Jesus did not save us just for us to go to heaven. As important (and necessary) as this is, God is crafting us for other reasons as well—in this lifetime....

When Israel had finished their 40-year roundabout journey through the wilderness, learning the necessary lessons about complete reliance upon God, they entered the promised land, ready to take it as...

Canceling out acts of witchcraft and curses spoken against us has become somewhat faddish in our day and has been for a while. But when Scripture is closely examined, we...

The Moses Generation and the Joshua Generation were similar in many ways in how they complained against the Lord. But there was a crucial difference we will look at today...

Even as Jesus wilderness training prepared and tested Him for ministry, so each of us will need to embrace similar training and testing for a life of ministry God has...

God desires that we learn from our experiences. They can teach us valuable lessons, like don’t go up against enemies larger and stronger than yourself. Unless, of course, God tells...

Even as God took Israel from Egypt and intentionally brought them to Himself at Mt. Sinai, God brings us to purposeful destinations in our Roundabout Journey. It was there at...

It’s not hard to be led by our emotions, to lash out in anger or recoil in discouragement. And it all comes down to the deposit in our hearts. The...

As the Israelites came out of Egypt, they were faced with numerous tests at the Red Sea with the Egyptian army and in the desert, lacking water and food. The...

God chose the longer route to Canaan for the newly released Israelites and not the direct route, which would mean head-on battles with the Philistines. God’s agenda was very sensitive...