Making Godly Choices

advertisement
Youth Congress
Hidden Paradise, Cebu City
April 8-12, 2010
Objectives
1. To give GLORY to GOD
2. To be able to know that there is more benefits
than we think if we only make godly choices.
3. To maximize the days and time of our lives by
making godly choices.
4. To minimize the negative impact of life’s
intricacies through making godly choices.
What is ‘Godly Choices’?
MAKING
‘GODLY
CHOICES’
Genesis 2:15-17
MAKING
‘GODLY
CHOICES’
The real names and setting of these stories are kept in high confidentiality to
protect their personal identities...
MAKING
‘GODLY
CHOICES’
Achan & His Family
( Joshua 7:20-22)
1. What is the context or setting of the story ?
2. What was the opportunity then?
3. What did Achan choose?
MAKING
‘GODLY
CHOICES’
David & Batsheba
(2Samuel 11:1-26)
1. What is the context or setting of the story?
2. What was the opportunity then?
3. What did David choose?
MAKING
‘GODLY
CHOICES’
1. Can you note some causes that leads to ungodly
choices?
a. Compulsiveness
b. Over-relax (When your ‘guards’ are down)
c. Absence of adviser
d. Unmindful of God’s presence rather than reflective attitude in the
with God.
2. Basing on the two stories, do you note of common
consequences of wrong choices?
a. The Israelites losses the battle in Ai. (Joshua 7: 3-5)
b. David’s kingdom was in trouble.. Absalom his son goes against him by
Absalom slept with David’s wives before the sight of all Israel.
(2Sam12:11-12; 16:22)
Why Make Godly Choices?
For HIS GLORY
Everyone who is called by my name
whom I created for my glory
whom I formed and made.
Isaiah 43:7
Why Make Godly Choices?
We are
HIS WITNESSES
...So that the man of God may be
equipped for every good works.
(2 Timothy 3: 16-17)
Why Make Godly Choices?
We are HIS
SERVANT
Then the Lord said to Satan, Have you
considered my servant Job? There is no
one in earth like him; he is blameless and
upright, a man who fears God and shuns
evil. ...And he still maintains his integrity,
though you incite me against him to ruin
him without any reason.
Job 1:8; 2:3
Why Make Godly Choices?
We are HIS
SOLDIERS
No one serving as a soldier gets involve
in civilian affairs-He wants to please
his COMMANDING OFFICER.
1 Timothy 2:4
Download