Decision-Making When Overwhelmed

There are inevitably times in ministry where it all seems a bit much -- where decisions and actions seem particularly perplexing. Looking at biblical precedent is a good way to go, and so is prayer -- and an approach that I myself have used is to take another situation, which seems somewhat similar, and consider how one would go about fixing that. Suppose one would fix it with steps A, B, and C. One now takes A, B, and C, and considers whether they would apply to one's own situation. One creates a little distance that way.