BIBLICAL AND DECISION

10 Biblical Principles For Making Wise Decision

Every day each of us are faced with numerous choices. What should we do when the Bible doesn’t seem to speak directly to the situations we face and the decisions we make?
The following 10 principals will help you to make decisions that glorify God and honor others.
1. What Biblical Principles Should Inform My Decision?

#Wisdom searching

Proverbs 2:6
“For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.”

#CONFUSED ON WHAT TO DO

Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

WHEN TAKING ANY ACTION

1 Corinthians 10:31
“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

# WHEN CHOSEN A FRIEND

2 Corinthians 6:14
“Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?”

#WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BE POOR

Proverbs 22:7
“The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.”

Philippians 4:8
“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.”
Questions To Ask
1. What does the Bible have to say about that?
2. Who can help me better understand what God’s Word says about this decision?
3. Make sure you are not the only one who holds to your interpretation.
2. Do I Have All The Facts?
Proverbs 18:13
“He who gives an answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.”
Proverbs 18:17
“The first to plead his case seems right, until another comes and examines him.”
Questions To Ask
1. Ask a lot of questions.
2. Don’t fall prey to “wishful thinking”or let your emotions get the best of you.
3. Remember that there are two sides to every story.
3. Is The Pressure Of Time Forcing Me To Make A Premature Decision?
Proverbs 19:2
“Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, and he who makes haste with his feet errs.”
Proverbs 21:5
“The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, but everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.”
Questions To Ask
1. Beware of the “once in a life time” deal and the lure of instant gratification.
2. Don’t let the fear of missing out drive your decision.
3. When in doubt, leave it out.
4. What Possible Motives Are Driving My Decision?
Proverbs 16:2
“All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, but the Lord weighs the motives.”
Proverbs 20:9
“Who can say, ‘I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?’”
Questions To Ask
1. Acknowledge that you have “blind spots.”
2. Honestly assess your motives, both good and bad.
3. Give others permission to speak in to your life.
5. How Should Past Experiences Inform My Decision?
Proverbs 26:11
“Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.”
Proverbs 17:10
“A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.”
Questions To Ask
1. Look for patterns of behavior – “triggers.”
2. Understand how your family back ground might affect your thinking.
3. Learn from your mistakes!
6. What Is The Collective Counsel Of My Community?
Proverbs 11:14
“Where there is no guidance the people fall, but in an abundance of counselors there is victory.”
Proverbs 18:1
“He who separates himself seeks his own desire. He quarrels against all sound wisdom.”
Proverbs 18:2
“A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own mind.”
Questions To Ask
1. Avoid having many separate conversations.
2. Recognize the difference between “ and “sharing.”
3. Know when to “open the circle.”
7. Have I Honestly Considered The Warning Signs?
Proverbs 10:17
“He is on the path of life who heeds instruction, but he who forsakes reproof goes astray.”
Proverbs 16:25
“There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”
Proverbs 27:6
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceit