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The end result of a process of reflection upon possible courses of action, informed and sustained by a concern to please God.

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Good Job on Play first Musical I have ever enjoyed
going to make importan decisions as teens that will affect you for your whole life
moral choices, eating choices, exercise or not, some important others not so much like what flavor of ice-cream, etc.
my example hide cigarettes 3rd or 4th grade
as teen tried it could not
still do not none of 6 kids smoke
booze around it saw results did not like my dad when he was under the influence nor my grandad very seldom sober.
I am not going to do that never been drunk to this very day nor Debbie decision to marry a good one.
some you have already made
not to late to make corrections

many sermons on “decision making” over 9,000 hits in 4000 books
in 4000 books in Logos .com over 400,000 hits
in Logos .com over 400,000 hits
2 in bible one in AT other in NT both kings making decisions which always affect others like it or not
. ps 25.15
Psalm 25:15 KJV 1900
Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Psalm 25:15 KJV 1900
Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
. (KJV 1900)
ps 25.15 ps 25.15
Psalm 25:15 KJV 1900
Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord;
For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Where are you looking direction, someone to steer you in right direction, someone with good knowledge etc.
like a
tour guide.
cf. cf.. compare
Audrey at Yungay old man a teen when it happened
Leland Ryken et al., Dictionary of Biblical Imagery (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 355.
In addition to his direct involvement in guiding his people, Yahweh also has human agents and divinely appointed means to assist his people. Godly parents (), prophets (; ) and other advisers () serve as God’s “tour guides” through life. The Word of God is itself closely linked to guidance for the believer, and it is described as “a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” (; cf. ). In a similar way the Holy Spirit guides the apostles (and by extension believers generally) “into all truth” ().
The prerequisites for guidance from a godly tour guide include
humility (), integrity (), discernment (1:5) and wisdom ().
cf. cf.. compare
Psalm 25:15 NKJV
My eyes are ever toward the Lord, For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.

In addition to his direct involvement in guiding his people, Yahweh also has human agents and divinely appointed means to assist his people. Godly parents (Prov 4:11), prophets (1 Sam 12:23; Lk 1:79) and other advisers (Prov 11:14) serve as God’s “tour guides” through life. The Word of God is itself closely linked to guidance for the believer, and it is described as “a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” (Ps 119:105; cf. Prov. 11:22). In a similar way the Holy Spirit guides the apostles (and by extension believers generally) “into all truth” (Jn 16:13). The prerequisites for guidance include humility (Ps 25:9), integrity (Prov 11:3), discernment (1:5) and wisdom (Prov 16:23).

The theme of guidance is also seen from a negative angle when God censures false prophets, phony leaders and pagan techniques of seeking guidance. For example, the leaders of wayward Israel are guilty of misguiding God’s people (; ), a theme echoed in the NT when Jesus calls the Pharisees “blind guides” (; )
Psalm 25:15 NKJV
My eyes are ever toward the Lord, For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.
NT NT. New Testament
. Leland Ryken et al., Dictionary of Biblical Imagery (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 355.
In addition to his direct involvement in guiding his people, Yahweh also has human agents and divinely appointed means to assist his people. Godly parents (), prophets (; ) and other advisers () serve as God’s “tour guides” through life. The Word of God is itself closely linked to guidance for the believer, and it is described as “a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” (; cf. ). In a similar way the Holy Spirit guides the apostles (and by extension believers generally) “into all truth” (). The prerequisites for guidance include humility (), integrity (), discernment (1:5) and wisdom ().
Leland Ryken et al., Dictionary of Biblical Imagery (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 355.
cf. cf.. compare
Leland Ryken et al., Dictionary of Biblical Imagery (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 355.
ps 25.15
hand out outlines now
Dictionary of Bible Themes 8128 guidance, receiving God’s

8128

guidance, receiving God’s

God’s guidance is promised to those who genuinely desire it and seek it.

Examples of :

good decision-making

name a good decision from the Bible (Daniel)
KJV 1900And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
See also ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; :14Lk 10:38–42; ; ; ;
. So name me some of your tour guides the good ones

Examples of bad decision-making

name a bad decision ( people of noahs time) or Jonah going opposite direction
now no names out loud but some bad tour guides
KJV 1900And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
See also ; ; ; ; ; ; Achan disobeyed the Lord’s instructions; ; ; ; Saul made the offering in Samuel’s absence; ; Rehoboam followed bad advice; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Judas decided to betray Jesus Christ for money; the decision to put Jesus Christ to death
. So name me some of your tour guides the good ones
now no names out loud but some bad tour guides
cercita 8 hrs latter but always giving us hope un poco mas alla.
8128
guidance, receiving God’s
God’s guidance is promised to those who genuinely desire it and seek it.
Martin H. Manser, Dictionary of Bible Themes: The Accessible and Comprehensive Tool for Topical Studies (London: Martin Manser, 2009).
name a bad decision ( people of noahs time) or Jonah going opposite direction

THEOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF COLOSSIANS

I.

CHRIST, THE TRUTH

1:1–29

II.

CHRIST, THE WAY

2:1–23

III.

CHRIST, THE LIFE

3:1–4:1

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XL Guidance to Grace and Glory (No. 2,389)

C. H. SPURGEON,

AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON,

On Thursday Evening, October 4th, 1888.

“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.”—Psalm 73:24.

Good decision-making involves consideration for others

“decision making” 2 in bible one in AT other in NT both kings making decisions which always affect others like it or not
KJV 1900He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; And what doth the Lord require of thee, But to do justly, and to love mercy, And to walk humbly with thy God?
See also ; ; ; ; ; ; .
THEOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF COLOSSIANS
put Christ in every important decision , better yet in every decision
our example in Christ our Lord.
I. CHRIST, THE TRUTH
CHRIST, THE TRUTH
1:1–29
II. CHRIST, THE WAY 2:1–23
CHRIST, THE WAY
2:1–23
2:1–23
III. CHRIST, THE LIFE 3:1–4:1
CHRIST, THE LIFE
3:1–4:1
Lawrence O. Richards, The Bible Reader’s Companion (electronic ed.; Wheaton: Victor Books, 1991), 812.

Decisions have to be made

KJV 1900I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
See also ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
C. H. SPURGEON,
at the metropolitan tabernacle, newington,
On Thursday Evening, October 4th, 1888.
“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.”—.
C. H. Spurgeon, “Guidance to Grace and Glory,” in The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons (vol. 40; London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1894), 40565.
.Factors that should affect your decision-making

1. Desire to know God’s will

KJV 1900Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
KJV 1900Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: For thou art the God of my salvation; On thee do I wait all the day.
See also ; ; ;
See also ; Ignoring God’s will leads to destruction; ;
.All decision-making must be subject to the will of God

2. Confidence: God can reveal His will

KJV 1900Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
KJV 1900 Good and upright is the Lord: Therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: And the meek will he teach his way.
See also ; ; ;
See also ; ; ; ; ; ;

3. Belief in God’s overall plan for his people

KJV 1900And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
See also ; ;

4. God’s promise to guide believers in their decisions

KJV 1900And the Lord shall guide thee continually, And satisfy thy soul in drought, And make fat thy bones: And thou shalt be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
See also ; ; ; ;

5. Knowledge of scriptural principles

KJV 1900And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
See also ; ; ; ; ; ;

6. A willingness to trust God

KJV 1900By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
See also ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
I made a decision to go to Gorgor when we arrived terrorism was beginning I did not know a peaceful PERU
KJV 1900Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
plans a man went a few days early to get things ready.
See also ; ; ;
4 pastors, bibles, tracts, song books, peanut butter. etc.
no students
angry with God
few days later advance man came and told me this story
There is a welcome here
gun to head
beard
warning from cops and soldiers
God protected me in bad decision, He will you to do not be afraid to make choices just make sure based on Bible principles you have learned here at Fetzer, at your church, and especially at home.
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