Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. “If you want to be like Jesus, remember, He had a wilderness, a Gethsemane and a Judas.” – Leonard Ravenhill God takes you and me through the wilderness to prepare us for the promotion but why did...
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23 June 2023 – Wilderness – Part 6
Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. “The work God does in the wilderness is preparing you for what’s on the other side of it.” On...
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22 June 2023 – Wilderness – Part 5
Genesis 28:10-11 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. “Wilderness is not a punishment. It’s God’s preparation for His promise” –...
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21 June 2023 – Wilderness – Part 4
Exodus 14:1-2 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. “God takes us into the wilderness not to abandon us…but to be alone with us” – T D Jakes....
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20 June 2023 – Wilderness – Part 3
1 Kings 19:3-4a Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. “The wilderness is a place of dying…where all the things that cause you to stumble in your walk with God….ARE KILLED”. –...
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19 June 2023 – Wilderness – Part 2
Genesis 21:14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba. “One of the purposes of the wilderness is for...
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18 June 2023 – Wilderness – Part 1
Exodus 13:18 So God led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness toward the Red Sea. “Wilderness seasons bring with them testing and challenge, but it’s in this place of desperation that God meets our deepest needs” –Tripp Prince. The word wilderness is mentioned over 300 times in the Bible. We who live in...
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17 June 2023 – Continually – Part 6
Isaiah 59:21 “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the LORD, “from...
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16 June 2023 – Continually – Part 7
Deuteronomy 11:11-12 But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. It is a land the LORD your God cares for; the eyes of the LORD your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end. “God...
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15 June 2023 – Continually – Part 5
1 Kings 15:26 But he did what was evil in the LORD’s sight and followed the example of his father, continuing the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit. A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future. – Robert A. Heinlein After the kingdom split into Israel and Judah, there was not...