Your life is your responsibility!
2 Peter 1:3
You have everything for life and godliness.
Romans 1:20
You have no excuse for not knowing God. Creation speaks of Him loudly and clearly.
Choices you Need to Make Everyday
1. Trust the Divine over Human
Psalm 97:1-3, Psalm 122:2, Psalm 124:8, Proverbs 29:25, Psalm 9:10
You cannot trust God if you don’t know Him. You need to trust in God and be fully dependent on Him.
Jeremiah 17:5
God will work out all promises in your life!
Job 8:14
2. True Beauty over Fleeting Beauty
Psalm 139:14
You are fearfully and wonderfully made! Do you believe that?
Q: Do you see the image of God when you look at yourself in the mirror everyday?
Song of Songs 4:15
The world longs to experience beauty from women. The kind of beauty that springs from deep within the heart.
Proverbs 4:23
Your heart is like a door. You do not just open to strangers. Similarly to be a woman of true beauty, you should be careful of what gets in your heart.
1 Peter 3:1-4
Beauty is rest! It is rest on the inside!
The outward appearance doesn’t really matter; it’s all about your heart.
Q: Are you a peaceful person, no matter what storm(s) you are experiencing in your life?
You need to work more on the inside; inward beauty is more concerned about other people.
Zephaniah 3:17
You need to listen to God, when He sings to you, when he speaks to you.
Proverbs 31:30
3. Faithfulness over Indifference
Mathew 8: 10-13
Faithlessness leads to fear and fear paralyzes. You cannot give up!
Hebrew 12:2
Are you going to make it to heaven?
4. God’s Kingdom over the World
Matthew 13:44
You have to see beyond the weaknesses of the kingdom and acknowledge the fact that it is a treasure.
1 John 2:15-17
You focus should not be on worldly things, you should focus more on God.
Q: What intrigues you?
Q: What consumes you?
5. Wisdom over folly
Wisdom is good sense and judgement.
Proverbs 8: 23
Wisdom=Excellent life
Daniel 2:22
Wisdom will come from learning from your mistakes.
Be in the habit of reflecting, journaling.... watching and observing people.
Proverbs 4:6-8
Wisdom will protect you; it will guard your heart.
Wisdom comes from learning; you need to put into practice what you learn from the scriptures.
6. Depth over Shallowness
1 Corinthians 2:9-16
All amazing and great things come from God. You can easily miss a lot without the spirit.
Depth is spirituality.
Luke 16:15b
The things that are valued by man are highly detestable.
Q: Do you value the mind of God?
Q: Do you strive everyday to know who God really is?
Matthew 28:19-20
Hebrews 3:12-13
Hebrews 10:26
Matthew 7:24
Romans 15:14
Proverbs 17:17
Proverbs 18:24
1 Corinthians 3:10
Proverbs 27:16
Proverbs 27:17
Matthew 18:15
Deep friendships/ Relationships will last for ever.
7. Humility over pride
If you are proud, God will oppose you big time.
8. Purity over Lust
1 John 3:1-3
Job 31:1
9. Hard work over Fantasy
Work is physical or mental effort.
Proverbs 10:4
Proverbs 21:5
Proverbs 12:11, 27
Proverbs 13:4
There is no magic; it’s all about hard work.
10. Choose Life over Death
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Devotion, great discipline, self denial, consistency, all these are needed to live a life that will lead to eternity.
Carol Mukenya is a co-lead Women’s Ministry Leader in the Nairobi church. She and her husband, Steve, oversee the Nairobi Campus Ministry.