" CHOICES / DECISIONS "

We make all kinds of choices every day about every single thing. Don't make Excuses - Take Responsibility for the decisions you make. Weigh both positives and negatives when making your next choice. Often we let others' values and actions dictate our attitudes and behavior. Have you ever made a wrong choice because you wanted to be like everyone else? Be careful that the values of your friends or " heroes " don't pull you away from what God says is right. When God's people want to be like unbelievers, they are heading for spiritual disaster. We must be able to make wise decisions in difficult circumstances. Whenever we need Wisdom, we can pray to God, and he will generously supply what we need. Christians don't have to grope around in the dark, hoping to stumble upon answers. We can ask for God's Wisdom to guide our Choices. Our decisions can have lasting consequences. We have the option to choose to be close to the Father or to go our own way, but there are consequences resulting from our choice. In this world there are some who choose to reject God, and the Father allows them to do this. God does not usually stop us from making choices that are against his will. He allows us to declare our supposed independence from him, even though he knows that in time we will become slaves to our own rebellious choices - we will lose our freedom not to sin. Does life without God look like freedom to you? Look more closely. There is no worse slavery to sin. Until Next Time... Jim,