Transcript Fresh Start 7

“Practical Steps in
Making Good
Decisions ”
Introduction
• Where We’ve Been So Far…
– Making a Comeback after a
Setback
Introduction
• Where We’ve Been So Far…
– Making a Comeback after a Setback
– The Keys to Victorious
Thinking
Introduction
• Where We’ve Been So Far…
– Making a Comeback after a Setback
– The Keys to Victorious Thinking
– How NOT to Make Decisions
Introduction
• Where We’ve Been So Far…
– Making a Comeback after a Setback
– The Keys to Victorious Thinking
– How NOT to Make Decisions
– Dealing with Mixed Messages
of Circumstances
Introduction
• Where We’ve Been So Far…
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Making a Comeback after a Setback
The Keys to Victorious Thinking
How NOT to Make Decisions
Dealing with Mixed Messages of
Circumstances
– Discerning the Will of God
Introduction
• Luke 14:25-35
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• 1 Peter 1:13 (KJV)
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• 1 Peter 1:13
• Overcoming PANIC
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• Making a Worry Chart
Not
Serious
Serious
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• Global Warming/Climate Change
Is GW or CC A Real Problem?
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• Global Warming/Climate Change
Is GW or CC A Real Problem?
No
30%
70%
Yes
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• Global Warming/Climate Change
Is GW or CC A Man-Made Problem?
No
GW/CC
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• Global Warming/Climate Change
Is GW or CC A Man-Made Problem?
No
GW/CC
Not
Man
Made
Definitely Man
Made
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• Global Warming/Climate Change
Can we do anything to fix problem?
No
GW/CC
Not
Man
Made
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• Global Warming/Climate Change
Can we do anything to fix problem?
No
GW/CC
Not
Man
Made
Can’t
Do
Can
Do
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• Global Warming/Climate Change
Will the Results Outweigh the Costs?
No
GW/CC
Not
Man
Made
Can’t
Do
Can Do
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• Global Warming/Climate Change
Will the Results Outweigh the Costs?
Yes
Can’t
Do
Can Do
Too Much – Too
Little Result
No
GW/CC
Not
Man
Made
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• Overcoming Panic
• Make a Worry Chart
Not
Serious
Serious
First Step –
Mental TRIAGE
• 1 Peter 1:13 (NASB)
• Overcoming PANIC
• Using Your Head – Discerning
the Greatest NEED
Choosing the Best
• God Does Not Give Us FEAR
Choosing the Best
• God Does Not Give Us FEAR
• Count the Cost
Conclusion
• First Principles Will
Guide Us
Conclusion
• First Principles Will Guide Us
• The Most Important Principle
– Being Christ’s DISCIPLE
Conclusion
• Coming Up Next:
– Making Good Decisions
Together