Hey, everyone, welcome to the Dr. Josh Axe Show, where each and every week we uncover the science

and the principles behind how to grow in body, mind, and spirit, and take your health and your life

to the next level. Today, we have Pastor Craig Rochelle. He is a leadership expert, an author,

and the founder senior pastor at Life Church. And I've been following him for years. I've read his books.

He's a New York Times bestselling author. And today we're going to dive deep into topics such as

spiritual growth, leadership, relationships, personal transformation, and so much more. Pastor Craig,

hey, welcome the show. Hey, Dr. Axe, I'm glad to be on with you. It was a real treat having you on our podcast, and now it's going to be fun to be with you. Well, great. Well, you know, again, I've been following for years, and I want to say, you know, you're one of those people that I follow that has really helped me grow personally and spiritually and in so many different ways. and, you know, I was reading just a part of and listening

to a sermon from a book you had wrote called Think Ahead. And I want to dive right in and talk

about decisions, right? I think for all of us, we have very important decisions and choices

every single day that lead us down different paths. In fact, I think about for myself, there are so many decisions I've made in my life that

were just life-altering and life-changing.

However, I think a lot of people, they're not really having this strategic mindset.

They're maybe not thinking ahead enough.

And so they might end up in a place that they don't really want to be.

So walk me through a little bit about how we can think ahead in order to live our best life.

Yeah, I'm glad you ask.

So when you think about it, Dr. X, for the most part, who we are today is a result of the decisions that we made in the past.

And who would become in the future,

for the most part, will be a reflection of the decisions that we make today. And so in the book,

Think Ahead, what I did, I started looking at different people in the Bible. I also started looking at people that I respected. And it seems like those that make the best decisions in the moment tend to

pre-decide and put themselves, you know, one day I'm going to be in this situation. And when I get

there, here's what my decision is going to be. And so I went through just some different areas

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