Scott Palmer - SPIRITUAL COURAGE - Elijah: Faith and Fire - Part 1

SPIRITUAL COURAGE
Elijah: Faith and Fire- Part 1
I Kings 17:1-6
January 7, 2024

 

“He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. Ahab also made an Asherah pole. Ahab did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.”    I Kings 16:32-33 (CSB)

 COURAGEOUS CHARACTER

 1.   ______________________.

“Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead…” Philippians 3:12-14 (CSB)

“The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him…” II Chronicles 16:9 (NLT)

        Application: My step of courage: ______________________.

 2.   _______________________.

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.” Matthew 6:33 (CSB)

 

• ___________________ to get alone with God.

“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place; and there He was praying.” Mark 1: 35 (CSB)

 

• Be a _______________________.

“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…”

II Peter 3:18 (CSB)

 3.   _______________________.

“But someone will say, ‘You have faith, and I have works.’ Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith by my works… For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.”

James 2:18, 26 (CSB)