Week 1
 
DESCRIPTION
In this series, Pastor Blunt teaches us about the importance of making the right decision in our life. Pastor covers the skill set we need that will help us make right choices. We believe as you read these notes, God's Word is working in and through you.
 
NOTES
-Decisions determine Direction, Direction determines Destination.
-If I don’t have a Destination, if I have indecision, I am wandering.
-A decision is a commitment.
 
Wrong Way To Make Decisions:
-When we are led by our head.
-When we are under pressure.
-When we are in a hurry.
-When we are led by popular opinion.
-When we are led by prophets (prophecy is not for guidance, it is for confirmation).
-When we are led by our feelings.
 
Joel 3:14 AMPC
 
Proverbs 3:5 NLT
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
 
•    God doesn’t lead us through our head, but through our heart.
•    Our heart is our spirit.
•    We need to have our heart right in order to make good decisions.
•    For our decisions to be the best ones, we need to be the best version of ourselves.
 
Proverbs 3:6 NLT
Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.

•    Are the decisions I am making getting me closer to God’s will?
•    When we are seeking His will, He will turn even the wrong decisions to blessings.
 
-The opposite of decision is delay.
-In moments of making a decision, we need to praise the Lord and pray in the spirit.
 
Psalm 32:8 NLT
The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.
 
-God will lead us to the best.
-We need to have faith that God wants the best for us.
-We need to be our best if we want to make the best decisions, so we can receive God’s best.
 
Psalm 37:23-24 AMPC
23 The steps of a [good] man are directed and established by the Lord when He delights in his way [and He busies Himself with his every step].
24 Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord grasps his hand in support and upholds him.
 
-We are still going to make wrong decisions, but we will make less, and we will reframe it and call it lessons and not failures.
 
4 Steps to Make the Right Decisions:
1.    We need to put God first.
2.    We need to let Him be our guide.
3.    Read scriptures for guidance.
4.    Confess the Word.
 
CONFESSIONS
-I will not be led by my head.
-God, today, order my steps, order my thoughts, order my words.
 
GOLDEN NUGGETS
•    Decisions determine Direction, Direction determines Destination.
•    If we have indecision, we are wandering.
•    A decision is a commitment.
•    For our decisions to be the best ones, we need to be the best version of ourselves.

Week 2

DESCRIPTION
This week Pastor Blunt teaches about the importance of making the right decisions in our lives. Pastor covers the skillset we need that will help us make the right choices. We believe as you read these notes God's word is working in and through you.
 
NOTES
-Decisions determine direction, direction determines destination
-If I don’t have a destination, if I am in indecision, I am wondering
-Decision is commitment
-We shouldn't make decisions:
-When we are led by our head
-When we are under pressure
-When we are in a hurry and tired
-When we are led by popular opinion
-When we are led by prophets (prophecy is not for guidance, is for confirmation)
-When we are led by our feelings
 
Joel 3:14 AMPC
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
•    We must make decisions every day
 
Proverbs 3:5 NLT
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
 
•    God doesn’t lead us through our head, but through our Heart
•    The right decisions will lead you in the right direction
•    We need to have our heart right to make good decisions
•    For our decisions to be the best and have God’s best, we need to be the best version of ourselves
 
We are a 3-part being
1.    Our body has a voice: feelings (we shouldn’t be led by feelings).
2.    Our soul has a voice: reasoning and logic (we need to be reasonable and logical, but if we want to fulfill our destiny we can’t be led by it).
3.    Our heart has a voice: conscience (this is how God talks to us).
 
Proverbs 3:6
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.

•    Are the decisions I am making getting me closer to God’s will?
•    When we are seeking His will, even wrong decisions God will turn them into blessings
 
-The opposite of decision is a delay
 
-In moments of decision, we need to praise the Lord and pray in the Spirit
 
Acts 24:16 KJV
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offense toward God, and toward men.
-We need a clear conscience so our heart and spirit can hear
-Anger won’t let you have a clear conscience
   
John 2:5 NKJV
His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”
 
-The way to obtain a miracle is to do whatever God tells us to do
 
Luke 8:15
And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted people who hear God’s word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest.
-In the parable of the seed, the ground represents the heart. There are 4 types of ground and only one received the seed. Only 1 out of 4 had a right heart
-We need to have a good and honest heart

Hebrews 13:18
Keep praying for us, for we are convinced that we have a good (clear) conscience, that we want to walk uprightly and live a noble life, acting honorably and in complete honesty in all things.
•    Good=honest
 
Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT)
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24Point out anything in me that offends you,
    and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
 
-If we offend God he will still love us but will hold his favor, this is why we need to know
-We can do this prayer daily to keep our heart honest and good
How to make the right decision:
1.    Put God first.
2.    Make him your guide.
3.    Read scripture for guidance.
4.    Make daily confessions/affirmations.
5.    Protect your heart.
 
 CONFESSIONS
-I will not be led by my head
-God, today, order my steps, order my thoughts, order my words
-My times are in your hand
GOLDEN NUGGETS
•    Decisions determine direction, direction determines destination
•    If we are in indecision, we are wandering
•    Decision is commitment
•    For our decisions to be the best ones, we need to be the best versions of ourselves

Week 3

DESCRIPTION
This week Pastor Blunt teaches us about the importance of making the right decisions in our life. Pastor covers the skillset we need that will help us make the right choices. We believe as you read these notes God's word is working in and through you.
 
NOTES
-We make decisions every day and we don’t want to just make good decisions but Godly decisions.
-We need to make decisions that align with God’s plan for our life
•    We will make the wrong decisions, but the goal is to make less
•    We can miss Gods will when we make decisions with our head and not our heart, but God can turn our wrong decisions into blessings.
 
 Proverbs 3:5 NLT
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
 
•    God doesn’t lead us through our head, but through our Heart
•    It doesn’t say don’t use your head, it says don’t depend on it
•    We need to make DIVINELY DIRECTED DECISIONS.
 
We are a 3-part being
1.    Our body has a voice: feelings (we shouldn’t be led by feelings)
2.    Our soul has a voice: reasoning and logic (we need to be reasonable and logical, but if we want to fulfill our destiny we can’t be led by it).
3.    Our Spirit has a voice: conscience (this is how God talks to us). We can ignore our conscience and override because it will be harder to make the right choice. Our conscience is a deep small voice.
 
 Proverbs 3:6
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.

•    God’s will is for us to have a blessed, functional, no regret, no sickness life
•    We need to make decisions that help us move in His will
•    Are the decisions I am making getting me closer to God’s will?
•    When we are seeking His will, even wrong decisions God will turn them into blessings
 
Acts 24:16 KJV
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offense toward God, and toward men.
 
-Exercise=discipline
•    A clean conscience is someone who has a blameless heart
•    We need to have the discipline to refuse to go to bed angry, to live offended, so we can have a clear conscience
•    We need to exercise daily on having a blameless heart (we can be offended but not stay offended
•    We need to stop fixing the blame and star fixing the problem
John 2:5 NKJV
His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”

•    We are on a miracle land, where we can’t but God can
•    The way we obtain a miracle is by doing everything God tells us to do, that’s why we need to hear him first
 
Luke 8:15
And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted people who hear God’s word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest.

-In the parable of the seed, the ground represents the heart. There are 4 types of ground and only one received the seed. Only one out of four had a right heart
-We need to have a good and honest heart

Hebrews 13:18
Keep praying for us, for we are convinced that we have a good (clear) conscience, that we want to walk uprightly and live a noble life, acting honorably and in complete honesty in all things.

•    Good=honest
 
Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT)
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
 
-If we offend God he will still love us but will hold his favor, this is why we need to know
-We can do this prayer daily to keep our heart honest and good
How to make the right decision:
1.    Put God first.
2.    Make him your guide.
3.    Read scripture for guidance.
4.    Make daily confessions/affirmations.
5.    Protect your heart.
 
CONFESSIONS
-I will not be led by my head
-God, today, order my steps, order my thoughts, order my words
-My times are in your hand

GOLDEN NUGGETS
•    Decisions determine direction, direction determines destination
•    If we are in indecision, we are wandering
•    Decision is commitment
•    For our decisions to be the best ones, we need to be the best versions of ourselves

Week 4
 
DESCRIPTION
In this teaching, Pastor Blunt continues teaching us about the importance of making the right decisions in our life. God will guide us through His Word, through an inner witness and through the fruit of the Spirit. We believe as you read these notes God's Word is working in and through you.
 
NOTES
-Decisions determine Direction, Direction determines destination.
-Every day we have to make a decision. We don’t want to make a good decision but a Godly decision.
-We need to make decisions that align with God’s plan for our life.

•    We will make wrong decisions, but the goal is to make less.
•    We can miss God’s will when we make decisions with our head and not our heart. But God can turn our wrong decisions into blessings.

Proverbs 3:5 NLT
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
 
•    God doesn’t lead us through our head, but through our heart.
 
WE ARE A THREE-PART BEING

1.    Our body has a voice: feelings (we shouldn’t be led by feelings).
2.    Our soul has a voice: reasoning and logic (we need to be reasonable and logical, but if we want to fulfill our destiny we can’t be led by them).
3.    Our spirit has a voice: conscience (this is where God talks to us). We can ignore our conscience and override it, but it will be harder to make the right choice. Our conscience is a deep small voice.
 
•    It doesn’t say don’t use your head. It says don’t depend on it. Don’t let it be the final factor.
•    We need to make decisions that will put us in the center of His will.
 
Psalms 25:9 AMP
He leads the humble in what is right, and the humble He teaches His way.
 
-He only leads the humble.
-We want an honest, humble and sensitive heart.
-We need God to sanctify our ego.
-E.G.O (edging God out).
-A humble heart asks for God’s way, and not our way.
-People with a dishonest heart will never find God’s will for them.
 
Proverbs 3:6
Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.
 
•    God’s will is that we have a blessed, functional, no regret, no sickness life.
•    We need to make decisions that help us move in His will.
•    Are the decisions I am making getting me closer to God’s will?
•    When we are seeking His will, God will turn into blessings our wrong decisions.
 

3 WAYS GOD LEADS US:
 
1.    Through the Word
•    Every decision we make needs to agree with His word and move you closer to Him.
•    Good success comes when we are in His Word. Joshua 1:8
 
2.    Through an inner witness
•    Holy Spirit talks to our spirit, and our spirit talks to us through our conscience. Romans 8:18
 
3.   Through the fruit of the spirit
•    The fruit of the spirit is the character of Christ.
•    All our decisions need to align with the fruit of the Spirit.
•    Our decisions need to have love, peace, joy…

Jeremiah 42:1-6-7
 
Verse 6
-They were willing to do anything God told them. That is humility.
 
Verse 7
-This talks about patience which is a fruit of the Spirit.
 
WHAT TO DO IN THE WAITING
 
1.    Ask for an answer.
2.    Expect God to answer.
3.    Check your heart for an inner witness.
4.    Wait until you get the answer.
5.    Thank God for the answer.
 
CONFESSIONS:

-I will not be led by my head.
-God, today, order my steps, order my thoughts, order my words.
-My times are in Your hands.
 
GOLDEN NUGGETS:

•    The condition of our heart determines the choices we will make.
•    Decisions determine Direction, Direction determines Destination.
•    We need to stop fixing the blame and start fixing the problem.
•    For our decisions to be the best ones, we need to be the best version of ourselves.

Week 5
 
DESCRIPTION
In this teaching, Steve Himmel finishes our series “How to Make the Right Decisions”.  We learned three steps we can take when we don’t know what to do or what decision to make. We believe as you read these notes God's Word is working in and through you.
 
NOTES
Our destiny is connected to our decisions.
We need to make decisions that align with God’s plan.

•    If we are not happy where we are or where we are headed, we can change our decisions.
•    God can make a new road to make up for our bad decisions.
•    Proverbs 3:5 NLT
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
•    We are still using our mind, but we will not depend on it.
 
WE ARE A THREE-PART BEING:

1.    Our body has a voice: feelings (we shouldn’t be led by feelings).
2.    Our soul has a voice: reasoning and logic (we need to be reasonable and logical, but if we want to fulfill our destiny we can’t be led by them).
3.    Our spirit has a voice: conscience (this is where God talks to us).  We can ignore our conscience and override it, but then it will be harder to make the right choice. Our conscience is a deep small voice.
 
We need an honest and humble heart.
The condition of our heart determines the quality of our decisions.
 
Proverbs 3:6
Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.
 
-If we don’t make decisions we can get stuck in stagnation which leads to depression.
-God will make our bad decisions work in our favor.
-God wants to fight our battles for us, but we need to make sure our head doesn’t override our heart.

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO?

In 2 Chronicles 10 we see the story of what we should do when we don’t know what to do.

HERE ARE THREE STEPS:
 
1.    Make a choice to increase your praise life.
a.    Praise for Who He is
b.    Praise Him for what He is doing
c.    Praise Him for what He will do

2.    Pray in the Spirit.
a.    Romans 8:26-28
b.    When we pray in the Spirit we pray God’s perfect will

3.    Ask for wisdom.
a.    James 1:6-7
b.    Expect it to be granted
CONFESSIONS:

-I will not be led by my head.
-God, today, order my steps, order my thoughts, order my words.
-My times are in your hands.
 
GOLDEN NUGGETS:
•    The condition of our heart determines the choices we will make.
•    Decisions determine Direction; Direction determines Destination.
•    We need to stop fixing the blame and start fixing the problem.
•    For our decisions to be the best ones, we need to be the best version of ourselves.