12 Key Guidelines for Making Decisions

There are soooo many decisions a pregnant Christian single must make, and her choices affect so many people: herself, her child, her family, the baby's father, his family, friends, the Church. As the parents of a pregnant Christian single, you face many decisions too. We like the guidelines for making decisions that are below. We received them on the back of a photocopy of an article, so they might be attributable to Gary R. Collins and his article "Making Difficult Decisions" which was produced by the American Association of Christian Counselors. As you all evaluate the many pregnancy related questions you face, make a conscious effort to use these guidelines in addition to prayer and wise counsel.

12 Key Guidelines for Making A Decision:
1. Does the Bible specifically speak about this? (1 John 2:3-5; John 14:21)
2. How will what I'm doing influcence non-Christians? (Luke 12:8)
3. Will my behavior cause others to stumble? (Romans 14:21; 1 Corinthians 8:9)
4. Will the behavior harm my body? (1 Corinthians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 8:9)
5. Will the behavior hurt my mind? (Philippians 4:8)
6. Is it good stewardship of God's time and money? (1 Corinthians 4:2)
7. Will it help me to serve others? (1 Corinthians 9:19; 1 Corinthians 10:23-24)
8. Is it worth imitating? (1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 4:9)
9. Can I do it for the glory of God? (1 Corinthians 10:31; Philippians 1:20)
10. Would Jesus Christ want me to do it? (1 Peter 2:21)
11. Will it master (control) me? (1 Corinthians 6:12)
12. Is it best? (Romans 12:1-2)