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Silence from Heaven 1 Why, O Lord , do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? King David said: 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find…

After being commissioned for his ministry through baptism, Jesus heads into the Judean wilderness. Here he encounters Satan, who brings three great temptations. How does Jesus withstand these temptations? Do we gain anything from his response? Can we learn anything from his approach?

Jesus' example demonstrates how to effectively resist temptation.

Our Scripture lesson this morning is taken from Deuteronomy 8:1-6 : “The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord…

The prophets speak of God’s peace NOT as rest which comes apart from our places of wilderness, BUT as rest that comes even within our places of wilderness.

The Marshmallow Test Oh temptation....whew. Some things in life are tough! And we parents are sooooo cruel!!! So, which person in the video are you like? Do you eat it? Nibble on it? Or wait? Sometimes temptation just seems overbearing! This morning we begin a new sermon series titled “Into the Wilderness”…

(S1)— Rivers to wilderness—40 days—Barren land of desolation, and hardship—A journey Jesus willingly took LENT—A self-imposed wilderness...Like Jesus, a place we willingly enter. What we can learn from Jesus wilderness experience, about ourselves, our relationaship with God? (S2)— Trouble in River City…

40 Days in the Wilderness Every First Sunday of Lent, whether we are in Year A, B, or C, the lectionary has the Temptation of Jesus featured in the Gospel reading. This is because our 40 days of lenten devotion are to be modeled off of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the wilderness. Unique to Year B, however,…

Desert This morning, I have a proposal for you. It might not seem likely at first, but I hope you soon come to realize the truth of this statement. My proposal is this: We live in a desert. Oh sure there might be trees and rain and green things. And by the dictionary’s technical definition my proposal…

State: Context of this event They had just experienced the: -plagues upon Egypt -Crossing of the Red Sea Done at night God gave light to the Israelites to go through the water Just before daybreak the Lord broke the Egyptian chariots and then allowed the sea to come in over them. State: Miriam did her…

The Wilderness 18 “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. God makes ++A way in the wilderness ++Rivers in the desert The term wilderness…

In the vast wilderness of life, where challenges constantly arise and uncertainties abound, humanity has always sought refuge in the divine, As we look to gods and goddesses for solace and protection, And but they always seem to fall short. For example, there is the ancient moon goddess Luna, the Roman…

Last week, we talked about the wilderness experience — those times in our lives when it seems like we are not hearing from God — like He has left us alone… In those times, we discovered that we must learn to give our lives completely to God — to let go… give up control… and trust God with our worries……

God takes Saul out of his comfort zone in order to find the divine purpose for his life.

Luke 3:1-20 We must repent in order to be saved. What will you sacrifice to share the truth?

(S1) Phobia's or what people fear are pretty common—Spiders and snakes, small spaces, heights, dogs, thunder and lightening... FEAR of the DARK—MOM What looks like a simple chair during the day is transformed into a monster at night. Socks left on the floor suddenly appear to be snakes. The light, however,…

River ( Mk 1:9-15 ) I don’t know whether or not I like the feeling of putting my feet in the water. My grandparents used to live next to a river with mudbanks that held prawns. You would sink up to your knees. And you could dig out the prawns by hand for my dad to put on the fish hooks. There is something…

You have probably heard about the scientist who went to God and told him that we don’t need Him anymore. We have enough knowledge and subsequently, power, to do anything we want to. We have medicine to cure most diseases, we have airplanes and boats and electric cars. We can clone people and even have…

State: We looked at all the promises God made to Adam & Eve, Abraham, Issac, Jacob about God giving them a nation, land, that they would be a blessing to the nations and that a righteous King would come to them. After centuries in Egypt they needed to learn about their God (The I AM) They had learned…

(S1) — The Judean Wilderness ( erēmos) Desolate, uninhabited, rough terrain; deserted, barren, dry parched land as far as the eye could see. Few would journey there, let alone live there! The Judean Wilderness, home for nomadic shepherds, bandits and fugitives! A place where most would choose not to…

The God of the Wilderness Recap of last week: Moses is retelling the history of the beginnings of Israel’s time in the wilderness. Israel refused to enter the land; after witnessing many miracles, they still did not trust God to deliver them. The consequence: 40 years (or 38 of wandering) Until the entire…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 5, Session 1, © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2022. A Test in the Wilderness Summary and Goal God had delivered His people out of slavery in Egypt…

Pride/Testing the power of God 5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. The first place that the enemy takes Jesus is the temple in the holy city, which is Jerusalem. Here is some interesting facts about Jerusalem. There is s bit of speculation…

It is one thing to travel across the wilderness in order to arrive at a destination; but it is quite another to wander around a wasteland for forty years. The Israelites did both. As they left Egypt and made their way to Mount Sinai, the plan was to continue on to the Promised Land of Canaan. And they…