Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Choices: What Does God Say
    Choices: What Does God Say
    Choices: What Does God Say
    Ebook109 pages1 hour

    Choices: What Does God Say

    By Beverly Hammett

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    We are people of choice! From the time we get up in the morning until we go to bed at night, we are making choices. Why do we have to make choices anyway? Why did not God just make us all robots, programmed in what He wanted, and set us on our way? God didn't make us that way, because He loved us. He made us with a free will, which allows us to make choices in our life to dictate how our life will be.

    In this Bible study for Christian women, we will look at the different choices we face in life—whether they are physical, mental, or spiritual. We will also look at what God has to say about our choices, and how to make wise, Godly choices. At the end of each chapter, you will find a study guide with questions and things to do. These questions and activities will help you to personalize the lessons learned for your own life. My prayer is that you will recognize that the choices you make today will affect not only your life and future, but also will affect many others. May God help us to make wise, Godly choices that will be pleasing to Him!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDouglas Hammett
    Release dateSep 16, 2011
    ISBN9780866452755
    Choices: What Does God Say
    Author

    Beverly Hammett

    Beverly Hammett is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She and her husband, Douglas Hammett, have been married for 37 years, and the Lord has blessed them with 4 children and 7 grandchildren. Since Beverly grew up in a pastor's home, and her husband was already a pastor when she married him, she is well acquainted with the blessings as well as the problems of being a pastor's wife, and also of the ministry. Recently her life has taken on a whole new direction and focus. After serving at Lehigh Valley Baptist Church in Emmaus, PA, for 23 years, her husband stepped aside from his position as Senior Pastor in October, 2010. The position of Senior Pastor was given to their oldest son, Roland Hammett, and the church then sent Douglas and Beverly as missionaries to the country of Botswana, Africa. So now she gets to learn how to be a missionary's wife! Beverly loves to read, to cook, to go on walks with her husband, and to spend time with her children and grandchildren. The books she has written are a compilation of her experiences and lessons learned during 37 years of serving as a pastor's wife.

    Read more from Beverly Hammett

    Related to Choices

    Related ebooks

    Christianity For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Who made GOD?

      Jun 16, 2023

      I have had many secularists mock me as a Christian for believing in an eternal God. They’ve grinned and asked me the question, “So, who made God?” They then claim that it doesn’t make sense to believe in an eternal God. The Bible makes it clear tha

      4 min read

    • Article

      Rooted In God’s Love

      Feb 10, 2023

      Rooted In God’s Love
      5 min read

    • Article

      Actively Seek the Lord

      Jan 16, 2021

      Actively Seek the Lord
      1 min read

    • Article

      God’s Provision

      Nov 16, 2020

      God’s Provision
      1 min read

    • Article

      8 Tips For Fresh Start In 2023

      Dec 30, 2022

      What a wonderful opportunity to have a new beginning every year, a fresh start. I am not talking about New Year’s resolutions – those good things that we should do, but that we all know that we never actually end up doing. Let us do something differe

      3 min read

    • Article

      IN A LEAGUE of HER OWN

      Feb 12, 2021

      IN A LEAGUE of HER OWN
      7 min read

    • Article

      Introduction

      Jan 16, 2021

      Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. HEBREWS 12:2 NIV I’VE ALWAYS THOUGHT of Lent as a new beginning—

      1 min read

    • Article

      Designing a Godly Marriage

      Feb 11, 2022

      Designing a Godly Marriage
      3 min read

    • Article

      A Prayer for October

      Sep 19, 2020

      A Prayer for October
      10 min read

    • Article

      Feed Him Healthy

      Dec 7, 2021

      Feed Him Healthy
      3 min read

    • Article

      Letters To The EDITOR

      Feb 11, 2022

      Dear readers, we love to hear your thoughts on the stories that we publish, what is going on around the world, and what the Lord has placed on your heart! Email your letter through to editor@joymag.co.za for a chance to be featured – please try to ke

      6 min read

    • Article

      A Prayer for February

      Jan 15, 2022

      A Prayer for February
      1 min read

    • Article

      Persistent Prayer

      Jan 16, 2021

      Persistent Prayer
      1 min read

    • Article

      Jesus Is The Reason For The Season

      Nov 18, 2019

      We all know that Christ was not actually born on December 25th , and there is always a big debate amongst believers as to whether or not we should celebrate Christmas at all because of its historical origins. Whatever the case may be, we should not g

      1 min read

    • Article

      Commentary on Psalm 37:4

      Apr 22, 2022

      Commentary on Psalm 37:4
      2 min read

    • Article

      From The EDITOR Let God’s Word Sustain And Direct You!

      Jul 21, 2023

      JOY! Magazine seeks to glorify God by educating and informing Christians of a biblical worldview and applying the Lordship of Jesus Christ to all areas of life. Strive for excellence and integrity in all things • Provide interesting, accurate, and

      1 min read

    • Article

      MUM’S SECRET I drank THREE BOTTLES OF WINE a day

      Jul 7, 2021

      My husband, David, and I couldn’t have been happier to start the next chapter of our lives – parenthood. We’d just welcomed our sweet baby girl, Addison, into the world. But back at home, I struggled. A counsellor, I’d been a workaholic, taking pride

      3 min read

    • Article

      Josh & Tara McCauley On A REDEMPTIVE Mission

      Sep 4, 2020

      Whilst his friends were out playing cops and robbers, a young Joshua would sit in the front row of church listening to the sermons of his dad (Rhema Church founder, Pastor Ray McCauley) blissfully unaware that one day he too would be standing behind

      10 min read

    • Article

      Home Sweet Home

      Aug 13, 2020

      Home Sweet Home
      4 min read

    • Article

      Ask Dr Louise

      Mar 6, 2020

      Q I’m devastated. My wife and I have been married for 10 years and I believed we had a wonderful marriage. She recently decided to see a therapist because of traumatic experiences in her past that she wanted to work through. Her therapist called me i

      3 min read

    • Article

      Cast Out All Fear

      Sep 16, 2021

      Cast Out All Fear
      1 min read

    • Article

      God is Your Ultimate Employer

      Jun 24, 2019

      When we get to grips with the implications of the Gospel for our work, it is nothing short of revolutionary. Materialism and consumerism have had devastating effects on how we work. Often, as Christians, we have regarded work in the same way, bringin

      1 min read

    • Article

      Mind Matters

      Jul 22, 2022

      Mind Matters
      3 min read

    • Article

      Reader Testimony

      Dec 31, 2021

      For as long as I can remember, I have had so-called symptoms of Bi-Polar mood disorder. I can also claim symptoms of PTSD. At risk of giving anything not of God any kind of recognition or sense of pride in itself, I hesitate to write too much about t

      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Choices

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Choices - Beverly Hammett

      Choices: What Does God Say?

      A Bible Study for Christian Women

      by

      Beverly Hammett

      Copyright 2011 Beverly Hammett

      Smashwords Edition

      All scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, King James Version.

      * * * * * * * *

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      * * * * * * * *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter One: Choices We Face

      Chapter Two: Physical Choices

      Chapter Three: Mind and Heart Choices

      Chapter Four: Spiritual Choices

      About the Author

      * * * * * * * *

      Introduction

      We are people of choice! From the time we get up in the morning until we go to bed at night, we are making choices. We are choosing what to wear, what to cook, what to eat, what to buy, where to go, what to say, what to do, etc. We are bombarded with ads on the radio and TV and in the newspapers and magazines. It might be the salesmen at the door or on the phone, advertisements in the mail, offers that come through our e-mail, or things we see on the internet—all trying to influence us in our choices.

      Do you often find yourself in a place where making choices is difficult? What are some choices that you have made today? Why do we have to make choices anyway? Why couldn’t God have just made us all robots, programmed in what He wanted, and set us on our way? God didn’t make us that way, because He loved us. He made us with a free will, which allows us to make choices in our life to dictate how our life will be.

      In this book we will look at the different choices we face in life—whether they are physical, mental, or spiritual. We will also look at what God has to say about our choices. At the end of each chapter, you will find a study guide with questions and things to do. These questions and activities will help you to personalize the lessons learned for your own life. My prayer is that you will recognize that the choices you make today will affect not only your life and future, but also will affect many others. May God help us to make wise, Godly choices that will be pleasing to Him!

      * * * * * * * *

      Chapter One

      Choices We Face

      The choices we face every day are numberless. If you ever stopped to count them up, you would probably be very surprised! Most of the choices seem small and insignificant. But when you put them all together, they make up our life. That is why it is so important to make wise, Godly choices. A choice you make today—whether good or bad—could set your life on a whole new course.

      Some people get to the end of their life and wonder, This is not where I wanted to be. How did I get to this place? If they will just stop and look back over their life, they will see that the choices they made—some which they didn’t even recognize as being important—led them to their current position. The choices we make every day are important.

      Reasons for Choices

      Some people don’t like to make choices. They have trouble deciding and making up their mind. Since making choices requires thinking, many people wish they didn’t have to make any choices—because they don’t like to think. However, God gave us a mind, and He expects us to use it. There are several reasons God gave us a free will and allowed us to be able to choose. Let’s consider some of those reasons.

      To bring us to salvation

      The greatest reason that God gave us a free will is so that we can choose Him. When God told Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden that they could eat of all the trees in the Garden except the one tree, the knowledge of good and evil, He was allowing them the choice of obeying Him completely, or choosing to go their own way. They chose to go their own way, and disobeyed God. Because of that choice, the human race was plunged into sin. Today we are all born sinners, going against God, trying to figure out a way to do things our own way.

      God sent His Son Jesus Christ to this world to die for our sin and provide a way for all men to be made right with Him again. But men must CHOOSE that way. God shows us His love by giving us air to breath, a world to live in, a sun to warm us, and God’s people to tell us the right way. But man has to CHOOSE God’s way. God will not force His way on anyone. God gave us His Word which contains all the answers to finding God’s way, but man must CHOOSE to read it and believe it. Have you chosen God’s way? Have you come to Him for salvation? That is the greatest choice anyone can ever make. It will affect your life here on earth and your destiny for eternity.

      To Teach Us

      After we are saved, God allows us to make choices, so He can teach us through those choices we make. For example, you tell your child not to touch a hot stove. Now that child has a choice of whether or not to obey. If he obeys, all is well. If he disobeys and touches the hot stove, he will suffer the consequences, and learn his lesson the hard way.

      God has set down certain rules of nature, and also rules of right and wrong in the Word of God. We can obey these rules, and be happy. When we choose what is right, God blesses our life. Through this we learn we can trust God. Or we can choose to disobey these rules, and suffer the consequences. By choosing the wrong, we learn that we should listen to God and obey Him, because He knows what He is talking about.

      We see many Biblical examples of this throughout the Word of God. We will look at one example in Joshua chapter 7. God had specifically commanded the people in Joshua 6:17-18 that they were not to keep anything from Jericho, because the city was cursed.

      "And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it."

      Achan knew what God had said, but chose to take something anyway (vs. 1). Achan knew that what he had done was wrong, because he hid it in his tent where no one would see it (vs. 20-21). God gave him several chances to admit his sin but he chose to continue hiding it. It was not until his family was singled out from the whole nation of Israel and then he was selected as the one who had sinned, that he confessed what he had done. Because of his wrong choice, Achan and his family died, and God taught the children of Israel that he would not tolerate disobedience of His direct command.

      To point us to God Himself

      "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." (Joshua 24:15)

      "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: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them." (Deuteronomy 30:19-20)

      Some choices are put in our life so we will look to God. Sometimes we forget God, and get busy doing things our own way, instead of looking to God. God wants us to need Him. God wants to get our attention focused on Him. Therefore, He will often put us in a position where we must choose between Him and the world. Our choices

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1