1. Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the Lord says: This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

2. THE ZOAD IN THE ROAD

3. Joshua 24:15 - But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” I Kings 18:21 - Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.

4. Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the Lord says: This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

5. Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it

6. twice as likely to have viewed sexually explicit movies or videos… 2.5 times more likely have slept with someone they weren’t married to; and 3 times more likely to have viewed sexually graphic content online ADDITIONALLY 2/3’s of them viewed living together as being morally acceptable almost half them believed homosexual relationships were ok 70% believed that morality was flexible… no moral absolutes. (Barna Update 10.31.06)

7. II Corinthians 6:18-20 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty

8. Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

9. 1. Realize how important the decision is… Luke 6:22-23 - Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

10. 2. Ask for the “Good Road” Proverbs 11:14 “Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.” 15:22 “Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established.”

11. Matthew 16:24-25 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

12. Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

13. What will you decide today?