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GOD’S GUIDANCE (series) WHAT IF I MAKE A MISTAKE WITH MY LIFE?

GOD’S GUIDANCE (series) WHAT IF I MAKE A MISTAKE WITH MY LIFE?. REVIEW – Proverbs 3:5,6. TRUST LEAN NOT ACKNOWLEDGE HIM HE WILL DIRECT. REVIEW PRINCIPLES. COMMON DECISIONS OF LIFE. DECISION TO CHANGE JOBS DECISION TO MOVE TO A NEW LOCATION DECISION TO START A BUSINESS

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GOD’S GUIDANCE (series) WHAT IF I MAKE A MISTAKE WITH MY LIFE?

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  1. GOD’S GUIDANCE (series)WHAT IF I MAKE A MISTAKE WITH MY LIFE?

  2. REVIEW – Proverbs 3:5,6

  3. TRUST • LEAN NOT • ACKNOWLEDGE HIM • HE WILL DIRECT REVIEW PRINCIPLES

  4. COMMON DECISIONS OF LIFE • DECISION TO CHANGE JOBS • DECISION TO MOVE TO A NEW LOCATION • DECISION TO START A BUSINESS • DECISION A TO WHERE TO SEND THE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL • DECISION ABOUT MAKING A MAJOR PURCHASE: HOME OR CAR • DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE FUTURE • DECISIONS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS

  5. COMMON DECISION PROCESS • RESEARCH ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION • CONSIDER ALL THE PROS AND CONS • MAKE ALL APPROPRIATE OBSERVATIONS • GET ADVICE FROM OTHERS • PRAY • DECIDE

  6. QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUSTAND DECISION MAKING • IF I PRAYED ABOUT A DECISION IN THE PAST AND IT DIDN’T WORK OUT THE BEST FOR ME – HOW DO I TRUST GOD IN THE FUTURE? • IF I PRAYED ABOUT A DECISION, CAN I MAKE A MISTAKE?

  7. QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUSTAND DECISION MAKING (cont.) • WHAT IF I PRAY AGAIN AND THE NEXT SITUATION DOESN’T WORK OUT SO WELL? (Does it really do any good to pray?) • HOW DO I RECONCILE MY ‘MISTAKES’ WITH GOD’S GUIDANCE?

  8. HEBREWS 11:8 “BY FAITH, ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS CALLED, OBEYED BY GOING OUT TO A PLACE WHICH HE WAS TO RECEIVE FOR AN INHERITANCE; HE WENT OUT, NOT KNOWING WHERE HE WAS GOING.”

  9. WHAT HAPPENED TO ABRAHAMWHEN HE OBEYED AND FOLLOWED GOD? “AND ABRAHAM PASSED THROUGH THE LAND AS FAR AS SHECHEM TO THE OAK OF MOREH. NOW THE CANAANITE WAS IN THE LAND.” Genesis 12:6

  10. WHAT HAPPENED TO ABRAHAMWHEN HE OBEYED AND FOLLOWED GOD? “NOW, THERE WAS A FAMINE IN THE LAND. SO ABRAHAM WENT DOWN TO EGYPT TO LIVE THERE, FOR THE FAMINE WAS SEVERE IN THE LAND.” Genesis 12:10

  11. ABRAHAM’S QUESTIONMY QUESTIONYOUR QUESTION • DID I MAKE A MISTAKE? • WHY IS LIFE SO HARD, SINCE I OBEYED AND FOLLOWED GOD? • HOW DO I RECONCILE THIS TROUBLE IN MY LIFE WITH GOD’S GUIDANCE?

  12. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND #1: GOD’S PEOPLE HAVE NEVER BEEN IMMUNE FROM LIFE’S TIRALS, HARDHSIPS, DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES – EVEN IN THE MIDST OF OUR FOLLOWING AFTER GOD.

  13. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND #2: LIFE’S TRIALS AND HARDSHIPS ARE OFTEN NOT PUNISHMENTS FROM GOD UPON US, BUT RATHER THEY CAN BE AN INSTRUMENT IN THE HAND OF GOD TO SHAPE AND MOLD OUR LIVES ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.

  14. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND #3. THE ROMANS 8:28 PRINCIPLE: “AND WE KNOW THAT FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, GOD CAUSES ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD, FOR THOSE WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.”

  15. THE QUESTION OF THE DAY:WHAT IF I MAKE A MISTAKE WITH MY LIFE? • RECOGNIZE THAT GOD IS BIGGER THAN ALL THE EVENTS OF LIFE, (INCLUDING THE ‘MISTAKES’) OF OUR LIVES!

  16. QUESTION OF THE DAY:WHAT IF I MAKE A MISTAKE WITH MY LIFE? 2. RECOGNIZE THAT GOD IS ABLE TO USE ANYTHING (EVEN OUR MISTAKES) FOR OUR GOOD AND FOR HIS GLORY!

  17. QUESTION OF THE DAY:WHAT IF I MAKE A MISTAKE WITH MY LIFE? #3: RECOGNIZE THAT GOD CAN BRING GOOD OUT OF ALL THE THINGS OF MY PAST- NOW OR AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE! (HE IS NOT LIMITED BY TIME. IF THE EVIDENCE IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE, KEEP TRUSTING HIM TO BRING ABOUT ‘THE GOOD’ HE HAS PROMISED)

  18. QUESTION OF THE DAY:WHAT IF I MAKE A MISTAKE WITH MY LIFE? #4. RUN TO THE CROSS AND SEEK GOD’S MERCY AND HELP! HE IS THERE FOR EVERYONE – ALL THE TIME!

  19. GOD’S GUIDANCE (series)WHAT IF I MAKE A MISTAKE WITH MY LIFE?

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