stop taking wrong turns

Be careful to avoid wrong turns. It is easy to get lost or confused or just miss where you are headed. There are lots of reasons why we get off track and take wrong turns as we travel. The same very true for us spiritually.

Proverbs 16:9 NLT

We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.

Proverbs 16:25 NLT

There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

It may seem like the right direction. It might even feel right, but in the end you are literally in the wrong place, going the wrong way and have to make changes.

What needs to change in our lives that will keep us on the right road? Maybe it is like changing the GSP in your car or phone so that it leads you the right way. Connect back to God for His direction and see that your life is headed the right way.

This might be something we all need to be reminded of. The wrong way or even just barely going in the wrong direction will eventually lead us to the wrong place because we chose wrong turns.

Matthew 7:13-14 NIV

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Right connection and right choices lead to right decisions and to the right places. But the opposite is true as well. Stop making those wrong turns spiritually and let God guide you to where He has planned for you!

Joshua 1:7 NIV

Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

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