At some point, everyone faces a decision about their future. If you’re human, you have that moment in time where you froze thinking if you chose wrong, you’d end up like those looking for the holy grail before Indiana Jones came along. In this episode, Bethany Barr Phillips discusses the challenges of making decisions in life, and fleshes out indecision and no decision. Drawing from the allegory of Pilgrim's Progress, she explores the journey of faith and the necessity of making choices that align with God's will.

Whether you’re worried you’ll ruin your life or don’t trust the next right thing, this episode will challenge you to move forward with what’s in front of you.

Takeaways

• God wants us to take action in our current season.
• Making a decision reveals the level of our trust in God.
• We cannot ruin our lives with a single decision if it honors God.
• Making a decision is not God’s cruel way of testing you to see if you’re listening good enough. Sometimes, making a decision reveals just how much you really trust Him.
• Any Godly decision about your life will not cause you to go outside of God’s word or live outside of God’s word.

Four Questions to Make a Decision:

1 - What does His Word say?

2 - What are my motives?

3 - Have I saught counsel?

4 - Will this decision point people to Jesus?

Chapters

00:00 - The Challenge of Decision-Making

01:31 - Understanding the Christian Journey

04:45 - God's Guidance in Decision-Making

06:29 - The Fear of Ruining Your Life

08:13 - Four Steps to Making the Right Decision

13:40 - Conclusion and Encouragement

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