Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets - Union Chapel Ministries

The Relationship Question

August 22, 2021 • Gregg Parris • 1 Corinthians 13:5, John 13:34, John 13:35, Galatians 5:22–23, John 13:34–35

John 13:34–35; 1 Corinthians 13:5 Question 1 - The INTEGRITY Question: Am I being honest with myself... really? Question 2 - The LEGACY Question: What story do I want to tell? Question 3 - The CONSCIENCE Question: Is there a tension that deserves my attention? Question 4 - The MATURITY Question: What is the wise thing to do? Question 5 - The RELATIONSHIP Question: What does love require of me? “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” John 13:34 By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another. John 13:35 Jesus followers would demonstrate their devotion to God by putting the person next to them in front of them. Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, Faithfulness, Self-control Galatians 5:22-23

The Maturity Question

August 15, 2021 • Gregg Parris • Ephesians 5:15–16, Proverbs 27:12, James 1:5

Ephesians 5:15–16 Question 1 - The INTEGRITY Question: Am I being honest with myself... really? Question 2 - The LEGACY Question: What story do I want to tell? Question 3 - The CONSCIENCE Question: Is there a tension that deserves my attention? Question 4 - The MATURITY Question: What is the wise thing to do? The prudent see danger and take http://refuge...but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. Proverbs 27:12 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16 Verse 16 - Making the most of every opportunity...because the days are evil. In light of my past experience, my current circumstances, and my future hopes and dreams, what is the wise thing for me to do? If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. James 1:5

The Conscience Question

August 8, 2021 • Gregg Parris • 1 Samuel 24:4–7, Proverbs 27:12, Philippians 4:6–7

The prudent see danger and take refuge but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. Proverbs 27:12 Question 1 - The INTEGRITY Question: Am I being honest with myself... really? Question 2 - The LEGACY Question: What story do I want to tell? Question 3 - The CONSCIENCE Question: Is there a tension that deserves my attention? Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

The Legacy Question

August 1, 2021 • Jeff Hughes • Proverbs 27:12, Genesis 39:8–9, Genesis 41:38–40

“The prudent see danger and take refuge but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.” Proverbs 27:12 Week 1 - The Integrity Question: “Am I being honest with myself? Really?" Week 2 – The Legacy Question: “What story do I want to tell?” Every decision and the outcome of that decision becomes part of your story, which means decision-by-decision you are writing the story of your life. Whenever we’re in an emotionally charged decision-making environment we usually think in terms of our options – not our stories. This is a time to press pause, not play. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” Genesis 39:8-9 So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?” Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.” Genesis 41:38-40 Ask God to help you write a life story that you’ll be proud to tell.

The Integrity Question

July 25, 2021 • Gregg Parris • Proverbs 27:12, 2 Chronicles 36:12, Jeremiah 17:9

The prudent see danger and take refuge but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. Proverbs 27:12 The easiest person to deceive is the person in the mirror. Question One: Am I being honest with myself…really? “The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion... draws all things else to support and agree with it. And though there be a greater number and weight of instances to be found on the other side, yet these it either neglects or despises, or else by some distinction sets aside and rejects.” —Francis Bacon (Seventeenth-century English philosopher) He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet. 2 Chronicles 36:12 The heart is deceitful above all things... Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure…” Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9