{"id":867,"date":"2013-09-16T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=867"},"modified":"2025-05-24T14:35:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:35:54","slug":"decision-making-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/decision-making-questions.htm","title":{"rendered":"Decision-Making Questions for Lining Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 20px; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;\"><em>If you have not read the section of the site on Church Purpose, please do so now in order for this practicum to be most helpful to you. Click below:<\/em><br \/>\n<center><strong><a title=\"God's purpose for the Church\" href=\"http:\/\/TrainChurchLeaders.com\/church-purpose.htm\">Church Leadership Basics: God&#8217;s Purpose for the Church<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/div>\n<p>In a previous post, we concluded that <a title=\"Decisions in Light of God &amp; His Purposes\" href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/making-decisions-line-up.htm\">decisions should be made in light of God and His purposes<\/a>. Though by personality, some leaders will have more of a tendency to base decisions on feelings or circumstances, if we want our decision-making to line up with God and His purposes, we need to stop long enough to ask at least some key questions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-877 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/decision-questions.jpg\" alt=\"Decision-Making Questions\" width=\"93\" height=\"97\" \/>Broad question:<\/strong> Does this line up with our church purpose?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Specific questions:<\/strong> Does the decision we&#8217;re leaning toward show love for God and love for people?<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px;\">Decision-making\u00a0Questions to See if We Line up with Our Purpose to Love God:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 14px; padding-left: 25px;\">\n<li>Is what we want to do in congruence with God&#8217;s character?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 25px;\">\n<li>Is this decision consistent with God&#8217;s Word?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 25px;\">\n<li>Will this course of action reflect God&#8217;s heart and ways?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Decision-making that Lines up with Our Purpose to Love People:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 14px; padding-left: 25px;\">\n<li>Does the decision promote the good of the whole and not just my personal agenda?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 25px;\">\n<li>Is the decision based on what will gain the approval of people or what will help them grow in the Lord?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the content on this page the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/steering-church-toward-gods-purposes-leadership-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steering the Church Toward God&#8217;s Purposes Leadership Guide<\/a><\/strong> provides a statement for each of the above questions about how it shows love for God or people with Scripture references to back it up.<\/p>\n<p>For More Help Lining Up with God\u2019s Purposes, Go To:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.org\/church-purpose-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church Purpose Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>All Posts about Decision-Making:<\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/making-decisions-line-up.htm\">Making Decisions That Line Up<\/a><\/li><li class=\"current\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/decision-making-questions.htm\">Decision-Making Questions for Lining Up<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/making-all-decisions.htm\">If You Find Yourself Making All the Decisions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/involved-in-decision-making.htm\">Pluses &#038; Minuses of Getting Others Involved in Decision Making<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/final-decision.htm\">Who Makes the Final Decision?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/stifled-decision-making.htm\">Stifled in Decision-Making?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/rushed-decisions.htm\">Rushed Decisions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/delayed-decisions.htm\">Delayed Decisions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/derailed-decisions.htm\">Derailed Decisions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/retrofitted-decisions.htm\">Retrofitted Decisions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/decisions-power.htm\">Decisions Reveal Faith in God&#8217;s Power?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/decisions-not-ashamed.htm\">Decisions You Don&#8217;t Have to Be Ashamed to Make<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/decisions-examined.htm\">Decisions Examined at Foot of the Cross<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/decisions-humility.htm\">Making Decisions from a Place of Humility<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wise-decisions.htm\">Making Wise Decisions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/decisions-void-legalism.htm\">Making Decisions Void of Legalism<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/foolish-not-to-pray.htm\">Foolish Not to Pray<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/discernment.htm\">Wisdom &#038; 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