By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. —Hebrews 11:24-27

It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. —Daniel 6:1-3

At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. —Daniel 6:4

So the administrators and the satraps went as a group to the king and said: “O King Darius, live forever! The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or man during the next thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the lions’ den. Now, O king, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the laws of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.” So King Darius put the decree in writing. —Daniel 6:6-9

Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. —Daniel 6:10

CHOICES

Good decisions/choices involve understanding four truths:

Understand the

of your choices.

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. —Hebrews 11:24

Understand the

of your choices.

He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. —Hebrews 11:25

Understand the

of your choices.

RIGHT procedure looks like:

Always choose

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. —Hebrews 11:24

over

Reveal Answer

He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. —Hebrews 11:25

Always choose what’s most

He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. —Hebrews 11:26

over

Reveal Answer

Always stay

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. —Hebrews 11:27

over

Reveal Answer

Understand we are

of our choices.