What Is Manna? And Why Does It Matter?
“Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey” Exodus 16: 31. Exodus 16 tells the story...
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The Promises of God: Oases in the Wilderness
“For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water” Isaiah 35: 6b, 7. Isaiah 35 is a...
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By Faith Not Sight: The Secret to Stability in Trials
“And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not” Exodus 17: 7? This passage tells the...
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In the Wilderness: When God Doesn’t Keep His End of the Bargain
“And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his...
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Growing Weary and How to Stay Strong
“. . . looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the...
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Wilderness Experience or Pit: Choose Your Path to Freedom
“So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only...
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God Will Fight for You, but You Still Have to Go to Battle
“Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give...
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Walk by Faith not by Sight: Which Message will You Believe?
“And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us” Deuteronomy 1: 27....
What Is Manna? And Why Does It Matter?
“Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey” Exodus 16: 31. Exodus 16 tells the story...
The Goodness of the Lord to those who Wait
“When the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire” Deuteronomy 12: 20. In this passage, the...
It’s Not Fair. How Could It Be God’s Will?
“So Jesus said to Peter, ‘Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me’” John 18: 11. This passage describes the betrayal and arrest of Jesus in...
Tempted: When the Traveler Comes to Visit
“Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he...
Is the Fiery Furnace for the Righteous or the Wicked?
“So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing...
The Promises of God: Oases in the Wilderness
“For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water” Isaiah 35: 6b, 7. Isaiah 35 is a...
God’s Glory: What Part Do We Play?
“No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly” Psalm 84: 11b. Psalm 84 is a joyful song of praise expressing deep longing for God’s presence, the beauty of temple worship, and the...
By Faith Not Sight: The Secret to Stability in Trials
“And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not” Exodus 17: 7? This passage tells the...
The Love of God: The Secret to Stability
“And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us” Deuteronomy 1: 27. ...
How Truth Will Set You Free and Lies Imprison You
“And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. And he ground at the mill in the prison. But the hair of his...