How Our Choices Create Our Future.

Deuteronomy 30:19; 2 Peter 3:9; Galatians 6:7-8; Romans 8:2; Joshua 24:15; 2 Chronicles 7:14; 2 Corinthians 6:16-17; James 3:10; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Isaiah 50:7, 59:19; 1 Samuel 15:22-24; Matthew 7:3; Joshua 5:13; Revelation 3:15-16; Joshua 3:11; Exodus 20:3; Malachi 3:8-9; Philippians 4:19; 1 Chronicles 4:10

We are walking in today:  How Our Choices Create Our Future.

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.  The freedom to make our own choices is very important.  No matter what our own choices are today, they are ultimately creating our future--because every choice that we make will either cause us to be blessed or cursed.  Another way to put it--things will either get better or worst for us.  All choices have consequences.  These consequences will be for our betterment or will work to destroy us.  We also face temptations that we must resist with the Word of God.  The consequences of some choices are more deadly than others.  When we rebel against God and choose our own way, we are choosing a path of destruction that will ultimately end in hell.  Because of God's love and mercy to humanity, most of our choices do not have immediate results.  Thank You Lord for Your mercy!!  We don't get all that we have earned by our choices!!  We are all given a time to repent and find the Lord and His ways.  We may all get away with sinning for awhile; however in time we will reap what we have sown.  2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.  Galatians 6:7-8 7) Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8) For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.  We might look upon human beings as this way, each of us is a spirit who has a soul and lives in a body.  The will is how we exercise our freedom of choices.  God gave man this freedom when He created Adam.  God will not violate our free wills and make us do the right thing, nor will He make choices for us.  We can choose His way, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ.  Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.  We can choose the way of self--which really is the devils way, the law of sin and death.  We must crucify the old man. When something is crucified, it is put to death.  Every Christan needs the things of his old nature to be put to death in order for the life of God to permeate the whole person.  We have been given the power through the Holy Spirit to overcome sin in our lives.  We can choose to obey God and He will empower us to overcome every sin.  What choices have you made that's affecting your future, fiveamprayer?
God came with a word of choices create our future, this morning.  The situation that we are in, is because of our choices.  He has given us free will and He will not violate that.  Obedience is better than sacrifice.  Why are we suffering in that thing?  Because of our past choices have created our current future.  We are to take off the old man and walk as Christ walked--no matter how we feel.  We serve the Living God.  As Deuteronomy 30:19 says, He sets before us life and death, we get to choose.  So are we choosing heaven or hell?  It is time for a self check--how are you lining up with His word?  Are you still sitting in that situation, that God would not have you in?!  It is your choices.  Who are you serving--the Lord or your flesh?  Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.  Fiveamprayer, where do you stand?  Who is on the Lord's side?  Exodus 32:26  Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.  God is calling us to go up higher.  Those old fleshly ways can not come up with you!!  Get rid of those wicked, worldly ways.  He is calling us into His righteousness,we don't have it ourselves, but He is showing us how to be more and more like Him in His word.  Following His earthy example we can line up with God's plan for our lives.  We have to be obedient--don't move before God says.  Or we must stay when God says stay.  We have set down our will for His, so we must be obedient to His word.  Now is the time to line up with God instead of the flesh!!  That is why He had us walking in trust all of last week.  When you are really putting your trust in something, you are not constantly deciding from moment to moment.  When you are trusting, you have made a decision and are holding to that choice.  He has already proven to us that He is more than able and willing to deliver on His promises.  So will you choose to trust Him?!  Thank You Lord for letting us know to be still and be quiet.  We are to only line up with the Holy Spirit, that is residing on the inside of us.  Not to go our own way--the way of the world--confusion, distress, and deceit.   Psalm 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.  Thank You for who You are Lord!  Fiveamprayer, what are you gonna choose?  God's way or your way--destruction?  He will forgive us if we turn from our wicked ways!  2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.  Keep walking in His word, no matter what it looks like.  Trust God.  Stand on His word.  Line up with the Lord.  Choose God.  He is calling us up higher--2 Corinthians 6:16-17 16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.  We must seek Him daily, in His word and in prayer.  He is trying to bless us and we are hindering our blessing with our choices.  He is holding the answer, but you won't seek Him!?  Don't make yourself, god.  He will not violate your will, but He will forgive every sin when you repent and turn from your wicked ways.  What are you choosing to do that is not lining up with God's word?  No matter what it looks like--stand on His word.  Some of us are choosing to live with someone and are not married.  We can not live our lives, not lining up with His word.  There are others of us that are stepping outside of the marriage--that is adultery.  Sleeping with someone and not married--is fornication.  That is not lining up with His word!!  Just as we are not to bless and curse with the same mouth, we are not to live in the world and live according to the word only when it suits us.  James 3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.  What is your mindset?  Are you casting down imaginations?  2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.  Fiveamprayer have you set your face like flint already decided and trusting your life to Him totally?  Isaiah 50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.  Are you standing on the standard?  Isaiah 59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.  He has given us so many scriptures that He will keep and bless us, according to lining up to His word.  Are our choices seeking to please others, ourselves, or God?!  1 Samuel 15:22-24 22) And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23) For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 24) And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.  What voice are you listening to, fiveamprayer?!  The voice of life or the voice of death.  What will you choose, what have you already chosen?!  What are you doing that is all out of line with His word?!  Are you lying, or gossiping?  Repent and turn from those ways of the world!!  Now is the time to get back in line with His word!!  You do know that God can read your mind and our hearts?  We have to repent!!  David messed up and repented, he was a man after God's own heart.  He would go back and get it right with God.  That is what we need to do--go get right with God.  Before we point out where everyone else is wrong--Matthew 7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Fiveamprayer, are you choosing to stay in that dead relationship?  Are you going against God, not standing on His word, trusting Him?  What and who ever is not on the Lord's side--is against Him.  Joshua 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?  Don't straddle the fence--like many of us are.  Revelation 3:15-16 15) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16) So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.  What side are you on?!  This is a hard word--but we have to look at our choices.  Did you move when God said?  Did you stay when God said to stay?  He is calling us up higher!  Hallelujah God!  What choices are you making?  How can He take us higher, when you ain't going no where in that thing--just sitting there in that dead thing!!  That is why He had us walk in a week of trusting Him.  We have been called out onto the deep water--in our trust and blind faith in Him, we are walking on water!!  Fiveamprayer, trust Him in your ministry, in your marriage, with your children--in everything!  You have got a choice to make and your life depends on it!  What are you gonna choose?  He will not violate your will, He is looking for you to submit your will and take up His will.  He will convict you until you line up with His word.  How are so many saints going around gossiping and not praying for the pastor?    How many blessings are being blocked because of our choices?!  There is still time to turn from wicked ways.  He will hear from heaven.  Why not pray for that brother or sister instead of talking about them?!  What are you choosing to do?  God is doing a new thing. This word is for each of us on this line!  Line up with His word!!  Now that you are exposed for what you really are, what are you gonna do?!  Looking all good on Sunday, but are you right with God?  Are you looking all good on the inside?  Look to God, He will show you how to get cleaned up in His word.  Joshua 3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.  The children of Israel were to follow God over the Jordan, into the promised land.  They were to make ready and prepare themselves for going over.  Fivamprayer that is what God is doing, getting us cleaned up so that we can go over.  We can't just go in any kind of way.  Our Lord does not just accept anything!  What kind of choices are you making?  Stop looking at others, look at yourself!  Adultery, fornication, lying--what ever it is, that is our of order with God, stop it!!  Stop trying to be your own god.  Running around crucifying others but still not doing what God asked you to do!  God is a jealous God, we can serve no other!  Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.  Thank You for this real word this morning, Lord.  What are you doing. fiveamprayer?  God is calling heaven and earth as witness against us, that He has given us a choice and some of us have chosen death, by our choices.  Jesus came to set things right but we still have to choose.  There is still time, turn from wicked ways.  Thank You Holy Spirit.  Obedience is better than sacrifice.  It is time--all the signs are there, God has been talking to us.  But why are you sitting in a mess, waiting for God to bless something that is out of order?!  We need to get it right with God, first!  Choose this day who ye will serve, fiveamprayer! What choices are you making?!  The Lord can still use you, even with your choices not lining up with His word.  Do you really want what you are doing to be recorded in the book?  Choose this day, who ye will serve!  Your choices create your future.  Hallelujah God!  We have got to trust Him--it is our choice to make.  Our walk in trust last week was to strengthen us to make this choice.  Thank You Lord!  He is our provider, not the money.  The money that He is blessing you with is not being used as He said, tithing, offerings, sowing/seed.  That is how there is lack sitting up in saint's houses.  Malachi 3:8-9 8) Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9) Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.  Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.  We have His word that He provides for us.  He is looking for our first fruits.  But you say if I tithe, I can't pay this bill--well what are you trusting in?  The money or the Lord!?  What is your choice?  Time to line up with the Lord in all areas.  It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer!  He is so worthy!  He brings us a hard word, but He is still worthy of all of the praise.  We will think about this one all day today.  What do we do against God in our choices?  Our will is not taken away, we must submit to Him.  Every choice creates our future.  We lift up fiveamprayer, what are you choosing to do?  Lord, help us to make the right choices--not our will but Thy will be done!  We lift up prayer requests, those known and unknown, have them to say, nevertheless, Thy will be done!  We come asking for forgiveness for the choices that we have made and continue to stand in.  Thank You for forgiving us with no condemnation and casting our sins into the sea, remembered no more.  Repent for  what you have said and done.  Lord, help us to let it go, and no longer walk in the guilt of it.

We seal this prayer in His precious blood:  1 Chronicles 4:10  And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

Welcome to the overflow...
Jabez choose to make another request, fiveamprayer, let's do the same.  "Lord help us to walk as You, direct our feet, our thoughts and our words." We have to be in line with His word.   Deuteronomy 5:32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.  Walk in His word, He is a loving God.  The choices we make create our future.  Take some time out to read these scriptures for yourself.  Have a blessed day.

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