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When God wants to use His people in a greater way to further His kingdom, a dark and lonely journey through the wilderness is absolute.
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"It is our calling to contend for the faith no matter where we are in
this life. Jesus made it through the wilderness of temptation, the cross
of pain, death, and humiliation on the strength of His heavenly Father.
Whenever it seems our life is falling apart around us we should
remember from the past just who God is."
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in
trouble. Therefore, we will not fear though the earth gives way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters
roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.” –
Psalm 46:1-3
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"We have to take each
step of our pilgrimage in the wilderness in small increments as God
shines His light on the steps…if no light shines illuminates the pathway
then stop and wait. He will give us the ability to withstand the waiting
as He prepares to shed glorious light on our next step."
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"So, guys, on this pilgrimage crossing the wilderness desert it will
require alertness, work, diligence, and hardcore truthfulness. It will
require direct obedience, loyal sacrifices and strict discipline. This is
all part of the process. God is growing us up; He is maturing us to serve
in His kingdom. Do not resist it, but do be ready for the battle, because
it is coming if you have not already experienced the battle. If you are
living fairly easy right now I must warn you…trouble is coming!"
Three things from God’s Word we need to understand
about the Christian life:
1. God’s ordinary path is to place His people into a state of suffering.
His people are usually always in some kind of awful trial.
Reference Philippians 1:29 and 1 Peter 4:12
2. When God brings to us His most wonderful mercies, first He takes
us to our lowest breaking point.
3. In God’s strange way, He works through trials, struggles,
suffering, and humiliation in our lives to turn these greatest afflictions
in our lives into the greatest of good in order to glorify Him.
"Gentlemen, let us play the man and understand God is going to use
us in the wilderness in some way."
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2 Samuel 10:12 “Be of good courage, and let us play the men
for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that
which seems him good.”
"As men we must be ready in the wilderness to undertake the
defense of our family, our true religion and for God’s people. Do not
shrink back into a cave in pity of yourself and your circumstances. You
are the man, so, by the power God has granted you, do whatever it is
God has set before you to do. Times will come when you may not know
where to go or what to do, but pray, read your Bible, and do what
comes natural…take the next step obvious to you to take. You will
have to take steps without knowing where they lead, but are visible as
God reveals them to you. In the darkness of the night, you will have
to trust in God to light up the pathway for each step."
"Protecting our wife and children is of the greatest importance. Staying
firm in the Word of God is a must. Stand firm on the faith God has given
you. Be the man!"
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"God is so good to His children that way. We are trampled upon,
tested to the limits beyond our human ability, even drawn out into a
wilderness, but no matter the destruction, bending, wounds, and such
we go through, God still sees us as precious to Him. However, we must
go through all this even in His mercifulness in order to be used by Him.
God’s mercies are never ending, they are provided to us fresh each
morning. He peers deep into our heart to see the struggling saint come
to his end with painful groans emerging from the breath of them
flowing to the ears of our almighty God. He then reaches down in our
most desperate situation, the driest time of our life and shows us
mercy. He knows the wilderness is tough. God knows the wilderness
is hard on us, He built every single fiber in us, He understands the
depths of our trials. Remember, Jesus went through forty days of
intense trial in the wilderness as a man, but He was and is God too. In
the middle of my plight, my argument with Him, my distain for this
pilgrimage through the wilderness that was thrust upon me, God
pardoned all my pride at the same time He was purging it from my soul."
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"God forces us through the hard times in order to develop this
incredible never ending desire for His glory. I know this sounds hard
to believe by today’s standard, but God has His own ways and
purposes and those plans will not work with our own selfish plans. Our
society says this life is all about us. Society will tell us we must get out
there and promote ourselves if we intend on getting anywhere is this
life. However, Scriptures teach us God does the promoting. He is the
One who sets up kings and leaders, and then He sets them down again.
So, self-promotion is out. Society along with most other religions
around the world with the exception of Christianity tells us peace, love
and tranquility can be found deep within “our own lives”. The false
theology is “we must look deep within our own selves to find
happiness”. Well, I can tell you the deeper you focus into the depths
of a human’s soul, and without any focus on Jesus Christ, you will find
nothing more than a darker more evil abyss."
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