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Bread for the Journey

“Blessed Be Your name
When I’m found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed Be Your name…”
~ Matt Redman ~


Psalm 34:19 ~
Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Isaiah 43:1-3
But now, this is what the Lord says-
he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel;
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior….”


Isaiah 43:18-19~
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.


God promises to bring us through the wilderness. He does not abandon us. We can cling to these next great promises for our future…

Isaiah 35: 9,10 ~
But only the redeemed will walk there,
and the ransomed of the Lord will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.


Romans 15: 4~
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 


My hope is that these verses encourage you to know that in the midst of our wilderness times, our times in the desert, and in times of affliction (which are inevitable here on this earth), we have the promise that sustains us and lets us say “blessed be the Lord”.  Since Jesus has gone before us on this wilderness road and He promises to bring us through our wilderness to a future with Him we can bear the hardships on the road. We have a future with Him without “sorrow and sighing.” 
 
Romans 15:13 ~
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Blessed be His Name!

10 comments:

  1. Thank you, I needed to read this this morning

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  2. ellen
    these are GREAT verses of encouragement, thank you.

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  3. from a PrayerWarrior Sister - Praise the Lord - Amen!

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  4. I am so thankful for this posting that I've read this morning. It was what I needed to hear. God is good!

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  5. Thank you Ellen. I will come and camp here later today. You have placed me in a good place this morning as we are heading out to church. Kathy

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  6. thank you for posting this. i've been walking through the wilderness for almost a year now. during this time, we've seen God do some great things, but it's still been a very hard road. today is a harder day than normal, so those words were like cold water on a hot day. thank you again.

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  7. Thank-you Ellen for your words of encouragement. I love that song from Matt Redman.....I will sing it in my heart all day.

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  8. Thank you... thank you... so much. This morning when I read it I was blessed and encouraged but at that time I had NO idea what the day had in store for me and how much I would need to cling to those words! Bless you!

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  9. so timely and so encouraging!

    thank you. :)

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