Week #3“Making Tough

Decisions”James 2:26 (page 869)

Putting our faith into action requires:1. Increasing our awareness

2. Taking up our cross

3. Making tough choices

4. Embracing the gift of grace

1 Kings 18:20-40

(page 258)

Putting our faith into action often requires

making tough choices.

1. Tough choices are sometimes faced alone.

2. Tough choices remind us of the need for spiritual discipline.

Romans 12:1 – “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”

3. Tough choices require a posture of prayer.

God will answer a prayer that is designed to bring glory to His name and draw others to Him.

4. Tough choices always demand a direction.

Putting our faith into action often requires

making tough choices.