Questions you should ask in time of Crisis
1. What is the past decision that I made that brought this problem?
Verses:
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Proverbs 26
Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.
Jeremiah 4:18
“Your ways and your doings Have procured these things for you. This is your wickedness, Because it is bitter, Because it reaches to your heart.”
2. Have I accepted this personal responsibility to solve this crisis?
Verses:
II Samuel 24:17
Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Surely I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”
Job 6:24
“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 19:4
And if indeed I have erred, My error remains with me.
3. Is my present solution for the crisis is a Godly solution?
Verses:
Psalms 73:24
You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established.
4. What is the simplest way to dissolve or solve the problem with less cost, less time, best solution through the counsel of God?
Verses:
Romans 12:18
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 25:1
Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are the delight of kings, And they love him who speaks what is right.
5. What are the eventual consequences if we don’t settle the issues?
Verses:
Isaiah 1:20
But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Esther 4:14
For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
6. What will the smartest person in the world do to settle a crisis?
Verses:
Ephesians 6:8
Knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
Proverbs 20:3
It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.
Amos 3:3
Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
Romans 12:18
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
7. What are the opportunities, Knowledge, Idea, hidden in this crisis so that we can benefit from them?
Verses:
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Psalm 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 27:5
For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
Proverbs 24:16
For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.
