Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets

The first question for better decisions is the integrity question: am I being honest with myself, really? This message explores why we are so easily deceived by our own hearts, and how truth telling friends, wise advice, accountability, and prayer help us answer honestly, because hearing the truth hurts less than living a lie.

Every decision writes a sentence in the story of our lives. This message explores the legacy question, which asks what story we want to tell, how thinking about later now keeps us from trading what is ultimate for what is immediate, and how Joseph's choices show that our stories shape the stories of others.

Those moments of discomfort and hesitation before a decision are often God's way of getting our attention. This message explores the conscience question, which asks whether there is a tension that deserves our attention, and challenges us to pay attention to the tension instead of dismissing the subtle nudges of God, because tension is not the enemy; ignoring it is.

Just because you can does not mean you should. This message explores the maturity question, which asks what the wise thing to do is, exposing the misleadingly dangerous questions we usually ask instead, like what is quickest, what feels good, and what everyone else is doing, and pointing us to the wisdom of Proverbs for decisions that truly matter.

The world asks what is in it for me, but Jesus flips that script entirely. This message explores the relationship question, which asks what love requires, showing from John 13 and 1 Corinthians 13 that followers of Jesus demonstrate their devotion to God by putting the person next to them in front of them.