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March 14, 2010
STRESSBUSTERS – THE ANTIDOTE TO INDECISION
GETTING TO KNOW YOU….
1. Life is full for decisions. We all have to make them on a regular basis. What decision or decisions do you find the most difficult to make.
2. Pastor Dave’s message this week was on ‘Indecision’. Has there ever been a time in your life when because of your indecision, you were later sorry. Please share and discuss with the group.
DIGGING DEEPER….
1. Read each of the following verses/passages having to do with indecision and respond by answering the following questions…
James 1:8…
a. What does ‘double mindedness’ (indecision) indicate in a person’s life?
James 4:8…
a. A ‘double minded’ (indecisive) person is suffering from what heart problem?
Luke 16:13
a. a person who is indecisive/double minded literally places himself in a position of serving ____________________ . When we serve two masters, what ends up occurring….
Psalm 23:3
a. What is the promise of scripture found here?
b. What kind of ‘paths’ does God promise to lead us in?
c. What does that ‘He leadeth me in paths of righteousness mean to you?
d. Further Notice it says… ‘for his names sake’…
*IE.. God’s promise of leadership involves leading us in a way that honors his name…. *What does this mean to you?
2. Psalm 25:9 says ‘He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.’
a. What does it mean to be ‘humble’?
b. How can we exhibit true humility in our lives as it applies to making decisions in our life?
3. When We Ask In Faith For God’s Direction, we literally are asking for Wisdom. Read James 1:5-6 which is a great Biblical promise regarding wisdom. List the promises found in this verse…
4. Another great promise regarding God’s promise to answer when we need direction is found in Matthew 7:7…
a. What does this verse mean to you?
b. Has there ever been a significant moment in your life when you applied this verse and it’s truth really ‘rang home’ for you?
5. Job 33:14; ‘God does speak—sometimes one way and sometimes another—even though people may not understand it.’ (NCV)
*God speaks to us in a variety of ways… His Word… His Teachers… Circumstances to name a few…
1. Do you regularly listen for God to speak?
2. How are some ways God has spoken to you?
6. Read the following verses/passages… Discuss what they mean to you…
Proverbs 4:18
Proverbs 3:5-6
Psalm 27:23-24
Proverbs 12:28
TAKING IT HOME
Psalm 23:3 says, ‘He leadeth me in paths of righteousness for His names sake..’ The Psalmist had a confidence that his Shepherd had a path for his life and that he, the Shepherd, would actively LEAD him in that path…. That that path was a path of RIGHTEOUSNESS… And that the path of righteousness would lead to honoring HIS NAME (The Shepherd). This week, would you turn the path of your life over to the Great Shepherd… The God of The Universe! Trust me, if you will, you will never be sorry for that decision. Place your faith in Him.
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