Decide to Thrive in 2025

Teacher:
Series:

Scripture Reading

Joshua 24:15 (NRSVUE)
“Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Introductory Remarks:

Thriving in life is an option that you can choose to exercise. Until you firmly choose or decide to thrive, you won’t, at least not on a consistent basis.

God wants you to THRIVE, but God won’t ‘make’ you THRIVE. Why not choose what God wants for you, just as Joshua did? With God’s help, you can and will THRIVE in 2025 and beyond.

Major Points of the Lesson:

  1. God’s will is that you THRIVE and not barely SURVIVE.
  2. Choose/Decide/Decree/Declare that you will THRIVE in accordance with God’s will and you will do so despite tradition, popular opinions, and appearances.
  3. Until you make a firm decision to align with God’s will, you will swing back and forth between experiences of Thriving and Surviving, like a pendulum, ever steady, but never fully embracing the Season to Thrive that has your name written all over it.

“Your life is dictated [by] a series of small, daily decisions and choices that can either elevate you to a brighter future or seriously limit your potential.”

— Unknown

Assignment:

Prayerfully decide on 1 area of your life where you wish to Thrive in 2025. Every day and night, decide and affirm:

I decide to Thrive in ______. With God’s help, I do. Thank God. Amen.