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or.. How to keep your shopping cart from swerving. Making Good Decisions?

How To Make Good Decisions 1. ASK for good counsel

Proverbs 24:6; 20:18 For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in abundance of counselors there is victory. Prepare plans by consultation, And make war by wise guidance.

How To Make Good Decisions 1. ASK for good counsel Good parents

Proverbs 13:1; 12:15 A wise son accepts his father's discipline, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.

How To Make Good Decisions 1. ASK for good counsel Good parents Good teachers Good companions

Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.

How To Make Good Decisions 1. ASK for good counsel Good parents Good teachers Good companions NO ONE KNOWS IT ALL, DON’T BE AFRAID TO SEEK OUT GOOD COUNSEL. ASK.

Proverbs 19:21; 15:22 Many plans are in a man's heart, But the counsel of the LORD will stand. Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed.

How To Make Good Decisions 1. ASK for good counsel 2. APPLY biblical principles

Proverbs 14:12 vs. 16:3 There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Commit your works to the LORD And your plans will be established.

Proverbs 1:20-23 Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square; 21. At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings: 22. "How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge? 23. "Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

How To Make Good Decisions 1. ASK for good counsel 2. APPLY biblical principles 3. ARREST your heart

Proverbs 12:25; 14:30 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad. A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.

Proverbs 24:1, Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; Do not fret because of evildoers Or be envious of the wicked; 20. For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Proverbs 23:17-18 Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the LORD always. 18. Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.

How To Make Good Decisions 1. ASK for good counsel 2. APPLY biblical principles 3. ARREST your heart 4. ADVANCE preparation NEVER SHOP HUNGRY

Romans 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts

How To Make Good Decisions Wrong decision at the right time=mistake Wrong decision at the wrong time=disaster Right decision at the wrong time=unsatisfactory Right decision at the right time=success!

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.

How To Make Good Decisions 1. ASK for good counsel 2. APPLY biblical principles 3. ARREST your heart 4. ADVANCE preparation 5. APART from Jesus you can do nothing

Good choices, happiness, and success, come from trusting oneself to the kind of life that God directs us toward. Good choices, happiness, and success, come from trusting oneself to the kind of life that God directs us toward.