DECISIONS
(See also Choice; Courts; Judicial Decisions; Supreme Court Decisions)
advice to “follow your heart”: scl 30; w17.03 16
coping with bad decisions: ijwbq article 186
decision not to serve Jehovah:
one’s own offspring: w24.07 7; w23.08 29-30; scl 88
youths: fy 74-75
decision to enter full-time ministry: w16.05 16
later doubts about: w24.10 26-28
decision to serve Jehovah: w25.04 2-7; mwb21.01 11; w03 10/15 6-7; g03 3/8 13; kl 170-180; w86 7/1 23-24
example of Israelites: w17.03 14-15
example of Moses: w14 4/15 4-5; w02 6/15 11
indecisive ones: w05 12/15 27
not changing: w14 12/15 17-18
urgency of decision: w05 12/15 24-29
decision to worship Jehovah: rr 226-227
discussion: scl 30-32
effect of indecision: g 2/14 7; w11 4/15 13-14
life stories:
Jehovah Blessed My Decisions: w86 8/1 22-26
Jehovah Richly Blessed My Decision: w18.10 17-21
My Decision to Advance to Maturity: w95 4/1 21-25
No Regrets About the Decision He Made in His Youth: w15 10/15 14-17
We Made a Firm Decision for God’s Rulership: w04 11/1 24-28
making decisions: w25.01 14-19; ijwbq article 186; mwb25.05 9; scl 30-32; w19.11 26-27, 29-30; w17.03 13-17; w13 9/15 22-26; w11 4/15 13-17; w06 3/15 21-25; w06 4/15 13-16; w04 7/15 28; w03 10/15 3-6; g03 3/8 12-13; w01 9/1 27-30; g90 2/8 18-20
about work and education: mwb24.05 7
accepting responsibility to do so for oneself: w25.07 6-7; w17.03 15
avoiding, soon after loss of mate: w10 3/1 19; we 18
avoiding impatience: scl 30; g 12/12 6
avoiding impulsiveness: mwb22.03 14
basic steps: w25.01 14-19; lff lesson 35; w11 4/15 15-17; g90 2/8 19
considering consciences of others: lff lesson 35; w06 3/15 24-25; w06 4/15 15-16; w96 7/15 19-20
considering one’s conscience: scl 32
consulting others: ijwbq article 186; scl 31; w06 3/15 25
determining what is acceptable to Jehovah: lff lesson 35; mwb19.06 4; w17.03 27; w16.05 14-17; jr 114-116, 124-127; w03 5/1 10-12; w03 12/1 20-23
effect of emotions: w17.03 16
elders not to make decisions for others: w17.03 15-16; w13 11/15 28-29; w95 6/15 21-22
help from Jehovah: scl 31; w19.11 26-27, 29; w17.03 13-14; g 3/15 5
helping one’s children: w99 7/1 19
helping others: w19.06 21
husbands and fathers: w21.02 7; w09 7/15 8-9; w95 9/15 21; w91 12/15 21; w89 5/15 12-13
in face of uncertainty: ijwbq article 186; w17.01 25-26
keeping one’s senses: w06 3/1 22-26
not relying solely on experience: w11 11/15 8
“skillful direction” (Pr 1, 11, 20, 24): w12 6/15 30-31
value of meekness: w19.02 12
value of patience: w23.08 22
value of standing up: g90 2/8 28
video Imitate the Faithful, Not the Faithless—Moses, Not Pharaoh: mwb23.03 15
weighing Bible principles: mwb23.03 15; lff lesson 35; jr 125-126; w06 4/15 14-16; w05 10/1 13-15
weighing pros and cons: ijwbq article 186; w04 11/15 27
medical treatment: ijwbq article 39; w23.02 25; w23.07 24-25; scl 31; mwb23.01 7; lff lesson 39; lvs 255; w15 9/15 9-10; w11 4/15 14; w08 11/15 25-26; g01 1/8 26-27; fy 124-126
video How to Make Health-Care Decisions Regarding Blood: mwb23.01 7
not criticizing on personal matters:
economic improvement: w93 10/15 9-10
not dictated by Governing Body: w98 3/15 22
not making decisions for others: w17.03 16; w12 3/15 9
personal decisions: lff lesson 35; w17.06 31; w16.05 13-17; g03 3/8 12-13; w96 7/15 19-20
accountability for: w23.08 28-29
advance thought: w19.11 27, 29; w18.11 25-27
analyzing your motives: w19.11 27, 29
changing one’s mind: ijwbq article 186; w17.03 16-17; w17.06 3; w14 12/15 17-20
doubts about past ones: w24.10 26-28
following through: w19.11 26-27, 29-30; w17.03 17; w13 9/15 25-26
foreseeing consequences: w16.10 18; w08 9/1 8-11; w01 5/1 18; w99 7/1 32
helping someone make: be 69-70
how elders may assist: w13 11/15 28-29; w96 9/1 22-23
how holy spirit may assist: w00 10/15 22, 24
how prayer may assist: scl 30; w19.11 27, 29; w11 11/15 8-9; w08 5/1 5; g01 7/22 14
not letting others make, for you: w25.07 6-7
rejecting spiritual threats: w14 7/15 16
when upset by congregation problems: w87 5/15 21-23
whether difficulties indicate a wrong decision: w06 3/15 25; w01 9/1 30
Witness youths: w17.09 29-30