Choices

15 “If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

How do we make right choices?

Psalm 25:12 NASB95

12 Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

Psalm 5:3 NASB95

3 In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.

Psalm 34:1 NASB95

1 I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 26:4–5 NASB95

4 I do not sit with deceitful men, Nor will I go with pretenders. 5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, And I will not sit with the wicked.

Psalm 101:3 NASB95

3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me.

Romans 1:16 NASB95

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

When do we make choices?

every day

every hour

every moment

What choices are you allowed to make ?

ALL CHOICES?

All choices that are in our jurisdiction

things that God has called you to govern

direction that you decide to go

words that you speak

actions that you take

directing those under your authority

Proverbs 16:16 NASB95

16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

Psalm 3:6 NASB95

6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me round about.

Psalm 56:3 NASB95

3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.

What choices are you NOT allowed to make?

things that God has NOT called you to govern

telling someone else how to live their life

what others say/do

trying to direct those who are not under your authority

Example Choices

Lie, cheat, steal — or not

to be afraid — or not

to be kind — or not

to forgive — or not

to praise and worship God — or not

To Sum Up

How do we win in the end?

1 Corinthians 6:12 NASB95

12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

1 Corinthians 9:26–27 NASB95

26 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27 but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Philippians 3:12–14 NASB95

12 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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