The Curse of Moses' Wilderness

I fear I will never get out of this wilderness...

My shoes don't wear out, but I'm tired of walking in circles.

I feel like I'm starving on this manna stuff, but I'll choke on the meat...

I look to the brazen serpent, but these snake bites still hurt...

You parted the sea, and delivered me from mine enemies, but I fear I won't make it out of this wilderness.

I have been brought here to prove my heart, but I seem to have expended the mercy and grace that was afforded me.

What do I do?

Was I not one who spyed out the land and saw that it was good?!

Did I not say, "let's go now!"?

Wherein have I erred that the earth will now swallow me up?

Wherein have I erred that I must die here in this wilderness so that the children can cross over into that which was promised to me?

And if I die here in this wilderness, then who will preach? They can't know without a preacher...

Have I already preached, and become the castaway?

Is this my fate, instead of perishing in the belly of a great fish?

Do I not get my gourd plant for the worm to feast on?

Woe unto me, o wretched soul that I am!

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Giants, A Victory For or Against?

Isn't life interesting?

I'm sitting here sick, but I'm not supposed to be. According to Isaiah 53:5 and 1Peter 2:24 I'm not supposed to be sick; but I am.

2Corinthians 1:9 talks of getting beyond ourselves through the realization that we can't do it on our own; we have to trust God. He is able, even to raise us from the dead.

2Corinthians 2:11 talks about people praying for them. Through their affliction, and all the people praying for them, there will be many people praising God.

That makes sense.

Ready for the contrast?

Everybody wants it their way; I want it God's way, all the way.

Tonight the world watched the Superbowl; tonight I watched the movie "Facing the Giants" with my family.

The Giants won the Superbowl; in the movie, the Giants were defeated.

The world's giants will tell you, you are defeated; the Bible says we are "more than conquerors" (Romans 8:37).


Chuck Swindal said-

Facing giants is an intimidating experience.
Doing battle is a lonely experience.
Trusting God is a stabilizing experience.
Winning victories is a memorable experience.

Ravi Zacharias said-

Facing Goliath's is a recurring experience.

So far this year I have faced the giant, fear. Actually, his name was "Afraid".
I smacked him on the end of the nose and asked him to come closer. The pit or the dry places is his destiny. I was spit on and took a grazing shot to the ribs.

I have the promise of Isaiah, a hook in its nose and it will be turned back to where it came from (Isaiah 37:29 & 2Kings 19:28)

Isaiah 41 get better-

"For I am the LORD your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, 'Do not fear, I will help you.' "Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you," declares the LORD, "and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. "Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, And will make the hills like chaff. "You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, And the storm will scatter them; But you will rejoice in the LORD, You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.  Isaiah 41:13-16 NASB

This is going to be a GREAT year!

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Walk & Pray in the SPIRIT

walk in the SPIRIT and pray in the SPIRIT

Ezekiel 36:27 LITV
(27)  And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall keep My judgments and do them.

Romans 8:1 LITV
(1)  There is therefore now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to flesh, but according to Spirit.

Romans 8:26 LITV
(26)  And likewise the Spirit also joins in to help our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes on our behalf with groanings that cannot be uttered.

1 Corinthians 14:15 LITV
(15)  What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the mind; I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the mind.

Galatians 5:25 LITV
(25)  If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

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Monday Prayer Meeting-

John 16:33 LITV
(33)  I have spoken these things to you that you may have peace in Me. You have distress in the world; but be encouraged, I have overcome the world.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 LITV
(17)  Pray without ceasing.

Psalm 139, in particular verse 7
Psalms 139:7 LITV
(7)  Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your face?

Psalms 119:2 LITV
(2)  Blessed are those keeping His Testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart.

Psalms 119:10 LITV
(10)  I have sought You with my whole heart; do not let me wander from Your Commands.

Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV
(3)  You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
(4)  Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.

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