is the final Monday of 2025.

0:26.1

We are just a couple days away from a brand new year of life and the offering.

0:31.7

And what a blessing it is to come to the end of this year.

0:36.4

Here in Big Life, we love to focus on goal setting for a new year.

0:42.3

I love to teach goals. And what I really want to do this year is invite God into not only the

0:51.1

middle of it, but the very beginning of it. God wants to be at the beginning of this

0:55.9

process, not just in the middle of this process. So I'm going to take you on a journey for the next

1:01.7

couple days to prepare us for the new year of life God is offering us. So it's going to be a little

1:09.9

bit different than our typical devotionals.

1:12.5

This is part one of a four-part series we're doing leading up to our New Year Day goal-setting

1:21.3

broadcast. Okay. So here's what you need to know. On New Year's Day, first at two p.m. central time i am hosting a free

1:31.6

live goal setting workshop it will be on zoom and i would love to have you join us if you cannot join us

1:42.4

live it's okay because i'll send the recording to you. But in order

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to receive the Zoom invitation or to receive the recording later and also to receive the free

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