SERIES: Mission Focus In A Divided World
MESSAGE: 4. Trust in Battle
THE TEXT
They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”
Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived. —Numbers 21:4-9
LAST WEEK. Gratitude guards against complaining
Gratitude > Preference > Entitlement > Complaint
ONE. Sin
God’s heart
TWO.
for our enemies is godly
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, —Matthew 5:44
Manage our motives.
Patience.
Polite Boundaries.
THREE.
in the Lord
SUMMARY
- Sin grieves God’s heart
- Intercession for our enemies
- Trust in the Lord
CHALLENGE
- God, search my heart
- Pray for an enemy
- Imagine God coming through