I Can Choose Well

12–15 minutes

Center · Stillness

Settle in

Put the phone down. Take one slow breath, and say: “God, I am here. Speak, I am listening.”

Read · The passage

Scripture

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

Proverbs 14:12, BSB

Learn · Reflection

Reflection

I Can Choose Well

Talk · Conversation

Talk about it

Where is it hardest for you to speak up when the group is in the wrong, and what usually holds you back?

Thank · Gratitude

Give thanks

Today I thank God for that uncomfortable feeling inside me when something is not right.

Ask · Prayer

Pray together

God, give me courage not to laugh along when people tear someone down. Help me choose what is right even if I end up standing alone.

Begin · Application

Carry it into the day

If someone starts running another person down today, change the subject or say something good about them.

Scripture quoted from the Berean Standard Bible. Public domain (CC0)