• 2 months ago
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00:00Stop.
00:03One of the best decisions you can make when you're feeling an impulse or facing a high-stakes
00:07dilemma is the decision to stop.
00:10Take a time out.
00:12Pray for guidance.
00:14Sleep on it.
00:15Get some godly wisdom from people you trust and picture the possible outcomes.
00:20Then ask yourself, is this something I should stop completely?
00:25Most of us have good intentions or at least some kind of justification for the things
00:29we do.
00:30And yet so many of us seem surprised when we find ourselves a long way from the direction
00:35we want to go.
00:37The big changes in our lives, both negative and positive, rarely happen without a series
00:42of decisions piling on top of each other like never-ending dominoes.
00:47Do you see how stopping can be one of the most productive things we do?
00:51When you stop to take stock of where you are and where you want to go, then you can decide
00:55how to move toward your destination.
00:59What can you stop in order to move you closer to God's divine direction?
01:03Are you doing anything that's taking you in a direction you don't want to go?
01:08What do you need to stop completely?
01:10An addiction to social media, alcohol, porn, approval, or work?
01:16An unhealthy relationship?
01:18A judgmental attitude?
01:20What can you stop in order to move you closer to God's divine direction?
01:25Treat each choice like it's the next stepping stone toward your destination.
01:30When a behavior or relationship takes us in a direction we know is moving farther away
01:34from the story we want to tell, we need to pause not only to consider the consequences
01:40but also to choose to stop traveling in the wrong direction.
01:44You've probably heard the word, repent.
01:48One of its literal meanings is to turn around.
01:51When you repent, you stop heading in one direction and return to God and His path for you.
01:57In this sense, stopping actually means stepping in a new direction.
02:01You might need to step toward accountability, forgiveness, the right friends, or a new place
02:06to live.
02:08Ask yourself, 1.
02:10If I make the choice I'm considering, where could it take me?
02:142.
02:15What can I stop in order to move closer to God's divine direction?