I Am Deciding

Series: Think Ahead

I Am Deciding

September 08, 2024 | David McQueen

Passage: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

The quality of our decisions determines the quality of our lives. News flash: we can be terrible at decision-making (Romans 7:19). When it comes to our choices, we are often overwhelmed (decision fatigue), afraid (analysis paralysis), or overly emotional. And to make matters worse, as the sheer volume of our decisions increases – experts suggest we make 35,000 decisions daily – the quality of our decisions decreases. It is the sum of our decisions that determines the direction and destiny of our lives; the choices we make today become the stories we will tell tomorrow. Thankfully, God helps and empowers us to make decisions now that help shape what we do later. When we partner with Him in pre-deciding, we put into place a clear course of action before the moment of decision. Pre-deciding reduces the number of overall decisions we must make, reduces the fear of deciding wrongly, and prevents emotion from taking over.

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Think Ahead

I Am Deciding

Text: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

The most common lie the enemy uses to keep people from really following God is that God is     on us. (Gen. 3:4-6)

Why would Jesus become flesh, live a life without sin, offer Himself as the payment for sin on the cross, go to the grave and hell, and offer to us all that He gained through His life, death and resurrection, if He didn’t want us to have the   (Jn. 10:10; Rm. 8:32)

God’s longing for us to have abundant life, to obtain the   is so grand it is difficult to believe.

Only humans have been so loved by God that He allows us to  

Run your life that you may obtain the  

Choice is an enormous   choice is an awesome  

  can’t be totally avoided since we are on a growth journey. But they can be minimized.

The overwhelming number of daily choices along with the fear of making a mistake often causes people to not deal with   matters of life.

It’s what Paul said is   and leads to regret.

Running to obtain the   happens by making   decisions that impact all the other decisions we daily make.

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