08/01/2018
Lifestyle
Decisions
Let me begin by wishing you and your loved ones a very prosperous new year. It is it our hope that 2018 will help us fix a lot of the things we wish to fix. It is in the interest of helping us fix some things that this series is essential. Making great changes to our lives begin with decision making. Making strong and concrete decisions is the bedrock for freedom and joy. So it is important in gaining knowledge about decision making. We know you’ve made some decisions for the year. We want to see how best we can go with those decisions. In this month, we will focus on decisions on the Lifestyle Session. This is a small platform to exhaust all the teachings on decision making. We therefore suggest you get more materials on the subject and gain control over these powerful tool. If you’re ready, let’s start.
Episode 1
Everyone makes decision. Someone once said that failure to make a decision is a decision in itself. And that’s true. Failure to stand by a strong sense of commitment has resulted in many lives walking around without aim, waking up in the morning with no purpose and going back to bed with a wasted day. Inability to make good decisions as an individual have dire consequences on your life, and whatever affects your life, whether private life or public life, will have an impact on your relationships. Some of us are having serious challenges in our relationships because we can’t make our decisions stand out. To be able to run our lives in the directions of our decisions, we need to try and get an understanding of decision.
A decision is a choice or stand you make about something after thinking it about it. To decide, we must think first. In fact, it is the ability to think deeply about an issue that gives the confidence in the choices we make. To think is allow the mind to weigh an issue in relation to past experiences, knowledge, convictions (faith and beliefs). We make a choice out of that. A decision therefore is the conviction you give yourself after thinking about an issue. We are completely responsible for our decisions. Al of our life is hinged on the decisions we make and are about to make. A decision made without thinking and without conviction is usually shallow. A decision made on mere emotional feelings is short-lived. Your decisions must come out of deep thoughts, uninterrupted by any distractions, thought through for the time present and projecting it also into the future. When making a decision, you should not be under pressure of any sort.
Every decision you’ve made for this year will have value if you’ve agreed within yourself that that is the path that holds the important needs of your life. If you’ve compared some things of the past, and you’ve really realized that some things must change, they will only change if you decide and allow the confidence and convictions of that decision to climb up into your entire mind, covering any other thought and driving the energy you have. I keep using the word conviction here because till you’re convinced on something, you can’t use it, because you don’t believe it. You only use what you believe. Decision are not made on what we don’t believe, we always make decisions on what we’ve believed. So the moment you are able to convince yourself that this must change, you’re making room for a decision that can have an effect on your life. Most often we assume that we will make those changes, but they never come because we have not laid a good foundation of conviction. This year, don’t assume. Take responsibility. Be ready to be responsible for the actions and inaction of your mind and thoughts.
If it’s a relationship you’ve to quit, decide and be convinced. If it’s an addiction you want to quit, decide and be convinced within. If it’s a relationship you want to start, be convinced about. If it’s school, job or career, etc., take a concrete decision and make your move.
It is amazing to know that the best decisions come out of meditation, and prayer. You may not be religious, but I want to make you aware that making strong decisions have everything to do with prayer, faith and godliness. In our next episode, we will look at the practical role of God’s word in making decisions that will set us free. Until next week, give time to think through the decisions you’ve made for the year.