Decisions, Decisions - Part 3

Psalms 119:105; 37:4
Focus: Life is too short to make every decision based on trial and error, we must learn to test and approve God's will.

I. What Decisions are Pleasing to God?
II. TEST your decisions before making them.
A. Does your decision PASS the TEST of
1. God's MORAL WILL
2. INTEGRITY
3. Christian EXAMPLE or WITNESS
4. APPROVAL
5. PEACE with PRAYER
6. CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
7. MOTIVE
8. WISDOM

B. Does your decision pass the test OF FAITH?

Decisions, Decisions - Part 2

Focus: God wants us to freely choose His will over our own will.

I. What is God's Will?
A. God's PERFECT Will.
B.God's PERMISSIVE Will.
C.God's PREVAILING Will.

II. Common questions about God's Will
A. Has God already determined His will for me?
B. Can I actually know God's will for my life?
C. Will God reveal the whole blueprint of my life? Psalms 32:8
D. Is God's Perfect Will a BULLSEYE in a TARGET for EVERY decision?
E. What if God's will seems undesirable?
F. Why does God's will for me sometimes include sorrow and affliction?

III. What Decisions are Pleasing to God?

Decisions, Decisions

Part One
Focus: God's  revealed will helps us make good decisions.

I. Good Decisions are BLESSED by God.
A. DOERS are BLESSED
B. KEEPERS stay in LOVE with God.
C.  ABIDERS have full JOY

II. How to make Good Decisions.
A. Good decisions flow from A NEW HEART.
B. Base  your decisions on God's ALREADY REVEALED will.
1. Learn by  STUDY.
2. Learn by PRACTICE.


III. Your decisions reveal the desires of your heart (what you REALLY BELIEVE will make you HAPPY.)

IV. Your decisions are ultimately determined by what you DESIRE the MOST.