All Nations Community Church · Leeds
Faith, Purpose and Your Next 90 Days
A practical guide to Christian goal setting, with a free planning canvas for students, young adults and growing believers
Free planning canvasSeven daily readingsUse at your own pace
You may be choosing a course, looking for work, settling into a new city or learning to follow Jesus in everyday life. The future can feel full of possibility and hard to navigate at the same time. This guide will help you bring your hopes to God, recognise what matters in your present season and turn one worthwhile intention into a plan you can actually use.
At a glance
- Choose one main priority for the next 90 days.
- Connect it with Scripture, your responsibilities and the good of others.
- Write a first action, a realistic weekly rhythm and three review dates.
- Use the seven daily readings to pray through the plan.
- Review what you are learning with a trusted person who respects your choices.
How to use this guide
Allow about 30 minutes to begin your canvas. Spend 5 minutes naming your present season, 10 minutes exploring your priority and motives, 10 minutes planning your actions, and 5 minutes praying and choosing a review date. Complete the seven-day journey alongside it. You can work alone, with a friend or in a small group; share only what you choose.
Begin with the life God has already placed in your hands. You can make room for a large hope while taking a small, responsible step today. Over the next 90 days, the aim is to grow in faithfulness, learn through action and become more available to love and serve people. Your plan can change as you learn.
Begin with the person you are becoming
Before writing a goal, ask: What kind of person am I learning to become with Jesus? Patient, dependable, generous, courageous and truthful are meaningful answers. A qualification, a job or a ministry role may provide an opportunity to practise these qualities, but it cannot give you the worth that God has already given you.
Ephesians 2:8-10, printed in full on Day 1, connects salvation by grace with a life of good works. We receive God's gift and then learn to live in response. Your planning begins there. You are welcome to grow before you have a confident answer to every question about your future.
Write a sentence beginning, 'In this season, I want to become someone who…' Make it about character expressed through action. For example: 'I want to become someone who follows through on commitments and notices people who feel left out.' This gives your plan a direction that remains useful even when circumstances change.
Consider: If nobody applauded this goal, what would still make it worth pursuing?
Write on your canvas: Write your character sentence in the first part of the canvas.
Notice what is already in your hands
Purpose becomes clearer when you pay attention to real life. List your present responsibilities, the people you regularly meet, the abilities others have noticed and a need that concerns you. Include ordinary things: completing an assignment honestly, caring for a relative, welcoming a new colleague or learning to manage your time.
Then name your capacity. What time, energy and money are genuinely available after essential commitments? If exams, caring responsibilities, disability, recovery or a demanding job shape your week, design your plan around that reality. A smaller commitment that you can sustain may serve people better than an ambitious promise you cannot keep.
Make room for curiosity. An interest is worth exploring without immediately calling it your lifelong assignment. Ask someone who knows you: 'When have you seen me make a useful contribution?' Look for specific examples. Then visit Discover Purpose to reflect further on your gifts and possible ways to serve.
Consider: Who or what already needs my attention before I add something new?
Write on your canvas: Record one strength, one need, your current responsibilities and your weekly capacity.
Choose a priority you can explain honestly
Write down a hope you would like to explore. It might involve study, work, a creative skill, friendship, service or a steadier life with God. Give yourself permission to imagine something worthwhile. Then bring that hope into conversation with Scripture and the people who will be affected by it.
Ask four questions. Does this fit the way of Jesus? Whom could it help? What would it require from me and from others? What information or counsel do I still need? Micah 6:8, printed on Day 3, brings justice, mercy and humility into the conversation. Those qualities should be visible in both your aim and the way you pursue it.
Choose one main priority for this season. You may keep other hopes on a 'later' list. A single focus makes it easier to see what needs a place in your week. Prayer can lead you to act, gather more information, simplify or wait. Strong feelings and an open opportunity are useful things to examine, not proof that a decision cannot be questioned.
Consider: What would a person affected by this plan need me to consider?
Write on your canvas: Complete this sentence: 'For the next 90 days, my main priority is… because it will help…'.
Turn your priority into a 90 day plan
Name a result that is specific enough to review. 'Grow in confidence' is a useful desire; 'prepare a short presentation and ask for feedback twice this month' gives you an action. Separate the outcome you hope for from the actions you can take. You can prepare and submit applications; an employer decides whether to offer you a job.
Set three milestones. By Day 30, what will you have begun or learnt? By Day 60, what will you have practised or adjusted? By Day 90, what will you review or complete? These dates are a planning tool, not a spiritual deadline. Put the actual dates in your calendar and adjust the scale of the plan to your season.
Choose a first step you can take within 48 hours. Keep it small enough to begin: send an enquiry, open the course information, set aside one study block or ask a trusted Christian to read a Gospel passage with you. Then decide when and where you will repeat the useful action each week.
Add a recovery plan: 'If this obstacle happens, I will take this smaller step.' If you miss a morning reading, you could read one paragraph after lunch. If an application is unsuccessful, ask for feedback and review the next one. A setback gives you information; you can respond without turning it into a verdict on your faith.
Consider: Which part of this plan depends on my action, and which part must I hold with open hands?
Write on your canvas: Fill in the 30, 60 and 90 day milestones, your weekly rhythm and your first 48 hour action.
Build a weekly rhythm that leaves room for life
Put your chosen practice beside an existing part of your week. Read and pray after breakfast on three manageable days. Prepare an application on Tuesday evening. Check in with a friend after a regular gathering. Protect time for rest and the commitments that keep your life and relationships healthy.
Invite a trusted person to ask about the plan at a frequency you agree together. They can listen, help you notice an assumption and celebrate an honest effort. You remain responsible for your decisions. A useful conversation might begin, 'This is what I tried, this is what I learnt, and this is where I would value your perspective.'
Take ten minutes each week to review. What did I do? What am I thankful for? How did my actions affect others? What got in the way? What will I continue, adjust or stop? Review your character as well as your activity. Becoming more truthful, teachable and attentive to others is meaningful progress.
At Day 90, choose your next response: continue the practice, deepen it, change direction or finish it. Give thanks for what you have learnt. James 4:13-15, printed on Day 6, encourages humility about the future. A plan held before God can be clear enough to act on and open enough to revise.
Consider: What needs to change so this plan fits a normal difficult week?
Write on your canvas: Choose your first weekly review date and one person you may invite into the conversation.
My faith and purpose canvas
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Use short, honest phrases. Work through the three stages below. One priority is enough. Reuse the canvas whenever your season changes, and keep personal details private unless you choose to share them.
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01Notice your season
02Choose your priority & milestones
03Build your rhythm & review
Three ways to use the canvas
These are illustrative plans. Adapt the scale, dates and activities to your circumstances.
For studentsA student settling into a new term
Hope: I want to become dependable in my studies and more connected to people.
Priority: For 90 days, build a sustainable study rhythm while making room for one regular opportunity to connect.
Day 30: Map deadlines, try two 45 minute study blocks each week and attend one gathering I have chosen.
Day 60: Keep the useful study blocks, ask for feedback on one assignment and arrange a conversation with someone I have met.
Day 90: Review completed work, workload and relationships, then choose a rhythm for the next term.
First action: Put the next two study blocks in my calendar today.
If life gets in the way: If a shift changes, move one study block instead of abandoning the week.
For young adultsA young adult exploring work
Hope: I want to use my abilities in honest work and make a useful contribution.
Priority: For 90 days, explore two realistic job directions and improve the quality of my applications.
Day 30: Speak with a careers adviser or someone who understands the field and update my CV.
Day 60: Complete one manageable skills task and submit four carefully matched applications.
Day 90: Review responses and feedback, then continue or refine the search.
First action: Book one advice conversation within 48 hours.
If life gets in the way: If an application is rejected, record one lesson and ask for feedback where available. A job offer is a hope, not a promised milestone.
For growing believersA believer building a steadier life with Jesus
Hope: I want to become more attentive to Jesus and practise what I read.
Priority: For 90 days, build a manageable rhythm of Bible reading, prayer and one practical response each week.
Day 30: Read a short Gospel passage on three days each week and write one honest question.
Day 60: Discuss a question with a trusted Christian and try one suitable act of service.
Day 90: Review what I am learning, name a change in conduct and choose the next reading plan.
First action: Choose a Gospel and a ten minute reading slot for tomorrow.
If life gets in the way: If I miss a day, resume at the next planned time without trying to repay a reading debt.
Seven days of Scripture and prayer
Read at your own pace. Each day includes the full Bible passage, a reflection, a question, a prayer and one practical response. All readings use the public-domain World English Bible.
Day 1 · Ephesians 2:8-10Receive grace before you set a goal
8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9not of works, that no one would boast.
10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
ReflectPaul places God's gift before our good works. Receive that order as you begin. You can work diligently without making achievement the condition of being loved. Let your plan express a grateful response to grace.
ConsiderWhere have I been asking achievement to prove my worth?
PrayFather, thank you for your grace in Jesus. Help me receive your love and respond through the good you place before me. Shape my character as I plan. Amen.
PractiseWrite your character sentence. Name one good work within reach today.
Day 2 · John 15:4-5Stay close to Jesus
4Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
5I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
ReflectJesus describes a life sustained by relationship with him. Give prayer and his words a real place in your week. The fruit you seek includes the way you treat people while pursuing your plans.
ConsiderWhat simple rhythm would help me pay attention to Jesus?
PrayLord Jesus, help me remain in you. Bring your words to mind as I make decisions and meet people. Teach me to depend on you in ordinary moments. Amen.
PractiseChoose a manageable time for Scripture and prayer. Put it in your weekly rhythm.
Day 3 · Micah 6:8Let love shape your ambition
8He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
ReflectMicah brings God's people back to the conduct their worship should produce. Ask what justice, mercy and humility would look like in your goal. A useful ambition should make room for the dignity and wellbeing of the people it touches.
ConsiderWho might benefit from my plan, and who might carry a cost?
PrayGod of mercy, examine my motives. Help me deal fairly with people, notice needs and remain teachable. Let my ambition become a way of serving. Amen.
PractiseFill in the people and needs section. Ask whose perspective is missing.
Day 4 · James 1:5Ask for wisdom and listen
5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
ReflectJames invites people facing testing to seek wisdom from a generous God. You can admit what you do not know. Bring the question to prayer, examine Scripture and listen carefully to someone who understands the situation.
ConsiderWhat do I need to learn before taking my next step?
PrayFather, I need wisdom for this season. Help me ask honest questions, listen well and recognise a responsible next step. Give me humility to revise an assumption. Amen.
PractiseWrite one information gap and the name of a person or reliable source that could help.
Day 5 · Psalm 90:12Give your time a wise shape
12So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
ReflectThis prayer recognises that our days are limited. Use that truth to choose carefully rather than to hurry anxiously. Your calendar can make room for responsibility, relationships and rest as well as progress on a goal.
ConsiderWhat will I make space for, and what can I release this week?
PrayLord, teach me to use my days wisely. Help me give attention to what matters and accept my limits with peace. Guide the commitments I make. Amen.
PractiseWrite your first 48 hour action and the time you will do it. Protect one period of rest.
Day 6 · James 4:13-15Hold the future with humility
13Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
14Yet you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
15For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."
ReflectJames challenges the confidence that speaks as though tomorrow belongs to us. Planning can be thoughtful and humble at the same time. Make your next action clear, and entrust the outcome to God. Changing course in response to sound information can be wise.
ConsiderWhat am I trying to control that is beyond my responsibility?
PrayFather, I place my plans before you. Help me act with care today and trust you with tomorrow. Make me willing to learn, wait or change direction. Amen.
PractiseName one outcome outside your control and write an alternative step if circumstances change.
Day 7 · Galatians 6:9-10Keep doing the good within reach
9Let's not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don't give up.
10So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
ReflectPaul encourages perseverance in doing good. This is a call to faithful love, not a promise that every personal target will succeed on our timetable. Notice the good you can continue and the support you need to keep going.
ConsiderWhat have I learnt this week, and what will I carry into the next one?
PrayHoly Spirit, strengthen me to continue in love. Give me courage to begin again where I have stumbled and wisdom to receive help. Let my ordinary actions honour Jesus. Amen.
PractiseComplete your first weekly review. Choose one action to continue, adjust or stop.
One next step
Use this guide with a friend or small group
For a 60 minute small group session, use 5 minutes to welcome and pray, 10 minutes to read and discuss Ephesians 2:8-10, 15 minutes to explore the guide, 15 minutes to complete the canvas, 10 minutes for optional pair sharing and 5 minutes to pray. Ask each person to leave with one first action and a review date. Invite a check-in after a week. People may keep their canvas private, and nobody needs to disclose personal finances or difficult experiences to take part.
A prayer for your next season
Father, thank you for the life you have entrusted to me. Help me see the people and opportunities before me. Shape my hopes through your word, give me wisdom for my decisions and courage for the next faithful action. Holy Spirit, grow the character of Jesus in me. I offer you my efforts and entrust the outcome to you. Amen.