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The Inescapable Wilderness
Leadership is broken because leaders are unbroken Wilderness Wanderings Series: Learning to Live the Zigzag Life Every leader will spend seasons of life wandering in the wilderness. It’s inevitable and inescapable. There are no exceptions… The wilderness. Barren, empty, lifeless, colorless, solitary, unending hard sand, rock outcroppings, and rugged mountains. Hot in the day, cold at night. Far from the action, from the crowds, from life and what matters. Yet, in the Bible, the wilderness is the place where the action is, where the holy God shows up, where leaders are called, a nation is formed, and a Savior prepared. It is the place of spiritual warfare, the…
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God’s Thoughts and Ways – Part II (Paul)
In this article we examine scriptures that give us insight into how God desires to relate to us in our lives: ...but Paul chose Silas and set out, commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers and sisters...They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia. (NET Acts 15:40. Acts 16:6) This verse has Paul being told by God the Holy Spirit (1) NOT to go into the Providence of Asia (modern-day Turkey).
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God’s Thoughts and Ways – Part I (Jeroboam)
God thinks and does things differently than we think and do (Isaiah 55:8,9). However, we are commanded to learn to think as God thinks and learn to understand His ways (Romans 12:2).