It’s not hard for me to think about multiple examples of personal failure over my 51 years of life. I can recall so many bad decisions–dumb ones, sinful ones, immature ones, naive ones, rash ones, prideful ones. Like I said, I remember too many. The problem is, leaders have to make multiple decisions all day, every day. The more decisions we need to make, the greater potential there is to make another bonehead decision. So what do we do? Well, you could:
Evidence of Things not Seen
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“While people certainly ought to be thoughtful and informed as they make life’s choices, Christians have something more than this. We have principles to guide us and a sure understanding of the future found in the Bible, the Word of God.God.” - P&D
Knowing the Will of God in Decision-Making: Popular but Suspect Methods
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“The difficulty of walking by faith based on His commands and principles often leads to mysticism taking hold in both the culture and the church, for example in the nature-focused ‘enchantment movement.’ One needn’t dive into ‘enchantment’ to spot popular—yet equally suspect—methods of seeking God’s will” - BJU Seminary
A Change of Field: Wisdom from the Past on If/When It’s Time for a Pastoral Transition
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“These are all reasonable motivations, but how can a man know if/when it’s time to make a change? If God called you to the pastorate at Church A, how could you know if he is now calling you to Church B?” - London Lyceum
A Framework for Evaluating Risk and Reward in Decision-Making
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“Not all decisions are created equal. Understanding what decisions are low-risk can increase the speed of a team. If a leader views all decisions as major decisions, they likely suffer from decision paralysis” - Eric Geiger
Church leadership, decision-making, and free and informed choices
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“Pursuing free and informed choices will benefit leaders, decisions, and the congregation. Let us consider each of these in turn.” - Dave Doran
“I Prayed about It”
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“They asked him, ‘Lord, shall we strike with the sword?’ [Luke 22:39-53] Is it time to fight, Lord? … This is, in essence, a prayer.” - SBC Voices
Does the Holy Spirit tell people things in their thoughts?
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“we have absolute certainty that the Holy Spirit has spoken and is speaking in the Bible, whereas we don’t have the same level of certainty in the other ways in which the Spirit does move, act, and guide” - Ligonier
Why Our Subjective Feelings Need God’s Objective Truth
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“I have seen people make unwise and even catastrophic decisions who told me they prayed and felt good about it.” - Randy Alcorn
J. I. Packer on “Impressions” and God's Guidance
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“The real issue is twofold: what we should expect from God in this regard and what we should do with any invading impressions that come our way.” - Packer
