The Wilderness
As a people living the Way of Jesus, all of us will experience seasons in the wilderness—places that feel and appear dry, barren and desolate, making us wonder if we took a wrong turn somewhere. Whether you are heading into, in the middle of, or exiting a wilderness experience, this sermon series will point you to how God’s presence dwells with you in the wilderness, cultivating your life for His purposes.
EPISODES
1 | The Wilderness
1 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink
Exodus 17:1
2 | The Wilderness – Discipline
1 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.
Deuteronomy 8:1
3 | The Wilderness – Provision
3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”
Exodus 16:3
4 | The Wilderness – Relationship
4 “But I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me. 5 I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat. 6 When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.
Hosea 13:4-6
5 | The Wilderness – Guidance
17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped. 18 At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.
Numbers 9:17-18 NIV
