FMF: Decision.

20:12

What I believe in my heart determines the decisions I make.

If I believe I am slow and stupid, my decisions will reflect that and I may decide to avoid something out of fear of failure.

If I believe that I have strength, wisdom and agency, I may decide in favour of a challenge, knowing that I have every chance of success.

What I believe in my heart is also likely to come out of my mouth too, so I might find that people around me agree with the decisions I make, based on what I have told them that I believe.

But what if all I believe is a lie?

Likewise if I believe that God does not really care about me, nor does He personally listen to my prayers, then I will be unlikely to decide to spend my mornings in prayer, and will be unlikely to choose to spend my evening in a prayer group.

If, on the other hand, I believe that I am called and chosen by God to bear good fruit and to make disciples of all nations, I will decide to spend time in prayer and reading His Word. My decisions will be lining up with the Word of God for my life.

And what if all I believe is true?

Similarly what I believe about society, about health, about influence, about children, marriage and about every aspect of life and the world – whatever I believe will influence the decisions I make.

So I decide now to believe God’s Word, to believe that I am who God says I am. Because I believe this I will study and read His Word every day.

I believe that God is good and is all that the Bible says God is.

I believe that Jesus Christ is the way God has shown us to live by, so this is the way I choose to follow.

I have decided to follow Jesus, because I believe that He is the Way, the Truth and is Life.

Most Fridays, I join an online Christian writing community, Five Minute Friday. We are given a one-word prompt and write – unscripted, unedited, pure free-write – for 5 minutes. The prompt this week is DECISION

I do read through my script afterwards to correct obvious mistakes; to check scripture references and to find an appropriate image to illustrate the topic.

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