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Choices: Make or Mar
The document discusses the concept of choice in everyday life, emphasizing that every action or inaction we take is a choice that can significantly impact our lives. It highlights the importance of aligning choices with God's will and the potential consequences of choices made contrary to that. The conclusion encourages seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit to ensure decisions are in accordance with God's word.
Choices: Make or Mar
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- 2. LIFE IS WHATWE MAKE IT
- 3. Introduction • We allmake so many choices every day. – What to eat – What to wear – When to go out – Where to go – How much to spend – Who to mix with – What to do or not do etc
- 6. Life and ItsChoices • Whether we realise it or not, everyday we get up we are presented with a menu of choices. • To eat or not to eat – it’s a choice… • To live a life as God intended – it’s a choice… • To go to work or not – it’s a choice… • To forgive or not to forgive – it’s a choice… • To be happy or sad – it’s a choice… • To let go of the past and our pain bodies – it’s a choice… • To be rich or to be poor – it’s a choice… • To succeed or to fail – it’s a choice… • And the list goes on.
- 25. What to knowabout choice 1. Choice is inevitable – Every action or inaction is a choice. 2. Choice makes or mars: affects our lives – Gen 49:3-4 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the first fruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power. 4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it—he went up to my couch! – 1Ki 17:9 -16 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you." 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. …15 And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. 16 The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah.
- 26. 3. To getthe best from God, your choice must agree with His words. – Amos 3:3 "Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? 4. The devil is ever ready to help in choice making. Learn to say “No” to him. • Mat 4:3-4 And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." 4 But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'“
- 27. Conclusion • Always ensureyour choices agree with God’s word and plead for the Holy Spirit to lead you in making the right choice. • Remember always – if the Lord brought you to it, He’ll bring you through it (regardless of how big or small your IT is).