3 MAJOR DECISIONS YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE

I tucked my kids to bed tonight.

We usually have devotions before they go to bed.

Our topic tonight was making major decisions.

I told them that in life, they will be making 3 major ones.

These are the 3 that I told them.

1. WHO WILL YOU SERVE?

Will you serve Jesus, self or the devil?

Joshua challenged God’s people, “choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve … But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” (Joshua 24:15).

This is the first and most important decision you’ll ever make.

And this is one decision you cannot keep putting off.  Remember, not deciding is a decision. You’ve decided not to accept Him into your life. We are either for Him or against Him.  There’s no middle ground.

2. HOW WILL YOU SERVE?

I told my kids that they will have to make a decision how they’ll serve Jesus.

It doesn’t necessarily mean being in full-time ministry as a pastor or a missionary because you can serve Him wherever you are – in athletics, the arts, banking, insurance industry… as in WHEREVER.

Serving Him is not a matter of location but posture of the heart.

3. WITH WHOM WILL YOU SERVE HIM?

I told them that this will be a million years from now. Haha!

But I did say that they will get married one day and making this decision of with whom they’ll serve Jesus with is a critical one.

So I laid my hands on them and prayed for their future spouses – that as early as now, God would prepare the person they’ll spend the rest of their lives with as much as God is preparing them too.

But again, that will still be a million years from now.



9 responses to “3 MAJOR DECISIONS YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE”

  1. after reading this blog it made me smile, sounds so familiar. my mom would always tell us that her top 2 prayers are; 1. her children will become successful in their chosen field , 2. praying for her children’s future spouses. she even told me to pray for my future spouse when i was still in in high school…that time it sounds so wierd. but now i realized it should be… thanks mom!

  2. Great lessons Pastor Paolo, especially coming from a dad. Thanks for sharing 🙂

  3. Wahaha kuya pao, natawa ako sa third! Tatay talaga. Hahaha if one can only stop them from growing.:1 I keep asking Keon if I can still make lambing even if he’s a big boy na. He keeps saying yes naman… for now. Hehe

  4. thank you for the wonderful reminder pastor pao! how awesome to pray for your children’s spouses even now… even if it’s in “a millions years” pa LOL

  5. I just ran into this site thru topblogs.com.ph. I love it, because just like you, I also write about faith and family (among other things). I worship at CCF in Cagayan de Oro. I’m friends with the Victory youth pastor there, Pastor Job Wahiman (I dunno if you know him).

    Anyway, keep up the great work, brother. May God continue to bless the work of your hands.

  6. @Carlo. Thanks for dropping by my site.

    Yes i know Job Wahiman. He’s getting married to one of our worship lea We just had dinner with them a few weeks ago. We’re standing as principal sponsors in their wedding.

    Small world. Great to meet you Carlo. Hope to meet you personally one day. Great site by the way. keep blogging. great insights.

  7. Hi Pastor Paolo! This is a great post. I was a Kids church volunteer a few years ago at the Fort until I migrated to the US. Now I am the youth leader at our church here. Is it ok if I share this as a lesson with the youth? Thank you!

  8. @lanz. Sure! Which church and city are you now in?

  9. Thanks again Pastor! I go to Cross Tower Ministries (CTM) Carson, Ca

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