Choose

Index to this series of features.

This series is open. New material may continue to be added at the top of the index

Choose to Be Content

Godliness with contentment is great gain... if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 
1 Timothy 6

Choose to Forgive

Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Matthew 6:12

Choose to Praise

I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. Psalm 7:17

Choose to Put Others First

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Phil 2:3

Choose to Have a Positive Outlook

Jesus invites us to be of good cheer, to take heart, to have courage.

Choose to Wait

Choosing to wait on the Lord sets us free in marvellous ways to enter into deeper levels of spiritual reality.

Choose to Trust

As we choose to trust, we do so recognizing that God has a great purpose in all things.

Choose to Be Righteous

True righteousness opens the door to spiritual power which we can't imagine.

Choose to Be Humble

Humility arises from a realistic view of oneself, particularly in relation to God.

Choose to Be Pure

Purity is God's standard for us. choose it for your blessing. Ignore it at your peril.

Choose to Deny Yourself

When we choose to deny ourselves we move forward in our spiritual development and into a deeper relationship with God.

Choose to Obey

When we choose to obey we take a giant step forward down the path toward spiritual maturity.

Choose to Be Thankful

Choosing to be thankful indicates our submission to God and acknowledges His lordship in our lives.

Choose to Bless Others

The scriptural command to bless others is not about blessing those in our natural or spiritual families, it is to bless our enemies.

Choose to Be True to Yourself

What makes you you? Is it what you believe or what you say or how you behave?

Choose to Keep Growing Spiritually

Our human nature prompts us to be content, but spiritual maturity is a process which keeps driving us along.

Choose to Avoid Sin

Sin is so pervasive both inside and outside of us that we need to consciously choose to avoid it.

Choose to Move Toward Others in Love

God’s word calls us to move toward others in love, not to withdraw from them and not to move toward them in hostility.

Choose to Be Victorious Over Temptation

Thank God that our spiritual victory doesn’t depend on us, but on the One who saved us in the first place.

Choose to Respond Positively

We are likely to find it impossible to respond positively toward others unless we are first doing so in regard to the Spirit of God.

Choose to Learn

Whether it’s a child staring down the garden peas on her plate, or a senior with a cell-phone in hand, they will learn something from the experience.

Choose to Be Generous

As followers of Jesus, it is appropriate to reflect His generosity to those around us regardless of the level of material resources we possess.

Choose to Live in Peace

Though God always cares for us, we only experience the benefit of that care when we surrender to Him everything that might possibly make us anxious.

Choose to Live in God's Presence

The key to consciously living in God’s presence is to train the mind to remember the fact.

Choose to Believe

What we believe is based on a choice. That choice is based on Truth. That Truth is the person of Jesus. And Jesus is the Son of God.

Choose to Live

We can choose to go through physical life in a state of spiritual death, or we can reconnect with God and find spiritual life.

Choose to Surrender

There are two aspects of our salvation to be appreciated: Christ died for our sin and we died with Christ on the cross.

Choose to Enjoy

I’ve been trying to increase my awareness of things to enjoy, and I’m finding lots - too many to even start listing here.

Choose to Choose

If life were a line drawing, the points along the line would consist of all the choices we’ve made.